SOLAR PANELS – WHAT SIZE, WHAT TYPE & HOW TO CHOOSE?
Buying solar panels can be a daunting process, even for those who have a good understanding. If you don't know the first thing about sizing and selecting the right panel for your needs, then keep reading.
In this article we will outline the basics behind what to look for and how to make sure you have enough solar to cover all your 12v needs, without spending too much. First thing's first. Let's get some terminology clear for 12 volt newbies. DC power is what you get from your 12v battery in your vehicle/caravan. AC power is what a power point at home or a 12v/240v inverter gives you.
WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING, AND WHEN?
Now, before you even start looking at solar panels, you not only need to determine what appliances you want to run, but also when you need to run them, i.e. day use vs night use. This is not only critical when sizing your solar, but also your batteries. Solar tops you up during the day and your battery keeps you going at night. There's no point having a big battery, but not enough solar to charge it when it runs down, or worse, having massive solar panels, but nowhere to store it for your night time use.
Here's a few things to think about. Think about anything that runs direct from your battery or via an inverter (as this also runs from your battery). This is a worked example only below. Keep in mind that this example would be very heavy power use, more typical of a large caravan or motorhome but the process and calculations are the same. You also need to get the exact power use from your appliances too. These are just examples and they all do vary a lot.
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Once you know what you want to run and whether you will run it during the day or night or both, you need to calculate two things.
Once you have these values, you can then go about sizing your Solar Panels. Weather conditions (clouds and temperature), location (trees, steep/low terrain) and placement of panels all affect the performance of your solar panels.
As temperature goes up, the voltage output of your panels will drop. Therefore, most solar panels for 12v systems actually start at around 17-21V. In temperatures, say 40degCelsius, you will see voltages drop as much as 2-3volts. If you started at 15V and dropped to 12V, then you wouldn't have enough volts to charge your battery. Let's take an AGM battery for example. Fully charged at rest it will be about 12.6-12.7v, or what they call Nominal "12v", but during charging it needs 14.4v. If your panel was supplying less than 14.4v then it would never achieve a full charge.
Clouds, shade and hrs of direct sun say from hills either side of you will all affect the number of hrs of sun, or more specifically UV light you get on your panels. The other key thing is the angle your panel is facing to the sun. You aren't going to move your panel to face the optimum angle every 20mins of the day. You are on holidays and want to set and forget (at least for a few hours). This means that your panels are rarely producing full power.
Due to all of the above reasons, it is recommended to expect a maximum of around 5-6 hours of sun light per day, meaning your solar system needs to produce your full allocation of power for the whole day in less than 6 hrs. Using the above example of 170Ah, it needs to produce 28.45 Amps per hour for 6 hours. To work out the size of the panel we need, we simply take the 28.45 x 18V (average voltage of a solar panel) = 512W. Now as I said before, this is a high power example, more typical of a large offgrid caravan or motorhome, but the approach is the same. Just substitute your loads and perform the same calculation.
HOW TO CHOOSE A PANEL?
Everyone has a budget. That's a fact, which is based on personal financial circumstances and how often you want to use the products, but the old saying "You get what you pay for" and "Poor man buys twice" is very true when it comes to 12v equipment. We've been there, done that and the extensive list of cheap crap out there promising the world, but never delivering was what led us to start researching more to find great quality products to recommend to our audience. High price doesn't always mean a better quality product, but a very low price will always mean a much lower standard. Cheaper materials, less quality control (or none), less inclusions in the specification and generally lower performance and shorter life expectancy.
If your budget is tight, buy the best quality panel you can for your budget. If you have a very low budget, but some time up your sleeve, save for a bit longer. Alternatively, check out stores with options to pay in installments (eg. AfterPay, ZipPay). Focus on panel performance rather than digital displays or wireless connectivity. Get the highest max amp output you can get and make sure it comes with a good quality support frame.
Buying on price alone or based on eBay feedback is a slippery slope. On eBay most people give feedback when the product arrives. It arrives quickly and at first glance it looks good and you give positive 100% feedback. Then it breaks the next week, but you cannot do anything to tell others it didn't last the first trip.
One tactic we've used to determine whether we want to purchase an item is to contact the seller - ask a question you know the answer to, ask one you don't. Guage responses, their response time, their English levels. ask them to confirm their return policies and warranty process. Make sure you understand how the seller is going to behave if things go wrong. Even with the highest quality products, things can go wrong. Having a seller that communicates well and is contactable is key to having confidence in the knowledge that you won't be back purchasing again in 6 months time. Warranties don't mean much if the seller isn't a business and disappears the next day.
If your budget extends a little further, here are some things to think about.
Physical dimensions and weight of panel (how much room will it take up in my car and how heavy is it).
Does it have a multi stage charge controller or simple voltage regulator?
What about the bag? Is it just a thin dust cover or a rigid protective carry case to protect it in transit?
Heavy duty cables to reduce the potential voltage drop? The thicker the cable, the better the performance.
Look for the quality of the cable terminations. Properly insulated with heat shrink over connections and integrated fuses.
Is the charge controller dust and waterproof (IP67).
A final note in our recommendation. Stick to Mono-crystalline panels. They are smaller in size (footprint), have higher efficiency levels. They also operate better in lower UV levels and are only marginally more expensive than Poly crystalline (old technology).
If this is just too much to take in or you cannot work out the calculations yourself and need help, well that's where you call on the experts.
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More Mink lies: Medical Journal: May 9th 2021
Original: More Mink lies: Medical Journal: May 9th 2021
Opinion: They either gave them a bioweapon, then killed them to cover it up....... or the mink didn't get "covid." Possibly to test a human-vaxx since all mRNA animal trials in the past (over several species) killed nearly all of them. Shhhhhhhh. Don't tell anyone.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causal agent of COVID-19, is considered a pathogen of animal origin that is mainly transmitted from human to human. Several animal species can be naturally or experimentally infected by SARS-CoV-2, with compelling evidence that mink is highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Human-to-mink infection cases have been reported and there are also suggestions that mink-to-human infection occurs. Mink infections have been reported to date only on fur farms, except for one infected free- ranging wild mink near a Utah (USA) fur farm, which suggests a transmission pathway from farms to wild mink. We now report the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in 2 of 13 feral dark brown American mink (Neovison vison) trapped in the Valencian Community (Eastern Spain), during an invasive species trapping campaign. They were trapped in riverbeds in sparsely inhabited rural areas known to harbor self-sustained feral mink populations. The closest fur farm is about 20 km away. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected by two-step RT-PCR in these animals' mesenteric lymph nodes and was confirmed by sequencing a 397-nucleotide amplified region of the S gene, yielding identical sequences in both animals. A molecular phylogenetic analysis was run on this sequence, which was found to correspond to the consensus SARS-CoV-2 sequence from Wuhan. Our findings appear to represent the first example of SARS-CoV-2 acquired in the wild by feral mink in self-sustained populations.
Full PDF on IPFS:
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmVBQbL2gNPCfanqZAYY3bSHbe7czBfMsecjhfUoxC4Wme/animals-11-01422.pdf
Or on Brave:
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Travel: So you're over 40 – are you too old to go clubbing in Ibiza?
PACKING to go on holiday is always a military undertaking. Packing to go on holiday in Ibiza, however, becomes a mission which would put even the most organised person to task – especially when you're a middle-aged woman facing the prospect of clubbing alongside lithe, glitter-drenched millennials and wondering if your Clarks espadrilles can really cut it on a podium.
If hem length drops with age, I'm easily in midi territory; I turned 40 this year and have already toyed with laying my hot pants to rest.
But a weekend on the White Isle seems as good an opportunity as any to bid those playsuits and crop tops a final farewell – and discover if it is still possible to dance until dawn two decades after I first set foot in a club.
As it happens, clubbing has come a long way in that time. When I was growing up, dance music thrived in dark, underground vaults and venues; parties segued into one messy blur and my health took a real pounding.
When daytime, beachside clubbing emerged in Ibiza, though, the scene became sunnier, sexier and – if I'm honest – a lot more fun. So I'm eager to join the diurnal dancefloor at Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel – even if it does mean my knobbly knees and cellulite will be on full display.
A stylish hotel for fans of electronic music, the property opened in 2011 on Ibiza's popular Playa d'en Bossa strip. Their daytime parties initially launched in response to introduced regulations regarding noise levels and opening hours (the outdoor events are over by midnight), but have since become a fixture on every Ibiza clubber's itinerary.
I've come to see ANTS play their Saturday residency, showcasing some of the best talent in deep house and techno.
Flames leap from a domed stage and fireworks shower crowds thronging in multiple VIP zones, which form a central area in the hotel's Ushuaia Club section.
Garden terraces (complete with artificial turf) and rooms with balconies surround the space, allowing guests to party and drink from the comfort of their own hotel rooms. But I find a comfortable perch in one of the bars, where I can people-watch, dance and drink, without having to move too far.
I gawp at professional dancers vacuum-packed in hosiery as they climb to the top of towers, flinging and flailing their arms with so much vigour I fear they might snap off. Dressed head to toe in black, they look like a cross between Pulp Fiction's Gimp and Tony Hart's Morph, and their outfits leave very few lumps and bumps to the imagination.
Still, no one cares. Because this is Ibiza, where – I'm discovering – anything goes.
One German spectator captures the scene perfectly: "This place is full of peculiar people... doing some very peculiar things."
I meet some of those offbeat characters when we head to Hi Ibiza later that night, once the ANTS party has come to a close.
Powered by great music and a few E21 gin and tonics (ouch – but this is Ibiza!), I have enough energy to tackle the club which Ushuaia took over from legendary outfit Space.
Tonight's event is Glitterbox, an explosion of soul, disco, house – and a lot of sparkle.
"Daaaarling," squeals a glamorous transgender dancer. Inside the club, there are more beautiful people.
We weave through corridors spilling into rooms pounding with music, but I find my happy place – somewhat oddly – in the toilets, where Hi Ibiza has ingeniously set up DJ decks.
In Wild Corner, dancers punch the air and shake their (almost perfect) booties between sinks, urinals and wall-to-wall cubicles – all of which are kept immaculately clean. The mood is uplifting and, if nothing else, the set-up means you can bust a move without busting for fear of missing out on a rousing tune.
By 6am, I'm still on the dancefloor, while revellers half my age have already gone home to bed. I never imagined I'd still be standing by dawn, and I certainly never imagined I'd be spending six hours in the loos.
I'm staying in the The Ushuaia Tower, which neighbours The Ushuaia Club, where there's ample opportunity to slumber poolside or sleep-in between clubbing sessions. It's so comfortable, one man in the room opposite me stumbles bleary-eyed from his bedroom and admits he's missed his flight. Accidental or intentional, it's a common occurrence in Ibiza.
One thing you wouldn't want to miss though, is the hotel's Unexpected Breakfast – a funfair of smoothies served from carts, Iberian ham carved at a counter and a carousel of cakes and ice creams.
The notion clubbers don't like to eat is a fallacy. I'm starving after my night in the bathroom, and the food offerings at Ushuaia mean I don't have to venture far all day; along with a steakhouse, there's a sushi restaurant and an oyster and caviar bar on site.
It's easy to see how Ibiza-goers fall in love not only the White Isle but also with Ushuaia. Branded memorabilia is stocked in the lobby and bedrooms.
Embodying a grown-up style of clubbing, the club and hotel complex is an ideal place for older dance music fans to regain their mojo. I certainly found mine and I'm pleased to say the hot pants served me well.
Yes, my bits might wobble a little more now I'm older, but as my digits stack up, quite frankly, I'm starting to care even less.
Superior Double Rooms (The Club) at Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel (theushuaiaexperience.com) are priced from €193.20 with breakfast, based on two sharing.


A direct sensitivity analysis technique is extended to calculate higher-order sensitivity coefficients in three-dimensional air quality models. The time evolution of sensitivity coefficients of different order is followed alongside that of the concentrations. Calculation of higher-order sensitivity coefficients requires few modifications to the original (first-order) sensitivity modules and is carried out efficiently and with minimal computational overhead. The modeling results (first-, second-, and third-order sensitivity coefficients) for an ozone episode in central California are shown and discussed. Second-order sensitivity coefficients of ozone concentration with respect to domain-wide NO emissions show reasonable agreement with brute-force results and exhibit less noisy behavior. By using second-order sensitivity coefficients the nonlinear responses are better captured and described. For a Taylor series projection from the base case, including the second-order term improves the accuracy. In general, higher-order sensitivity analysis shows a noticeable improvement in terms of accuracy over the conventional first-order analysis. Of particular interest, second-order sensitivity analysis is better equipped to address the nonlinear behavior around the peak ozone in NOx-rich plumes.


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Postcards range in size from 4.5 x 8.25 to 5x 8, all backs have a "place stamp" box, Bill Graham's return address from either San Francisco or NY, four of the cards have litho company name on back. Cards are numbered 39, 41, 46, 64 and No. 5 for Fillmore East. The Butterfield Blues from 1966 does not have a number; it should be 31. The artists: Wes Wilson for the first four postcards listed, Bonnie McLean for the Vandellas and David Byrd for Traffic (his first concert artwork for Graham). Condition: pencil dates above "stamp box" on all but Fillmore East postcards, very light wear, some light toning to some of the backs, Fillmore East backs have edge toning on one side and the other has toning over the entire back else very good/fine. Colors are bright and sharp. A total of seven Fillmore/Fillmore East concert postcards including duplicate. Sold as a lot only.


The year was 2006. The month, July. My son Jeremy, my sister Michelle, and I packed up a picnic lunch and headed to Cocoa Beach to watch the space shuttle Discovery launch on its journey toward the International Space Station. The third of July was a hot day like any other. We clocked it being around 114° F during one point.
The funny story I was going to tell you today was about how we waited forever to see the shuttle launch, and there were no public restrooms anywhere on the crowded causeway. So we all ended up taking turns in the backseat using the container that had held our potato salad as a urinal! But when I told my sister that I was going to share that, she vetoed me and insisted that I tell you about what happened the next day instead.
See NASA in the background?
Being professional photographers, of course we had tons of photo equipment, but at that point, it was all still film. A couple of months prior, we were forced to stop photographing at a Bon Jovi concert because we had "professional cameras," and only "point and shoots" were allowed. So we ventured into the digital photography world and purchased our first digital cameras which were also capable of taking video.
The July 3 launch was scrubbed, so we went back the following day. This would be the first time ever that the United States had an Independence Day launch. Michelle, being a history major, was especially pleased to be witnessing this bit of history making in the progress.
We decided that I would photograph the launch, and Michelle would videotape it using our new digital cameras. Well, of course, being a professional photographer, she knew that when taking still shots, you can rotate the camera to either take landscape (horizontal) formats or portrait (vertical) formats. But what she forgot is that with video recording devices (back then anyway before cell phones were capable of recording digital video), you had to hold the camera horizontally because there was no way to rotate the picture and it will be forever viewed sideways!
So, sure enough, when we got home, excited about seeing the launch, we put my photos and Michelle's video on the computer and viewed them. Sadly, when we realized her video was sideways, it looked as if the astronauts had crashed right into the ground! YIKES! So, Australia, if you folks see what looks like a shuttle sticking up out of the ground… it probably is!
Michelle's video looked like this… The trail of smoke started from the side and headed down toward the earth! YIKES!
Talk to me: Have you ever witnessed a shuttle launch? Have you ever heard the sonic boom it makes when it enters back into the atmosphere? If cost weren't a factor, would you ride on a private passenger space shuttle and go into space for a few days?


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No Euroleague Final Four for the Greeks
George Georgakopoulos
April 28, 2018 28.04.2018 • 00:11
Both of Greece's representatives crashed out of the Euroleague, despite enjoying home advantage in the play-offs, as they could not find an away win in Madrid or Kaunas this week to offset their home defeats from last week.
On Thursday Olympiakos went down 101-91 at Zalgiris to lose the best-of-five quarterfinal series with a 3-1 score, before Panathinaikos succumbed to Real Madrid 89-82 to lose the series 3-1 too.
Olympiakos had a serious fitness problem with several of its players and could not match its host for most of the game at Kaunas, and only in the first last quarter did it manage to put some pressure on Zalgiris cutting the distance up to seven points toward the end of Game 4.
Yiannis Sfairopoulos, the Olympiakos coach, admitted after the game that Zalgiris was superior to his team. He was bitterly honest.
His players appeared to have run out of steam in the second and third quarter, but somehow came back to life in the fourth during which they scored 35 points and came back from 23 points down to threaten Zalgiris, before the team of Sarunas Jasikevicius sealed its spot in the Final Four for the first time in 19 years.
Vassilis Spanoulis (19 points) was followed this time by Janis Strelnieks (17) and Costas Papanikolaou (15), but the main problems for the Reds were in defense, while the contribution of its American players will be in the spotlight for the days to come.
There was a similar story in the Game 4 that took place in Madrid on Friday, as Panathinaikos had major problems in defense in the first three periods to find itself trailing by up to 22 points, before staging an impressive comeback that took the score to 85-82 with just over a minute to play.
The Greens allowed Real to score at will after the fifth minute and up to the start of the final quarte,r with the Spaniards seemingly heading for a score over 100 points. In the last period a switch in the Greens' defense frustrated Real and gave some self-confidence to Panathinaikos that kept cutting its deficit, and it might have equalized had it not been for another set of strange referee calls that had the Greek champions' players wonder when this will end.
It may have actually just ended, as Panathinaikos has decided not to stay with the Euroleague any longer and has reportedly begun negotiations with FIBA to move into the Champions League.
In this farewell game of the Greens in the Euroleague, Chris Singleton scored an amazing 5/6 triples for a total of 21 points, with Mike James and Nick Calathes making 18 points each.
The end is nigh for Reds and Greens
Greeks need away wins in Euroleague play-offs
Greens eclipse Real Madrid, as Reds fall to Zalgiris at home
Spanoulis the new all-time record scorer in the top flight
Panathinaikos to leave the Euroleague this summer
PAOK wins at AEK as Aris nears relegation


The recent earthquake in Japan, with all its tragic consequences, nuclear or not, has impressed the whole world. After the first moments of despair, many people started to take the initiative and arrange actions or projects in order to help Japanese population.
This week we address again the passion for books and reading. We interviewed the Italian blogger Gloria M. Ghioni, founder and admin of Critica Letteraria (Literary Criticism): a blog which is "followed by people who believe in the power of the words", as it is written on its home page.
One of the most popular activities while traveling on a train is reading. I bet that everyone, at least once in a lifetime, has peeked into the pages of his/her fellow travelers. On Chicca Gagliardo's blog there is a new column, started on January 19th by Gabriele Dadati, which exactly deals with this topic.


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Where's the line of hate speech?
The Supreme Court of Canada has drawn the line between what counts as 'hate speech' - and is therefore prohibited - and what is protected 'free speech'. In Saskatchewan v Whatcott, Whatcott had circulated pamphlets saying things like "Keep Homosexuals out of schools" and "Keep Sodomites Out of Schools".
The court said that free speech, including free speech about political issues, and freedom of religion are protected rights -- but subject to the limitation that it not be hate speech.
How do you tell if speech is hate speech? The court said that the test is an objective one: Would a reasonable person, aware of the relevant context and circumstances, find the speech to expose or likely to expose people to detestation and vilification. Speech which merely ridicules someone is not hate speech. Speech in private is not hate speech; and speech directed personally at an individual is not hate speech.
Remember the Charter of Rights? Not so fast...
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, enacted in 1982, has become a cultural touchstone, guaranteeing that Canada is a place of freedom, respect, and equality.
Two events this week underscore the Charter's weaknesses. The first is an . underreported court case in Ontario, Tanudjaja v Canada. In that case, a coalition including B.C.'s Pivot Legal Services argued that the Charter imposed an obligation on the federal and provincial government to ensure that affordable, adquate and accessible housing is available for all Ontarians and Canadians. The coalition argued that section 7 of the Charter, a guarantee of of "life, liberty, or security of the person" imposed that obligation.
The case was thrown out as soon as it was filed, before any evidence was heard. The court said that the Charter imposes no positive obligation on governments to do anything. If the government gets into the affordable housing business, it must do so in compliance with the Charter which among other things guarantees equality. But the government has no obligation to get into the affordable housing business if it doesn't want to.
So your 'right' as a Canadian to "life...and security of the person" doesn't include the right to eat, or be sheltered.
The second event - this one all over the news - is Quebec's intention to introduce a "Charter of Values" which would prohibit the wearing of some religious symbols (all except Catholic crucifixes, in fact) if you work in the public sector - government, hospitals, educational institutions.
This law does contradicts the guarantee of 'freedom of religion' and the guarantee of 'freedom of expression' in both the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Quebec's own Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Courts have consistently upheld the rights of religious minorities: for example in Multani, a affirming that Sikh boys could wear kirpans (a religious symbolic metal knife worn under clothing) to school; and in Amselem, permitting Jews to erect succah, a small ritual dwelling, on their balconies notwithstanding a rue of the luxury condo where they lived that prohibited balcony structures.
Queers have objected, unsuccessfully, that 'freedom of religion' should not be a licence to discriminate against queers just because they 'sincerely believe' that being queer is a sin. In Trinity Western, for example, queers lost an argument that the Christian College should be refused accreditation as a teacher's college because it required all students to sign a contract agreeing not to engage in sexual 'sins' including homosexuality.
So it seems obvious that Quebec's 'Charter of Values' would be thrown out because it contravenes the Charter of Rights. Because the Charter of Rights is part of the Constitution of the country any other law that conflicts with it can be declared null and void.
Not necessarily.
The Quebec government can throw in a 'notwithstanding' clause. Any government is permitted to enact a law which they know contradicts the Charter of Rights if they include a section that says the law is valid notwithstanding the Charter. If the 'notwithstanding' clause is included, the Quebec Charter of Values would be good for five years, after which it would have to be reenacted. Governments have to think twice about using the notwithstanding clause, because they know that every five years they will have to pay the political cost of enacting a Charter -violating law.
We queers must stand firmly with the religious minorities in Quebec, even though 'religious freedom' is often pitted against queer rights. Because what is at stake is our country's very soul. Unless we all recognize that conflicts among rights - religious freedom and queer rights, or any other conflict - must be settled by the courts, we will inevitably end up with the shameful spectacle of governments enacting legislation designed to hurt minorities just to get votes. And when that day comes, we will be among the minorities targeted for legislated bigotry.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is deeply flawed because it does not even pretend to address the worst inequalities among Canadians - the inequalities created and perpetuated by poverty. And the Charter is fragile: if ever it becomes politically acceptable to tack the 'notwithstanding' clause onto any piece of legislation which is currently in favour, all of our Charter rights will succomb.
But, as minorities of any kind - sexual, racial, religious, disabled, immigrant, women (though not a minority!) the Charter is all we've got.
Wonderful resource for gender training
Sam Killerman has just published a wonderful resource for people doing training about gender (and other oppressions).
He is making the pdf of his book available for free. Check it out - I especially like the genderbread person!
The Social Justice Advocate's Handbook: A Guide to Gender
Russian views on homosexuality
A new Pew survey found that only 16% of Russians say yes to the question "Should homosexuality be accepted". No wonder the government's homophobic initiative is so popular.
The fascinating survey of attitudes toward homosexuality world-wide shows not only which countries say 'yes' (Canada 80%; Spain 88%, U.S. 60%) and which say 'no' (Nigeria 98%, Uganda 96%, South Korea 59%, China 57%) to the question.
The less religious a country, and the wealthier the country, the more likely it is that the country will have positive attitudes to homosexuality.
See http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/


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BlackBerry Ltd v Facebook-a case for patent infringement
Categories: Facebook, Instagram, Patent Infringement, Social Media
Michael Coyle
BlackBerry Limited a company renowned for their vast range of smartphones which swept the nation, saw business peak in 2005 following the release of built-in app BlackBerry Messenger. The Canadian based company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook and its inclusive WhatsApp and Instagram apps, following allegations that features of the popular social media messaging service infringe on BlackBerry patents. The lawsuit stems from years of failed negotiation attempts, centrally placed to fulfil their obligation to shareholders and pursue appropriate legal remedies.
Facebook Deputy General Counsel Paul Grewal has hit back at BlackBerry stating that "Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, BlackBerry is now looking to tax the innovation of others." Grewal has also voiced the intentions of the multi-billion-pound corporation to fight these allegations. It should be noted, that such claims follow the earlier dispute between BlackBerry and Qualcomm in 2017, in which telecommunications company Qualcomm settled a case in a binding arbitration agreement concerning royalty payments for a staggering £675m, jumping BlackBerry shares by 1.2% in premarket trade.


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Nirma University B.Design Admission 2018 has started and the candidates willing to seek admission in Design course are required to fill the application form on or before the due date. University is inviting applications for admission to Bachelor of Design (B.Des) Program offered in Industrial Design and Communication Design in the Department of Design for the academic session 2018-19. In Nirma University up to fifteen percent of intake is allocated for admission to NRI and NRI sponsored candidates. Get details about the Nirma University B.Design Admission 2018 compiling the details such as dates, eligibility, application process, selection etc. here on this page.
The candidate must have passed the HSC (10+2) examination with minimum 50% aggregate marks. Or any other recognised examination considered as equivalent by Nirma University.
The application process for the Nirma University B.Design course has started. The eligible candidates can fill the application form for the same by following the link given below. The process of filling up the form is completely online. There is no offline procedure. The last date to fill the Nirma University B.Design Application form is 31 December 2017. Hence, the candidates are suggested to fill their form on or before the due date.
STEP 2 - (Filling up the Application Form): The candidates need to login to their account using the login id (same as the email address) and password they received at the time of registration. After login, the candidates have to fill the form by providing their basic details.
STEP 4 - (Payment): At last, the candidates need to pay the application fee to complete the application process. The application fee can be paid online by credit card/debit card /net banking.
The application form will be submitted in online mode only and the fee will also be paid online. There is no offline process for making the payment and submitting the form. Candidates need to take a print out of the confirmation page and keep it safe till the application process is over.
The candidates who filled the application form correctly are required to download the admit card to appear on the entrance test. The entrance exam is scheduled to be conducted on 28 January 2018. The admit card is an important document to be carried at the examination centre. The link to download the admit card will be available soon on this page.
The application fee for the Nirma University B.Des course is given in the table below. The amount of fee is different for the Indian candidates and for the NRI & NRI sponsored candidates. The candidates belonging to the respective category should pay their application fee accordingly.
The result of the written test of Nirma University for B.Des admission will be declared after the exam. The candidates who appeared in the exam would be able to check the result. Right after the result, the selection process gets started.
The applicants who will be qualified in the Entrance Test will be called for Personal Interview at Ahmadabad from 1 to 5 May 2018.
The creative work can include drawings, paintings, photographs, films/ Videos made by the student, craft work, project, models, written work such as articles, stories, essays, poems, etc. The portfolio should have only 15 works in total.
The candidates selected after the written test will appear in the interview. The candidates appearing in the interview need to bring the requisite documents at the time of interview. The list of documents to be brought by candidates in the interview are given below.
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Q: Calling another activity from a broadcast receiver I am building an app which monitors GPS location at 10 second intervals in a background thread and tests it against some criteria, and if the test is successful it then sends a message to a broadcast receiver. The following code for the receiver gets the the latitude and longitude from the background thread, and works fine just displaying the result in a toast.
package com.barney.gpstracking;

import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class PosReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
    double lat, lon;
    String slat, slon;

    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        Bundle params = intent.getExtras();
        if (params != null) {
            lat = params.getDouble("lati");
            slat = String.valueOf(lat);
            lon = params.getDouble("long");
            slon = String.valueOf(lon);
        }
        Toast.makeText(context, "Position is:" + lat + "  " + lon, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

However, if I replace the toast with a call to start another activity as follows:
            lon = params.getDouble("long");
            slon = String.valueOf(lon);
        }
        Intent goPop=new Intent(context,PopUpActivity.class);
        context.startActivity(goPop);
    }
}

then it compiles and installs on my device ok but I get a run-time error as soon as it tries to receive a broadcast. The PopUpActivity that I am trying to call works perfectly if I try calling it from elsewhere (e.g. from the main activity). I guess therefore that the goPop intent above is incorrect. I have looked at advice in response to similar questions, but I can't figure out the problem. Can anyone help me please?

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The Plastic Surgery Channel / Breast Videos / Common, But Not Commonly Discussed: Inverted Nipples
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Common, But Not Commonly Discussed: Inverted Nipples
John Hammarley
Inverted nipples occur more often than one might think. About one out of every 10 women have them, and that's about the same percentage of men who have the condition. Inverted nipples indent more than they protrude. They can be on one or both breasts. Many people either don't care about their nipples being inverted or some people actually like the condition. Board certified plastic surgeons discuss the options and why patients may seek correction.
It's Not All or Nothing with Inverted Nipples
Some nipples only invert occasionally, and they can reverse to their normal state after changes in temperature or stimulation. Others nipples can be permanently inverted. This means that they'll remain inverted unless you try to reverse them through one of a number of treatments, both surgical and non-surgical.
Should All Inverted Nipples be 'Corrected?'
No. In most cases, having an inverted nipple won't affect you. This natural occurrence doesn't increase your risk for any health complication. It also shouldn't affect your nipple sensitivity. If you do want to reverse an inverted nipple for aesthetic reasons, read on!
When we talk about women's breasts, inverted nipples is one of those subjects that's very common but it's not talked about very commonly. A lot of women don't talk about it, but they wish they had something to fix it. The good news is, there is something. Actually, more than one thing. One option is quick and relatively painless. But another one, which does not require surgery, takes several months to determine if it will work.
Don't 'Add On' Inverted Nipple Surgery with Any Other Breast Surgeries
Jason Cooper, MD, a board certified plastic surgeon in Jupiter, FL, says it's a fairly easy procedure, but one that shouldn't be combined with other enhancement surgeries.
"Inverted nipples can be corrected," Dr. Cooper tells The Plastic Surgery Channel, "but you need to be careful about combining the correction of an inverted nipple with a breast lift or other procedures where you may be taking away some blood supply from the nipple or areola at the time of surgery."
"Try to just isolate that as a single procedure, and you'll be much happier and you be much less likely to run into an inadvertent problem related to the nipple repair combined with another breast enhancement procedure."
All Inverted Nipple Fixes are Not Created Equal
Dr. Melinda Haws, a board certified plastic surgeon in Nashville, TN has a different perspective on why there are different approaches to fixing inverted nipples.
"There's a lot of different ways of fixing inverted nipples because it's hard to fix inverted nipples!" Dr. Haws observes. "It tends to be because the ducts are too tight and pull the nipple on the inside. One of the easiest, non-surgical ways to fix inverted nipples is to pierce the nipple and you leave it pierced for six to 12 months.
"And women who have a short duct, they can sometimes pull it out and that works beautifully. And that's the easiest way for everybody if you're willing to go around everywhere with a pierced nipple. Not everybody is. Otherwise, there are other surgeries that can nip that duct. But the question is will the nipple try to pull back in again?"
Dr. Haws sees the other side of inverted nipples as well. "I also have patients who like inverted nipples because they never have to worry about nipple show," she adds.
If Your Nipples Become Inverted in Adulthood, Pay Attention
One important heads up: If one or both of your nipples suddenly flatten or turn inward later in life, speak to your doctor about it. A nipple that changes like this can be normal, but it can also be a red flag for certain breast diseases, including inflammatory breast cancer or Paget disease of the breast, a rare type of cancer that involves the nipple and the areola.
If you were born with them, inverted nipples don't say anything about your health. You can even breastfeed normally; while babies can have a bit more trouble latching onto an inverted nipple than a protruding one, a little patience while you position yourself and the baby can make it easier for the baby to feed. You can also ask your doctor about special breastfeeding devices, such as breast shells, that help pull out and position an inverted nipple in a way that makes it less difficult for the baby to nurse.
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Home Trades GE Investors Get Yet Another Lesson From the Great Recession
GE Investors Get Yet Another Lesson From the Great Recession
The Option Specialist November 9, 2018 comments off
"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen."
This week saw the House of Representatives flip to Democrats, the firing of Jeff Sessions, a mass shooting in L.A., and fires spread throughout California. Lenin sure had his share of wild weeks. But every week we are experiencing feels like decades too.
So, when General Electric – one of the world's oldest and most well-established companies – falls 21.6% from peak to trough in just one week, it shouldn't come as a surprise.
The company is certainly in a slide. In fact, this week's move feels a bit too similar to GE's 2008-09. That was the last time its stock fell below $10 per share. But back then, GE had Warren Buffett come in to bail it out. We're not so sure that'll be the case this time around.
But even if that were to happen, one thing is for certain: General Electric's stock is going to keep on dancing for weeks to come. And for shareholders, those weeks will almost definitely feel like decades.
The company has been struggling for quite a while, to tell the whole truth. It didn't just collapse overnight. For years now, CEOs Jeffrey Immelt and now John Flannery have been trying to remove the lasting wound their predecessor Jack Welch left them with that is GE Capital.
This division was the GE's major weakness during the Great Recession, when everything was falling and anything tied to finance fell even harder. But even though they've had a decade since then, no CEO has been able to completely remove that burden from GE's shoulders.
That's not the only dead weight for these luckless CEOs to deal with. The company's other businesses have been in trouble too.
Its oil and gas enterprises have cratered. Its healthcare segment is too burdensome (hence spinoff plans). And its transportation arm is faltering too (despite the moves made by Immelt in that department).
All of this has left GE with massive debt, weak to no growth to pay for any of it and demanding shareholders. Its only move left was to cut back its dividend to pay for all of these problems. That was certainly the sensible move, but it definitely didn't make anyone happy.
Now, could things turn around? Will this extra cash from cutting its dividend help GE refocus on profitable segments? Possibly… even probably. But that's not where we'd want to put our money just yet. It could take years for any of this to pay out and for GE to recover to its former glory.
Instead, we're looking at how this impacts the company's stock right now. And it does leave many options – literally – on the table.
GE Has Been Here Before
Option premiums are determined by price, time and volatility. Price and time are rather straightforward, if you are looking at an option with a strike price that is "in the money" it means that particular option is exercisable. So there is a definitive amount to be gained for the option buyer to exercise his contract. Time too makes sense. The longer out an option contract is, the better chance the underlying stock will be able to move in the direction of the option's strike price.
Volatility, however, is another game entirely. For some extremely stable companies with low volatility, their options trade at very low premiums. GE used to be one of these kinds of stocks. With the recent move to sub-$10 in such a short amount of time, that is no longer the case.
So, when one is looking to buy options – either calls or puts – on GE now, they have to weigh the extra price to get into that trade. Fortunately, in this case, this calculation favors the buyer.
You see, the last time GE fell this hard, this fast, it proved it wasn't going to stay this low long. From Feb. 9, 2009 to Mar. 5, 2009, shares of GE fell from $12.64 all the way to $6.66. Remember, this was at the height of the Great Recession. That move represents a 47.3% freefall in less than a month.
From there, however, it didn't take long before the situation changed yet again. By Apr. 6, GE was trading back up at $11.19, 68% higher than its bottom.
While we can't exactly expect the same kind of reaction this time, we do know that investors in this sacred historical stock don't sit on their hands when their stock is in freefall mode.
So, even though premiums for GE options are higher than normal, they are justifiably still attractive to those looking to buy.
Of course, we simply don't know if GE will recover like last time or continue to fall. Fortunately, there's a strategy for that.
A Strategy to Profit From Major Moves in Either Direction
A long strangle is an option trade that involves purchasing two contracts — one out-of-the-money call and one out-of-the-money put.
The purpose of this kind of trade is to profit from major price movements in either direction. For a company like GE, it wouldn't take much for this to become a profitable strategy.
The risk of this kind of trade is the amount to enter it. Since someone entering a long strangle is purchasing two option contracts, the premiums paid for those contracts is the total risk.
The possible profit from this strategy is unlimited. The only problem is that it takes a decent-sized movement in the underlying stock before it does enter profit territory.
You can see how this trade works in this graph:
Source: The Options Industry Council
Let's look at a specific strangle on GE options right now.
A Specific Strangle Trade on GE
If you purchase a December 21 $9 call for $0.38 per share and a December 21 $8 put for $0.47 per share, you'd spend $0.85 per share to enter a strangle trade. Since each contract is worth 100 shares, that's a total cost of $85.
That's your total risk for this trade. You can't lose more than that (plus commissions) if GE just doesn't move from where it's at… an unlikely scenario.
As we noted, your profit is unlimited with this kind of trade. If GE continues its freefall, your put would become increasingly profitable. The same is true with your call if GE recovers like it did in '09.
To find out the exact point at which it becomes profitable is simple math.
If GE falls from here, it will have to sink far enough to pass your put's strike price and the premium you paid to get into the trade. That works out to a profit point of $7.15 per share ($8 strike price – $0.85 premiums paid). If GE recovers, this trade becomes profitable at $9.85 per share ($9 strike price + $0.85 premiums paid).
Right now, with GE trading at $8.45, that $0.85 in total premiums represent 10% of GE's share price. This company has been in trouble before. It recovered quickly back then. If it does again, this trade will bring a profit. If it doesn't recover this time, a continued fall would still make this trade profitable.
— The Option Specialist
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Date of inscription: 1979
Criterion: (6)
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Location: N50 4 0 E19 21 0
AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979 on the basis of criterion 6.
The Committee decided to "restrict the inscription of other sites of a similar nature." As in the case of other sites inscribed in the early stage of the existence of the List, the Committee did not accept the Statement of Significance. Certain elements having significance for the place were missing from the inscription itself, but the majority of them were included in the zone of silence and the buffer zone, a map of which—although it was never implemented—makes up an integral part of the nominating motion submitted by the Polish government and accepted by the World Heritage Committee.
The goal of the World Heritage Convention is to protect the Exceptional Universal Value of each World Heritage site, and this goal should be strongly emphasized. At its 31st session in 2007, the World Heritage Committee approved the following Statement of Significance (31 COM 8B.8):
"Based on the Statement of Significance, [it] further approves the name change to the following: Auschwitz Birkenau as title and German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) as subtitle."
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the principal and most notorious of the six concentration and extermination camps established by Nazi Germany to implement its Final Solution policy which had as its aim the mass murder of the Jewish people in Europe. Built in Poland under Nazi German occupation initially as a concentration camp for Poles and later for Soviet prisoners of war, it soon became a prison for a number of other nationalities. Between the years 1942-1944 it became the main mass extermination camp where Jews were tortured and killed for their so-called racial origins. In addition to the mass murder of well over a million Jewish men, women and children, and tens of thousands of Polish victims, Auschwitz also served as a camp for the racial murder of thousands of Roma and Sinti and prisoners of several European nationalities.
The Nazi policy of spoliation, degradation and extermination of the Jews was rooted in a racist and anti-Semitic ideology propagated by the Third Reich.Appeals to all States Parties to send web-links of their educational and information material to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in order to enhance understanding of its significance in the collective memory of humanity as a sign of warning of the many threats and consequences of extreme ideologies and the denial of human dignity
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of the concentration camp complexes created by the Nazi German regime and was the one which combined extermination with forced labour. At the centre of a huge landscape of human exploitation and suffering, the remains of the two camps of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, as well as its Protective Zone were placed on the World Heritage List as evidence of this inhumane, cruel and methodical effort to deny human dignity to groups considered inferior, leading to their systematic murder. The camps are a vivid testimony to the murderous nature of the anti-Semitic and racist Nazi policy that brought about the annihilation of more than 1.2 million people in the crematoria, 90% of whom were Jews.
The fortified walls, barbed wire, railway sidings, platforms, barracks, gallows, gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz-Birkenau show clearly how the Holocaust, as well as the Nazi German policy of mass murder and forced labour took place. The collections at the site preserve the evidence of those who were premeditatedly murdered, as well as presenting the systematic mechanism by which this was done. The personal items in the collections are testimony to the lives of the victims before they were brought to the extermination camps, as well as to the cynical use of their possessions and remains. The site and its landscape has high levels of authenticity and integrity since the original evidence has been carefully conserved without any unnecessary restoration.
Criterion (vi) - be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal value
Auschwitz - Birkenau, monument to the deliberate genocide of the Jews by the Nazi regime (Germany 1933-1945) and to the deaths of countless others bears irrefutable evidence to one of the greatest crimes ever perpetrated against humanity. It is also a monument to the strength of the human spirit which in appalling conditions of adversity resisted the efforts of the German Nazi regime to suppress freedom and free thought and to wipe out whole races. The site is a key place of memory for the whole of humankind for the holocaust, racist policies and barbarism; it is a place of our collective memory of this dark chapter in the history of humanity, of transmission to younger generations and a sign of warning of the many threats and tragic consequences of extreme ideologies and denial of human dignity.
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I want to update/create a system parameter in default profile via ABAP Program.
Anybody has any idea how to achieve this?
Iam not sure it can be changed from ABAP prog., for me it's look difficult because this default profile is located at OS level not in the application level.
For any basis guy this is matter of few min. to change/ add this parameter from RZ10. If you want to reinvent the wheel it's up to you.


Qualcomm Ventures today announced the creation of AI Fund, a program to invest up to $100 million in promising startups. The news was shared by global head of Qualcomm Ventures Quinn Li and CEO Steven Mollenkopf in a presentation in San Francisco.
The fund's first investment was made in AnyVision, a computer vision and facial recognition software company. The size of investments made in specific companies will not be disclosed, but the fund will make investments ranging from $1 million to $10 million. Roughly one-third of investments will go to Series A companies and two-third to Series B companies, Li told VentureBeat in a phone interview.
Qualcomm Ventures aims to invest in companies across a broad range of AI applications, including vertical use cases like autonomous cars, robotics, or enterprise solutions, as well as platforms for building models for deep learning and machine learning applications.
As maker of the Snapdragon processor for mobile or IoT, the fund will invest in companies that deploy on-device machine learning.
Created in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures currently has a portfolio of about 150 companies, ranging from Ring to Waze and Xiaomi.
Existing AI investments include computer vision startup Clarifai, autonomous driving company Cruise Automation, AI platform SenseTime in China, and Robotics company Brain Corp, which debuted a delivery robot with SoftBank Robotics earlier this week.


Is this sign for Alzheimer's? Well, it isn't so serious. President cognitive problems in a 40-something are almost always the result of a treatable problem: depression, side effects of medicine, or drinking too much. For almost 40-year-olds, focusing on the task at hand can help make up for any lost edge. Steadiness and discipline, two blessings of maturity, also help in coping with the physiology of the 40s. Regular exercise can have psychological benefits, too, such as preventing depression. Right. Keeping themselves a mood and doing exercises certainly help. Then how about their family life? Well, they have a lot to cope with- probably more than their parents did at the same age. For many, the stresser are huge. Weekly work hours for women jumped from 18 in 1975 to 28 in 1995. Many husbands and wives simultaneously freak out about their careers. This leads to increase of divorce rate. Nearly one of seven 40-something in divorced, double the rate of 1975. They are also setting records fr remarriage and blended families. Add their own aging parents to the mix, today's 40-year-olds face the extreme-sports version of middle age.


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'Hamilton' Takes Measures to Limit Ticket Resale
If you don't have tickets, you just don't have tickets.
By Toni Akindele	· May 16, 2016 October 27, 2020
The Broadway hit musical Hamilton is cracking down on ticket resellers.
The New York Times reports that the producers of Hamilton will be capping the number of tickets that can be purchased per person.
Currently "there is a fourteen ticket limit per person for performances within a seven-day period," according to the Ticketmaster website.
"When people exceed the limits, we refund them, and we pooled all the refunds and put them on sale," explained Jeffrey Seller, the show's lead producer.
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And it doesn't end there. The producers announced via Twitter new rules for people waiting in line for tickets.
We have updated the #Hamilton cancellation line policies. If you're joining the line, please take note. pic.twitter.com/MSs7cr9qdN
— Hamilton (@HamiltonMusical) May 12, 2016
"There are brokers who hire people to stand in line for [tickets] – they set up tents, they sit in chairs with sleeping bags – and we don't want a tent city that encourages brokers to resell," Seller tells The New York Times. "We want to ensure that if anyone has perseverance, they are a beneficiary of the line. But this camping out has to stop, because it has crossed over into public nuisance."
No sitters, no scalpers. Enjoy the show.


In honor of Donald Davis' March featured storytelling festival performer hat trick, August House will feature an interview in their March Newsletter with Donald Davis in which he discusses his storytelling childhood, and favorite elements of performance.
Donald Davis is frequently recognized as a gifted performance artist and "one of the most popular figures on today's storytelling circuit" (LA Times). Davis's humor, compassion, and ability to read audiences has earned him such honors as the NSN ORACLE Circle of Excellence and Lifetime Achievement awards. The New York Times wrote that "his stories often left listeners limp with laughter at the same time they struggled with a lump in the throat." Davis is also a prolific author and has written over ten titles with August House, including the award winning LittleFolk picture book The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday: An Appalachian Folktale1 and collection of stories Listening for the Crack of Dawn, drawn from his childhood growing up in the mountains of Western North Carolina in a family that shared a rich storytelling tradition.
Donald Davis and featured August House authors will be joined by nine other featured performers across the Mariposa Storytelling Festival, the Azalea Storytelling Festival, and the Florida Storytelling Festival. The Mariposa Storytelling Festival runs from March 11-13 and will feature Donald Davis on March 11th. The Azalea Storytelling Festival runs from March 4-6 and will feature Davis on March 6th. The Florida Storytelling festival runs from March 31-April 4 and will feature Davis on March 31st. For more information about these festivals, go to: http://www.mariposaartscouncil.org/mariposa-storytelling-festival/, http://www.lagrange.edu/events/azalea/index.html, and http://flstory.com/.


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Мико́ла Гео́ргійович Кульчи́нський ( 10 квітня 1947, м. Дубно, Рівненська область) — український радянський дисидент, згодом політик, народний депутат ВР України, член фракції Блоку «Наша Україна — Народна самооборона» (з листопада 2007), член Комітету у справах пенсіонерів, ветеранів та інвалідів (з грудня 2007), голова підкомітету з питань законодавства у сфері пенсійного забезпечення та пенсійної реформи; голова Полтавського обласного об'єднання Всеукраїнського товариства «Просвіта» (з 1990); член Ради НСНУ (з липня 2005).

Життєпис
Українець; дружина Раїса Максимівна (1947) — економіст; син Роман (1974) — журналіст; дочка Леся (1984).

Освіта: Полтавський вечірній університет журналістики, журналіст; Полтавська філія Укр.-фін. інституту менеджменту та бізнесу, менеджер комерційної діяльності.

Народний депутат України 6-го скликання з листопада 2007 до грудня 2012 від Блоку «Наша Україна — Народна самооборона», № 72 в списку. На час виборів: редактор газети «Наше слово», член НСНУ. Член фракції Блоку «Наша Україна — Народна самооборона» (з листопада 2007). Член Комітету у справах пенсіонерів, ветеранів та інвалідів (з грудня 2007), голова підкомітету з питань законодавства у сфері пенсійного забезпечення та пенсійної реформи.

Народний депутат України 5-го скликання з листопада 2006 до червня 2007 від Блоку «Наша Україна», № 87 в списку. Член Комітету у справах пенсіонерів, ветеранів та інвалідів (з грудня 2006), член фракції Блоку «Наша Україна» (з листопада 2006). Склав депутатські повноваження 15 червня 2007.

Народний депутат України 4-го скликання з липня 2003 до квітня 2006 від Блоку Віктора Ющенка «Наша Україна», № 73 в списку. Член фракції «Наша Україна» (з липня 2003). Член Комітету у справах пенсіонерів, ветеранів та інвалідів (з вересня 2003).

Народний депутат України 3-го скликання з квітня 2000 до квітня 2002 від НРУ, № 47 в списку. Член фракції НРУ (з квітня 2000). Член Комітету з питань паливно-енергетичного комплексу, ядерної політики та ядерної безпеки (з травня 2000).

Березень 1998 — кандидат в народні депутати України, виборчій округ № 144, Полтавська область. З'явилось 67,4 %, «за» 12,9 %, 2 місце з 27 претендентів. На час виборів: голова Полтавського обласного об'єднання товариства «Просвіта», член НРУ.

 1966—1969 — служба в армії.
 1969 — заарештований і засуджений за ст. 187 ч.1 КК УРСР («наклеп на радянську дійсність») на 2.5 роки ув'язнення в таборах загального режиму (покарання відбував в м. Бердянську, с. Аполонівці).
 Березень 1972 — березень 1973 — матрос Дніпропетровського річкового порту.
 1973—1990 — машиніст баштового крану тресту «Полтавапромбуд».

Член НСЖУ.

Член НРУ (1989—2005, член Політради НРУ (березень — травень 1999); голова Полтавської крайової організації НРУ (з листопада 1994); член Центрального проводу НРУ; член Політради НРУ (до липня 2005).

Довірена особа кандидата на пост Президента України Віктора Ющенка в ТВО № 152 (2004—2005).

Захоплення: класична музика.

Нагороди
 Орден «За заслуги» III ст. (04.2007).
 Хрест Івана Мазепи (23 лютого 2010) — за вагомий особистий внесок у відродження історичної спадщини українського народу, багаторічну плідну професійну діяльність

Примітки

Посилання
 сайт ВРУ
 Довідник «Хто є хто в Україні»
 Микола Кульчинський: «В "зоні", як ніде, проявлявся російський шовінізм»

Персоналії за алфавітом
Члени НСЖУ
Народні депутати України 3-го скликання
Народні депутати України 4-го скликання
Народні депутати України 5-го скликання
Народні депутати України 6-го скликання
Члени «Нашої України»
Члени НРУ (до 1991 року)
Уродженці Дубна
Народились 10 квітня
Народились 1947
Нагороджені Хрестом Івана Мазепи
Українські радянські дисиденти


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"72.6% of salespeople who utilized Social Media Marketing outperformed their peers who did not, so LifeDrip™ is mandatory for any agent that wants to succeed in today's market." Said Founder & President of Xeddi, LLC, Sean A. Ruggiero. Ruggiero continued to explain: "What LifeDrip™ does for the agent does not exist in their niche. Specifically, the NewsLogic™ feature tailors their content to what they sell and creates "call to action" content where other, similar attempts to automate social media marketing can only create boring and bland posts. When you add in the patent-pending SplashTriggers™ that notify an agent on their phone when they need to sell a prospect and what to sell them, you are seeing the future of agent sales software."
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April 17, 2016 by: Shell
Discipline, Dyziplen, and Kimmy Schmidt
I'm a bit of a tv junkie. I like the escape.
I don't expect reality from tv, not even in so-called reality shows.
Plot lines are usually so far from realistic that if I stopped to analyze them, I'd have to quit watching them all. So I don't generally overthink them and simply watch for their entertainment value.
Yet shows do sneak in social commentary, taking a stand on certain issues. Sometimes I agree with their point of view and sometimes I don't.
But those views are there and sometimes the only experience viewers have with those issues. The death penalty, teenage pregnancy, post-partum depression, gay rights, politics, standardized testing… if you look for it, it's there.
I binge watched Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix this weekend. It's a funny show and I've come to expect that there's not a lot of political correctness when the main character spent 15 years in an underground bunker, held captive by a looney cult leader.
Kimmy's views on the world are warped by this yet not all the plot lines are about her directly, she's surrounded by a host of wacky characters.
I don't expect seriousness from this show or for it to provide any great social commentary.
And yet, it went there. Kimmy's boss/friend Jacqueline's son Buckley is out of control. It's suggested that he needs dyziplen. No, not discipline because no one would want to put any pressure on the parents to actually parent (cue laughter). We're all way too busy for that, so says the "doctor" in the show.
But the pill dyziplen could be prescribed, no actual disorder needing to be diagnosed but that it would help her child behave. Since he's a "handful" and by that, it's meant how many pills Buckley would need.
So, Jacqueline gives dyziplen to her son and you can see the instant it starts working, like a switch has been flipped. He turns into a little robot, just like all the other kids on the playground.
None of them care about anything, they walk around like mindless drones.
The mom tries one for herself and turns into a zombie-like creature who only sees black and gray and completely zones out.
After she comes down, she decides to never give it to her son again.
It's funny, right? Parents choosing medication for their children instead of actually disciplining them. All those over-medicated kids with nothing actually wrong with them.
Except… There are kids who actually need medication. Whose parents have tried everything else possible before going to a last resort of medication.
Those kids don't turn into zombies. But now they're able to function, to show who they really are, something they can't do without it.
It's just a tv show, you might say. It's not meant to be taken seriously.
I understand that. But there are already people who believe these myths about medication, that it turns kids into zombies, that it's prescribed without valid reasons, that it's for lazy parents who don't want to discipline their children.
People who have no actual experience with a child who needs meds. Who don't do any research and whose only personal experience comes from what they think they know about their neighbor's cousin's friend's child that they saw once for two minutes.
People who would take the words of Kimmy Schimdt as the truth. And if you think that's ridiculous, it is. Just as ridiculous as that view of dyziplen.
For the love of all things rational, please don't use what you saw on Kimmy Schmidt to back up an argument about why you think kids don't ever need medication. Watch the show for fun, because it is good for some laughs, but don't base your worldview on it. You're not the one who spent years in an underground bunker.
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