Harvest Lane is a private gated development situated in the heart of Thames Ditton Village. Located just off the High Street, the property is very close to the local amenities which include a delicatessen, greengrocers, florist, bakery, hairdressers, cafes and much more. There are shops and restaurants in nearby Kingston upon Thames, Esher and Surbiton, as well as the lovely green spaces of Giggs Hill Green and Bushy Park. Thames Ditton Station is situated just half a mile away and provides regular and direct trains into London Waterloo in around 31 minutes. The A3 is approximately 2.5 miles away providing good access to London, the motorway network and Gatwick and Heathrow airports. The area is very popular with families and there is an excellent selection of schools available at all age levels, both in the state and private sector.
This modern 3 storey townhouse offers fantastic family accommodation throughout and boasts a stylish interior. The ground floor level comprises entrance hall leading to a guest cloakroom and utility room at the rear benefiting from a coats cupboard. The garage has been converted into a useful living space and is currently configured as a bedroom/study. On the first floor you will find the kitchen/dining room to the rear of the property. French doors access wrought iron steps which lead down to the garden and patio. The kitchen is fitted with a range of traditional shaker style wall and base mounted cabinetry, integrated appliances and there is ample space for a dining table and chairs. To the front of the property you will find the large triple aspect living room. 3 sets of French doors open out on to individual balconies overlooking the front and side of the property. This room also boasts a gas fire with stylish stone surround. On the second floor the master bedroom benefits from an en suite shower room and built in wardrobes. There are a further 2 bedrooms which are served by a family bathroom. Externally the rear garden is mainly laid to lawn and features an abundance of mature trees and shrubs. There is also a decked terrace area which provides an ideal space for BBQ'ing. The property has 1 covered parking space to the front.
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The Glass Delusion
Can a person shatter into a thousand pieces? People who suffer from the glass delusion believe they can.
Last update: 04 February, 2020
There are people who believe they can shatter into a thousand pieces if someone or something bumps them even slightly. This is the glass delusion. People who suffer from this believe they're as fragile as glass. The truth is, however, that they're actually not.
The glass delusion is a psychological disorder that causes a psychological dissociation between imagination and reality. In this case, "imagination" refers to a person's belief about something. Those who suffer from this syndrome are certain their body is as vulnerable as glass. Be careful not to confuse this psychological disorder with brittle bone disease, which is otherwise known as osteogenesis imperfecta.
What do we mean by "delusion?"
During the 17th century, experts based the concept of madness on delusions. This happened to such an extent that "being crazy" was the same as "having delusions" and vice versa. These days, people also have their stock image of a crazy person. If you ask a person to describe their stereotypical image of a "crazy person," they'll probably say someone who believes they're Napoleon or that aliens are after them.
The definition that experts use and reference the most these days is the one Jaspers came up with in his book General Psychopathology (1975). For Jaspers, delusions were false judgments. They persist because the individual maintains them with a high level of conviction. In fact, experience doesn't influence them and neither do irrefutable truths. Aside from that, their content references impossibilities.
The glass delusion as a psychological malady in the Middle Ages
It would seem that this disorder became popular when Charles VI suffered from it himself. This, of course, happened during his reign several centuries ago. In fact, historians record that Charles VI was a monarch with schizophrenia, porphyria, and histrionic personality. According to certain accounts, he killed a member of his court during a psychotic episode.
Charles IV prohibited his subjects from touching him. That's because he was afraid that he'd disintegrate like a fragile piece of glass. In order to avoid what he feared, he would wrap himself in thick blankets and would spend hours locked away in his room. That way, he avoided any person who might touch him and shatter him.
Dutch psychiatrist Andy Lamejin has currently confirmed that one of his patients suffers from this disorder. It looks like it's not just a thing of the past, right? Recently, his patient came to him complaining of symptoms similar to that of a delusion.
This patient complained of feeling as if he were made of glass and even transparent to others. According to this patient, there was a switch inside of his brain that allowed him to change states. He claimed he could change from being invisible to visible at will.
Living with the obsession of avoiding being shattered
According to documentary sources, some people with this illness would tie pillows to their backsides. They would do this to avoid shattering when they had to sit down somewhere. Experts of the time also observed that they would only relieve themselves standing. That way, they could avoid sitting down and breaking their bones.
Another related delusion is the "bottle delusion", which is when patients believe they're living inside of a glass bottle. They're obsessed with not shattering themselves. They direct all of their efforts toward never leaving this supposed bottle as a thousand glass pieces.
Psychotic patients have transmitted this disease among each other via the phenomenon of imitation. The mentally ill sought a reason to justify their feelings of fragility. Thus, those stories reached the French royal family and helped to popularize this syndrome. Let's not forget the popularity of Miguel de Cervantes' The Lawyer of Glass.
What's the cause of the glass delusion?
One of the theories about the source of this problem is that the glass delusion might be related to defense mechanisms. This defense mechanism arises in people who are under a lot of pressure. Additionally, these people tend to feel the pressing need to display a specific social image. Thus, their symptoms might be a response to their fear of projecting vulnerability.
Another hypothesis is associated with the development of glass. This doesn't seem strange because the first cases of the glass delusion arose at the same time this material did. Whatever the case may be, we're talking about a serious mental disorder. Its treatment requires antipsychotics. One example of such a drug is haloperidol. The problem also requires psychotherapeutic support. Anyway, we can tell you something that'll set your mind at ease: these days, this syndrome is extremely uncommon.
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We write another post advocating first stages as wet lab space stations by launching them without payloads and with SRB's to get them to orbit.
In the case of the ULA Vulcan vehicle, it might have the ability to loft itself into orbit with no payload. In the case of ULA this would have to be a new vehicle since it is not reused. Cryogenic Methane makes for the Vulcan first stage space station an attractive option to habitual volume.
In the case of New Glenn even more so the New Glenn does not use SRB however, so its thought the landing legs attach points could be modified for SRB attach points? The New Glenn would need a modest payload and that would be the proposed IXION docking port.IXION is the ULA Nanoracks proposal to repurpose a Centaur upper stage as a habitat. The BFR, New Glenn, and Vulcan launchers all offer very roomy propellent tanks as wet lab habitats.
SpaceX Falcon 9 is less attractive due to its narrow and long claustrophobic propellent tanks as a space station wet lab, however, it might be useful as storage.


-One- In honor of the Superbowl (which we had no interest in watching, but I felt immense pressure to cook a bunch of appetizers) I made that mini-weenies thing where you get mini sausages and then crock pot the hell out of them with a can of cranberry sauce and chili sauce. It's not really cooking…it's more like mixing.
I'm telling you, jokes about mini-weenies never get old to me. Which is probably why I wrote a book where one of the main characters is named Sausage*.
*That book is called "Pepper Wellington and the Case of the Missing Sausage" in case you're curious.


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Q: how can i delete it data row from table view in sqlite -(void) deletedata:(id) sender
{
    if(deleteStmt == nil)
    {
        const char *sql = "delete from cosmicnumber where name='%@' ";
        if(sqlite3_prepare_v2(db2, sql, -1, &deleteStmt, NULL) != SQLITE_OK)
            NSAssert1(0, @"Error while creating delete statement. '%s'", sqlite3_errmsg(db2));

        NSLog(@"%@",strNam);
    }

    //When binding parameters, index starts from 1 and not zero.
    sqlite3_bind_text(deleteStmt, 1, [strNam UTF8String], -1, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);

    if (SQLITE_DONE != sqlite3_step(deleteStmt))
        NSAssert1(0, @"Error while deleting. '%s'", sqlite3_errmsg(db2));

    sqlite3_reset(deleteStmt);
}

A:  - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
{
    sqlite3_stmt *stmt;

    if (sqlite3_open([[objdelegate getDBPath] UTF8String], &dbtest) == SQLITE_OK){

        NSString *deleteSQL =[NSString stringWithFormat:@"DELETE from test where test_Id=\"%@\"",[objdelegate.listOfTestId objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]];

        NSLog(@"Query : %@",deleteSQL);

        const char *delete_stmt=[deleteSQL UTF8String];

        sqlite3_prepare_v2(dbtest, delete_stmt, -1, &stmt, NULL);

        if(sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_DONE)
        {
            UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Delete" message:@"Record Deleted..!!" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];

            [alert show];
             [alert release];
        }
        else
        {
            UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Delete" message:@"Record Not Deleted..!!" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];

            [alert show];
            [alert release];
        }
    }

}
[self getdata];  // Here Call your main getdata function from where you are fetching your data from database
[tableView reloadData];
}

A: what you use here for connect with sqlite??
ie, if you use coredata then its code so easy with small logic what you use???
like...
-(void) deleteAllData {

    NSManagedObjectContext *moc = appDelegate.managedObjectContext;///your data which store in coredata

    //---------------Fetching and Deleting Category---------
    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest;
    NSEntityDescription *entity;
    NSArray *arrobjects;
    NSError *error;
    //---------------Fetching and Deleting ITems---------
    fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"yourEntity" inManagedObjectContext:moc];  ///use your entity name..
    [fetchRequest setEntity:entity];

    arrobjects = [moc executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:nil];//arrobjects is array which stor youe another array or record which you want to delete

    for (NSManagedObject *managedObject in arrobjects) {

        [moc deleteObject:managedObject];
    }

    error = nil;
    [moc save:&error];

}

after that reload table with reloadData method
[yourTable reloadData];

hope,this help you..
:)

A: Perhaps, this will help you. Where _allDownloadedSongs is the array from which you are filling table, and deleteRowFromDatabase is a method to delete the specific row from array, database and talbeView.
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    NSString *strQuery;
    NSString *deleteRow;
    if (editingStyle == UITableViewCellEditingStyleDelete)
    {
    [tblView beginUpdates];
        NSMutableDictionary *dic = (NSMutableDictionary *)[_allDownloadedSongs objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
        deleteRow = [dic valueForKey:@"Id"];
        [self deleteRowFromDatabase:deleteRow];
        [_allDownloadedSongs removeObjectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    [tblView deleteRowsAtIndexPaths:[NSArray arrayWithObjects:indexPath, nil] withRowAnimation:UITableViewRowAnimationFade];
    [tblView endUpdates];
    }
}

//And For Database Deleting
- (void)deleteRowFromDatabase:(NSString *)deleteRow
{
    AppDelegate *obj = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];
    NSString *strQuery = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"DELETE FROM DownloadedSongs WHERE Id=%d", rowId];
    [obj InsUpdateDelData:strQuery];
}

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• "Various meat products," a bottle of Passion Perfume, and a phone charger were reported stolen from a home on Bethel Road Jan. 9. The owner of the home told Anderson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Charles Relford the intruder gained entrance into the home via the garage door.
• A 36-inch LG television as reported "busted" in an act of apparent vandalism in a home on Ridge Circle Road, Andersonville, Jan. 8.
The report, filed by Anderson County Sheriff's Office Deputy David Shoffner, said entrance was made into the home via a side door.
• An East Wolf Valley Road, Heiskell, resident reported, Jan. 8, someone had pried open a window and stolen $110 in cash from their home. A report filed by Anderson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Matthew McGhee said the money was inside a "blue money bag," belonging to Bible Way Baptist Church. No other items were taken.
• Two metal detectors and an assortment of camping and fishing equipment were reported stolen from an Upper Clear Creek Road, Andersonville, home. Anderson County Sheriff's Office Deputy Randall Seay reported the metal detectors were stored in the victim's closet.
An air mattress, stored under the victim's bed, was also reported stolen. The victim noticed the items missing when he returned home from work Jan. 8.
• On Friday, Jan. 11, detectives from the Clinton Police Department searched the property at 821 Rogers Street in Clinton regarding information received of stolen property being at that location. Detectives searched the property and located several items which were reported stolen from Oct. 13, through Dec. 25, 2018, from three separate incidents in Clinton. Curtis Gene Hembree (42) was arrested for the offenses of aggravated burglary, burglary, possession of burglary tools, theft of property, and possession of drug paraphernalia.


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KARACHI- Assistant Professor Dr Noorul Wahab has been promoted to the position of Associate Professor in the department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Ziauddin Dental College.
Dr Wahab is an LUMH&S' graduate and later did his FCPS from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan (CPSP).
He started his career as Assistant Professor at FJDC in 2007. Later he did his FCPS from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan and joined Ziauddin's department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery as Assistant Professor and head of the department.
For further studies, he proceeded abroad and passed FFDRCS from Dublin (Ireland). o-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA'>The ceremony concluded with a tour of the Dental Hospital. –PR g to him, DUHS has provided all possible facilities for creating pharmacists at par with the international standards. He also advised the students to respect their parents and teachers alike.
Prof Dr Sumbul Shamim, Principal, Dow College of Pharmacy, in her welcome address gave a brief overview of Dow College of Pharmacy. She said that DCOP had been established to provide highly competitive pharmaceutical education to its students.
Later on, Dr. Qaiser Waheed, former chairman of PPA offered vote of thanks, and lastly, Prof. Dr Umer Farooq and Dr Sumbul Shamim presented DUHS memento to the chief guest and guest of honor.
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My Chemical Romance: Their Legacy
My Chemical Romance will have been parted for a year on March 22nd; and there are still fans who can't believe the news and some fans who still think they are getting back together. The band – Gerard Way (vocals), Ray Toro (Guitar), Frank Iero (Guitar) and Mikey Way (bass) – inspired a generation of kids from 2001 to 2013 with their albums that played from different ends of the court; realistic and imaginary.
Through their songs the band touched on such topics as the September 11th terrorist attacks, the reality of cancer, growing up in today's society and loving yourself for who you are. As well as taking us on a colourful journey in to the comic book loving mind of Gerard Way; with their final studio album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. This album was an adventure from start to finish, with every song telling part of the story in the Killjoys' (the persona of the band at the time) lives.
What better way to sign off the year of no MCR than with a greatest hits album by them, entitled May Death Never Stop You – a rather fitting title I think. The record takes songs from all four of the band's studio albums – I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, The Black Parade and Danger Days… – and puts them together for one great CD. Although many fans will already have all of the albums, May Death… offers a previously unreleased track as well three demos and some stunning artwork which will be loved by fans thinking of adding this album to their collection.
May Death Never Stop You is a great name which clearly applies to the fans…they must still carry on even with out their favourite band.
The perfect way to say goodbye.
The track-listing for the compilation, as well as a trailer, is below:
1. Fake Your Death
2. Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For The Two Of Us
3. Vampires Will Never Hurt You
4. Helena
5. You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
6. I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
7. The Ghost Of You
8. Welcome To The Black Parade
10. Mama
11. Teenagers
12. Famous Last Words
13. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
14. Sing
15. Planetary (Go!)
16. The Kids From Yesterday
17. Skylines and Turnstiles (Demo)
18. Knives/Sorrow (Demo)
19. Cubicles (Demo)
May Death Never Stop You is out March 24th.
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Computation of Seepage through Homogenous Earth Dams with Horizontal Toe Drain
Raad Hoobi Irzooki
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016, Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 430-440
DOI: 10.30684/etj.34.3A.1
This investigation concerns to find a new equation for computing the quantity of seepage through homogenous earth dam with horizontal toe drain. For this purpose the computer program SEEP/W (which is a sub-program of Geo-Studio) was used. The SEEP/W runs were carried out with three different downstream slopes of the dam, three different upstream slopes, three variable horizontal toe drain lengths, three different free boards, three different top widths and three different heights of the dam. For each run the quantity of seepage was determined. The results show that the seepage discharge increased with increasing upstream slope, downstream slope, upstream reservoir water depth and length of horizontal toe drain. Also, the results show that the seepage discharges decreased with increasing the top width of the dam and the height of the free board. Using SEEP/W results with helping a dimensional analysis theory, a new easy and reliable empirical equation for computing seepage discharge through homogenous earth dams with horizontal toe drain was developed. The analysis of the results by Artificial Neural Network (ANN) shows that the length of horizontal toe drain (L) is the more geometrical variable effect on the seepage discharge, while the upstream slope (tanθ) of the earth dam has a little effect.
Comparison The Kinetics of The Uptake of Sugars From The Draw Solution
Ghazi Derwish; Adel O. Sharif; Sami Al-Aibi; Jenan A. Al-Najar
The present work includes studying the kinetics of the adsorptionof two sugars (maltose and glucose)on activated carbon (GAC) and comparison between them. These sugars are used as draw solution in the forward osmosis process in MOD-SET system(manipulated osmosis desalination system, MOD combined with solute exchange technique, SET). In this work, batch experiment in a stirred tank was carried out to study kinetics adsorption. The experiment was carried out using HPLC to determine the concentrations of sucrose and maltosebefore and after adsorption. The kinetic models used are pseudo-first order, pseudo-second order, intraparticle diffusion and mass transfer model. The findings indicates that sucrose and maltose sorption onto GAC are both well represented by the pseudo second order model.
Study of the Influence of the Elastic Rubber Cushion on Product Quality Formed by a Multi - Point Forming (MPF) Process
Marwa Sabah Fakhri; Sadiq Jaffar Aziz
The Multi-Point Forming (MPF) is an advanced flexible manufacturing technology for three – dimensional sheet metal forming. This is replacing the conventional solid dies by a set of discrete punches called (punch group).
This work presents the design and manufacturing of (MPF) dies. It covers also, the effect of using an elastic cushion on the quality of products. This technique eliminates the formation of dimples which, otherwise reduces the quality of product. The work falls into two parts. Part one includes the use of ANSYS, which employs a finite element method (FEM) for the simulation of MPF components, namely: upper jaw, lower die and cushion. In the other part (experimental), a complete MPF die was designed and manufactured in the local market.
The copper sheet metal was selected to study the influence of the elastic cushion on the quality of product which formed by MPF process. This rubber was used to avoid the dimples occurring on the metal surface. Experimental and numerical results showedthatthis technique produces a better quality free from dimples. The cushion proved to be effective in elimination of the thickness change. The thickness change was found to be in the range (0-0.05) for a blank of 2 mm.
Hence, it is recommended that the (MPF) method is effective in product quality. However, two layers of cushion are necessary to separate between the workpiece and pins to reduce the work piece deformation. Also, the numerical simulation was used by (ANSYS) software which was compared with the experimental result. A good agreement for numerical and experimental results was found.
Direct Torque Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on NARMA-L2 controller
Huda B. Ahmed; Ali H. Almukhtar; Abdulrahim T. Humod
This paper investigates the improvement of the speed and torque dynamic responses of three phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) using Direct Torque Control (DTC) technique. Different torques are applied to PMSM at different speeds during operation to ensure the robustness of the controller for wide torque variations. Optimal PI controller is used to modify the response of DTC. The optimal gains of PI controller are tuned by Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique. Neural Network controller is called the Nonlinear Autoregressive-Moving Average (NARMA-L2) which is trained based on optimal PI controller (PI-PSO) data. The results show the superiority performance of using NARMA-L2 controller on PI-PSO controller for different speeds and load change. The overall simulation and design of the scheme are implemented Using MATLAB/Simulink program.
Pozzolanic Activity and Compressive Strength of Concrete Incorporated nano/micro Silica
Maan S. Hassan; Shakir A. Salih; Mohammed S.Nasr
This paper aims to give a recommendation about the suitable nano silica proportion and curing method for testing its strength pozzolonic activity, in addition to suggest a mixing or batching procedure of this material with other concrete ingredients. Theinfluence of nanoand micro silicaon concrete compressive strength is also studied. Three proportions of nano silica (0.5, 5, &10%) , two curing methods (accelerated in oven and normal in water) and two tested agesare used in pozzolonic activity test of nano silica. For compressive strength test, eleven mixes are considered:without-adding (two mixes), three micro silica (M) mixes with replacement ratios of 5, 10 & 15%, four nano silica (N) mixeswith replacement ratiosof 0.5,1.5, 3 & 5%, and three micro plus nano silica mixes (0.5N+9.5M,1.5N+8.5M and 3N+7M%) are adopted.Results of pozzolanic activity test denoted that nano silica has remarkable pozzolanic activity for all tested replacements.However, it is suggest using 5% nano silica for performing this testby usingeither accelerated or water curing. Additionally, it was found that nano silica had more impact on compressive strength of concrete than micro silica for all tested ages.Where, maximum enhancement ratios of compressive strength were about 33% and 27% for 3% nano silica mix at 7 and 90 days age respectively, and 22% for 5% nano silica mix at 28 days age. For micro silica mixes, higher improvement ratios were found in 15% micro silica mix: 2%,5%&7% at 7,28 &90 days age respectively.
3D Object Modeling Using Eye on Hand Approach
Athraa M.Salih Ahmed; Ali Abbar Khleif
DOI: 10.30684/etj.2016.112911
This research proposed vision measurement system which consists of a camera carried on hand of a robot, which captured 2D image to the object from two sides with a constant distance of the objects. To achieve this work several experimental steps are needed: First step includes calibrating the camera by using a standard block to find the best distance between the camera and the object.The best result of a distance is (410)mm. The second step consists of using MATLAB 7.12.0 (R2011a) program to achieve image processing to get some digital information (number of pixels in each row and column), using the proposed line by line scanning algorithm, to extract 2D object dimensions. The resulted dimensions are found closer to real object dimensions that are measured using a digital vernier and 3d digital probe. Last step includes 2D image manipulating using the proposed algorithms to reconstruct the 3D objects depending on the resulted information (number of pixels).
Strain Behavior at Crack Tip in Thin Plate Using Numerical and Experimental Work
Bassam Ali Ahmed; Fathi A.Alshamma
In this work, strains were studied and analyzed in a thin flat plate with a surface crack at the center, subjected to cycling of low velocity impact loading for two types of aluminum plates (2024, 6061). Experimental and numerical methods were implemented to achieve this research. Two cases of boundary conditions were used in this study; clamped-clamped with simply supported at the other edges, and clamped-clamped with free at the other edges. Numerical analysis using program (ANSYS11-APDL) based on finite element method used to analyze the strains with respect to time at crack tip. In the experimental work, a rig was designed and manufactured for cyclic impact loading on the cracked specimens. The grid points was screened in front of the crack tip to measure the elastic-plastic displacements in the x and y directions by grid method, from which the strains are calculated. The results show that the strains increase with increasing the crack length. It was found that the cumulative number of cycles leads to increase in the strain values.
Effect of Steel Fibers, Polypropylene Fibers and/ or Nanosilica on Mechanical Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete
Iqbal N. Gorgis; Maan S. Hassan; Rana T. Abdulkareem
This research concerned studying the combined effect of using nano-silica and/ or hybrid fibers on key mechanical properties of self-consolidating concrete SCC. A comprehensive experimental work has been carried out, using steel fiber (SF) with volume fraction (0, 0.5% and 1.5%), polypropylene fiber (PPF) (0%, 0.05% and 0.15%) and SiO2 nanoparticles (0%, 2% and 4%) by weight of powdered material (silica fume- Sf ) with constant w/c ratio (0.48) to produce eleven different mixtures and tested at different ages (7, 28 and 90 days).
Results showed that adding fibers adversely affect SCC workability and thus more dosage of super plasticizer (SP) should be added to stay within the standard limits. comparable to conventional concretes, the presence of steel fibers with SCC provide slight increase in compressive strength at 28 days, (up to 11%), while significant enhancement in tensile properties were observed (up to 24% and 32% for splitting and flexural strength respectively). Polypropylene or hybrid fibers however, provide lower enhancement compared with steel fibers. In contrast, implementation of nanosilica leads to significant improvement in concrete strengths particularly at 4% dosage. Combined effect of 4% nanosilica and 1.5% of steel fibers provide the superior hardening effect on the flexural performance compared with softening effect provided by other added dosages. Scanning Electron Micrograph (SEM) images confirm the matrix densification effect due to nanosilica adding. Flexural strength of SCCs without nanosilica was generally higher than splitting testing results. This fact does not change even with the presence of nanosilica and/ or fibers.
Evaluation of Modified Local Asphalt Mixtures by Fatigue Distress Criteria
Husam A . Abdulbaqi; Zaynab I . Kassam; Hasan H. Joni
A fatigue is the accumulation of the materials damage in asphalt concrete mixtures and growing of cracks, under increasing effect of repeated vehicular loading, aging and environment factors, in this research study the effect of temperature, asphalt content, mineral filler, applied Strain, and the polymer (SBS) as a modified asphalt to evaluate their effect on fatigue crack. To achieve the objective of this research, the Nottingham flexural fatigue test is considered and superpave mix design requirements are employed. Test specimens of 380 mm length by 60 mm width and 50 mm height were sawed from slabs of the prepared mixes by rolling wheel compaction. Using Controlled-strain procedure,the tests were conducted at temperatures of 10-20-30 ±1°C and at a frequency of loading of 5 Hz. The full factor design as well, three asphalt contents 4.72, 5.22 and 5.72%, mineral filler (Portland cement, limestone dust), applied strain (400-750µs), and (2-4%) percent of (SBS) polymer, Local material properties, stress level and environmental impacts are considered for this aspect. From the result, it is observed that 2% of SBS modified mixture given a best result due to increase the percent of fatigue life to (120%) as the average when compared with the control mixture, the fatigue life has a positive relationship with asphalt content and temperature when using control strain .The fatigue life of the mixture with limestone dust have result more than mixture with Portland cement,In the general, The fatigue lifeof mixture at 400µs has given result more than 750µs.
Studying the Effect of Nano Additives and Coating on Some Properties of Cement Mortar Mixes
Sarmad. I. Ibrahim; Alaa.A.Abdul Hameed; Farhad. M. Othman
DOI: 10.30684/etj.34.3A.10
The experimental work is divided in two parts, in the first part was prepared the mortar samples and mixing proportions cementsand (1:3)they were mixing these samples with nano scale ceramic powders (ZrO2 and TiO2) respectively the percentages by weight are taken from cement ratio (0.1, 1, 2.5, 5, and 10%) at particle size (50nm) and curing time (28day). The second part has included the preparation of mortar samples and then coated with a mixture of methanol alcohol, cement and ceramic nano-powders by cold spray technique by using compressed air at room temperature with pressure (8bar) and the spray distance (20Cm) and heating of the samples at (75C°), and then study mechanical thermal physical and structural properties for prepared samples.
The results of mechanical and physical tests showed large and significant improvement for all mixed and coated samples with nanoparticles, and that the highest value of the mechanical and physical properties obtained from cement coated samples with (%5ZrO2), reaching the rate of increase in values of Vickers hardness by (%54), and wear resistance increased by (%66), while reaching the rate of decrease in values of total water absorption by (%79), The porosity has decreased at a rate of (%65), With regard to the dry density has increased at a rate of (%2.3). The higher values for the mixed samples reaching the rate of increase in values of Vickers hardness by (%38), and wear resistance increased by (%58), while reaching the rate of decrease in values of total water absorption by (%67), The porosity has decreased at a rate of (%51.68), With regard to the dry density has increased at a rate of (%1.9).
The thermal conductivity test results have shown that there is a marked decrease in values conductivity for all mixed and coated samples with nanoparticles and that the minimum value of conductivity obtained from coated and mixed samples with (%5TiO2) as the value decreases conductivity for coated samples by (%64), while the lowest value for conductivity to the mixed samples by (%49). Results of Characterizations tests showed images of all of (SEM and AFM) Mortar reference sample that a high roughness as well as having to structure Ca(OH)2 a needle shaped structures with the presence of large pores, while after adding and coating by nanoparticles shows the disappearance of structures needle and produce a homogeneous structure of compounds (C-S-H) and the disappearance of the pores and gaps further decrease in surface roughness this explains the clear improvement in the properties.
Lateral Seismic Response of Building Frames Under the Influence of Soil–Structure Interaction
Mohammed Ahmed Elaiwi; Ghzwan Ghanim Jumah
This study deal with the elastic and inelastic structural responses of building frames under the influence of soil–structure interaction. Three give the types of moment-resisting building frames, including 5 storey, 10-storey and 15-storey buildings are selected. In addition, three soil types with the shear wave velocities less than 600m/s, representing soil classes Ce, De and Ee according to IBC-2006(3) , having three bedrock depths of 10m, 20m and 30m are adopted.
The structural sections are designed after conducting nonlinear time history analysis, on the basis of both elastic method and inelastic procedure considering elastic-perfectly plastic behavior of structural elements. The frame sections are modeled and analyzed, employing finite difference method adopting ANSYS software under two different boundary conditions: (a) fixed base (no soil–structure interaction) and (b) considering soil–structure interaction. Fully nonlinear dynamic analyses under the influence of different earthquake records are conducted. The results in terms of the maximum lateral displacements and base shears for the above mentioned boundary conditions for both elastic and inelastic behaviors of the structural models are obtained and compared, with the results. A comprehensive empirical relationship is proposed to determine the lateral displacements of the moment-resisting building frames under earthquake and the influence of soil– structure interaction.
Study the Performance of a Domestic Refrigerator with Dual-Loop Cycle Flow Condenser and Comparison with Wire-on-Tube Condenser
Dheya Ghanim Mutasher
This paper presents an experimentalinvestigation into the performance of domestic refrigerator system with two different types of condensers, novel design of dual-loop condenser and the conventional condenser.The geometrical configuration considered in this study is representative designing and manufacturing of novel type of dual-loop cycle condenser and compared with typical condenser. The experimentswere conducted with a refrigerator designed to work with HFC134a, under no load and with different loads as (1.5, 3 and 12 litters of water).The results showed that the dual-loop condenser decreases the work done by the compressor by about (1.951% to 5.257%). Also, the effects of shape change of the condenser can be reducing the pressure drop as result of reduction the frictional losswhere can rotate the flow without restriction to the flow in the dual-loop condenser
Comparative Study of Influence Post weld Aging on the Mechanical Properties of Similar Friction Stir Welded Joints for Al 2024-T3 and Al 7075-T73
Muna K. Abbass; Munthir M. radhy; Ruqaya Abdulkadhim Abbas
The aim of present study is to investigate the effect of precipitation hardening heat treatment at different aging conditions on the mechanical properties and microstructure of similar friction stir welding (FSW) joints ofAA 2024-T3 and AA 7075-T73 aluminum alloys. Friction stir welding was carried out using milling machine with best welding parameters (tool rotation speed 898 rpm, welding speed 45 mm ̸ min and threaded cylindrical pin geometry). Tensile test, microhardness test,microstructure examination,and X-ray radiographic inspection of FSW joints were made.The results indicated that the best aging conditions for similar welded joints of Al2024 and Al 7075 were in sample (natural aging for two week) and sample
(artificial ageing at 120°C for 24 h) respectively. Microhardness in the as-welded samples showed fluctuations across the weld zone and minimum hardnessoccurs in the heat affected zone(HAZ) in both alloys while the hardness after heat treatment at best aging conditions was improved across the whole weldment and increased in stir zone,
Effect of Applied of Pre-Stresses on Corrosion Behavior of 304 Stainless Steel in 1N H2SO4
Sami Ibrahim Jafar; Israa Abud Alkadir; Samah Abdul Kareem Khashin
This research is devoted to study the effect of applying different pre-tensile stresses (255,305,355,405,455,505 555 and 605) MPa on the microstructure, hardness and corrosion behavior of 304 stainless steel in 1N H2SO4. The stress-strain curve was drawn for standard (304) stainless steel in laboratory environment. The curve was divided into three zones. At zone one the values of elastic pre-stresses vary between (σ0 - σpro.) MPa. The results showed; that the corrosion rate was very little increased compared with that of as received (304) stainless steel. The microstructure presented undeformed austenitic grains and the hardness value was (157.433) Hv. At zone two the value of plastic pre-stress varies between (σpro.- σ U.T.S) MPa. The corrosion rate increases after applying pre-stress between (σ255 - σ 455) MPa. The microstructure showed that the austenitic grains begin to deform in the direction of applied pre-stresses. The maximum hardness at this region was (229.2) Hv, but at higher pre-stress (σ455 – σ 605) MPa, the corrosion rate decreases. The microstructure inspection shows the deformed austenitic grain and ά-martensitic phase needle are appeared inside austenitic grains and the hardness reached the maximum value (332.433) Hv. At zone three the values of pre-stresses are between (σ605 - σf) MPa. The results showed that the corrosion rate increases. The investigation of microstructure showed that there are distortion in austenitic grains and ά- martensite phase observed inside austenitic grains. The hardness reached the maximum value at (354.3) Hv. The necking of gauge length of specimens occurs in specimens and this leads to deterioration in original properties
Numerical Analysis of The Multi-Stage Reverse Deep Drawing Process
Kariem Muhson Younis; Adil Shbeeb Jaber; Ammar Mahdi salah
The paper presents an analysis of the multistage deep drawing process considering the three deformation stages namely drawing reverse and reverse redrawingrespectively. This work aim to study the mechanism of deformation during the redrawing process where the second and the third stages were done in reverse redrawing and study the effect of this mechanism on produced cup wall thickness, strain distribution across the wall of the drawn part. 2-D model of cylindrical cup (46.75mm) diameter has been developed in the first stage from sheet with thickness (0.5mm) of the low carbon steel (AISI 1008) and (85mm) diameter, while for second and third stages of drawing a punch diameter (32.725mm, 27.489mm) respectively, and inside diameter of dies equal to (33.825mm, 28.589mm) respectively, the clearance is chosen for three stage equal to 0.55mm. A commercial available finite element program code (ANSYS 11), is used to perform the numerical simulation of the multistage deep drawing. The results show that, when considering multi-stage drawing, the task is even more difficult because the strain and thickness distribution resulting from the first stage will influence the subsequent results,increase in thinning in the wall cup will appear in the second and third stages. Finally this work introduces new method (multi reverse redrawing) to produce circular cup throw three stages of drawing reduction in one stroke without the need to the loading and unloading the tools among the stages as in direct redrawing which means reducing the cost, time, efforts and enhancing cup production.
Evaluation of the Hydraulic Performance Indicators for Al- Ibrahim Irrigation Canal in the South of Iraq
Jaafar S. Maatooq; Ghazwan A. Kadhim
This study was concerned for steady flow in open canals of different flow conditions that may exist in irrigation system. To achieve this objective, AL-Ibrahim Canal Located South of Iraq has been selected from numerous irrigation systems having deficiencies between demand requirements and actual supply, due to a problematic of distribution and management. The field works consists the measurements of stages at outlets,at upstream, and at downstream head regulators .The study adopted nineteen actual cases of discharge along six months, two or more measurements at each month during the study period,between November 2013 to April 2014.The main objectives of the present study are; analysis the actual operation of irrigation canal and evaluated indicators then the HEC-RAS model was applied to achieve these objectives. Themax. stage and discharges measurements at head regulator during the study period was4.415 m3/sec at Jan.2014,where it less than a target discharge , so the outlets along canal should not be operated at the same time especially if the gate of the outlets are fully opened , because for entire operation numerous outlets will take discharge higher than the target.The study has shown that it doesn'toperatethe channel and access to the standard of performance but several scenarios have been prepared depending on the discharge at head regulator.
Comparative Study for the Effect of Fixative Material Type and Perfume Formulation Parameters on the Fixation time of Local Formulated Perfume with Brand Perfumes
Alaa D. Jawad Al-Bayati
The effect of type of fixative material and the perfume formulation parameters (Concentration of ethyl alcohol, percentage of perfume and the percentage of the fixative used) were studied to determine the optimum conditions give perfume with high retention time (fixative), also the fixation time was compared with brand perfumes. Four fixative materials were studied; Sandal oil, Musk oil, Glycerin and benzyl benzoate. Design of experiments (DOE) with Minitab 15 software was done and leaded to minimum 20 runs necessary for this study. For the four fixatives the runs were eighty .The maximum fixation time of all the fixation materials are 6.3, 6.1, 5.9 and 5.9 h/g for Glycerin, Musk, Sandalwood and benzyl benzoate respectively with formulation parameters of (75% alcohol concentration, 30% perfume addition and 0.1% fixative material) for Musk, Glycerin and benzyl benzoate fixative materials and (85% alcohol concentration, 17.5% perfume addition and 0.55% fixative material) for Sandalwood as fixative material. The brand perfumes as Channel give 2h/g fixation time and for many other brand perfumes give fixation time in the range of 2.2-2.9h/g.
Behavior and Strength of Concentrically Loaded Flat Slabs Using Self-Compacting High Strength Concrete With and Without Openings with Steam Curing
Esraa Khudhair Mohsin Abuzaid
Openings in slabs are usually required for plumbing, fire protection pipes, and ventilation ducts and air conditioning.
This study presents an experimental investigation on the influence of openings on the punching shear strength of high reinforced concrete flat plates. Five models of slab-column connection of (1000 x 1000 x 70mm) simply supported along the four edges are tested. The slabs are loaded concentrically by a central stub column. The main variables studied are the size(100x100mm and 200x100mm)and location(at 35 mm , at 135mm from center of slab and at the corner of slab) of the openings and used steam curing method.
Experimental results are recorded and studied at various stages of loading, deflection at the center of the slab, at distance (150mm) from the center of the slab in two directions and at the edge of the tested slab out of support. First cracking load and ultimate load capacity are also recorded.
Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement with Nanofluid and Twisted Tape Inserts in a Circular Tube
Abdulhassan A. Karamallah; Nabeel S. Mahmoud
This paper presents an experimental study to investigate the heat transfer enhancement in a horizontal circular tube using three metal oxide (ZrO2 (80 nm), γ Al2O3 (20 nm), CuO (40 nm)–distilled water) nanofluids and fitted with three types of twisted tape (typical twisted tape, twisted tape with V-cut and clockwise-counter clockwise twisted tape) with twist ratios (TR=4, 6, 8). The studied concentrations of nanofluids are (φ = 0, 0.01, 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 2, 3% by volume) under fully developed turbulent flow and uniform heat flux condition.
The experimental test rig includes all the required instruments to study the heat transfer enhancement. All the tests were carried out with Reynolds number range (2490-20100) and uniform heat flux (2108-9280 W/m2). The experimental study also includes preparation and measurement of properties of density, viscosity and specific heat of nanofluids. The pressure drop, wall temperature, flow rate, heat flux and temperature of nanofluids.
For nanofluid, the maximum enhancement in the heat transfer (Nusselt number ratio) was (7.5), and the maximum thermal performance factor was (3.9) using (CuO)–distilled water nanofluid, clockwise-counter clockwise twisted tape with twist ratio (TR=4) at Reynolds number (2490) and concentration (φ=3%). The average Nusselt number and friction factor with Reynolds number, nanofluid concentration and twist ratio were correlated for each type of the used nanofluid.
Determination The Suitable Locations for Drilling Wells for Irrigation purpose by using Geographic Information System (GIS
Alaa Ghadhban Khalaf
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016, Volume 34, Issue 3, Pages 80-89
This study was conducted for the purpose of study and analysis of groundwater in the Karbala Governorate. Relied on a set of data and maps that relate to groundwater, topography and geology of the region in addition to 60 wells were distributed randomly in the region, all of this data has been entered in GIS environment to performance geometric and digital processing for it and completion of the analysis and extract the results from it.After conducting all necessary analyzes has been produced digital map that shows the best places to drill wells for irrigation in the region, depend on the topography of the region, basins and streams, sodium ratio and the proportion of dissolved salts in the groundwater in addition to the depths of those waters.where , the best place to drill wells was selected in the areas which has a little slopes because it contain high proportion of groundwater in addition to the sodium ratio in these areas does not exceed 40%, and this ratio consider good for irrigation, as well as the proportion of dissolved salts which range from 2,000 to 5,000 ppm and Although the height of this proportion , but the nature of the soil in the area and depths of groundwater led to use this water for irrigation , where it was observed that the soil of the region contain a high percentage of sand, in addition to the groundwater depths greater than 5 meter and this led to lack of water and salts accumulate in the plant root zone. Also three-dimensional map has been produced for the aquifer and the depths and thickness of the aquifer groundwater in the area.
Publisher: University of Technology-Iraq
Email: etj@uotechnology.edu.iq
Editor-in-chief: Prof. Dr. Qusay F. Alsalhy
Engineering and Technology Journal is published by University of Technology-Iraq.


Are stem cells a cure for diabetes?
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With the already heightened demand placed on organ donation, stem cell therapy has become a tantalizing idea to provide glucose-responsive insulin-producing cells to Type 1 diabetic patients as an alternative to islet transplantation. Multiple groups have developed varied approaches to create a population of cells with the appropriate characteristics. Both adult and embryonic stem cells have received an enormous amount of attention as possible sources of insulin-producing cells. Although adult stem cells lack the pluripotent nature of their embryonic counterparts, they appear to avoid the ethical debate that has centred around the latter. This may limit the eventual application of embryonic stem cells, which have already shown promise in early mouse models. One must also consider the potential of stem cells to form teratomas, a complication which would prove devastating in an immunologically compromised transplant recipient. The present review looks at the progress to date in both the adult and embryonic stem cells fields as potential treatments for diabetes. We also consider some of the limitations of stem cell therapy and the potential complications that may develop with their use.
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11. Poinsettia Red
Gallantly sandaled through his own independent label, Michael Tracy spreads classic rock wisdom with all the persuasive thrust of a gorilla in drag.
The trouble lies with the tunes, or lack of them to be precise. Too much of the album sounds like a Nickelback castoff. Tracy aims for a rockier sound; "Laughter" has a punky edge and "Savannah Nights" swirls around a chorus all drenched in blue collar sweetness, but it all falls short of that Seger/Springsteen sticking out the press release. The album is consistent, but not when it comes to breaking the ranks of mediocrity.
Tracy's vocal ability is more than up to the challenge, nevertheless the overall flatness of the material lets him down too often, therefore picking out the standouts leads to some strong-minded sniffing around. "Call Me Wild" and "Shake It" are the obvious choices, just to remind you how Michael Tracy puffs and sweats when he's at the top of his game. As for the rest of the songs they feel like devotedly crafted but lukewarm facsimiles.
A review copy of this album was provided by Glass Onyon PR


I read in the BL that ES was "presented to princess anne at Newmarket"
Didnt she want him? I only ask because Ive just seen him in the town.....perhaps she asked for a "rain check"?
No it wasn't him personally as we are led by his words to believe. He was there in capacity of chair or the district council. So I am told.
Couldn't they find a chair in Newmarket ?
Yes, a "chair" is a piece of furniture.
I believe in equal opportunities and all that but I also believe in leaving the English langauge uncorrupted.
Chairman, Chairwoman or, at a push, Chairperson but I am NOT a piece of furniture.
Maybe it's because a Chairperson is wooden that their title has been reduced to "Chair."
I loathe chair PERSON. im married to a woman. and im a man. PC sorry you can shove it.
To be perfectly correct the address should be Mr Chairman. or madam chairman. There is no such title as chairperson or chair woman..
I quite agree sunseeker, but you know these feminist types !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Dr Jane Goodall - Inspiring
By Roderic Parker
Jane Goodall spoke at our Online Conference and Festival on the opening Sunday evening. What a way to close the first weekend!
Before she started we were told that she had just been awarded the 2020 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, a very prestigious international award, given in recognition of "her ground-breaking discoveries in primatology ... and her lifelong, unparalleled dedication to the conservation of Earth environment". Her reputation as one of the most influential primatologists today, the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and through that a great educator, and as a UN Messenger of Peace, preceded her. We were not disappointed.
Jane told us how she started her studies on chimpanzees in Tanzania when she was in her mid twenties, and how that led to her going to Cambridge University to read for a PhD even though she didn't have a first degree. She told us of the opposition she received there, for example being sternly told to refer to her chimpanzees by number and not by name, and how she persevered. Over the years she has brought so many advances to our knowledge of chimpanzees. It was her studies that revealed that they have individual personalities, and that they can use simple tools, a concept totally alien to the scientific establishment at the time. Her influence helped to guide the U.S. National Institutes of Health to end invasive research on chimpanzees in all U.S. biomedical research: after all, they share over 98% of their DNA with us. Although she didn't say so, she is recognized as one of the greatest field scientists of the 20th century.
Later in her career Jane set up a research and educational centre in Tanzania, and became much more an environmental activist. She spoke at some length about the Roots and Shoots Programme which she has devised, which aims to make young people far more aware of the environment and to challenge them to make a real contribution to saving it. It now runs in over 65 countries.
She ended on a really positive note, saying that she has five reasons for hope. The human race is slowly waking up to the dangers which we are causing to the environment, young people especially are becoming active and refusing to accept the way things are, Nature itself is resilient, messages can easily and powerfully passed on through social media, and human beings themselves are tenacious and will continue to be so in combating the climate crisis.
She then answered 'questions from the floor' in a frank and positive way.
This was a truly inspiring talk, all the more so because even at the age of 86 she remains extremely active, committed, and an example to us all. She must have given this talk hundreds, even thousands, of times over the years but it came over just as fresh and inspiring as the first time. We have much to learn from her about the world around us, if only we don't destroy it first.
Thank you for asking her to talk to us.
Roderic Parker


Reports are surfacing that Andy Reid is on the "verge" of becoming the Kansas City Chiefs new head coach. Reports yesterday placed him with the Cardinals. This shows how fast things can change for a sought after head coach. Both the Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals are in desperate need of a turnaround and Reid would give both these teams some hope for their future.
If Reid goes to the Chiefs it shows me that even Andy feels that the Cardinals are in such a mess that he doesn't even want to take a chance on them. The Cardinals are perennial losers. They have been the laughing stock of the NFL for most of their putrid existence.
I think Andy Reid thought long and hard after talks went well with the Chiefs yesterday and probably felt that it would take a savior to turn Arizona into a winner. Even though the Chiefs were atrocious this past season, the team does have the history and structure in place to become a winner again. Andy will be that guy to help guide them back to the playoffs.
It will be interesting to see how this really plays out. Yesterday, reports indicated that it was a 95% certainty that Reid would take the Cardinals job. The only thing that is 95% certain is that the Arizona Cardinals are big losers. This is a team that loses more than they win. Sure they've been to the Super Bowl but look at the rest of their sorry history and you will find a team more suited for the circus than a football field.
When I first read that Reid was likely to become the Cardinals head coach I thought to myself why would an accomplished coach take that job? The job is for losers, coaches who are desperate to be a head coach or a rookie coach looking for a break. It's not the job for a coach that has been a winner for most of his career.
In all seriousness, I do think it comes down to control. Andy Reid is sure to bring in his own coaching staff that he can have control over and that is his. Arizona has a decent defensive coordinator and defensive coaches. It would be a big upheaval for Reid to let those guys go and bring in his own staff.
That wouldn't be as big an issue in Kansas City. Reid will be free to bring in the coaches that he wants. It would be fresh start for Reid and the Chiefs. If I was a Chiefs fan today, I would be very excited about the prospect of Andy Reid becoming the head coach of my team.


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Teen reports rape after Commerce Township beach party
By Lisa Roose-Church
Oakland County sheriff's officials said a Brighton teen reported she had been sexually assaulted at a beach party in Oakland County.
Sheriff's officials reported that a deputy responded at around 6:35 p.m. Thursday to Saint Joseph Mercy Hospital in Brighton upon learning the 17-year-old female went to the facility.
The complainant told police that she "had several shots of vodka" the previous night during a beach party in Commerce Township and that when she went to bed at a friend's home in Commerce Township, the suspect, identified as a 19-year-old white male, followed her.
Police said the girl reported that the suspect took her pants off and then sexually assaulted her before leaving the home. The teen told police that she stayed the night in the friend's home and returned to her Brighton house the next morning.
Later that afternoon, she went to the hospital, where a rape kit was completed and the girl's clothing, which was found at her home as well as where the alleged assault took place, was taken for analysis, sheriff's officials said.
Police said a "partial suspect name" was given to sheriff's officials, but his identifying information was not released. He was not in custody as of Monday, officials said.
Additional information has not been released due to the ongoing investigation.
Contact Livingston Daily justice reporter Lisa Roose-Church at 517-552-2846 or lrchurch@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaRooseChurch.


Rosacea is a common skin condition that mainly affects the face.
A chronic inflammatory skin condition, Rosacea predominantly effects fair skin (although is known to affect other skin types) and women aged between 30 – 50. Rosacea is very uncommon in children and although not as common in men compared to women, Rosacea tends to be more severe in men if affected.
Rosacea can be an embarrassing skin condition for those affected.
Generally situated around the central part of the face.
Tiny red pimples on the facial skin resembling acne but devoid of blackheads.
Tiny red dilated blood vessels.
Occurring more often in men than women, in some rare occasions, Rosacea can cause the skin on the nose to thicken and cause the nose to enlarge.
Swollen red eyelids and conjunctivitis.
Burning and stinging sensations within the affected areas.
Rosacea generally appears on the face, mainly around the central part of the face including the nose, chin, cheeks and forehead.
Although Rosacea cannot be cured, it can be controlled and managed and shouldn't be left untreated as it will tend to worsen over time. Early diagnosis and treatment could potentially help to stop Rosacea from getting worse. If you are aware of the triggers to your Rosacea, try to avoid them.
Chemical Peels (The Perfect Peel). Some patients with Rosacea may not be able to have a chemical peel as sufferers tend to have sensitive skin. However, The Perfect Peel was formulated specifically for sensitive skin. One of the main ingredients within The Perfect Peel is salicylic acid, which is known to help with inflammation.
Highly sensitive skin that reacts badly to some skincare products.
Frequently flushed or blushed skin that tend to be triggered by hot or cold weather, alcoholic drinks or spicy foods.
If you are showing early signs of Rosacea or are already experiencing the symptoms of Rosacea, visit your local GP. There aren't currently any tests for Rosacea, however a doctor will be able to assess your skin visually and validate whether or not you have this skin condition.


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Home On Ice Goalies How to Boost Your Goal Scoring
The new Puck and Player Tracking system is expected to increase goal scoring by 25%. Can it work for you?
By Daniel C. Bryndle
Boost your goal scoring with these techniques
UPDATE—January 19, 2021: The NHL has released a statement regarding puck tracking:
The National Hockey League announced today that, effective with tonight's games, the League will be using game pucks without the imbedded tracking technology. The decision was made after concerns were raised about the puck's performance during the first few days of the 2020-21 season. A review by the League determined that the first supply of 2020-21 pucks did not receive the same precise finishing treatments during the off-season manufacturing process as were used during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. It is expected that a new supply of the League's "tracking pucks" will be available soon and, after undergoing appropriate quality control testing, will be back in use for all games. In the interim, the League will use the official game pucks from the 2019-20 season and will continue to utilize Player tracking technology for all games.
If you knew where most of the goals are scored on the best goalies in the world, would you assume those areas are very likely the same vulnerable spots that the adult and youth hockey leagues can score in? The answer would be a resounding yes.
The NHL has announced an exciting breakthrough in goal scoring for the 2021 season. The new Puck and Player Tracking system is expected to help improve scoring by about 25% because of it. Here's why.
According to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, "The new Puck and Player Tracking system can track pucks at a rate of 2,000 times per second in real time, with inch-level accuracy." The technology will be used across the NHL this season.
To get a better idea of how this works, just imagine you're a goalie in the NHL. Now every goal that is scored on you can be tracked, with accuracy to mere inches. Opposing players will know with certainty exactly where the goals went in your net. To be fair, there would have to be an understanding as to where each goalie was positioned at the time of the goal. That can be easily accomplished from the video that will be made available to each team in the league.
One result of this innovation will be the effect of exposing specific areas of the net where each goalie is most vulnerable. Once the data is properly sequenced and charted inside the goal, the super shooters of the NHL will have an exact spot to shoot and score at. It's likely we will see more than four 80-goal scorers in the league this season. And when the data is properly transferred to the players, it is anticipated that there will be a 25%-40% increase in goal scoring, league wide.
As can be expected, goalies will be more vulnerable to specific target shooting in their net. Shooters can picture several areas where the locations in the net will be marked like a bulls-eye. We have all seen goalies become exasperated when excessive scoring on them occurs, where the multitude of goals can reach five or more. The goalies are often removed from the game at that point, to allow them to rest and just watch the game from a different vantage point: the bench.
The graphic shown below was developed by NHL goalie coach Hiroki Wakabayashi. It demonstrates how 3,854 goals that were scored on the goalies were charted by percentage in the goal. Their scoring potential is illustrated as low, middle, and high. Now imagine a similar chart with inch-level accuracy, along with the placement of each shot and the position of the goalie. The Puck and Player Tracking system will reveal the exact spot where the most talented shot makers in the world of hockey can shoot to score.
With the introduction of the Puck and Player Tracking system, 2021 promises to be the most dynamic and exciting year in the history of the sport. And it may well be just a matter of time before it makes its way to adult and youth rec hockey.
Courtesy Hiroki Wakabayashi
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Bryan Bryndle January 9, 2021 At 12:14 am
Daniel Bryndle, my father and former Bauer Skate professional, set me on the ice with the first TUK blade in perhaps the world at my early age of 11, some 40 years ago. Boy did heads turn while others on the ice were riding the heavy steel blade. I skated like a giselle running from a lion and never looked back. To this day my father dreamed and dreamed hockey out of the locker room and on the ice to better teams and implement proven strategies (Perados law of 80/20 to be exact.) I've watched his passion and his belief for decades. You should too. Get with his program. It's for real!


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One of the many, many indie games that we reported as coming to the eShop this year is Ballpoint Universe. Developed by Arachnid Games and funded via Kickstarter, this title was originally released on Steam, Desura and the App Store, and is now making its way to the North American Wii U eShop on March 18, 2014.
What sets this game apart is that it was entirely hand-drawn on paper with a ballpoint pen. The trailer below shows off these unique visuals, and some pretty interesting-looking gameplay too, particularly about halfway through when it switches from a platformer to an arcade shooter.
Check it out and let us know your thoughts below.


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Economic Growth and the Philippine Tragedy
Posted by Action for Economic Reforms | Mar 29, 2004 | Yellow Pad
The author is visiting scholar, Waseda University and associate professor, De La Salle University, on sabbatical leave. This piece was published in the Yellow Pad column of Business World, 29 March 2004 edition.
In the Philippines, skepticism continues among the country's
intellectual circles about the merits of economic growth. The core
argument is that economic growth cannot be felt, i.e., it does not
translate to welfare gains, in improving the quality of lives of the
people. The situation is unfortunate since intellectual resistance
serves as a pull-down mechanism to socioeconomic progress. This is
perhaps true not only in the Philippines but in other countries as
well. The economist Adam Szirmai concedes even "most scholars of growth
take both the desirability and feasibility of economic growth for
granted."
A key dissatisfaction is expressed toward measures of growth
particularly gross national product (GNP) or gross domestic product
(GDP). GNP, which has recently been reconceptualized as gross national
income (GNI), is the sum of the gross value added of all goods and
services produced (GDP) plus net factor income from abroad. An
indicator of a country's average income is GNI per capita or GDP per
capita, which is GNI or GDP divided by the country's total population.
Skeptics dismiss reports of remarkable quarterly or annual economic
growth performance. It is true that most Filipinos cannot feel the
welfare gains of a rather erratic growth performance since the 1950s.
The experiences of more advanced East Asian countries demonstrate that
it takes a sustained period of high economic growth before a general
sense of prosperity could be felt. Sometime between the 1950s and
1970s, a few of these countries witnessed high rates of savings and
investments as well as the accumulation of capital stocks. They created
virtuous cycles of investing from their savings and achieving
increasing returns on capital. They invested in education, science and
technology, and infrastructure among others. High rates of growth
attained through modernization of various sectors, including
agriculture, caused demand for labor to rise almost perpetually. In
other words, job opportunities increased. It was a matter of time
before full employment could be attained and even before that the
increase in incomes and wages.
However, the trickle-down effects are not necessarily automatic and
depend also on social responses to conditions of inequalities in wealth
and income distribution. Welfare promotion efforts (and poverty
reduction) are politically and hence economically important. Harvard
professor Deborah Milly observes that during the high-growth period in
Japan, welfare considerations were gradually but successfully
incorporated into the government's overall economic growth schema,
often as a political response to demands of sectoral groups. Poverty
ruled over roughly half of the Japanese people after the Second World
In this sense, welfare promotion and poverty reduction are as much as a
function of government policy as a consequence of private initiative.
These could take the form of direct welfare programs such as social and
unemployment insurance or indirect welfare promoting policies such as
price control and subsidies. Adjustments for social welfare are
necessary to further achieve high rates of economic growth. These too
require investing in effort and resources.
In contrast, the Philippines stubbornly invested to position herself
for sustained rapid growth. High rates of growth were achieved in the
1950s. Since that time, there was a relative deceleration of economic
performance with respect to rapid increases in population.
Consider precisely the Philippines' 1950s' record of GDP per capita,
which was higher than South Korea's. Between 1965 and 1970, South Korea
overtook the Philippines in per capita income terms. The 1955 GDP per
capita of the Philippines and South Korea was US$1,711 and US$1,571,
respectively. In 1970, South Korea's GDP per capita was US$2,777
against the Philippines' US$2,401. By the year 2000, South Korea's GDP
per capita was more than four times that of the Philippines' (US$15,881
vs. US$3,424). All of these figures were at 1996 prices using the
Laspeyres Index of the Summers, Heston, and Atten time-series data set.
Poverty in both South Korea and the Philippines was between 60 and 75
percent of the population in the mid-1960s. The poverty situation
between the two countries diverged since then. In 1998, Korea had less
than 2 percent of the population living below $2 a day while the
Philippines, in 2000, had 46 percent. Interestingly, Jeffrey Henderson
and his associates noted that South Korea did not have explicit
poverty-reduction or alleviation programs prior to the post-1997
crisis. However, it did have a successful land reform program as well
as price control policies that benefited the poor.
As populations and poverty conditions grow, demands for more welfare
benefits are increasingly placed upon government. Though populist
leaders tend to submit to such demands, there is little public
realization that such decisions only bring a larger debt burden. The
amount of government expenditures, which is a function of government
revenues and national income, is severely limited.
Looking at the amounts of government expenditures in the region, in
2001, the absolute amount of Philippine government expenditures was
$8.65 billion. This was $1 to $5 billion lower than those of Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. Though they would appear small in
absolute terms, the differences become wider on a per capita basis.
Using International Financial Statistics data published by the IMF, the
2001 Philippine government consumption expenditure per person was
US$112 per person (or only PhP5,712 at an exchange rate of PhP51:US$1).
This compared with US$217 for Thailand, US$2,552 for Singapore, and
US$471 for Malaysia. Indonesia which had a bigger population than the
Philippines has US$49.7. This was a complete reversal of the conditions
of the 1950s. In 1955, the Philippines' government consumption
expenditure was 2.6 times that of Thailand's. By 2002, Thailand was 1.9
times that of the Philippines.'
What makes the difference? From 1950 to 2000, Thailand's GDP per capita
grew twice as fast that of the Philippines.' Thailand's average annual
growth rate was 3.7 percent; the Philippines' was 1.8 percent. Going
back to Korea, its government consumption expenditure per capita in
2001 was US$923. Its GDP per capita grew at an annual average of 5.2
percent from 1955 to 2000.
The empirical and theoretical evidence on the merits of growth is
overwhelming as shown in comparative approaches of Thorvadur Gylfasson,
Douglass North, Angus Maddison, Dirk Van Pilat, and Robert Barro, among
others. In the Philippines, Arsenio Balisacan rigorously establishes
that there was an increase in poverty during the economic collapse of
1988-91, in which GDP per capita growth "dropped from 3.8 percent in
1988 to negative 3.2 percent in 1991." These works have one message:
economic growth matters.
Whether we like it or not, growth is an inescapable truth of economic
life. It matters because a consistent stream of short-term results
spells prosperity or poverty in the long run. Such is reflective of
structure and policy. Sustaining high economic growth thus requires
more than the efforts of a handful of government leaders, planners,
businessmen, and labor unions. A broader social coalition, among them
the country's intellectuals, bound ideologically and distinguished
politically, is perhaps desirable.
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— японский композитор и музыкант, известна по написанию музыки для видеоигр. Её описали как «самую известную женщину-композитора видеоигр во всем мире». Она работала композитором музыки для видеоигр, сразу же после окончания Osaka College of Music в 1988. С тех пор, до 1993, она работала в Capcom, где полностью или частично сочинила композиции для 17 игр, включая Final Fight и Street Fighter II.

С 1993 по 2002 год, Симомура работала на Square Co. (сейчас Square Enix), где она сочинила композиции для ещё 8 игр, включая популярные Super Mario RPG, Legend of Mana и Kingdom Hearts. Также она написала часть композиций для The 3rd Birthday. C тех пор она работала в качестве внештатного композитора и сочинила ещё множество композиций. Её работы заработали большую популярность в мире. Композиции из нескольких её игр были опубликованы в альбомах.

Биография

Ёко Симомура родилась в префектуре Хёго (Япония) и уже с самого раннего детства проявляла к музыке большой интерес, в возрасте четырёх лет она стала брать уроки игры на пианино. Попав под влияние классической музыки, она начала в беспорядочном порядке настукивать клавишами мелодии своего собственного сочинения. Симомура посещала Osaka College of Music и в 1988 году получила квалификацию ведущей пианистки. Сразу по окончании колледжа она собиралась стать преподавателем музыки, но из-за давней любви к видеоиграм решила разослать несколько своих мелодий известным игровым компаниям. Первым разработчиком игр, заинтересовавшимся её музыкой, стал Capcom, вскоре она была приглашена на собеседование и принята на работу. Родители и учителя были против подобной карьеры, однако молодую музыкантку это ничуть не смутило, и она всё равно согласилась на предложенную должность.

Карьера

Во время работы в Capcom, Симомура сочинила саундтреки для 17 видеоигр, включая такие успешные как Street Fighter. Первый трек, за время работы в компании, был написан для Samurai Sword, в 1988. В то время, в Capcom, она работала над консольными играми, а позже, в 1990 году, она переехала в отдел аркадных игр. Симомура находилась в составе джазовой группы Alph Lyla и приняла участие в написании саундтрека для Street Fighter II.

В 1993 году Ёко Симомура перешла в Squaresoft (ныне Square Enix). Она перешла туда, потому как была заинтересована написанием «классической» музыки для фэнтези RPG. Первым её творением в этой компании стала музыка для игры «Live A Live», выпущенной 1994 годом. После этого она перестала вести работу сольно, вступив в сотрудничество с более опытными композиторами. Например, в 1995 году она записала саундтрек к стратегической ролевой игре Front Mission в паре с Норико Мацуэдой, в 1996 году поработала с главным композитором серии игр про Марио Кодзи Кондо и сочинила несколько мелодий для «Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars». Три мелодии для «Final Fantasy IV» были написаны под руководством Нобуо Уэмацу.

В течение следующих нескольких лет, она написала саундтреки к нескольким играм, в том числе Parasite Eve и Legend of Mana. Симомура считает, что трек к Legend of Mana, наилучшим образом выражает её сущность. В 2002 году, она написала трек к Kingdom Hearts, и как она сказала — это самый «особый» саундтрек к игре, и он является поворотным моментом в её карьере. Так же поворотными моментами, оказались такие игры как Street Figher II и Super Mario RPG.

Kingdom Hearts была очень успешна, продано более четырёх миллионов экземпляров во всем мире. Музыка Симомуры считалась основным элементом игры, а заглавный трек был признан одним из четырёх лучших треков, за все время. Саундтрек к Kingdom Hearts был последним треком, за все время работы в Square Enix. В 2002 году, она покинула компанию, и стала свободным композитором.

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