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Frank Erickson, '72, created a synthetic sperm whale oil that saved millions of automatic transmissions worldwide.
By Jon Marmor | December 26, 2019
The sperm whale was named for the valuable spermaceti oil (liquid wax) that this whale produces in its spermaceti organ, which is located in its head. Roughly 500 gallons of sperm whale oil is in the head of the male to protect its brain – the largest of any animal – when it dives deep into the ocean to dine on giant squid. The most famous sperm whale still to this day is from the novel "Moby Dick," which was written by Herman Melville in 1851.
In 1972, sperm whales breathed a huge sigh of relief because the Endangered Species Act was passed and these magnificent creatures could no longer be killed for their precious oil. In North America alone, 55 million pounds a year were being consumed. Little did anyone know that the car-driving public was about to learn a painful lesson — their automobiles' transmissions were in big trouble without sperm whale oil.
Thanks to the critical role that sperm whale oil played in making automatic transmission fluids and gear oils, car transmissions routinely lasted for the life of vehicle. Once alternative ingredients had to be found, transmissions began failing at unheard-of rates. Before 1972, less than 1 million transmissions failed each year; without sperm whale oil, transmission failures exploded to more than 8 million by 1975.
These failures created an aftermarket demand to repair millions of automatic transmissions. Thousands of transmission shops were opening across the United States in the late 1970s and '80s. Because the automatic transmission is the second-most expensive component in a car and the most complex to repair, total sales for transmission shops exceeded $50 billion by the 1990s.
Enter Frank Erickson, '72.
Erickson said his quest started in earnest in the early 1980s, when he became interested in jojoba oil. Indigenous to the southwestern desert in the U.S. and Mexico, jojoba is a direct replacement for sperm whale oil. This led Erickson to form International Lubricants, Inc., in October 1984.
It wasn't a direct path to success, however. The Seattle resident admits his wife Gretchen wasn't thrilled about the risk and career change as he was so successful in commercial real estate. A Zeta Psi Fraternity member since his days as a UW student in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Erickson spent his first two years majoring in engineering but he changed his major to business administration, graduating from the Foster School of Business in 1972.
In 1986, at the American Chemical Society meeting in Denver, he was introduced to Dr. Phillip Landis, a highly distinguished research chemist who headed the Mobil Oil Applied Lubrication Research Group before he retired in 1984. Landis' chemists and engineers had developed most of the lubricant formulations for Mobil Oil, the largest industrial oil company in the world. Mobil was the largest user of sperm whale oil, approximately 15 million pounds a year, or approximately half of the 30 million pounds that were used in lubrication applications. Landis was the most important addition to Erickson's new company.
Frank Erickson, '72
Together, they created the first synthetic jojoba oil derivatives which became the base of the original LUBEGARD products. This unique catalytic reaction became the basis of the first of many International Lubricants' patents.
Five years' worth of research and development were just part of the challenges Erickson had to overcome. Up to this point, he refinanced his house twice, sold his last apartment building and borrowed more than $400,000 from his parents. He wrote a new business plan to raise capital under the 1933 Securities Act. By 1993, he had raised more than $3.5 million from 73 individual investors from all over the world. International Lubricants also received multiple government Small Business Innovative Research Grants totaling more than $3 million to develop unique materials out of various agriculture-based oils. These grants gave Erickson's company the resources to purchase all of the equipment to build a state-of-the-art lubrication research laboratory.
LUBEGARD ATF Protectant was ready for market in late 1988 and Erickson knew that General Motors was having major shudder problems with the 440-T4, the automatic transmission for front-wheel drive vehicles, and the 700-R4, the transmission used on rear-wheel drive cars. GM jumped all over the product because it resolved the shudder issue. GM was so thrilled with the new lubricant Erickson's company developed that it told him not to sell anyone the product because it would take it to market after running a battery of tests. But as it turned out, GM really wanted to delay Erickson's market entrance and attempt to reverse-engineer the technology with the help of Afton (Ethyl) Corp. This period lasted more than a year, which cost International Lubricants time and money. Erickson learned a major lesson about large corporations and relationships with small business. Once his company discovered what GM was up to, Erickson decided that he had to take LUBEGARD ATF Protectant to market.
What is now considered a miracle product took time to gain traction after its creation in 1988 because transmission shops were resistant to any kind of aftermarket additive. So Erickson and three associates visited thousands of transmission shops along the West Coast to give a sample bottle to each shop. "The most difficult four months of my life," Erickson says.
"I'd have guys yelling at me when I was in their shop, calling it snake oil," he recalls. "We'd hit 80 shops a day, each of us doing 20 shops. By the time we had covered three western states and picked up over 34 distributors with over 400 distribution points, LUBEGARD ATF Protectant was the hottest-selling product in a new automotive category." That was because the shops actually tried out the bottle after they left.
Sourcing jojoba oil became a major problem in 1992, meaning that International Lubricants had to develop a new source of liquid waxes. Erickson's company then went to work and developed and patented the first and only high-temperature synthetic Liquid Wax Ester (LXE) as a replacement for both sperm whale oil and jojoba oil. This was a prime example of how a UW-educated alum's entrepreneurship made an incredibly positive impact in the world through innovation.
By 1993, the product gained its first OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) acceptance, receiving endorsements from German transmission manufacturer ZF Friedrichshafen, Europe's largest manufacturer of automatic transmissions. The product corrected problems in three of the transmissions used by BMW, Volvo, Saab, Volkswagen, Subaru and Audi. More OEM's began endorsing the LUBEGARD product for Ford, Honda, Hyundai and others. In 1993, LUBEGARD ATF Protectant sold more than 1 million bottles for the first time ever.
LUBEGARD ATF Protectant is the only aftermarket transmission product to win the prestigious "Product of the Year" award for its synthetic LXE (Liquid Wax Ester) technology from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers publication Lubricants World 1994. Every year since the early 1990s, LUBEGARD products have been voted by transmission rebuilders as the Top Shop Products by the trade magazine Transmission Digest.
Building Erickson's company required extensive traveling through the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Europe, Great Britain, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, etc. In fact, Erickson traveled more than 2.4 million miles to attend thousands of transmission seminars, conventions and workshops. In 2006, because of extensive flying, his doctor told him he had Pilots Disease (an enlarged heart). Erickson could no longer continue this extensive travel or he would not be around to enjoy the fruits of his labor. By 2006, his company's sales had grown every year for 18 years to over $10 million a year.
Erickson and his company, International Lubricants, Inc., had created jobs for 27 employees. Over the years, it received more than 100 patents and added more than 50 products to the LUBEGARD product line. LUBEGARD products are sold in more than 50 countries and by all automotive aftermarket chains such as Auto Zone, Advance, O'Reilly's, NAPA, etc. But more than the jobs he created or the vast number of products sold, Erickson changed the world for the better.

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Q: Laravel: Unknown column when using alias in DB::raw() I'm running the following SQL in Laravel:
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What am I doing wrong?

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From Refugee to Global Citizen: One Student's Story of Travel & Triumph
When the MV Explorer left Halifax for its fall 2012 voyage, Yadhu Dhital, a 20-year-old biological sciences student at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, just might have been the most excited student on the ship.
Four years ago, he says, he could have never imagined that he'd be traveling the world–living out a dream he's had since the age of seven.
Up until 2009, Dhital and his family of seven brothers and sisters lived in a small bamboo house in a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, heavy violence and inter-ethnic conflict in Bhutan forced out over 100,000 people. Many, like Dhital and his family, fled to Nepal, but were given no resources initially on which to live.
"My family fled in February of 1992 and moved to Nepal," Dhital said. "At that time, my parents and brothers lived on the streets. They were homeless; they lived in a plastic tent by the River Mai. I was born in the bank of the River Mai."
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees began giving assistance to refugees, and moved Dhital's family to a bamboo house on government land in a camp alongside of tens of thousands of other refugees.
Living conditions were very poor, and diseases like malaria, cholera, tuberculosis and measles were rampant.
'ÄúWe had very little to eat, only vegetables and rice," said Dhital. "I saw many people around me dying because of the conditions.'Äù
And then one day, while at school within the camp, Dhital saw something that would change his outlook on the world forever.
"When I was seven years old, I saw a globe in my school," Dhital said. "And that day, I realized the place I was living was not the whole world. I was inside the box until then."
It wasn't easy to get here. The UNHCR relocated Dhital and his family to the United States only three years ago, where they first lived in Florida, but found it difficult to get work.
Eventually they were moved again to Pittsburgh, where his father, who speaks very little English, is now working, Dhital said.
Yadhu worked hard to get good grades, and got accepted to the University of Pittsburgh on scholarship. From there, he looked into study abroad programs and was introduced to Semester at Sea. He applied, and was accepted, with a full scholarship.
Though it took Dhital months to obtain visas for the countries we are visiting, he was determined. Now on board the MV Explorer, he's taking classes to further his biological sciences degree, including his favorite course, infectious diseases. He hopes to one day become a doctor, so that he can work for a non-profit or non-governmental organization and help others.
"Because of my background, I saw many people dying without care and medical assistance," Dhital said. "I want to be a doctor and hope to be part of some non-profit organization in the future, so that I can help."
When in port, Dhital is immersing himself as much as he can in the cultures of the 14 different countries we are traveling to.
"I'm finally living my dream," he said. "I'm seeing the world."
 Pics provided by Yadhu Dhital. The picture on the top is Yadhu (middle, blue shirt) with his brothers and sisters. 2nd pic, left, Yadhu today; 3rd pic, right, Yadhu age 7 in his village, and the final picture is Yadhu at age 13 in Nepal.
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import com.google.cloud.dataplex.v1.DataplexServiceClient;
import com.google.cloud.dataplex.v1.EnvironmentName;
import com.google.cloud.dataplex.v1.ListSessionsRequest;
import com.google.cloud.dataplex.v1.Session;

public class SyncListSessions {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    syncListSessions();
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  public static void syncListSessions() throws Exception {
    // This snippet has been automatically generated and should be regarded as a code template only.
    // It will require modifications to work:
    // - It may require correct/in-range values for request initialization.
    // - It may require specifying regional endpoints when creating the service client as shown in
    // https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/setup#configure_endpoints_for_the_client_library
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}
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Testosterone Phenylpropionate is thought to increase testosterone levels, strength and muscle mass. Due to androgen receptor stimulation, Testosterone Phenylpropionate may lead to increased muscle mass, increased fat loss, muscle repair and growth.
Testosterone Phenylpropionate goes well with other compounds. In order to increase muscle density and mass, it is recommended to combine diet with exercise. Nandrolone phenylpropionate is a good drug, especially used in cutting cycle.
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Sustanon can be used in patients with low testosterone levels. If your testosterone levels are low, the best remedy is to use testosterone to boost your testosterone levels. Low testosterone levels may be associated with many possible symptoms. These symptoms can affect your physical, mental and sexual health. This should attract more attention.
For athletes, sustanon and other testosterone compounds are no better than mono-ester testosterone. Although Sustanon 250 contains four different kinds of testosterone, it is no more potent or less potent than any other. In addition, athletes need to be injected with hormones more frequently, not only to maintain stable levels, but also to maintain peak levels of testosterone.
Sustanon usually uses a dose of 250 mg per week, once every 3-4 weeks. Bodybuilders use 1000-2000 mg of high-dose steroids per week, which they use in combination with clomiphene or tamoxifen. This anabolic steroid is the basis of most cycles and is usually accumulated in a period of 8 to 10 weeks with Trenbolone, Winstrol, Masteron, Parabolan, Anadrol, Dianabol, growth hormone or thyroxine.
Post-cycle treatments such as clomiphene, tamoxifen, or Arimidex are highly recommended.
Trey is one of the happy users of this product. After using the product for at least six months, he was satisfied with the results. He said he felt great because he didn't have any bad side effects of Sustanon 250. His underarms or hand hair did not have a bad result. His sexual desire has also improved.
Michael is another passionate bodybuilder who has won endless praise for the Sustanon 250 he bought and included in his cycle. Although he hesitated from the start, he was inspired by his highly impressive and positive customer reviews about the product. He finally bought the product at the end of the fourth week of his cycle; he has achieved very positive results. He looked at himself in the mirror and was very impressive. He received more than 50% of the lifts, excellent endurance and strength. His muscle mass has increased by 4 kg. With his training in the gym and protein intake, he is experiencing very good results. By the fourth week of his cycle, he can do it without training, but retains protein intake. This is because the product is already working in his body. It changed the entire training program. He also significantly reduced fat.
Mark is a 45-year-old man who has been exercising for most of his life. David is looking for the initial strength, size and weight he has lost. In his Sustanon 250 cycle, he used Dianabol as an additional steroid for stacking. This gave him good results on the 21st day of the cycle. By the end of the cycle, he can get a total of 6 pounds. In addition, he added two inches of legs, an inch of arms and an inch of chest. David was impressed by this because it worked well during the offseason breeding cycle. He also intends to continue the cycle to get more and better results.
David is a body fitness instructor. He also works with most bodybuilders who use Sustanon 250 and other steroids. He helped many of his clients get very good results through exercise and Sustanon supplements. Most of his clients have won championships in different competitions. Mark and his clients are impressed by the fact that Sustanon supplements can do for bodybuilders. He strongly recommends this product.
Testosterone Cypionate was first introduced as a prescription drug in the US market in the 1950s by a company called Upjohn. It was originally sold under the name Depo-Testosterone and is still known for this name. In the US, it is better than Testosterone Enanthate, which is more like an international product.
After the drug was first introduced, Upjohn produced Depo-Testosterone for more than 50 years. In the 1960s, many American athletes and bodybuilders in the 1970s and 1980s preferred Testosterone Cypionate instead of Testosterone Enanthate. The half-lives of the two types of testosterone are also slightly different. Compared to Testosterone Enanthate, Testosterone Cypionate has a longer half-life. Other than that, there is no difference between the two.
In the 1970s, the approved medical use of testosterone propionate powder was reduced along with many other anabolic steroids. The FDA has indicated that Depo-testosterone is only used for testosterone replacement therapy. Considering that it is not suitable for women and children, and there are better steroids such as Primobolan and Anavar available for them, its use is even narrower.
Testosterone Cypionate is a synthetic testosterone, a long-acting parent hormone testosterone with a cyclic phosphate that delays its release into the body. Testosterone is the most effective, naturally occurring androgen formed in the human body. It is responsible for male-specific characteristics and sexual characteristics. Mainly used for clinical treatment, no testosterone disease or testosterone, cryptorchidism, functional uterine bleeding, menorrhagia, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, climacteric syndrome, metastatic breast and ovarian cancer, pituitary Sexual dwarfism, senile osteoporosis, aplastic anemia, etc.
The cypionate version of testosterone is thought to produce a slightly higher level of fluid retention. This long-lasting oily injection has the potential to keep testosterone levels long enough for up to two weeks.
The use of such an anabolic androgen steroid can be readily associated with a significant increase in physical and muscle mass levels during the expansion cycle.
The recommended dose for male Testosterone Cypionate is 50-200 mg per week. This steroid is usually injected once a week. It can effectively increase muscle mass and strength and is slightly more effective than testosterone heptanoate.
Testosterone Cypionate is a testosterone that is difficult to obtain for a long time. Cypionate can effectively increase muscle mass and strength. It is more effective than Testosterone Enanthate. It is very popular in testosterone, but it has more water and is more synthetic than other drugs. In terms of substances, the drug may react more often. The clinically effective dose is 200-1000 mg per week, and some people use up to 2000 mg/week. Of course, this is not very safe.
Testosterone Cypionate can only be used in the form of an injection, usually used to treat diseases such as low testosterone. More than 20 million people in the United States suffer from some form of low testosterone, which can seriously degrade their quality of life. Muscle mass and strength are diminished, libido and performance are declining, and increased body fat and low energy levels are common features of low testosterone. In addition, neglecting low testosterone can lead to many serious diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes and osteoporosis. Most men take an injection every 7 to 10 days, with a total of 100 mg to 250 mg per injection to completely eliminate the problem.
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For beginners, he will inject 400-500 mg of testosterone Cypionate weekly for about 12 weeks. To keep your blood levels peak and stable, you need to divide your total dose into two smaller injections In addition to testosterone, the beginner testosterone Cypionate cycle typically involving the use of an aromatase inhibitor (AI) to combat possible estrogen-related side effects. AI is like Arimidex (Anastrozole) and Femara (Letrozole) will be your best choice; 0.5 mg every other day is enough. For many men, this will represent everything needed for their testosterone cycle; but you can add more if needed. Some men may find Dianabol (Methandrostenolone) or Anavar (Oxandrolone) short-term acceptable. Overall, the effect of your testosterone Cypionate cycle will depend on the diet, but in the bulking cycle, Dianabol is acceptable for 4-6 weeks of 25 mg per day. In th e cutting cycle, 50 mg of Anavar can be used for 6 weeks per day; if used within the past 6 weeks, you will find that Anavar works best.
There are many anabolic steroids to choose from, and few have high levels of versatility and tolerance such as testosterone Cypionate. Ideal for beginners and users of long-term use of steroids, this steroid is impossible to make mistakes. If you are new to anabolic Steroids and you have taken full advantage of your natural potential, this is a perfect steroid that will see your progress again. If you are an advanced steroid user and have used Cypionate in the past, it will continue to work every time. This is not An anabolic steroid that is reserved for a specific population, or a steroid steroid that is only useful at a particular time, but a solid base steroid that is suitable for any cycle.
Testosterone Enanthate is the basic steroid of almost all cutting cycles and bulking cycles. Testosterone steroids are used in bodybuilding to increase muscle mass. Contrary to Dianabol, Anavar 50, etc., testosterone has always been the most suitable one when it comes to weight gain.
A total of 250-1000mg per week is often used, sometimes more advanced athletes. Since heptanoate has a relatively long half-life (4-5 days), it is usually injected twice a week. This will allow for a stable blood level to be maintained. When the level of steroids is gradually reduced, new injections are made to keep everything level. This is different from sustanon, which requires more frequent injections to achieve the same effect. For the first cycle, 500 mg of testosterone enanthate alone, twice a week (eg Monday and Thursday) for 10 weeks and standard after-cycle treatment would be sufficient to achieve good returns.
250 mg to 500 mg of testosterone enanthate per week for 10 weeks. Start PCT 14 days after the last injection.
Most products will be 250mg / ml. If you take 250 mg a week, this will result in a weekly injection of 1 ml. If you take 500 mg a week, we will need to take it every two weeks, for example, once a week and another on Thursday.
500mg-1000mg testosterone enanthate per week for more than 10 weeks. It may be stacked with other anabolic steroids and is often used as a base compound.
750 mg + testosterone enanthate per week for more than 10 weeks. May be stacked with many other anabolic steroids, such as dianabol, trenbolone, deca, etc.
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Testosterone Enanthate is an anabolic steroid that is perfect for all levels of use. This is the perfect anabolic steroid for the first time users. It can have possible side effects, but we also find that they are easy to control. After all, although only testosterone is synthesized, the human body is not only accustomed to this hormone, but also vital to our health and well-being.
When most people think of bodybuilders, if they do think of bodybuilders, they think of tall, muscular men like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. However, when the 2014 Olympia bodybuilding competition takes place in Las Vegas in September, it is almost certain that the winner of the sport's main event will not be more than six feet tall. The height of top players like kay green and Blanche warren is a whole other story – the rigorous training and chemical supplements prove the sport is more physically challenging and inaccessible than ever before.
To many, Schwarzenegger represents the beginning and end of bodybuilding. He was the sport's first true celebrity, its first crossover star, and remains the tallest champion (6-foot-2) in Olympia's history. Mr. Schwarzenegger, along with his mentor and patron, Joe Weider, owes much to him for promoting resistance exercises for strictly aesthetic purposes. From the late 1960s until his retirement in 1980, he led an era that coincided with the rapid growth of the American fitness industry. When he chose to focus on his film career has just started, the fitness as a concept has kept its purchasing power culture – from Hollywood action hero to President Reagan, at that time in the 1980 s, everyone in developing – although unable to create another "anu" that figure, fitness exercise itself also gradually fade out the line of sight of people.
Yet it has produced a string of champions whose physique dwarfs Mr Schwarzenegger's. Ronnie Coleman of Texas, an eight-time Olympian, is arguably the greatest bodybuilder of all time. Coleman's immediate successor, Jay Cutler, also weighed in at 280 pounds. Even at his peak, Schwarzenegger never weighed more than 235 pounds. The physique of a modern bodybuilder was simply out of reach in the early days of the sport.
The origins of competitive fitness can be traced back to the 1930s, when amateur sports leagues hosted the "Mr. American beauty pageant combined with weight lifting. The shows quickly became more popular than the power games that usually preceded them, and, whether they were held for the first or the last time, they always drew a larger audience than the sporting events of the AAU games. Joe Weider, The fitness magazine publisher behind "demi-gods" and "The Young physical," among others. First held in 1965, the Mr. Olympia competition was designed as the world championships for the widel international bodybuilding organization federation.
From the beginning, Olympia's participants benefited from a great 1950s discovery: anabolic steroids. Many other androgen drugs entered the market after John Ziegler, a physician, developed Dianabol, an export steroid. After the success of 1950s fitness icon Steve Reeves, who had a sharper physique than his predecessors, the game was judged on blood vessels and striated muscles, which are easier to develop and maintain with the help of drugs. Larry Scott, who won Olympia's first title at 205 pounds, was one of the first athletes to combine scientific fitness training with an extraordinary ratio. Later winners sergio oliva and Arnold Schwarzenegger went one step further, developing a physique unmatched by the best athletes in Greek sculpture. In the early 1980s, when 240-pound Lee Haney became an unbeatable competitor, the end of human development seemed to have come.
In 1992, British bodybuilder Dorian Yates won the Olympic title and changed all that. Though only 5 feet 9 inches tall, yates entered the race at 270 pounds, a combination of a frenetic training program and a rigorous steroid regimen that included growth hormones. Growth hormone, it turned out, was the missing link in the chain that allowed athletes to reach unprecedented lean weights, a trend that peaked when Ronnie Coleman won the Olympics at 297 pounds, just a few years after competing at 245 pounds (and losing at 245). Observers hailed Phil Heath's recent victory at Olympia as a return to normality, but Heath carries more weight than harney, Schwarzenegger or oliva.


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Iran uranium enrichment far beyond JCPOA limit, top official says
Nicholas Sakelaris
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inspects nuclear technology on National Nuclear Technology Day, April 9, at a facility in Tehran, Iran. File Photo by Iranian Presidency Office/EPA-EFE
July 8 (UPI) -- Iran's top nuclear official said Monday Tehran has far surpassed the stockpile limit for uranium set by the 2015 agreement that sought to keep the nation from producing atomic weapons.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, said Iran has reached 4.5 percent enriched uranium. The limit set by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is 3.7 percent.
Iran has moved forward with breaching parts of the pact since the United States announced its withdrawal last year and European parties to the deal haven't aided Tehran in skirting U.S. sanctions, government officials said.
"They made no proper moves, so according to the order of the president and the Supreme National Security Council, we surpassed the 3.67 percent limit," Kamalvandi said.
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"We have no obstacle or problem with this action."
Increasing uranium levels up to 20 percent have been discussed by Iranian leadership as a possible third phase, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. That would also involve increasing the number of centrifuges.
"Twenty percent is not needed now, but if we want we will produce it," Kamalvandi added. "If our country's needs are one thing, we won't pursue something else just to scare the other side a little more. But they know it's an upward trend."
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The Obama-era accord promised to lift sanctions against Iran in exchange for restricting Tehran's nuclear activities to the laboratory.
China, a party to the JCPOA, blamed the United States for Iran's recent moves.
"The facts show that unilateral bullying has already become a worsening tumor," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Monday. "The maximum pressure exerted by the U.S. on Iran is the root cause of the Iranian nuclear crisis."
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Charles and Camilla take to the dance floor with the President and First Lady of Ghana
Hannah Furness, Royal Correspondent, in Accra
6 November 2018 • 9:48am
Hannah Furness
In 1961, in a scene now made famous by The Crown, the Queen made history by dancing with the President of Ghana in a move which cemented their Commonwealth relationship in front of the watching world.
Last night, her son showed off his own moves as he took to the dance floor to get down to a spot of Ghanaian "high life" music.
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were the stars of the dance floor as they partnered with current President Afuko-Addo and his wife Rebecca, in an evening celebrating the long ties between their countries.
The Prince has previously spoken of his love of Ghanaian music,saying in a video message that he and his wife look forward to "meeting as many people as possible during our forthcoming visit and bearing in mind the very special memories I have from 40 years ago to re-experiencing the irresistible attractions of highlife and afro-beat."
The informal dance, at the end of a long state dinner at the President's Jubilee House, garnered praise from onlookers, who expressed surprise at the Royal couple's rhythm.
In 1961, the Queen made headlines for a foxtrot with President Nkrumah at a similar farewell ball in Accra.
Determined to visit the country despite serious security issues, she had considered it essential to cement Ghana's place in the Commonwealth and demonstrate her respect for its President.
The evening also saw the Prince presented with the Companion of the Order of the Star of Ghana, the highest civilian honour the country bestows.
In a speech, he said: "Now my wife and I have many new and special memories to take back with us after such a happy visit on this occasion – from the generosity of your welcome, Mr. President, and all the kind arrangements made on our behalf to the countless remarkable Ghanaians we have met, who are making a huge contribution to Ghana's growing success story. "Our hearts will be full, Mr. President, as we leave tomorrow with renewed affection for this very special country and with a sense of real pride and optimism in Ghana's increasingly vital position in the Commonwealth."
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Internships Career Building Professional Experience Undergraduate Expectations
Undergraduate Internship Expectations: Strategic Encouragement of Student Involvement
By Margaret K. Burns Et. Al.
2013, Vol. 5 No. 12 | pg. 1/2 | »
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Selected Literature on the Impact and Importance of Student Internships
Survey and Focus Group Results
Keywords:Internships Career Building Professional Experience Undergraduate Expectations
Internships supply undergraduates with work experience, networking potential, and opportunities to apply classroom content to career-oriented professions (D'Abate et al., 2009). Participation in an effective internship program benefits the undergraduate student, internship host, and community by professionally preparing undergraduates through mentored relationships. The current study examines undergraduate internship expectations with the goal of using our findings to encourage internship involvement. The Undergraduate Internship Expectations (UIE) survey was developed to collect self-report data via: (1) written response to the UIE survey from 100 undergraduates, and (2) focus groups during which 19 undergraduates discussed and elaborated on UIE survey questions. Survey results show that prior to beginning college, 50% of respondents thought that an internship would be part of their undergraduate career. However only about one in five respondents were currently participating in, or had already completed, an internship. After starting college, approximately 63% of respondents indicated they had considered an internship, but not initiated the process. A chi-square revealed this group was larger in proportion than any other (p < .001). UIE survey and focus group results indicate increased undergraduate internship participation would result from development of an internship program tailored to their expectations of benefits (e.g., skill development, workforce preparation, etc.) and priorities (e.g., relation to major, networking, etc.).
Now more than ever undergraduates need to be educated, prepared for the workforce, and have skills relevant to their chosen field of work. These qualifications show employers that undergraduates are valuable to them and merit the employer's training and wages (Zupek, 2011). Undergraduates need to be involved in internships to reach these goals, as classroom learning often does not suffice to prepare undergraduates for employment (American Accounting Association, 1952).
A review of popular literature shows undergraduates who complete an internship bring more to the classroom experience to supplement content, including through greater self-awareness by having greater exposure to the habits of the professional world (Westerberg & Wickersham, 2011). Beyond the classroom, internships allow undergraduates a hybrid form of education and skill development by working in a real world environment while still receiving the mentorship they need to grow in their chosen field.
Freestone, Williams, Thompson, and Kerry (2007) showed internships promote undergraduate employment prospects by providing the opportunity for them to apply their knowledge and skills in a real world setting. Freestone et al. (2007) administered their Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) to undergraduates in a one-year degree program offered in Australia. The CEQ was designed to assess goals, tasks, and skills associated with internships as well as examine their role in supporting undergraduate learning. CEQ results indicated undergraduates felt satisfaction with internship work placement when they received support from their internship host, and when they felt their academic and internship advisors were consistently supportive (Freestone et al., 2007). Research done by Freestone et al. (2007) supports the possibility that positive and more numerous internship experiences are facilitated not only by the internship itself, but also by the input undergraduates have on their internship program.
Green, Graybeal, and Madison (2011) suggest internships benefit undergraduates because they help them identify key traits for entering the professional world. Green et al. (2011) surveyed business school undergraduates to better understand the effects participating in an internship had on the value they placed on employer desired traits. Respondents were surveyed before and after involvement in an internship. Survey results showed undergraduates and employers had different ideas about what was important during an interview (Green et al., 2011). Before starting an internship, undergraduates tended to place less importance on traits employers found valuable, but, post internship, undergraduates had become more aware of the traits employers value (Green et al., 2011). This finding shows internships prepare undergraduates for the working world by aligning undergraduate (potential employee) and employer expectations and priorities with the subsequent effect of making internship trained undergraduates a more desirable choice for employers.
A survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) found that nearly 60% of interns turned their internship into a full time job (2011). This is clear evidence that internships greatly impact one's chance of finding employment in their academic field after college. According to The Washington Center (TWC), even if an undergraduate is not offered a position when their internship is complete, the networking opportunities they were exposed to while in their internship position are invaluable (TWC, 2011). Many undergraduates are offered positions immediately following graduation because of the connections they made while networking as an intern (TWC, 2011).
Additionally, participating in an internship provides benefits not only to the undergraduate, but the employer as well. A significant challenge for employers is finding employees who possess adequate skills (Billitteri, 2009). Billitteri (2009) summarized previous research indicating that, of 200 surveyed employers, almost half revealed they provided training to the college graduates they hired. This suggests, now more than ever, undergraduates need internships. If more undergraduates participated in internships, they would be more professionally prepared to enter the workforce and companies like those surveyed could minimize new hire training and focus on other priorities.
There is nevertheless a lack of research on the topic of undergraduate internship interest and involvement (D'Abate, Youndt, & Wenzel, 2009). The current study explores undergraduate expectations (i.e., motivations and hurdles) for the internship process. To address this goal, we surveyed undergraduates at a small liberal arts college about their expectations and perceptions of the internship process.
The purpose of the current study is to further clarify undergraduate expectations of the internship experience. To do this, we conducted focus groups and survey research.
Materials. Respondents were asked to complete the Undergraduate Internship Expectations (UIE) survey (see Appendix A) on their personal computer or smartphone. We designed the UIE survey to include six questions related to student expectations of the internship experience and designed to avoid priming particular responses. Questions and responses came in one of three formats: (1) multiple-choice with provided options, (2) ratings requested based on a five-point Likert scale with provided beginning, mid, and end points (1, 3, 5) and (3) open ended responses.
Respondents. 100 undergraduates were selected to complete the UIE Survey via convenience sampling at a small liberal arts college. These undergraduates were compensated for their time with course participation. Each undergraduate was provided the option to participate or complete an alternative task related directly to course demands. Demographic information collected was restricted to class standing and showed our sample included first through fourth year students. All survey responses were kept confidential and no identifying information was collected.
Procedure. The UIE survey was administered in a classroom setting. Respondents were instructed to keep conversation to a minimum so as to maintain the integrity of individual results. The researcher provided respondents a brief summary of the informed consent document and purpose of the study.
After signed, informed consent documents were collected, and respondents completed the UIE survey via Survey Monkey using their personal laptops or Smartphones. Survey Monkey was used as a secure storehouse for the confidential information obtained, for presentation of survey questions, and as a data summary tool.
After completion of the UIE survey, all respondents were thanked for their time. As respondents were aware of the study's aims, no debriefing session took place.
Materials. The UIE survey was used as a source for questions specifically relating to undergraduate expectations of the internship process. A recording device (iPhone 4s Voice Memos) was used to maintain authenticity for transcription.
Respondents. A focus group including 19 undergraduates was formed to further discuss and analyze questions from the UIE survey and form ideas about how to encourage undergraduate involvement. The focus group was composed of third and fourth year undergraduates. Respondents represented various segments of the internship participation population ranging from those who had never completed an internship to those who had completed several. Respondents were recruited as volunteers and asked to convene in the group for one hour; they were provided course credit and refreshments for their participation.
Procedure. The focus group session was held in a college classroom and audio recorded to maintain authenticity in conversation and response transcription. The questions posed in the focus group were sourced from the UIE survey, but allowed respondents greater opportunity for elaboration, discussion, and reflection. Responses collected via the focus groups were coded into categories present on the UIE survey and extending beyond.
UIE Survey data were stored in Survey Monkey and responses to each question were analyzed using the appropriate method, given question type. For questions assessing general trends (UIE questions 1, 2, 4, &5), descriptive statistics were used to summarize undergraduate responses. UIE question 3 compared stages of internship completion (e.g., considered but not initiated, already completed, etc.), thus, inferential statistics were used to allow comparisons between those who had completed internships and those who had not.
Respondents were asked if they thought, previous to beginning college, an internship would be a part of their undergraduate career (UIE question 2). Of our 100 survey respondents, 50.0% indicated they expected an internship would be part of their undergraduate career. Respondents were then asked if they had ever: considered but not initiated, initiated, completed an internship or never considered an internship (UIE question 3). Of the100 respondents, 63.3% indicated they had considered participating in an internship, but had not yet initiated the process. 17.3% of respondents indicated they had not considered participating in an internship, 9.2% were currently working in an internship, and 10.2% had already completed one or more internships (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Results of UIE survey question three which assessed internship experience.
FIA chi-square shows a significant difference (p < .001) among student internship experiences (UIE question 3). Grouping responses to UIE questions 2 and 3, data reveal 19.4% of our sample were or had been engaged in internships. The difference between the 50.0% of our sample who indicated they expected an internship to be part of their college career and the 19.4% who indicated they were or had been involved in an internship produced a 30.6% internship involvement gap (Huddy, Frederick, Burns, Aitkenhead, 2013). UIE question 4 assessed undergraduate motivation for participating in an internship with, ranked by average score on a 5-point Likert scale, the top motivators being (1) skill development, (2) relevance to major, (3) workforce preparation, and (4) networking (see Figure 2).
Figure 2: Results of UIE survey question four which assessed the importance of each aspect (noted in graph) when considering an intership.
Respondents were, then, asked about hurdles to internship completion (UIE question 5). As identified by survey respondents, the top four hurdles undergraduates face, ranked by average score on a 5-point Likert scale, are (1) competing priorities, (2) time commitment, (3) qualification concerns, and the (4) application process (see Figure 3).
Figure 3: Results of UIE Survey question five which assessed significant hurdles to completing an intership.
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Good sleeping pads are meant to be all rounder; they are supposed to be of great help in all kinds of weather. From the cold winters to the windy autumns and the hot summer one good sleeping pad is your right companion.
Here is a list of the five best outstanding sleeping pads that were ominously selected. Nonetheless, this year the competition for the best sleeping pads was very stiff as new products stormed the pad market too. But all in all we still managed to comprise a list that will guide you amicably.
ALPS self-inflating air pad gives you that same comfort and feel even if you are away from home. It saves time and easy to use by self-inflating and deflating making your packing and assembling very easy. The light weight series makes transportation very easy and dependable.
This jet stream foam rolls up and is very compatible with other stuff you intend to carry along. It has a tough top fabric with a polyester taffeta, and a lightweight Ripstop. One outstanding benefit is that this self-inflating air pad will always give you warmth hence giving you a long warm night in the cold winters. The sleeping pad comes with a repair kit and a compression straps.
Klymit Static Sleeping Pad gives comfortability competition. It is user-friendly and not complicated. It is a very innovative and up standard sleeping pads having a V-Chamber design that is very essential in controlling heat loss and air movement hence keeping you warm throughout.
Its flexibility makes it easy to pack and fold into different sizes to fit in different bags. Klymit Static V COMES WITH RAILS that will keep you well protected and on the pad. The rugged 75D polyester on the top and bottom makes it easy to inflate very fast and quick.
It only requires about 15-20 breaths for inflating making it unique compared to other sleeping pads. It is a very comfortable sleeping pad when fully inflated giving you that comfy and sound asleep feel. Its attributes of being portable make it very easy to pack and travel with. It comes with a repair kit.
Are you planning a weekend getaway to some rocky mountain or deep thick forest far away from home? And You are allergic to carrying much stuff while travelling and you want something portable. Just go for the Coleman Self-inflating Camp Pad that comes with a pillow.
Your night time is made comfortable and warm with this Coleman Self-Inflating Camp Pad not forgetting the pillow it comes with. It is easy to assemble by just rolling it and letting it automatically inflate. It is made to endure any kind of weather made of a sturdy nylon shell that will endure nights after nights to affinity.
The robust design will offer an added comfortability and durability. When you are done sleeping dissembling, it just requires letting open the valve as you roll it up to your bag. The pad's outer layer tuff adds comfort to the user.
Once again, the XTherm has come with another household property that outstands other sleeping pads. This sleeping pad has an unmatched stand on comfort and warmth, size, durability and finally weight. The XTherm air pad gives inclusive warmth with a weight ratio different from all other air pads by far. Featuring a soft and non-slipped fabric, it is highly a better option for soft and comfortable nights. If you wanted that one sleeping pad that would confer with your all year need, then this one is the right choice. Weighing only 15 ounce the Therm-a-Rest is one of the warmest sleeping pads. You can use this sleeping pad in all kind of weather from cold winters to windy autumns. A very portable sleeping pad makes it very easy to fit in any bag size. The price range is worth it if you treasure warm comfortable and long nights. The pad design has stable edges and with enough space for turning in your sleep. It is a perfect sleeping pad that is an all rounder.
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The surfaces are made with smooth surfaces making it compatible with your body. It also features a rectangular design that gives it that attractive outlook. It is a great sleeping pad for all your winter, spring, summer, and fall.
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Few of us would argue with safe working conditions and fair wages as a basic human right, yet the number of high profile scandals involving well know high street brands and their questionable employment practices does not seem to be on the decline.
As consumers, we are interested in how the everyday products we buy are produced and traded. We want to make informed purchasing choices.
Yet it is virtually impossible for us as consumers to know how our break-time banana or new cotton shirt have been produced, and by whom.
We therefore rely on labels.
A multitude of labels are present in our supermarkets and high street stores that aim to act as a signifier of, for example, 'fair trade' or 'single origin'. Whilst it can be seen as a positive development that we as consumers have information about the trading practices of the products in our weekly shopping trolley, it is also confusing.
Because there are so many different types of labels, it is difficult to understand what they mean.
Look behind the label and there are important differences; some labels focus on assuring minimum pricing for commodity products such as coffee, tea and cocoa to farmers, others focus on biodiversity conservation and gender equity whilst others look at how products are sourced and shipped to our shelves. As a consumer I find this confusing. What am I buying?
As a researcher I have seen how over the past five-10 years the increase in the number and type of product labels has resulted in what has become known as a 'standards market'.
Many labels are essentially competing to be adopted by big brands to ensure that their type of label is widely known and used. Those who established the fair trade movement are critical of this development and see this 'mainstreaming' of fairly traded products as diluting the ethos of the movement. There are also important questions about whether these big brands that are adopting the labels really reflect the ethos of fair trade.
For many labelling schemes an audit process is used to assure the fair trade credentials of various actors in the supply chain (e.g. farmers, distributors, retailers). This audit process is usually conducted by an independent third party and it is interesting to note how it is usually the farmer that pays for the audit process.
Once the audit is successfully completed, the label can be used. This seems fairly clear and offers a degree of transparency as many audit reports or summaries are available on the websites of the labelling schemes.
A rather worrying recent development has been a move from UK supermarkets away from using established labels and, in essence, the development of their 'own brand' of fair trade label. Why, when there are so many established labels to choose from, would supermarkets do that? I can only speculate, but would suspect that is related to a greater level of control and a clearer alignment between the label and the goals of the supermarket.
This development is currently a hotly contested topic at the Annual General Meetings of our high street supermarkets and many feel that this move is a dilution of fair trade standards, a threat to independence and the institution of a corporate rather than collaborative business model.
In my view this development is neither beneficial for those involved in the production of products or for us as consumers. We need these labels to act as proxy measures for the trading practices that we are unable to see.
Rather than the development of yet more labels, I would like to see a reduction in the number of labels and clear information about what such labels are representing. These labels are so important to the livelihoods of many. Rather than arguing about which label to use or developing new and different varieties, I would urge those with influence to focus on ensuring the principles of fair trade are truly embedded in today's supply chains.
Let us remember that in an ideal world we would need no label as fairly traded products will be the norm. Rather than developing a multitude of labels my view is that our sole aim should be to have no need for any at all.
Claire Hannibal is Professor of Operations Management at the University of Wolverhampton Business School and Head of the Management Research Centre.
She will give her inaugural lecture, Who Cares Wins? Examining Sustainability on the Supply Chain next month.


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IoT-X has been adopted by over 500 enterprise customers, including tier 1, 2 and 3 mobile network operators. The platform is agnostic to network type and includes a rich set of features, which have been developed for over a decade. IoT-X provides enterprises with the ability to manage the IoT connectivity lifecycle, subscribers and billing.
Sagemcom, is an innovative and well-recognized international leader in the industrial Smart City, and Smart Nation market, thanks to its combination of Smart Metering, Smart Infrastructure solutions, and its end-to-end IoT Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) products portfolio, SICONIA™, ranging from infrastructure solutions, such as Carrier-Grade Gateways enabled for Geolocation, LoRa™ Network Server (LNS), Geolocation Solver, in addition to small and cost efficient Multi-usage IoT devices.
Mohsen Shakoor, Strategic Partnerships at Stream Technologies, said: "We are pleased to announce our partnership with Sagemcom. Together we are making it simpler for enterprises to deploy scalable, commercial LoRa networks. A single IoT-X account provides Sagemcom's enterprise customers with access to Stream's LoRaWAN IoT-X platform and a host of global coverage options for cellular and satellite networks. Sagemcom's enterprise customers can use Stream's cost-effective tariff options to provide backhaul connectivity for their gateways. Network operators can use IoT-X to manage and commercialise their IoT networks and provide a single interface for their enterprise customers, to manage their IoT connectivity."
"This collaboration reinforces Sagemcom's vision and strategy of the LPWAN IoT, enabling fast, flexible and cost efficient deployments on many different market verticals, gathering and structuring diverse IoT communities worldwide, collaborating around a common mass market objective" says Eric Rieul, CEO of Sagemcom Energy & Telecom.


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Q: Is there a way to specify the time duration for which services should run using compose file I have deployed services using docker stack deploy in two nodes. I would like to know is there a way to specify the duration of time for which each service should run using a compose file or in some other ways (may be a using an option while deploying the stack). Basically the stack should be removed after the specified time.
Thank you in advance.

A: Using Docker Compose features, no. Docker Compose is intended to run and manage services, but you cannot tell Docker Compose "remove this stack after X time".
However you can use another tool (such as a cron job or an external script) which will call docker-compose down or stop on your stack after it was run a specified time, or a more complex task manager which will leverage Compose itself.