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JP2008004640A - Light emitting device - Google Patents
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light emitting
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JP2008004640A5 (en
Toshimasa Hayashi
Yuuki Ito
Hideki Kokubu
優輝 伊藤
英樹 國分
稔真 林
Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd
豊田合成株式会社
2006-06-20 Application filed by Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd, 豊田合成株式会社 filed Critical Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd
2008-01-10 Publication of JP2008004640A5 publication Critical patent/JP2008004640A5/ja
H01L2224/00—Indexing scheme for arrangements for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies and methods related thereto as covered by H01L24/00
H01L2224/01—Means for bonding being attached to, or being formed on, the surface to be connected, e.g. chip-to-package, die-attach, "first-level" interconnects; Manufacturing methods related thereto
H01L2224/42—Wire connectors; Manufacturing methods related thereto
H01L2224/47—Structure, shape, material or disposition of the wire connectors after the connecting process
H01L2224/48—Structure, shape, material or disposition of the wire connectors after the connecting process of an individual wire connector
H01L2224/4805—Shape
H01L2224/4809—Loop shape
H01L2224/48091—Arched
H01L2224/481—Disposition
H01L2224/48151—Connecting between a semiconductor or solid-state body and an item not being a semiconductor or solid-state body, e.g. chip-to-substrate, chip-to-passive
H01L2224/48221—Connecting between a semiconductor or solid-state body and an item not being a semiconductor or solid-state body, e.g. chip-to-substrate, chip-to-passive the body and the item being stacked
H01L2224/48245—Connecting between a semiconductor or solid-state body and an item not being a semiconductor or solid-state body, e.g. chip-to-substrate, chip-to-passive the body and the item being stacked the item being metallic
H01L2224/48247—Connecting between a semiconductor or solid-state body and an item not being a semiconductor or solid-state body, e.g. chip-to-substrate, chip-to-passive the body and the item being stacked the item being metallic connecting the wire to a bond pad of the item
H01L2224/49—Structure, shape, material or disposition of the wire connectors after the connecting process of a plurality of wire connectors
H01L2224/49105—Connecting at different heights
H01L2224/49107—Connecting at different heights on the semiconductor or solid-state body
H01L2224/73—Means for bonding being of different types provided for in two or more of groups H01L2224/10, H01L2224/18, H01L2224/26, H01L2224/34, H01L2224/42, H01L2224/50, H01L2224/63, H01L2224/71
H01L2224/732—Location after the connecting process
H01L2224/73201—Location after the connecting process on the same surface
H01L2224/73203—Bump and layer connectors
H01L2224/73204—Bump and layer connectors the bump connector being embedded into the layer connector
A desired light collecting characteristic is obtained at an opening of a case.
A case 2 having a reflecting portion 23 in which an opening 2a is formed and a reflecting surface 21 is curved, an element mounting portion 22 having a predetermined height formed on a bottom surface of the case 2, and an element mounting portion 22 The light emitted from the LED chip 3 toward the bottom surface in the direction of the reflective surface 21 is reflected by the reflective surface 21 of the case 2 toward the opening 2a.
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The present invention relates to a light emitting device having a case for housing a light emitting element.
Conventionally, there has been known a light emitting device in which an LED chip is disposed on the bottom surface of a case having an opening on one surface, and a resin containing a phosphor is filled in the case. The inner surface of the case serves as a reflection surface for light emitted from the LED chip. The reflection surface is formed so as to expand at a predetermined angle with respect to the bottom surface from the bottom surface side to the opening side of the case. Thereby, the light emitted from the LED chip to the side is reflected to the opening side on the inner surface and taken out from the opening of the case.
As this type of light-emitting device, one in which a mounting portion of an LED chip is formed at a position protruding from the bottom surface of the case is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). A conductor portion that is electrically connected to the light emitting element is formed on the mounting portion. According to this light emitting device, light emitted obliquely downward from the LED chip can be reflected on the inner surface.
Further, as this type of light emitting device, one in which the inner surface of the case is inclined with respect to the bottom surface at different angles on the bottom surface side and the opening side is known (for example, see Patent Document 2). In the light emitting device described in Patent Document 2, an LED chip is mounted on a conductor layer arranged on the bottom surface of the case.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-210043 JP 2004-228550 A
However, since the light emitting device described in Patent Document 1 has a constant inclination angle with respect to the bottom surface over the entire inner surface, it is difficult to obtain a desired light collection characteristic in the opening of the case. Also in the light emitting device described in Patent Document 2, the first and second inner surfaces having different reflection angles have a constant inclination angle, so that the reflection of light is uniform on each inner surface, and the desired light collection is achieved. It is difficult to obtain characteristics.
This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, The place made into the objective is to provide the light-emitting device which can obtain a desired condensing characteristic.
In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention,
A case having a reflecting portion in which an opening is formed and the reflecting surface is curved;
An element mounting portion having a predetermined height formed on the bottom surface of the case;
There is provided a light emitting device including a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting portion.
According to this light emitting device, since the reflection surface of the case is curved, light incident on the reflection surface can be accurately collected in the opening direction. Further, since the element mounting portion protrudes from the bottom surface, the light emitted from the light emitting element toward the bottom surface in the reflecting surface direction can be reflected to the opening side by the reflecting surface of the case.
In order to achieve the object, in the present invention,
A light emitting element mounted on the element mounting portion;
There is provided a light emitting device comprising: a lead embedded in one side surface of the element mounting portion and electrically connected to the light emitting element.
According to this light emitting device, since the reflection surface of the case is curved, light incident on the reflection surface can be accurately collected in the opening direction. Moreover, since the element mounting portion protrudes from the bottom surface, the light emitted obliquely downward from the light emitting element can be reflected to the opening side by the reflection surface of the case. Furthermore, the light emitted from the light emitting element in the lead direction can be reflected to the opening side by the lead. The light reflected by the lead enters the opening directly or indirectly through the reflecting surface.
Moreover, since the lead is embedded in the element mounting portion, the lead can be securely fixed. In addition, the lead embedded portion can be used to reflect light transmitted through the element mounting portion and to release heat generated in the light emitting element.
In the above light emitting device,
The reflecting surface is preferably formed such that a section on the bottom surface side is formed in a curved shape and a section on the opening side is formed in a linear shape.
According to this light emitting device, light emitted from the light emitting element toward the case bottom surface in the reflecting surface direction can be accurately reflected to the opening side. Here, the light emitted from the light emitting element toward the bottom surface in the reflective surface direction is less likely to be extracted from the opening than the light emitted toward the opening. According to this light emitting device, light near the opening that can be easily taken out may be reflected at the same angle by a linear shape, and a curved shape may be formed corresponding to the light near the bottom surface. Cheap.
It is preferable that the light emitting part of the light emitting element is disposed at a position higher than the bottom surface than the curved section of the reflecting surface.
According to this light emitting device, since the light emitting portion of the light emitting element is higher than the curved section, the light emitted obliquely downward from the light emitting portion is accurately reflected upward by the reflecting surface.
The curved section of the reflecting surface is preferably formed following an offset section formed in a step shape on the bottom surface of the case.
According to this light emitting device, since the curved section is separated from the bottom surface by the offset section, the curved shape of the reflecting surface can be easily formed.
It is preferable that the height of the element mounting portion from the bottom surface is the same as or higher than the offset section.
The element mounting portion is preferably formed integrally with the case.
According to the present invention, the light incident on the reflecting surface can be accurately condensed in the opening direction, so that a desired condensing characteristic can be obtained. Further, since light emitted obliquely downward from the light emitting element can be reflected to the opening side by the reflection surface of the case, the light extraction efficiency can be improved.
1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a schematic external perspective view of a light emitting device, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the light emitting device.
As shown in FIG. 1, the light emitting device 1 includes a reflective case 2 having a reflective portion 23 in which an opening 2 a is formed and a reflective surface 21 is curved. As shown in FIG. 2, the light emitting device 1 includes an element mounting portion 22 having a predetermined height formed on the bottom surface of the reflection case 2, and an LED chip 3 as a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting portion 22. ing. The LED chip 3 is surrounded by the reflection portion 23 of the reflection case 2. A negative electrode lead 4 and a positive electrode lead 5 connected to the electrodes of the LED chip 3 are disposed on the bottom surface of the reflection case 2. As shown in FIG. 1, the negative electrode lead 4 and the positive electrode lead 5 are formed to the outside of the reflection case 2 and are connected to the wiring portion of the substrate when mounted on the substrate.
The light emitting device 1 is used in a planar light emitting device used for a liquid crystal backlight, a panel meter, an indicator lamp, a surface emitting switch, and the like. The planar light emitting device includes a light guide plate on which light from the light emitting device 1 is incident on an end surface, and emits light in a planar shape from the light emitting surface of the light guide plate. That is, the light emitting device 1 is relatively thin corresponding to the thickness of the light guide plate. When the substrate is mounted, the opening 2a is directed laterally (in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate), and light is extracted from the opening 2a substantially parallel to the substrate. The opening 2a has a substantially rectangular shape that is long in the horizontal direction when viewed from the front. In the present embodiment, the upper center side of the opening 2a is formed to expand upward.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the light emitting device.
The reflection case 2 is made of, for example, an epoxy resin, and the reflection surface 21 of the reflection case 2 is formed so as to expand from the bottom surface side of the reflection case 2 toward the opening 2a as shown in FIG. The reflecting surface 21 includes, in order from the opening 2a side, an inclined section 21a having a constant inclination angle with respect to the bottom surface, a curved section 21b that curves so as to narrow toward the bottom surface side, and an offset section that extends perpendicularly to the bottom surface side. 21c. That is, the reflecting surface 21 is formed in a stepped shape in the offset section 21c, the bottom section is formed in a curved shape, and the opening section is formed in a straight line.
On the bottom surface of the reflection case 2, an element mounting portion 22 protruding to a predetermined height is formed. In the present embodiment, the height of the element mounting portion 22 is 100 to 150 μm. Moreover, the height from the bottom face of the offset section 21c of the reflective surface 21 is also 100 to 150 μm. The height from the bottom surface of the element mounting part 22 and the offset section 21c is the same, or the element mounting part 22 is configured to be higher. In addition, it is more preferable that the element mounting portion 22 is formed higher than the offset section 21c from the bottom surface, rather than the same height.
A negative electrode lead 4 and a positive electrode lead 5 are disposed on the bottom surface of the reflection case 2. The negative electrode lead 4 and the positive electrode lead 5 are made of, for example, a copper alloy plated with silver. Here, the offset section 21 c of the reflecting surface 21 extends vertically from the upper surface of each lead 4, 5. One end of each lead 4, 5 is embedded in the side surface of the element mounting portion 22 and insulated by the element mounting portion 22. In the present embodiment, the distance between the leads 4 and 5 in the element mounting portion 22 is 100 to 200 μm.
As shown in FIG. 3, the element mounting portion 22 is formed integrally with the reflective case 2, and the LED chip 3 is mounted with the die bond paste 7. When the thickness of the die bond paste 7 is 5 to 10 μm and the heights from the bottom surfaces of the element mounting portion 22 and the offset section 21 c are the same, the lower end position of the LED chip 3 is the amount of the die bond paste 7 and the reflection surface 21. It becomes higher than the height of the offset section 21c. The element mounting portion 22 is formed so as to protrude from the bottom surface in the internal space inside the reflection case 2. The element mounting portion 22, the positive electrode lead 4, and the negative electrode lead 5 are exposed on the bottom surface of the reflection case 2 (see FIG. 2).
Here, the curved section 21b that narrows toward the bottom surface side is suitable for reflecting light traveling obliquely downward upward. In the present embodiment, the light emitting layer as the light emitting portion of the LED chip 3 is disposed at a position higher than the curved surface 21 b of the reflecting surface 21 from the bottom surface. Thereby, the light emitted obliquely downward from the light emitting layer of the LED chip 3 is accurately reflected upward by the reflecting surface 21.
The LED chip 3 is a face-up type blue LED chip having a light emitting layer that emits light having a wavelength of 460 nm. Each electrode of the LED chip 3 and each lead 4, 5 are connected by a wire 6. The LED chip 3 is sealed with a resin material 8 filled in the reflection case 2.
The resin material 8 is a transparent resin containing a yellow phosphor. As the yellow phosphor, for example, a YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet) -based or BOS (Barium ortho-Silicate) -based phosphor is used. When the yellow phosphor is excited by receiving blue light emitted from the LED chip 3, it emits yellow wavelength-converted light. As a result, light is extracted from the opening 2a in a white state in which blue light and yellow light are mixed.
In the light emitting device 1 configured as described above, since the reflection surface 21 of the reflection case 2 is curved, as shown in FIG. 4, the light incident on the reflection surface 21 is accurately directed toward the opening 2a. It can be condensed. Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing the path of light. In FIG. 4, the hatching of the resin material is omitted for explanation.
As shown in FIG. 4, since the curved section 21b is formed on the bottom surface side of the reflecting surface 21, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 toward the case bottom surface in the direction of the reflecting surface 21 is accurately reflected to the opening 2a side. be able to. Here, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 toward the bottom surface in the direction of the reflecting surface 21 is less likely to be extracted from the opening 2a than the light emitted toward the opening 2a. In the light emitting device 1, light near the opening 2a that can be easily taken out is reflected at the same angle by a linear shape, and a curved shape is formed corresponding to the light near the bottom surface. It's easy to do.
Further, since the curved section 21b is formed following the offset section 21c, the thickness of the bottom surface side end portion of the reflective surface 21 is not extremely reduced, and the curved shape of the reflective surface 21 can be easily formed. Specifically, when molding the reflective case 2 made of resin, it is not difficult for the resin to flow into the curved shape portion of the mold, and the curved section 21b can be formed in the desired shape. Thereby, the condensing performance by the curved area 21b can be exhibited reliably.
As shown in FIG. 4, since the element mounting portion 22 protrudes from the bottom surface of the reflection case 2, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 toward the bottom surface in the direction of the reflection surface 21 is reflected in the curved section 21 of the reflection surface 21. It can reflect to the opening 2a side. At this time, the light reflected by the curved section 21 advances to the opening 2a side and does not advance to the LED chip 3 side.
Further, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 toward the leads 4 and 5 can be reflected by the leads 4 and 5. Here, since the LED chip 3 and the leads 4 and 5 are separated from each other, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 in the direction of the leads 4 and 5 travels a predetermined distance and then reaches the bottom surface of the reflection case 2. Reflected by the arranged leads 4 and 5. As a result, the light reflected by the leads 4 and 5 does not directly enter the LED chip 3 as in the conventional case where the LED chip 3 and the leads 4 and 5 are adjacent to each other. The light reflected by the leads 4 and 5 enters the opening 2a directly or indirectly via the reflecting surface 21.
Moreover, since each lead | read | reed 4 and 5 is embedded in the element mounting part 22, each lead | read | reed 4 and 5 can be fixed reliably. In addition, the light emitted from the LED chip 3 to the element mounting portion 22 side is reflected using the embedded portion of each lead 4, 5, and the heat generated in the LED chip 3 is released through each lead 4, 5. be able to.
As described above, according to the light emitting device 1 of the present embodiment, light incident on the reflecting surface 21 can be accurately condensed in the direction of the opening 2a, so that a desired condensing characteristic can be obtained. Further, since the light emitted obliquely downward from the LED chip 3 can be reflected to the opening 2a side by the reflective surface 21 of the case, the light extraction efficiency can be improved.
In addition, since the reflecting case 2 is made of resin, the curved section 21b can be easily formed as compared with ceramics, and the number of manufacturing steps does not increase because there is no need to laminate frames like ceramics.
In the above embodiment, the LED chip 3 is mounted face-up on the element mounting portion 22. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the LED chip 103 is flip-chip mounted on the element mounting portion 22. It may be a thing. Here, FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a light emitting device showing a modification. FIG. 5 shows a light emitting device 101 in which a Zener diode 9 is used as a submount, and the electrodes of the Zener diode 9 and the leads 4 and 5 are connected by wires 6. According to this configuration, light emitted from the LED chip 103 can be reflected on the surface of the Zener diode 9, and heat generated in the LED chip 103 can be released through the Zener diode 9.
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the opening 2a is directed in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate when the substrate is mounted, and light is extracted from the opening 2a substantially parallel to the substrate. For example, FIGS. As described above, the opening 2a may be oriented in a direction perpendicular to the substrate when the substrate is mounted, and light may be extracted from the opening 2a substantially perpendicular to the substrate.
6 and 7 show a modification of the light emitting device, FIG. 6 is a schematic external perspective view of the light emitting device, and FIG. 7 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of the light emitting device.
As shown in FIG. 6, the light emitting device 201 is mounted on the substrate with the opening 202 a of the reflection case 202 facing upward. The reflection case 202 has a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from above, and the positive electrode lead 4 and the negative electrode lead 5 extend to the lower surface of the reflection case 202 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, the light emitting device 301 is mounted on the substrate with the opening 302a of the reflection case 302 facing upward. The reflection case 302 has a substantially square shape when viewed from above, and the positive electrode lead 4 and the negative electrode lead 5 extend to the lower surface of the reflection case 302 as shown in FIG.
In the above embodiment, the element mounting portion 22 is formed integrally with the reflection case 2. However, the element mounting portion 22 may be a separate member from the reflection case 2. In this case, the element mounting portion 22 is preferably a ceramic such as alumina or aluminum nitride.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, although each lead | read | reed 4 and 5 showed what was embedded in the element mounting part 22, it does not necessarily need to be embedded. For example, when ceramic is used as the element mounting portion 22, a sufficient heat dissipation effect can be obtained without embedding the leads 4 and 5.
In the above-described embodiment, the blue light LED chip 3 is used as the light emitting element. However, for example, an LED chip such as red light, green light, or ultraviolet light may be used as the light emitting element. For example, an LED chip of ultraviolet light may be used and red, green, and blue phosphors may be included in the resin material 8 to emit light in white.
Moreover, in the said embodiment, it is needless to say that all the sections which showed what curved one section of the reflective surface 21 may be curved. Further, the length of the offset section 21c is arbitrary on the bottom surface side of the reflecting surface 21, and the offset section 21c may not be formed.
Moreover, although what used resin as a material of the reflective case 2 was shown, you may form the reflective case 2 with a ceramic. In this case, it is preferable to use alumina having a high reflectance as the reflective case 2. The material of the positive electrode lead 4 and the negative electrode lead 5 is also arbitrary, and it is needless to say that the specific detailed structure and the like can be appropriately changed.
1 is a schematic external perspective view of a light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a model front view of a light-emitting device. It is a schematic cross-sectional view of a light-emitting device. It is explanatory drawing which shows the path of light. It is a model cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device which shows a modification. It is a general | schematic external appearance perspective view of the light-emitting device which shows a modification. It is a model longitudinal cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device which shows a modification. It is a general | schematic external appearance perspective view of the light-emitting device which shows a modification. It is a model longitudinal cross-sectional view of the light-emitting device which shows a modification.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light-emitting device 2 Reflection case 2a Opening 3 LED chip 4 Positive electrode lead 5 Negative electrode lead 6 Wire 7 Die bond paste 8 Resin material 9 Zener diode 21 Reflecting surface 21a Inclined section 21b Curved section 21c Offset section 22 Element mounting part 23 Reflecting part 101 Light emitting apparatus DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 103 LED chip 201 Light-emitting device 202 Reflective case 202a opening 301 Light-emitting device 302 Reflective case 302a opening
A light emitting device comprising a light emitting element mounted on the element mounting portion.
A light emitting device comprising: a lead embedded in a side surface of the element mounting portion and electrically connected to the light emitting element.
3. The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the reflecting surface is formed such that a section on the bottom side is curved and a section on the opening side is formed in a straight line.
The light emitting device according to claim 3, wherein a light emitting portion of the light emitting element is disposed at a position higher than the bottom surface than the curved section of the reflecting surface.
5. The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the curved section of the reflecting surface is formed following an offset section formed in a step shape on the bottom surface of the case. 6. .
The light emitting device according to claim 5, wherein a height of the element mounting portion from the bottom surface is the same as or higher than the offset section.
The light emitting device according to claim 1, wherein the element mounting portion is formed integrally with the case.
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Maximum BTU input for this model is 199.000, while maximum GPM Is 9.0 – just enough for commercial use, but not enough for a large establishment. However, it is easy to install, and it comes with great safety features. It has an overheat cutoff fuse, as well as exhaust and water temperature safety controls.
What we appreciate here is the confidence this company has in its product. The warranty is five years on the heat exchanger, and another five years on parts if used for commercial purposes. With all the wear and tear that's expected, this is more than good.
When it comes to thermal efficiency, this model maintains a rating of impressive 96%. This tankless water heater, which was designed for indoor mounting, weighs 88 pounds and its dimensions are 15.2" x 17.4" x 13.1". 199.000BTU and 11 GPM is definitely enough for a restaurant, while the fact that it spends 14-55% less energy than similar products will make your gas bills a lot smaller.
We like that this American Standard tankless model comes with sensors for high exhaust temperature, flame, gas leaks, and overheating. It just shows that safety is first here and that your restaurant will be completely safe even if this breaks down.
When it comes to their warranty, American Standard offers a lifetime limited warranty on this water heater, which is more than good enough in our book.
When you're buying your very first tankless water heater, there are some things you simply need to know before you make the purchase. Now, you can always google what's most important for these water heaters, but we already did the research. You just need to make a checklist when checking out a heater and see if it fits your needs.
Electric or gas powered? Which of the two is more convenient for your restaurant? Outdoor or condensing units? Which is better from the financial aspect?
Gas models are faster and more efficient, however, they do require venting.
On the other hand, electric models don't need venting, which saves money, time, and space – not to mention that all of this allows you to set up as many of these as you need in your restaurant.
Outdoor models are perfect for people who want to use gas-powered water heaters without installing venting systems.
Condensing models are the ultimate money-savers. They have a heat exchanger before the vent that enables them to capture thermal energy from the exhaust, which in turn lets them preheat the cold water while it's entering the heater.
Before you purchase a tankless water heater, check the warranty the manufacturer is offering. You see, with these models, there's no tank that can start leaking after years of water-storing; hence, there's no problem. Classic tank heaters last about five to ten years because of this problem. And that's exactly why tankless models should last about 20 years or more. Because these heaters shouldn't deteriorate after years of usage, the best models come with long-term warranties.
When it comes to tankless water heaters, their size is only relevant for one thing – deciding where you'll put them in your restaurant. Their size doesn't determine how much hot water you can get out of them, or how many fixtures can be used at the same time, so forget about that. What really matters is the tankless water heater's BTU and GPM. To simplify, more BTUs means more GPM, and more GPM means that your heater can handle a higher flow, which in turn means that it can handle more fixtures without a hitch.
When it comes to tankless water heaters, a lot of dishwashing will not make you run out of hot water. However, if there are too many fixtures using warm water at the same time, the water might come out lukewarm. In order to bypass this potential issue, you need to either get a tankless water heater that can handle a big flow by putting out a lot of heat, or buy more than one heater.
While there's no huge tank that you would have to flush out, nor an anode that you'd need to replace, even these water heaters require some maintenance. Check what the model you want needs, can you do it on your own, or do you need a handyman, and how expensive the spare parts are. You want a model that will last for years, that will be easy to maintain, and that will not cost you an arm and a leg if it breaks down.
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We reviewed some of the best tankless water heaters available. They are reliable, they are efficient, and they are simply perfect for restaurants. If you want the best commercial kitchen tankless water heater, our top pick is the Rheem model.
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American International Group confirmed analysts' worst forecasts, as it posted a net loss for the second quarter of 2008 of $5.36 billion or $2.06 per diluted share compared to net income of $4.28 billion or $1.64 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2007.
$4.019 billion in net realized capital losses were the main factor in producing the loss.
Altogether AIG's net loss for the first six months of 2008 was $13.16 billion or $5.11 per diluted share, compared to net income of $8.41 billion or $3.21 per diluted share in the first six months of 2007. Adjusted net loss for the first six months of 2008 was $4.88 billion or $1.90 per diluted share, compared to adjusted net income of $9.02 billion or $3.44 per diluted share in the first six months of 2007.
Willumstad stated: "We are conducting a comprehensive review of all AIG's businesses with the objectives of improving results, reducing AIG's risk profile and protecting our capital base. We are examining every business, as well as the assumptions underlying how we do business in the markets where we have a presence.
"We are considering all options. Our goals are straightforward – to determine the optimal portfolio of businesses for AIG, sharpen our risk management and capital allocation processes, reduce expenses and continue to strengthen our accounting and reporting infrastructure.
A conference call for the investment community will be held Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The call will be broadcast live on the Internet at: www.aigwebcast.com. A replay will be archived at the same URL through Thursday, August 21, 2008.
No not Web site. "FBIC" It's funny that you get so mad about the truth.


WINNIPEG — The voice of a slain 15-year-old girl echoed through a courtroom Monday more than three years after her death renewed calls for a national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.
"Hey, um, I'd like to report a blue truck that was stolen earlier today," Tina Fontaine said in a 911 call played at the trial of the man accused of killing her.
She was told to call the police non-emergency line.
"That was Tina," Thelma Favel, the great-aunt who raised her, testified as she sobbed deeply.
Monday marked the opening of a second-degree murder trial for Raymond Cormier, 55. He was arrested 16 months after Tina's body, wrapped in a duvet cover and weighed down by rocks, was pulled from the Red River in central Winnipeg in 2014.
She had run away from a hotel — where she was being housed by Child and Family Services — and was being sexually exploited. Her death shocked the city and led the Manitoba government to phase out the use of hotels for kids in government care.
Crown attorney James Ross laid out his theory for the jurors. He said Tina had a happy childhood and was raised by Favel on the Sagkeeng First Nation, a 90-minute drive northeast of Winnipeg.
Favel said everything changed when Tina's father, who had cancer and was unable to care for her, was murdered in October 2011.
"It hurt her bad. She cried constantly," Favel testified.
Tina got a tattoo with her father's name, a pair of angel wings, and his dates of birth and death, she said.
Tina's mother, who had not been part of her life, re-emerged after that and Tina found out she had younger siblings, Favel said. That led Tina to go to Winnipeg to visit her mother for what was supposed to be one week in late June 2014.
Favel told court she had given Tina a pre-paid phone card, didn't hear from her and called around trying to find her.
By that time, Ross said, Tina had fallen into street life and was being sexually exploited.
Ross told jurors they will hear evidence from Cormier's friends, as well as from wiretaps of Cormier's apartment, that he killed the teenager because he was worried he might be arrested.
"There will be evidence from Mr. Cormier's associates that he and Tina had a bad falling out … that ended with her threatening to report him to the police," Ross said.
Cormier has a sexual interest in Tina and later was angry upon finding out she was only 15 — one year below the age of consent, Ross said.
Ross also said Cormier was worried Tina was going to report him for possessing a stolen truck — the same one the Crown believes was used to transport her body to the river.
Autopsy results said Tina's body weighed just 77 pounds when it was found. Favel descibed her as a small girl who looked younger than her age.
Her body was weighed down in the river by rocks, which kept it from surfacing for days, Ross said.
The long time in the water means there is no DNA evidence for the trial.


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A History of Man-Eaters
Miss Cellania • Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Wild animals as a group tend to avoid humans, because humans are dangerous. However, humans are also tasty and filling. Big cats occasionally develop a famous taste for human flesh, as in the case of the Leopard of Rudraprayag in India.
It's believed the Leopard of Rudraprayag turned to man-eating after the 1918 flu pandemic that caused millions of deaths in India. So many died that the normal rites of cremation weren't performed and the plague's victims were left in shallow, mass graves or even unburied. Scavenging from the corpses, the leopard learned man was an easy meal.
Roaming the Uttarkhan area of Northern India for 8 years, the leopard terrified villages. In the middle of the night, his victims would wake to find the cat clawing through their thatched mud walls to drag them from their beds.
By 1926 alone, the leopard was responsible for killing 250 people. That same year, Jim Corbett shot and killed the leopard, which measured 7'10″ at its death.
Read also about the Panar Leopard, the Champawat Tiger, the Tsavo Man-Eaters, and the Man-Eaters of Njombe, all famous big cats that killed hundreds of people. Then read about the factors that cause these cats to turn to hunting humans for food, at the Art of Manliness. Link
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Sketch map of the search area. MS 9356, Box 1045/2b (9). Letter from A.W. Howitt to his sister Annie, 15 January 1859. La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection.
Kim Torney
A City Child Lost in the Bush
Incidents of children becoming lost in the Australian bush served to illuminate the colonists' often-complex relationship with the bush. The bush, the land generally, was a source of livelihood and, increasingly, a place for recreation. It was regarded as an area tamed—until a child became lost. Then the bush took on a threatening aspect that reminded the colonists that this was an alien environment for them and their society.
Nowhere is this better exemplified than in one of the more unusual incidents of children lost in the bush, which was the result of the meeting of city and bush. In January 1858 Lewis Vieusseux, the eight-year-old son of the proprietors of a very successful Ladies' College in Melbourne, became lost during an overnight family picnic to the increasingly popular Ferntree Gully in the Dandenongs.1 Well-educated and accomplished, the Vieusseux family—Julie and Louis Vieusseux—moved in the upper circles of Melbourne's social and cultural life following their arrival in Victoria in 1852. Julie Vieusseux was an accomplished portrait painter, among her surviving portraits being one of fellow-artist and friend, Eugene von Guérard.2 She became a friend of Georgiana McCrae, a member of the La Trobe family circle who was also well-known in the colony as a portraitist.3 In 1857 Vieusseux exhibited with the Victorian Society of Fine Arts, alongside recognized colonial luminaries, including Ludwig Becker, von Guérard, McCrae and Nicholas Chevalier.4
Within this social context the Vieusseux family would appear to be well-insulated against the vicissitudes of bush-life. Most of the recorded incidents of children lost in the bush involved children of poor settlers—shepherds, small selectors, miners and timber-cutters. Either in the course of play or work these children had wandered off into the bush and become lost. However, Lewis was lost in very different circumstances—while riding 'an old stock horse' down a track to the hut where the party had stayed the previous night; and with his mother and others of the party walking not far behind. It seems almost incredible that he could have become lost, but a detailed and vivid description of the incident may be found in letters held in the State Library of Victoria written by one of the party, Alfred William Howitt.5 The immediacy of this account by an intelligent, perceptive and articulate participant provides a rare insight into the awful ease with which people, particularly children, could be lost in the Australian bush, and also illuminates the details of a bush search. These letters serve to demonstrate one of the ways in which colonial experiences were portrayed and disseminated in the home country, to take their place in the rapidly developing mythology of Australian colonial life.
Howitt, who also arrived in Victoria in 1852, soon became known as a very capable bushman. He led the 1861 expedition to recover the remains of Burke and Wills and was later widely recognized for his contributions to geology and anthropology. He
published several studies of the Aboriginal people of south-east Australia, most notably The Native Tribes of South-east Australia (1904).6
In the first of these letters, written on 15 January 1858 to his sister, Annie, Howitt explained that he had just picked up her letters because he had:
only returned [to Melbourne] the day before yesterday from the Dandenong Ranges where having been a fortnight trying with … others to find a poor little child that has been lost in the mountains but unfortunately without the slightest success. It has been a horrible affair.7
Howitt described the incident as causing a sensation in Melbourne—being 'a very special topic of interest at present as is our search'—and devoted the rest of the letter (four closely written, crossed sides) to giving Annie 'as clear an account I can'.
The early part of the letter alludes to his friends 'the Vieusseux who used to live in Brighton … now living in Melbourne near the Markets'. This quintessentially urban couple were in the vanguard of excursionists to the Ferntree Gully, very possibly tempted by the work of another artist friend, Eugene von Guérard, whose widely-acclaimed painting Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong Ranges, was first exhibited in 1857.8
For some time Mrs Vieusseux has determined to have a picnic about Xmas at the Ferntree Gully in the Dandenong and on new years day we started from town for the Liddiards station which lies immediately below the mountain. We had … all kinds of good things both eatables and drinkables and set out in the highest spirits -9
This demonstrated the view of the bush as playground. Howitt's descriptions of the all-day journey to their destination—the Liddiards' hut on the mountain—and their overnight stay, accords with the notion of the bush as a place for recreation and rejuvenation, it seemed an essentially benign environment.
About one o'clock we reached the Dandenong Creek and camped for the luncheon … and a merry time we had of it. The weather was glorious, the shrubs on the banks of the creek were loaded with white blooms and the air seemed to feel lighter and purer with every step we took from Melbourne.10
The party stayed overnight at 'the Liddiards hut' (which Howitt sketched for Annie to illustrate what he meant by its having an 'undoubted bush appearance'), and the next day they walked on to the Ferntree Gully. Here they separated, with several of the men, including Howitt and Mr Vieusseux, heading off for the summit of the mountain, leaving Mrs Vieusseux, Lewis and another man to rest before heading back to the hut. With the remaining group was 'Taps', an elderly horse belonging to Liddiard, which he had assured them would walk straight home, ensuring that they could not get lost. The tired boy headed down the track on 'Taps' with the adults walking a little way behind. What followed, as explained to Howitt by a distraught Julie Vieusseux, demonstrates just how easy it was to become lost.
When they got to Dobson's hut Louis and 'Taps' were some little way in front and out of sight and most unfortunately Mrs Vieusseux took the wrong turning – a road leading past the sawmill. Having followed this for a few hundred yards but not seeing Louis she "cooeed" and Louis answered her from the other track. She then sent the driver … [to] fetch [him] but he misunderstood her and only went as far as [to] see Louis and then came back to tell her that
Liddiards hut. MS 9356, Box 1045/2b (9). Letter from A.W. Howitt to his sister Annie, 15 January 1859. La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection.
Eugene von Guerard, artist. Ferntree Gully, Dandenong Ranges. [1865] Chalk lithograph. H25828. La Trobe Picture Collection.
he had seen Louis leading the horse. From this moment not the faintest trace of the little boy has ever been found. If he had been [carried] off in the air or swallowed by the earth his disappearance could not have been more complete or mysterious.11
The tone of bafflement and frustration apparent in Howitt's comment suggests why, in similar situations, some people turned to the notion of lost children having been taken by Aborigines.12 This at least gave them a tangible focus for their anger and sorrow, something capable of rational understanding.
Despite a vigorous and extensive search over three weeks Lewis's fate remained unknown. The horse was soon found 'quietly grazing not a few hundred yards from where she was last seen', but there was no sign of the boy. It was two years before his remains were found. Evidence given at the inquest provided the broad outlines of a vigorous search.
We commenced a search for him, and in a short time, being rejoined by the party, all of them aided us in that search…. We continued that search until night fall and lighted fires on the hill, and shouted in the direction we thought the child would be. The search was continued next day with great additional help on horseback, and was kept up daily for at least a week, and at periods for three weeks, but without any success.13
Howitt's more detailed descriptions fill in the gaps and also convey the human agony of
Unknown photographer. Picnic party. Dandenong Ranges. [ca. 1860] Albumen silver photograph. H92.354/8. La Trobe Picture Collection.
the experience. In a letter to another family member he described helping to light fires on the mountain that night, although exhausted by searching, to appease the anxious mother, who he confessed he dreaded to see:
the terrible anxiety in her face exercised a sort of horrible fascination upon me … she would start up and wring her hands – the tears streaming from her eyes – and exclaim in a tone of such heart rending misery "Louis-Louis, my poor little boy – why will you not answer your mother" – that my blood seemed to freeze, it was like a horrible dream become as reality.14
This is an unusually intimate insight into the experience of losing a child in the bush; most accounts detail the search with only a passing reference to the state of the parents. Howitt goes on to describe the search begun early next morning, with the searchers forming 'a "cordon" each man in sight of the others and and "cooeeing" out with [every] few minutes', then checking through 'thick scrub, along the creeks, over ranges' with the area 'full of snakes'. Horses were brought in but the country was so rough that one fell over on its rider and Howitt wondered 'that he was not killed'.
In this letter Howitt provides more detail about the 'blacks' mentioned briefly in the earlier letter. They appear to have been called for about a week after the search began and rapidly realized that there was no hope of finding Louis. Howitt described going to see the 'blackfellows' after their first day of tracking and finding them:
Very sulky about something … after a great deal of trouble got them to talk. "Bale me find him at all" said Big Jim "plenty rain fall him down – no get him track – a little boy too much pull away all about – no look at that fellar (the sun) – tumble down along the scrub,… This was the substance of his conversation – the two others said nothing and although they knew that by finding Louis they would get 'fifty yellow fellow' they would not look, they believed that he was dead and that it was useless to look and went off to the Yarra.15
Howitt agreed with their assessment but still wanted to keep searching, giving as his reason a virtually universal driving force in the search for lost children,
Of course we had given up hope of finding the child alive so many days had passed by that we could only expect to find his body – but even his cap or a piece of his clothes would have been a satisfaction16
It was the total disappearance of children that seemed so hard to bear, almost as if they had never existed.
Howitt outlined his own theory as to what had happened to Lewis in his letter to Annie, and included a sketch map to illustrate the sequence of events. He believed that the boy, upon hearing his mother cooee, had attempted to turn the grazing mare back, which it would not do being so close to home. He thought that the child had then dismounted, left the horse and headed towards the cooee, along a fence and then across an old bridge to the road his mother had just left as she hurried towards where she had heard him answer her cooee. Then Lewis, hurrying along the road looking for his mother had reached the sawmill and been frightened off into the bush by savage dogs which:
ran out at him open mouthed as they do at every one – and that he then either took a blind track leading part way to [Harbury's] or that being frightened off the road he was unable to find his way onto it again.17
Batchelder & O'Neill Photographers. Alfred William Howitt [ca. 1863]. Albumen silver carte-de-visite. H93.371/4. La Trobe Picture Collection.
In a poignant allusion to a lost opportunity of rescue, Howitt describes a meeting several days into the search with Banbury, a carter of post and rails with a hut on the mountain (marked on his sketch map). He told them that:
On Saturday night he'd heard a child "a cooeing and a hollering" in the direction of his hut and had supposed it to be his little boy. On going home he found the child there before him and thought nothing of the circumstance. … on Saturday morning he had seen the prints of a child's foot coming down towards the sawmill from Dobson's.18
This episode emphasizes the role of luck in these searches.
Given the family standing, the obvious public interest in such stories and the active and fairly lengthy search, one would expect to find some coverage in the Melbourne newspapers. In fact I have been able to find none, nor in any regional newspapers or journals. The family placed an advertisement in the Age offering a £50 reward for information about the boy, but there were no articles describing the incident or the search.19
One can only speculate as to the reason for this lack of publicity, but class certainly seems to be as possibility. There may have been some sense that it was inappropriate to intrude on an upper-class family, or even active intervention to prevent publicity. The family was, after all, running a Ladies' College for a living and may have felt that public association with such a tragedy would affect their enrolments. However, there was another very unusual aspect to this episode. Marjorie Theobald reports that among the personal papers retained by the family were several items relating to Lewis' disappearance, including, 'a letter from the chief commissioner of police describing the search and regretting his failure to find the child … [and] a semi-literate ransom note which attempts to extort money from the parents in return for the child.20 These are unique in my experience; poor families received neither ransom demands nor letters from the chief commissioner of police. The ransom attempt may explain any lack of publicity—perhaps it was considered that news of the search would endanger the boy's life. Ransom seems a peculiarly urban crime that sits oddly with the intrinsically rural nature of the image of 'lost in the bush'.
Nothing came of the ransom attempt or the search. In poignant recognition that her son would not be found alive, Julie Vieusseux memorialized his life. She entered his name on the flyleaf of the family bible—'Lewis Stephen Arthur Vieusseux … lost 2nd January 1858.'—and painted his portrait, using her remaining son, Edward, as a model.21 Just over two years later some certainty was given the family with the discovery of a skeleton and clothing that served to identify Lewis. His remains were found by a woodcutter in search of water. The paragraph in the Argus announcing this discovery concludes with a reminder to readers that:
scarcely a month ago a trooper was lost somewhere about the same spot in those ranges, and up to this time has not been heard of, notwithstanding that, as we are now informed, a vigorous search was for several days instituted by the authorities.22
The message is clear: however apparently attractive, the bush remains a dangerous place. The coronial inquest on the remains concluded that:
on the 5th of January, 1860, the remains of the deceased were found in the Dandenong ranges, that there were no marks of violence upon them, nor any evidence to show the cause of death.23
The disappearance of Lewis Vieusseux must have served as a chilling demonstration to the colonists of the power of the bush—neither money, nor education nor social status could protect the child. He was just as vulnerable as the child of the poorest settler. Nor was he the only child to be lost in the area; in John Larkins' The Book of the Dandenongs, there is a short account of an eerily similar incident. Whilst detailing the increasing settlement of the area and its construction as a tourist area Larkins notes that:
The mountains did not surrender without a struggle. In 1863 a six-year-old boy, out for a weekend riding visit, became lost in the bush near Ferntree Gully; his remains were found many years later.24
Like Lewis Vieusseux this boy had been engulfed in Howitt's 'impenetrable scrub'.
Marjorie Theobald, Knowing Women, Melbourne, Cambridge University Press, 1996, p. 47. The child's name is spelt Louis or Lewis in different accounts. I have used Lewis because that is the way in which Theobald noted it as having been entered in the family bible. Where quoting Howitt I have retained his spelling.
Ibid, p. 45.
Brenda Niall, Georgiana, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press Miegunyah, 1994, p. 214.
Ibid, p. 217.(Becker later died in his role as artist on the Burke and Wills expedition, Chevalier was best known for his landscape paintings, von Guérard was also known for his landscapes, as well as his paintings of the goldfields and homesteads.)
MS 935 6, Box 1045/2b, Alfred William Howitt Papers, letters to family and friends. La Trobe Australian Manuscripts Collection, State Library of Victoria.
Oxford Companion to Australian History, 1999, p.329.
MS 9356 1045/2b (9). A. W. Howitt to Annie Howitt, 15 January 1858,
Tim Bonyhady, The Colonial Earth, Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 2000, p. 107.
A. W. Howitt letter, 15 January 1858.
op cit.
For examples of this, see the account of the loss of Martha Ward, first noted in the Portland Mercury, 16 August 1843, p. 3; the Geelong Advertiser and Squatters' Advocate, 29 October 1845, p. 2, outlines a story of a lost child who had been taken and eaten by a 'Pyrenees tribe'.
Age, Melbourne, 17 January 1860, report of inquest, p. 3.
MS 9356 1045/2b (10). A. W. Howitt to family member, 25 January 1858.
Age, 7 January 1858, p. 1 (repeated 8, 9, 11 January).
Theobald, Knowing Women, p. 47.
op cit. Another son, Stephen, had died at the age of fifteen months in 1852, p. 45.
Argus, 17 January 1860, p. 5.
Age, 17 January 1860, p. 3.
John Larkins, The Book of the Dandenongs, Melbourne, Rigby Limited, 1978, p. 74.


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Hononegah Girls Win Big Against East
Posted: Jan 29, 2017 / 04:56 AM CST / Updated: Jan 29, 2017 / 04:56 AM CST
The Lady Indians jumped out in front early, and never looked back against East Saturday afternoon. Jordan King led the way scoring 20 of her 21 points in the first half in Hononegah's 63-35 win at home.
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ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Chicago Blackhawks announced today they have reassigned forward Dylan Sikura to the American Hockey League's Rockford IceHogs.
Sikura, 24, has split the 2019-20 season between the Blackhawks and IceHogs. He was recalled by Chicago on Dec. 8 and recorded three points (1G, 2A) in nine games with the Blackhawks during the stint. He scored his first career National Hockey League goal on Jan. 5 vs. DET and now has one goal and 13 assists through 47 career National Hockey League games.
The native of Aurora, Ontario has nine goals and seven assists in 22 games with the IceHogs during the 2019-20 campaign. In total, Sikura has tallied 26 goals and 25 assists in 68 career American Hockey League contests.
by Scott Leber / Jan 18, 2020
OREGON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) --Oregon High School senior Trey Woolsey stands out on the basketball court in the Big Northern Conference. You don't see a lot of 6'5 players with his type of athleticism at that level, and you don't find many players with his versatility.
"I feel whatever coach asks me to do I can just do it," said Woolsey. "If he wanted me to play the 'five' I could play the 'five.' If he wanted me to play the two or three I could play the 'two' or 'three."
But often times he's the 'one'.
"I would say over half the time he's our point guard," said Oregon coach Quinn Virgil.
by Samantha Rivera / Jan 18, 2020
Boylan beat Dundee-Crown 64-57 in DeKalb High School's MLK Tournament on Saturday. With the win, the Lady Titans move on to Monday's semi-finals, where they'll play Carmel. Click the media player for highlights.


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Obaseki inspecting the work progress on Lucky way
Residents and workers along Lucky Way in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have expressed gratitude to Governor Godwin Obaseki for responding speedily to rectify the bad state of their road, which had fallen into disrepair due to abandonment for over a decade.
This was as the governor, unannounced, inspected work progress along the only major road connecting the centrally located Ramat Park with Iwogban Estates and Uteh Community.
Prior to the governor's intervention, which heralded the awarding of contract for, and commencement of the road's repair, the residents explained that they suffered neglect and faced terrible times during the rainy season due to flooding in the area, which had also affected their businesses.
A furniture maker, Mr. Danjuma Shuaibu revealed how his business had not enjoyed good patronage because it was impassable, adding that the absence of tricycles was a big challenge, and that he was gladdened when repairs started.
In the same vein, Mr. James Edem, while commending the state government on the road repair, urged him to ensure the contractor tackled the erosion challenge and that they expedited the road repairs ongoing.
They said, "Occupants of most houses along Lucky Way have already deserted the area for fear of erosion, but, with this government rehabilitation work ongoing, there will be opportunity for occupants to access their houses and businesses are bound to thrive."
Meanwhile, Governor Obaseki disclosed that he had ordered the contractor to resubmit the road design to address challenges of flooding at a portion of the road, which he noticed and expressed optimism that the timeline for delivery of the road project, being October to November, would be achieved with the current work pace.
"I think giving the period of time, quite a bit of work has been done and achieved, but I have instructed that the designs for the project be submitted again for review to my office and based on what I have seen to ensure that our concerns are taken into considerations and accounts in the design. I want to make sure we arrest flooding in all the areas and solve issues of potential flooding in future so that when we build this road it will be once and for all and we won't come back to rebuild he added," the governor said.
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The GST Council has reduced tax rates on over 80 items and exempted sanitary napkins, rakhis, stone, marble, wooden deities and Saal leaves from GST.
Briefing media after chairing the 28th GST Council meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said GST on footwear priced below one thousand rupees will attract 5 percent rate. He said, the decisions will benefit 125 crore citizens, particularly low and middle-income families, traders and artisans.
The Minister said, besides revenue collection, the GST council will now focus on job creation as well. The council has cleared amendments which will be passed in Parliament. Goyal informed that exemption limit for traders in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim has been increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
Simplification in tax is the government priority. Soon the government will link RFID tags with Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) for transporters and this will reduce harassment of transporters at toll plazas, the minister added.
The GST Council also approved the new return formats and associated changes in the law.
All taxpayers excluding small taxpayers and a few exceptions will file one monthly return. The return is simple with two main tables of which one will be for reporting outward supplies and one for availing input tax credit.
The Council approved the quarterly filing of return for the small taxpayers having turnover below Rs 5 crore as an optional facility.


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It is always good to see few directors coming out of their zone and making films. Puri Jagannadh, known for raw and reckless hero characterizations, and stories, has come out of his zone and made Mehbooba, an intense love story. The movie is out in theaters today. Here is our take on Puri's Mehbooba.
Roshan (Akash Puri) is a Hyderabadi boy who just finishes his Engineering and plans to join in the Indian Army. Afreen (Neha Shetty) is a Pakistani girl who comes to India to pursue higher studies in Hyderabad. Both get haunted by their past life incidents in tneir dreams, regularly. Roshan helps Afreen in an incident, but they get to see each other for the first time in a train. Rohsan leaves to Himalayas and Afreen to Pakistan. Later they get to know shocking facts about their past lives. How did their past life lead their present life forms the rest of the story, with some great twists.
Akash Puri impresses with his performance, dialogue delivery and diction. He looks too good at presenting emotions in intense & emotional scenes. One can clearly see Puri Jagannadh in Akash, especially in the first half of the film. Akash promises to be a star in making, by delivering a stunning performance in his debut as Hero. Neha Shetty looks good and performs well enough. Sayaji Shinde brings laughs as the Father of Akash. Murali Sharma, Vishu Reddy and others have done their jobs good enough.
Puri jagannadh is known for his hero characterizations, their unique attitudes and recklessness. But he changed his style of writing and came up with an honest and intense love story. Puri got succeeded in balancing the patriotism of both Indian and Pakistanis. After all, one must appreciate Puri Jagannadh for sticking to the story and bringing out something new from him. The locations and the CGI based war episodes were too good, making Mehbooba a rich production valued.
Akash Puri emoted very well in intense scenes, making the emotional quotient worth keeping. Puri Jagannadh must be appreciated for not diverting the audience mood from the plot by putting any unwanted scenes, comedy. The movie is clean with vulgarity.
The cinematography by Vishnu Sarma is stunning, while editing by Junaid Siddique is crisp and perfect. The art work is good enough. Music by Sundeep Chowta is fine, while the songs are just okay.
One can happily go and watch this intense, and honest love story by Puri Jagannadh. The second half of the film is better than the first half, especially the last 45 minutes came out very well. Akash Puri's performance, locals, war episodes, intense and brave episodes makes Mehbooba a worth watch this weekend. Please watch it only in theaters and kill piracy.
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"I guess most of the games we've been down, so we've been having a good flow and (coach Dave Joerger will) just leave me in," Lawson said.
When the Kings have started games slowly, which has happened a lot, Lawson has been part of the bench unit that has injected the energy that's sparked a comeback.
So on those nights, Joerger will stick with Lawson along with other members of the second unit. But Joerger would tell you that deciding how long to stick with his reserves is not always simple, especially when the reserves are responsible for turning the game around.
Lawson has shown he has the energy to finish games.
Still, it's not as if Lawson is guaranteed to play that role.
The Kings are as healthy as they've been lately, with no players on the injury report since Rudy Gay returned from a strained right hip flexor last week. That alters what Joerger does with his rotations.
That Lawson has finished so many games has a lot to do with his style of play. After struggling to find his way with the starting unit, Lawson found his groove coming off the bench.
The Kings' reserves tend to play more freely, relying on a faster pace, and more passing to find offense rather than depending on running the offense through either Cousins, Gay, or Collison.
Earlier in the season, Joerger said ideally either Cousins or Gay would be on the court at all times. Gay's injury meant that wasn't possible. But it might have helped the bench fortify its identity.
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'Is this real life?': Yellowknife family wins nearly $21K in Family Feud Canada
The Hernandez family took home $20,915 after competing in three episodes of the TV game show hosted by comedian Gerry Dee.
Aaron 'Godson' Hernandez and his family competed in 3 episodes of game show
CBC News · Posted: Jan 03, 2020 3:28 PM CT | Last Updated: January 3, 2020
Yellowknife's Hernandez family won nearly $21,000 on CBC's Family Feud Canada. (Submitted by Aaron Hernandez)
Aaron Hernandez introduced his family to a national TV audience by spitting some hot fire on Family Feud Canada.
"Roll call … Godson is a rapper on the Family Feud," rapped the Yellowknife musician — who goes by "Godson" — and car salesman before name-dropping his team members.
"We reppin' Yellowknife for the Family Feud."
The Hernandez family took home $20,915 after playing in three consecutive episodes of the game show, hosted by comedian Gerry Dee. The show sees families battle it out for up to $30,000 by guessing the most popular answers to quirky survey questions.
"I was just like, is this real life?" said Aaron, who was joined on the game show stage by his wife Melissa Hernandez, brother and sister Noel and Anneluzelia Hernandez, and his cousin Jessy-Anne Borero Hernandez.
"We had an awesome, life changing experience."
I was jumping up and down as high as I can. - Aaron Hernandez, Contestant on Family Feud Canada
For Melissa, getting the chance to play "Fast Money" was "surreal."
"It's a show that I watched as a kid growing up with my family, so to be able to play that game [was an] amazing experience," she said.
The whole experience — travelling to Toronto together and winning cash together — was a bonding experience, said Aaron Hernandez. (Aaron Godson Hernandez/Facebook)
Aaron shouted out Melissa for advancing the team.
"It was really easy for me to clean up after she took almost all the points on the board," he said.
The episodes were pre-taped several weeks ago, so the family got to watch themselves on the show with a bar full of cheering supporters at Yellowknife's Top Knight this week. Hernandez said the city's residents have shown much pride in their hometown champions.
'A little injury happened'
To be sure, the experience wasn't without bloopers.
"When we won the [initial] 10 grand, like, it was probably one of the best moments of my life, and I was jumping up and down as high as I can," said Aaron.
The host came over to join in the jubilation and that's when things took a turn.
"We were in a circle huddle leaping up and down, Gerry came and hugged us and was jumping up and down with us, and I guess my shoulder or my arm connected with his jaw," said Aaron. "And a little injury happened."
Luckily, that injury wasn't too serious, said the family.
"He was fine but he was obviously sore and we totally felt bad," said Jessy-Anne.
Man goes to wing night, wins chance to make a reality TV show
Yellowknife photographer promotes plus-size body positivity online
The whole experience — travelling to Toronto together and winning cash together — was a bonding experience, said Aaron.
What's next for the winning family?
"I don't know," he said. "Amazing Race, maybe?"
Written by Sidney Cohen, based on an interview with Lawrence Nayally produced by Joanne Stassen
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As a psychologist and a state MP, Carolyn Hirsh warned of the addictive nature of poker machines - then herself fell under their powerful spell.
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What is completely unexpected is how, while she was still active in politics, looking calm and competent and wearing her pearls, she was also addicted to poker machines. It sounds ridiculous, but for almost a decade from 2006, she gambled untold – and unknown, even to her – amounts of money. "It's very hard to put a figure on it," she says. "All the shares went. All the extra money. I'd spend whatever I had. I mortgaged the house up to the hilt. I had massive credit card debts" – more than $30,000 – "that I'm still paying off." Even now, she looks astounded at what she's saying. "The way I describe it is, I have nothing left to leave my children. It all went."
In 1990, Carolyn Hirsh was serving her second term as the state MP for Wantirna. She was in her 50s, a psychologist with a first-class honours degree, a long-time widow (her husband died suddenly of encephalitis when she was only 36) with three adult daughters and two grown stepchildren. She was also the first female government whip in Australian history. And it was as whip that she spoke in favour of introducing poker machines to Victoria.
"I played the pokies with my brother when he lived in Wodonga," Hirsh recalls. "We'd cross into NSW, spend $5 and laugh a lot. It was a totally benign memory. And by 1990 Victoria had huge financial problems, and there was a decision to introduce them. Cabinet had to do something to raise revenue and that's what they did.
"Mind you, I did have qualms. I was the only person who mentioned the possibility of addiction." She shakes her head. "But I didn't think much more of it. And for the next eight years, really, I had nothing to do with them." She thinks back. "Very, very occasionally, if I was at the pub, I'd play $20. And it was vaguely fun, and quite relaxing. But there was no desire, no itch – not for years." She stops and clasps her hands. "But then my daughter Vicki committed suicide, and it was all different."
In the early 1990s, Carolyn Hirsh's oldest daughter, Victoria – "clever, funny and beautiful" – was diagnosed with a severe borderline personality disorder. She died on March 25, 2001. In her 2013 memoir Politics, Death and Addiction, Hirsh recounts talking to her on the morning of her death, telling her she would make a pot of soup and bring it around. When she arrived at Vicki's home, however, she couldn't find her. Hirsh checked the house, then the garage. "There were some clothes hanging from the steel rafter," she recalls. Then she looked more closely. It was not just clothes. Vicki had hung herself.
In a very real sense, the events of the following decade hinge on this single, terrible event. Hirsh sought no help for her devastating grief and guilt. Instead, she took on the full-time care of her granddaughter Jessica, carried on with her psychology practice and teaching, and, after being out of parliament since 1992, was elected to the upper- house seat of Silvan in November 2002. To all intents and purposes, she appeared to be coping admirably.
But she was not. In June 2004, she was caught for drink-driving leaving parliamentary drinks one evening. In September, she was picked up again, driving her granddaughter's unregistered car without a licence. And then, almost unbelievably, in 2006, she blew over the limit again, on her way home after playing the pokies.
Even now, Hirsh becomes tearful remembering this. "Oh, god. It was just horrendous. I have a personality that needs to be approved of. And here I was, this public figure, shamed! The word 'disgraced' in front of my name. And underneath it, all the time, this awful devastation about Vicki, which I hid. I never grieved. I wasn't sleeping, I'd get the shakes, and I just hid it all."
Several years later, Hirsh would be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. That terrible moment of finding Vicki – the clothes, her daughter's face, her ice-cold hand – was literally haunting her. "I'd see Vicki all the time, you know: it'd flood back ..." Her eyes fill with tears. "And then this other stuff: it all just kept happening!" Somewhere in the midst of it all, her occasional half-hour of relaxation at the pokies morphed into addiction.
Hirsh herself isn't sure when: she can recall "popping into the pub" to play while she waited for trams after she lost her licence; and after her second offence, when then premier Steve Bracks forced her resignation from the Labor Party, and she'd leave Parliament every lunchtime to play.
"In the parliamentary dining room," she recalls, "they'd set one long table each for the big parties, and then this tiny little one for the independents." She winces. "Oh, that little table! I just couldn't bear it. So I'd go down the street to the pokies. No one ever knew. I'd just go and sit there mindlessly putting money in the machine until 10 to two, and then come back.
I felt hypnotised. You sit there, watching the reels go around, and you just feel calm.
"At the third [offence], that's when I just broke down. It was just so absolutely terrible. And so stupid. I was at the Ringwood RSL, and I wanted to prove I could control myself. I put $20 in, and I was totally focused, and of course I forgot to count my drinks." She was picked up at a random breath-testing point when she left, and blew 0.065, 0.015 over the legal limit.
"I was utterly filled with self-hatred," she remembers. "I was suicidal – really off my rocker." She spent two weeks in a psychiatric ward in hospital, and stayed on sick leave from parliament until the 2006 election, when she resigned. But she sought no help and she continued to gamble, spending everything she had.
"I still don't know why," she says. "Addictive personality? Self-hatred? I did want to destroy myself; I didn't care what happened to me. But also, when I was playing, I actually felt good, you know? I could make the pain go away. And I felt so terrible the rest of the day. It was my one moment of relief."
This feeling may be more explicable than we realise. In a new documentary Ka-Ching! Pokie Nation, which airs on ABC-TV on October 20, researchers show that poker machines are designed to fire dopamine release in the brain in exactly the same way as drugs like nicotine, heroin and cocaine do.
As a psychologist, Hirsh understands this process – but her knowledge didn't help her. "I felt hypnotised. You sit there, watching the reels go around, and you just feel calm: calm, calm, calm. And as the dopamine is released, you actually feel fantastic. I'd go lunchtime, evenings, whenever there was a chance.
"And then I'd look into my bag and realise I had no money left." She takes a breath. "The level of despair: 'What do I do now?' The horror of having to go back home: the depression, the sense of 'What have I done? Why did I do it? Why, why, why? I'm an adult!' And then back to the machine again the next day."
Carolyn Hirsh's addiction to gambling ended as it began. Slowly. Starting in 2008, she contacted Gambler's Help, and sought medical assistance. She had several relapses, including replacing gambling with alcohol. Ultimately, she thinks, it was naltrexone – a drug used to combat opioid and alcohol addiction – that proved decisive. "I took it for alcohol," she says, "but it took away my desire to gamble, too."
She also finally got help to deal with Vicki's death. "I had to face it. Now the memory's there, but it doesn't come at me. Writing about it really helped." Indeed, her memoir was short-listed for the Finch Memoir Prize, and she's now doing a master's in writing and literature.
These days, when Hirsh reflects on the whole period, "I just think I was nuts," she says, smiling. "But I do feel safe now: I feel free of it all." Free to garden, and write, and speak out in the hope that her experience might help others. Just as you'd expect.


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Q: How to get the value of column that the same for few rows by selecting values from other columns? Since I am not a MySQL expert, I am having trouble determining how to ask a search engine for advice on this topic.
I have the following table:
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| product_id | attribute_id | text              |
+------------+--------------+-------------------+
|       1770 |           57 | wi-fi             |
|       1770 |           58 | bluetooth         |
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There are many other products with many attributes.
I need to select product_id that has text = wi-fi and text = bluetooth (in different rows). The table name is product_attribute.
I have tried the following:
SELECT *
FROM product_attribute
WHERE product_attribute.text = 'wi-fi'
    AND product_attribute.text = 'bluetooth';

However no results are returned since in one row we have text = wi-fi and another row has text = bluetooth, whereas my query is looking for both wi-fi and bluetooth in the same row.
How can I get product_id = 1770 by making the query select from the text column in different rows with the same product_id?
Here is SQL Fiddle.

A: This may work:
SELECT product_attribute.product_id
FROM product_attribute
WHERE product_attribute.text = 'wi-fi'
    OR product_attribute.text = 'bluetooth'
GROUP BY product_attribute.product_id
HAVING COUNT(*) = 2;

The idea here is to use an OR in the WHERE clause to allow rows that have either wi-fi or bluetooth in the text column, then we only return products that have at least two rows.
Thanks to @jkavalik for creating a test sqlfiddle that works, and proves the above code!

A: Your query is close but doesn't work because no row will satisfy both text='wi-fi' AND text='bluetooth' at the same time.
You could use a self join instead:
SELECT
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FROM
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  JOIN
  product_attribute pa2
  ON pa1.product_id = pa2.product_id
WHERE
  pa1.text = 'wi-fi'
  AND
  pa2.text = 'bluetooth'
;

That way the first version of the table (pa1) matches text='wi-fi', the second version(pa2) matches text='bluetooth', and the JOIN condition (pa1.product_id = pa2.product_id) ensures both conditions are met for a single product.

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