« How Much Money Do You Need to Save for Retirement?
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history laid bare an uncomfortable truth: Americans aren't saving enough and the majority of us have no rainy-day fund to protect us when the inevitable you-know-what hits the fan.
More than 70% (!) of all types of employees at all income levels surveyed live paycheck to paycheck and said they'd have difficulty meeting their financial obligations if their paycheck were delayed for just one week! That's according to the 2018 "Getting Paid in America" Survey by the American Payroll Association.
… the worker who had to rely on food banks to feed his family and take out payday loans – at interest rates of 390% to 780% APR!
Here's the thing – emergencies are just that. You don't get a warning that one is coming.
If there's one thing you can know with absolute certainty, it's that the unexpected will happen! Think about it. Over the last 5 years, how many times have you run into an expense you hadn't anticipated?
Maybe your roof needed to be replaced, your adult child or aging parent needed help, you got hit with a tax bill you didn't see coming, or a family member or pet had a health emergency.
Or maybe you lost a job or had your hours cut. Or you had a job opportunity that required you to relocate across the country and you needed money to finance the move.
During the Great Recession, 5-1/2 million Americans were out of work for more than six months. The average length of time it took workers to find a job was eight months! How would it affect your family if you lost your job tomorrow?
But if you already feel pinched just trying to make ends meet, how the heck do you get to having a stash of cash equal to at least one year of your income saved up?
Step 1: Do an audit of your credit card and checking account statements for the last three months. How many recurring charges of $10, $20 or $30 are you paying every month for services you rarely if ever use or don't really need? I recently did an audit of both my business and personal account statements and was surprised by how we were being nickeled and dimed to death. I'll bet you're paying for stuff you don't really need or want… or don't even use, too! Be ruthless and cancel them all!
Put the brakes on impulse buying by setting up a 24-hour or seven-day rule. This means that except for your truly basic necessities, you'll wait 24 hours before making any small purchases. If after 24 hours that item still seems like a great idea, you can buy it. For larger purchases, you'll wait seven days before making the purchase. And for major purchases like a car, wait 30 days.
Try this and you will be shocked at how often you decide you really don't want that item after all.
Try spending only cash – you know, that green stuff! – for a month. No debit cards or Apple Pay or Google Wallet purchases (two of the most ingenious ways ever invented to separate you from your hard-earned money). Studies show you'll spend 20% less on average when you pay with (real) cash!
Try curbing the impulse by flexing your bicep or making a fist as you're considering a purchase. Sounds strange, but it actually often works!
Step 3: Look at your daily habits. Grabbing lunch at a fast-food or other restaurant adds up. It's also usually not as healthy as bringing your own lunch.
Can you really afford to buy that $5 (plus tip) Starbucks coffee every day? Please don't shoot the messenger, but if you don't have a sizable emergency fund, you can't afford it.
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Q: Fragment becomes ghost after orientation change I have a problem with understanding how Android works. Can you help me?
I had connected my fragment to an activity via XML.
<fragment android:name="com.unimusic.mediaPlayerControlBar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="70dp"
        android:id="@+id/mediaPlayerControlBar"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        />

In fragment class I am getting mainActivity class and giving it an instance of fragment like this:
//Fragment
@Override
    public void onResume (){
        super.onResume();
        mainActivity = (MainActivity)getActivity();
        mainActivity.setFragment(this);
    }
//Activity
public void setFragment(mediaPlayerControlBar f){
        frag = f;
        Log.d("FRAG", "SET");
    }

And everything works fine. But when I rotate the screen a new "untouched" fragment appears, but it frag.getView() is null. getFragments() list is null. findFragmentById() is null too. So, how can I acces this new fragment?
Let me know if you need any more code, I'll update this post as soon as I can.

A: You need to save Fragment instance state, because when orientation changes the activity and fragment is recreated.

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*In the fragment you need to save instance state by overriding onSaveInstanceState() and restore it in onActivityCreated()

*In the activity you have to save fragment's state in onSaveInstanceState() and restore it in onCreate()

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Originally a project conceived by high school students, PROVA backpacks are sensitively designed bags for students and people on the move. With its iconic side openings and pockets, the backpacks not only sport a unique look, but also make it easy for users to fuly utilize the backpack's capacity. Designed for people with fast paced lives and things to carry, the side openings allow for easy access to the main compartment.
All of the choices made around the design take into consideration user functionality. The side openings let you access your laptop and books while wearing the bag or while moving.
A separate partition for the rest of your items sits above the bag, stopping them from falling down between your books or to the bottom of the abyss. It is perfectly sized to hold jackets and chargers and features a smaller concealed pocket to hold smaller items.
The bag also features a padded laptop sleeve as well as a top pocket for more valuable items.
I acted as head product designer and creative lead throughout the backpacks production up until the Kickstarter launch.


It's ridiculous to think that it was 13 years ago that Yamaha first launched the WR250F. A bike that is still in production now, and meant to sit at the sharp end of Yamaha's enduro range. Here at RUST we recall the excitement that surrounded the launch of the 2001 WR250F as if it were yesterday. The 250F brought a whole new dynamic to enduro. And this new 250F - you can see just by looking at it - could well do the same.
Yamaha have a strong history in enduro, dating back to the late 1960s and the DT-1; through the awesome ITs of the 1970s and 80s; the astonishing two-stroke WRs of the 1990s, then the all-conquering four-stroke WRFs that first blasted into enduro in 1998 with the WR400F.
But over the past decade KTM have come to dominate the sport, and whilst Yamaha haven't exactly disappeared from the scene - in fact go to Australia and they still rule the roost, winning national enduro titles, the WR450F being one of Oz's all time best sellers - the lack of updates for the WR250F has cost Yamaha market position.
The latest YZ250F is special. It's arguably the most progressive, most technologically-advanced motocrosser in the paddock. Okay, it's using the tech we've known in the YZ450F for a good four years now, but in the smaller bike it seems that tech comes alive in a much more dynamic way. It takes fuel injection, a reverse-layout motor with backwards tilted cylinder, and with a repositioning of the fuel tank, airbox and exhaust it takes mass centralisation to a new level. And all that makes for a machine that becomes much more agile.
Empirically it's not all that much lighter than the current competitors, but dynamically it feels considerably lighter and subjectively it feels light years ahead. It's the MX2 bike that thinks it's a 125 only with 40-odd horsepower (spread generously across the bottom, mid and on to a screaming top-end). It's got the necessary speed, it's got the handling to match and it's got its own unique styling. What's not to love about the new Yam? Of course it's not stealing the big wins just yet, but often in motorsport it takes a season or two for the technicians to get to grips with the new kit and what it can do.
Now the YZ250F is of interest to us enduro people because the smart money is on this bike being the basis of the new WR250F. History supports that notion. Back in 2001 the connection between the then new YZ250F and WR250F siblings was very strong.
So the WR was effectively a YZ250F with a softer tune, a headlight and tail-light, a lighting coil, with enduro-friendly suspension, a bigger fuel tank and a quieter pipe. The frame was very similar, the motor was a near-identical twin-cam, five valve (Titanium) water-cooled single. It was still fitted with a five-cog gearbox… only the cams were slightly softer, the radiators slightly bigger, the gearbox was the requisite wide-ratio pattern and it had a sidestand.
Back then I was editor of Kiwi Rider in New Zealand and we tested the YZ250F back-to-back with the WR250F at a natural terrain motocross track. Amazingly, with the same expert rider, the two Yamahas turned almost identical lap-times. Where the YZ gained for having a harder acceleration and could take on the biggest jumps, the WR was the easier to ride and with more compliant suspension it could really fly through the tricky small stuff where the YZ got loose on its firm suspension.
We didn't have a name for it back in 2001, but what Yamaha had adopted then was what we now call common-platform engineering. You've heard that term before of course, it's existed in the automotive industry for many years, and more recently from Stefan Pierer of course, when talking KTM and Husqvarna. But just lately TBM heard that same expression being bandied around at a Yamaha launch, only clearly with an internal application in mind. And it hails from sound economic reasons.
Because when it comes to production line efficiencies, costs of tooling, to turning a profit from what are low-production run items then it stands to reason to make a common basis for a number of machines. And so, it would seem Yamaha are intending to create their next WR250F on the basis of the new YZ250F.
Technology has inevitably moved on over the past 13 years and the humble WR250F has been left behind, no question. But actually, some aspects of the design have persevered. For instance the fundamental architecture of the old WR remains the same in the new YZ: it's the same 77 x 53.6mm bore and stroke, only the surrounding tech has changed. So while we thought an 11,000rpm rev ceiling to be giddying in 2001 (13,000rpm claimed), today we can genuinely take that same piston to 13-14,000rpm.
That's achieved by way of reversing the cylinder, angling it backwards a good 16.7º from the slightly forward lean of the 2013/14 motor, by losing a valve (five become four), decreasing the included valve angle and then adding a near-straight run for the incoming charge - provided by way of digital fuel injection from a fairly hefty 44mm Keihin unit. That's a fair bit bigger than the FCR37 Keihin carb that was fitted conventionally - in a horizontal plane - behind the cylinder of the YZ/WR in 2001. And that's 20% more capacity to breathe (by cross sectional area). If claimed power figures weren't so flagrantly fictional (or in any case nonsensical) then we'd publish them here. Suffice it to say that while RUST's long term WR250F (a 2013 model) has been dynoed at 25hp, Yamaha are confidently claiming the new YZ250F will make 40hp at the back wheel. Fancy a WR250F with 50-60% more power?
In terms of general dimensions, again the new YZ250F doesn't seem so different to the WR. Wheelbase on the YZ is 1475mm, on the WR it's 1485mm. Rake and trail - the YZ's 26.5º/118mm compares with the WR's 26º/113mm. Even the fuel capacity is separated by just 0.5 of a litre. The big difference then, is in the weight. The YZ250F now weighs in at a claimed 105kg compared to the WR's 117kg - that's fully loaded too, yep - oil and fuel included.
You can see the potential. Obviously enduro-ising the YZ motor will take off a few peak horsepower, and some power will be lost in order to meet emissions regulations. But if you're starting at 40hp, chances are the new WR could still be left with a strong 32+hp… which pitches it right in 250EXC-F territory, and then some.
Now let's talk about weight. We'll add 2-3kg for an electric start, then lights, a sidestand, a heavier silencer, a speedo-computer, but there's not much more. Say all-up that's plus 6kg, making a new WR250F in the region of 111-112kg. Or in other words, exactly like-for-like with the 250EXC-F. So that's an equivalent mass and slightly more power than the KTM. Let's be generous to KTM and say neck and neck for the E1 title. It would all come down to real world performance.
First impression with the 2014 YZ250F is the incredible lightness. It's light to pick off a paddock stand - probably because aft of the swingarm pivot there's so little mass, with the exhaust pulled 190mm inboard, with no airbox (it's behind the headstock), there's just the lightest alloy subframe, a seat, mudguard, the swingarm and wheel. The overall weight is actually not that far from current MX state-of-the-art at 105kg, but like Yamaha say, it's properly centralised.
Next impression is just how sweet the motor runs. This is kickstart only, and with a capacitor to run the fuel injection it takes just two quick strokes on the kickstart before giving it the proper boot. It fires up easily and it revs freely - with sweet sharp 'BRAAAPS' accompanying any twist of the throttle. It's not loud either, motocross regs have been brought into line with enduro, so this machine should pass the 94dB requirement.
Into gear and the ride immediately is tip-toe light. It's dancing over the bumps. A little too much, but that's because this test bike is fresh out of the crate and the suspension still to be bedded in. Much too hard for enduro though, with 0.47kg springs in the forks, and a 5.7kg shock spring, it's designed to cope with huge doubles. On the upside, these are world class Kayaba units… with a change of springs and a simple revalve they'll be plush-as for enduro.
The power is both right and wrong. The right bit is the strength and breadth of delivery. Good bottom, good mid, coming in nice and punchy. Once run-in we're told there's a screaming top end too, the riders at the world launch loved this motor. But as it is for enduro it needs modifying. The response is probably spot-on for supercross, where you need to go from a standing start to the fat part of third gear in just yards to carry you over a 75' triple jump. That kind of a kick here, among the roots and ruts of an enduro track, is just too much. It'll need all the softening-off that a lighting coil and heavier flywheel can muster. Whereas the factory will use a combination of ignition timing, exhaust and probably cam profile to achieve the same result. That said, once in third gear the power is incredibly rideable. You can bog it slightly and the cable-actuated clutch is super-light (who needs hydraulics?!). It rocks along real easy.
Once you get the hang of the suspension and the ballsy motor everything else starts falling into place. The lightness in motion makes it feel like a 125. No really! The YZ responded to the lightest of inputs. For our fellow tester of expert skills this parlayed into jumping sweet 'doubles' over the gnarliest of whoops and holes. And the bike feels small too - you can easily pull yourself front to back, side to side, to push it down into the track, or alternatively levitate it over the worst. There's a feeling of going beyond the normal parameters and we've got to be hoping that not too much of this is lost when an extra five-kilos of enduro meat is added. Because there's something a wee bit special about this YZ250F - a feeling of subtlety and accuracy that you don't find too often in dirt bikes.
Journalists are of course natural born cynics. We need proof before we're convinced. You're probably the same. But riding and getting to know the 2014 YZ250F definitely advanced our appreciation of what might be just around the corner. It's clear to see that the potential for Yamaha to create a new generation of enduro bikes is huge.
Mind you, a year or so ago, we tested the then new WR450F. On the launch in Sardinia it was amazing. Given wide open spaces it ran like a cheetah and carved corners with equal excellence. But when we got it back in the tight and slippery confines of the UK, boy was it a handful.
With the YZ250F here, this is different. We are riding it here and now in Blighty, and okay it doesn't quite work as an enduro as it is, but you can tell the conversion is entirely feasible and you can tell by the ease of handling, by the nature of the power available, that it will work as an enduro bike. The result will be as exciting as it is significant.
We are convinced Yamaha will build this bike… are already gearing-up to build this bike. And when it arrives it will be good. Very good indeed. So let's hope they have them ready soon - and in sufficient numbers. KTM always set the bar high in enduro, we love them for that. But variety is the spice of paddock life, and a new contender for championship honours is always welcome.
Yep, it's been a long long time coming - and we're still actually waiting - but this could be the greatest comeback since Rocky Balboa!
2001: WR250F arrives, closely mirrors YZ250F launched at the same time - DOHC, five Titanium valves, water-cooled, it's a slice off Yamaha's Genesis/R1 sport roadbike engine programme. Engine is high-compression at 12.5:1, cylinder is ceramic composite coated, it's got a full monty Keihin FCR37 motocross carb and with a light clutch, crank and balancer it revs to a giddy 11,000rpm. Engine oil is carried in the frame for lightness, there's a light alloy sub-frame. The 250F opposition in many parts of the world at this time was the XR250 - no competition! Weight was listed as 102kg which sounds unreliable and probably was without fuel in the 8-litre tank.
2003: Yamaha add electric start and auto decompression. There are a few engine updates that include a larger crank pin and stronger con-rod, changes to the oil circuit and cam chain tensioner. Modest changes to the bodywork and to the swingarm and brakes. Weight listed as 106kg - which suggests a 4kg penalty for electric start. Then add fuel - a considerable 10-litre vessel at that time!
2005: Kayaba forks changed from 46mm to 48mm.
2007: Big news is an all new aluminium die-cast frame - mirroring developments in the YZ250F of 2006. Motor is tweaked with cam profile changes, CDI settings changed, carb changes (all quite probably to meet emissions regulations as new silencer on this model was rated at 86dB, ultra-quiet). The ratios for gears three to five are closed up. The new frame design means a new airbox shape, modified suspension and triple clamps. There's new styling (again YZ-style), new headlight and LED tail light, wavy brake discs, bigger footrests now mounted 5mm higher. Handlebars by Pro Taper. Fuel tank is Euro-market correct 8-litres again. Weight is a claimed 106kg.
2014: Seven years later the WR250F is unchanged except for minor cosmetic updates. The claimed weight this year though is 117kg fully fueled - which for once sounds brutally honest! The spec sheet also now lists an FCR39 carb, not the old 37mm jobbie.


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Australian 'Legal Education Disruptors' present at AALS Conference in San Diego
Thursday 1 February 2018
Australian 'Legal Education Disruptors' at the AALS Conference in San Diego
A delegation of Australian law deans and teachers discussed the impact of technology on legal education at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Meeting in San Diego in January 2018.
The Sir Zelman Cowen Centre's Director, Professor Kathy Laster was invited to bring the delegation after the successful 'Legal Education for the Virtual Age' colloquium hosted in March 2017. The colloquium attracted representatives from 15 Australian and international law schools.
For the San Diego meeting, Professor Laster worked with Professor Peter Strauss, Betts Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, to convene a half-day workshop on Technology, Law and Legal Education.
The workshop focused on the impact of technology on law and education and attracted law professors from all across the US.
Leading the discussion, several Australian representatives featured on a panel of 'Legal Education Disruptors', sharing Australia's innovative approaches to legal education with their American colleagues.
Professor Laster presented alongside Australian representatives including:
Gary Cazalet from Melbourne Law School
Dr Kylie Burns from Griffith Law School
Associate Professor Judith McNamara from Queensland University of Technology
Professor Michael Stuckey, Dean of Victoria University Law School
Professor Melissa de Zwart, Dean of Adelaide Law School.
The panel discussion focused on the changing nature of student learning and the new professional landscape for the next generation of law graduates. Panel members also shared creative Australian approaches to teaching and learning in the digital age.
"The SZCC and other Australian law schools have made a significant investment in learning about the impact of technology on the law and legal education over the past few years, which has resulted in Australia being at the forefront of this critical area". – Professor Laster said.
Watch highlights from the 'Legal Education for the Virtual Age' colloquium held in 2017 with representatives from 15 Australian and international law schools.
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Legal Education for the Virtual Age Colloquium - Transcript
Megan Tucker
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megan.tucker@vu.edu.au
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Sir Zelman Cowen Centre explores legal education for the virtual age
Leading academics from 15 law schools across Australia gathered at Victoria University to discuss the future of legal education in the digital era.


Actor Zachary Quinto (2009's Star Trek, Heroes) started his production company, Before the Door, in 2008 and its first film, Margin Call, is being released Friday.
The film is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. Entry-level analyst, Quinto's Peter Sullivan unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm; a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.
Margin Callis written and directed by J.C. Chandor, his first feature film. He doesn't know if the timing of the film's release during the Occupy Wall Street movement will help the film's marketing efforts.
Chandor said he has visited the New York City Occupy Wall Street site.
"It's very inspiring that people are actually out in the street having their opinions heard," Chandor said.
Chandor said he will have to wait and see if the movement helps the film at the box office.
Chandor doesn't think it will be a challenge marketing a film about an unsympathetic company taking advantage of people.
Chandor mentioned two reasons for people to see the film.
Along with Quinto, the film stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Simon Baker, Demi Moore, and Stanley Tucci.
Chandor said the 17 day shoot helped the film land actors with very busy schedules. The shooting schedule was "very short in the world of filmmaking," he said.
The performances turned in by Spacey and Irons were everything Chandor could dream of as a writer and director, he said.
Chandor said Spacey inhabited the character and made it his own.
Quinto prepared for his role by shadowing some Wall Street workers at Citibank.
three years ago, he said.
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Question: What Religion Believes In A Female God?
Who is Lucifer's mother?
Who is God's highest angel?
Who Are God's parents?
What religion has a female god?
Which religion does not believe in one God?
What is God's real name?
Who is the goddess of death?
Are there female gods?
Who invented God?
Who created God?
What is the goddess religion?
Who is Gods wife?
Who is the most evil goddess?
What religion believes in Mother Nature?
Who is oldest God in the world?
Who is the powerful goddess?
Who is the love goddess?
mother AuroraLucifer's mother Aurora is cognate to the Vedic goddess Ushas, Lithuanian goddess Aušrinė, and Greek Eos, all three of whom are also goddesses of the dawn..
SeraphimMentioned in Isaiah 6:1–7, Seraphim are the highest angelic class and they serve as the caretakers of God's throne and continuously shout praises: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"
God didn't have parents, nor was He created. Everything that exists came from Him, but He didn't come from anything. He has always been in existence. That's what makes Him God.
For example, Shaktism, the worship of the female force that animates the world, is one of the three major sects of Hinduism. Polytheist religions, including Polytheistic reconstructionists, honor multiple goddesses and gods, and usually view them as discrete, separate beings.
Atheism. Atheism describes a state of having no theistic beliefs; that is, no beliefs in gods or supernatural beings.
Yahweh, the god of the Israelites, whose name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) called the tetragrammaton. After the Babylonian Exile (6th century bce), and especially from the 3rd century bce on, Jews ceased to use the name Yahweh for two reasons.
Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep.
Yes, there are several religions that worship a single female deity. … They are monotheistic in the sense that many of these believe that Goddess is the only deity which exists, and that other goddesses and gods are either her children or "avatars" of the original female deity (tending more toward henotheism).
Who invented God? When, why, and where? Thomas Römer seeks to answer these questions about the deity of the great monotheisms—Yhwh, God, or Allah—by tracing Israelite beliefs and their context from the Bronze Age to the end of the Old Testament period in the third century BCE.
Defenders of religion have countered that the question is improper: We ask, "If all things have a creator, then who created God?" Actually, only created things have a creator, so it's improper to lump God with his creation. God has revealed himself to us in the Bible as having always existed.
The movement grew as a reaction to perceptions of predominant organized religion as male-dominated, and makes use of goddess worship and a focus on gender and femininity. The Goddess movement is a widespread, non-centralized trend in neopaganism, and therefore has no centralized tenets of belief.
God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshipped both Yahweh and Asherah.
Hecate (Hekate) is a goddess of Greek mythology who was capable of both good and evil. She was especially associated with witchcraft, magic, the Moon, doorways, and creatures of the night such as hell-hounds and ghosts.
There is an array of groups and beliefs that fall under earth religion, such as paganism, which is a polytheistic, nature based religion; animism, which is the worldview that all living entities (plants, animals, and humans) possess a spirit; Wicca, which hold the concept of an earth mother goddess as well as practice …
In ancient Egyptian Atenism, possibly the earliest recorded monotheistic religion, this deity was called Aten and proclaimed to be the one "true" Supreme Being and creator of the universe.
Durga is one of the most powerful goddesses of Hindus. Hindu scriptures say that Durga came to kill the asuras, that is, the demons. Male gods had failed to control asuras and she was created. She has the powers of all the male gods combined.
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The UN Development Programme (UNDP), in a report published last week, argued for a Temporary Basic Income in order to protect poor and vulnerable people in developing countriesfrom COVID-19. This temporary basic income would supplement existing income or through lump sum transfers to guarantee a minimum income above the poverty line, paid for by repurposing billions of dollars worth of debt repayments.
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner at the UN Social Goods Summit 2018 © UNDP/Dylan Lowthian
As the report itself states they are not actually advocating for a Universal Basic Income, but rather an idea that "intersects with existing social assistance and insurance systems, but also with the idea of an entitlement-based Universal Basic Income (UBI) that secures a basic income floor for all people, regardless of means and behavioural testing or work considerations."
A UBI scheme implies a notional universal (or quasi-universal) right to an income for an undetermined duration, paid unconditionally and individually to all residents.
UNDP's Temporary Basic Income formula does have some of the features that characterize UBIs. However, the emergency cash assistance is explicitly temporary (up to 9 or 12 months depending on the length of the crisis), and isn't universal, but targeted at persons living below a "vulnerability-to-poverty threshold."
What it is however, is unconditional. That is to say, it doesn't impose behavioural conditions such as enrolment in certain social programs as is the case with some Conditional Cash Transfer programs, or more classically with job-searching requirements. De-linking social security from job seeking would indeed represent a major step in moving the idea of social security benefits away from systems designed to incite persons to find work.
What it is, however, is unconditional. That is to say, it doesn't impose behavioural conditions such as enrolment in certain social programs as is the case with some Conditional Cash Transfer programs, or more classically with job-searching requirements. De-linking social security from job-seeking would indeed represent a major step in moving the idea of social security benefits away from systems designed to incite persons to find work. be aware that more help might be available to them.
Stéphane Bussard, of this parish, hasan excellent interview (in french/paywall) and write up of UNDP head Achim Steiner where he addresses a number of these questions.
During the UN's reform process, Steiner (perceived by many as an ambitious and smooth operator) has positioned UNDP to the centre of the UN's prioritisation of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For him, UNDP's role is to provide expertise, and to give countries options and technical solutions to implement ideas. Established in the mid-60s during the expansion of the UN's development technical assistance programmes, one of its original missions was in fact to coordinate between agencies and programmes and avoid duplication of work.
In this connection, it's worth noting that the ILO has been working on social protection and COVID-19 too, and has stated that "social protection systems are an indispensable part of a coordinated policy response to the unfolding crisis." We noticed the ILO's flagship social protection floor strategy, in place since 2012 and which aims in part to ensure basic income security guarantees for all residents over the life cycle, is not mentioned in the report (nor any other of its COVID-related documents). The UN's duplication of work appears safe for now.
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Q: SQL Advanced IIF using MS Access Is it possible to use an SQL Query within the logical test of a IIF statement?  I have a staff table that contains all the general staff information one would expect.  One of the fields IsManager is a boolean and I use IIF statements to change the output of a query based on if someone has this set to true or not.
The problem I have is when I apply this to a one to many table it is checking if the current record has the IsManager field set true.  I would like it to check if the current person making the query has the field set to true.
SELECT TB2.ID, IIF(TB1.IsManager, TB1.LastName, 'Restricted'), IIF(TB1.IsManager, TB1.FirstName, 'Restricted')
FROM TB1 INNER JOIN TB2 ON TB1.EmployeeNumber = TB2.EmployeeNumber

This works if the record I'm checking has IsManager=True.  I would like to check the current user for the IIF statement which I do in other Queries using the following
SELECT IsManager
FROM TB1
WHERE Username=currentUser

Where currentUser is the VBA variable Environ("USERNAME") which is also recorded in the staff details table.
So can I combine these and do an IFF with the above query, something like:
SELECT IIF(SELECT IsManager
FROM TB1
WHERE Username=currentuser, TB1.LastName, 'Restricted') FROM .... etc etc

If not is there an alternative method that I can use that is available to MC Access SQL

A: You just need two joins like this
SELECT
  TB2.ID,
  IIF(AM_I_MANAGER.IsManager, TB1.LastName, 'Restricted'),
  IIF(AM_I_MANAGER.IsManager, TB1.FirstName, 'Restricted')
FROM TB1
CROSS JOIN TB1 AS AM_I_MANAGER ON AM_I_MANAGER.Username=currentUser
JOIN TB2 ON TB1.EmployeeNumber = TB2.EmployeeNumber

We use a cross join here because AM_I_MANAGER.Username=currentUser will return 1 row.  We then use this one row for every row of the TB1 table (thus the cross join is only "crossing" 1 row).  If that filter returns more than one row you will not get good results.

A: You can use DLookup in your query:
PARAMETERS Username Text (255);
SELECT
    TB2.ID,
    IIF(DLookup("IsManager", "TB1", "Username = '" & Username & "')"), TB1.LastName, 'Restricted'),
    IIF(DLookup("IsManager", "TB1", "Username = '" & Username & "')"), TB1.FirstName, 'Restricted')
FROM
    TB1
INNER JOIN
    TB2
    ON TB1.EmployeeNumber = TB2.EmployeeNumber


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DePaul University Newsline > Sections > Campus and Community > Religious observances 2021
Religious observances: facilitating a culture of respect, understanding and civility
By President A. Gabriel Esteban / August 31, 2021 / Posted in: CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY / Twitter / Facebook
(DePaul University/Jeff Carrion)
Our university's new Mission Statement, adopted this past spring, states that DePaul, "guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism ...compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community." Today, more than ever, DePaul strives to create an accepting and nurturing environment in which people of every faith are supported and nurtured.
Supporting members of the university's diverse multi-faith community is a key component of our university culture and our Vincentian mission. As we return to campus, I ask the university community to remember our diverse heritage by facilitating a culture of respect, understanding and civility for religious holidays throughout the year.
I also ask that you make appropriate accommodations to allow students, faculty and staff to fully express their faith. If a student needs to turn in an assignment late or even reschedule an exam that falls during a religious holiday, allow flexibility. If you are a manager, make reasonable accommodations for the requests of your staff to take a vacation day, or to simply take a vacation hour at the end of the day in order to be home before sundown.
I encourage you to maintain this flexibility and understanding throughout the academic year. When planning your syllabus or choosing a date for an event, consider reviewing whether the dates you select may affect observant religious populations that may have restrictions around certain holidays. To help you plan, a calendar of major religious holidays and suggested accommodations is available on the Mission and Ministry website.
For your convenience, Mission and Ministry provided details on upcoming Jewish and Muslim services and activities, as outlined below. If you have any questions, I encourage you to contact the Religious Diversity staff.
Thank you for your respect as our diverse religious communities celebrate upcoming holidays and others throughout the year.
Jewish High Holidays and Jewish life at DePaul
The Jewish New Year begins on the evening of Sept. 6. This year, the High Holiday celebrations at DePaul will all be virtual through Zoom as well as in person, with services once again being led by Cantor David Chack, with Annie Reznik, a DePaul Theatre student, adding to the celebrations through her magnificent gift of music.
Rosh Hashanah services will be held the evening Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. and the morning of Sept. 7, beginning at 9:30 am. Yom Kippur services will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 15 and the day of Sept 16.
(Please note, while there is no service at DePaul on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the holiday extends through sundown on Sept. 8. Observant community members take both Sept. 7 and Sept. 8 off, as well as Yom Kippur on Sept 16.)
Members of the DePaul community, as well as family and friends, are invited to join DePaul's Jewish community in celebrating these special Jewish holidays. As is the custom, services are provided free of charge to DePaul students, faculty and staff. However, due to capacity restrictions, participants are asked to register for a ticket online and in advance at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/depaul-jewish-life-high-holiday-services-20215782-tickets-162066528349.
All registrants will receive Zoom information prior to the holiday celebrations.
Jewish Life staff and students remain committed to providing on-going support and care to DePaul's Jewish community whether virtually or face to face. For more information on High Holidays, or for general questions regarding Jewish Life and the Jewish community at DePaul, please contact DePaul's Jewish Life Coordinator Matthew Charnay at mcharnay@depaul.edu.
Muslim Eid celebrations and Muslim life at DePaul
The major holiday on the Muslim calendar, Eid ul Adha, was celebrated in July of this year. Eid ul Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) commemorates the sacrifices made by the Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) for the sake of God. It comes at the end of the Hajj season, when millions of Muslims from around the world normally travel to Mecca for the pilgrimage journey of their lifetimes (only a small number of people from inside Saudi Arabia were able to attend this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic). Ashura, which is especially important for Shi'a Muslims, for whom it represents the eternal importance of standing up and sacrificing for justice in the face of oppression, was observed in August.
DePaul Muslim Life looks forward to resuming in person educational, spiritual and social programming which will be supplemented by hybrid and online opportunities. This will include the resumption of Friday Jumu'ah prayer services on the Lincoln Park campus at 1:15 p.m. in the Muslim Life Center, Room 329 in the Lincoln Park Student Center. We look forward to our annual Fast-a-thon in February and Ramadan and Eid ul Fitr celebrations in the spring. The format of these events and all other programming will continue to depend on the ongoing public health situation.
Please contact Abdul-Malik Ryan, the assistant director of Religious Diversity and Pastoral Care, who also serves as chaplain for Muslim Life at mryan42@depaul.edu, with regard to questions about religious accommodations, prayer spaces on campus and weekly programs, classes and activities available for Muslim students or others interested in Islam or Muslims at DePaul.
Religious observances 2021


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Based on reviewing 3900 proposed coal plants, this report provides a detailed overview of the waning global coal power plant boom. It also provides a detailed region-by-region analysis with particular emphasis on the projects which are still being actively promoted. The report is based on the Global Coal Plant Tracker, an online database of planned coal plants around the world.
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Q: How to implement full LaTeX syntax in Rmarkdown? I have a two part question regarding the use of LaTeX in Rmarkdown:
1) When working in Rmarkdown (with the intent to render to PDF), is there a rule for when we should just use the double dollar signs ($$) to write something in LaTeX or when we should use the LaTeX syntax to begin and end all of our LaTeX code (e.g. \documentclass{...}, \begin{document}, \end{document}, etc.
I believe I have read that it is okay to just use the latter option, and Rmarkdown will ignore all of the escaped latex commands if the document is rendered to anything other than PDF.
2) The reason I am asking, in this case, is that I am trying to incorporate some labelled matrix multiplication in an Rmarkdown document I am writing.  Specifically, I would like to include some matrices that take the form show on this page.  Here is the code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\newenvironment{spmatrix}[1]
 {\def\mysubscript{#1}\mathop\bgroup\begin{pmatrix}}
 {\end{pmatrix}\egroup_{\textstyle\mathstrut\mysubscript}}

\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\begin{spmatrix}{A}
    a & b \\
    c & d
\end{spmatrix}
\begin{spmatrix}{x}
    x_1 \\
    x_2
\end{spmatrix}
=
\begin{spmatrix}{b}
    b_1  \\
    b_2
\end{spmatrix}
\end{equation}
\end{document}

How would one implement this code in Rmarkdown?  Do you need to move the \usepackage call into the YAML as suggested in other threads discussing the loading of LaTeX packages in Rmarkdown?  Is the first line, \documentclass{article} even needed within an Rmarkdown document?
I'm new to all of this, and thusfar, I've been able to get by using the double dollar signs to set off all my LaTeX code for simple equations and even a simple matrix here and there that I've tried to write, but for mathematical expressions that require more formatting, aligning, multi-line proofs, etc., most of the examples I've encountered are on the TEX boards written with syntax similar to the code above.  I haven't been able to figure out how to implement these types of examples in Rmarkdown.  Any helpful suggestions or pointers where to better understand this issue would be much appreciated!

A: It is indeed possible to put most body-level LaTeX constructs into the body of your Rmd file. Other backends will ignore these constructs, but the result might look change. So from my point of view your are binding yourself to PDF output. But that might be fine in your case.
Concerning your concrete problem:

*

*amsmath is already included by the default template, which also takes care of \ḑocumentclass and the document environment.

*You need to add the environment definition into a separate tex file (in my case preamble.tex) and include that file via the YAML headers.

*You can then use the LaTeX constructs as is in the Rmd body.

Putting things together:
---
output:
  pdf_document:
    keep_tex: yes
    includes:
      in_header: preamble.tex
---

\begin{equation}
\begin{spmatrix}{A}
    a & b \\
    c & d
\end{spmatrix}
\begin{spmatrix}{x}
    x_1 \\
    x_2
\end{spmatrix}
=
\begin{spmatrix}{b}
    b_1  \\
    b_2
\end{spmatrix}
\end{equation}


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Transaction in Own Shares
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc
Imperial Brands PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) No. 549300DFVPOB67JL3A42
Imperial Brands PLC (the "Company") announces that on 24 November 2022 it purchased for cancellation the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its GBP 1 billion share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 06 October 2022.
Description of shares: Imperial Brands PLC - ordinary shares of 10 pence
Number of shares repurchased: 409,634
Date of transaction: 24 November 2022
Average price paid per share: GBp 2105.45
Lowest price paid per share: GBp 2096.00
Highest price paid per share: GBp 2139.00
Broker: Credit Suisse International ("CSI")
The Company intends to cancel these Shares.
All shares were purchased from CSI as an on exchange transaction subject to the rules of the London Stock Exchange.
Following the purchase and subsequent settlement and cancellation of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 943,009,196 (excluding treasury shares).
The figure of 943,009,196 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.
http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/5661H_1-2022-11-24.pdf
Peter Durman +44 (0) 7970 328 903
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WaPo Gives Three Pinocchios to Sanders Claim that 2017 Tax Cuts Went to the "Wealthiest People"
In a major blow to the Democrat push to repeal the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Washington Post awarded three (3) Pinocchios to the assertion that the tax cuts were for the "wealthiest people." The Post Fact Checker stated: "Most Americans, across all income spectrums, received some sort of tax cut."
Sen. Bernie Sanders recently repeated the lie that the 2017 tax cuts gave "$2 trillion in tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations." The Washington Post concluded the assertion was "mostly false," and bestowed Three Pinocchios.
The Post stated:
Sanders is wrong to claim that $2 trillion in tax breaks went to the "wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations." Most Americans, across all income spectrums, received some sort of tax cut. But the share of the tax cuts for the top 1 percent was not as much as the share they pay in taxes — and some of the superwealthy experienced tax increases. There were limits placed on a new tax deduction for pass-through businesses owned by wealthy individuals.
The law cut the U.S. corporate tax rate from 35% — at the time the highest rate in the developed world – to 21%, which led to growth in wages, employment, and the economy. The Post notes this was hardly a windfall for large corporations as "companies with a lot of foreign income may have ended up with higher taxes and there were limits on tax breaks given to the wealthy who own pass-through businesses."
In fact, the Post explains that the top 1 percent, who Sanders claims saw the greatest benefits, saw their taxes increase by almost $9 billion, as their share of taxes increased from 20.8 percent to 22.6 percent.
The Republican-passed Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has substantially helped low and middle income Americans:
American families with incomes between $50,000 and $100,000 saw their tax liability drop by twice as much as Americans with income above $1 million.
Americans with adjusted gross income (AGI) of $50,000 to $74,999 saw a 13.2 percent reduction in average tax liabilities between 2017 and 2018. Americans with AGI of between $75,000 and $99,999 saw a 13.6 percent reduction in average federal tax liability between 2017 and 2018.
Americans with AGI of $1 million or above saw a 5.8 percent reduction in average federal tax liability between 2017 and 2018, less than half the tax cut seen by Americans with AGI between $50,000 and $100,000.
90 percent of households with income between $40,000 and $64,000 saw a tax cut. Average size of that tax cut: $810. 91 percent of households with income between $64,000 and $108,000 saw a tax cut. Average size of that tax cut: $1,400
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the standard deduction for an individual from $6,000 to $12,000 and for a family from $12,000 to $24,000.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act doubled the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000 per child.
Over 2.6 million jobs were created in 2018 and over 5.4 million jobs have been created since the beginning of 2017 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nominal wages have grown by 3.4 percent over the last year, a ten-year high.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repealed the individual mandate tax, which imposed a $695-$2,085 penalty on those who did not buy "qualifying" health insurance. 79 percent of taxpayers (5,264,380 households) that paid the individual mandate made less than $50,000 in annual income.
Several left-leaning national media outlets have acknowledged the fact that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act helped middle income households:
New York Times: "Most people got a tax cut."
Washington Post: "Most Americans received a tax cut."
Washington Post: "Most Americans, across all income spectrums, received some sort of tax cut."
CNN: The facts are, most Americans got a tax cut."
CNN: "The majority of people in the United States of America did receive a tax cut."
H&R Block: "The vast majority of people did get a tax cut."
FactCheck.org: "Most people got some kind of tax cut in 2018 as a result of the law."
FactCheck.org: "The vast majority (82 percent) of middle-income earners — those with income between about $49,000 and $86,000 — received a tax cut that averaged about $1,050.
New York Times also noted the "sustained — and misleading — effort by liberal opponents of the law to brand it as a broad middle-class tax increase."
The left continues to push the lie that the TCJA only benefited upper income households and large corporations. In reality, there is abundant data which shows that low and middle income Americans saw the most substantial gains.
The Washington Post called out Sanders for perpetuating this false narrative. This will not stop President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and congressional Democrats from repeating the lie as they try to repeal the TCJA.


You've got to have as much patience as you do money.
Without a doubt, Koenigsegg is one of the most exclusive auto manufacturers in the world. Like many other boutique supercar builders, Koenigsegg operates out of a small production plant that produces a low volume run each year. And even though the Swedish automaker currently produces only one model, the Agera RS—the Regera is still in the works, and it's already sold out—Koenigsegg is already getting backed up. In fact, Mr. Koenigsegg himself recently told Road & Track that the waiting list has grown to four years.
"We have a four-year waiting list, and we want to make that shorter, because it's getting tougher and tougher to sell cars with deliveries four or five years later. What does the world look like in four-five years, right? It's really getting the order stock out a little bit faster, that's the main focus, so we can get down to maybe 2-2.5 years, because there are so many customers who want to order more cars! Some of them are even ordering them now (at the show) despite the 4-5 year waiting list, but we have many many more that'd come after seeing let's say a 2-2.5 year list. That's the biggest challenge. We aim this year to be at the rate of 25 cars per year. Whether that happens, it's difficult to say exactly because we're ramping up in so many areas. I hope by the end of the year after, we're at 30, at least. Then, we need to set up new buildings and things like that. So this year - including the Agera RS as we're still building them - between 16-20 cars."
As CvK claims here, it's especially difficult to sell cars with such a long waiting list. He also raises the question of what the world will look like in four to five years—a valid point as Koenigsegg is narrowly developing its cars faster than it can build them.
Regardless, Koenigsegg is a busy company. They may not have to deal with mass production like Volkswagen or General Motors, but they are always looking to maintain their social reputation, a feat that is perhaps even tougher for such a small group.
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Choosing the proper valve material
Engineers must consider flow media, pressure, flow velocity, and the intended purpose when selecting valves used in high-pressure water hydraulic circuits.
By Mickey Heestand, Hunt Valve Inc. June 11, 2016
High-pressure water hydraulic systems have been widely used since they were developed in the late 1700s. The first systems were designed as a means of harnessing the power-generating potential of water, an application still widely used today. Water hydraulic systems have evolved over the years into a multitude of uses in the manufacturing, mining, and drilling industries (see Figure 1). These safe, reliable systems offer consistent efficiency when properly designed and maintained.
Of course, proper design requires a lot of thought, especially when it comes to specifying the components that make up these types of systems. Valve selection is of critical importance, and a key aspect of that selection process is understanding how the materials used in a valve under consideration will have a long-range impact on valve, and overall system performance.
Establishing the parameters
When engineers select valves used in a high-pressure water hydraulic circuit, the required function of those valves is what ultimately guides their choices. Flow media, pressure, flow velocity, and the purpose of a specific valve are the key parameters that will direct the engineer toward a certain type of valve.
For example, if a valve is needed to extend or retract a cylinder in a 750-ton press in a water hydraulics system, there will be a certain group of directional control valves that will fit this application. From there, the engineer can begin the process of deciding on a specific valve based on cost, ease of maintenance, or useful life of a particular valve model.
Beyond these basic operating parameters, the engineer will also turn his or her attention to valve materials. Considering the example of the valve for the 750-ton press, the engineer must decide which additives might be contained in the system media for possible incompatibilities with the valve. For example, if the flow media contains glycol for fire resistance, the body, seals, and packing components that make up the valve must be specified with an understanding of the possible effects that glycol may have on those valve components (see Figure 2).
Materials don't always play nicely
Understanding these material incompatibilities is crucial, particularly for those parts of the valve that will come into direct contact with the flow media, called the "wetted areas," which will vary for different types of valves. While the focus here is on water-based hydraulic systems, the approach for specifying materials in systems that use other media is the same.
The term "water hydraulics system" actually is a bit of a misnomer because systems that operate with pure water are very uncommon. The majority of water hydraulics systems are water-based, meaning that they contain a heavy concentration of water mixed with a small percentage of some other additive, typically water-soluble oil. The oil is added to improve the lubricity of the water so that it will reduce wear on seals, bushings, valves, and pumps because water by itself is a poor lubricant. Other additives can be added as well, such as glycol to improve fire resistance or biocides to inhibit bacterial growth.
For example, a water-glycol mix will degrade a polyurethane or polyester seal quickly. Similarly, chlorine present in some municipal water sources has been known to cause galvanic crevice corrosion in some valve applications. Valve, seal, and gasket manufacturers typically publish incompatibility charts that list common substances and how they interact with their materials of construction.
This is valuable information for any engineer. Of course, it's well known that water on its own typically leads to corrosion and will affect valve components over time. But it is also imperative that the engineer understand the cleanliness of the flow media. Properly maintained closed-loop systems typically will not experience media cleanliness issues. However, for open-ended systems, such as those used in descaling operations in steel mills where process water is recycled through the system, particles in the water have a harmful effect on the wetted areas of valves. These particles will impinge on those surfaces and cause excessive wear. Valve design and selection of materials of construction must account for these types of media characteristics.
Temperature of the flow media and the operating environment is another factor to be considered. Corrosion will occur at in increased rate at higher temperatures. In addition, temperature can cause different materials to expand and contract at different rates, which can cause leakage issues, undue binding stress on valve components, or seizure.
Common materials of construction
Components, such as valve spools, seats, and bodies usually are offered in materials that provide a varying range of corrosion, temperature, and wear resistance. Materials commonly used in high-pressure water applications include:
Ductile iron: Used for its low cost and availability, ductile iron offers the additional benefit of readily absorbing shock. On the negative side, ductile iron offers poor corrosion resistance.
Brass and bronze: Brass and bronze valves also offer low cost and are readily available. An added benefit over ductile iron is improved corrosion resistance.
316 stainless steel: Known for its excellent corrosion resistance, 316 stainless steel valves are more expensive than cast iron, brass, and bronze valves.
Monel: A nickel-copper alloy Monel offers superior corrosion resistance. It is typically used for cladding of valve trim parts.
Inconel: An alloy of nickel, chromium, and iron, Inconel is used for handling corrosive media at higher temperatures.
Seals, gaskets, and packing typically are constructed of the following:
Polyurethane: This durable material is suited for temperatures up to 200 F, pressures up to 6,000 psi, and offers excellent abrasion resistance.
Viton: Viton provides excellent chemical resistance and fares well in high-temperature applications.
PTFE: An extremely low friction material that can function well over a wide range of pressures and temperatures.
Glass-filled PTFE: PTFE with glass added to improve mechanical properties, such as wear resistance and heat transfer.
PEEK: Polyetherketone is well-suited for use with steam applications. It generally offers higher temperature ratings and has good corrosion resistance.
Making reasoned choices guided by knowledge
Application parameters and flow media incompatibilities generally will drive valve material decisions, with cost coming in as a concern immediately behind. In most cases, the lowest cost valve that performs the intended function, and is constructed of materials that are compatible with the flow media, should be selected. There are some cases, however, where the service or replacement schedules of certain valve components can be extended by using a more expensive material of construction.
That additional cost may be worth it, especially in applications where scheduled downtime must be minimized. Designing a high-pressure water hydraulics system can be a daunting task for even the most experienced engineer with a wealth of hydraulics experience. There are numerous decisions to be made, and the majority of those decisions must be made while adhering to a budget. However, if engineers methodically go through the process of understanding the operating parameters of the system and the requirements of the various system components, they will be on their way to designing a safe, reliable, and efficient system.
Mickey Heestand is vice president and senior mechanical engineer at Hunt Valve. His leadership role includes oversight of the company's welding and nondestructive test procedures, welder workmanship training and examination, and contract engineering reports. In 1998, he was granted a U.S. inventor patent (US 5769123 A) for developing the cylinder actuated descale valve.
This article appears in the Applied Automation supplement for Control Engineering
and Plant Engineering.
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Selecting flowmeters for natural gas
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Fine review Johann, I will put this on my to see list.
Alan Bennett is such an icon in Britain that everyone wants to have an Alan Bennett story (he has sort of succeeded Harold Pinter in that role). Stephen Fry's was that he auditioned in front of him for a play and it made him so nervous that he did badly. When he explained why they had a second audition in which Fry did well without Bennett there. And then Bennett crawled out from his position on the ground between the seats where he had hidden so that Fry would not be nervous but he could still hear him do the part.
My own is much more boring, being one table over in a London club, thinking of saying hello and then thinking that were I so famous I would hate to have strangers bothering me. As always, I let the latter impulse guide me.
I had heard a few times that Bennett was an incorrigibly rude man, but I have no celebrity exposure to substantiate that assessment. After reading this interview , my opinion of him changed in a rather more positive direction.
Since I've been a Netflix subscriber, once and only once have I watched a film on one of their CD's and then watched it again the next day, start to finish. The film was this one. I love it desperately, and will probably order it up again, since it's been a couple of years now since I saw it. Film versions of plays almost never work, largely because plays are all talk, and movies based on them tend to be all talk too. I guess it's because, as you say, the talk is so good, that limitation seems to melt away in this movie.
I endorse everything you say in your review, and would emphasize the magnificent performances of practically everyone on screen. Particularly affecting is Samuel Barnett as Posner, the Jewish gay kid (and he can sing). The film cast was brought over wholesale from the London and New York stage productions.
One note: You may not have meant to imply that Hytner, who directed, wrote the screenplay for this, but you do leave that impression. Alan Bennett is credited with the screenplay for this film and for The Madness of King George.
Thanks for your endorsement, and for your writing tip. The latter is always especially appreciated.
I had the great luck to see 'History Boys' on stage. You're right; the movie isn't the equal of the performance I saw. I suspect Griffiths magnetism didn't translate to film. At least the films and TV series I've seen. (I have 'Withnal' in my to be watched stack.) Seeing Griffiths in a short, minor play, 'Heroes', was simply overwhelming. I mourn his passing.
Johann, I just ordered it from the library.


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Lara Kaufmann Has Spent More Than A Decade Making Greenville Downtown Airport A Destination
She doesn't fly, but Lara Kaufmann soars when she talks about her job at Greenville Downtown Airport.
"There wasn't a position, so they created one for me," says Kaufmann, who is now associate director of the airfield, known by its code GMU.
Her story takes off in 2009 when she moved to Greenville and pitched the idea that the city's oldest airstrip needed a restaurant and playground.
The divorced mom with two boys had recently taken flight from Atlanta.
"I wanted to raise them in a slower-paced place that had similar amenities without the traffic," she says.
In Georgia, the family loved visiting Peachtree DeKalb Airport's playground and Downwind Restaurant, says Kaufmann, whose sons, Christopher, 17, and Michael, 16, now attend J.L. Mann High School.
"When I moved here, I thought, 'they should have one here,'" she says. "They have everything else."
After buying a home in Greenville, she began looking for a job where she could use her journalism degree from Louisiana State University and her experience in the banking industry. It was the Great Recession, and nobody was hiring, she recalls.
One day, she picked up a TV cable box at Charter, which was then located near the airport. She saw the airfield lacked a playground or restaurant and wondered about Greenville's other two airports.
She wrote to executives at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and the South Carolina Technology & Aviation Center, formerly Donaldson Air Force Base. She inquired if they had community amenities. The answers: No and no.
She contacted Joe Frasher, director of Greenville Downtown Airport, which is near the Greenville Convention Center and bounded by Pleasantburg Drive, Airport Road and Haywood Road.
Frasher at first said no, but later emailed: "'We've always wanted a restaurant. We have some places where you can pull off the road and eat your lunch and watch the planes.'"
Kaufmann took the initiative and wrote a marketing report. "I came at it from a mommy-community-service thing," she says.
Next, she attended a Greenville Airport Commission meeting. An hour later, she was hired as a contract employee.
Initially, Frasher suggested Kaufmann run the restaurant.
She told him, "I've got two small boys. I can't be flipping burgers at night, but if you want to hire me as a consultant, I'll find someone" to open a café.
She sent out press releases, soliciting restaurateurs to take over what was once a flight school – a shuttered and vacant building … with only a few small windows.
At the time, the Open Book store on Pleasantburg Drive was closing, and the restaurant operator there jumped at the opportunity. The airport spent $85,000 to fix up the place … and add windows. Within the year, the Runway Cafe was born.
The owners, Mike Bliss and Lem Winesett, continue to operate the café. Due to COVID-19, it's currently only open from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
In 2012, GMU's Runway Park opened as a fenced-in green space. Since then, much has been added; between the work and the equipment, the park topped $1 million.
That's significant in more ways than one, Kaufmann explains. GMU is self-sustaining. The airport receives no local funds. Revenues come from three dozen tenants on its 365 acres. They include the Humane Society, five flight schools and a variety of companies, with a total of 547 employees. The airport generates $68 million in annual economic impact, according to GMU's website.
Kaufmann and the airport worked to raise money to build the playground. She applied for grants, held 5K fun runs and sold commemorative paving bricks. The airport also received assistance from such organizations as the Daniel Mickel Foundation, The Graham Foundation and Greenville Jet Center, among numerous others.
Full-time since 2012, Kaufmann writes media releases to draw attention to the many happenings at GMU – including stories about airplanes ferrying donated organs, emergency-medical flights, even the transfer of prisoners.
"There's a lot of activity out there," she says of the airfield, the busiest general aviation airport in the state.
Kaufmann simply wants the airport, just 4 miles from downtown, to be a destination location for everyone.
"That's the whole point," she says, "you make a location."
Were it not for the coronavirus pandemic, she would still be guiding thousands of schoolchildren each year on field trips. Some youngsters have been inspired to join the aviation industry.
One of her son's best friends went on a tour when he was in elementary school. Years later, she says, "When he met me, he was, like, 'You're that lady who did the field trip!'" The young man earned his pilot's license last year.
Not all that happens at any of South Carolina's 69 airports involves actual flying; in fact, Kaufmann doesn't have a pilot's license and doesn't want one.
She recalls showing a youngster an airplane engine. "An aircraft maintenance technician came over. You could just see the lights going on in this kid's head." The boy enjoyed working on cars with his dad, she says. "He never made the connection that he could be an aircraft mechanic."
Kaufmann's work has earned her a place in the rich history of the airfield, which opened in 1928. Famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart landed there in 1931 in a newfangled aircraft, the autogyro, a propeller plane with helicopter-like rotors.
Now when she mentions that she works at "the airport," she says, most people assume she works at GSP. But when she once told a neighbor she worked at GMU, the woman, then in her 90s, said: "'No, honey, you work for the airport!'"
Kaufmann wears other hats, too. She is the first woman appointed to the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission. Gov. Henry McMaster appointed her to the four-year term last spring. In August, she became co-chair of the National Air Transportation Association's General Aviation Airports Committee. She's on Greenville's Swamp Rabbit Trail Extension Master Plan Steering Committee, as well.
Indeed, Kaufmann has found her wings in Greenville.
"It fell into place," she says. "It worked. It was just kind of crazy, but it worked."


Does your tween or teen need USB jacks? Here's how I converted a KURA bed into a teen USB bed!
I adore IKEA. When I was in my 20s, I drove four hours just to get to an IKEA store. Now we have one within 20 minutes and my son knows it fondly as "the meatball store." So when Alexander outgrew his crib and was ready for a toddler bed, we headed to IKEA. The KURA reversible bed, which is still sold today, was the perfect solution. When he was young, we kept the sleeping portion on the floor and he had the canopy tent overhead. A few years ago, we flipped it over so he had a mini-loft bed with playspace underneath.
But he's 12 now and he's decided it's time for a change. At first he just asked to flip it over again, but I got an idea. Why not convert his KURA bed into a traditional twin bed, more appropriate for an almost-teen? And while we're at it, why not improve it by turning it into a "USB bed" by adding a built-in USB hub for his iPad?
First, we removed the mattress and flipped the bed back over so the bed frame was on the floor.
Next, we removed the rails using our handy hex key set. Sure, we could have used the free hex key IKEA gives you when you buy the bed, but we got this like 9 years ago. Who knows where it is now! Instead we prefer to keep our hex key set around for ALL our IKEA stuff. It's got all the hex sizes on it and they're attached so they don't get lost.
Once the rails were off, we used a saws-all to cut off the four posters and the extra bit of wood that is used for the ladder. This left a traditional bed with an extra-high headboard. I love the fact that the KURA bed is a quality bed made from sturdy pine!
Then we removed the top panel from the headboard and cut it down to look like a more typical-sized headboard. We did this only because we had decided to use the space above his bed. Otherwise, I think it would have been fine as-is.
Finally, we sanded the spots that had been cut.
Cut off the rails and sand the edges.
Voila! Normal-size teen twin bed from a KURA bed! It took less than an hour to convert.
KURA bed becomes a teen bed!
We knocked around a bunch of crazy ideas for how to make the KURA into a USB bed, but in the end the simplest solution was the best. We already had a basic, powered USB hub around the house we were using, so we simply found a handy spot on the bed to install it.
First we measured the USB hole and cut out a right-sized hole just below the pine railing at the top of the frame. We put this hole at the head of the bed so it would be within easy reach. The panel here is thin and quite easy to cut with a saw or even a knife.
Next we tried to insert the USB hub from the back of the hole (so under the bed). You want to be sure it fits snugly. Just the USB face with the ports should be visible. The power cord comes out the back of the hub.
Once the hole is sized perfectly for the USB hub, place some extra-strong double-sided tape along the top of the hub. Press the hub to the top of the pine railing while it is in place in the hole.
USB bed from a KURA bed!
Now our dog Hunter can jump up into Alexander's bed, too!
Curious what we're putting above Alexander's bed? Stay tuned for the details!
What have you done with a KURA bed? (Check out all the ways people have hacked KURA beds!) Have any IKEA hacks of your own?


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Push Gaming, the slot developer responsible for some of the most successful slot games, will provide its full suite of titles to lottery betting operator, MegaLotto.
The integration will see MegaLotto players gain access to highly engaging and entertaining titles such as Jammin' Jars, Wild Swarm and Razor Shark.
Push Gaming is renowned for developing slot games that sit at the high end of the volatility scale and deliver a compelling player experience by combining features such as Free Spins, Multipliers, Wilds and Nudges with stunning graphics and authentic sound.
This has seen its games top the charts at some of the most popular online casino brands while also striking a chord with super star slots streamers.
MegaLotto is a start-up lottery betting brand that offers odds on the largest lotteries from around the world as well as a great range of online slots and casino games from the most in-demand providers in the market.
James Marshall, CEO of Push Gaming, said, "We are thrilled to add MegaLotto to our growing roster of operator partners and for its players to be able to experience the thrill and excitement of our suite of highly engaging slots for the first time.
Lottery betting is on the rise around the world and by combining the most popular draws with online slots and casino games, we believe MegaLotto will achieve great success and we are proud to be a part of its product offering."
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The Push Gaming team really has cracked the code when it comes to designing and developing slot games with mass market appeal and we believe they will be hugely popular with our players."