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Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Established in: 30 Nov 1958
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Address: G.T. Road, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208016
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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, also known as IIT Kanpur or IIT-K, is an Institute of engineering and technology located in Kanpur, India. IIT-K was established in 1959 with in collaboration with Nine US research universities as part of Kanpur Indo-American Programme (KIAP). IIT-K was announced s Institute of National Importance by Government of India under the act of Information Technology.
IIT-K is spread out in the area of 1,000 acres and located on Grand Trunk Road, Kanpur City. It is about 2 hours from Lucknow airport and about 16 km from the Kanpur central Railway Station. The land of IIT-Kanpur was a gift from Uttar Pradesh Government to Kanpur in 1960. Admission process of IIT-K is through the national-level Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) although ministry of HRD has decided to replace IIT-JEE exams with Common engineering entrance examination, it will be conducted on the advance level of JEE entrance examination. The process of postgraduate admission is through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) .
The academic departments of IIT-K are Computer Science & Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics and statistics. Since the year 2011, IIT-K have started four year program of BS in sciences and M.Tech, MBA and Dual degree programme for five-years and entrance exam for these courses are through CPI of students.
Postgraduate program of IIT-K offers M.Tech and Ph.D degrees. IIT also offers two year degree programs of M.Sc, MBA and M.des. The admission process for these courses are CAT instead of JMET. The institute has laboratories of Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Biological Science and Bioengineering.The programs offered by IIT-K are Center for Urban Research and Planning, Center for Ocean Engineering, Center for Industrial Research and Development, Center for Education Research & Development, Center for Research and Innovation, Center for Laser Technology, Center for Technological Innovation, Center for IT and Software Research, Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy, Center for Environmental Research, Center for Integrated Science and Center for Nuclear Engineering.
IIT-K offers impeccable student life at its campus. There are various student festival organised by IIT-K which includes National events, Antaragni, Techkriti, Udghosh and Intra IITK events. Apart from these festivals there are other facilities for students at IIT-K campus which includes Presidential Council, Student's Gymkhana, Cultural Council, Films & Media Council, Student Publications, Science & Technology Council, and Student voluntary services.
Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur was established in 30 Nov 1958. Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Kanpur is a iits located at , Kanpur in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Number of Faculty: 350
Sutdent Intake: 2506 (Under grads) , 1516 (Post grads)
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Campus Area: 1055 acres
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Amanda Mithun is a licensed marriage and family therapist and behavioral health home integration specialist at Lakewood Health System.<br/>
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STAPLES — Lakewood Health System was approached in early 2020 by Central Lakes College to pilot a behavioral health services program for students led by Lakewood's behavioral health home integration specialist, Amanda Mithun.
The licensed marriage and family therapist provided therapy and a listening ear to students in need, but the pilot program shut down with the coronavirus pandemic, with no immediate plans of reinstatement.
Mithun's services were needed, however, in November 2020 following the death of two CLC students in a car crash. Mithun met with grieving students the next day to help them process the accident.
From that point, Mithun's services were requested by students on a more frequent basis, so Lakewood and CLC began a joint venture to make that happen.
"The partnership between CLC and Lakewood Health System's behavioral health department has been vital to the success of meeting our students' mental health needs," said Mary Sam, CLC dean of students, equity and inclusion, in a news release.
Mithun is onsite at CLC's Staples campus two days a week for four hours and available for virtual visits as well. Students can schedule a time to meet with her or drop in when they are able. All sessions are confidential and free to students.
"Students from our Brainerd and Staples campuses are accessing clinical services face-to-face or virtually, and it has had a very positive impact on students' lives," Sam stated.
Mithun has also assisted in employee development to help them better understand mental health, which has empowered them to be stronger champions to get students to seek services, according to the news release.
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SBIRS GEO Making Good Progress: Prime contractor Lockheed Martin said in an Oct. 22 release that it has delivered the latest flight software for the Space Based Infrared System geosynchronous satellite No. 1, enabling the SBIRS program to begin baseline integrated system testing on the new spacecraft. The Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., announced, too, that the SBIRS GEO-1 had "successfully completed" acoustic testing at the development site in Sunnyvale, Calif. "This milestone is a major accomplishment for the SBIRS program and a major risk-reduction activity" for GEO-1, said Lt. Col. Heath Collins, SBIRS Space Squadron commander at SMC, in an Oct. 23 release. During acoustic and pyroshock testing, the spacecraft was to undergo the "maximum sound and vibration levels expected during launch into orbit, noted Lockheed Martin. The company also said that thermal vacuum testing is on track for mid-2009. The Air Force expects to launch SBIRS GEO-1 in Fiscal 2010, when it will join already on-orbit SBIRS highly elliptical orbit spacecraft-1 and HEO-2. The second HEO spacecraft passed its on-orbit checkout this summer, and program officials expected HEO-1 to begin missile warning operations later this year.


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The Effect of UV Light and Weather on Plastics and Elastomers
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This reference guide brings together a wide range of essential data on the effects of weather and UV light exposure on plastics and elastomers, enabling engineers to make optimal material choices and design decisions. In both normal and extreme environments, outdoor use has a variety of effects on different plastics and elastomers, including discoloring and brittleness. The data is supported by explanations of real-world engineering applications. The data tables in this book are supported by examples of real-world applications, enabling engineers and scientists to select the right materials for a given situation, across a wide range of sectors including construction, packaging, signage, consumer (e.g. toys, outdoor furniture), automotive and aerospace, defense, etc.
The third edition includes new text chapters that provide the fundamental knowledge required to make best use of the data. Author Larry McKeen has also added detailed descriptions of the effect of weathering on the most common polymer classes such as polyolefins, polyamides, polyesters, elastomers, fluoropolymers, biodegradable plastics, etc., making this book an invaluable design guide as well as an industry standard data source.
Essential data and practical guidance for engineers and scientists working with plastics in outdoor applications and products New introductory chapters on weathering processes and the effect of light and heat on plastics 25% new data
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Laurence W. McKeen
Larry McKeen has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin and worked for DuPont Fluoroproducts from 1978–2014. As a Senior Research Associate Chemist, he was responsible for new product development including application technology and product optimization for particular end-uses, and product testing. He retired from DuPont at the end of 2014 and is currently a consultant.
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The Effect of UV Light and Weather on Plastics and Elastomers - Laurence W. McKeen
This book is an extensive update and extension to the second edition by the same title. The second edition was published in 2007. Since that time, new plastic materials have been introduced. There has been an expanded interest in green materials—those made from renewable resources and those that decompose relatively quickly in the environment. There has been a turnover in ownership of the plastic-producing companies. There has been a lot of consolidation, which of course means discontinued products. This update is much more extensive than the usual next edition .
It has been reorganized from a polymer chemistry point of view. Plastics of mostly similar polymer types are grouped into 10 chapters. A brief explanation of the chemistry of the polymers used in the plastic films is discussed at the start of each plastic section. This is generally consistent with the other six books in this particular series.
An extensive introduction has been added as three chapters. The initial chapter covers polymer chemistry, plastics and composition and how it relates to various general plastics properties. The second chapter focuses on the main subject of this book—that of weathering of plastics. It gives an over view of the chemistry of weathering, including physical and chemical processes and photochemistry. There is a section on stabilizers that includes chemical structures and mode of operation. It also covers exposure method used to weather plastics. The third chapter focuses on physical, mechanical, thermal and electrical properties of plastics. Many plastic properties are discussed including how the properties are measured and data are presented.
Chapters 4 through 13 are like a databank that serves as an evaluation of the performance of hundreds of plastic materials after outdoor or accelerated weathering. Each of these chapters starts with a brief outline of the chemistry of the polymer in that section. There are hundreds of uniform graphs and tables for more than 70 generic families of plastics used to make plastics contained in these chapters.
The data in each chapter are generally organized with polymer chemistry, photo and photooxidation chemistry, a manufacturer and trade name list, an applications and a list of end-uses followed by the data. The tabular data in the second edition have been verified and reformatted to take up much less space in this edition, whereas this new edition does not have many more pages, as there is far more information contained.
Numerous references are included. Only a limited amount of data from the first edition has been removed. Removed data primarily were for discontinued products. Product names and manufacturers have been updated.
I am especially appreciative of the confidence and support of my Plastics Design Library series editor and friend Sina Ebnesajjad. I would not have been given the opportunity to do this work had it not been for the support of Mathew Deans, Senior Publisher at Elsevier. His staff at Elsevier is knowledgeable and easy to work with. My wife, Linda, has been particularly supportive through the long hours of writing and research from my home office.
Introduction to Plastics and Polymers Compositions
1.1 Introduction to Plastics and Polymers
The basic component of plastic and elastomer materials is polymer. The word polymer is derived from the Greek term for many parts . Polymers are large molecules composed of many repeat units called monomers that have been chemically bonded into long chains. Since World War II, the chemical industry has developed a large quantity of synthetic polymers to satisfy the materials needs for a diverse range of products, including paints, coatings, fibers, films, elastomers, and structural plastics. Literally thousands of materials can be called plastics , although the term today is typically reserved for polymeric materials, excluding fibers, which can be molded or formed into solid or semisolid objects. As of the beginning of 2012, IDES The Plastics Web® (http://www.ides.com) listed over 85,000 different grades of plastic from over 800 suppliers.
There are three introductory chapters to this book. The first chapter is a review of polymer chemistry and plastic formulation. It lays the foundation for the discussion on weather processes, property measurement and all the data chapters. The second chapter is a review of weathering and ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. This includes the various ways to expose test plaques including natural exposures and accelerated exposures. The physical and chemical processes involved with weather and light exposure are explained. The third chapter is on plastic properties. First discussed are the physical properties. Second are the mechanical properties such as tensile strength, elongation, modulus, and tear resistance. Third are thermal properties such as melting point, glass transition temperature and melt index which affect use, production and processing of films.
The chapters that follow are the data chapters. Each chapter covers plastics that fall into particular types based on the chemistry of the polymer. Each of these chapters reviews the chemical structures of the polymers used to make the plastics. In many cases, photochemistry and photodegradation reactions are discussed. Typical stabilizers are mentioned and data are presented in tabular and graphical forms.
The subject of this chapter includes polymerization chemistry and the different types of polymers and how they can differ from each other. Since plastics are rarely neat , reinforcement, fillers and additives are reviewed. A basic understanding of plastic and polymer chemistry will make the discussion of properties of specific films easier to understand and it also provides a basis for the introduction of the plastic families in later chapters. This chapter is taken from The Effect of Temperature and Other Factors on Plastics¹ and Permeability Properties of Plastics and Elastomers,² but it has been rewritten, expanded and refocused on polymers as they relate to plastics that may be exposured to various weathering processes.
1.1.1 Polymerization
Polymerization is the process of chemically bonding monomer building blocks to form large molecules. Commercial polymer molecules are usually thousands of repeat units long. Polymerization can proceed by one of several methods. The two most common methods are called addition and condensation polymerization.
1.1.1.1 Addition Polymerization
In addition polymerization (sometimes called chain-growth polymerization), a chain reaction adds new monomer units to the growing polymer molecule one at a time through double or triple bonds in the monomer. The polymerization process takes place in three distinct steps:
1. Chain initiation: usually by means of an initiator which starts the polymerization process. The reactive initiation molecule can be a radical (free radical polymerization), cation (cationic polymerization), anion (anionic polymerization) or/and organometallic complex (coordination polymerization).
2. Chain propagation: a monomer adds onto chain and each new monomer unit creates an active site for the next attachment. The net result is shown in Fig. 1.1.
Figure 1.1 Addition polymerization.
3. Chain termination: the radical, cation or anion is neutralized stopping the chain propagation.
Many of the plastics discussed in later chapters of this book are formed in this manner. Some of the plastics made by addition polymerization include polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), acrylics, polystyrene, and polyoxymethylene (acetal).
1.1.2 Condensation Polymerization
The other common method is condensation polymerization (also called step-growth polymerization) in which the reaction between monomer units and the growing polymer chain end group releases a small molecule, often water, as shown in Fig. 1.2. The monomers in this case have two reactive groups. This reversible reaction will reach equilibrium and halt unless this small molecular by-product is removed. Polyesters and polyamides are among the plastics made by this process.
Figure 1.2 Condensation polymerization.
Understanding the polymerization process used to make a particular plastic gives insight into the nature of the plastic. For example, plastics made via condensation polymerization, in which water is released, can degrade when exposed to water at high temperature. Polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) can degrade by a process called hydrolysis when exposed to acidic, basic or even some neutral environments severing the polymer chains. The polymer's properties are degraded as a result.
1.2 Copolymers
A copolymer is a polymer formed when two (or more) different types of monomers are linked in the same polymer chain, as opposed to a homopolymer where only one monomer is used. If exactly three monomers are used, it is called a terpolymer.
Monomers are only occasionally symmetric; the molecular arrangement is the same no matter which end of the monomer molecule you are looking at. The arrangement of the monomers in a copolymer can be head to tail, head to head, or tail to tail. Since a copolymer consists of at least two types of repeating units, copolymers can be classified based on how these units are arranged along the chain. These classifications include
• Alternating copolymer
• Random copolymer (statistical copolymer)
• Block copolymer
• Graft copolymer
When the two monomers are arranged in an alternating fashion, the polymer is called, of course, an alternating copolymer.
In the following examples, A and B are different monomers. Keep in mind that A and B do not have to be present in a 1:1 ratio. In a random copolymer, the two monomers may follow in any order.
In a block copolymer, all of one type of monomer is grouped together, and all of the second monomer are grouped together. A block copolymer can be thought of as two homopolymers joined together at the ends.
A polymer that consists of large grouped blocks of each of the monomers is also considered a block copolymer.
When chains of a polymer made of monomer B are connected onto a polymer chain of monomer A, we have a graft copolymer.
High-impact polystyrene is a graft copolymer. It is a polystyrene backbone with chains of polybutadiene grafted onto the backbone. Polystyrene gives the material strength, but the rubbery polybutadiene chains give it resilience to make it less brittle.
1.3 Linear, Branched and Cross-Linked Polymers
Some polymers are linear, a long chain of connected monomers. Polyethylene, PVC, Nylon 66 and polymethyl methacrylate are some linear commercial examples found in this book. Branched polymers can be visualized as a linear polymer with side chains of the same polymer attached to the main chain. While the branches may in turn be branched, they do not connect to another polymer chain. The ends of the branches are not connected to anything. Special types of branched polymers include star polymers, comb polymers, brush polymers, dendronized polymers,³ ladders, and dendrimers. Cross-linked polymer, sometimes called network polymer, is one in which different chains are connected. Essentially the branches are connected to different polymer chains on the ends. These three polymer structures are shown in Fig. 1.3.
Figure 1.3 (a) Linear, (b) branched and (c) cross-linked polymers.
1.4 Polarity
A molecule is two or more atoms joined by a covalent bond. Basically the positively charged atom nuclei share the negatively charged electrons. However, if the atoms are different they may not share the electrons equally. The electrons will be denser around one of the atoms. This would make that end more negatively charged than the other end and creates a negative and a positive pole (a dipole). Such a bond is said to be a polar bond and the molecule is polar and has a dipole moment. A measure of how much an atom attracts electrons is electronegativity. The electronegativity of common atoms in the polymers follows:
The polarity of a molecule affects the attraction between molecular chains, which affects the structure of the polymer and the attraction of polar molecules, so one would expect polarity to affect solubility, which affects permeability.
How does one predict molecular polarity? When there are no polar bonds in a molecule, there is no permanent charge difference between one part of the molecule and another so the molecule is nonpolar. For example, the Cl2 molecule has no polar bonds because the electron charge is identical on both atoms. It is therefore a nonpolar molecule. The C–C and C–H bonds in hydrocarbon molecules, such as ethane, C2H6, are not significantly polar, so hydrocarbons are nonpolar molecular substances and hydrocarbon polymers like polyethylene or polypropylene are also nonpolar.
A molecule can possess polar bonds and still be nonpolar, however. If the polar bonds are evenly (or symmetrically) distributed, the bond dipoles cancel and do not create a molecular dipole. For example, the three bonds in a molecule of CCl4 are significantly polar, but they are symmetrically arranged around the central carbon atom. No side of the molecule has more negative or positive charge than the other side, and so the molecule is nonpolar (Table 1.1).
Table 1.1
Dipole Moments in Some Small Molecules
Generally, polar polymers are more permeable to water than nonpolar polymers. Figure 1.4 shows a qualitative ranking of some polymers polarities.
Figure 1.4 Qualitative ranking of polymer polarities.
1.5 Unsaturation
Up to this point in the discussion of polymer chemistry, the atom to atom structure has not been discussed. The covalent bonds between atoms in a polymer can be single, double, triple bonds or even rings. The presence of bonds higher than single bonds generally makes the polymer molecule stiffer and reduces rotation along the polymer chain, and that can affect its properties. It is easier to discuss molecules first and then extend that discussion to polymers. Saturated molecules only contain single bonds with no rings.
Often when talking about molecular unsaturation, the degree of unsaturation (DoU) is noted. To calculate the DoU, if the molecular formula is given, it can be calculated using Eqn (1.1):
• C = number of carbons
• N = number of nitrogens
• X = number of halogens (F, Cl, Br, I)
• H = number of hydrogens
• Oxygen and sulfur are not included in the formula because saturation is unaffected by these elements.
When polymers are used, the formula shown is often the repeating unit. This will often have two bonds that are shown to which the repeating unit is supposed to attach. If applying a DoU formula to the repeating unit, one would remove the +2 in the formula.
1.6 Steric Hindrance
As described earlier in this chapter, polymers are long chains of atoms linked together. They may be flexible and bendable. To explain this one may visualize them as ball-and-stick model. In chemistry, the ball-and-stick model is a molecular model of a chemical substance which aims to display both the three-dimensional position of the atoms and the bonds between them. The atoms are typically represented by spheres, connected by rods which represent the bonds. Double and triple bonds are usually represented by two and three curved rods, respectively. The chemical element of each atom is often indicated by the sphere's color. The top of Fig. 1.5 shows a drawing of a ball-and-stick model of a molecule. Figure 1.5 also indicates that there is free rotation around the single bonds. If there was a double or triple bond, there would not be any rotation possible around those bonds. Similarly, ring structures, while they might flex a little bit, inhibit rotation. In some cases such as that shown in the bottom of Fig. 1.5, large atoms or bulky side groups might bump into each other as the molecule rotates around single bonds. This is called sterically hindered or steric hindrance. Hindered or inhibited rotation stiffens the polymer molecule and dramatically affects its physical properties.
Figure 1.5 Steric hindrance shown with a ball-and-stick molecular model.
1.7 Isomers
Isomers (from Greek isomerès; isos = equal , méros = part ) are compounds with the same molecular formula but a different arrangement of the atoms in space. There are many kinds of isomers and the properties can differ widely or almost not at all.
1.7.1 Structural Isomers
Structural isomers have the atoms arranged in a completely different order as shown in Fig. 1.6. Here, both polymer repeating groups have the same formula, –C4H8–, but the atoms are arranged differently. The properties of structural isomers may be very different from each other.
Figure 1.6 Structural isomers.
Often the repeating group in a polymer has exactly the same formula, but the repeating group is flipped over as shown in Fig. 1.7. If one views the repeating group as having a head and a tail, then the different ways to connect neighboring repeating units is head–tail, head–head and tail–tail.
Figure 1.7 Head-to-tail isomers.⁴
1.7.2 Geometric Isomers
When there is a carbon–carbon double bond in a molecule, there might also be two ways to arrange the groups attached to the double bonds. This is best seen in side-by-side structures such as shown in Fig. 1.8.
Figure 1.8 (a) Cis- and (b) trans- isomers.
These are called geometric isomers that owe their existence to hindered rotation about double bonds. If the substituents are on the same side of the double bond, then the isomer is referred to as cis (Latin: on this side). If the substituents are on the opposite side of the double bond, then the isomer is referred to as trans (Latin: across).
1.7.3 Stereoisomers: Syndiotactic, Isotactic, Atactic
Stereoisomerism occurs when two or more molecules have identical molecular formula and the same structural formula (i.e. the atoms are arranged in the same order). However, they differ in their two- or three-dimensional spatial arrangements of their bonds, which mean different spatial arrangement of the atoms, even though they are bonded in the same order. This may best be understood by an example.
Polypropylenes all have the same simplified structural polymer formula of polypropene as shown in Fig. 1.9.
Figure 1.9 The structure of polypropene.
However, there are subtle differences in the ways of drawing this structure. Figure 1.10 shows a longer structure of polypropene, one that also shows some three-dimensional structure. This structure shows how some bonds, (the dotted lines) are behind the plane of the paper and others stick out of the paper (the ones on the ends of the little triangular wedges). In this structure some of the CH3 groups are above the paper plane and others are behind the paper plane. This is called atactic
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TOEIC® Speaking Test Revisions Beginning August 7
June 21, 2021 – ETS and the TOEIC® program announced today several revisions to the TOEIC® Speaking test — part of an ongoing effort to align its assessments with the continuously evolving landscape of English learning and usage.
Beginning worldwide August 7, 2021, test takers can expect the following changes:
Elimination of the "Propose a Solution" task type
Addition of one question to the "Describe a Picture" task type
Reduction of response time for questions associated with the "Describe a Picture" task type from 45 seconds to 30 seconds
These changes do not affect the test difficulty range, score scale, test levels, level descriptors, mapping tables or official score certificates and reports.
"Reviewing the TOEIC test, testing experience and accompanying policies and procedures is an important exercise to ensuring that our assessment meets the needs of test takers and score users worldwide," says Dr. Feng Yu, Executive Director of the TOEIC program at ETS. "We're confident these changes will be seamlessly implemented and positively received by test takers as they look to demonstrate their English-speaking ability for workplace communication."
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For more than 40 years as an industry leader, the TOEIC® program has set the global standard for assessing English-language communication skills needed in the workplace and everyday life. The TOEIC assessments are the most widely used around the world, with 14,000+ organizations across more than 160 countries trusting TOEIC scores to inform the decisions that matter. For more information on the TOEIC program, visit www.ets.org/toeic.


The Groundbolt AT range of anchors hammer directly into the ground and have a welded ring through the top.
Modern road motorcycles have complex immobilisers and alarms, older bikes have key switches, off road, classic and vintage bikes generally have no ignition lock whatsoever. Whatever type of onbike system is used, the most effective and sometimes only available deterrent is still to physically lock the bike to an immovable object.
A web search will reveal a large range of anchoring devices, designed specifically to combat motorcycle theft. The Groundbolt AT Motorcycle Ground anchors do not compete directly with these products, instead, they offer an alternative for use where other systems are not suitable.
The spiral ground anchor is suitable for providing a secure point in: grass, soft or hard ground, heavily compacted ground, even tarmac*. The complete installation is likely to take around 5 minutes and can be carried out in any weather conditions as no concrete is required. They are ideal for permanent or temporary secure points, use in rented properties, bike shows and displays, off road competition paddocks etc. They can be fitted through shed floors.
The Groundbolt AT range of spiral ground anchors have a welded steel ring for the chain.
The Standard 40mm and 50mm Erdanker anchors have a 10.5mm hole in the top for a padlock.
The ED16mm range have a 16mm hole in the top, to take larger padlocks.
The pull out values depend on ground conditions. When tested in average ground, the 40x680 required a pull of 240kg, the 50x900 required a pull of 510kg. In better ground conditions the values were 650kg and 1025kg.
1/ Ripping it directly out of the ground with the motorcycle attached - Almost impossible.
2/ Twisting the entire bike round the anchor, lifting the wheel until everything is out of the ground - almost impossible.
3/ Using a petrol disc cutter to cut the chain - very noisy.
4/ Unlocking the padlock in the normal way, taking the chain off and using a bar or strong screwdriver, and simply winding the anchor out, most anchors take about a minute or less to remove this way and leave no noticeable disturbance to the grass.
*When installing through tarmac, drill a 20mm dia (25mm for the 50mm anchors) pilot hole first.
Standard Erdanker anchor in grass.
There is a lot of confusion over bike security products, with claims and counterclaims.
Our products and all the competing ones are not designed to prevent theft - no manufacturer will accept liability if your bike is stolen and you used their product, The products are intended to make stealing your bike more awkward and more time consuming than stealing someone elses bike.
Using hardened shackles, hardened padlocks etc. will stop a hacksaw and a chisel, however it won't stop a hand held grinder.
Groundbolt anchors will flex at the top due to slight ground movement, anchors bolted to brickwork will be more rigid, however it is very difficult to cut through a chain or padlock if it is moving slightly.
Anchors for bolting to brickwork might be strong but unfortunately bricks are easily broken.
Groundbolt motorcycle anchors are of course only suitable where there is open ground, they offer a level of security that exceeds that provided by many other anchors, generally at significantly lower cost and with installation times of a few minutes at most, plus they can be removed when needed without any damage. They can go directly into the ground and in most cases through tarmac. When used with tarmac, there is no ugly repair needed. A pilot hole will have to be drilled first to guide the anchor through the tarmac layer. Note: the anchors will not go through concrete.


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St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Jakhama, hosted a very unique programme today the 27th March, 2019 at 10.00 am in the indoor stadium with a team of Soorya organization. Soorya is the largest cultural organization of the world with its chapters in 40 countries. The team includes Shri Sooryakrishnamoorthy, founder Secretary of Soorya, Dr. Methil Devika, dancer (Mohiniyattam), scholar and educator and Kumari Reddy Lakshmi, dancer (Kuchipudi).
Rev. Fr. Dr. Sebastian Ousseparampil, the Principal did the welcome and introduction of the guests to the gathering. He started with a quote from Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night', "If music be the food of love, play on…" and said Nagaland as 'Land of Festivals' welcome the guests of artists in the likewise manner.
Speaking on "My Culture, My Mother (Integration through Culture), Shri Sooryakrishnamoorthy stated that there are lots of definitions for 'Culture' and said that his best definition is, "Culture is concern for others". He went on giving sizable stories and incidents where it indicated what culture is. He further said that artists are people who are different from people like Doctors, Advocates, Soldiers and the likes. Artists are ones who know what is justice and injustice, right and wrong, good and bad, beauty and ugliness. And how one should identify the artists is how we look at them. They will not be with tools like the former ones.
The programme was attended by some VVIPS of the state, representatives from department of Art & Culture, Govt. of Nagaland, Rattle & Hum Society, other distinguished guests, members from Abiogenesis Band of Folk fusion Act and the members of the Josephite family. The programme was hosted by Mr. James H.K, Head, Dept. of English. This programme was as desired by His Excellency, Guv. of Nagaland, Shri P.B. Acharya to be held at our college.


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Prometic will report its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016 on Monday November 14, 2016 after market close.
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I have an artist friend who is planning to move to the United States. Regulations pushed this free spirit over the edge.
She recalled travelling recently to a large Canadian park for inspiration but was ticked by all of the signs telling her what she could and could not do. The most offensive was a sign telling visitors to use the washroom at the park entrance because going in the bushes is prohibited.
She decided not to enter the park and passed through a native reserve where she stopped for gas and told a native woman about the sign. The native woman recalled that her father, on his death bed, said that eventually the day would come when the government would tell people where to sh–.
They both laughed.
It reminded me of the Ontario election campaign that is so painful to watch. Everybody wants to know what each party is going to give them and each new promise will be like one more sign in the park telling us what to do. Every scripted audience question in the first two debates wanted big, fat, bloated government to get a little bigger to help poor little me. We heard all the questions that were not on most people's minds.
"What are you going to do make it easier for me to take the GO-train?"
"What are you going to do to stop cops from carding?" (As if cops are now the bad guys).
The news media that controlled the debates singled out questions from voters who expect government to do more, to spend more, to take care of them more. Of course, it means introducing a new tax or regulation to get it done.
I've got news for them. A lot of people don't want government to do anything more. I want the government to do less.
Even children are over-regulated. Two Ottawa girls who set up a lemonade stand along a bicycle path last year were shut down by Ottawa's fourth level of government, the National Capital Commission. This is how it ended: Children between ages 5 and 17 must now get a permit to operate a lemonade stand on NCC bicycle paths, fill out a two-page form, adhere to strict hours of operation and are recommended to attend a training workshop before opening for business. Proudly urging our children to be creative go-getters, the NCC interjects: "Not so fast, Abigail."
Sadly, regulatory headaches are so commonplace that we don't even realize their burdensome cost — bookkeepers and accountants for starters — which saps the country of its entrepreneurial spirit. Ontario businesses are the most regulated in the country, hampered by an estimated 380,000 regulations. Farmers are worse off, facing more delays than other industries because of regulations.
Barked an annoyed specialty crop producer: "Every year we apply for foreign workers and every year we get a different case manager and every case manager has a different set of compliance rules."
The National Post reported that the average business spends 105 business days each year on regulations. Statistics Canada figures the average business with five or fewer employees paid $6,683 in regulatory costs per employee in 2014. Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called regulations "a silent killer of jobs."
In a January report this year, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business surveyed farmers and found 40 per cent said they would not advise their children to start a business, given the burden of government regulation. Worse, 93 per cent said that their regulatory burden is growing.
One infuriating regulation is the provincial hammer that crushed neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybeans seeds. Relying on studies that proved nothing about the real-life use of neonics, the province introduced new regulations that created such an onerous burden of research and paperwork that many corn growers simply stopped using neonics altogether. If it weren't for innovative U.S. seed companies which came up with an alternative seed, corn growers would be sticking pitchforks in Premier Wynne effigies.
The Ontario Liberal government had the right answer years ago when it came up with a plan that for every new regulation, two regulations must be scrapped. But the government ignored that wonderful idea. U.S. president Donald Trump picked it up and now de-regulation, as much as tax-cutting, has been credited with increasing U.S. employment while raising business optimism to levels not seen for a long time.
We've all read how counterproductive raising taxes can be. There is an income substitute: Taxes generated from growing businesses when you reduce their regulatory shackles. Eliminating useless rules and services would also generate private sector jobs.
Here's my advice for the next government: Stop choking our freedom. Simplify the rules and cut them down to a manageable size. In short: Get the hell out of the way.
Patrick Meagher is editor of Farmers Forum and can be reached at editor@farmersforum.com
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Northwest Missouri State women's tennis knocked out in quarterfinals
May 23, 2019 By Bill Pollock
Story: Northwest Athletics
The Northwest Missouri State University women's tennis team fell to the University of Indianapolis (24-0 overall) in the national quarterfinals of the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament, 4-0. Northwest completes its 2018-19 season with a mark of 20-7 overall. It is the eighth 20-win season in program history and the first 20-win campaign for the Bearcats since the 2007-08 season. It is the third time that Northwest has reached the national quarterfinals in program history (1997, 2003, 2019).
No. 2-seeded UIndy grabbed an early 1-0 lead in doubles. UIndy topped Northwest at No. 1 doubles and at No. 3 doubles.
UIndy's No. 1 doubles team of Nikol Alexeeva and Anya Novikova came into the match ranked No. 6 in the national ITA rankings. Alexeeva and Novikova tallied a 6-1 win over Northwest's Tania Teruel and Marta Ferrando. Teruel and Ferrando were ranked No. 15 by the ITA.
UIndy's duo of Maja Pindelska and Anna Valiaeva scored a 6-3 triumph over Northwest's Julie Rinderknech and Tess Lovig at No. 3 doubles.
The Greyhounds scored singles wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5 to clinch the dual victory and advance to the national semifinals.
At No. 1 singles, UIndy's Volikova posted a 6-0, 6-2 win over Northwest's Irene Recuenco.
At No. 2 singles, the Greyhounds's Alexeeva scored a 6-2, 6-0 triumph over Northwest's Tania Teruel.
At No. 5 singles, UIndy's Alina Kislitskaya notched a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Northwest's Rinderknech.
Northwest had captured a set in the other three singles matches but all three were called when Kislitskaya clinched the dual win at No. 5 singles. Ferrando took the first set and led 5-4 in the third at No. 3 singles. Julia Aliseda bounced back to take the second set and led 4-1 in the final set. Sara Grozdanovic took the first set in her match at No. 6 singles.
NOTES: Northwest's 20 wins ties for the fourth-most in a single-season in program history
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Cultivating a strong visual merchandising culture in your organisation is critical for the development of a field strategy that can be embraced by all levels of management. If your organisation does not value this area, the outcome will be apparent in your company's structure. Without merchandising compliance management, it may be hard to cultivate this type of culture and reap from its strengths.
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Have a deep understanding of the brand's DNA and merchandising strategy in light of its' target consumer, in order to identify its objectives, goals, and motivation. This applies on a company wide basis as well as category specific level.
Stay updated on industry-related trends: There are always new ways to do things in merchandising with regard to product presentation, signage, store design, fashion, and fixturing. The team needs to be aware of new trends, especially those pertaining to their target market.
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The notion that Britain's last living hangman was also a Special Forces soldier recruited by 'US Agencies' to fight in the Vietnam war seems beyond absurd. Except that it appears to be true. That hangman was John Edward Underhill and I found him in 2013.
Following successful runs on both History Channel and Discovery of my historical TV series The Executioners, I drafted a treatment for another 3-part examination of the subject. For this series I wanted to tell the stories of the travelling executioners of Mississippi and Louisiana, the Fallbeil (Guillotine) executioners of Germany and the lesser-known Assistant Hangmen of Britain. Since the series ultimately became stuck in proverbial 'development Hell', I am now sharing some information that surfaced about Britain's last living Hangman.
I had been aware of Assistant Executioner John Edward Underhill long before his name finally entered the public domain a few years ago. In the shadowy world of execution historians, Underwood had a reputation for being more than reticent about his involvement in hangings. I had contacted two previous Assistant Executioners regarding my first TV series about the subject, Syd Dernley and Harry Robinson. And whilst Dernley was delighted to recount his experiences, Harry Robinson was much more circumspect, claiming his family still did not know of his involvement in executions and insisting on being filmed in shadow without his identity being revealed (I can do so now since he has died).
Assistant Executioner (the late) Harry Robinson, interviewed for The Executioners by Producer John Keeling. Robinson insisted on anonymity.
Underhill appeared to be a very different character. References to him in The Executioner's Bible (Steve Fielding) and Britain's Last Hangman (Stewart McLaughlin) suggest the following: born in Twickenham in 1928, a public schoolboy who grew up in India where his father served in the Army, Underhill trained as a Royal Marine Commando. In 1947 he joined Reading Police but was later seconded to Federal States of Malay police, commanding companies of Malay police anti-terrorist units. Whilst stationed there, it is asserted that he assisted in seventeen executions, conducting nine as chief executioner. One account suggests he later joined the SAS, rising to the rank of Captain, and conducted covert operations with the US military during the Vietnam war.
Compared to the mundanity of most 20thcentury British executioners, who were salesman, barbers and pub landlords, Underhill was clearly a very different character if those published records were correct.
I was able to contact Underhill through a third-party – the correspondence address was not in the UK.
I wrote that I believed his account of the process of training and undertaking the responsibility of Assistant Executioner in the latter days of capital punishment would be invaluable, and naturally, if the published accounts had been true, Underhill would have been the only 20thcentury hangman to have undertaken executions before being accepted on the Prison Commission list of qualified executioners.
On Sept 1st, 1960, after passing executioner training at Wandsworth prison, Underhill witnessed the execution of 23 year-old John Constantine at Lincoln prison (for the murdering 73 year-old Lily Parry with a crowbar). Clearly his conduct was considered satisfactory as he was offered three further engagements, returning to Lincoln the following January to hang Wasyl Gnypiuk who claimed to have murdered a woman in his sleep (that he decapitated her afterwards did not help his case). In July 1961 Underhill assisted Harry Allen in the execution of Edwin Bush for the murder of Elsie Batten with a sword in an antiques shop in the heart of London. And his third and final job (in the UK at least) was November 1962 when he helped to hang James Smith for the murder of shop worker Sarah Cross in Manchester.
When Underhill replied to my request he refused outright to participate in any sort of media venture regarding his activities as an executioner, or his reported involvement with Special Forces. But his typewritten letter was still revealing. He stated that in 1947 he had not been seconded to Malay police but had joined the colonial service and had only been a witness to executions in Malay, rather than a participant. He did not say how many.
Since Underhill did not expand further or elaborate on what his own views were towards capital punishment, and whether taking part in it had changed them in any way (or him), one can only surmise that personal and business expediency was the sole reason he was shunning his association with it.
Ultimately I responded that whilst I could respect his decision not to participate in a media project, I could not agree to expunge him from the history of the subject since his identity as an executioner had entered the public domain. Our correspondence ceased after this.
b) Guard the reputation of the SAS from those who would denigrate it by seizing upon ill informed or ill advised comment.
Can the US Agencies referred to be any other than the CIA?
In making The Executioners TV series I had said Britain's executioners were drawn from very ordinary men, quite clearly that statement could not be applied to Assistant Executioner John Underhill.
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What can communicate but has no mouth, and can attack but has no hands? A plant! You might love the beauty and fragrance of flowers, but plants are far more complex than meets the eye. Some plants have ways of luring insects for pollination. Others mimic the look of the female insects whose male counterparts they want to attract. The Venus flytrap eats insects and other small animals for extra nourishment. You might see some of these ninja plants—with their sneaky and deceitful ways—in your own backyard. These plants might even be sitting on a windowsill in your home. This fascinating world of ninja plants is waiting to be discovered.
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"Some plants can live for a year without a direct source of water. Others can slowly strangle rival organisms. Still others can hurtle poisonous seeds for yards. This is a study in some of the most extreme adaptations seen in the plant kingdom. Topical chapters discuss camouflage, odoriferous defenses, structural anomalies, and how plants spread their seeds. Unfamiliar terms abound, but an extensive glossary is included in the end matter, along with a lengthy list of additional resources. Some species described can only be found deep in exotic jungles, but many others mentioned are ubiquitous house plants. A concluding chapter examines these amazing floral adaptations in terms of what they mean for humans, including how humans use these organisms as resources and, conversely, how plants impact human environments. The book offers solid proof that, in spite of their unobtrusive existence, plants can be ninjalike and are more sophisticated in survival than most people realize."—Booklist
Gr 6–8—The catchy title is sure to attract readers. Seven chapters are filled with crystal clear photos and entries on several of the world's most unusual flora. The introduction discusses the role of insects in plant fertilization and the various methods plants use to achieve fertilization. The text goes on to cover the plants' appearances, their relationships to one another, how they reproduce, and the effects of parasites. Extensive use of scientific names adds to the book's authenticity, but there is no pronunciation guide provided. There is a glossary; however, many of the definitions are an almost word-for-word repetition of the main text. The conclusion, which briefly examines the relationship between plants and humans, comes as a bit of a surprise as the tone and focus of the work abruptly shift. The informational text becomes much more speculative and general. Blevins is critical of human overreliance on fossil fuels, the mass production of corn, and, to an extent, livestock farming ("we could feed more people by planting food crops than we could by raising animals on the same land."), but supporting data and sources are absent. The incongruous conclusion will likely need to be supplemented with additional readings. VERDICT Eye-catching, but a bit uneven. Consider only for collections in need of botanical materials.—Eldon Younce, Anthony Public Library, KS
The plant world includes many curiosities whose "sneaky" adaptations help ensure their survival and reproduction. This slim introduction to botany offers an interesting and unusual invitation to young readers to look closely at the plant world. Chapter by chapter, Blevins describes plants whose smells repel, that eat insects, use stinging or poisonous defenses, imitate something else, or survive in extreme environmental conditions; plants that can move and even catch fire. The ninja comparison—"stealthy, fierce, and sometimes deadly"—is unevenly but perhaps too frequently made. It wears thin, but the variety and unexpectedness of Blevins' examples will keep readers' attention. The exposition is clear and broken up by well-captioned photographs and pullout sections describing further oddities (Mexican jumping beans, rainbow eucalyptus bark, the jabuticaba tree's crying fruit, parasitic figs), varieties of mimicry, thermogenesis, and more. An introduction covers the basics of plant evolution, survival, and reproduction, and the concluding chapter discusses plant-human relationships, including human causes for global climate change and its effect on the plant world. Specialized vocabulary is defined in context. Although the author includes new information on horizontal gene transfer, many of his examples are not plants but fungi, now said to belong to a separate kingdom. An interesting take on a subject not often covered in books for middle school and teen readers. (glossary, selected bibliography, further information, index) (Nonfiction. 12-17)
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ADVISORY/ Flarion CEO to Speak at Internet World Fall 2001 Conference
BEDMINSTER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001--
Who:    Ray Dolan, president and CEO of Flarion Technologies, a
leader in the development of an innovative mobile
communications system, flash-OFDM (tm), based on Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and the Internet
Protocol (IP) for IP-based air interface technology.
What:   Will take part in a panel discussion at the Internet
World Fall 2001 conference titled "EC Visions." Michael
Drapkin, CEO of XB5 Partners, Inc. and Chair of eCommerce
Management at Columbia University's Executive IT Management
program will moderate the panel, which will include three
other panelists.
Where:  Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street,
When:   Monday, December 10th, from 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Details: Ray Dolan, whose 15 years of wireless industry
experience include being the COO of NextWave Telecom and
executive vice president with Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, will
discuss how the flash-OFDM technology can be deployed by
mobile operators for profitable mobile data services, without
change to the IP protocol, applications, content or devices.
To obtain more information regarding other panelists or the
Internet World Fall 2001 conference, visit the organization's
website at http://www.internetworld.com/events/fall2001
About Flarion Technologies
Flarion Technologies is mobilizing the Internet with its innovative mobile communications network technology, flash-OFDM(tm). This technology will make seamless mobile broadband access to the Internet truly affordable to the mass market - anytime, anywhere. Flarion's flash-OFDM technology, which originated in Bell Labs, enables mobile operators to profitably offer Internet Protocol (IP)-based broadband services. For mobile operators, Flarion's technology is the lowest subscriber cost of installation and operation of any mobile broadband service in the world.
Flarion's RadioRouter(tm) base station product easily overlays onto a mobile operator's existing cell sites and spectrum, and will provide a seamless routing interface to the operator's existing IP network. Flarion's flash-OFDM-based devices allow mobile users to have the same user experience they have on a broadband-wired connection.
Flarion Technologies is based in Bedminster, New Jersey (USA) and now employs over 135 people. Investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Cisco Systems, Equitek Capital, Lucent Technologies' New Ventures Group, Nassau Capital, and Pequot Capital. More information about Flarion can be accessed at http://www.flarion.com/
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Akram El-Bahay (* 1976) ist ein deutsch-ägyptischer Fantasyautor.

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Akram El-Bahay arbeitet als Journalist und Autor. Als Kind eines ägyptischen Vaters und einer deutschen Mutter ist er mit Einflüssen aus zwei Kulturkreisen aufgewachsen. Dies spiegelt sich auch in seinen Romanen wider: klassische Fantasy-Geschichten um Drachen und Magie, die ebenso sehr an Der Herr der Ringe wie an orientalische Märchen erinnern. Mit seinem ersten Roman Flammenwüste war er für mehrere Literaturpreise nominiert, er gewann den Phantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph in der Kategorie Bestes Debüt.

Er lebt mit seiner Familie am Niederrhein.

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