text:
Africa Tour Operators
African Wildlife Safaris
Birding in Africa
Honeymoon Holidays Africa
Island Holidays
Primates & Chimpanzee
Browse Members By Location
Tanganyika is a one of several Rift valley lakes and the lengthiest fresh water lake in the world. It actually was initially recognized by legendary explorers; Richard Burton and John Speke who had been during the time pursuing the source of the Nile. It has the massive shoreline runs around Tanzania, Burundi, Congo DR and also Zambia. The Zambian segment is all about 0.07% of the overall lake surface even when covers north to south for a number of kilometers (420 miles)The crystal clear water offers more than 400 different species of fish and is also well known for aquarium fish exports plus outstanding sport fishing. The fertile shore water gives plentiful plankton for its inhabitants. Common species have the Goliath Tiger, Kapenta, the elusive bichir, the English Fish, some Giant as well as small Nile Perch that happen to be vital industrial along with sports fishing catch.Crocodiles inhabit the vast shoreline, except for Mpulungu port, probably because of the noise of people and motorboats.
Access Lake Tanganyika Ferry
This particular ferry was initially designed as a cargo vessel once the Germans lived in Tanganyika, now Tanzania. Before it was completed, the first World War started therefore it was consequently utilized as a military expedition ship when they fought against the British army in Zambia, at the time, Rhodesia. Bombarded in 1916, the British renovated it perfectly into a passenger in addition to a cargo vessel, the moment they captured the colony.The MV Liemba is a former German military vessel that plies the lake every Friday leaving for Kigoma located in Tanzania and also to Bujumbura within Burundi. Boarding at the town at Mpulungu, this particular passenger ship provides memorable weekly travels into the vast north area; it is particularly an encounter whilst you relax and watch the broad diversity upon the lake. The ferry offers full capacity for fifty people, only one family cabin with en-suite features and also other cabins with double bunks.
Mpulungu is Zambia's only port and is particularly the access route to the north by ferry. This small center offers an significant outlet for exports and even imports on ship. The port will be lively with trade and activity once the ferry gets here coming from possibly Burundi or perhaps Tanzania; carrying travellers and goods.The residents are typically fishermen and so every single evening or at sundown, countless fishing boats set off for the night catch. There is also a new tropical fishing enterprise that exports fish across the world.
Through the road, the journey is fairly wearying as well as long. You can head out straight to Mpulungu Port on the Great North Road via Mpika and even Kasama. Or drive to Nsumbu National Park, which is adjacent to the lake, via Mporokoso. Many of the tracks within this section of the country are dirt and then in the process of construction, and for the tar tracks, it is the repairs. You will without question hire 4X4WD especially in the course of the wet seasons.You will find an airstrip on Kasaba Bay meant for chartered flights, however no planned flights into the area today.
You will find many accommodations options for travelers, your monetary budget that decides where to stay.Nkupi lodge is pretty common with backpackers and even campers. It's a fully appointed camp having well shaded campsites, running water and self catering. They provide boats for rent when it comes to sport fishing, snorkelling and also swimming from the lake.Tanganyika Lodge is a few kilometers west of town at a breathtaking area on the rocky lakeshore. There are 3 twin chalets, two fitted family chalets as well as tenting amenities. Fresh fish is ready every day where they deliver both catering and non catering prices. Boats are usually reserved for fishing and also day trips to Kalambo Falls.Mishembe is a small privately owned beach at the base of Kalambo Falls accessible by boat at the bay. This is a peaceful even so remote place, made of beautiful white sand beaches which lead into the turquoise water where tropical fish will be spotted.
Adventure With Ndole Bay In Zambia
Ndole Bay is usually nestled between lush tropical vegetation spreading onto a unique distinctive beach front, on the shores of the special lake. Accommodation in Zambia can be found in thatched, en-suite chalets; by means of to any beach side campsite. Meals are prepared for these not really self catering as well as a fully stocked bar is the central dining region. Actions contain fishing tours, game viewing, sizzling springs, falls, isolated rainforest, lake cruises, snorkelling plus cultural affairs along with immediately bush camping excursions along the lake.
Ndole Bay stands out as the very first adventure and Scuba diving facility around Zambia supplying the latest accessories for rent. Tanganyika's superior waters and strikingly coloured fish undoubtedly are a pride within this breathtaking marine paradise.
Nkamba Bay Lodge happens to be an exceptional unique resort lodge mounted in a stunning place over the shores on Lake Tanganyika. It's the only lodge in Nsumbu Game Park, among the unspoilt, secluded destinations from Africa. The lodge provides exceptional big game fishing, bird watching, game safaris, boat rides, walking safaris and photo taking tours or simply a enjoyable trip inside among Africa's undiscovered National Parks.
Sightseeing In Lake Tanganyika
Niamkolo CHURCH, a few metres out of Mpulunguti stands out as the oldest stone church within Zambia, built during 1985 with the help of the church missionaries. The three storey tower and main hall serves as some sort of tower for the boats heading for this harbour. It wall surfaces had been exclusively made, a metre thick with sandstone, mud, anthill bonding and also rubble. The sleeping sickness outbreak here pushed the missionaries further into the country, leaving behind the church during 1908.Around the lake shore at Mpulungu, you will discover an active trading market selling vegetables, fish, second hand clothes and other things.
This Kalambo river and Falls national boundaries Zambia inside the far east with Tanzania. This breathtaking falls are the 2nd highest, falling 221m high, higher than the Victoria Falls. The water height fluctuates based on seasons, rising to 15m during the course of intense rains. It meanders along the fine cliff to make a green pool beneath and afterwards streaming a few kilometers in to the lake Tanganyika.
Access is sometimes using the road; through Mbala. Then a person park on the summit and then have a walk all the way down the falls. This route is quite messy especially during the rainy period. On the other hand, make use of a boat from Mpulungu port for around an hour, then have a challenging climb or hike to the top of the falls. You will find local guides to escort you through the hazily marked track upward. It is proposed to begin the walk early enough ahead of the scorching afternoon heat takes on. Bring back enough water given that the water of the river can be unhygienic.
Bird-watching in Lake Tanganyika
A few native birds here; Marabou storks, palmnut vultures and the fish eagles, all living in the sheer rocky gorge. On the very cliff, you get an exceptional outlook of the region in addition to Lake Tanganyika.Kituta bay in the eastern side of Mpulungu township is the deserted SS Goodnews steamboat that was utilized by many missionaries. In actual fact assembled in England, this specific boat carries with it a extensive unique heritage; shipped to Zambia through Zambezi delta, then to Shire River and on lake Malawi, it was then dismantled and then transported to Lake Tanganyika. The Arab slave merchants did not permit the missionaries ferry the pieces to their mission found at Niamkolo but took it up to Lufubu River from where it was subsequently reassembled. The vessel was later dispatched 1 year later around 1895 and there's a historical site monument that will remember the event. The boat's propeller and even flag are displayed at the Moto Moto Museum located in Mbala.Sumbu National Park is actually a different attraction to the fringe of Lake Tanganyika, to the west of Mpulungu township. This area had been a active slave trade stop in the Nineteenth century. It is from here that slaves were moved to the final slave market located in Zanzibar.
Tags: cruise, fishing, water
Photo Safari
House Boating Trips
Water Surfing
Water Rafting
Camping Safaris
Elephant Back
Parks & Attractions
Luangwa Valley
Bangweulu
Liuwa
Smaller Parks
Ngoye Falls
Shiwa Ngandu
Culret
Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Lake Bangweulu
Lake Mweru
Nyika Plateau
Isangano
Mweru Wantipa
Lavushi Manda
Sioma Ngwezi
© 2020 Africa Tour Operators. All rights reserved.


text:
Energy Advisor
Ground & Line Crew
PROFESSIONAL PROGRESSION
Cooperatives are a special, special place
Chris Chastain's first experience with an electric cooperative was as a "fuzzy" — a nickname the linemen and outdoor crews gave to college kids hired as summer interns. "I suppose that probably derived from the peach fuzz still on our faces," Chastain says.
But, what the Rose-Hulman electrical engineering student saw at his hometown electric cooperative during the summers from 1994-96 impressed him so much he knew he wanted to build a career somewhere like that. Now, almost 30 years later, the Rush County native not only works at his hometown electric cooperative, as of October 2021, he's been its president and CEO.
"Cooperatives are a special, special place," he said. "Sometimes, people take their jobs or their careers for granted. But once you can get inside a cooperative, you sense the well-defined purpose. That's to serve our membership and to serve each other."
After graduating with his engineering degree in 1997, Chastain found no immediate job openings at any of the state's cooperatives. So, he considered two offers: one with an Indianapolis engineering consulting firm; the other with the electric utility serving Chicago. "As I looked at those two jobs, one of the biggest decision points was trying to get back into the cooperatives." He chose the smaller Indianapolis consulting firm over the Chicago utility. "I never really knew if that would get me back home, but I thought it would keep me closer to the cooperative world, which I really enjoyed."
After a year at the consulting firm, he moved to the engineering staff of a municipal electric utility in central Indiana. A municipal utility is owned by the city it serves. "I quickly learned the municipal was not the same as a cooperative," Chastain noted. "When Harrison REMC started looking for a system engineer, it was a no-brainer to look down there and get back into the REMC world."
Chastain spent seven years at the southern Indiana cooperative. When a new position, vice president of engineering, was created at his hometown RushShelby Energy, he applied. He and his wife wanted to move home to be closer to their children's grandparents. "Knowing everyone here helped me a little bit," he admits.
What's more, Chastain says several current cooperative employees all began as he did — as college fuzzies. "It's neat to look at our organization and see how many people started that way. That's where we all got our start within the organization and it says a lot about the cooperative."
1994 HIRED
intern, rushshelby energy
System Engineer, Harrison County REMC
Vice President of Engineering, RushShelby Energy
2021 PROMOTED
President and CEO, RushShelby Energy

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Anderson firefighter hit, killed by car after running out of gas
The newest details on the firefighter hit by an oncoming pickup truck on Monday
By FOX Carolina News Staff
Published: Oct. 10, 2022 at 2:40 PM EDT
WILLIAMSTON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Anderson County Coroner's Office confirmed that a City of Anderson firefighter died on Monday afternoon following a crash along Midway Road.
The Coroner's Office said the victim had reportedly run out of gas near Stevens Court and was trying to fill up his vehicle when he was hit by an oncoming car. South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 2:15 p.m.
The Coroner's Office identified the victim as 29-year-old Daniel Bagwell, an Anderson City firefighter who was off-duty at the time of the collision.
Sergeant Daniel Bagwell(City of Anderson Police Department)
Sgt. Bagwell worked with the Anderson Fire Department for 11 years and was working his way from firefighter to sergeant. He leaves behind his wife, Tonya and 7-month-old daughter, Madilynn.
Captain Travis Poore spoke on behalf of the Anderson Fire Department:
"... A lot of hearts are hurting this morning including his wife, Tonya, and young 7-month-old daughter, Madilynn, and his sweet family members that always had open doors for our team members and considered us all here at the fire department their extended family members.
Daniel was a huge part of this department and community and his beloved shifts and was loved by all. Daniel was a strong leader, a solid firefighter, a good friend, and most importantly a loving husband and father.
I was thinking on the way home this morning about how we dedicate our lives to helping others in our line of work and try to be there for anyone that needs help but yesterday God has other plans for Daniel.
This will be hard for us all to move forward without him with the impression that he made on each person he was ever around. Please continue to pray for both families, his brothers, and his home family, as we move forward to try our best to honor him in the best way that we can.
We have received countless phone calls, text messages, and social media messages offering prayers, words of encouragement, and direct support. We appreciate it."
Captain Travis Poore
Bagwell also served with the West Pelzer Fire Department for over 10 years. The department shared a statement remembering him on Monday night.
A funeral service will be held for Sgt. Bagwell on Thursday, October 13 at 2p.m. at Whitefield Baptist Church followed by a burial at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
The crash is still being investigated by the Coroner's Office and South Carolina Highway Patrol. We will update this story as officials release new details.


text:
export function setComponentsNames(components) {
	Object.keys(components).forEach(key => {
		var component = components[key];

		let {module} = component;
		component.name = module.displayName || module.name || module.default.name;

		if (!component.name) {
			throw Error(`Cannot detect component name for ${component.filepath}`);
		}
	});

	return components;
}

export function globalizeComponents(components) {
	Object.keys(components).forEach(key => {
		var component = components[key];

		global[component.name] = component.module.default || component.module;
	});
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
McDonald's Restaurants Anticipate Hiring Approximately 260,000 This Summer
In its fifth year, Archways to Opportunity continues to provide tuition assistance and skills development to McDonald's diverse employee community
As states and communities continue to re-open their economies, McDonald's restaurants are expecting to hire approximately 260,000 restaurant employees in the U.S. this summer. This comes as McDonald's restaurants begin to welcome customers back into dining rooms with extra precautions in place. McDonald's has implemented nearly 50 new safety procedures to protect crew and customers. These include wellness and temperature checks, social distancing floor stickers, protective barriers at order points, masks and gloves for employees with the addition of new procedures, and training for the opening of dining rooms.
"We are excited to welcome new employees to our McFamily, and we want candidates and their families to know we have one goal – to keep our people safe. We've put new minimum national standards and nearly 50 new processes in place in our restaurants as they continue to re-open safely and judiciously," said Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA. "Our local business owners are proud to help their communities and provide employment and educational opportunities to hundreds of thousands of people this summer."
Through a summer job at a McDonald's restaurant, individuals not only learn work readiness skills on the job, such as teamwork, customer service and responsibility, they will also have the chance to further their education.
This year marks the five-year anniversary of Archways to Opportunity and so far McDonald's has given out more than $100 million in tuition assistance and supported more than 55,000 restaurant workers and corporate employees. Eligible after just 90 days and 15 hours a week, restaurant employees can earn a high school diploma and receive $2,500 in upfront college tuition assistance. Restaurant employees can also access free education and career advising services and the opportunity to learn English as a second language. Archways to Opportunity has proven to promote opportunity and mobility for McDonald's diverse employee community. More than 50 percent of the participants are individuals who identify as people of color and almost two-thirds of participants are women.
Twin sisters Jaelyn and Jocelyn Fluker are McDonald's employees and seniors at Indiana State University who have utilized the Archways to Opportunity program for the past two years. "Working at McDonald's and participating in Archways eased my family's financial worries and set me up to graduate next year without major debt," said Jaelyn Fluker. "I have gained not only financial assistance while working at McDonald's but also valuable customer service experience, problem solving and communications skills, qualities I apply in college while also working as a tour guide to new students on campus", said Jocelyn Fluker. Graduating next year with their bachelor's in criminal justice and psychology, the sisters are now looking at what's next as they begin to explore grad schools and will leverage the Archways to Careers app to explore potential future careers and schooling.
In addition to Archways to Opportunity, McDonald's continues to invest in the communities in which it serves through two major scholarship programs, HACER® National Scholarships and Thurgood Marshall Black and Positively Golden Scholarships.
Job seekers can visit McDonalds.com/careers to learn more and apply to a restaurant near them, or text 'worksforme' to 36453 to start an application via text." They can also start a job application by saying, "Alexa, help me get a job at McDonald's" to any Alexa device or saying, "Hey Google, help me get a job at McDonald's" to any device with the Google Assistant built-in. Potential applicants will receive a text message shortly thereafter with a link to continue their application process.
About McDonald's USA
McDonald's serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to more than 25 million customers every day. Ninety-five percent of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by business men and women. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @McDonalds and Facebook at www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.
Contact: press@us.mcd.com


My name is Zipper. I'm a lovely, soft, plush rex girl who is gentle in spirit and temperment. I'm a mellow bunny who loves to be petted and is comfortable being cuddled. I'm about 3 years old. I'm very easy to fall in love with so be prepared to take me home when you meet me !
7/4/2010 - Happy Independence Day ! Good news. I've been adopted by my foster family. I've been freed from a life of lonliness and neglect. I have all sorts of liberties in my new home. I an an equal member of this wonderful family! Thanks you SaveABunny for finding me a new home.


On the road last week visiting friends down south, we needed "brunch" one morning and happened upon a little doughnut shop on the corner.
Donut Island: it had everything we needed: coffee, juice for the kids, a breakfast sandwich, and of course, doughnuts.
It also offered stuff we didn't need, but someone else would, no doubt: simple groceries, smoothies, notary services, lottery.
The place was being looked after at the time by a couple of ladies and a gentleman. Nice enough folks.
This all got me thinking about small business, providing things people want and/or need, being your own boss. Bottom Line, a good idea is only a start: hustle, focus, perseverance – are also tenets of running your own enterprise.
I got to thinking too about the parallels with a favorite doughnut spot at home, Bernal Donuts. The folks that run that place work hard to keep it going. And it's their thing.
Simple products offered with a smile, something a little different. Humble, hard-working, honest, GOOD. That's the way to be. Those doughnut shops are a perfect metaphor. In business, in life.


ok i play this game by 3 days and i know my hardware can run this game all maxed..the problem is one : The game have big problems with monitor full hd with 60hz if you move the mouse when you play you see all lag i,i set my detail video LOW for try the difference but i have same problem ,ofcurse i set my video detail for get 89-90 FPS costantly and try too enable VSYNC but with no result.
I hope this game can fix the problem with monitor at 60Hz .
Thanks you American Army Proving Groud.
dont use VSYNC enable, awlays disable.
the question is: how the settings video work the game? and what is the best setting video for play good without lag perfarmance.
I want know all detail about : antialiasing,dual render scope,ambient occlusion,dynamic light and all others...thanks you guys!!!


text:
NAIT's loss is Olds College basketball team's gain
Broncos assistant basketball coach hails from Edmonton
Jan 5, 2020 2:30 PM By: Jadon Frank
Leah Vandenboogaard, assistant coach of the Olds College women's basketball team, walks out with head coach Avery Harrison. Photo submitted
OLDS - After five seasons of flying with the NAIT Ooks on the basketball court, Leah Vandenboogaard is hitting the road and headed south for the 2019-20 season.
The Edmonton native joined the Olds College Broncos women's basketball coaching staff for the 2019-20 season as part of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association's Female Apprentice Coach Program. She is learning under the tutelage of five-time ACAC Coach of the Year and three-time national champion Avery Harrison.
"I think it's a big honour to be selected into this program as not everyone gets the opportunity to do it," Vandenboogaard said. "I am very excited to learn from a new coach and continue to grow my knowledge about the game."
Vandenboogaard is studying Land and Water Resources at Olds College. She enjoyed a successful career with the Ooks, where her development on the court culminated in a selection to the ACAC North's Second All-Conference Team last season. Vandenboogaard was also recognized with the Athletic Director's Award of Excellence at NAIT's Athletic Awards Night in April.
She also brings another dose of big-game experience to the defending national champions as she competed in two CCAA Women's Basketball National Championships, winning a bronze medal with the Ooks in 2016 in Windsor, Ont.
Vandenboogaard credits her time at NAIT with helping her grow as a person on and off the court.
"I came in as a shy, scared-to-say-anything rookie, and as I went through my five years I really grew into my role on the team," she said. "My leadership skills grew greatly, and that helped our team immensely."
Broncos Athletics manager Trina Radcliffe was impressed with Vandenboogaard's contributions in the first half of the season.
"In a very short time, it's easy to see the tremendous character and leadership skills that Leah has developed as a student-athlete in the ACAC over the past five seasons," Radcliffe explained. "Her confidence, knowledge of the game and willingness to share ideas and mentor our student-athletes both on and off the court has been outstanding."
The CCAA Female Apprentice Coach Program assists former student-athletes who have a passion for continuing their career in the sport as a coach.
"I love seeing the development of female coaches in all sports and the Female Apprentice Coach Program provides a solid foundation for mentorship and leadership opportunities while also minimizing some of the barriers that institutions face to hire assistant coaches for their programs," Radcliffe said.
Vandenboogaard has enjoyed furthering her basketball learning under Harrison.
"He knows a lot about the game, and his team just won a national championship," she said. "He has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and I'm excited to see how it plays out in every aspect of the game."
The Broncos had a great start to their national championship defence in the first semester of the 2019-20 season with an ACAC leading 9-1 record (18-2 overall).
Their second semester begins on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. as they welcome the Red Deer College Queen's to the Ralph Klein Centre for Olds College Student Appreciation Night. It is sure to be an exciting game as the Queen's handed the Broncos their lone loss of the first semester.
More Local Sports
Soccer player from Argentina looks back on successful Olds College career
Olds baton club twirlers compete at international event today
Junior hockey girls showcase talent in Innisfail


There are billions of pages online and the numbers are growing everyday. For companies and brands, the issue is how to stand out in this crowded and competitive place. How to ensure that your content gets seen?
Today, search engines like Google and Bing play a key role in bringing people to websites. Internet users have increasingly recourse to search engines whose results are deemed to be trustworthy and unbiased in general.
It is thus vital that your website is well constructed so that it can be effectively found, read and indexed by search engines. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) refers to such techniques which help enhance a website's visibility with the ultimate goal of ensuring the site is as close as possible to top relevant search results.
The focus is on creating relevant content. A good SEO strategy involves defining an optimal information architecture which will help boost search rankings. Another technique is to determine what keywords people use when searching for information related to your business. Then, when creating your content, you ensure that these keywords are present.
In this way, visibility, credibility and authoritativeness are enhanced for the company and brand, thus increasing the potential for business.
At Knowledge7, we can help you optimise your website for search engines.
We can also train your personnel or yourself in Search Engine Optimisation, a course which is scheduled to start on Monday 1st April 2013.
Contact us for more information by email or telephone on 5701-9254.


Increase your savings and build or rebuild your emergency fund by paying yourself first. Automate monthly savings to make saving a habit.
Protect your property from natural disaster damage by having enough insurance. Know tax relief options if a federal disaster is declared.
Start your emergency fund now to cover medical bills, home and car repairs and potential job loss. Start slow and automate savings to start saving.


text:
Splatoon 2 updated to Version 5.3.1
28 October, 2020 by nintendojam | Comments: 0
Nintendo has released the Version 5.3.1 update for Splatoon 2 on Nintendo Switch. Featuring changes to Ranked Battles and Splatfests, you can check out the full patch notes below!
Changes to Ranked Battles
- Adjusted settings for X Rank battles so that during times when there are many players online, players with high X Power will be more likely to match with each other.
- Further changes may be made depending on how the situation develops.
- Made it so that for X Rank battles, other players' names are not displayed on the screen while waiting for players to join.
- Made it so that for X Rank battles, you may battle with someone even if they're blocked via console settings if that player's estimated rank is within the top 2,000.
Changes to Splatfests
- Made it so that in Pro-mode Splatfest Battles, other players' names are not displayed on the screen while waiting for players to join when Splatfest Power is considerably high.
- Made it so that in Pro-mode Splatfest Battles, you may battle someone even if they're blocked via the console settings if that player's Splatfest Power is considerably high.
In X Rank Battles and Pro-mode Splatfest Battles, X Power and Splatfest Power serve an important role in determining who you match with and your order in the ranking. To calculate those values correctly, it's important that opponents are chosen without any deviation, and therefore we utilize a system that detects improper Power manipulation based on match data. Suspect data is manually scrutinized, and if it is determined that improper behavior is conclusively evident, that month's records will be invalidated, and a penalty will be applied in accordance with the Nintendo Account User Agreement. Additionally, these systems are updated daily. We are addressing this type of improper behavior, but incidents of users improperly manipulating Power by intentionally limiting their opponents are extremely few when compared to the whole, though they are occasionally detected. Therefore, in order to allow users to play Ranked Battles and Pro-mode Splatfests without worrying about this behavior, we believe it's important to not only refine the systems to detect improper behavior but also to make it difficult to carry out this kind of behavior, and so we have prepared this update. Please note that we will continue to make adjustments to things such as weapons after long-term analysis of the data.
Categories: Consoles
Tags: eshop, splatoon
Games: Splatoon 2


Me and Danny are back in the studio today with Mr Jason Perry to start recording our vocals on all the songs we put down in Australia. Can't wait for you all to hear them. Think four of them are the best songs we've ever written! Well, we like them at least so we think you will too.


(Nanowerk News) The water fern salvinia molesta is extremely hydrophobic. If it is submerged and subsequently pulled out the liquid immediately drips off it. After that it is completely dry again. Or to be more precise: it was never really wet. For the fern surrounds itself by a flimsy skirt of air. This layer prevents the plant from coming into contact with liquid. And that even with a dive lasting weeks.
The researchers from Bonn, Rostock und Karlsruhe have now deciphered the trick the water fern uses to pin down its airy skirt ("The Salvinia Paradox: Superhydrophobic Surfaces with Hydrophilic Pins for Air Retention Under Water"). It has been known for some years now that on the surface of its leaves there are tiny whisk-like hairs. These are hydrophobic. They keep water in the surroundings at a distance.
A novel mechanism for long-term air retention under water is found in the sophisticated surface design of the water fern Salvinia. Its floating leaves are evenly covered with complex hydrophobic hairs retaining a layer of air when submerged under water. Surprisingly the terminal cells of the hairs are hydrophilic. These hydrophilic patches stabilize the air layer by pinning the air-water interface. This Salvinia Effect provides an innovative concept to develop biomimetic surfaces with long-term air-retention capabilities for under water applications.


text:
Q: Use same method for all option menu in whole Application Android I have 10 to 12 Activity, All Activity has Help Menu as an Option Menu.
I am succeed with following code to create it and showing help on click of them.
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File(cacheDir, "HELP.pdf")),"application/pdf");

    context.startActivity(intent);

But I want to Reduce this code for all Activity, and for that i have created one class and make one method but still i want to reduce code.
I have searched and found that onClick attribute is available in OptionMenu but I didn't get how to use it.
Please Help..

A: Create a class, for example call it Helper, where you put a method called handleMenu(int id) and where you do all the work. Then, in every activity you call that method from onOptionsItemSelected(), passing the id of the item selected.

A: I have created following Class for openFile:
public class OpenHelpFile {

    File cacheDir;
    Context context;

    /* Constructor */
    public OpenHelpFile(Context context) {
        this.context = context;

        if (android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED))
            cacheDir = new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "OOPS");
        else
            cacheDir = context.getCacheDir();

        if (!cacheDir.exists())
            cacheDir.mkdirs();

        try {
            File helpFile = new File(cacheDir, "OOPS.pdf");

            if (!helpFile.exists()) {
                InputStream in = context.getAssets().open("OOPS.pdf");
                OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(helpFile);

                byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
                int len;
                while ((len = in.read(buf)) > 0) {
                    out.write(buf, 0, len);
                }
                in.close();
                out.close();

                Log.d(TAG, "File Copied...");
            }
            Log.d(TAG, "File exist...");

        } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
            Log.d(TAG, ex.getMessage() + " in the specified directory.");
            System.exit(0);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.d(TAG, e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    public void openHelpFile() {

        /* OPEN PDF File in Viewer */
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(new File(cacheDir, "OOPS.pdf")), "application/pdf");

        context.startActivity(intent);
    }
}

and I have call it from every OptionMenu like this:
new OpenHelpFile(context).openHelpFile();

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
cask 'navicat-for-sqlite' do
  version '12.1.4'
  sha256 '5391776402bec73f2c4d7b839798ffffb175ed41fa6a85e78d35940cdfe876f4'

  url "http://download.navicat.com/download/navicat#{version.major_minor.no_dots}_sqlite_en.dmg"
  appcast 'https://www.navicat.com/products/navicat-for-sqlite-release-note'
  name 'Navicat for SQLite'
  homepage 'https://www.navicat.com/products/navicat-for-sqlite'

  app 'Navicat for SQLite.app'
end


After 1973 people began recording our sermons at Masses and at talks during retreats or spiritual conferences. The early seminarians continued this practice and organized it into a program for distributing the sermons. Originally, cassette tapes were used and were mailed to people interested in hearing them. Gradually it became a monthly program which eventually developed into using compact discs. The program has been integrated into our website so that current sermons are posted as soon as possible and our archival library contains previous sermons. Recently, we began preserving our oldest recordings and have cataloged them as our Classic collection.
We absolutely guarantee that your order will be transmitted securely. All transactions are processed through Authorize.Net and transmitted securely using SSL encryption signed by a GlobalSign128-bit certificate.
Servants of the Holy Family, a Catholic religious community in Colorado Springs was founded on the Feast of the Holy Family in 1977 and is placed under the patronage of the Sacred Persons of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.


I had my exhibition show yesterday for my independent study, which I have been working on all semester. As the semester is drawing to a close I will be posting finished work posts, along with information like my artist statement and materials used during my show. This is one such post.
When I first started my journey into a cruelty-free lifestyle, I was getting frustrated when people would feign interest or even empathy for the cause, but continue to go and buy products from companies that supported animal testing. I know that I'm not going to change everyone's lifestyle, but I think that the idea of animal testing is something that people don't get passionate about because it's not something that is advertised frequently, or even mentioned in mainstream media as often as other social issues are.
Because of this, I knew that for my show I wanted to create a video that got to the root of these ideas. At first, it was going to be something very G-rated, like me painting my friends' faces to look like beat up animals. However, that proved to be too difficult to organize, but also it didn't touch on my point as strongly as I would have liked. During my research into what actually happened during animal testing trials, I stumbled across a video from the BUAV (now known as Cruelty Free International) that included undercover footage from inside a lab.
After seeing this video, I immediately had my idea. I was going to film myself doing my daily makeup routine, and intersperse videos from this BUAV video. My intention behind this video was to create a juxtaposition between the mundane activity (for me at least) of doing my makeup, with the atrocities that are occurring in this labs, to inspire a commentary on the idea of ignorance behind consumer habits, and that many people do not know what happens before some products are released to market. Additionally, I wanted people to come face to face with the realities of the conditions within the labs.
Below you will find the video that I created for this exhibition. Underneath the video will be the full BUAV video if you want to watch that. The songs used are Musique par le ballon by Emil Berliner and Space Me Out feat. Egle Sirvydyte (Mario Basanov Remix) by Downtown Party Network.


text:
Your life in London
Teachers and advisors
Clearing is now closed, and we are no longer accepting applications for 2021.
Search our undergraduate courses for entry in 2022.
Unlock your potential through Clearing
Now, more than ever, we recognise your strength and resilience during challenging times – so whatever you want to study and whatever your academic background, we see your potential, and are here to help you find your place in the emerging tech sectors of Computer Science, Esports, Games Design, Concept Art and Cyber Security.
We're here to help you break the boundaries of higher education and develop a next-level career in the industries of the future.
Our courses are all in careers of the future, where demand outstrips supply. If you are looking for an exciting high-tech career then we have the course for you.
Computer Games Design BSc (Hons)
Computer Science BSc (Hons)
Concept Art for Games and Film BA (Hons)
Cyber Security BSc (Hons)
Esports BA (Hons)
Be a part of something new
It wouldn't be Staffordshire University London if we weren't looking forward to the future – and as a student of 2022, there are plenty of surprises on the horizon.
Our commitment to success and breaking down emerging industries in recent years has seen the Digital Institute grow, not just in student population, but in space and facilities too. Coming 2022/23 are as part of our £3.5m campus transformation, we are adding two new exclusive spaces to the Digital Institute that include:
240 new PC and Mac workstations
Laptop Safe for 30 machines
6 new bookable collaboration suites
3 private pods
Cyber and Networking Lab
20 Person presentation suite
Faith Room
70-person capacity Games Café
Virtual Production Suite
Data Junction
Housing our Computer Science and Cyber Security programs, alongside our new suite of courses in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Informatics, and Financial Technologies, this mega-laboratory truly 'plugged in'.
Digital Loft
A cross between a digital and natural environment, the digital loft brings the outside in with new and dynamic teaching spaces, state-of-the-art facilities and workstations, and a Reload retro gaming café with innovative touch-screen tables.
Reload Café
'Reload' is the showpiece retro-gaming café with innovative touch-screen tables to order your food and drink as well as get live updates on activities and events as well as being able to play games whilst socialising.
This is one of our new units and is designed to accelerate our commitment to digitally focused academic areas. Housing our Computer Science and Cyber Security programs, alongside our new suite of courses in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Informatics, and Financial Technologies, this mega-laboratory truly 'plugged in'. In addition to advanced wireless casting and presenting facilities, new teaching and learning technology will allow for synchronous delivery of different classes and activities and encourage working across subject areas so that students benefit from peer-to-peer working as reflected in industry. There will also be a dedicated cyber and networking laboratory as well as additional meeting spaces and a self-serve coffee bar.
New teaching and collaboration zones for all subject areas, a dedicated presentation space, a downtime and reflection quiet area known as 'Recharge' and a dedicated faith room round of the facilities. This area of campus will also house the academic staff and student support teams as well as a number of bookable meeting spaces for all. Fully integrated virtual conferencing is embedded throughout and there will be private pods for all to use for their work or online meetings.
Find out more about our campus
Our Open Days are a great way to discover the opportunities that are available to you as a student of Staffordshire University London.
Shortlisted for University of the Year
Times Higher Awards 2020
Top 15 for Teaching Quality
The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021
Staffordshire University London on Facebook
Staffordshire University London on Instagram
Staffordshire University London on Twitter
Staffordshire University London on LinkedIn
Staffordshire University London
Here East
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
E20 3BS
© Staffordshire University London 2022


text:
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"go/build"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"runtime"
	"strings"
	"sync"
	"unicode/utf8"
)

// our own readdir, which skips the files it cannot lstat
func readdir_lstat(name string) ([]os.FileInfo, error) {
	f, err := os.Open(name)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer f.Close()

	names, err := f.Readdirnames(-1)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	out := make([]os.FileInfo, 0, len(names))
	for _, lname := range names {
		s, err := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(name, lname))
		if err != nil {
			continue
		}
		out = append(out, s)
	}
	return out, nil
}

// our other readdir function, only opens and reads
func readdir(dirname string) []os.FileInfo {
	f, err := os.Open(dirname)
	if err != nil {
		return nil
	}
	fi, err := f.Readdir(-1)
	f.Close()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return fi
}

// returns truncated 'data' and amount of bytes skipped (for cursor pos adjustment)
func filter_out_shebang(data []byte) ([]byte, int) {
	if len(data) > 2 && data[0] == '#' && data[1] == '!' {
		newline := bytes.Index(data, []byte("\n"))
		if newline != -1 && len(data) > newline+1 {
			return data[newline+1:], newline + 1
		}
	}
	return data, 0
}

func file_exists(filename string) bool {
	_, err := os.Stat(filename)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return true
}

func is_dir(path string) bool {
	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
	return err == nil && fi.IsDir()
}

func char_to_byte_offset(s []byte, offset_c int) (offset_b int) {
	for offset_b = 0; offset_c > 0 && offset_b < len(s); offset_b++ {
		if utf8.RuneStart(s[offset_b]) {
			offset_c--
		}
	}
	return offset_b
}

func xdg_home_dir() string {
	xdghome := os.Getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")
	if xdghome == "" {
		xdghome = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), ".config")
	}
	return xdghome
}

func has_prefix(s, prefix string, ignorecase bool) bool {
	if ignorecase {
		s = strings.ToLower(s)
		prefix = strings.ToLower(prefix)
	}
	return strings.HasPrefix(s, prefix)
}

func find_bzl_project_root(libpath, path string) (string, error) {
	if libpath == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find project root, libpath is empty")
	}

	pathMap := map[string]struct{}{}
	for _, lp := range strings.Split(libpath, ":") {
		lp := strings.TrimSpace(lp)
		pathMap[filepath.Clean(lp)] = struct{}{}
	}

	path = filepath.Dir(path)
	if path == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("project root is blank")
	}

	start := path
	for path != "/" {
		if _, ok := pathMap[filepath.Clean(path)]; ok {
			return path, nil
		}
		path = filepath.Dir(path)
	}
	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find project root in %q or its parents", start)
}

// Code taken directly from `gb`, I hope author doesn't mind.
func find_gb_project_root(path string) (string, error) {
	path = filepath.Dir(path)
	if path == "" {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("project root is blank")
	}
	start := path
	for path != "/" {
		root := filepath.Join(path, "src")
		if _, err := os.Stat(root); err != nil {
			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
				path = filepath.Dir(path)
				continue
			}
			return "", err
		}
		path, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(path)
		if err != nil {
			return "", err
		}
		return path, nil
	}
	return "", fmt.Errorf("could not find project root in %q or its parents", start)
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// print_backtrace
//
// a nicer backtrace printer than the default one
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

var g_backtrace_mutex sync.Mutex

func print_backtrace(err interface{}) {
	g_backtrace_mutex.Lock()
	defer g_backtrace_mutex.Unlock()
	fmt.Printf("panic: %v\n", err)
	i := 2
	for {
		pc, file, line, ok := runtime.Caller(i)
		if !ok {
			break
		}
		f := runtime.FuncForPC(pc)
		fmt.Printf("%d(%s): %s:%d\n", i-1, f.Name(), file, line)
		i++
	}
	fmt.Println("")
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File reader goroutine
//
// It's a bad idea to block multiple goroutines on file I/O. Creates many
// threads which fight for HDD. Therefore only single goroutine should read HDD
// at the same time.
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

type file_read_request struct {
	filename string
	out      chan file_read_response
}

type file_read_response struct {
	data  []byte
	error error
}

type file_reader_type struct {
	in chan file_read_request
}

func new_file_reader() *file_reader_type {
	this := new(file_reader_type)
	this.in = make(chan file_read_request)
	go func() {
		var rsp file_read_response
		for {
			req := <-this.in
			rsp.data, rsp.error = ioutil.ReadFile(req.filename)
			req.out <- rsp
		}
	}()
	return this
}

func (this *file_reader_type) read_file(filename string) ([]byte, error) {
	req := file_read_request{
		filename,
		make(chan file_read_response),
	}
	this.in <- req
	rsp := <-req.out
	return rsp.data, rsp.error
}

var file_reader = new_file_reader()

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
// copy of the build.Context without func fields
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

type go_build_context struct {
	GOARCH        string
	GOOS          string
	GOROOT        string
	GOPATH        string
	CgoEnabled    bool
	UseAllFiles   bool
	Compiler      string
	BuildTags     []string
	ReleaseTags   []string
	InstallSuffix string
}

func pack_build_context(ctx *build.Context) go_build_context {
	return go_build_context{
		GOARCH:        ctx.GOARCH,
		GOOS:          ctx.GOOS,
		GOROOT:        ctx.GOROOT,
		GOPATH:        ctx.GOPATH,
		CgoEnabled:    ctx.CgoEnabled,
		UseAllFiles:   ctx.UseAllFiles,
		Compiler:      ctx.Compiler,
		BuildTags:     ctx.BuildTags,
		ReleaseTags:   ctx.ReleaseTags,
		InstallSuffix: ctx.InstallSuffix,
	}
}

func unpack_build_context(ctx *go_build_context) package_lookup_context {
	return package_lookup_context{
		Context: build.Context{
			GOARCH:        ctx.GOARCH,
			GOOS:          ctx.GOOS,
			GOROOT:        ctx.GOROOT,
			GOPATH:        ctx.GOPATH,
			CgoEnabled:    ctx.CgoEnabled,
			UseAllFiles:   ctx.UseAllFiles,
			Compiler:      ctx.Compiler,
			BuildTags:     ctx.BuildTags,
			ReleaseTags:   ctx.ReleaseTags,
			InstallSuffix: ctx.InstallSuffix,
		},
	}
}


Question: After being kicked out, how much time do I have to go back and get my belongings before the landlord can take legal possession of them?
Answer: Under A.R.S. 33-1368(E), the landlord shall hold the tenant's personal property for a period of twenty-one days beginning on the first day after a writ of restitution or writ of execution is executed. To reclaim the personal property, the tenant shall pay the landlord only for the cost of removal and storage for the time the property is held by the landlord. Within five days after a written offer by the tenant to pay these charges the landlord must surrender possession of the personal property...upon the tenant's tender of payment. If the landlord fails to surrender possession of the personal property to the tenant, the tenant may recover the possessions or an amount equal to the damages determined by the court if the landlord has destroyed or disposed of the possessions before the twenty-one days specified in this section or after the tenant's offer to pay.
After being kicked out, how much time do I have to go back and get my belongings before the landlord can take legal possession of them?


Check out how some creative folks used salvaged wood, old doors, and reclaimed furniture to create these wonderful suspended beds, seats, and chair swings for either indoor or outdoor use. I think you'll agree...this ain't yer grandma's porch swing!
What pretty colors. Love the huge windows.
Wooded bed swing? Yes, Please!
Colorful pillows make this swing bed summer-perfect!
If you don't want to make your own, you can buy a swing bed online!
Your china jewelry is lovely.
Wow, lots of creative ways to use old wood, headboards and footboards! Very Comfy, and they look so inviting on those great front porches. Not so sure I would try sitting on that last one... lol!
I think I need to build a porch to have one of these tempting...come take a nap on a spring afternoon...porch swings! Love every one of them, thank you for curating this relaxing collection !
These are so awesome! I wish I had a porch to build one! They all look like a perfect place for an afternoon nap. Gwyneth Paltrow's is so elegant!
I agree, hers is beautiful!
Wow - I want one! The last one is my favorite. I love the separate swing for the lamp lol.
Yes, with the pulley, that is so cute!
So cool! Wish I had a porch! That last one is awesome.So dreamy! At my house though it would be over run with cats, possums, the local racoon or even the peacocks!
I was thinking just this morning how I wihs I could make something like this for our terrace, you have inspired me to really look into it!
Great! Good luck with your project! Now you have lots of ideas!
Wonderful idea... as soon as I'll buy a house i'll give the hubby the job of his life !
Excellent! Glad you liked the post!
Thanks for visiting, will check it out!
love every swing!! BUT how do you mount them to the ceiling?
I would ask for advice on that at your local hardware store. It would depend on your particular ceiling construction.
Great Ideas. Love the bed swing. This would be great on a spring or fall evening to relax and star gaze.
Glad you enjoyed the post, thanks for visiting!
Wonderful article with beautiful photos! Bed Swings seem to be the "in" thing right now. Our company, Cypress Moon, makes Swing Beds, as well as many other Porch Swings. Drop by and visit us sometime! Thank you so much!
www.SwingBedsOnline.com or contact us with any questions. 901-217-9464.
Our SwingBeds(TM) have been showcased in Southern Living and Better Homes and Gardens magazine. We also offer custom SwingBeds(TM) to meet your specific design or needs.
my girls want one of these for their bedrooms. I have some old doors and old pallets, you've have given me great ideas on how to get started. they'll love this.
I would love to be able to do what I used to. At 62, I have lost a lot of the ability to go get the lumber, saw it, stain it, handle the weight, etc, but I absolutely love the crafting of this type project. Now I just write about it. What I used to do... I am inspired and these are beautiful. I want one for my gazebo out back. Maybe I'll find someone willing to take my idea and turn it into MY swinging bed. Thanks for making my crafting ideas come to life.
Thanks sooooo much for sharing these adorable swing beds.
These are simply darling, I want to have them!
Probably one of my favorite posts! Thanks!


We worked with Leslie & Lyn back in 2009. They are an amazing duo! Combined they have an amazing amount of experience. This dream team loves to work with you to help combined color and texture to create the perfect centerpieces and floral arrangements to fit your personality and vision.
Check them out! You wont be disappointed!


A man who sent explicit photos and messages to someone he believed was a 13-year-old girl has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
Martin Hardiman (26) befriended the 'girl' on Facebook and began sending her messages on September 6, 2017.
During the following three weeks the content of the messages became increasingly sexualised and included explicit photos of himself.
When he attempted to meet the girl, who was in fact a man from Devon, police were notified and evidence of the online activity provided.
Hardiman, of Brickburn Close, Hampton, Peterborough, admitted attempting to cause or incite a girl aged 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity.
On Thursday (April 11) at Cambridge Crown Court he was detained under sections 37 and 41 of the Mental Health Act.
DC Zoe Slater: "Hardiman sent these sexualised messages and pictures in the genuine belief that he was contacting a 13-year-old girl.
"Thankfully, no children were actually involved in this case, but it is very concerning that his behaviour escalated to attempting to meet the girl.


In general, a lectionary is a collection of readings from Holy Scripture. These readings are arranged according to the Church's calendar and are intended to be read at the regular, weekly gathering of God's people.
For the early Church, already in the fourth century, readings were gathered together for this purpose. Initially, the readings were arranged in a continuous fashion, with each Sunday's texts picking up where the reading had concluded the previous week. For the festival half of the church year (Advent through Pentecost), readings were eventually assigned that reflected the theme of the day.
The use of a lectionary as a focus for worship ensures that our congregation, over time, will hear the various voices and lessons of Holy Scripture and not be captive to the favorite texts of this pastor. Use of the Lectionary allows our congregation to learn from the whole of Holy Scripture, invites us to consider how multi-faceted and rich the message of Holy Scripture is, and prevents us from focusing only on the messages of Holy Scripture with which we are comfortable and so avoid the challenge that Holy Scripture brings.
This brings us to using the Revised Common Lectionary.
The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL) is a three-year cycle of weekly lections (Holy Scripture lessons to be read in church). The RCL is built around the seasons of the Church Year, and includes four lections for each Sunday, as well as additional readings for major feast days. During most of the year, the lections are: a reading from the Hebrew Bible, a Psalm, a reading from the Epistles, and a Gospel reading. During the season of Easter, the Hebrew Bible lection is usually replaced with one from the Acts of the Apostles.
The seasons of the Church Year reflect the life of Christ. Consequently, the Gospel lections for each Sunday provide the focus for that day. The other lections for a given day generally have a thematic relationship to the Gospel reading for that day, although this is not always the case.
Ordinary Time refers to two periods of time in the Christian liturgical year. The first period begins on Epiphany Day and ends on the day before Ash Wednesday; the second period begins on the Monday after Pentecost, the conclusion of the Paschal (Easter) season, and continues until the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent.
For Ordinary Time, the (RCL) offers two sets of readings for the lessons from the Hebrew Bible. One set proceeds mostly continuously, giving the story of the Patriarchs and the Exodus in Year A, the Monarchial narratives in Year B, and readings from the Prophets in Year C. In the other set of readings for Ordinary Time, the readings from the Hebrew Bible are thematically related to the Gospel lections. We use the semi continuous readings or the thematic readings during Ordinary Time. They do not typically move back and forth between the two over the course of a single season.
Readings from the Gospel of John can be found throughout year in the RCL.
Therefore, the Lectionary expands our scriptural literacy, encourages better preaching and worship planning, spurs us to wrestle with the human issues posed in the Holy Scriptures, guides our preparation for worship, provides the other churches in the community an important link for worshiping, praying, and working together, and calls us to remember and celebrate weekly the love of God as witnessed by us through the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.


Both LINQ and Rx work with collections. LINQ works with collections that implement IEnumerable, which we will call enumerable collections. Rx works with collections that implement an extension to IEnumerable, IQueryable, which will refer to as observable collections.
The enumerable collection is familiar, as it is the basis for foreach loops in C#. Each enumerable collection is able to provide the Next item in the collection until the collection is exhausted. The details of how this is done will be covered later in the book.


text:
Browse All Sections
Sponsors & Funding Partners
Join our friends' scheme and support Wales' premier digital platform for cultural debate
[ Find out more info ]
Date: 27.02.19 Written by: Adam Somerset Posted in: Articles, Comment, Film & TV
Devolution: A Concise Look Back over 40 Years
Adam Somerset explores the wider context and reverberations as BBC's Sunday Politics looks back 40 years to the first Devolution Referendum.
Wales and its media make for an incendiary mix in 2019. Nick Stradling wrote an article about film for Nation Cymru in February that had the headline "While Wales remains invisible on the silver screen no one will know who we are." Gareth Leaman attacked "a perfect summation of 'official Welsh culture' at present: no real representation of ourselves on screen; a superficial idealisation of the natural landscape; exploitation of crumbling socio-political structures in his article on Netflix's Sex Education in (Wales Arts Review in January. Delyth Jewell, new to the Shadow Culture brief, took to the television series Pitching In with a critical sledge-hammer.
Forty years ago relations between authority and activists were at another level altogether. On 6th March 1979 the Member for Merioneth, then Mr. D. E. Thomas, reminded the House of Commons during a debate on broadcasting about two of his compatriots: "Wynford James and Rhodri Williams are imprisoned in Swansea for a conspiracy offence connected with interference with broadcasting installations." The now Minister in the Welsh Government also pointed to the media deficit in the Referendum that had taken place five days before on Saint David's Day: "Certainly one of the factors in the referendum must have been the fact that at least 30 per cent. of the estimated number of viewers of television in Wales view from transmitters based outside Wales. As a result, in no way could they participate in the general referendum debate."
The 80% defeat of the Labour government policy on devolution is subject of a brief but full feature for BBC Wales for the Sunday Politics programme. Bethan James' report opens with the Clash on the soundtrack. The visuals are of punk, mass meetings and marches of government employees on strike. John Morris, Lord Morris of Aberavon, Welsh Secretary of State 1974-1979 is the first interviewee. He describes how he persuaded the Cabinet to make devolution the flagship legislation for the year. But, then as now, minority government had small control over the back benches. Morris: "None of us wanted a referendum. None of us ever dreamt of a referendum. As it turned out, of course, it was a complete disaster for both countries and devolution was delayed for more than eighteen years."
Donald Anderson, Lord Anderson of Swansea, was MP from 1974-2005 for Swansea East. He campaigned against the government. "Ordinary folks rejected it," he says, "not convinced. It was ill thought through. It was a slogan… not a policy." "A crushing defeat for a crumbling government", adds the voice-over of Bethan James.
Baroness Randerson: "It was obvious to me that it wasn't going to work that time, there wasn't the enthusiasm and although the people of Wales found plenty to complain about they did not think devolution was the answer." Dafydd Wigley, reports James, was "crestfallen but not surprised." "There was a question," he says in interview in 2019, "whether Plaid Cymru should have been emotionally so attached to a model of devolution that was very much weaker than had been anticipated at the start of the process."
"It was as if we had accepted every dilution of the proposal as it went on. Looking back there were people, like the late Professor Phil Williams, who warned us "don't go with this. You'll only get devolution from a Labour government when they have their own people supporting their own party and they didn't in 1979."
That March of 1979 was the most febrile of political months. Four weeks after the day of referendum, the Labour government fell by one vote. History is not a comfort blanket. In 2019 Plaid and the Scottish National Party are strong allies, tabling amendments in the interests of their own nations. In 1979 they divided, Plaid siding with Labour and the SNP voting with Mrs Thatcher. On May 3rd nine of the eleven SNP Members were unseated.
Devolution forty years on is a fact but also a work-in-progress. Rhodri Morgan made his political adieu in a speech at the Wales Political Archive in Aberystwyth. He was asked as to the achievement of the first stage of devolved government. The response was that the first task of the Senedd had been simply its legitimation as a part of national life. The second stage – "the Carwyn Years"- was assessed in December by Radio Wales and the Western Mail. The next crucial step begins next month. From 6 April 2019 a proportion of income tax paid by taxpayers living in Wales will be transferred straight to the Welsh Government to fund Welsh public services. The progress continues.
Cinema: Gwen
Film & TV | 12.07.19
Where is Today's Great Football Drama?
Comment | 02.07.19
Books: Brando's Bride by Sarah Broughton
The Anthropocene: Are We Being Good Ancestors?
Sian Gwenllian: Welsh History for Welsh Schools
Comment: Reviewing Rory Stewart
Failure of Wales: The Departure of Kully Thiarai
Kully Thiarai Resigns as Artistic Director of NTW
Official Cardiff 2019 Homeless World Cup Song
Music | 18.07.19
Enter your email to be the first to get all the latest news from Wales Arts Review
(We never pass on your details to anyone else).
The 17th edition of the @homelesswrldcup will take place in Cardiff's Bute Park, right at the heart of the Welsh ca… twitter.com/i/web/status/11517…
Ahead of Gareth Griffith's #TrelarTrailer exhibition, which opens at the @aberystwytharts this month before going o… twitter.com/i/web/status/11514…
Friends' Scheme
All content by Wales Arts Review ©2019
Baked by Virtual Pudding


In the context of the ongoing U.S.-China trade talks one could say that they have gotten a hint of "Brexit" about them and that they seem to be dragging on and on with lots of misunderstandings on both sides.
The Financial Times reported about an exclusive interview they had with the U.S. agriculture secretary, Sonny Perdue who said that Chinese "attitudes" towards striking a trade deal with the U.S. have hardened, in the latest sign that negotiations to resolve the conflict hanging over the global economy have hit a rough patch.
The U.S. agriculture secretary, Perdue, said he hoped that Beijing would agree to "significant increases" in purchases of American farm products in a deal, but suggested that China's willingness to make the final concessions on a number of issues was unclear.
The two sides have been wrangling over the substance of the agreement, including the scope of Chinese concessions on issues such as industrial subsidies, treatment of intellectual property and foreign investors. They have also been trying to ensure that Beijing will live up to its commitments.
The dollar index DXY continuous for now its slow upward move and quotes at around 96.70, which is somewhat stronger than yesterday's close at 96.4950.
The futures of U.S. equities are for the moment overwhelmingly in the red with losses in the 0.50 to 0.85 percent range.
Overnight, equity markets in Japan also ended in the red after the Nikkei Flash Japan Manufacturing PMI showed that Japan's manufacturing output fell at fastest pace in almost three years amid sluggish demand.
In the meantime, in the interminably tedious EU-UK divorce process, the European Union agreed yesterday to a two-week delay to the UK's exit with "no" conditions, and with a further extension if the UK Parliament agrees to the withdrawal agreement.
Investors should take care not to let them be fooled by this.
It might seem like a deadline, but the EU-UK divorce is called interminably tedious for a reason. It is interminable. It's also very tedious.
The chances of the government's withdrawal agreement being agreed to by the UK Parliament still look very low.
That would then set the stage for a lengthy exit process and if the delay is two years, it may just be simply to withdraw Article 50 and resubmit it.
That may well include an election in the UK and it would also have to include the UK's participation in the European Parliamentary elections that will take place from May 23 to May 26.
Especially the British media have become excited about the fact that a UK "online parliamentary petition" to reverse the divorce that runs under the title "Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU" has in the meantime reached over three million signatures at the moment of this writing.
By the way, the UK Parliament's petitions committee tweeted that the rate of signatures was "the highest the site has ever had to deal with", after the website had crashed, the BBC informed.
In reality, all this shows the divided nature of the country. Support for the petition has been concentrated in a few big cities, but other big parts of the country, including most of Scotland and Northern Ireland have remained quite apathetic.
Northern Ireland, is spite that next week's voting remains as scheduled, has the least support for revoking the EU-UK divorce.
The British pound remains for the moment little changed around the $1.31 - $1.3150 zone. Investors seem to prefer taking a wait and see attitude, and for good reason. No doubt, there are turbulent times for the British pound as well as for British equities on their way, but we aren't there yet.


CORNING, Mo. — As the cleanup along the Missouri River continues following significant flooding last month, several communities are finally seeing what the floodwaters left behind.
Flooding ravaged farmers along the Missouri Bottoms, including 71-year-old Bruce Biermann's farm in Corning, Missouri.
The fourth-generation farmer surveyed his farm on Wednesday. He said two grain bins containing corn and soybeans were destroyed.
The strong current washed the bins into his front yard and even into neighboring fields.
"Where they are now deteriorating, rotting, swelling up and sprouting," Biermann said.
He stored the grain because it was a down year for market value on the crops. He was hoping to sell when prices increased.
"This year it wasn't as attractive as we needed it or what we would have liked for it to be, but we needed to start moving grain," he said.
He learned a hard lesson: all of his grain is now ruined and will not be covered by insurance because stored crops aren't covered under federal law.
"All this would have to come out of our pocket, along with the loss of income from the grain that has no market value left whatsoever now," Biermann said.
The financial damage totals around $120,000 in lost grain.
"That money was supposed to go ahead and help me finance and do my farming for 2019," he said.
Biermann won't be in the fields this year. Over his 71 years, he said he's been through a lot of floods, but this one might be his last.
With the possibility of more flooding on the way, Biermann hopes lawmakers make changes soon to help farmers in these situations.


This home away from home is the perfect place to host the ultimate big night in. Sink into crisp white sheets, enjoy a selection cinema-style snacks delivered direct to your door, and simply sit back and enjoy.
There's no better place to relax and unwind after a day exploring Liverpool. With high speed WiFi, a huge Smart TV, and your very own mini bar, you've got everything you need for an indulgent stay in the city.


As another New Year approaches, there's lots of buzz around new resolutions; people making gym memberships, quitting bad habits, eating healthier foods, and better managing their stress in every day life.
What about you and your cancer diagnosis?
You've always had a healthy diet.
You've always taken the stairs, and you go on a run every morning before work.
You've never smoked a day in your life.
Still, you find that at such a young age you have been diagnosed with cancer, and you can't help but think with the entire buzz being around these seemingly simplistic resolutions, why me?
Looking forward into the New Year, we, at The Ulman Cancer Fund, reflect on one of the first patients we helped as an organization 13 years ago. A now cancer free, advocate, speaker, and purposeful living expert, Tamika Felder writes about how '13' can be a lucky number, and the positivity she now surrounds herself with.
It's OK to reflect. You can't truly appreciate how far you've come unless you look back on where you've been. But, remember it's just a reflection. Don't let it consume you.
Have a pity party. What happened to you was messed up. Doesn't matter whether it's Stage 0 or Stage 4 — cancer is not fun. So, take time to be sad, to accept the blow you've been dealt. But remember – you have to move on and fight for your life, because it's going to take everything you've got — mentally and physically.
No longer sweat the small stuff. I know just how short life can be. Therefore, I don't want to waste time on things (or people!) that really don't matter.
Cherish the people who really matter to you. Cancer taught me who my true friends were and my circle became much smaller. That annoying friend that you're always ducking… just cut them loose. That family member that makes you so uncomfortable…you may not be able to cut them loose, but you can cut them back… seriously, way back. Your time is precious. Choose to spend it with people who matter.
Love the skin you're in. For the longest time, I yearned for my life before cancer. The truth is that you are no longer that person. Embrace the new you. It just might surprise you!
Stop living in the past. Don't let your experience keep you from living. I have an acquaintance in the cancer community that I see on a regular basis and she is so afraid to live. She lives in fear, constantly, always waiting for cancer to reemerge. I get it. I really do. But those of us who are still here are blessed to be alive, no matter the physical or emotional limitations. So live… like never before.
Enjoy life. Prior to cancer, I hardly ever took vacations. Typically, I would take one in the summer and another at Christmas. I never thought I had enough time, money or a break in the workload. You have to rest and reset. All work and no play… you know the rest!
Take a look into the past with us, here.
And please read Tamika's full article, here.


Do you wish to submit to the strict training of what it is like to be in service to Mistress? Perhaps you will be her maid, foot stool, her entertainment, or play toy? You will exist only to serve. I will train you and break you into a servant of worthy of Mistress.


When you make the choice to really "change the game," we can help you to identify a long-term strategy that makes sense for you, and then help you identify the immediate, practical steps needed to implement it effectively. by overseeing and facilitating the practical steps that you are taking to realize your ultimate goals.
We understand that transformation can be challenging and must be well managed, because proper analysis and great planning strategies are useless without effective implementation. We help you to transform vision into reality by overseeing and facilitating the practical steps that you are taking to realize your ultimate goals.
We enjoy providing you access to the tools that you can use to continue improving your business every day. Our resource library includes helpful articles, standard business forms, and real-life case studies from people who have been there and done that.tical steps that you are taking to realize your ultimate goals.ultimate goals.
Think about that word for a moment. What would your organization look like if it were operating exactly the way you've always known it could? What structural and financial rewards could be realized?
These are questions you must answer if you want to begin the process of exceeding your own expectations.
We believe that seemingly impossible challenges become manageable when you make sense of your obstacles, and then break them down into small pieces that can be addressed by taking practical steps.
Once the barriers are removed and the critical path identified, we work with you to establish priorities and begin the process of transformation!
We employ a "roll up our sleeves" attitude that will help you manage every step of the transition process, and we are committed to supporting your staff by providing them with the resources they need to succeed.
Before we leave your offices, we will make sure that you see the impact of our work.
Our team provides a balance of skills that collectively provide you with decades of experience helping companies like yours to flourish beyond their estimated potential. We are committed to providing smart ideas that are based on up-to-the-minute, sophisticated innovation that is grounded in real-world, practical experience.
We love helping you to realize your company's full potential!


text:
7 Days to Die est un jeu vidéo de type survival horror développé et édité par The Fun Pimps, sorti en 2013 sur Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4 et Xbox One.

Trame
Les événements du jeu se produisent après qu'une Troisième Guerre Mondiale, caractérisée par l'utilisation d'armes nucléaires, ait détruit une grande partie du monde à l'exception de certaines zones telles que le comté fictif de Navezgane en Arizona. Le joueur est un rescapé de cette guerre qui doit survivre en trouvant un abri, de la nourriture, de l'eau ainsi que des fournitures pour repousser les nombreux zombies qui peuplent Navezgane à la suite des retombées radioactives. S'il n'y a pas de réel objectif à l'exception de survivre à ce nouveau monde, les développeurs ont fait allusion à un possible scénario qui serait ajouté dans les prochaines mises à jour.

Système de jeu
Dans 7 Days To Die, le joueur apparaît soit dans un monde généré aléatoirement soit dans le comté de Navezgane en Arizona. Il n'a alors qu'un seul objectif : survivre aussi longtemps que possible contre les éléments et les hordes de zombies. Étant un jeu de survie, le joueur est dans le besoin constant d'avoir accès à de l'eau et de la nourriture pour ne pas mourir et est vulnérable aux blessures et aux maladies qui peuplent le monde. Le jeu utilise le moteur de rendu voxel (similaire en certains aspects à Minecraft) permettant un gain de performance. Le jeu respecte certaines règles de physique ce qui à un impact sur les constructions ou destructions d'objets dans l'environnement. Ainsi, la construction d'une structure sans support tels que les piliers et les murs peuvent conduire à son effondrement. De plus, les objets utilisables du monde se dégradent quand le joueur s'en sert, rendant obligatoire la recherche ou la fabrication de nouveaux outils. Pour ce faire, le joueur peut ramasser des matériaux dans la nature (anciennement issues des vestiges de la civilisation humaine ou non) et créer des objets.

Le jeu inclut une faune que le joueur peut chasser pour avoir de la nourriture mais qui peut elle-même s'en prendre au joueur. Cependant, le principal danger reste les zombies. Ceux-ci suivent un cycle jour/nuit dans le jeu : pendant la journée, ils sont relativement lents, sont des cibles faciles et ne peuvent détecter le joueur que s'il est relativement proche d'eux. Mais la nuit, ils deviennent sauvages, ils se déplacent beaucoup plus vite et ils deviennent une vraie menace pour le joueur. Les conflits inutiles peuvent être évités si le joueur fait preuve de discrétion et crée une distraction pour s'échapper. Enfin, l'utilisation d'armes à feu ou l'activité humaine induite par le joueur attire les zombies. Ils se mettront alors à attaquer sans relâche tout ce qui fait obstacle (porte, sol ou fortification du joueur...) entre eux et leur proie jusqu'à qu'elle soit morte. Le seul moyen de s'en sortir est alors de tous les tuer ou de s'enfuir.

Le titre du jeu fait référence à un événement important qui se produit tous les sept jours dans le jeu : des hordes de zombies attaquent l'emplacement actuel du joueur en masse. Pour survivre à cet événement le joueur doit s'être préparé en fortifiant sa base sinon il sera très rapidement submergé.

Multijoueur
Il est possible de jouer en multijoueur grâce à des serveurs hébergés par les joueurs ou par un fournisseur d'hébergement. Ce mode permet à plusieurs joueurs d'interagir et de communiquer les uns avec les autres sur un même monde pour survivre face aux zombies. Les interactions peuvent être coopératives ou hostiles selon les options du serveur. Il existe deux modes de jeu en multijoueur : survie et créatif.

Développement
Le , le développement du jeu est en cours et une campagne de Kickstarter permet de financer le projet jusqu'au . La version alpha Windows du jeu est publiée le  et été disponible pour les personnes ayant pré-commandé le jeu sur Kickstarter ou PayPal. La date de sortie définitive est estimée aux alentours de  pour les versions Microsoft Windows, tandis que les versions Macintosh et Linux sont prévues pour plus tard dans l'année.

La version Mac est publiée le , en même temps que la mise à jour de l'Alpha 1.1. Le jeu passe numéro un sur Steam Greenlight après seulement 16 jours et plus de 56 000 votes.

Alpha
7 Days to Die a été publié en premier lieu en Alpha 1.0. Seuls les utilisateurs qui ont soutenu le jeu via la Campagne Kickstarter ou qui l'ont acheté via PayPal ont eu accès à l'Alpha. L'Alpha 5.0 est quant à elle publiée sur Steam en Accès anticipé le  rendant le jeu accessible à tout le monde.

Plusieurs mises à jour du jeu ajoutent différentes fonctionnalités telles que de nouveaux biomes (neige), de nouvelles armes, des modifications graphiques générales et des terrains plus lisses (complété par l'Alpha 8).

L'Alpha 7.8 est publiée le  et a été rapidement suivie par l'Alpha 7.9 le . L'Alpha 7.10 est quant à elle publiée le .

L'Alpha 8 est disponible le . Elle introduit une amélioration des effets visuels des animations des zombie et aplani le terrain pour une dernière fois.

Le  c'est au tour de l'Alpha 9 de sortir introduisant des mondes générés aléatoirement, de nouvelles blessures, de nouveaux effets de lumière et enfin de nouveaux graphismes.

La version Alpha 10, publié le , permet quant à elle la création de personnage, l'ajout de vêtements, une nouvelle horde de zombies et un nouveau système de bien-être.

La version Alpha 11 est publiée le  et est développé sous Unity 5 incluant ainsi de nombreuses améliorations graphiques, une nouvelle gamme d'armes à feu, d'outils et des armures. Cette version voit aussi l'arrivée d'un nouveau Zombie appelé "Sauvage".

La version Alpha 12, disponible le , ajoute au jeu un nouveau système de véhicule dont un Mini-bike, un système météorologique, de nouveaux sons et de nouvelles règles physiques, sans oublier des corrections de bug.

La version Alpha 13 qui est publiée le , ajoute un nouvel élément de survie lié à la température, un système de compétences et une refonte du système de craft. La difficulté du jeu ne fait qu'augmenter avec cette version, mais le jeu continue à être populaire.

La version Alpha 14 est quant à elle disponible le . Elle se caractérise par davantage de progrès, plus de fonctionnalités, des corrections de bugs, ainsi que certaines améliorations de performances et optimisations graphiques.

La version Alpha 15 a été publiée le , elle est caractérisé par d'importantes améliorations concernant les cartes générées automatiquement, un système de commerce, un nouveau système de difficulté et plusieurs autres fonctionnalités annexes. L'UMA-Zombies qui a été introduit dans cette version a été retiré dans la version Alpha 16.

Le , la version Alpha 16 est publiée. Cette version ajoute de l'électricité dans le jeu pour la première fois et introduit divers pièges, en lien ou non avec l'électricité comme des clôtures électriques.

En , le jeu est annoncé pour PlayStation 4 et Xbox One. Il a été publié par Telltale Publishing en juin et .

Après un an et demi, l'Alpha 17 sort en . Celle-ci apporte son lot d'ajouts dont 3 nouveaux véhicules, un système de quêtes géré par les traders et l'amélioration graphique ainsi que celle de l'IA. La gestion de l'expérience se voit complètement remaniée, ainsi que les compétences.

L'Alpha 18 est sortie en , apportant des optimisations,la traduction complète en français, en russe, en polonais, en allemand,en espagnol,en anglais et en italien et du contenu supplémentaire.

L'Alpha 19 quant à elle est sortie le 19 août 2020, caractérisé par son menu de chargement interactif proposent plusieurs astuces au joueur, un éclairage d'espace colorimétrique linéaire, un meilleur support manette, une refonte du système de survie et des blessures grave plus réaliste, ou encore de zombie en HD, de musique dynamique, de l'ajout dans le HUD de la barre de faim et soif, etc..

Accueil critique
Les versions PlayStation 4 et Xbox One de 7 Days to Die ont reçu un score moyen « défavorable » sur le site Metacritic.

En , le jeu possède une note "très positive" avec plus de 46 000 avis sur Steam et a été l'une des "100 meilleures ventes de jeux de 2017" sur Steam alors qu'il n'est encore qu'à la phase alpha de son développement.

Références

Jeu vidéo sorti en 2013
Jeu Windows
Jeu Mac
Jeu Linux
Jeu PlayStation 4
Jeu Xbox One
Survival horror
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu vidéo de science-fiction
Jeu vidéo indépendant
Jeu vidéo se déroulant dans un monde ouvert
Jeu vidéo post-apocalyptique
Jeu Steam Greenlight
Jeu vidéo de zombie
Jeu Unity
Jeu Steam

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


If you are willing to avail a personal loan in the beautiful city of Taj, don't look further as Vijaya Banks is there to help you. Yes, this public sector bank by offering you the best personal loan deals ensure that all your personal needs can easily be fulfilled. So, without any doubt, go and apply online for the same today!


text:
Indian Association of Physics Teachers
Home Articles Submitted by our Members Obituary: Prof. Babu Lal Saraf
Obituary: Prof. Babu Lal Saraf
Sunday, 05 April 2009 16:42	administrator
REMINISCENCES OF PROFESSOR BABU LAL SARAF
Babu Lal Saraf was an experimentalist par excellence who felt deeply for sound understanding of the basic concepts of Physics. He worked at the ground level, caring for students and associates alike. His enthusiasm and zest in evolving a novel program ' Physics through Experiments' was truly amazing. He got the willing assistance of his colleagues like Prof. S. Lokenathan and Prof. D.P. Khandelwal to name a few. He conceptualized a modular approach in developing various laboratory experiments in mechanics, optics and nuclear physics, to avoid duplicity of apparatus required. He designed and fabricated a unique Air Track bench to demonstrate and conduct a variety of experiments in mechanics. He cared to teach about precision and accuracy in his experiments in a way relevant to the understanding of the phenomena under investigation. No doubt soon his efforts brought him laurels through national and international recognition by way of UNESCO award. It led to the demands from institutions in the country and abroad for multiplicity of the apparatus. In the process, he wrote two guideline books on 'Physics through Experiments', explaining step by step procedures to conduct the individual experiments in an open manner, with emphasis on concepts involved. There is not an iota of doubt about the ingenuity of his approach towards conducting physics lab experimentation, far from the stereotype approach of black box approach hitherto followed. Truly it was a 'Master Experimentalist' approach. Some of the conventional teachers who themselves were never clear about the concepts involved found it hard to comprehend his approach that was based on emphasis of the foundational aspects.
Babulal was born in Badnawar, Madhya Pradesh in December, 1923 and breathed his last in Jaipur on 01 March, 2009. He graduated from Maharaja College, Jaipur and earned his Masters degree from Agra University in 1949. After a short spell of teaching he left for doctorate research at the Bartol Research Foundation of the Franklin Institute in Swarthmore, Pa ( USA) in early 1950's. He so impressed the senior physicists there with his experimental acumen that a series of Indian students followed later to that institute for doctoral research. It may surprise many that most of experimental nuclear physics related programs were developed in the Indian universities like Delhi, BHU, Kurukshetra, Punjab, Aligarh, Jaipur and Udaipur were by such Bartolian's Indians. Prof. Saraf designed and fabricated a magnetic spectrometer at Bartol that was later used for another decade by a host of researchers. His own study was on 'Inner Bremsstrahlung Spectra following e-capture' that earned him the doctorate degree from Agra University in 1958. A light mention may be made here of an incident that happened to Saraf during his days at Bartol. As he use to work hard in the lab., he often had to go to market for his grocery needs at night time. The Police there saw him drinking from a bottle on a pathway only to be surprised that it was milk to quench his thirst, as he was a lone walker at that time!
On return from USA, he was offered a job by Dr. Homi Bhabha at the new Centre for Atomic Research he was establishing at Trombay. I first met him there in 1957 as I wanted to get his guidance about the offer I received from Bartol to complete my doctorate there, as facilities in Delhi University were far from adequate in nuclear research. He was engaged in building a Multi-channel Analyzer from scratch there. It was a sophisticated Instrument that hardly anyone dared to fabricate in India of those days. His ingenuity and experimental skill were outstanding. When he received an offer of a senior faculty position at Rajasthan University, Bhabha willingly allowed him to take with him all the equipment that he had built for his experiments, to the University. Such was the status of leadership and vision in those days in our country. Prof. Saraf was soon made Professor & Head, Physics dept. at Jaipur.
Prof. Saraf soon discovered how stereotype were our teaching Labs. in the colleges and universities. Though he was successful in carrying some frontline research work at Jaipur with the nice equipment he carried from Trombay, his mind compelled him to do something about the laboratory system and infrastructure that existed in the universities. He took up the task of building modern workshop facilities that would enable the teachers to design and fabricate experimental equipment to innovate and rejuvenate the stagnant system. Soon he could establish a working group of his associates and upcoming students. His home provided the open house for one and all, thanks to the ever-smiling and willing nature of Mrs. Saraf. As I had occasions to visit Jaipur on many occasions, I have never encountered such an open atmosphere of informal working while doing serious Physics.
Several unique open-ended experimental systems were evolved to conduct foundational experiments in mechanics, optics and atomic and nuclear physics. Detailed manuals were prepared to conduct each experiment to the satisfaction of the natural curiosity of a genuine student of Physics. Basic component units like Air track channels for collision studies, assorted compound pendulums, pulse and waveform generators, ac and dc regulated /variable power
supplies were designed and fabricated , with modern look and convenience in operation. The contributions were soon recognized nationally and internationally, as the professor was invited to an International meet organized by UNESCO. He won highest commendations there for some of his unique equipment. The experiments were not only demonstrative but cared to instill the significance of estimating accuracy and precision of measurements. Soon the University Grants Commission took note of these developments. Grants started to follow and a special centre was established for the Development of Physics Education at Jaipur. Prof.Saraf organized a unique International Conference on ' Physics Education Through Laboratory Experiments ' that was sponsored by national and international agencies.
On his retirement in mid 1980's from University of Rajasthan, Professor Saraf continued to remain actively associated with the Centre for Development of Physics Education. Sponsors came by from private sector to duplicate his unique experimental equipments, as demands poured in from Colleges and Universities. Professor Saraf undertook several visits to institutions throughout the country for long time intervals, taking his caravan of equipment with least care about his personal health and comfort. Later on, he was invited by the IPS Academy of Indore to establish a special Institute for Science and Laboratory Education ( ISLE ) that was duly recognized by Devi Ahilyabai University at Indore as its post-graduate and research centre for award of the higher degrees. He was designated as Eminent Professor cum Advisor for life at that Institute. Inspite of his health problems he zest for work appeared insatiable. He was truly a karamyogi of highest degree, who worked till his death at the age of 85 years for the sake of bigger cause than personal ambitions!
Under the sponsorship of the Department of Science & Technology and with the cooperation of Bharat Vigyan Prasar Sansthan, a contract was given to prepare a audio-video film on the Life and Works of Professor Saraf. Several versions of the film are available lasting from 20 minutes to one hour. A special function was arranged on 11 July, 2007 at the Interuniversity Accelerator Research Centre (IUAC), formerly known as Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, to honour Professor Saraf in the presence of his family and distinguished guests. It was a well organized function where Professor Yash Pal came to extend an honour to this unique personality in Indian Science. It will be hard to believe in future that such a personality that lived simply but worked in a thoroughly professionally manner existed amongst us in flesh and blood. Some one called him in 2006 as 'The Raman of Rajasthan'. May I say that his personality was unique in many ways through his transparent simplicity that radiated everything creative or innovative, enough to inspire young and old alike. I personally will remember him as academic mentor worth emulation in many ways yet unknown!
Narendra Nath
Former Professor and Head,
Physics Dept.
Kurukshetra University259, Sector 7,
Urban Estate,
Kurukshetra-136118.
Last Updated on Sunday, 05 April 2009 16:48
About IAPT
Articles Submitted by our Members
IAPT Forum
Search for IAPT Members
Confrences/ Seminars/ Workshops
Search for NSEP Centers
Search ELCB Books
Current Issue of IAPT Bulletin
Copyright © 2020 Indian Association of Physics Teachers. All Rights Reserved.


text:
Movies, News, Photos, Gossip, Videos - Jollyhoo.com > Cinema > Bollywood > B_News > Twitter not for me: Imran Khan / Wed, Aug 18 2010
Twitter not for me: Imran Khan
After months of being on micro-blogging site Twitter, actor Imran Khan now feels it isn't a right platform for him.
"I signed up on Twitter because I saw it as a way to interact on a personal level with my audience. I love interacting with fans and I've always looked for ways to do that – whether it's through online chats or live events, but I have started to feel that this is not the best medium for me to do so," said Imran.
The actor was quite regular with his tweets before the release of his film "I Hate Luv Storys". But he now wants to move away.
"I don't want to give the impression that I'm upset or angry about anything… far from it. As I said, I have truly enjoyed having the chance to reach out to so many people and I truly appreciate all the love and support I've received. What it boils down to, I think, is that I just don't feel twitter is right for me. Thank you all for the good times. It's been a lot of fun," he concluded.


Looking to buy a new home in Red Deer, Blackfalds or Penhold? Larkaun Homes has several quick possession homes that allow you to move into a custom home without the wait!
Larkaun Homes is a Central Alberta new home builder with showhomes in Red Deer and Penhold.
Larkaun Homes is a Central Alberta based custom home builder with projects located throughout Red Deer, Penhold, Springbrook and Blackfalds as well as custom acreage estates.
See why more buyers choose Larkaun Homes as their Central Alberta New Home Builder. Larkaun's new homes are built for real life in top Central Alberta communities such as Vanier Woods East, Laredo, Aspen Lakes, Ryders Ridge, Oxford Landing and Panorama Estates.
© Copyright 2013-2017	Larkaun Homes. All Rights Reserved. Site by Reaction.


May 16 in the house Sotheby's was an auction of jewelry and precious stones - Magnificent Jewels & Noble Jewels. At the auction this year, there are many unique specimens of jewelry, attracting fans of this art around the world. The auction stars were Apollo and Artemis Diamonds, an unusual pair of earrings, with a pink and bluish diamond.
The names of colored stones come from the names of the gods, revered in ancient Greece - Apollo and Artemis. Being an impeccable blue diamond of intense color with a weight of 14.54 carats, Apollo Blue is estimated at 38-50 million dollars. Irreproachable pink diamond 16-carat Artemis, estimated at 12.5-18 million dollars.
Both copies belong to the second type of diamonds, being the rarest stones in the world. Earrings were put up for sale separately, but the anonymous buyer decided to buy a pair. Finally, diamonds reached a record price of $ 57 million.