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package net.soliddesign.iumpr.modules;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

import net.soliddesign.iumpr.bus.j1939.J1939;
import net.soliddesign.iumpr.bus.j1939.packets.EngineSpeedPacket;

/**
 * {@link FunctionalModule} used to determine if the Engine is communicating
 * and/or running
 *
 * @author Matt Gumbel (matt@soliddesign.net)
 *
 */
public class EngineSpeedModule extends FunctionalModule {

    public EngineSpeedModule() {
        super(new DateTimeModule());
    }

    private EngineSpeedPacket getEngineSpeedPacket() {
        // The transmission rate changes based upon the engine speed. 100 ms is
        // the longest period between messages when the engine is off
        return getJ1939().read(EngineSpeedPacket.class, J1939.ENGINE_ADDR, 300, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS).orElse(null);
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the Engine Speed is returned from the engine indicating
     * the engine is communicating
     *
     * @return true if the engine is communicating; false if the engine is not
     *         communicating
     */
    public boolean isEngineCommunicating() {
        return getEngineSpeedPacket() != null;
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the Engine is communicating with an Engine Speed less
     * than 300 RPM.
     *
     * @return true if the engine is not running; false otherwise
     */
    public boolean isEngineNotRunning() {
        EngineSpeedPacket packet = getEngineSpeedPacket();
        return !(packet == null || packet.isError() || packet.isNotAvailable() || packet.getEngineSpeed() > 300);
    }

}


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How to choose a car Jack. The choice of hoist for the car
When choosing the Jack for the car from the many available on the market lifting devices, you need to know all about them as the advantages and disadvantages.
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Mechanical jacks
Vertical screw Jack is an arm of the tieback secured to the screw. Depending on the direction of rotation of the screw-shoulder pick-up moves it up or down. The most common representative of this family of jacks is a Jack, which is equipped with a Zhiguli "classics". Its functionality is limited, because the wings of this Jack may only be inserted in four special groove in the bottom, placed near the wheel arches. Replaced vertical came horizontal diamond-shaped screw Jack, which, as its name implies, the screw is positioned horizontally. During rotation it compresses or decompresses the two arms attached by hinges. At the top of the hinges there is a pickup, the height of which depends on the value of a break of the shoulders. Diamond jacks is equipped with most modern cars. Their popular diamond-shaped jacks in no small degree indebted to the easy operation, light weight, compact size and affordable price. Have its drawbacks: low (about 40%) efficiency, restriction of 1500 kg lift weight, low stability and the necessity of using wheel stops. At the moment there is diamond jacks, the screw of which is driven by a motor, powered from the onboard network of the car, and from 220 V. In addition to screw-in the family of mechanical jacks have rack and pinion and another, consisting of the wings and vertical slats with holes or teeth. Moving the pickup vertically occurs by rotating a toothed gear or rocker arm. The advantages of rack and pinion jacks are in their high (above 80%) and the highest efficiency among all mechanical screw jacks lifting capacity.
The basis for the hydraulic jacks of the mortgaged property of incompressibility of the fluid (hydraulic oil) and the principle of communicating vessels. In vertical (bottle) hydraulic Jack axis of the working cylinder is placed vertically and its piston directly connected to the pickup Jack. Its efficiency reaches 80%, and because the impact of the lever on the pump plunger requires a relatively small physical effort. Ease of use bottle Jack to ensure its smooth lifting and lowering, and the accuracy of fixation at the correct height. Due to the large area supports a vertical hydraulic Jack stable, besides it is versatile and quite compact, and the carrying capacity of some of its models can reach 100 tons. Storage and transportation of the bottle of Jack, to prevent leakage of the working fluid, must be produced strictly in a vertical position. Many don't like the slowness, but it is perhaps its only drawback. Rolling hydraulic Jack in which the axis of the working cylinder is placed almost horizontally, is a cart on wheels. During lifting the Jack lever is lifted, and the Jack as he rolled under the car. It is very important that the surface to work with Jack was smooth and hard. Indispensable jacks for cars with little ground clearance, because their initial height is small enough. At the same time, they have a high maximum lifting height, which will undoubtedly come in handy for complex car repair. Jacks are noticeably faster than their vertical counterparts, however, have considerable weight and size, and therefore mainly used as a stationary lifting devices.
Pneumatic jacks
The working fluid in the pneumatic Jack is the air. It is he, filling the volume of the working cylinder moves the piston with a pick-up or pillow fills the air, increasing its size. For fixed option pneumatic Jack, you need a compressor forcing air into it. Portable pneumatic jacks are filled or gases from the exhaust pipe, or compressed air from a portable compressor, powered from the onboard network of the car. The advantages of pnevmomaketov – speed lift, stability and ease of placement under vehicles with low ground clearance.
Choosing the Jack, please note its capacity is hardly lifting device long can in the limit of their capacity, lift height of the Jack should be sufficient for hassle-free removal of any wheels, and the height of the pickup was guaranteed to lower the ground clearance of your car even when loaded. For passenger car optimal choice would be a mechanical diamond-shaped, small portable hydraulic or pneumatic jacks, not occupying much space in the trunk of a car. The owner of the van or truck will need the Jack either hydraulic or rack and pinion. Moving and stationary hydraulic pneumatic jacks will be very helpful in the garage, the point of the tire or one HUNDRED. Good luck to you! No nail, no wand!
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Porterville (CA) City Fire Department Captain Ramon Figueroa, 35
& Porterville City FD Firefighter Patrick Jones, 25
Firefighters Figueroa and Jones died while at the scene of a structure fire at City of Porterville Library. The fire had been intentionally set by two 13-year-old males.
Town of Orange Fire Marshal Timothy Smith, 56
FM Smith succumbed to injuries sustained in a car accident while returning to his home after responding to a structure fire in Orange. His death is being memorialized as a line of duty death.
Westport Firefighter Turk Askoy, 46
WFD FF Askoy succumbed to an occupational cancer on November 22. A 13-year veteran of Westport Fire Department, Local 1081, his death will be memorialized by the union as a line of duty death.
Worcester (MA) Fire Lieutenant Jason Menard, 39
WFD Lt Menard died while leading his crew inside a three-family residence, while searching for a baby and other residents of a burning building during a 4-alarm call. Lt Menard was reportedly able to guide his men to safety, but was unable to escape the flames himself.
Farmington (ME) Fire Rescue Department Captain Michael Bell, 68
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Six other FFRD firefighters were injured, including Capt Bell's brother, FFRD Chief Terry Bell, 62; Captain Tom Hardy, 40; Captain Scott Baxter, 37; Firefighter Theodore Baxter, 64 (Captain Baxter's father); and Firefighter Joseph Hastings, 24.
Long Beach (CA) Fire Department Captain Dave Rosa, 45
LBFD Captain Rosa was killed after being shot by a resident of a high-rise senior housing complex the fire department was responding to following reports of an explosion and fire at that location.
A second LBFD Firefighter, Ernesto Torres, 35, was also reportedly shot during the early morning incident, as was a resident of the facility. Both are expected to recover from their injuries.
City of New York Fire Department Engine Company 69 Firefighter Michael R. Davidson, 37
FDNY Firefighter Michael R. Davidson was killed and two other firefighters were seriously injured in a Harlem five-alarm fire that broke out in a former jazz club that was being used as a film set. FF Davidson was operating the fire hose nozzle in the basement of the building when fire conditions intensified and Davidson became separated from the other firefighters.
FF Davidson was removed from the structure and taken to Harlem Hospital, where he was declared deceased.
York City Department of Fire/Rescue Services Firefighter Zachary Anthony, 29
York City Department of Fire/Rescue Services Firefighter Ivan Flanscha, 50
Firefighters Zachary Anthony and Ivan Flanscha, members of York City Department of Fire/Rescue Services in York, Penn., were killed from a collapse at the scene of a multi-alarm fire that began the previous day. FFs Anthony and Flanscha were transported from the scene to a hospital, where they succumbed to their injuries.
Both firefighters were on an advance hose line when the collapse occurred.
Two additional firefighters were also injured in the collapse, and were reportedly in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries as of March 24, according to FEMA.
Philadelphia Fire Department Engine 45/Platoon A Lieutenant Matthew LeTourneau, 42
Lt Tourneau was trapped following an interior structural collapse while fighting a fire within a rowhouse. Lt Tourneau was pronounced dead after being rescued and then transported to Temple University Hospital. A person living in the building was also killed in the fire. Two other firefighters were injured and transported to the hospital, and released shortly thereafter.
Paugassett Hook & Ladder Co. 4 Former Chief and Longtime Member James J. Butler, 50
Chief Butler died after responding to a fire alarm at a local restaurant.
Among his survivors is Janice Butler, a member of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Ladies Auxiliary.
Kansas City Fire Department Firefighter Leggio, 43, and Firefighter John Mesh, 30
Both were killed while at a working apartment fire. Both men were credited with saving the lives of two civilians, who had been rescued from the burning building, before the firefighters were trapped, along with two other firefighters, under a collapsed wall.
City of Hartford Firefighter Kevin Bell, 48
Firefighter Bell, 48, died while battling a two-alarm blaze on Blue Hills Avenue. A Hartford native, he had been a firefighter for more than six years.
City of New Britain Deputy Fire Chief David Fiori
Deputy Chief Fiori, 59, died after suffering a heart attack while on duty.
Damon (TX) Volunteer Fire Department: Fire Chief Hugh Ferguson
Chief Ferguson, 52, collapsed while working to establish a water supply while at the scene of a vacant residential structure fire. He died of a heart attack.
Boston Fire: Lt Edward J. Walsh, Jr, age 43; and Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy, age 33
Both were killed while battling a nine-alarm fire on Beacon Street, in Boston's Back Bay district.
Granite Mountain Hotshots: Andrew Ashcraft, 29; Robert Caldwell, 23; Travis Carter, 31; Dustin Deford, 24; Christopher MacKenzie, 30; Eric Marsh, 43; Grant McKee, 21; Sean Misner, 26; Scott Norris, 28; Wade Parker, 22; John Percin, 24; Anthony Rose, 23; Jesse Steed, 36; Joe Thurston, 32; Travis Turbyfill, 27; William Warneke, 25; Clayton Whitted, 28; Kevin Woyjeck, 21; and Garret Zuppiger, 27.
All 19 men were killed in Yarnell, Arizona, while battling wildfires.
From West Fire Department: Captain Robert Snokhous, 48; Firefighter Jimmy Matus, 52; Firefighter Morris Bridges, 41; Firefighter Cody Frank Dragoo, 50; Firefighter Joey Pustejovsky, 29; and Firefighter Douglas Snokhous, 50.
From Abbott Volunteer Fire Department: Firefighter Jerry Dane Chapman, 26; and Firefighter Cyrus Adam Reed, 29.
From Navarro Mills Volunteer Fire Department: Firefighter Perry Calvin, 37.
From Bruceville-Eddy Fire Department: Firefighter Kevin Sanders, 33.
And from Dallas Fire-Rescue: Captain Kenneth Harris, 52.
All 11 firefighters were killed during explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas.
Binghamton (NY) Fire Department: Firefighter-Paramedic John Janos, 57
Died of a heart attack shortly after returning to the station following a call.
Philadelphia Ladder 27: Captain Michael Goodwin, 53
Killed during a structure fire, when the roof of a three-story building in Philadelphia's Fabric Row collapsed beneath him.
West Webster (NY) Fire District: Past Chief Michael Chiapperini, 43; and Firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka, 19
Both men were shot to death while responding to a structure fire. They were ambushed by the man who reportedly set the house on fire.
Easton Volunteer Fire Company: Lieutenant Russell F. Neary, 55
Neary, who was also president of Easton Volunteer Fire Company, was struck by a tree while clearing debris from a roadway following a snow storm.
Redding Ridge Fire Department: First Lieutenant George Marshall Sanford, 67
1st Lt Sanford, who was also a former chief of the department, died while responding to a fire.
Bridgeport Fire Department: Lieutenant Steven Velasquez, 40; and Firefighter Michael Baik, 49
Both died while fighting a multi-alarm wood frame house fire.
Always Remember
February 18, 2020: Porterville (CA) Fire Department Captain Ramon Figueroa, 35, and Firefighter Patrick Jones, 25, were killed in a fire at City of Porterville Library that had been set by two 13-year-old males.
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Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Daily Forest Fire Danger Report.
The mission of the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., Inc. is to strive for excellence in the performance of prevention of loss of life, personal injury and damage from fire, medical and other emergencies of any or all persons when called upon. We shall do this by maintaining a high standard of training and public education and act and perform in a safe, courteous and professional manner.
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ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 66 - New and Improved Accelerated Dragon
On this DVD Roman discusses a new and improved version of the Accelerated Dragon, one of the most ambitious way for Black to play against 1.e4. Roman, Larry Kaufman and Rybka (the World's Strongest Chess Program) have spent countless hours improving on lines that were previously thought to be better for White, but which now in fact have little or no advantage at all. Roman will also provide the latest updates as well as his own personal recommendations.
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The Ballina Ex-Army Association is principally a social organisation that has formed to give the area an ex-Army presence to compliment the other existing Ex-Service Organisations associated with ex-Naval and ex-RAAF personnel.
The Ballina Ex-Army Association meets monthly at 11am, on the last Friday of each month. Meetings are held at the Ballina RSL Club.
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Lakshaphagus japonicus är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Tachikawa 1963.  Lakshaphagus japonicus ingår i släktet Lakshaphagus och familjen sköldlussteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Monday, 04 March 2019, Colombo: Forging ahead in its mission to power sports at the school level, Sri Lanka's National Mobile Service Provider, Mobitel, has stepped forward as the Principal Sponsor of the famous '2019 Battle of the North 113th Cricket Encounter', organized by Jaffna Central College and St. John's College Jaffna. Facilitated by Mobitel, the 'Big Match' between the two Jaffna schools will be held on 7, 8 and 9th of March 2019, while the Limited Over match will be held on 16th March 2019. The 'Big Match' event has become a magnet for sports enthusiasts, students, teachers and parents from Jaffna and surrounding areas, who flock to witness and cheer every single exciting moment of the sporting encounter.
Jaffna Central is pinning its hopes on Captain S. Mathushan, a right-hand batsman, 5th year colours man and fast bowler, who opens bowling for his team. He is a dependable middle order Batsman and has scored centuries against Jaffna Hindu College. He also represents the Northern Province Under 19 Team – 2018 and National Under 19 team playing for the Asian Cup and Indian Tour 2018. Supporting Mathushan ably will be A. Jeyatharshan, the Vice-Captain and Mas .V. Viyaskanth who has also represented the Northern Province and Sri Lankan Under 19 team. Viyaskanth is a dependable middle order batsman and good spinner of the ball. The team is coached by S. Sureshmohan under the guidance of Principal, S. K. Elilventhan, Master-in-Charge, K. Nilaxshan and the Prefect of Games S.Sureshmohan.
On the other hand, St. John's College, Jaffna, boasts of an all-rounder team headed by Captain Murfin Abinash under the guidance of Coach Pathmanathan Lavendra. The Principal of the college, Principal Rev N Jameson Gnanaponrajah, is heading the historic educational institution which has nurtured many cricketing greats.
The inaugural 'Battle of the North' can be traced back to 1904. In some interesting sports trivia about the Big Match in the past, St. John's has won 36 encounters as against 28 won by Jaffna Central College, while 39 encounters were drawn. The results for 7 matches in the long history of the tournament are unavailable while only one encounter was ever abandoned. Considering the enormous talent in the current teams of both schools, the stage is all set for some thrilling games of cricket at the 113th encounter of this legendary tournament.


This dish is also delicious served cold. So, if you have leftovers, cover and put it in the fridge for another time.
Put 3 cups of water in a pot. Add salt and dab of butter. Set to high. Add rotini noodles. Bring to a boil, cook for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. While the noodles are cooking, cut up the ham, red and green peppers and onion. Mix together. In a pan, heat oil and then add the ham mixture. Fry on medium-high heat until browned. When noodle are cooked drain them and then add to pan with ham in it. Add salad dressing and mix together. Place in serving bowls and add pepper if you desire.


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ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) – A former Southwest Airlines pilot has been charged by federal authorities for indecent exposure that happened during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando in August.
Michael Haak was the pilot in command of the plane during a flight from Philadelphia to Orlando, Florida, according to a one-page filing in federal district court in Maryland.
According to the document, which was dated Friday, Haak exposed his genitals in acts that began, continued and ended while flight 6607 on Aug. 10 was in the air. The document did not indicate the circumstances and who might have witnessed the incident.
It could not be determined if Haak has a lawyer.
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The National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) is integrally involved in a wide range of projects—both on campus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and across the nation—aimed at solving some of the most complex problems in science and engineering.
Established by the University of Tennessee alongside NICS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 2011, the Application Acceleration Center of Excellence (AACE) explores the application of emerging computing technologies to simulation in science and engineering.
The Keeneland project—a partnership between the University of Tennessee, NICS, and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)—deploys an innovative high-performance computing system to bring emerging architectures to the open science community.
The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE)—part of the National Science Foundation's national cyberinfrastructure ecosystem¬—is the most advanced, powerful, and robust collection of integrated advanced digital resources and services in the world. NICS is a key partner in XSEDE.


In the title compound, C4H6N4·C3H6O, the pyrimidine-2,4-diamine molecule is nearly planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.005 Å), with the endocyclic angles covering the range 114.36 (10)–126.31 (10)°. In the crystal, N—H...N and N—H...O hydrogen bonds link the molecules into ribbons along , and weak C—H...π interactions consolidate further the crystal packing.


From the analysis of pendular liquid bridge forces between spherical particles, a model has been developed to predict bridge rupture energies. Whilst this model has been shown to predict the correct trends in certain stages of agglomeration, it is limited by the assumptions of zero contact angle, toroidal bridge geometry, spherical particles and quasi-static rupture. The work described here is aimed at extending the model to more generally applicable conditions using direct measurement of bridge rupture energies between particles down to 3 mu m in diameter under different physiochemical conditions. Initial results show that the spreading coefficient of the binder to the particle has a marked effect on the dynamic behaviour of the bridge itself and its subsequent geometry at equilibrium, i.e. for non-zero contact angles theoretical equations tend to over-predict the force of adhesion, whilst fur zero contact angles the force of adhesion agrees with that predicted using the Laplace equations for constant curvature. On the other hand, the corrected expression for maximum separation distance shows good agreement with experimental results.


The term "No-Zone," when talking about commercial trucks, refers to the areas beside and behind a commercial truck. In these areas, a trucker has very limited visibility. In some instances, he or she may have no ability to see vehicles in the right rear quarter of the truck, the left rear quarter of the truck and directly behind the vehicle for a short distance.


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DRUGCHU DZONG LANDSLIDE: MAN-MADE CATASTROPHE
by Tenzin Lekshay, 12 August 2010
On 08 August, a disastrous landslide triggered by rain in Drugchu Dzong, (Zhougu) near Lhabrang Tashi Kyil of Amdo's Kanlho Tibet Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province killed more than a thousand with plus 600 missing beneath the rubbles and solid muds. Chinese President Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao visited the spot to condole and inspect the disaster swamped by this killer landslide. Even the exile Tibetan Government based in Dharamshala sent their condolences and grievances to the bereaved surviving members and had hold a special prayer sessions for the departed souls.
Everyday, we get some updates about the death tolls and the casualties but we did not really look at the causes of this deadly landslide. Neither we know whether such kind of landslides will occur in the future. It is critical to understand the hidden reality of what is exactly happening inside Tibet, since more and more of calamities and disasters happen incessantly one after another. When the wounds of recent Kyegudo earthquake heals silently, Tibet was shocked by yet another debacle.
To get a clear picture of this landslide, we need to dwell into its cause and effect; i.e. its historical and geographical background, and the governmental policies and roles. Otherwise, with no knowledge of what is happening in Tibet, we might cry and accuse mother nature for causing a collosal damages inside Tibet.
Background of Drugchu Dzong:
Drugchu Dzong in Kanlho Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province is the eastern tip of Tibetan county in China, located at 104.5 degree E longitude. it is elivated at the height of 2,500-3,500 meters, covering over 2,983 square kilometers. Chinese political administrative boundaries recognized it as within a Tibetan periphery when they created the boundaries in 1949. But historically, Tibetan settlements extend further north beyond Minzian and south towards Wenxian until the end of Mongol era. Drugchu Dzong is demarcated by Minshan range in the south along the Sino-Tibetan borders, and upper Min river watershed in the east. Earlier in 1954, Drugchu was carved out of Dangchang, Min and Wudu counties as Zhouqu County, which is named after the Tibetan name of Bailong River that flows in the middle of Drugchu county town.
In Drugchu, Hui and Han Chinese are majorities and Tibetans constitute only 32% of the total population, according to 1990 census data. Tibetans being minority, the influence of Tibetan culture is seen minimal with the potently significant dominance from the Chinese cultures. Drugchu is the clear witness of high degree of sinicization (political and demographic) than almost any other Tibetan areas under Chinese domination. However, rural population in the west and south of Drugchu, located in close contacts with other Tibetan areas are recognizably more Tibetan in their livelihoods and culture.
Poverty is quite prevalent and the landscape is rugged terrains with severe natural landscape. Government paid less importance to the development of Drugchu county but exploitation of resources like timber, coal, iron and manganese are extensively carried out.1
The causes of Drugchu Landslide:
Numerous reports blamed torrential rain as the cause of latest devastating mudslides in Tibet, which is considered worst in over decades. But there are numerical factors, which triggered this catastrophic disaster. The entire Zhougu town was swallowed up when the Bailong River was filled with muds and debris, causing waves of muds and floods, killing thousands of people death, missing, orphans and homeless. The level of casualty is expectedly high and the return to normalcy grows with less hope as the National Meteorological Center warns of relatively large chances of more landslides in the future.
Somehow, it links Sichuan earthquake as the prime reason for this landslide, as Tao Qingfa, Deputy Director of the Department of Geological Environment, Ministry of Land and Resources of PRC mentioned, "A lingering drought lasting almost 9 months in some local areas and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that might have loosened the mountainside and caused some cracks are also reasons behind the devastating mudslide."2
Environmental Destruction:
Many believe that excessive exploitation of resources in the area had eventually cause the recent mudslides, which happened due to deforestation, mining and hydel power plants.
Drugchu was formerly a thickly forested area which in 1950s compared to Jiang nan, the most prosperous area in South China.3 But excessive deforestation in Drugchu over the years, had virtually deserted the area with only a trace of few solitary trees standing isolatedly in the district. Drugchu's forest stretch down in the south towards Namphel boundary. According to the Official record, state run timber companies cut 313,000 acres of forest in Zhouqu county between 1952 and 1990, demaging and causing huge soil erosion.4 More than 7,300 hectares of land has been converted into farmland. The deforestation in Drugchu exploited not only for timbers, but also for some valuable medicinal purposes. In 1997, Dr. Qi Long and Ma Dongtao published a paper, signally a possible catastrophic disaster due to the exhaustive deforestation in the region. Dr. Qi Long later stressed that, 'the mudslide was caused by geology, but it was worsened by deforestation.'5
Aftermath the landslide, Woeser, a Tibetan activist based in Beijing collected reports online via twitter and found this calamity as profoundly a man-made disaster. As for the construction of hydro power plants, between 2003 and 2007, there are 53 such projects signed in the region, 15 hydro electric power plants were already constructed in the region, including Bacang and Lijie hydro electric plants and 14 still in planning, like Fujiaai and Lianhekou. The total construction area of these projects reached 322.83 square hectometers and the disposed material reached 3.8348 million cubic meters. Water and soil erosion accounted 749 thousand tons.6
According to Prof. Fan Xiao, a Sichuan based geologist, 'dam building frenzy along almost every river over the past decades, combines with years of deforestation and poor land management, dealt a fatal blow to the environment and substantially magnified geological hazards.' Since 1823, Drugchu has witnessed more than 60 mudslides with at least 11 massive mudslides. Yang Yong, a geologist also hinted that large scale road and railway construction near Drugchu have also lead to the severe soil erosion, thus depleting the ecological balance.7
Mining is done on a large scale, as one witness stated, 'there are mining activities in Zhouqu for many years. The river has been polluted with gold rush and it is all muddy. The area has been ruined for long.'8 China Mineral Company Limited, established in 2007 stated that the mudslides caused minimal damage to their mining facilities and will resume their work by the end of this week.9
Damage Control: Precautionary Means
Due to the ecological disturbances taken place in Drugchu County over the years, the mudslides, landslides, floods and other natural disasters are bound to happen in the future, as warned by several geologists. It is obvious that both the central and the local government paid no heed to the problems happened in Drugchu over the years. Since that place is quite prone to mudslides, which is more devastating than flood as it moves fast and grows in size.
Tao Qingfa, Deputy Director of Geological Environment, Ministry of Land and Resource recommended 'the country must adopt precautionary measures against such geological disasters, including regular inspections of mountains, evacuations of residents from mudslide-prone areas, buildings of walls and stronger structures.'10
While looking at this present mudslide, government totally ignored the warning indicated earlier by Dr. Qi Long and Ma Dongtao in their paper in 1997. Critics like Prof. Fan Xiao, a geologist said, 'local authorities have ignored daunting warnings about sever consequences of dam-building and viewed dams as their key source of taxation, which contributed 50 per cent of Gannan's (Kanlho Tibet Autonomous Prefecture) revenue according to official statistics.'11 Even the local residents complaint Chinese government of doing nothing to prevent such problems which frequently happens in the region, due to various development programs such like damming, mining and logging.
Chinese government was swift in rescue works since the outbreak of SARS in 2003. But the question remains whether government waits for the disasters to strike by deliberately ignoring to prevent the disasters. The Scientists of China Academy of Sciences have been working on a project to tackle the risk of landslides in that area since 1996 but due to the lack of funding, the work was stopped.12 When the government earns hefty revenues from the development projects, it is necessary for the government to invest locally for the welfare of people. The reactive approach of helping people after disaster hits the region is not a wise move to get the sympathy and condolences from the leaders of other nations. May be China shows off its readiness to fast track its rescue mission, so to get admiration from other nations. If we carefully observe Sichuan and Kyegudo earthquakes, and even the recent Drugchu Landslide, the presence of heavy military presence in the area is noticeable, which during the normal time, stationed in these regions which is within and around the proximity of Tibet, meant to be strategically important to crush the non violent freedom seekers of Tibet.
Chinese government should learn a lesson from this disaster and shall put their effort on precautionary means to evade such catastrophic disaster to happen in the future. Otherwise, reactive approach of rescue work will not cease, as more disasters will strike in the future. In order to control such horrifying disasters, China need to emphasize in regulating its developmental policies, evaluate geological background, cut down its excessive exploitation of resources (including illegal mining and logging, which is widely practice in China) and conserve its ecology. If China fails to do that and moves ahead in a present trend, then it is very likely that more catastrophic disaster will hit more frequently and regularly.
The Chinese government claimed Drugchu Landslides as a result of torrential rain, but it is certainly not a natural disaster as it was caused by rampant deforestation, excessive mining and damming. So, ultimately, it is a man-made catastrophe.
1) Tibet Outside the TAR: Control, Exploitation and Assimilation, by Seteven D. Marshall, susette Ternent Cooke, The Alliance for Research in Tibet (Art), 1997
2) http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-08/562653.html
3) http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2008-06/18/content_221448.htm
4) http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0812/China-mudslides-were-predicted-13-years-ago
5) ibid
6) http://globalvoicesonline.org/2010/08/09/china-zhouqu-landslide-a-man-made-disaster/
7) http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Dam-building-and-deforestation,-more-than-"natural"-causes-behind-the-Gansu-disaster-19166.html
9) http://www.i-newswire.com/the-china-mineral-company-sees/53355
10) http://china.globaltimes.cn/society/2010-08/562653.html
11) http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Dam-building-and-deforestation,-more-than-"natural"-causes-behind-the-Gansu-disaster-19166.html
12) ibid
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choegyal August 14, 2010 at 10:45 PM
i appreciate lekshay for your wise time spent on this timely research on dragchu land slide.may sleeping leaders of world will atleast take note of real cause of tragic dragchu land slide.especially overcatious indian government....
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Former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Raza Haroon on Monday joined Mustafa Kamal's newly-formed political party. Haroon, who is a former Sindh IT minister, praised Kamal's decision to launch his party, saying it was a brave and patriotic step by the former mayor.
As it has been the trend that former members of MQM before joining the new unnamed party of Mustafa Kamal criticize authoritarianism in MQM. Raza did the same and said MQM was formed with the objectives to end the cruel system of feudalism and redress the grievances of people but it did not intend to satisfy the needs and desires of people. Mustafa Kamal while appreciating the decision of Raza Haroon said that he welcomed him on behalf of all Pakistanis.
Since the arrival of Mustafa Kamal in Karachi perhaps this was the one of the most prominent members of MQM who has joined him to form a new political party. Kamal has not only challenged hegemony of MQM in the city but also pledged FIA to assist with inquiries into money laundering and contacts with the Indian RAW intelligence agency by the MQM. Political events are happening in rapid speed in Karachi. At the moment MQM representatives are trying to not give any importance to day by day increasing political strength of newly formed party. But surely they would be looking for the ways to come out from troubled waters.
Analysts would be in a better position to comment on the future of newly formed anti-MQM front after Mustafa Kamal's show of power. He had announced a rally in Karachi and claimed that people in great numbers would attend it.
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Herschel and Planck launch timeline
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There's a buzz in the Main Control Room as the launch of Herschel and Planck gets closer. The two satellites are scheduled to launch together at 15:12 CEST, 14 May, on an Ariane 5 from ESA's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Several critical events are planned leading up to and after launch (Web updated 13 May 09:40 CEST).
After launch, Herschel and Planck will be headed to L2, the second Lagrange point of the Sun-Earth system, where they will operate from independent orbits.
Herschel and Planck launch configuration
L2 is a local gravitational point that is fixed in the Earth-Sun system and is situated on Earth's night-side. It is an excellent location for both Herschel and Planck: it allows them to shield their sensitive instruments from solar radiation which may otherwise disturb observations and offers good sky visibility. If they were placed in orbit around Earth, heat from our planet, the Moon and the Sun would interfere with the instruments and telescopes, reducing sensitivity.
Ariane 5 fairing ejection
Both satellites have now been integrated with the launcher; the combination measures approximately 11 m in height and 4.5 m in width, with a weight of about 5.7 tonnes.
The critical milestones before launch include the launch readiness review, held on 9 May, and roll-out to the launch pad on 13 May. The launch also marks the beginning of the Launch and Early Orbit phase (LEOP), during which mission controllers will monitor the satellites 22 hr/day via ESA's ground stations at New Norcia and Perth, Australia; Maspalomas and Cebreros, Spain; and Kourou, French Guiana.
The Ariane 5's solid boosters separate about 2.5 minutes into the launch and the fairing is jettisoned about 50 seconds later. The upper stage separates and its engine ignites about 9 minutes into the launch.
The velocity of the composite that includes both satellites will be about 10 km/s just before the satellites go their own way. Separation of Herschel from the upper stage is scheduled for 15:38 CEST, about 26 minutes into the launch. The 'Sylda' (a support structure for Herschel that also forms a protective cover for Planck) will be jettisoned 1.5 minutes later and Planck will follow at about 15:40 CEST, just under 29 minutes into the launch.
Separation will occur above the east coast of Africa, at about 1100 km altitude for Herschel, and at about 1700 km altitude for Planck, which separates some 2.5 mins after Herschel. After separation, the two satellites will have slightly different velocities.
Herschel's final orbit will be a quasi-halo orbit with an average distance of 800 000 km from L2. The final orbit for Planck will be a Lissajous orbit, with an amplitude of 400 000 km.
The launcher will set the satellites directly on the path to L2. This means that no injection manoeuvre will be necessary for Herschel; the satellite will be close to its halo orbit around L2 right from separation. One major manoeuvre is planned to fine-tune the orbit about 24 hours after launch.
Planck will also be in orbit around L2 at separation, but since the amplitude of its orbit is half that of Herschel, engineers will execute manoeuvres to reduce its orbit to half that of the original. The first manoeuvre is planned about 30 hours after launch.
An expanded version of the timeline covering all critical events around and after launch is below.
ESA web coverage
Regular coverage leading up to and after launch, covering these critical milestones will be available at the following ESA websites:
Herschel and Planck launch special
ESA Spacecraft Operations
Additional information is available via the following:
ESA on Flickr
ESA on Twitter
Timeline of critical events
- Times given as hours:minutes:seconds in Central European Summer Time (CEST) = UT + 2 hrs
- TCM: Trajectory correction manoeuvre
- LEOP: Launch and Early Orbit Phase
- ESOC: European Space Operations Centre
- - All times subject to change
Critical event
Time +/- liftoff
Time (CEST)
Launch Readiness Review -5 days 9 May
Roll out to launch pad -1 day 13:40:00, 13 May
ESOC GO/NO-GO for launch -00:30:00 14:42:00
Herschel on internal power -00:15:00 14:57:00
Planck on internal power -00:11:00 15:01:00
Start of Ariane 5 automatic sequence -00:07:00 15:05:00
Final confirmation of spacecraft & ground segment readiness -00:06:30 15:05:30
Last time to declare NOGO -00:04:30 15:07:30
Inertial platform release -00:00:03 15:11:57
(Window open for 55 mins) 00:00:00 15:12:00
Ariane 5 solid rocket booster ignition & liftoff 00:00:07 15:12:07
Solid boosters jettisoned 00:02:18 15:14:18
Fairing jettisoned 00:04:02 15:16:02
Main cryogenic stage extinction and upper stage separation 00:08:55 15:20:55
Upper stage ignition 00:09:05 15:21:05
Upper stage extinction 00:24:30 15:36:40
Herschel separates 00:25:58 15:37:58
Sylda separates 00:27:24 15:39:24
Planck separates 00:28:29 15:40:29
(CEST)
First signal acquisition
(via New Norcia) 15:49:00 First signal acquisition
(via Perth) 15:49:00
TCM 1a 14:36:00
15 May TCM 1a 21:27:00
TCM 1b 13:42
17 May TCM 1b 14:43:00
-- -- TCM 2 6 June
-- -- TCM 3 3 July
LEOP Phase out starts 16 May LEOP Phase out starts 18 May
Commissioning begins 16 May Commissioning begins 18 May
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Lieutenant Colonel John Bayne Maclean (26 September 1862 – 25 September 1950) was a Canadian publisher. He founded Maclean's Magazine, the Financial Post and the Maclean Publishing Company, later known as Maclean-Hunter.

Life and career
Maclean was born in Crieff, Ontario (bordering south end of Guelph), to Scottish-born parents, Catherine (Cameron) and Andrew MacLean. Maclean's father was a Presbyterian minister in Puslinch Township. Maclean moved to Chatsworth, Ontario, and graduated as a teacher from Toronto Normal School.

After a brief teaching career, Maclean worked at The Toronto World as reporter and then worked his way to becoming a financial editor of the Toronto Mail before entering publishing with his brother Hugh Cameron Maclean by founding Canadian Grocer & Storekeeper's Newspaper in 1887.  He then added a number of trade magazines:  Hardware and Metal (1888 ), Dry Goods Review, and Printer and Publisher.   In 1905 he founded The Business Magazine which became The Busy Man's Magazine before changing its name to Maclean's Magazine in 1911. He founded the Financial Post in 1907, the Farmer's Magazine in 1910, Mayfair in 1927 and Chatelaine in 1928 building Canada's largest magazine empire. His military rank was earned through service with the Canadian militia, in which he was Commanding Officer of Montreal's The Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars from 1898 to 1903.

His longtime collaborator and associate, Horace Talmadge Hunter, succeeded Maclean as company president upon the founder's retirement. In 1945, the company was renamed Maclean-Hunter.

Maclean died in Toronto in 1950.

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THE ZOO — Believe it or not, spiders can actually be beautiful.
Though I may not have agreed last week when I had to kill a huge, ugly spider I found in my bathroom, after watching this video, I can say it's definitely true.
The video from Great Big Story introduces us to the gooty sapphire tarantula, a spider that is covered in tiny, bright blue hairs. The spider is absolutely beautiful, the type of thing you look at and can't help but marvel at how nature could create something so bright and unique. But unfortunately, this species of tarantula is classified as critically endangered.
Everyone knows that jumping in puddles is one of the most enjoyable ways to enjoy a rainstorm.
As the video explains, gooty sapphire tarantulas only live in one place — a place that is currently being harvested for firewood. As their forest home in India is torn down, the tarantulas have nowhere to go.
The video description says that this particular tarantula is at the Dallas Zoo, but if you visit, be sure to keep your distance. These spiders are quick and their bites are very painful for humans.
And if you can't visit, just enjoy this video. It's a cool, quick look at a fascinating creature that may not exist for very much longer.


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The work of Paul Pfeiffer (MFA '94) was presented by The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in spring 2018. Pfeiffer is best known for manipulating media footage from sports and music culture to expose the absurdity, complexity, and violence of popular spectacles.
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Richard De Brasi '06 was ordained into the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Newark in May 2017. He received a bachelor's degree in English literature and music from Hunter before earnings his master's degree at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall University.
Yasufumi Nakamori '06 has been appointed Senior Curator, International Art (Photography) at the Tate Modern, London.
Elasea Douglas '07 was featured in Top40 Charts.com. She is part of the Jazz Duo Acute Inflections.
Noted author Liz Moore (MFA '07) was Writer-in-Residence at Temple University for the fall 2017 semester.
Manijeh Moradian (MFA '07) has been appointed Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Comparative Revolutions at Brandeis University.
Melissa Orozco '07, founder and creative director, Yulu Public Relations in Vancouver, BC was profiled in Business Vancouver, October 12, 2017.
Allison Banhazl (MS ED '08) has been appointed Principal of Waverly Park Elementary School in Lynbrook, New York.
Yael Dadoun '08 is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.
Gabriel de Guzman (MA '08 ) has been appointed Curator and Director of Exhibitions at Smack Mellon, a nonprofit arts organization located in Dumbo, Brooklyn.
Dawn Howard-Mistry (BSN '03, MSN '08), Transitions of Care Nurse Practitioner at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, has been elected to the American Health Council Nursing Board.
Matthew Coogan (MUP '09) has been named chief administrative officer to the mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Monica Bintz (MS ED '10) has been named principal of Culbreth Middle School in Orange County, North Carolina.
Josh Myler '10 was appointed principal at Hildreth Elementary School in Harvard, Massachusetts as of July 2017.
Sunil Yapa (MFA '10) is the author of "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist," The book, Yapa's debut novel, was a finalist for the 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
Ilya Gamer '11 has joined the investment sales team at Schuckman Realty in Lake Success, New York. He is an off-market specialist in the sales and acquisition of all commercial property types in NYC with an emphasis on high street retail and new developments.
Crystal Hana Kim (MS ED '11)'s debut novel, If You Leave Me, has been published by Harper Collins.
Phil Klay (MFA '11) has been awarded s the 2018 George W. Hunt, S.J., Prize for Journalism, Arts & Letters for outstanding work in the category Cultural & Historical Criticism.
Entrapment, a solo exhibition by Jeff Sonhouse (MFA '11) was on view at the Monique Meloche gallery in Chicago. The show included new paintings and works on paper that continue Sonhouse's ongoing interrogation of African American male identity and its representation in Western culture.
Carol S. Ward (MA '11) was appointed Director of the One River School of Art + Design.
Cyrenthia Ward (MUP '11) has been named a Rising Star of the American railroad industry by Progressive Railroading magazine. Ward is a community planner for the Federal Transit Administration.
Jacqueline Lindenfeld (MSE '12) has been appointed director of middle school support at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus, New Jersey.
Carrie Lynch (MA '12) a social studies teacher at Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, has been nominated for a Daily News Hometown Heroes in Education award for her great commitment to helping her students, many of whom hail from war-torn Yemen. .
Nina Martinez (MSED '12) has joined the law firm of Outten & Golden LLP as an associate and a member of the firm's Class Action Practice Group.
Krystal Sital (MFA '12) is the author of "Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad", published by W.W. Norton. The memoir tells a tale of racial injustice as it cuts through the fabric of her family.
Emily Young '12 is a weekend reporter for ABC Affiliate WXOW in La Crescent, Minnesota.
Gabrielle Erbst (MSE '13) has been named Director of Admissions at Tucson Hebrew Academy in Tucson, Arizona.
The Year to Come, a new play by Lindsey Ferrentino (MFA '13), will have its world premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse's 2018/19 season.
Jonathan Harper Schlieman '13 directed the east coast premiere of The Giant and The Pixie, fairy tale for grownups in September. The play received its world premiere at Chance Theater in Anaheim, CA where it received a StageSceneLA award for Best Ensemble. The play was also named as a Finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference.
Antigoni Gaitana (MA '14), an opera dramaturg, has been selected to participate in the tenth anniversary of the American Lyric Theatre's nationally acclaimed Composer Librettist Development Program. This apprenticeship is the first dedicated to opera dramaturgy in the United States.
"Carry Your Heart", a new play by Georgette Kelly (MFA '14) and the winner of the "Hope On Stage" playwriting prize was premiered at the Los Angeles Bootleg Theater this past May. In September she was one of four new playwrights chosen to participate in Chicago's Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit. The residency culminates in a public staged reading of each new play in summer 2019.
Deborah Baez (MSW '15) has joined Syracuse Community Health Center as a social worker.
Naftuli Moster (MSW '15) was quoted extensively in the article in Israeli Times about how US Yeshivas are weighted towards religious studies that neglect to prepare graduates for work — or university. Moster founded YAFFED (Young Advocates for Fair Education) to help change Yeshiva education.
Tammie Williams (MSW '15) was named Elmont Person of the Year. She was honored for her work as a community activist.
In September Claire Hollocou (MSED '16) was appointed an elementary school teacher at the Bronxville School in Westchester County, New York.
Ashley Kiley (MPH '16) has been appointed the director of Provider Relations at Tenet Diagnostics in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
Risa Puleo (MA '16) is the curator of Walls Turned Sideways at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas. The exhibit, on view from August 25, 2018 to January 6, 2019, features work by artists from across the nation that addresses the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and the prison-industrial complex.
A new play by Nick Robideau (MFA '16), Inanimate, had its premiere at the Flea Theater in August 2017. The play began as Robideau's MFA thesis project in the playwriting program at Hunter.
Matthew Locastro '17 has won the Luce Scholarship for 2019. Hunter College is one of only two public colleges in New York State and the only public college in New York City to have students considered for this distinction. Locastro is the only recipient from a New York State public college this year.
Amy Russo '17 has been awarded a Pulitzer Center International Reporting Fellowship. She will report on the stories of unaccompanied child refugees as they seek asylum in Sweden.
Charly Evon Simpson (MFA '17) has been chosen as one of three Amoralists 2018/2019 WRIGHT CLUB playwrights.
Diya Vij (MA '17) participated in a panel discussion, Bread and Salt: The Immigration Ban and Other Policies' Effects on Artistic Practice and Discourse, as part of Asia Contemporary Art Week in October 2018.