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Rajinder Singh ist der Name folgender Personen:

* Rajinder Singh (Hockeyspieler, 1938) (* 1938), indischer Hockeyspieler
 Rajinder Singh (Mystiker) (* 1946), indischer Mystiker
 Rajinder Singh (Ringer) (* 1954), indischer Ringer
 Rajinder Singh (Hockeyspieler, 1958) (Rajinder Singh Sr.; * 1958), indischer Hockeyspieler
 Rajinder Singh (Hockeyspieler, 1959) (Rajinder Singh Jr.; * 1959), indischer Hockeyspieler und -trainer
 Rajinder Singh Rahelu (* 1973), indischer Powerlifter
 Rajinder Singh Rawat (* 1964), indischer Hockeyspieler

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Wardrobes are one of the basic furniture utility in house and most importantly in the bedroom as they serve as the storage for clothes and various accessories as well. People are now days very particular about wardrobe selection as it's a part of room décor so should be in line with the room's interior.
Wardrobes are usually available in various colors and designs. White wardrobes are much classy and elegant in appearance. White color gives a solid visual appeal and attractive looks to the wardrobe and also makes it look very unique. The in-built drawers provide have a large storage space for your belongings. The wardrobes have adjustable feet so that if by chance there are any irregularities in the floor, they can be compensated. Multiple storage utilities like clothes rail, stationery shelf and clothes drawers are also present in them.
White wardrobes are available in several different materials like wood, steel or fiber mix etc. and hence you can choose as per your need. These days wardrobes with mirror and light fittings are also available in the high price range with further add to the style and give an amazing look as a whole to your bedroom. They can also be bought online form various e-commerce or furniture websites which can get us attractive deals and best prices.
So while getting a wardrobe for yourself the next time, try white wardrobes as something different from the conventional ones as sometimes change is good and impressive too; and remember it's always worth the money.


Needless to say, choosing a financial advisor isn't a decision you should make lightly or quickly.
1. WHO IS YOUR FIRM'S TYPICAL CLIENT?
Some of the best financial advisors in the industry specialize to help a certain type of client. At Physician Wealth Services, I only work with physician and physician families.
Believe it or not, this is one of the most important questions you could ever ask a financial advisor. The reason is that there is a huge difference between financial advisors who are fee-based and fee-only. Fee-based financial advisors sell products and charge commission, and for that reason, it's very hard for them to separate their own interests from their clients' best interests.
3. WHAT LICENSES DO YOU CARRY?
There are many different types of licenses a financial advisor can show you to prove that they are allowed to give you financial advice.
4. HOW DO YOU ENSURE YOUR CLIENTS ARE PROTECTED FROM FRAUD?
Because of the recent Equifax hack, it's more important than ever to ask how to protect your finances from fraud.
5. DO YOU CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS BEFORE MAKING CHANGES IN THEIR PORTFOLIO?
This is a great question to ask, mostly because people have different preferences. Some people want their advisors to manage their finances for them 100%, balance their portfolios for them, and purchase the funds they think are best on their client's behalf. Other people like to be informed before changes happen.
To see the other three questions you should ask a financial advisor before hiring them, check out the full post on the Physician Wealth Services blog HERE.
Do you have a financial advisor or are you currently looking for one? What are some of the qualities you are looking for in a financial advisor?
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NOAA and the U.S. Navy embarked Monday on a two-day research expedition to survey the condition of two sunken Civil War vessels that have rested for nearly 150 years on the seafloor of the James River in Hampton Roads, Va.
Using state-of-the-art sonar technology to acquire data, researchers will create 3-D maps of the two shipwrecks, the USS Cumberland and CSS Florida, to analyze current conditions and better understand the technological innovations of the time.
Cumberland was lost on March 8, 1862, during the Battle of Hampton Roads, where she served in the U.S. Navy's North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. She sank after being rammed by the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) and went down with more than 121 men.
Florida was a Confederate commerce raider that had been captured by the U.S. Navy in Brazil. Towed to United States as a prize despite Brazil's protests, it was lost on Nov. 19, 1864, following a collision with a U.S. Navy troop ferry.


As always, a brilliant experience. I am really pleased with the colour and the cut I recieved today. Leah is such a lovely lady and i always look forward to our chats. ☺ Thank you.
Leah is amazing - always friendly, easy to talk to and attentive. She is an asset to the salon.


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Three Boston fire blast victims were Lithuanian
15 July 11 14:16
Police working to identify five men killed in an explosion at an industrial unit in Lincolnshire say they believe three victims were from Lithuania.
The five men are believed to have died instantly in the force of the blast in Boston on Wednesday.
The results of post-mortem examinations are expected later. A sixth man survived after suffering 75% burns.
Lincolnshire Police said the men they have "tentatively identified" were 24, 26 and 32 years old.
They said an unidentified spirit may have been produced illegally at the site.
Supt Keith Owen said: "What I can confirm is that we have found chemicals on the premises which tend to indicate either the manufacture or production of alcohol."
Officers have been unable to speak to the sixth man who underwent surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
Illegal alcohol
Supt Owen said: "We are working to identify those unfortunate people who died and a main, but not exclusive line of inquiry is the manufacture of alcoholic drinks."
He said police had dealt with illegal alcohol production in the area earlier this year when six stores in the town were found to be selling 'Isopropyl' alcohol, used as a solvent and cleaning fluid.
Boston Borough Council's licensing committee revoked the alcohol licence of one store and suspended another. Action is due to be taken against the other four.
Investigations continue at the scene, where the fire was so intense the metal door of the unit was buckled and cars parked nearby were damaged.
Supt Owen said: "What we need to appreciate is that these inquiries are going to be very slow and very meticulous."
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Phoneweek > Social media > Gianluigi Donnarumma wins goalkeeper's Yashin Trophy at Ballon d'Or 2021 award ceremony
Gianluigi Donnarumma wins goalkeeper's Yashin Trophy at Ballon d'Or 2021 award ceremony
Gianluigi Donnarumma has won the Yashin Trophy, awarded to the world's best goalkeeper this year at the Ballon d'Or ceremony in Paris.
Italy's No1 played a starring role in their Euro 2020 triumph with crucial penalty shootout saves and kept a miserly defensive record throughout the competition, and he was named the Player of the Tournament. His club form has been less impressive, however, making only made a handful of appearances so far since swapping AC Milan for Paris Saint-Germain in the summer due to injury and the form of Keylor Navas.
Donnarumma, 22, fought off competition from Chelsea's Edouard Mendy, who has been outstanding under Thomas Tuchel and kept goal as the Blues won last season's Champions League, as well as helping them to the top of the Premier League this season with only five goals conceded.
Donnarumma becomes only the second goalkeeper to win the trophy, following in the footsteps of Liverpool's Alisson Becker who won the inaugural Yashin Trophy in 2019. There was no winner in 2020, when the Ballon d'Or awards were cancelled due to the pandemic.
The Yashin Trophy was established to show specific appreciation to goalkeepers, after only one – the Russian great Lev Yashin – had ever won the Ballon d'Or itself since its inception in 1956.
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Doctors Faced With Rare or Difficult Cancers Can Just 'Google' Genetic Treatments
Since DNA sequencing began in the 1990s, one of its greatest promises has been that doctors treating cancer could sequence a tumor's DNA, plug the results into a computer and print out a list of the medications most likely to wipe out that particular cancer.
Research into the genetics of cancer is just starting to deliver treatment options two decades later. But twin researchers Malachi and Obi Griffith, of Washington University in St. Louis, recently launched a drug-gene interaction database that makes the emerging research about as easy to find as a flight reservation on Kayak.com.
Genetic information identifying where cancer cells are abnormal can suggest more specific drug treatments than simply labeling the cancer by where in the body it originated.
"Cancers can be broken in very different points in the normal mechanism of how cells live and function. DNA tells us a lot about where the broken parts are, and that's critical for targeting our fixes. For example, if your car is making a rumbling in the front, you need to know if it's in the engine or the transmission. And that's sort of what we don't know currently," explained U.N.C. Chapel Hill oncologist Neil Hayes in a video about the National Institutes of Health's Cancer Genome Atlas:
Sequencing cancer to find the breaks has become easy and cheap. But information on which drugs might or might not work on particular mutations remains buried in PDF files and scattered across medical journals.
"As we move toward personalized medicine, there's a lot of interest in knowing whether drugs can target mutated genes in particular patients or in certain diseases, like breast or lung cancer. But there hasn't been an easy way to find that information," database co-developer Malachi Griffith said in a news release.
"We wanted to create a comprehensive database that is user-friendly, something along the lines of a Google search engine for disease genes," he said.
The Drug Gene Interaction Database isn't the first searchable database for genes, but it incorporates some advances that bring it much closer to the input/output model imagined as the ultimate benefit of cancer gene sequencing.
It's specialized for drug interactions, rather than serving as a kind of encyclopedia entry for a particular gene like the database run by the National Center for Biotechnology Information or another run by the Weizmann Institute of Science. It's also largely focused on cancer-related mutations.
The database is geared toward researchers and physician-scientists who want to know whether mutations, likely identified through genome sequencing, could be targeted with existing drug therapies. The database includes drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and others that are in the pipeline but have yet to obtain approval.
DGIdb is also relatively easy to use if you know what you're looking at: It's much closer to a Google for genes than to the cumbersome database search queries of yesteryear that still structure many academic and government databases.
Researchers can also run automated queries, such that anytime their research points them to particular gene mutations, they get an automated report on the existing research on those genes. Soon, they will also be able to add their own research to the search engine, pending approval from a moderator.
The Griffiths hope that those features will encourage other researchers to contribute to the database, helping it stay current as genetic research into cancer treatments continues to expand.
"In academia you usually have one grad student that's tasked with building these. There's a paper, but [the database] is usually only half usable and it usually dies on the vine because there's no one to maintain it. We're trying to change that paradigm," Obi Griffith told Singularity Hub.
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I Killed Madam- Watchman Confesses
Osman Yakubu (left), Lucy Tawiah Peprah (right)
"My spiritualist revealed to me that madam wanted to kill me for rituals, so I killed her," were the words of a 26-year-old Burkinabe national arrested for allegedly killing his madam at Abelemkpe in Accra.
Madam Lucy Tawiah Peprah, 72-year-old educationist and former headmistress of St Monica's Training College, was reportedly butchered by Osman Yakubu, her night security man, last Saturday.
The police apprehended Osman Yakubu with one Benjamin Semabia, 65-year-old driver of the deceased woman, to assist in investigations.
Two machetes and a pair of scissors allegedly used in perpetrating the act were retrieved by the police from Yakubu at the time of his arrest.
The Tesano District Police Commander, DSP Edward Tetteh, who briefed DAILY GUIDE, said police on Saturday, November 12, 2016, received a distress call at about 10pm that a watchman had butchered his madam at Abelemkpe.
According to DSP Edward Tetteh, when the police got to the scene, the suspect had barricaded himself in the room of the deceased person and was with the dead body.
He said the police broke into it and arrested Osman Yakubu, who had armed himself with two machetes and a pair of scissors.
A close examination on the body revealed that Mrs Lucy Peprah was stabbed.
"There were deep cuts in her head, arms and face while she lay half naked in a pool of blood," he posited.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Osman Yakubu had been working with the woman for the past one-and-a-half years.
On that fateful day, at about 9pm, Osman was said to have armed himself with the afore-mentioned weapons and proceeded to the room of his madam, who lived in a one-storey building apartment at Abelemkpe.
Michael Abiasa, the cook in the house, first spotted Osman Yakubu with the machetes and when he questioned him (Yakubu), the suspect allegedly attacked him and so he fell on the ground unconscious.
Raymond Achianku, a day security man around, reportedly heard of the screaming and came out to save his colleague, but he was also assaulted by Osman Yakubu.
Madam Lucy Tawiah Peprah, also director of Solid Foundation School and philanthropist, had then returned from the bathroom and was preparing to go to bed.
The suspect was said to have sneaked into her room and without any questions, butchered her mercilessly.
The police said a taxi driver, identified as Ronnie Djanison, heard of the screaming from outside and entered the house to assist, but he was also allegedly attacked by the suspect.
At the police station Yakubu told the police that he was told by a spiritualist that his madam wanted to use him for rituals and that he would die before Sunday; and that was the reason why he killed her.
He also alleged that he committed the act with the consent of Semabia.
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Mistrial est un album de Lou Reed sorti en 1986.

Titres

Toutes les chansons sont de Lou Reed.

Face 1

 Mistrial – 3:20
 No Money Down – 3:09
 Outside – 3:02
 Don't Hurt a Woman – 3:59
 Video Violence – 5:35

Face 2

  Spit It Out – 3:39
 The Original Wrapper – 3:37
 Mama's Got a Lover – 4:12
 I Remember You – 3:13
 Tell It to Your Heart – 5:08

Musiciens

 Lou Reed : chant, guitare
 Eddie Martinez : guitare rythmique
 Fernando Saunders : basse, programmation, chœurs, guitare rythmique (4, 10), piano (9), synthétiseur et percussions (3)
 Rick Bell : saxophone ténor (2)
 J. T. Lewis : batterie, percussions
 Sammy Merendino : percussions, programmation
 Jim Carroll : chœurs (5)
 Ruben Blades : chœurs (9, 10)

Album de Lou Reed
Album musical sorti en 1986
Album publié par RCA Records


April is National Poetry month! Come check out a book of poetry and give yourself the luxury of slowing down and pondering words, their meaning and the beauty of words together to create pictures. The new book Sing a Song of Seasons contains 366 nature poems – enough for every day of the year. The poems were selected by Fiona Waters with illustrations by Frann Preston-Gannon. Everyone is sure to find an old favorite and discover a new poem to appreciate and learn.
Max Ritvo was diagnosed with terminal cancer at sixteen and spend the last decade of his life pursuing poetry. His second collection The Final Voicemails was edited posthumously by Louise Gluck and contains hope, pain, vibrancy and more. And of course we have collections by several local and regional authors. Come take a look in the Minnesota room for local poets.
Did you know the library can automatically put your name on book request lists? If you have a favorite author and want to receive the latest books published by that author, come talk to us and get your name added to your author's request list. And while you are requesting books by your favorite authors ask us to double check how you get notified when new books arrive for you, we can now notify you by text when a book is waiting at the library for you.
During the month of March we participated in the 21 day read aloud challenge as part of the Read Aloud 15 minutes campaign. Did you make an effort to read aloud each day to your children? Did you succeed? Whether or not you got in 21 days in the month of March, continue making the effort to read aloud each and every day to the young children in your home. And don't stop the minute they can read on their own, research shows that young readers will advance their reading skills faster if they continue to be read aloud to as well as practicing their reading skills. So grab a book, any book and spend time together each day reading together. Books can be great conversation starters as well, so read aloud something important to you and use it to start a conversation about the topic with a loved one. I am aware of a couple of couples in the community who read aloud to one another as well. One is never too old to be read to. Share your favorites with those you love and discover new topics, new books together.
Storytime continues on Thursday mornings at 10:30am through the end of April. So if the weather was keeping you and your children home, come on out the next three weeks and enjoy thirty minutes of stories, rhymes and song followed by up to thirty minutes of free play with our early learning toys. We will take a break in May to allow staff preparation time for summer reading and begin back up on Thursdays at 10:30am beginning June 6.


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Q: TensorFlow How to Initialize Global Step So I'm trying to run a training session, and when I do I get this error when trying to run my algorithm (when I use tf.train.get_global_step()):
ValueError: global_step is required for exponential_decay.
For some reason, tf.train.get_or_create_global_step() doesn't exist for me, I'm not sure if that's because it's a removed method or what. I updated TensorFlow and everything I'm up to date.
I've dug around the documentation and there's nothing about it. To run I'm using tf.app.run() with a main function.
Is there another way to initialize the global step variable?

A: Although tf.train.get_or_create_step() is perfectly fine, here is another solution:
g_step = tf.get_variable('global_step', trainable=False, initializer=0)

learning_rate = tf.train.exponential_decay(0.1, g_step)
tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate).minimize(loss=loss, global_step=g_step)

Create an untrainable variable that initializes with zero and passes it to the Optimizer.
If you need global_step later use tf.train.global_step():
sess = tf.Session()
# Initialize the variable
sess.run(g_step.initializer)
print('global_step: %s' % tf.train.global_step(sess, g_step))

A: So, the reason this function wasn't showing up was because I actually hadn't been on the newest version of TensorFlow even though it was telling me I was completely up to date.
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So all I did to fix it was uninstall tensorflow, then install from the actual link I don't have it anymore, but a quick google search would suffice.

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Q: What's the output of this program supposed to be? If you call this first method, 'CreateLotsOfAlphas', what is it supposed to print?  I'm just having trouble following the flow of the program.  I thought it would print aabbc, but for some reason it actually prints bacbc.
My reasoning is that newA1.y is just the input, a, at first due to the null.  a is saved into this.y, so newA2.y is (a + b) with b saved into this.y, then newA3.y is (b + c) to give aabbc.
Am I looking at this wrong or something?
public void CreateLotsOfAlphas() {
    Alpha newA1 = new Alpha(1.0, "a", null);
    Alpha newA2 = new Alpha(2.0, "b", newA1);
    Alpha newA3 = new Alpha(3.0, "c", newA2);
    System.out.println(newA1.y + newA2.y + newA3.y);
}

These two methods are in two different classes by the way.
public Alpha(double x, String y, Alpha oldAlpha) {
    this.x = x;
    this.y = y;
    w = (int) x;
    if (oldAlpha != null) {
        oldAlpha.y = y + oldAlpha.y;
    }
}

A: at the time of print statement
newA3.y = 'c'
newA2.y = 'cb'
newA1.y = 'ba'

A: Alpha newA1 = new Alpha(1.0, "a", null);
// oldAlpha == null so we only newA1.y = "a"
Alpha newA2 = new Alpha(2.0, "b", newA1);
// oldAlpha is newA1 => newA1.y = "b"+"a"; newA2.y = "b"
Alpha newA3 = new Alpha(3.0, "c", newA2);
// oldAlpha is newA2 => newA2.y = "c"+"b", newA3.y = "c"; newA1.y = "ba" (still)
System.out.println(newA1.y + newA2.y + newA3.y);
// newA1.y = "ba", newA2.y = "cb", newA3.y = "c"

... clear enough?

A: it's because of null in your first call to the constructor it's not able to enter into this if condition or if condition doesn't execute
if (oldAlpha != null) {
        oldAlpha.y = y + oldAlpha.y;
    }

A: Only if old Alpha is NOT null you actually print something.
Alpha newA1 = new Alpha(1.0, "a", null);  //no old Alpha
Alpha newA2 = new Alpha(2.0, "b", newA1); // newA1.y = bc as newA1 is Old alpha
Alpha newA3 = new Alpha(3.0, "c", newA2); // newA2.y = cb as newA2 is Old alpha

SO:
 System.out.println(
                newA1.y //bc as written above
              + newA2.y //cb as written above
              + newA3.y //only c as newA3 is never oldAlpha so it contains only self value
              );

I hope that is clear enough :).


Q1. Let's start by hearing your success story… What was your vision behind bamboo based baby products venture BumBoosa?
As a mother of two small children and a consumer of natural products, I simply recognized a gap in the marketplace when I unsuccessfully sought out an eco-friendlier baby wipe that did not contain harsh chemical preservatives and other unsafe ingredients and that were made from a renewable, sustainable and bio-based material.
After taking classes in herbalism and learning the properties and applications of essential oils, then another two years of researching non woven fibers, I decided to launch a new brand of baby wipes made from bamboo that met my high standards in both fiber and wet ingredients. I decided on bamboo in my search for the fiber for the baby wipes. I learned about this new nonwoven being produced in China. Partly in response to their own timber shortages, China patented cutting edge technology to use abundant and rapidly renewable bamboo (instead of wood pulp) for man- made viscose or rayon fibers. The conclusion from my initial analysis was that bamboo viscose is a more sustainable option for the substrate, including petroleum –based fibers, wood pulp, cotton, and PLA (corn-based fiber) for a myriad of reasons, and is obvious to me when comparing bamboo to each one of these materials in the growth, harvesting and processing phases.
I was full of passion for this idea and even though this was unknown territory and definitely not an established market in the U.S. yet, I went on to fund my project through friends and family in 2009. Shortly after the launch of Bum Boosa® Bamboo Baby Wipes, I added the first 100% bamboo Bathroom Tissue in the US market in 2010.
Q2. Please share with us your thoughts on how you feel bamboo can help build a better planet to live in?
I strongly believe that rapidly renewable bamboo is one of the most promising solutions in the necessary shift towards renewable materials. Since bamboo is a self-regenerating raw material with a continuous production of new shoots, and it does not die when it is cut down, it has a higher purpose to help ease the burden of other plants that are not self-regenerating or quite as renewable. With bamboo products, we can inspire a general decrease in the consumption of traditional wood pulp, cotton, and petroleum-derived synthetic 'disposable' hygiene products.
Q3. What according to you are the modern uses of bamboo?
The modern uses of bamboo are quite vast! I am constantly hearing about new and interesting applications for bamboo. It can be used to make shoots for food, poles for agriculture and structures, panels and materials for houses and buildings, multipurpose household products (furniture, kitchen utensils, etc), vehicles for transportation (such as boats, bicycles, skateboards, and ultra-light airplanes), bamboo extract can be used in sports drinks and bamboo can be used to make beer, medicinal and bio-chemical products, charcoal, pulp and paper, fiber for textiles. I know I am missing something! There is much more!
Q4. Can you please share some of the initiatives Bum Boosa undertook to promote the use of bamboo based baby products?
Bum Boosa was born from my own intuition and common sense that bamboo alternatives should be utilized for tissue and nonwovens. At the onset I did not have a defined initiative to make this work…I just knew it had to be done and followed my instincts as a natural products consumer myself…first with the baby wipes and then later with the toilet paper. Most of our promotion has been via the internet and has targeted those consumers that are interested in learning about the value of bamboo for these types of products – more responsible choices for consumer products overall.
Q5. What are the health benefits of using bamboo based baby products?
There are no specific and/or immediate health benefits (that I am aware of) in terms of using bamboo-based fiber instead of tree pulp, petroleum-based fiber or any other fiber for wet wipes. I personally believe that the processing of bamboo into a viscose for wet wipes undoes any antimicrobial benefits that bamboo has been touted as having (although more research is needed in this area) and so I think that the benefit is really mostly ecological when it comes to our baby wipes. The wet ingredients are a different story. What we choose to put in the cleansing solution are definitely healthier options than what you find normally in conventional baby wipes, although that has little to with bamboo, aside from bamboo holding the ingredients quite well and retaining moisture better than other materials.
With the toilet paper, it seems to be that there may be some health benefits. When we set out to create this product in 2010 we had focused primarily on creating a more eco-friendly tissue and saving trees. We were not even aware of the prevalence of allergic reactions to conventional tissues. There are several cases of "toilet paper dermatitis" in the medical literature (Canadian Family Physician, April 2010). Some products may contain residues of bleach or formaldehyde used to process the paper, and significantly our tissue does not contain BPA's (bisphenol A) that are left behind in the recycling processes for tree pulp tissue. These agents may irritate delicate skin in sensitive people. Early on many of our customers began to call and email us to share their success stories that they no longer suffered from allergic reactions when using our tissue. It has been immensely gratifying to hear these accounts, although we have not been able to attribute their positive experience to any specific allergen or even the property of bamboo. Certainly there is a need for scientific study in this area.
Q6. Right now, where are you marketing Bum Boosa products and what are your future plans?
Bum Boosa's brand is currently sold through many of the major online retailers: Amazon (our biggest customer), drugstore.com, Quidsi, Inc (Diapers.com, Vine.com, Soap.com), Abe's Marketplace, Lucky Vitamin, Unbeatable Sales, and several other online stores in the U.S. We also sell direct to customers and to independent natural product stores. Most recently we began private licensing in Asia and we are seeking more opportunities for private licensing and private labeling in other parts of the globe.
Q7. What according to you is the kind of investment it takes to build a bamboo based Products Company?
It really depends on the product. Some products are easier than others, and certainly it depends on where in the world you are starting your business. Of course you need good, robust funding, but your investment must include the intangible investments, such as research and time spent understanding how your products are made…and unfailing tenacity and commitment.
Q8. Sonja, you have also been actively involved with the World Bamboo Congress. Please share with us your thoughts on the role of such events in furthering the cause of bamboo.
The World Bamboo Congress is organized once every 3 years by WBO. Whether you are a botanist, biologist, horticulturist, architect, artist, designer, businessperson, government representative, non-profit organization, or economist, the WBC has been a perfect opportunity to meet and develop collaborations in research and development, project or business development, while at the same time, advancing the social and environmental goals derived from the various applications of bamboo.
Over the years these events, have raised the profile of bamboo as not only a unique, wonderful material with a rich cultural heritage, but an alternative and viable natural resource with a myriad of uses.
The 10th World Bamboo Congress will be very unique this year because it will coincide as part of the World Bamboo Fair 2015 in Damyang, S. Korea, beginning September 17 until October 21, 2015. This month-long exposition will show ways to improve the value of bamboo on an international level under the slogan "Bamboo for a Greener Future". It will consist of a variety of bamboo exhibition halls featuring ecology, history, science, construction and green development, with an anticipated audience of over 90,000 visitors. Special cultural programs, workshops, competitions, music and more will give people of all ages and all backgrounds a reason to truly celebrate all things bamboo.
Q9. If you were to reflect back, what would be your most satisfying achievements so far?
My most satisfying achievement for my own company is how we helped to lessen the erroneous stigma attached to bamboo fiber in the USA – in our own small way of course. It used to be that every so often someone would approach me at a natural product trade show in the United States and say something like, "Your baby wipes aren't really bamboo." I knew that this pessimism was all a response to The 'bamboo saga' that started in 2009 in the U.S., when the Federal Trade Commission warned consumers about four manufacturers that claimed they manufactured textiles out of bamboo using a "green" process, when in fact bamboo textiles (and many bamboo nonwovens) are made using the same chemicals used to make tree pulp rayon. Importers in the US were marketing textiles made from bamboo using phrases such as 'Made with 100% bamboo"; that was not acceptable to the FTC because they said that after the bamboo is processed, bamboo could not be detected at all.
I understand that the FTC's role here was to protect the consumer from "green-washing", however because of this organization's focus on the processing of bamboo into a viscose or rayon, and only this one point, it seemed to be a targeted act to extinguish the whole concept of bamboo as a potential resource for any textile or fiber. Of course this makes sense considering that we are talking about a plant that can replace traditional timber, cotton and many petroleum based materials. Green blogs across the U.S. suddenly were recounting the story of the "bamboo saga" and ignoring the virtues of bamboo, and consequently many natural products consumers turned their backs on bamboo textiles and in time, nonwovens.
So launching my brand in this downbeat climate in 2009 was ambitious, and I certainly had my work cut out for me in that I needed to persistently explain why I believed bamboo still deserved its place in the world of manufacturing textiles and nonwovens for the sake of the environment. The first thing I did was to make sure we complied with FTC labeling requirements and to understand fundamentally what the manufacturing processes entailed. Second, in the face of so much distrust for bamboo textiles, we politely responded to each and every one of our customer's concerns explaining why we feel that replacing tree pulp (or other materials) with bamboo is a positive. Eventually after a few years, I realized that the push back was lessening.
That is by far my most satisfying achievement, because it was an essential challenge for bamboo to overcome in the bigger picture.
Q10. Finally, what's your take on the future of bamboo?
I believe that the countries that have already been involved in small and large scale manufacturing of bamboo products will continue to improve upon their best-practice technology so that bamboo products can eventually have labels such as, "CO2 neutral or better" with the help of governmental organizations, like INBAR and private ventures, like WBO and platforms like Green Gold Bamboo. I also believe that Europe and North America will continue to cultivate their interest in bamboo and its benefits, and will ultimately look to grow and produce bamboo on a greater scale in their respective countries. I don't think that it's going to happen tomorrow, but it will happen because we need alternatives. I know that there are plenty of North Americans already anticipating this industry's development in this hemisphere.
Sonja Sheasley is the Founder and President of Bum Boosa® Bamboo Products.
Sonja's interest and passion for creating natural, plant-based products motivated her into developing and branding three (3) products: the first eco-friendly, bamboo baby wipes available to the US market, a 100% natural diaper rash ointment with nutrient-rich bamboo powder, and tree free bathroom tissue made from bamboo and manufactured using a more eco-friendly and lower impact method. Sonja helped to launch this small, but growing green business mid 2009. Since then Bum Boosa® Bamboo Baby Wipes have gone on to win Canada's 2010 Green Parents' List Award for Best New Baby Skin Care Product, the 2011 Mother Approved/Child Tested Excellence Award, and most recently they were honored with the 2012 Cribsie Award Nominee for Best All Around Baby Wipes. The wipes and the diaper rash ointment have both received Champion Status on the Environmental Working Groups data base for Safe Cosmetics.
Sonja's determination in creating a company that makes protecting the environment a priority has resulted in the company achieving certification as a B Corp. B Corps must meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards and have higher legal accountability standards.
Sonja grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Arts Degree University of Massachusetts Boston and a Bachelor of Arts from Westfield State College. Prior to launching Bum Boosa® Bamboo Products, she was a teacher. Sonja and her husband Kent (who is a Captain on Research Vessel Knorr, the ship recognized for having discovered the location of the Titanic) have two young sons, Kelland and Noah.


If you have lots of rooms or resources, keep them organized by using folders! Create folders based on campus, department, or whatever works best for your church!
Create a main folder by going to the appropriate tab and clicking New Folder. To create a sub-folder, go to that folder and then select Create new subfolder from the Folders dropdown.
If you do not have permission to manage one of the tabs, you will not see the buttons in that tab.
To edit or delete a folder, select the folder and then hover over Folders and choose Edit this folder.
Change the folder name, or choose a folder to contain this folder, and then click Save to keep your changes.
Select delete to delete the folder.
If a folder has events, rooms, or resources in it, those will be moved to the main page upon deletion of the folder.
Move a room or resource to the appropriate folder once you've created it.
To change the folder in a room or resource, select the dashes next to Folder to choose a folder from a dropdown.


Properly managing a business' cash reserves requires not only knowing how much cash is available today but how much will be available in the future.
A building supplies business was having difficulty predicting how much cash they were likely to have over the coming months. Business was going well and the owner wanted to withdraw some money from the business, but they also knew that they had large tax bills coming up.
Pilot's Financial Modelling & Analysis team built the business a Cash Flow Forecasting Model which used the business' actual financials and budgets. From this information, the model calculated the expected cash balance for the end of each month based on assumptions around how quickly invoices were paid after being received. These timing assumptions were initially based on historical trends, but the model included the flexibility to change these from the Dashboard, to test what would happen if invoices were paid sooner or later.
The business now has greater confidence that there will be sufficient cash available to pay their tax bills and owner's withdrawals, while maintaining a healthy balance in the bank.


Predictably good and judiciously contemporary, Cappy's is an art-filled enclave for up-market diners.
: Cappy Lawton has pioneered many restaurant concepts in San Antonio, but he always comes back to this dependable center. The food's contemporary, but not intimidating, and the atmosphere is a combination of artsy-trendy with old barn casualness---just right for the crowd that fills the dining room and an outdoor patio shared with adjacent Cappyccino's bar. Some of the city's first black beans were spotted here, but they've since been superseded by posher plates---potato-crusted halibut, or the usually worthwhile out of the blue special, for example. Kobe beef can be had as a chopped steak or a burger; we especially recommend the latter. Appetizers such as a scallop with foie gras and a beet salad have disappointed, however. Lunch is a social scene, so naturally there are several upscale salads, including a grilled rendition. Brunch sees such specials as New Orleans gumbo and a beef tenderloin sided with a blue cheese omelet. The wine list---well-conceived and varied---changes frequently.


Come back to an underwater paradise as creative designers from around the world deliver over 750 levels of spectacular excitement!
Unearth hundreds of items in beautiful and unique locations throughout the city to uncover the dark mysteries of a secret society in this hidden object game.
Drop colored blocks and try to form lines that will react and disappear. Use your tools wisely to get the high score!
Deep in the ocean you will find an undersea spin on this classic number puzzle. Jump in!
Be surprised by the extraordinary features of the game!


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Mid week and time for a hair mask! I recently dyed my hair (i think my hair is so dark that you can't even see a difference =.=). But anyway to prevent it being so dry, i used a hair mask today. I try to aim to do this treatment about 2-3 weeks to keep my ends moisturised, i hate split ends so much :c and i somehow still end up getting them!
Been using the L'Oreal EverPure Moisture Deep Restorative Hair Masque for quite awhile now, i only focus on apply it to the ends and then tying it up and putting it to sit there for at least 30 minutes. I use either glad wrap or a shower cap to make sure it stays on my head. After around 30 minutes, I take my hair out and give it a rinse. It usually feels really soft and silky after this! This product does have a heavy smell though and i know some people really don't like it. I am personally okay with it and i actually really like the texture of the product.
A small tub of treatment!
Pretty much used half the tub now!
One tub is around US $8-10. Hair treatments have always generally been on the pricier side, but i've found that this 150ml tub does last quite a long time even after putting generous amounts in my hair for each treatment. I've also been looking at trying the Dove Intensive Hair Repair Treatment to compare to this.
Will i purchase again: I think this treatment does leave my hair silky, smooth and moisturised, but more in the short term rather than in the long term. My hair becomes dry again a few days after that and can lose that feeling. To prevent that, i try to use a better conditioner which can provide the right nutritions for my hair every day. I think i will explore what else is available in the market in terms of hair masks, but this is definitely not a bad treatment!


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Mongolia: Railroads
Country Study > Chapter 3 > The Economy > Transportation > Railroads
All trains were powered by diesel locomotives, the last steam locomotive having been consigned to a museum in the 1970s. Freight cars were of Soviet manufacture, and passenger cars were imported from East Germany. More than 90 percent of all railroad freight was loaded and unloaded by mechanized means.
In the late 1980s, Mongolia had 1,750 kilometers of 1.524- meter, broad-gauge track. Major lines included the Ulaanbaatar Railroad, which connected Ulaanbaatar with Suhbaatar and Naushki, Soviet Union, in the north, and with Dzamyi Uud, Mongolia, and Erenhot, China, in the south. The eastern line connected Choybalsan with Ereentsav, Mongolia, and Borzya, Soviet Union. Another line linked the Trans-Siberian Railway with Beijing. Branch lines ran from Darhan to the Sharin Gol coalfield; from Salhit, near Darhan, to Erdenet; from Bagahangay to the Baga Nuur coal mine; and from Har-Ayrag to the Bor Ondor fluorite mines. Mongolia's railroad company, Ulaanbaatar Railroad, was a jointstock venture with the Soviet Union; both countries had equal shares in the company. The director was Soviet; the deputy director and the chairman of the board were Mongolian. In 1985 Ulaanbaatar Railroad carried 14.8 million tons of freight and 5,822.8 million ton-kilometers of freight turnover, accounting for 75 percent of all freight turnover. In 1985 the railroad transported 2.1 million passengers and accounted for 432.2 million passenger-kilometers, or 30.6 percent of all passenger turnover. Railroads also accounted for 97 to 98 percent of all import-export transportation. Each year Mongolia signed a multilateral railroad transportation protocol governing importexport freight transport with the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea.


Traditional style universal guitar stand with height adjustable neck holder.
All arm supports are black foam sleeved for instrument protection.
Easy set-up tripod base and safety catch on neck holder.
Suitable for all types of guitar.


A story of being a shut in, where moving through physical space is required to solve puzzles and move through virtual spaces. For the purpose of the demo, this feature was removed. Touch the sides to move and press the button to interact. Exiting the room without solving it simply resets the room to its initial state.
Lost is a procedurally generated 2D platformer. The player can explore a randomly generated world in all four directions, occasionally encountering non-player characters who will provide quests which the player can attempt to complete. However, there is a catch: platforms, non-player characters, and items are deleted once they leave the main camera view. With such an unstable, ever-changing world, can the player character ever complete the quests it is given?
The game is meant to challenge the "quest" system common in many games by providing the player with quests that cannot be completed. It is very hard to give a non-player character the item they are asking for. And even if the player does manage to do this, the NPC receiving the item will act ungrateful toward the player despite the long toil it takes to deliver the desired item to the NPC. The player gets no reward for completing quests except for harsh words from the NPCs. Yet if the player stops moving and refuses to complete any quests, a scribbly cloud of depression will form above the player's head and cover the screen until the player moves again.
These game mechanics are meant to all convey a sense of depression and a feeling of being trapped. The virtually endless nature of the game is meant to portray the player character's inability to escape their situation. Whether they are completing endless, meaningless, worthless quests for the non player characters or standing still and letting the fog of depression cover everything, the player character is lost either way.
The game is best played in larger window sizes (i.e. 1920 x 1080, or however large your computer can manage) because something in Unity's text system is weird and the text doesn't resize properly in smaller window sizes.
Prototype for my Capstone project next semester; more to come soon!
For now, wander around a quiet underwater environment and take a look at the creatures that you will soon be able to interact with. Included below is the standard computer version, not the Oculus version, so just open and run!
They say some men just want to watch the world burn. In Bigger Ain't Better, some men just want to watch the world burn… in their stomach. Bigger Ain't Better is a 2D puzzle-platformer experimenting with size. Eat food to make your character bigger, and bigger, and bigger. Eat enough, and you'll be big enough to even eat the previous level. Size introduces a whole new dimension to platforming puzzles, affecting both what's possible and how you traverse a level. And be careful, because Bigger ain't always Better.
Growing up, I always loved to play casual dress-up games. Though I was a great fan of more mainstream titles such as Mario or Pokemon, the online dress up world still had me captivated for hours on end. I'm not sure why I liked them so much but I think it could have been due to my upbringing. As a daughter of a mostly rural indian family, my clothing choices were monitored very strictly. My Mom and Dad weren't strict on a lot of stereotypically asian things (they let me major in art, for example) but due to social expectations of women in our culture (and virtually every culture), my clothes were constantly censored by my parents. Dress up games gave me an outlet where I can dress as sexily as I wanted without reprimand. (Try To) Dress Up" is a game than basically acts like the dress up games I loved growing up but simulates my real world experience with dressing up. The game is designed so that you have to get my parents permission before going out in what you're wearing. Good luck with that- they're pretty tough judges to please.
A group of protesters are surrounded by riot police, who are pelting them with tear gas. The protesters, each controlled by a letter key on the keyboard, can pass around umbrellas to protect themselves from attacks.
Arcade classic Robotron 2084 combines game mechanics with modern day Threes ripoff 2048 in Robotron 2048. Grid-based motion, shoot-em-up and survive, and combining elements for points are at the core of this game. What started as a simple pun, is still mostly just a simple pun, but nonetheless is fun to play.
PonGnoP is a pong palindrome. The idea was to start out with something completely basic and throw it out of whack to replace the original goal of Pong with that of cooperative exploration by messing with borders, scoreboard, etc.
Social situations are not easy for everyone. To some, socialization is like an arduous trial in which they are being judged–and the harshest juror is themselves.
About Today is a simulation game that follows a girl as she goes through various social situations. As the girl interacts with another individual, the player is responsible for determining how she behaves and responds to the other person. Responses are controlled on a TouchOSC interface containing various sliders and dials that adjust an array of behavioral characteristics, such as 'friendliness', 'sarcasm', and 'compassion'. However, as with real life, there is a limit to how much time the player can spend to make decisions for the girl. If all the controls are adjusted to the levels appropriate for the social situation within the time limit, the girl would (ideally) go home feeling refreshed and self-assured. Otherwise, she would sulk and mull over what she could have said or done.
Overall, the game explores the notions of decision and indecision. It reflects upon the human construct of regret and how the act of redoing something may not always put a person's troubled mind at rest. For that reason, there are no real 'winning' or 'losing' conditions for the game–the girl becomes lost in a tiresome cycle of 'doing' and 'redoing' while constantly realizing that there is something she 'could have done'. This implies that the winning state is for the player to define–whether an ending is 'good' or 'bad' ultimately depends upon whether the player is able to come to terms with the mistakes they've made.
The Staring at Computers Acting Class is a performative two way game. It is intended to both be played and be watched being played in equal parts. The player of the game attempts to do well in the "acting class" by matching short facial expressions that they are prompted with. The game uses facial detection to score them based on how well they match each expression. By moving their face and by allowing the light from the computer to reflect off their face, the player is performing in a larger story that only the audience can hear, but they cannot. The audience member hears a short passage from Phillip Lopate's essay Films as Spiritual Life as the player's face is illuminated and contorted in sync with the story.
In this game, you play as a tiny, aquatic crustacean known as Daphnia. Using the arrow keys, you can explore the environment, eating tiny green algae in order to grow and maintain your energy. If you eat enough, you can produce some cute offspring that will follow you around and also try to eat and grow. Watch out though; there's a persistent red bacteria that will prey on you and your family. Luckily, there is another friendly crustacean that can ward off the bacteria and shorten its chain. If you happen to die by malnourishment or predation, your oldest child becomes the new Player One. Through this game, learn to live the frenetic life of the humble Daphnia.
Stasis is a game which explores the walking home controversy which has swept the internet in recent months. The game illustrates another perspective, walking home in the dark, that raises similar issues of gender, catcalling, and most importantly safety. The game allows you to play the role of a woman while having to fend off unwanted advances. There is often times no telling what level of interaction can either stop the behavior or encourage more harassment or even violence so the woman remains a silent protagonist throughout the game from beginning until the end when she arrives home. It is up to you, as the gamer and subsequent godly entity, to ensure that she gets home safe and is hit with the minimum about of harassment as possible.
For my final project, I am interested in making a game about personal insecurity and social anxiety.
About Today is a simulation game that follows a girl as she goes through various social situations. As the girl interacts with another individual, the player is responsible for determining how she behaves and responds to the other person. Responses are controlled on a TouchOSC interface containing various sliders and dials that adjust an array of behavioral characteristics, such as 'friendliness', 'sarcasm', 'compassion', and 'wit'. However, the player must be able to react quickly to each scenario as there is a time limit for how long they can take to adjust the controls. At the end of the day, she would have a conversation with her father about the day's events. If all the controls are adjusted to the levels appropriate for the social situation within the time limit, the girl would go home feeling refreshed and self-assured. Otherwise, she would sulk and mull over what she could have said or done.
This project is very personal to me as it draws from my own insecurities and is modeled after the way I reflect on my previous actions. I hope that those who play this will either consider the game relatable or find solicitude for those with social anxiety.
The iconic life simulation game in which the player controls virtual people and makes them perform actions that affect their mental/physical wellbeing. While in The Sims, players have some control over the characters' behavior and actions, my game delves deeper into the finer aspects of social interaction.
This is my TouchOSC-controlled game, Martians Marching*. Martians Marching is a three-player game, in which one person plays the role of an alien ship terrorizing Earth and the other two people are defenders of the planet. Aliens, with their sophisticated extraterrestrial technology, have the ability to sequence genomes at a rapid pace. For that reason, alien warlords are able to dispatch various attacker minions with special genetic makeup that makes them impervious to most elements. Fortunately for the humans, a powerful plasma cannon was developed by the military to combat genetically-engineered alien forces. However, due to its convoluted control system, the cannon must be operated by two individuals.
Connect to the same Wifi network and configure the Host IP address.
Set the outgoing port to 8000.
Have the commander-interface.touchosc, human-hue-interface.touchosc, and alien-interface.touchosc layouts downloaded to each device.
Alien player configures the color of the alien minion using the red, green, and blue dials on their interface.
Alien player can use the gray slider to determine where on the bottom of the screen they would like their minion to land.
Only two minions can be on screen at a time.
One human player (the commander) aims and shoots the plasma beams.
The other human player configures the plasma beam so that the plasma color matches up with the color of the targeted alien.
If an alien gets hit with a non-matching color, they become empowered and fall faster.
Earth gets points for destroying aliens.
Mars gets points for having aliens cross the bottom of the screen.
CAN THE EARTH BE SAVED???
*Please excuse the lame title; I couldn't think of a better name.
2-20 Players race across a randomly generated map of obstacles.
They play on one keyboard, jockeying for space.
The background shifts quickly. Obstacles which match the color of the background disappear.
If they "Flap" while on another player's trail, they receive a boost to their speed for a short time.
The first player to reach the finish line wins!
1) It's slow. Not kinetic enough to be comparable to the fun of mariokart.
2) It's Random. The one-button flap right now feels like you don't have control.
3) Random Maps are lame.
4) The color shifting isn't obvious and maybe isn't fun.
5) The game isn't very fun.
// So in the next month I would like to fix those things.
1) Change movement. Give each bird their own forward flying force, and make the "flap" more of a "steer" up and down.
2) Add velocity, zoom out on the map, and make it feel more "fast". Re: what Ben Esposito said about Wipeout and faking speed.
4) Maybe possibly bring back the permadeath. But this doesn't seem like more fun to me.
HOW DO I GET FUN??
My idea for a game is a play off of the popular dress-up game for casual gamers. However, This game will be slightly like the Art Game in that you have to have your parents' critique and approval before going out in the clothes you've chosen. The clothes you've chosen also give you merits such as 'street creed,' 'coolness,' 'sluttiness.' These factors will go up and down corresponding to how our society would view these dress choices.
I mainly want to make this game because when I was younger (basically up till right before I came to college). I really enjoyed playing dress-up games online because I could dress the character up in anything I wanted without guilt or pressure from societal judgment and pressure form my parents. I hope this game, masked as a simple game about finding a combination of clothing you and your parents like, will shed light or question a larger societal problem that tells people what they can wear and how based on social norms, religion, etc.
The parents' preferences will be heavily based on my own parents' preferences.


How To Pitch An Invention To A Company – Track Down More Details..
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Obtaining a patent is helpful in several ways. First, there is a powerful instrument to defend and safeguard your thoughts and creations. Second, you hold a legitimate document that clearly states companies and folks have to pay a certain amount should they decide to use your original ideas. Here are some helpful guidelines on ways to secure a patent for the inventions.
What you ought to prepare for. Prior to taking the first step towards securing a patent, you have to understand that the process takes time, effort, and a large amount of resources. According to existing regulations, the acquisition of the basic patent takes typically six years. You need to be prepared to spend a considerable amount of funds on attorney fees. Moreover, the patent industry works with products differently. For instance, requirements and agreements for telecommunications and biotech goods are different from consumer devices.
Everything you must choose. It is also important to study the product or idea that you have created. You must determine what sort of patent is most suitable. Maybe a trademark is definitely the better option instead of a full patent. If you eventually decide to patent your idea, you can even develop and file it yourself. Experts warn people who choose using this road that it requires around 150 hours spread in a course of some months in order to get started. The work continues for many years thereafter. Somebody who has the patience as well as the attention to detail to come in the necessary paperwork can certainly produce a DIY patent. Have you got these qualities If you have, you have to ready yourself for the work involved.
What you ought to know. You should also know whether innovation qualifies for a patent. Can be your idea or creation eligible for patent protection This entails owning an understanding of the patent laws within your country. You can find specifications under existing laws that you must learn. Furthermore, perform a patent search to enable you to be sure that your invention is singular, unique, and various from anyone else's offering. If somebody already has a patent to get a similar idea, and then there are insufficient differences so your invention can be considered original, they your application will certainly be rejected.
Do you possess a concept or item that may become an asset as well as a possible income source to suit your needs Find out about patent laws and the process of securing one, and also you are on your way to turning your brilliant concept ifsdfa money. An invention is a set of ideas and thoughts to alleviate the way people perform their daily tasks. An Inventor can be a business or perhaps an individual that has an objective behind the invention. Lots of money is needed to present the invention around the world, thus, investors who discover it interesting fund the R & D operations.
The invention process is very wide. There is absolutely no fix time when an invention is changed into useful products. It may take 5, ten years or even more. The R & D department performs a series of operations one after another – describing the company vision, creating strategies, describing the R & D processes, identifying resources, and drafting designs. The R & D teams comprehensively study every area from the how to pitch an idea to a company, collect different ideas, which are then combined to build services and products. Thus, the investigation to development of invention comprises a variety of processes, which require thousands or huge amounts of money.
Patenting an invention. An invention is patented to stop it from being theft by others. The inventor can restrict individuals and corporations from utilizing his/her invention for producing or selling products during its life. When filing a patent application, the inventor must mention a collection of claims, that he/she should select carefully. So, it is recommended to know the market trends, new technologies, applications, etc. during performing the R & D operations, which will help to get great claims.


Neobanks — digital-only banks that aren't saddled by traditional banking technology and costly networks of physical branches — have been working to redefine retail banking in major markets around the world. Driven by innovation-friendly regulatory reforms, these companies have especially gained traction in Europe over the last three years.
While the US is home to some of the earliest neobanks, including Simple and Moven, its neobank ecosystem has lagged behind its European counterpart. This has largely been the result of high regulatory barriers to entry, including an onerous regulatory regime that's made it hard to obtain a banking license, and the entrenched position incumbents hold in the financial lives of US consumers.
However, recent developments suggest these startups are finally poised for the spotlight in the US. Most notably, in a landmark decision, mobile-only bank Varo Money received preliminary banking license approval in 2018, indicating that regulation may be slowly loosening to accommodate these digital startups. Meanwhile, foreign entrants have announced plans to pitch their tents in the country, and incumbent lenders have started to roll out their own stand-alone digital outfits.
Three distinct influences are responsible for creating the fertile ground for this evolution: regulation, shifting consumer attitudes, and the activity of incumbent banks. In addition to Varo Money's charter approval and its implications, US consumers are becoming more tech-savvy, while their gripes with traditional financial institutions are growing. This is setting the stage for digital-only players to more easily scoop up customers as the regulatory environment becomes more favorable.
US neobanks have two options for launching their services: pursuing their own license or partnering with an incumbent bank. Up to this point, most have chosen the latter option, with the notable exception of Varo. Some of these players include Chime and Aspiration. Crucially, the agility and lean operating models of these startups allow them to roll out services fast, enabling them to be more responsive to consumer demands and shifting attitudes.


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Why I Am Not Liberal by Jonathan Bowden (Perth, Australia: Imperium Press, 2020). A transcribed three hour interview from 2009 with the former far right writer, activist and Odinist neopagan, who foreshadowed many of the Alt-Right strategies in 2016.
Marx In Motion: A New Materialist Marx by Thomas Nail (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020). A re-evaluation of Karl Marx drawing on his overlooked PhD dissertation. The book's introduction clearly explains the different currents of Marxist thought and the post-2008 revival of his metapolitics.
Human Terrain Systems and the Moral Prosecution of Warfare by Dan G. Cox (Didactic Press, 2015). My PhD briefly touched on the HTS debate and the controversial use of military anthropology in Iraq. I'm reading up more on the HTS – this defence situates it in terms of Just War theory.
Tags Human Terrain System, Jonathan Bowden, Karl Marx, metapolitics
The Passing of Western Civilisation
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Neo-Spenglerian fears of Western civilisational decline are core to Alt-Right metapolitics. Kenneth B. Taylor provides a deeper view in a new journal article for Futures. The abstract:
Modern western civilization reached a pinnacle in the last half of the 20th century, spending over 200 years evolving and spreading throughout the world. A robust social contract, technological advancement and pervasive economic success in the context of democracy and capitalism propelled the project. Unfortunately, two underlying pillars of past success developed intensifying negative consequences, hastening socioeconomic decline: insatiable collective wants and global population growth. The rise and decline of civilizations in history is well documented, yet oddly ignored in today's dialogue. Contemporary civilization is assumed to be immune from forces that shaped cycles of past civilizations—that our age is somehow an exception. For the first time in human history planetary systems that seemed invisible until recently are sending us the message that our civilization is not exceptional, that there are finite limits to the thrust of humanity's present trajectory. Viable solutions curbing the effects of habitat destruction, diminishing biodiversity and climate change along with rising inequality, debt, conflict and refugee flows are known but unimplementable. The current essay examines underlying causes of socioeconomic deterioration and entrapment, suggesting a comprehensive collective intelligence enterprise be launched to prepare for the global transition facing humanity.
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What They Teach You At Harvard Business School by Philip Delves Broughton (New York: Penguin, 2009). I first read this book about 15 years ago when I was in Swinburne University's strategic foresight program, and it was originally titled Ahead of the Curve. Revisiting it I am picking up far more about Harvard Business School's dynamics and the MBA curriculum.
At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What It Means for the Future (Exeter, England: Imprint Academic, 2018). Dutton is editor of the controversial journal Mankind Quarterley and Woodley of Menie has emerged as an influential Life History theorist. Reading this book – and the accompanying journal articles in Intelligence – is giving me a good primer on Data and Decisions skills, and the background debates to the Alt-Right's emergence.
Managerial Economics: A Game Theoretic Approach by Timothy C.G. Fisher and Robert G. Waschik (New York and London: Routledge, 2002). One of the things that emerged from my PhD's working notes was that I needed to study more game theory. This is a good primer on both game theory and managerial economics – the latter the 'killer app' of managerial decision-making.
Q: In This World Perfection Is Everything by Christina Dalcher (London: HQ Fiction, 2020). A return to eugenics and social stratification are two motivational drivers of Alt-Right metapolitical thinking. Dalcher's novel is both a sign that Handmaid's Tale-style dystopian fiction is popular with both publishers and readers, and that Alt-Right thinking may 'cross the chasm' to diffuse from a political subculture into mainstream thinking.
The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future by Jeff Booth (Stanley Press, 2020). Deflation was a key macroeconomic driver of Japan's 'lost decades' and it has also influenced contemporary debates about the post-COVID-19 world. Booth argues that deflation and the falling price of technology infrastructure hold the key to future prosperity. One implication of this is that cost structures are going to fall in price. This was the promise 20-25 years ago of the Dotcom era.
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Automation is big for most sysadmins. We're inherently lazy, so the idea of pushing a button and making programs work for us? Appealing.
So while automation does reduce the amount of work we do for a task, it's far from what I'd consider a goal of laziness. Automation brings us a stable environment, giving us more time to work on other important stuff, like planning for the next big project, or automating other tasks. It also gives us a way to "pass the buck" to a junior.
Another method of automation comes in the form of configuration management. This is a perfect example of producing a consistent, and repeatable, setup. Configuration management is one of those areas that is far from lazy, but in large environments, critical to your operations. If you have a web farm of 100 web servers, and they have to run the same packages, how do you guarantee they have those packages, and are the same version? If you were to do each one by hand, you'd be there all week, and you'd probably miss a server or three.
So on the outset, it might look like we're being lazy, but scrape away the thin layer on the top, and we're really doing it for the greater good of ourselves, our environment, and those around us too.
As a side note, Tom Limoncelli wrote a section in his book, Time Management for System Administrators, on automation. It boils down some very good reasons to automate. If you're a system administrator, and you don't have that book on your shelf, go get it.
So are we lazy? Or are we working towards a better system?


Having lived up to all the hype, Turkey's February headline inflation printed a double-digit figure. Moreover, further upside movement should be expected as core indicators, the negative base effect of food prices, and most importantly, producer price index that is hanging around its record highs in a decade. Indeed, Turkey's PPI hit 15.4% in February, which is the highest figure posted since July 2008, signaled some pressure to be felt arising out of cost channels.
Our long-term trend for the core indicator D-index suggests that it may already have reached at the end of upward trend, while we see it fit to add annotation due to above-mentioned factor that are able to lift the inflation unfavorably.
That said, Turkish central bank, at the peak of its well-known unorthodoxy, keeps the effective funding rate above the 12-month forward inflation expectations, as it is currently throwing money around with a cost almost 250 bps above its policy rate. We expect the bank to maintain its policy, and lift its marginal funding rate by another 100 bps in the upcoming monetary policy committee, which is scheduled to the day after the US Federal Reserve FOMC where another 25 bps could be added to the cost of global reserve currency.
Meanwhile Turkish lira's performance has absolutely failed to paint a promising picture.


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CHANDERI HANDICRAFTS
History with a silken touch
24° 43' 12" N, 78° 7' 48" E
HOME TO THE EXQUISITE CHANDERI SARIS
THE ONLY JAMA MASJID IN INDIA WITHOUT MINARS IS FOUND HERE
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, MAHABHARATA'S SHISHUPAL ONCE RULED THIS TOWN
MAJOR CENTRE OF JAIN CULTURE
CHANDERI IS KNOWN TO HAVE HAD 1200 BAOLIS IN THE PAST
A town with 1200
Baolis (stepwells)
Ahead of its time even in the 11th century
Baolis of Chanderi
The city of Chanderi is known to have 1200 Baolis in the past. What makes it even more interesting is the fact that Chanderi was not even located on the banks of a river. As per Baburnama, 'a small river, Betwa, was at a distance of about 3 kurohs (6 miles)'.
The town's emergence as an administrative centre made the rulers build Baolis. Adjacent to these wells, ponds were excavated for rainwater harvesting and maintaining the water level. Several of these still exist, like the Chakla Baoli, Battisi Baoli and Moosa Baoli to name a few.
This ahead-of-the-times idea, implemented long back in the 11th century is sure to leave you absolutely amazed.
of Chanderi saris
The secret of Chanderi saris
Close-up of a Chanderi sari
The town of Chanderi has guarded one secret very dearly, for centuries. The Chanderi saris. Even the British invaders with their mill-made cotton couldn't defeat the moonshine radiance of the fabric created by Indian weavers using raw spun cotton. With time, these matchless artisans started using Japanese silk with cotton.
White with intricate golden zari border, these saris are also adored globally for being lightweight and thin.
Legend says that the Chanderi fabric was once gifted to Emperor Akbar in the hollow of a bamboo stick and when drawn out, it was enough to cover an entire elephant. The Chanderi sari was, and still is, a symbol of superlative beauty and status.
In existence since the 11th century, Chanderi is blessed with scenic beauty in and around it. While picturesque hills, lakes and forts sit surrounding it, the exquisite hand-woven Chanderi saris adorn this historic town.
These saris are adored around the globe for the artistry behind their creation. The elegance of this matchless intricate art of embellishing silk and cotton fabric with zari weaving resides in harmony with the towering forts and palaces. It is a beautiful contrast rare to be found anywhere else.
The town of Chanderi, with its regal radiance, will leave you spellbound, and often, feeling like the royalty, you used to playact as a child.
Experience the popular points of interest in and around the city
Badal Mahal Gate
Battisi Baoli
Idgah mosque
Koshak Mahal
Parameshwar Tal
Buddhi Chanderi
Chanderi Museum
Chanderi fort
Shehzadi ka Roza
Carved entirely out of stone, this impressive 15m tall gateway, stands towering against a fort on the hilltop.
Built in 1485 and running 4 storeys deep, this unique well is accompanied by a flight of 32 steps, giving it the name 'Battisi'.
Built in the 15th century, this majestic holy place built by Chanderi's Governor still stands strong today.
Created long back in 1445, entirely out of white sandstone, this palace still survives in ruins yet looking beautiful.
Surrounded by shrines and cenotaphs, this picturesque tank was built by Bundela Rajput kings.
Jain temples dating back to the 9th and 10th century stand calm in Buddhi Chanderi.
Established in 1251, this giant structure is one of India's biggest mosques, and the only one without minars.
The massive fort stands on a 200m high hill with 3 intimidating entrances and offers a panoramic view of Chanderi town.
Palatial Datia
135 km 2 hrs 22 mins
An astonishing confluence of Mughal and Rajput architecture, the 7 storeyed Datia Palace stands tall in the historic city of Datia. While its exterior is adorned with arches, chhatris and oriel window.
Majestic Orchha
The historic town of Orchha, nestled on the banks of river Betwa, was founded in the 16th century by the Bundela Rajput Chief, Rudra Pratap. Here, the river Betwa splits into seven channels, also call.
Plan your Travel
Reaching by Air
Nearest airports are Gwalior, Bhopal and Devi Ahilyabai Holkar airport, Indore. It is well-connected to Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kathmandu, Hyderabad and Kolkata.
Reaching by Rail
The nearest railway station is Lalitpur, which is just 36 km away. So are Mungaoli, just 38 kms away and Ashok Nagar which is 46 kms away.
Reaching by Road
Frequent cab service to Chanderi is available from Gwalior, Indore, Bhopal, Shivpuri, Jhansi, Tikamgarh, Vidisha, Sanchi, Lalitpur, Guna and Ashok Nagar.
Destination Map
A handy digital map of the location and facilities for easy reference.
LOCAL GUIDE DIRECTORY
List and contact information of accredited local guides. Please call and book in advance.
DESTINATION BROCHURE
A guide to the sights, facilities, timings and more.
BEST SEASON TO VISIT
This destination can be visited throughout the year, but it's best to visit in the months of September to February.


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New Hope For Visually Impaired, Feel The View With Ford
Published on: 14 May, 2018, Author – IndianBlueBook
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Ford's investment into alternative technology was boosted up recently, as steps being taken to promote new efficiency-boosting measures rolled out across the business. Ford is releasing a sum of $11.5 billion (about Rs 768.03 billion) from current activities to make funds available for the enhancement of new propulsion systems and other alternative technologies. Part of the carmaker's cost-adjustment process will result in the removal of all fiestas and sedans from the US line-up by 2020
Ford has come up with some smart cabin technology in the least expected place you thought would benefit from it -- the windows. This technology is called "Feel The View," and it makes use of vibrations in a vehicle's side glass to provide the visually impaired a 'view' of the exterior.
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The technology was introduced by Ford's Italian division in collaboration with tech start-up Aedo. It transforms a visual image into vibrations of various intensities so that a blind or partially blind person can feel the landscape and enjoy the drive better.
Manufactured by Ford in a joint effort with Aedo (a startup that makes items for the weak sighted), and organization GTB Roma, this exceptional gadget utilizes an inherent outside confronting camera which changes the picture of the scene into a highly contrasting picture.
Those different shades of dark are then changed over into vibrations of fluctuating force that a man can feel utilizing his/her finger on the window itself, giving a nearly Braille-like perspective of the outer scene.
As the shades of gray are constantly varying the image is then projected by a vibration of varying intensities, a total of 255l. As of now this technology is only presented as a concepted but shows great promise in the development of technology and for the people who are weak sighted. A further development of this technology can allow the visually impaired to gain and enjoy a better experience when being seated in a vehicle.
"We seek to make people's lives better and this was a fantastic opportunity to help blind passengers experience a great aspect of driving," said a Ford spokesman. "The technology is advanced, but the concept is simple – and could turn mundane journeys into truly memorable ones".
In addition to the tactile feedback, Feel The View combines a vocal assistant inserted into the vehicle's audio system through a connected AI system to help add description to the image for blind or partially sighted passengers, so that they know whether they're looking at a mountain range, skyscrapers, and so on.
At present, this system is just a prototype, but further developments in the field of technology -- especially in a future age of autonomous vehicles -- seems boundless. Automakers know they will have to work tirelessly to delight the weak sighted when we speak of automated mobility, and a project like Feel The View could help the blind or in fact give them a better experience of enjoying a ride and have a better idea about their surroundings.
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Hyundai Motor India today announced that it will be increasing its production capacity at its Chennai plant in 2019, using smart engineering. The company claims that the expansion will require no additional investments and the production capacity will be increased from 713,000 units to 750,000 units.
Hyundai Motors India Ltd. (HMIL) roars out a price hike of 3% for its popular hatchback Grand i10 in India. This revised price hike can be seen rising in the Hyundai motor industry from August 2018. This announcement held with a press making up the statement on 17 July.
While its existing Assurance TripleMax range is known for offering a balanced mix of ride comfort and low road noise, the company has upgraded the series by introducing the TripleMax 2. Goodyear's new line gets a boosted compound formulation of Carbon-Silicon to aid braking, and downsized rubber blocks on the tyre's contact surface to further cut down road noise.
Today, Ford India has crossed a major milestone – a little over 20 years after it established its presence in the country, Ford has breached the 1 million unit sales mark. The one millionth car – a Ford Freestyle – was delivered to a customer today in New Delhi.
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