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«Сте́рлядь прісново́дна» — пам'ятна монета номіналом 2 гривні, випущена Національним банком України, присвячена зникаючому виду родини Осетрових — стерляді прісноводній (Acipenser ruthenus) — придонній рибі, яка тримається поодинці або невеликими групами на глибоких руслових ділянках річок із чистою проточною водою. Вид внесено до Червоної книги України.

Монету введено в обіг 27 листопада 2012 року. Вона належить до серії «Флора і фауна».

Опис монети та характеристики

Аверс

На аверсі монети в обрамленні вінка, утвореного із зображень окремих видів флори і фауни, розміщено малий Державний Герб України та написи: «НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ»/ «БАНК» /«УКРАЇНИ»/ «2»/ «ГРИВНІ»/ «2012» та логотип Монетного двору Національного банку України.

Реверс

На реверсі монети зображено стерлядь та розміщено написи: «СТЕРЛЯДЬ ПРІСНОВОДНА» (унизу на матовому тлі, що імітує піщане дно) та «ACIPENSER RUTHENUS» (угорі).

Автори

 Художник — Дем'яненко Володимир.
 Скульптор — Дем'яненко Володимир.

Вартість монети
Ціну монети — 15 гривень встановив Національний банк України у період реалізації монети через його філії у 2012 році.

Фактична приблизна вартість монети з роками змінювалася так:

Див. також

 Список ювілейних та пам'ятних монет України з недорогоцінних металів
 Список ювілейних та пам'ятних монет України з дорогоцінних металів

Примітки

Посилання
 Опис монети на сайті Національного банку України

Пам'ятні та ювілейні монети України
Флора і фауна (серія монет)

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The 1871 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 10, 1871. Republican nominee Edward Follansbee Noyes defeated Democratic nominee George Wythe McCook with 51.75% of the vote.

General election

Candidates
Major party candidates
Edward Follansbee Noyes, Republican
George Wythe McCook, Democratic

Other candidates
Gideon T. Stewart, Prohibition

Results

References

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Lower Sakonnet River closed to shellfishing
PROVIDENCE – A shellfish harvesting closure is in effect for lower Sakonnet River, Harvester Tagging Area 5C, until further notice. The closure is due to a preliminary toxic shellfish finding associated with the harmful algae bloom being monitored in Rhode Island waters. The closure includes carnivorous snails, such as whelk and moon snails.
On October 7, The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) announced a precautionary shellfishing closure for Rhode Island waters due to a confirmed bloom of toxic phytoplankton, Pseudo-nitzschia spp. During the week-long closure, water and shellfish samples were analyzed for the presence of the toxin domoic acid which is responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans. All shellfish samples collected tested negative. The closure was lifted on October 15 as a result; however, DEM and RIDOH continued to collect and analyze samples given the bloom's continued presence in local and regional waters.
On October 19, domoic acid was detected in a preliminary screening of shellfish collected from lower Sakonnet River. Additional samples are being collected from the area for analysis to determine if the toxin is present at levels of concern. Shellfish samples from throughout Rhode Island waters will continue to be collected and analyzed until the bloom subsides.
Impacted waters extend north of a line from Sachuest Point to Sakonnet Point Light and south of an east/west line across the Sakonnet River, lying one-quarter mile south of the pipeline just south of Black Point and east of a north/south line running from Flint Point to Taggert's Ferry in Middletown.
For updates on shellfish closure areas, contact the DEM 24-hour shellfishing hotline at 401-222-2900. To join the DEM Marine Fisheries email list, subscribe at rimarinefisheries-subscribe@listserve.ri.gov.
For more information on DEM divisions and programs, visit www.dem.ri.gov. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/RhodeIslandDEM or on Twitter (@RhodeIslandDEM) for timely updates.
Department or agency: Department of Environmental Management
Online: http://www.dem.ri.gov/

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Kīkaṭa was an ancient Indian kingdom in what is now India, mentioned in the Vedas.

A section in the Rigveda (RV 3.53.14) refers to the Kīkaṭas, with its ruler Pramangada. Some scholars have placed them in Bihar (Magadha) because Kikata is used as synonym for Magadha in the later texts; while other scholars dispute this and point to evidence for a more western location, in the area approximately south of Kurukshetra (see below). Like the Magadhas in the Atharvaveda, the Rigveda speaks of the Kikatas as a hostile tribe, living on the borders of Vedic India, who did not perform Vedic rituals.

Zimmer has argued, in referring to Yaksha, that they were a non-Aryan people. According to Weber, they were a Vedic people, but were sometimes in conflict with other Vedic people.

Location
Placement of Kikata in Magadha is challenged by some scholars such as the historical geographers Mithila Sharan Pandey (who argues they must have been near Western Uttar Pradesh), and O.P. Bharadwaj (who places them near the Sarasvati River), historian Ram Sharan Sharma, who believes they were probably in Haryana, and Michael Witzel who places them south of Kurukshetra, in Eastern Rajasthan or western Madhya Pradesh, and his assertion that the Magadha is beyond the geographical horizon of Rigveda.

References in texts
The names, Kitava and Kitika, closely resemble Kikata, and were found in the Mahabharata.

The Ajas, the Prishnis, the Sikatas, the Arunas, and the Kitavas, have all gone to heaven through the merit of Vedic study (12:26).

The Abhishahas, the Surasenas, the Sivis, and the Vasatis, the Swalyas, the Matsyas, the Amvashtas, the Trigartas, and the Kekayas, the Sauviras, the Kitavas, and the dwellers of the Eastern, Western, and the Northern countries,--these twelve brave races were resolved to fight reckless of the lives for Bhishma(6:18). The Sauviras, the Kitavas, the Easterners, the Westerners, the Northerners, the Malavas, the Abhishahas, the Surasenas, the Sivis, and the Vasatis were mentioned as taking part in Kurukshetra War siding with the Kauravas (6:107). The Sauviras, the Kitavas, the Easterners, the Westerners, the Northerners, the Malavas, the Abhishahas, the Surasenas, the Sivis, the Vasatis, the Salwas, the Sayas, the Trigartas, the Amvashthas, and the Kaikeyas were again mentioned on the Kaurava side at (6:120).

The tribes Vairamas, Paradas, Tungas, with the Kitavas who lived upon crops that depended on water from the sky or of the river and also they who were born in regions on the sea-shore, in woodlands, or countries on the other side of the ocean waited at the gate, being refused permission to enter, with goats and kine and asses and camels and vegetable, honey and blankets and jewels and gems of various kinds. -- bringing tribute to Pandava king Yudhishthira (2:50).

Madraka, and Karnaveshta, Siddhartha, and also Kitaka; Suvira, and Suvahu, and Mahavira, and also Valhika, Kratha, Vichitra, Suratha, and the handsome king Nila were mentioned as kings at (1:67).

Kikata (कीकट) is mentioned in Mahabharata (VIII.30.45)....."The Karasakaras, the Mahishakas, the Kalingas, the Kikatas, the Atavis, the Karkotakas, the Virakas, and other peoples of no religion, one should always avoid."

Like Rigveda attributes of Kikatas, Atharvaveda also speaks about south eastern tribes like Magadhas and Angas as hostile tribe who lived on the borders of Brahmanical India. According to Puranic literature Kikata is placed near Gaya. It is described as extending from Caran-adri to Gridharakuta (vulture peak), Rajgir.

List of Rulers
Known Notable Rulers were-

King Kitaka
Pramangada
Suvira
Suvahu
Mahavira
Valhika
Kratha
Vichitra
Suratha
Nila
Madraka
Karnaveshta
Siddhartha

See also
Janapada
Mahajanapada
RigVeda
Mahabharata & Vyasa
Historical Vedic Religion

References

Kingdoms in the Mahabharata
History of Bihar
Kingdoms of Bihar
Former kingdoms


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Tag: Veggie
Oklahoma College Students Blossom During Tour of Florida Spaceport
Courtney Miller, a student at Langston University in Oklahoma, participates in a hands-on experience inside a Space Station Processing Facility lab at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 18, 2019. Miller was part of a tour of the Florida spaceport organized by NASA's Office of Education and Langston professor Byron Quinn, Ph.D. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
A small group of undergraduate students from Langston University in Oklahoma soaked up an extraordinary experience during a tour of NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Traveling with Byron Quinn, Ph.D., Langston's director of the Science Research Institute, the students were making their first trip to Kennedy — and to the Sunshine State — on Wednesday, Sept. 18. The tour included stops at SwampWorks, Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) labs, the microgravity simulator in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, the Vehicle Assembly Building and the Visitor Complex. The students also met with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) leads at the Center for Space Education to explore internship possibilities.
Dr. Gioia Massa, NASA Veggie project lead, addresses Langston University students, from left, Sherman Cravens, Kashia Cha, Courtney Miller and Makyah Farris, along with Langston professor Byron Quinn, Ph.D., at Kennedy Space Center. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
"It was definitely eye-opening," said Sherman Cravens, who attended with fellow Langston students Kashia Cha, Makyah Farris and Courtney Miller. "It's very exciting to see the work they are doing here firsthand. And they're reaching out to students and saying 'you can do this work, too.'"
Kennedy's Dr. Gioia Massa, the NASA Veggie project lead, along with Lashelle Spencer, research and development scientist, guided the students through SSPF areas featuring International Space Station environmental simulator chambers; Veggie; Greenwerks, which studies plant growth in space; and food production innovation.
Cha, whose family owns a wholesale produce business, was particularly interested in hydroponics, a method with which she has some experience.
Kennedy Space Center Veggie Project Manager Trent Smith talks with students from Langston University during their Sept. 18 trip to the Florida spaceport. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston
"It's exciting to see NASA using the same thing; it's also very intriguing to see the differences in it as well," Cha said. "I'm here to learn and to see. I loved it all — especially the hydroponics."
Langston, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), is a NASA Office of STEM Engagement grantee under the Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO). Wednesday's trip addressed a main focus of research being done at the university by Quinn and his students: to develop natural countermeasures — through extracts from plants — that will benefit astronauts' immune systems.
"For the students to be able to learn from the scientists here … it's so beneficial for their growth," Quinn said. "NASA really pushes the bounds of science. It's just amazing to have this opportunity."
Author James CawleyPosted on September 23, 2019 Categories KennedyTags International Space Station, Kennedy, Kennedy Space Center, Langston University, Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building, Space Station Processing Facility, SwampWorks, Veggie
Students Show off Plant Research at Symposium in Miami
Trent Smith, left, and Gioia Massa give a talk on Veggie at the Student Research Symposium in Miami on April 27, 2019. Photo credit: NASA/Dinah Dimapilis
By Rachel Cox
NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Students from around the country convened with NASA scientists in Miami for the Student Research Symposium on April 27 as part of the Growing Beyond Earth program, a partnership between NASA and the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
Growing Beyond Earth is an educational outreach and citizen science program that reaches over 170 middle and high schools from Florida, Colorado and Puerto Rico. NASA's Kennedy Space Center plant production scientists Gioia Massa and Trent Smith train teachers, who then receive plant growth chambers that mimic Veggie, the space garden residing on the International Space Station.
Students and teachers listen to Ray Wheeler discuss the history of plant research for space. Photo credit: NASA/Dinah Dimapilis
In the fall, students set up their plant growth chambers and conduct experiments designed by Fairchild in conjunction with Kennedy.
"Every year, it's something different," Massa explained. "Last year, they were looking at photoperiod, how plants respond to different durations of light. This year, they're looking at the neighbor effect, how different plants influence each other by growing next to each other."
Since the beginning of the program, students have tested approximately 130 plant varieties under different conditions. Some schools are in high humidity areas, like Puerto Rico, while others have low humidity, like Colorado. Sometimes students overwater their plants; other times they forget. Sometimes the power goes out over the weekend. Plants that do well across these different environments make good candidates for space.
Both middle and high schools participate in new crop testing. But after getting a good grasp on the system in the fall, high school students can take it a step further and design independent experiments in the spring. These projects were the focus of the Miami symposium; 34 high schools presented their independent research, plus 17 middle schools presented their work on new crop testing.
"We had the students testing some really creative things," Massa said. One project looked at using nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the substrate. Another 3D printed different containers.
The students created scientific posters, just like a NASA scientist would for a conference, with sections for the abstract, introduction, materials, results, conclusion and references. Fairchild printed out the posters, and the students presented them. Then Massa and her colleagues judged them on their poster, the quality of their project and presentation, the significance to NASA and how well they understood it.
Twelve Kennedy employees supported the event, including Bryan Onate, chief of the Life Sciences and Utilization Division, and Josie Burnett, director of Exploration Research and Technology Programs, along with plant production scientists and interns. Massa, Smith and Ray Wheeler gave talks to the students about Veggie and plant space research.
Author James CawleyPosted on May 9, 2019 Categories International Space Station, KennedyTags Exploration Research and Technology, International Space Station, ISS, Kennedy Space Center, Veggie
Plant Experiment Veg-03 H Initiated on Space Station
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques initiated plant experiment Veg-03 H aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, March 9, 2019. This required Saint-Jacques to add water to "plant pillows," which are space pots for plants that contain pre-packed seeds, granular media for the roots to grow into, controlled-release fertilizer, and a way for the on-orbit gardeners to water their plants in microgravity. The experiment should take 30 days to complete and will provide data on food safety for the new crops to compare to ground studies in order to establish a baseline.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques began growing two new crops aboard the International Space Station on Saturday, March 9, 2019. The two crops, Wasabi Mustard Greens and Extra Dwarf Pak Choi, are part of experiment Veg-03 H. Saint-Jacques placed six "plant pillows" into the veggie growth chamber. This experiment is part of ongoing research on the space station and on Earth to identify fresh vegetables capable of providing astronauts food and nutrition during long-duration spaceflight, including future missions to the Moon or Mars.
Each pillow serves as a pot designed for space with pre-packed seeds, a substance for the roots to grow into, controlled-release fertilizer, and a way for the in-orbit gardeners to water their plants in microgravity.
High school and middle school students participating in the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's Growing beyond Earth Challenge identified Extra Dwarf Pak Choi as a potential candidate crop for space through classroom science experiments, along with Dragoon Lettuce, which NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor grew on the station last fall. Using science stations designed to mimic conditions on the space station gave students a chance to grow plants and record data that NASA was able to use. Those experiments culminated in the plant species which launched to the space station aboard the 15th SpaceX cargo resupply mission on June 29, 2018, along with three other plant species.
The experiment should take 30 days to complete and will provide data on food safety for the new crops to compare to ground studies in order to establish a baseline.
"I think the astronauts will be surprised to learn that the Extra Dwarf Pak Choi that they grow and eat has the same amount of Vitamin C by weight as does a fresh Florida orange," said NASA scientist Matt Romeyn, "and the leaves don't taste much different than other fresh leafy greens."
Author James CawleyPosted on March 12, 2019 March 18, 2019 Categories International Space StationTags astronauts, CRS-15, International Space Station, Mars, Moon, NASA astronauts, SpaceX, Veg-03 H, Veggie
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Q: Find missing rows between 2 numbers in SQL Server I want to find all missing rows between 2 numbers in SQL Server.
For example I have a range 100,000 to 200,000 and a [INVOICE_NO] column in a table in SQL Server. There should be a row for every number between 100,000 and 200,000. How can I check and find missing invoice numbers in the table?
I understand how to do it if every number between 100,000 and 200,000 was stored in a seperate table then I could just do and not in (select ...) but not sure how to do it without.

A: As commented, i would use a tally table here, not a rCTE:
DECLARE @Start int, @End int;
SET @Start = 100000;
SET @End = 200000;

WITH N AS(
    SELECT N
    FROM (VALUES(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL)) N(N)),
Tally AS(
    SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) I
    FROM N N1, N N2, N N3, N N4, N N5, N N6) --1M rows should be enough
SELECT T.I AS MISSING_INVOICE_NO
FROM Tally T
     --LEFT JOIN YourTable YT ON T.I = YT.INVOICE_NO
WHERE T.I BETWEEN @Start AND @End
--AND YT.INVOICE_NO IS NULL

You'd need to comment out and adjust the lines to JOIN to your table.
As a proof of reasoning, take the below scripts:
DECLARE @Start int, @End int;
SET @Start = 100000;
SET @End = 200000;

SET STATISTICS TIME ON;

PRINT N'Tally Table';

WITH N AS(
    SELECT N
    FROM (VALUES(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL),(NULL)) N(N)),
Tally AS(
    SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) I
    FROM N N1, N N2, N N3, N N4, N N5, N N6) --1M rows should be enough
SELECT *
FROM Tally T
WHERE T.I BETWEEN @Start AND @End;

PRINT N'rCTe';

WITH rCTE AS(
    SELECT @Start AS I
    UNION ALL
    SELECT I + 1
    FROM rCTE r
    WHERE r.I + 1 <= @End)
SELECT *
FROM rCTE
OPTION (MAXRECURSION 0);

SET STATISTICS TIME OFF;

The time taken to complete the Tally table (on my Production instance):
CPU time = 78 ms,  elapsed time = 106 ms.
CPU time = 78 ms,  elapsed time = 95 ms.
CPU time = 62 ms,  elapsed time = 91 ms.
CPU time = 78 ms,  elapsed time = 105 ms.

The rCTE method, however, was:
CPU time = 2547 ms,  elapsed time = 3695 ms.
CPU time = 2250 ms,  elapsed time = 2500 ms.
CPU time = 1813 ms,  elapsed time = 1930 ms.
CPU time = 2750 ms,  elapsed time = 3220 ms.

That's a big difference in time, as the tally solution was averaging about 100ms, where as the rCTe was between 2 and 4 seconds.

A: If you can deal with ranges, you can get all gaps with:
select (invoice_no + 1) as first_missing_invoice_no,
       (next_invoice_no - 1) as last_missing_invoice_no,
       count(*) as num_missing
from (select i.*,
             lead(invoice_no) over (order by invoice_no) as next_invoice_no
      from invoices i
     ) i
where next_invoice_no <> invoice_no + 1;

This can be adopted to a particular range, if ranges meet your needs.

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Sheriff labels face-painted homophobic letter writer who targeted Nicola Sturgeon 'a Smurf'
A man who sent a homophobic letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was told he looked like "a Smurf" by a sheriff when he turned up to court in full William Wallace-style face paint.
By Alexander Lawrie
19th Jun 2022, 12:04pm
Updated 19th Jun 2022, 12:05pm
Richard McFarlane appeared in Edinburgh Sheriff Court dressed in a purple kilt, black leather jacket, Scotland rugby top and with bright blue paint covering his face.
The former soldier was soon put in his place when Sheriff John Cook compared him to the blue cartoon characters and ordered him to wipe his face clean before his trial could start.
Following a short break McFarlane, 55, returned to the dock where he defended himself against an allegation of sending the threatening note to Ms Sturgeon.
Richard McFarlane said a sheriff told he looked like 'a Smurf'
The three-page rant was filled with references to former SNP Finance Minister Derek Mackay being "a poofter" and contained several biblical quotations.
McFarlane, from Bellshill, Lanarkshire, also stated he believes homosexuality "leads to paedophilia which leads to bestiality".
The letter said: "Nicola I have written to you before in good faith. There are only two genders, p*****y is wrong, please in the name of Jesus, follow not the p*****r script.
"You are deliberately allowing yourself to be used to promote a Satanic agenda."
This is how Richard McFarlane arrived at court to face homophobic letter writing rap
The abusive letter also described the LBGTIA-Z community as "a Marxist organisation".
A Scottish government worker who opened the mail at the capital's St Andrew's House on February 17, 2020 spotted the alarming comments and called police to investigate.
During his trial McFarlane failed to ask any questions of the witnesses but made a long rambling speech to the court claiming "Christ is on his second coming".
He said: "The letter was motivated because I felt Our Father motivated me to tell Nicola, not out of hatred but out of love.
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"I wrote the letter because I believe Christ is on his second coming and I felt that with the minister for finance I felt somewhat annoyed he was continuing with his job in the Scottish Parliament and claiming thousands of pounds in expenses.
"I felt at the time I really needed to say to Nicola that guy getting sacked didn't go far enough. He should have not been an MSP anymore."
The unemployed HGV driver then completed his address to the sheriff by reading out the hymn 'Once To Every Man And Nation' written by James Russell Lowell.
Sheriff Cook found McFarlane guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by sending the letter to Nicola Sturgeon which contained homophobic and threatening remarks.
McFarlane asked the sheriff not to issue a fine due to his financial constraints and instead asked to carry out unpaid work in his local community.
Sheriff Cook agreed and deferred sentence to next month for social work reports.
Speaking outside court, McFarlane said he thought the sheriff was "very fair" in his judgement and he was "fairly happy" at how the trial went.
He said: "I told the sheriff I was identifying as William Wallace but he said I should consider my position coming into his court looking like a Smurf.
"To be fair I knew he was going to find me guilty, but it comes down to people's perceptions.
"I admitted I wrote the letter but it was just a wee dig at Nicola."


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Scientific image analysis app released for Mac OS X
By Macworld Staff
Macworld	 Sep 9, 2001 5:00 pm PDT
The Laboratory of Plant Systematics has announced the release of Carnoy 1.0. It's an image analysis program developed to help scientists carry out measurements on digital images, especially on micrographs obtained from light or electron microscopes.
Carnoy measures the length and surface area of regular and irregular objects, according to the developers. It can also do automated particle analysis — counting and measuring. The software supports BMP, PICT, Photoshop, JPEG, GIF, PNG, SGI, TGA, TIFF and QuickTime image files, and can also convert between the different file types.
The measurements themselves can be annotated, then exported to a tab-delimited file for further analysis. Carnoy also employs a one-click calibration option that enables users to click on a scale bar, enter its length, and have measurements calculated on micrographs accordingly.
Carnoy's developers explained that the software has been developed for a variety of scientific fields, including taxonomy, morphology, ecology, physiology, molecular cell biology, agricultural sciences, paleontology, archaeology, and more.
The software requires a Mac running Mac OS X and a display with 1024×768 pixel resolution or higher is also recommended. Carnoy 1.0 is distributed as US$15 shareware.


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Specifically, an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.


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HomeFinanceUS-China deal seems dim but possible as talks stay on track
US-China deal seems dim but possible as talks stay on track
May 6, 2019 En Sound Media Finance Comments Off on US-China deal seems dim but possible as talks stay on track
By threatening to raise taxes on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump is throwing down a challenge to Beijing: agree to sweeping changes in China's government-dominated economic model — or suffer the consequences.
The unexpected ultimatum, delivered via tweets on Sunday and Monday, shook up financial markets that were convinced the world's two biggest economies were on track to resolve a year-long standoff over trade, perhaps by the end of the week.
"It's a significant change in the president's tone," said Timothy Keeler, a partner at the law firm Mayer Brown and former chief of staff for the U.S. Trade Representative. "It certainly increases the possibility that you'll have no deal."
For weeks, Trump administration officials had been suggesting that the U.S. and Chinese negotiators were making steady progress. A Chinese delegation is due to resume talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Suddenly on Sunday, Trump said he'd lost patience: "The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate. No!" Trump tweeted.
He vowed to raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports from 10% to 25% on Friday. And he said he planned "shortly" to slap 25% tariffs on another $325 billion in Chinese products, covering everything China ships to the United States.
Global stock markets sank Monday, but shares in the United States regained some of the lost ground on news that Chinese officials were planning to go ahead with this week's meetings in Washington. Still, the Chinese government did not provide details on exactly when talks would resume and who would be on China's negotiating team.
The two countries are engaged in high-stakes commercial combat over China's aggressive push to establish itself as a technological superpower.
The United States accuses Beijing to predatory practices, including hacking into U.S. companies' computers to steal trade secrets and forcing foreign firms to hand over technology in exchange for access to the Chinese market.
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It happens at least a few times a week. When it does it can take Dee's breath away. You might think I'm talking about her sweet grandson's laugh or her husband's smile from across the room. Happily, those things occur quite frequently and yes, they do take her breath away, but this other thing — well, it's not much fun. In fact, it hurts quite a bit.
What happens is if Dee moves a certain way she gets a sharp pain in her right hip. She's learned to be careful about getting out of the passenger side of the car — driver's side is usually fine — and she always braces herself when she stands up after sitting in a chair for a while. Sometimes, though, that memorable jolt of pain comes out of nowhere. She could be sitting up in bed reading and WHAM!
Dee hasn't seen her doctor yet, but a friend who's a nurse told her the pain was probably related to arthritis. Not welcome news because Dee sees it as a sign that even though she considers herself a young 67, she's no longer a "spring chicken." Aaah, the joys of aging!
Our hip joints are pretty amazing. At the top of their game, they allow us to move in all directions. It takes a lot to hurt a healthy hip. Most often, when we're younger, it's from playing sports, being obese or getting hurt in an accident. However, chronic hip pain is usually because of — you guessed it — an aging joint.
Arthritis – The cartilage that lines the joint wears away with age and constant use and the space between the bones becomes narrow.
Bursitis – A bursa is a small fluid-filled sac that reduces friction when the bones in a joint move. Sometimes bursae can become inflamed or irritated.
Tendinitis – The band of tissue that connects muscles to bones may become inflamed because of overuse.
Hopefully, Dee's hip pain won't get any worse. Even better is that she finds something to relieve it so that only smiles and laughter take her breath away.
If you are in the same boat as Dee, have you found anything that relieves your pain that you can recommend?


I'm not what you would call a horticulturalist. If not for my wife's love of plants and flowers, I would never have learned to enjoy the beauty of nature. I've even learned to identify certain varieties of flowers and have a few favorites.
One of the most amazing perennials is the peony. But it's not the best choice for the impatient gardener. It takes two years or more until you see your first blooms. When they finally mature, they are magnificent and well worth the wait. To me, peonies are like roses on steroids. Big, fluffy, and beautiful.
Few of the great things in life are immediate. Success in any field doesn't come over night. In fact, the principles of planting, nurturing, and waiting for the harvest can apply to life in general.
So it is with our greatest reward. Again, to better understand our focus text, we look back to the preceding verses to arrive at the writer's meaning.
In verse 7, James says, "Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's coming." So the perseverance to which he refers is in the context of waiting on Christ's return.
If the book of James was written by James, the brother of Jesus, that would place the writing at about AD 70. Jesus' ascended into heaven 40 days after His resurrection around 31 AD. The point I want to make here is that only about 40 years had elapsed since Jesus' departure. The recipients of James' letter were expecting Jesus to return in their lifetime and the delay had become an issue.
In verse 10, James calls attention to "the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord." Their prophecy pointed to a promised Messiah who did not appear in their lifetime, yet they persevered. These new Christians had received what the prophets had talked about. Now, until the Lord's return, they should be patient in waiting as were the prophets of old.
When James says, "The Lord is full of compassion and mercy," (v11) he is reminding his readers that God understands their suffering and need for the Lord's promised reward. Just because Jesus hasn't come back yet doesn't mean that Christianity isn't real, or that God has abandoned His people.
Peter put it this way. "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9) God has left the door to salvation open, not wanting anyone to miss His free gift of eternal life.
I'm a fan of the old Andy Griffith Show. A few days ago, I saw an episode in which Barney returned to Mayberry for his high school reunion. He was anxious to know if his old flame, Thelma Lou, would be returning for the celebration. A last minute telegram announced she was coming, and Barney was thrilled. His excitement quickly turned to disappointment when Thelma Lou showed up with her new husband. Barney had waited too long to ask his one true love to marry him.
This time of waiting for the Lord's return shouldn't be like the old days when the teacher left the classroom. It's not the time for pandemonium and misbehavior. It's a time for doing good, sharing God's good news, and living to God's glory. Graduation day is coming. However long it takes, heaven is worth the wait.


Many people are affected by a variety of common dental imperfections that can affect not only their appearance, but also chewing and speaking. One of the most popular and effective treatments for chips, gaps, stains, and misalignment is the porcelain veneer. Porcelain veneers are also commonly used to create perfect smile symmetry and smile makeovers. Porcelain dental veneers are custom-fit and colored to match your existing teeth. Our cosmetic dentists possess the proper training and experience to give you a breathtaking smile that looks and feels natural. Their goal is to not only improve the appearance of your smile but also maintain as much of the natural tooth structure as possible.
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Porcelain veneers offer a long-lasting correction of these issues with treatment that can be performed in just two quick office visits.
Porcelain dental veneers are composed of a very fine, ceramic material that is made to last for years, and in most cases can last for decades. These durable, thin shells are designed to fit over the front portion of your teeth and mask common dental imperfections. At your initial office visit at Mission Trails Dentistry, we will take an impression of your teeth so that a custom veneer can be molded for the best possible fit. Although some portion of the tooth being treated will need to be filed down, treatment with porcelain veneers typically does not require a significant portion of your existing tooth to be removed. Once the impression is made and the porcelain veneer created, one of our cosmetic dentists will affix the veneer to your tooth with a strong cement. The veneer is color-tinted to match the surrounding teeth, and is designed to both look and feel natural.
Feldspathic porcelain veneers are made of extraordinarily high-grade porcelain. This intricate material makes it possible to craft a porcelain veneer that is tailored to more precisely match the color of your surrounding teeth. Layers of color are added to the veneer in a repetitive process designed to ensure that the contour and fit of the veneer will provide the best functional and aesthetic value once it is placed. The goal, of course, is to give you the appearance of a natural, beautiful new tooth!
Pressed porcelain veneers are created in wax, using a lost wax technique to ultimately form the veneer. The process of making a pressed porcelain veneer is designed to avoid problems that may occur when using other methods, such as shrinkage of the porcelain and small inconsistencies in design that may affect the natural look and fit of the veneer. With pressed porcelain veneers, Mission Trails Dentistry can have a restoration made for you that will make discolored or misaligned teeth appear white and straight.
LUMINEERS® by Cerinate are as transluscent as real teeth and characterized by their ultra-thin form. They require little to no removal of the original tooth, and are composed of a patented type of porcelain that can lessen the risk of leaking and cracking. Since LUMINEERS® can typically be placed without removing original tooth structure, you will likely not need to have any painful shots or soreness after the procedure. LUMINEERS® can also be replaced or removed at any time, and results can last two decades or more.
Porcelain veneers can improve both your smile and the function of your teeth with long-lasting, beautiful results. To schedule a consultation for porcelain veneers in San Diego, please contact Mission Trails Dentistry.


Microtronix' IP-II Phone Test System provides VoIP telephone manufacturers and designers with a method for evaluating the acoustic properties of their voice over packet telephones. The IP-II Phone Test System is the next generation IP phone test equipment from Microtronix. Utilizing DSP techniques and a new Test Console, the IP-II Phone Test System provides expanded capabilities such as Multitone Frequency Response and Audio File Play and Record.
Using its acoustic interface, the system can measure how well a terminal acoustically reproduces audio signals received from the LAN and how well a terminal encodes acoustic signals captured by its microphones. It can do this for handset or handsfree phones. The IP-II Phone Test System can measure the latency (the amount of time the phone requires to encode and decode audio). The system can also measure other audio signals the terminal may send to the network, like DTMF. A pre-programmed VoIP test suite includes tests required by the TIA/EIA-810-A/B, TIA-920 and TIA-920-A standard.
The IP-II Phone Test System creates a closed network to isolate VoIP phones from the effects of gateways and network variations. The system calibration software works in the digital domain to bridge the gap between the acoustic world and VoIP audio packets. This means that you get high speed, accurate, and repeatable standards-compliant acoustic information about your VoIP telephone. The available protocols for this system are H.323, SIP, and SIP wideband.
The Controller Unit combines a Pentium class Windows computer platform with the Microtronix Real Time Controller Board. The new Test Console application integrates test results, frequency response graphs and a pass/fail visual indication of each test's status. The optional Summary Collector software saves full reports for each telephone on local or network disk drives.
The IP-II Phone Test System is completely programmable. Pre-written TIA/EIA-810-A, ANSI/TIA-810-B, TIA-920 and TIA-920-A Handset and Handsfree test programs are available. The Test Program Development Kit provides everything you need to edit the Microtronix Test Programs or create your own. The Test Program Editor simplifies programming by organizing your test program into easily managed functional blocks. Several sample programs are included in the kit to get you started.


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Spotlight On Iran
Dari Or Farsi? Afghanistan's Long-Simmering Language Dispute
The Afghan government is itself divided along ethno-linguistic lines, with President Ashraf Ghani (left) and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah -- who draw support from the Pashtun and ethnic Tajik communities, respectively -- uneasily sharing power.
What to call the Persian language in Afghanistan? It's a question Afghans have grappled with and sparred over for decades.
The long-simmering dispute was reignited after the BBC changed the name of one of its local-language Facebook pages to BBC Dari, prompting a backlash from many Afghan Persian speakers who despise the word officially used to describe their language.
Many Persian speakers in Afghanistan prefer and use the name Farsi, the official language in Iran. They say the term Dari has been forced on them by the dominant Pashtun ethnic group as an attempt to distance Afghans from their cultural, linguistic, and historical ties to the Persian-speaking world, which includes Iran and Tajikistan.
Language has long been a sore point in Afghanistan, where it has exposed unresolved tensions among the country's ethnic and linguistic groups.
Same Language
"Dari is not the Afghan dialect of Farsi," says Partaw Naderi, a prominent Afghan poet and minority-rights activist. "Dari is the name of a language that is also known as Farsi."
Naderi says historical documents prove that the word Dari, along with Parsi, dates as far back as the sixth century, when it was used to describe the Persian language. After the language adopted the Arabic script centuries later, it fell out of use and was replaced by the term Farsi.
Naderi says he prefers to use the word "Farsi-Dari" to describe the Persian language, calling it a solution to the current standoff. Any change would require a constitutional amendment.
Naderi says that while the Persian spoken in Afghanistan and neighboring Iran have distinct accents and variations in vocabulary and usage, the language is the same. There are dozens of regional variations of Persian inside Iran and Afghanistan, Naderi says.
Dari is the lingua franca in Afghanistan, where it is the native tongue of ethnic Tajiks, Hazaras, and Aimaqs as well as being spoken by Pashtuns in and around the capital, Kabul. Many educated Afghans are bilingual, speaking both Dari and Pashto, the country's other official language.
Dari is the lingua franca in Afghanistan, where it is the native tongue of ethnic Tajiks, Hazaras, and Aimaqs as well as being spoken by Pashtuns in and around the capital, Kabul.
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Чемпионат мира по снукеру 2019 (, также известен как 2019 Betfred World Snooker Championship — по названию спонсора) — профессиональный рейтинговый турнир по снукеру сезона 2018/2019, который прошёл с 20 апреля по 6 мая 2019 года в Театре Крусибл (Шеффилд, Англия).

Призовой фонд
 Победитель: £500 000
 Финалист: £200 000
 Полуфиналист: £100 000
 Четвертьфиналист: £50 000
 1/16: £30 000
 1/32: £20 000
 1/48: £15 000
 1/80: £10 000
 Высший брейк во время телетрансляции: £10 000
 Высший брейк вне телетрансляции: £1 000
 Всего: £2 231 000

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Ниже представлены результаты финальной стадии турнира. Числа в круглых скобках после имён игроков обозначают их номер посева на турнире (всего в финальной стадии участвуют 16 «сеяных» игроков, и 16 игроков, прошедших квалификационный турнир).

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 143, 139, 139, 135, 132, 132, 130, 125, 113, 101, 101, 100  Джон Хиггинс
 141, 135, 131, 126, 123, 114, 114, 106, 105, 104, 103, 103, 101, 101  Джадд Трамп
 140, 134, 134, 117, 115, 109, 106, 100  Гэри Уилсон
 139, 125, 113, 109, 105, 102, 100  Дэвид Гилберт
 138, 132, 131, 125, 111, 104, 100  Кайрен Уилсон
 138, 123, 112, 109, 102, 101  Шон Мёрфи
 137, 136, 130, 105  Барри Хокинс
 136  Джо Перри
 135, 128, 102  Алистер Картер
 134, 129, 106  Дин Цзюньхуэй
 131, 131, 120, 102  Марк Селби

 131, 125, 122, 121, 110, 105, 103  Стивен Магуайр
 131  Марк Аллен
 131  Люка Бресель
 129, 105, 101  Марк Уильямс
 127, 120, 120, 106, 100  Нил Робертсон
 124, 101  Джек Лисовски
 114  Грэм Дотт
 112, 107, 106  Стюарт Бинэм
 106, 105, 101  Чжоу Юэлун
 104, 100  Тянь Пэнфэй
 104  Ронни О'Салливан
 101  Джеймс Кэхилл

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 146, 121, 118, 113  Ноппон Саенгхам
 143, 143, 116, 114, 111  Мэттью Стивенс
 141, 133, 122, 119, 114  Лян Вэньбо
 140, 135, 103  Грэм Дотт
 139, 109, 107  Крис Вейклин
 138, 128  Марко Фу
 138, 124, 122, 102, 100  Джо О'Коннор
 138, 107  Тепчайя Ун-Нух
 136, 136, 115, 106  Чжоу Юэлун
 136, 113, 107, 100, 100  Дэниел Уэллс
 136, 106  Майкл Холт
 136  Эллиот Слессор
 135, 113  Лу Нин
 135, 100  Лю Хаотянь
 134, 112, 100  Гэри Уилсон
 133, 125  Тянь Пэнфэй
 133, 119, 105  Сяо Годун
 132, 102, 100  Мартин Гоулд
 132  Эден Шарав
 131, 119, 118, 113, 103, 100  Джеймс Кэхилл
 131, 118, 116  Энтони Макгилл
 130, 102  Скотт Дональдсон
 130  Алан Макманус
 130  Энди Хикс
 128, 103  Янь Бинтао
 128  Хоссейн Вафаей
 127, 120, 102, 101  Алистер Картер
 127, 110, 102, 100  Джо Перри

 127, 106  Сэм Крейги
 124, 103  Чжао Синьтун
 122, 109, 102  Марк Дэвис
 121, 117, 101  Майкл Георгиу
 121  Курт Мэфлин
 121  Александр Урсенбахер
 120  Джонатан Бэгли
 119, 100  Стюарт Каррингтон
 118  Джерард Грин
 117  Эшли Карти
 116  Сохейл Вахеди
 116  Брэндон Сарджент
 116  Сюй Сы
 114, 100  Бен Вулластон
 114  Робби Уильямс
 112  Чжан Аньда
 111, 108  Джон Эстли
 111  Ли Хан
 109  Ню Чжуан
 108, 102  Иан Бёрнс
 106, 101  Том Форд
 106  Сэм Бэрд
 105, 101  Мэй Сивэнь
 103  Лукас Клекерс
 102  Дэвид Лилли
 101  Санни Акани
 101  Мартин О'Доннэлл
 100  Доминик Дэйл

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Ссылки
 Betfred World Championship (2019) — snooker.org
 CueTracker — 2019 World Championship — Snooker Results & Statistics

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Mum's scathing rant about parents who are always late for school run
Lydia Hawken	| July 05, 2019
"The attitude is that other people's time isn't as important as yours and it holds other people back. Most of it could be solved by better self discipline and a few organisational tweaks."
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Regardless of whether you've packed their bags the night before and laid out breakfast in the morning, actually getting your little ones out the door and on the way to school can be something of a military operation.
But while the school run notoriously doesn't always go to plan, one mum has now posted a scathing rant aimed at parents who are late dropping their kids off in the morning - and accused them of "not giving a c**p".
The mum told how being 'late everyday made me extremely anxious'. Image: Mumsnet.
Writing on parenting forum Mumsnet, the woman revealed that her own mum was "absolutely terrible at mornings".
Describing how she "wouldn't get up early", the woman added: "We would never be given breakfast (usually biscuits or crisps in the car on the way).
"I hated walking in late every day. I never got used to it. Felt like all eyes were on me and the teachers would get annoyed."
Unsurprisingly, consistently being late for school has turned the woman "into an extremely punctual person" who finds herself sympathising with children in a similar scenario.
The mum now considers herself an 'extremely punctual person'. Image: iStock.
"They aren't rushing either"
Having mastered the art of the school run, the mum revealed she finds it frustrating when she sees "parents walking towards the school 15 minutes after it first started".
She raged: "They aren't rushing either."
Considering how the village school is a mere five minute walk from most people's homes, the woman added: "I just feel sorry for the kids being ushered in so late in the morning.
"It's the same parents every single day!! It reminds me of my childhood and how being late everyday made me extremely anxious."
In a bid to tackle tardiness, the woman claims "the school have sent home letters" and rounded up the post by asking: "Do some people just not give a c**p?"
The says they aren't even rushing Image: iStock.
"We've all got busy lives"
Unsurprisingly, the mum's rant divided other users on the forum - with some agreeing that repeatedly being late is disruptive for children and falls under "basic parenting".
One replied: "It's unfair on the children and the teachers. We've all got busy lives but the majority of us get our kids to school on time."
Another added: "The attitude is that other people's time isn't as important as yours and it holds other people back.
"It's also stressful and anxiety inducing for the child. Most of it could be solved by better self discipline and a few organisational tweaks."
Even a teacher weighed in on the matter, adding: "It was the same children every time.
"It puts pressure on the teacher to help them catch up, it also leaves the child unsettled and uncomfortable for the rest of the day."
However, others blasted the mum for her "judgemental" attitude.
"Mind your own business"
They wrote: "You have no idea what's going on in their lives. Mind your own business, honestly.
"Maybe they have a really difficult home life - and how is it affecting you anyway?"
Based on their own experience, one wrote: "Until you have had a child who feigns illness, sickness or just plain pretends to fall asleep to get out of school, who gets himself so worked up that he throws up if he's too pressured in the mornings, then you have no right to judge."
This post originally appeared in The Sun and has been republished here with permission.
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The Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with an increasing demand for energy. Given that historically India has relied on pollutant hydrocarbons to run its power plants and vehicles, there has been an increasing focus on setting ambitious 'green' targets, especially in light of the alarming levels of pollution in India. The Government of India (GoI) has actively encouraged the adoption of electric vehicles with the idea of shifting the production of new automotive vehicles from internal combustion engine models to electric vehicles by 2030.
What are electric vehicles (EVs)? Unlike conventional vehicles (internal combustion engine models) that run on petrol, diesel or CNG powered engines, the 'fuel' for an EV is electricity. EVs use the energy stored in a battery (or series of batteries) for vehicle propulsion and can be connected to a charging point and recharged for their next use. Energy storage systems are varied in nature including: hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and all-electric vehicles. They are operated on different battery technologies varying from lead acid batteries, nickel metal hydride and lithium ion batteries.
As technology and innovation disrupt the traditional electricity chain (our traditional electricity regulations certainly did not envisage a car being plugged into the grid), so does the need to revisit the existing regulatory framework, to examine whether it is 'catching-up' with the transitions. As part of a three-pronged series of articles, this first part will focus on providing a general overview of EVs, the policy progression formulated by GoI and the way forward; the second part will briefly review existing electricity laws and amendments or clarifications in relation to it, compare the various policies and regulations formulated by key states who are front runners and early adopters; and the third part will focus on the market landscape, early adoption, differing financial and business models like battery swapping or battery renting, incidence of costs, and the legal and commercial issues in developing the larger ecosystem around EVs.
The Government of India (GoI) has been keen to promote and support electric mobility. The National Mission on Electric Mobility, 2011 and further promulgated in 2013, and the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan, dated August, 2012 and launched in 2013, were both approved by the GoI to accelerate the adoption of EVs.
GoI policies are formulated to target: (a) an increase in demand through providing subsidies and direct incentives to buyers; and (b) building and sustaining the required infrastructure, especially charging stations. While adoption of EV vehicles by private players has been encouraged, GoI policies lay great emphasis in adopting EV as a viable, affordable and environmentally friendly alternative for public transport.
The Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), being the nodal department for the automotive sector, formulated a scheme for the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles in India (FAME). It commenced in financial year 2015-16 and was subsequently extended till the end of financial year 2018-19. FAME aimed to support the development of the hybrid and electric vehicles market and the allied manufacturing ecosystem by focusing on technology development, demand creation, pilot projects and charging infrastructure; and utilise the funds allocated for FAME by offering a mixture of demand side incentives, concessions and state level incentives. The national automative board (NAB) has been constituted by the GoI as the main operating agency for implementation of FAME.
The FAME policy was revisited and reviewed by the DHI recently. Pursuant to it, the DHI through an office memorandum dated March 8, 2019 published a notification in the gazette regarding phase-II of the FAME India Scheme (FAME II). DHI continues to be the nodal agency and has the primary mantle of addressing any issues or hurdles in implementation of FAME II. Further, an inter-ministerial empowered committee, the 'Project Implementation and Sanctioning Committee' headed by the Secretary (Heavy Industries) will be constituted for its overall monitoring, sanctioning and implementation.
Demand incentives shall be provided to directly increase demand in (i) electric two wheeler, three-wheeler vehicles, and buses; and (ii) electric and hydrid four-wheeler vehicles. This shall be done by providing incentives to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of such vehicles for the purpose of reduction of their purchase price. The GoI will periodically reimburse the OEMs. The primary focus and outreach of the incentives are to be towards vehicles to be used for public transportation, and those registered for commercial purposes; along with privately owned and registered two-wheeler vehicles.
FAME II envisages support for setting up adequate public charging infrastructure through the participation of various stakeholders including government agencies, industries and public enterprises. A slow charging station for each electric bus, and a fast charging station for every ten electric buses have been proposed to be facilitated. Further, FAME II also envisages providing funding for 100% of the costs of establishing charging infrastructure, on a case-to-case basis. Notably, inter-linkage of renewable energy sources with charging infrastructure shall be encouraged.
The DHI will appoint knowledge partners and other required agencies for logistic and technical support. Efforts will also be made to create public awareness including but not limited to public awareness, conferences and information, education and communication (IEC) activities.
The expenditure to be incurred under FAME II is planned to be primarily towards demand incentives, with the total fund requirements over the next three financial years planned at Rs. 10,000 crores.
One of the key criticisms of FAME was that the policy progression was stunted and in silo and not in tandem with the state policies. FAME II clarifies that state governments should provide supplemental support through fiscal and non-fiscal incentives. State wide policies have been gaining traction over the past few months; Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand have come up with their own policies, offering a mixed hamper of financing support and incentives, capital subsidy, reimbursement of stamp duty and power, land and skill development incentives. We will analyse some of the state policies in greater detail in the next part.
The Indian automotive market is distinct from the automotive markets in other countries in terms of composition, consumer preferences and the level of infrastructure development; the market remains dominated by two wheelers and small cars. Additionally, there is considerable government pro-activeness in the commercial vehicle category; several state agencies such as Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport, BEST Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation have issued tenders in the recent past to procure electric buses on a public private partnership (PPP) model.
The National Institute of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has also issued a draft concession agreement on a PPP basis for operation and maintenance of electric buses in Indian cities and has sought comments on the same from the stakeholders. Other measures for faster EV adoption included private players roping in cab aggregators to switch to EV (like Mahindra). As usage of EVs become more widespread, it will compel changes in several fields of law.
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Every day it becomes more and more common for early-stage biotechs to leverage the ever-growing network of contract research organizations (CROs). See our blog post - Collaborative Research Organizations are your new CROs to learn about this trend and what CROs stand out. The industry's construction of various firewalls is justified, however, it makes data-sharing a tiresome process, even for companies who have well-defined assays and relationships.
Take, for example, an early-stage biotech running DMPK studies through 3 external vendors. Key fields (IC50, peak area, % inhibition, etc) are highlighted in a standard template with corresponding values. Those assays are repeated sometimes twice, sometimes several dozen times, across a number of different compounds.
For storage: A file drive or an ELN seems like the best repository but is an easy way to lose results. If it's a singular person managing those files, what happens if that person is out sick, unavailable, or leaves the company and a colleague needs information ASAP? Scientists will admit that sometimes it's easier to repeat an experiment than look for the data because it's impossible to find. Not the best use of $$$.
For visualization/analysis: Want to analyze the results through INSERT TOOL OF YOUR CHOICE HERE? Well, clear the deck for the next hour (or 4) because all of those data points will be inputted manually. If the results are looking a bit funky, that may be due to a few typos you made along the way.
And these problems all exist before scaling CRO work. We work with an informaticist who saw his workload of managing CRO data increase from 2 hours each week to 8 hours within a 6-month period. That quickly became 1/5th of his week and year!
At TetraScience, we see many of these challenges are repeatable across a wide range of biotechs, and as such, we work with companies to standardize the manner in which they receive CRO data and additionally how their scientists consume that data.
...storage by automatically transporting the dataset to its desired repository, be it ELN, relational database, or file drive. Further, by pulling out key metadata (compound name, CRO, experiment #, etc.), scientists can use the TetraScience data lake query to quickly find datasets.
...visualization/analysis by exposing data directly to analytics applications and tools. TetraScience Pipelines have logic built within to understand the dataset, restructure the raw data into a reusable format, and, through its API, make available to a number of analytical tools, like Spotfire, Vortex, and more. Rather than spend hours uploading datasets, scientists can search parameters within their tool of choice and have those projects loaded in seconds.
...automation/machine learning by converting data sets into an interoperable format. Data passed through TetraScience becomes standardized data sets, so regardless of the source or stage - internal vs external, ADME vs In Vivo - data can be linked and analyzed easily.
There is a time and place that value begins to materialize. Scaling CRO work is often the "ah-ha" moment for many TetraScience users. The aforementioned informaticist estimates that he now spends about 1 hour a week managing CRO data, and much of that is communicating human errors, caught by TetraScience, to the CRO (for example, the Compound ID was left off a report). Those time and resource savings happen in spite of that biotech's externalized research quadrupling!
"One informaticist has cut time spent managing CRO data from 8 hours/week to 1 hour/week"
The project manager at a larger (~75 people) biotech says she has cut down the time she spends looking for studies from about seven hours a week to an hour at most. TetraScience is not only saving time but also hard dollars that would have been applied to running that experiment again. Additionally, most of her team members can search for datasets with ease.
If you're interested in learning more about managing CRO data or any of our additional integrations, please reach out to us.


A couple of days ago I found a tiny jade elephant charm mixed into the rocks in my Arizona backyard.
I've walked by that spot hundreds of times, but never saw the elephant. Or maybe it wasn't there until that morning. Maybe. More likely rain, wind, under-surface critters, and my own steps and weight shifted material to move the elephant into view. The charm has likely been in the rocks from when they were brought into the yard for landscaping. How did it get into the load of rock, then? Where did the rocks originate? How many times have people been near the rocks on their route to my backyard?
What I find fascinating about a found object like this charm is it focuses my attention completely on something unexpected for quite a while. For several minutes I examine it, clean it, turn it around with my fingers. I wonder how it got to this particular place and time. I wonder what it will bring to me, and what I will bring to it.
Does the object have significance? Some cultures use jade elephant charms to bring good fortune to the wearer. A quick web search says that a jade elephant is used in Feng Sui to strengthen the influence of that room's section. A symbol of an animal can bring with it all the power of that live animal. We have (somewhat) changed our treatment of elephants in recent years. We know elephants have strong family ties, lifelong memories, and feel emotions as we do. You need only read the biographies of the elephants at the The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee to feel connected.
I believe the charm has whatever significance I give it. I believe at some point someone wore this charm, and they believed it had significance, too. I believe that person was not from a Western culture, so I am now connected to her or him through this charm. I believe they valued the jade stone it was carved from. I believe this charm has connected me to the original wearer and reminds me again how we are all connected to everything.


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Municipality and town in Quindío, Colombia
Municipality and town
Filandia, Quindio
"La Colina Iluminada de los Andes" ("Illuminated Hill of the Andes")
Location of the municipality and town of Filandia, Quindío in the Quindío Department of Colombia.
Coordinates: 4°41′N 75°40′W / 4.683°N 75.667°W / 4.683; -75.667
• Municipality and town
109.4 km2 (42.2 sq mi)
0.8 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time (GMT-5))
http://filandia-quindio.gov.co/index.shtml
Filandia is a town and municipality in the northern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located on the west side of Cordillera Central of the Andes mountain range running through central Colombia, 26 km north of the departmental capital Armenia. It is the northernmost of twelve municipalities that form Quindío, the second smallest department of Colombia. It houses a small community economically supported by agriculture and tourism. Although coffee is the major agricultural product, the municipality's diverse ecosystem makes it perfect for the production of numerous fruits and vegetables. The population is evenly split between the urban and rural areas, with an urban population in the town of Filandia itself of nearly 7000 inhabitants and a population of around 6500 in the rest of the municipality. Most of the population is classified as mestizo (63,2%) and the most common religion is Roman Catholic. The town's architecture, landscapes and the sociability of the locals makes Filandia one of the most beautiful and attractive towns in the department of Quindio and the nation. The town's best-known tourist attractions are its "mirador" (viewing tower) with its extensive views over the Cauca River valley to the west and the Parque Nacional Natural los Nevados to the east (it is also possible to see both Armenia and Pereira from the top of the tower), and the cafe in the main square where scenes from the popular Colombian telenovela Cafe, con aroma de mujer were filmed.
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Filandia is the northernmost town of the Department of Quindío. The town is located on the west slope of the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes, on the Alto Cauca basin and the Rio La Vieja sub-basin. The main urban area is located at an altitude of 1923 metres above sea level and the altitude range of the municipality is between 1300 and 2200 metres above sea level.
The total territory of the municipality extends from the foot of the Andes to the plains of the northern Valle del Cauca department. The town is bordered by the department of Risaralda to the north, the department of Valle del Cauca to the west, the town of Salento to the east, the town of Circasia to the south, and the town of Quimbaya to the southwest.
Climate[edit]
Due to its geographical location, Filandia has a high-land tropical climate characterized by two main climatic indicators, "frió-húmedo" (cold-humid) and "templado-húmedo" (warm-humid). The average annual temperature is 18 °C, and precipitation in the form of rain is sporadic. However, due to the climatic phenomena known as El Niño and La Niña precipitation in the form of hail sometimes occurs, most recently in 1996 when approximately 15 cm of hail fell over most of northern Quindío.
The town, currently known as "La Colina Iluminada de los Andes" ("The Illuminated Hill of the Andes"), is the second oldest municipality in the department. In Pre-Columbian times the territory where modern Filandia is located was occupied by indigenous peoples of the Quimbaya tribe, who not only practiced agriculture but were also noted for their metalwork, particularly in gold and tumbaga, an alloy of gold and copper. The name Filandia comes from "Filia" (daughter), "Andia" (Andes); Filandia, daughter of the Andes. The Quimbayans began to diminish in number after the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century. It is estimated that Filandia along with most of the Quindío territories were uninhabited for about 200 years until the "Colonizacion Antioqueña" in the 19th century.
It is thought that by 1870 settlers from the department of Antioquia in the northwest of Colombia were already settled in modern-day Filandia. On August 20, 1878, Filandia was founded by Felipe Melendez, Eliseo Buitrago, and others, as a settlement of Colombians escaping the misfortune faced by the rest of the nation at the time. The Antioqueños came to Quindío attracted by the rumors of massive gold and emerald deposits in the area.
In the early years of the 20th century, Filandia was a prosperous community - trade and industry had grown to the point that by 1900 there were estimated to be 250,000 coffee bushes in Filandia. As a response to the increased coffee production, many processing plants were created and the coffee culture now synonymous with the town was born.
By 1930, however, Filandia was in decline. The road the first settlers used to populate the town lost its importance due to the construction of a highway to the east connecting the capital of Risaralda and the capital of Quindío, isolating the town and providing a more direct alternate route to goods and services that previously were obliged to pass through Filandia.
Economy[edit]
The economy of Filandia is heavily dependent on agriculture (the main crop being coffee) and tourism. Another source of income is money sent from other countries by family members that have emigrated to the United States and Europe. The largest of these immigrant communities originating from Filandia is located in Madison, New Jersey where several Filandeños have settled.
Loaiza Piedrahita, Oscar (2004), Los corredores del tiempo: Guía turística por la historia del Quindío. ISBN 958-33-7088-6. Book in Spanish on the history of the municipalities of Quindío until the foundation of the department in 1966. The local history is placed in the context of wider events in Colombia.
Municipalities of the Quindío Department, Colombia
Population over 50,000
Armenia (capital)
Population under 20,000
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Why has there never been a live-action Star Wars TV show?
By Dave James 16 December 2015
And have we had a lucky escape?
How come we've never been treated to a live-action TV series based in the rich Star Wars universe? We've gotten close on a few occasions, but aside from some cartoons, and a best-forgotten Holiday Special, something has always blocked the transition between big and little screens.
The reasons for the lack of a live-action Star Wars TV series can be split into two main camps – the practical and the artistic. Sometimes the problem is whether it could be done, and sometimes it's a question of whether it should be done at all.
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Coulda, shoulda…
All the shows we've had to fulfil our Star Wars fantasies on the small screen have come in cartoon form. From Droids and Ewoks in the mid-80s to the Clone Wars and Rebels series of the new millennium, it's all been pen and ink or digitised images.
There are good reasons for that, and most of them are coloured green: it's about the money.
The special effects budget used for the movies would need to be massively stripped back for TV, and yet somehow still deliver a convincing, alien-filled universe – with spaceships and laser-striped dogfighting – that didn't look like a pale shadow of the main event films.
Diluting the brand might sound like so much marketing horse dung, but realistically a TV series in the 80s or 90s would have ended up rocking the same unconvincing effects as Star Trek TNG or, god-forbid, Space Precinct. And for a franchise that has always prided itself on blockbuster effects – hell, Lucas created Industrial Light and Magic because no one could do the effects he wanted – this would have been a terrible step back.
But 2005 saw George Lucas convinced a TV show could work, and he announced plans for a live-action series set in the intervening period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. That show, later dubbed Star Wars: Underworld, was not to be centred around any of the Skywalker clan and instead would focus on the seedy underbelly of the Imperial homeworld, Coruscant, with themes of drug-running, bounty-hunting and prostitution.
It was described as being less like the 1930s action film-inspired movies and more like a 1940s film noir. Lucas and the prequels' producer, Rick McCullam, kept trotting out the "darker, grittier" line despite details about the show remaining vague and unpromising for many years.
Then in 2011 Lucas announced that he'd written 50 scripts, with reports stating that he was hoping for the show to hit some 400 episodes, but that production was in hiatus as it waited on technical developments and reductions in cost. Again, it was the huge cost of creating a live-action show that was holding it back.
With Disney's acquisition happening a year later though the idea of a dark, adult-only Star Wars TV series looks like it doesn't stand a chance in Mickey's world. Indeed McCullam has cited the fantastic Deadwood as an inspiration, another show focused on prostitution and bounty hunting. And those are themes which would surely struggle to fit in the Disney stable.
There were further noises coming out of the ABC network in 2013 which gave us hope, but again silence descended. As it did once more earlier this year when it was rumoured Netflix night have a deal in place to use its millions to produce Star Wars shows with Disney.
Netflix to the rescue?
Those rumours at least seemed to give some thought to the financial and technical limitations of a Star Wars TV production. With J J Abrams using models and sets for the new movies it was suggested the Netflix shows could use that existing property, in between the shooting of the new trilogy and anthology projects, in order to preserve the big-budget look and feel but at a fraction of the cost.
Kathleen Kennedy, CEO of Lucasfilm, has stoked the fire again. In an interview with Slashfilm she was asked if George Lucas' scripts for Underworld had been binned.
"No, interestingly enough, that's an area we've spent a lot of time," she says. "Reading through the material that he developed is something we very much would like to explore."
"So our attitude is, we don't want to throw any of that stuff away. It's gold. And it's something we're spending a lot of time looking at, poring through, discussing, and we may very well develop those things further. We definitely want to."
Whether that development will actually translate into a live-action show is very much up for debate; it's possible the Underworld scripts will be adapted for one of the anthology movies (potentially the Boba Fett/young Han Solo project) or for a kid-friendly story arc on the Rebels cartoon.
So if that covers the "could they?" part of the equation, we now come to the "should they?" bit. What would really be the benefit of a live-action TV show in a world that will see a new Star Wars movie at least every 12 months for the next five years?
The Clone Wars cartoon – after its abortive first season – became a home for some of the best Star Wars stories, and retroactively fixed most of the problems the prequels introduced.
The current Rebels cartoon is keeping things ticking over on the kids' side – a perfect place to trial new merchandise – and the anthology movies are filling in the story gaps for the older audience.
Another supporting TV show would need a huge budget to do the franchise justice and would very much run the risk of oversaturating the market and diluting the movies' impact.
Then there's the fact that 50 scripts of the TV show were penned by Lucas himself. Sure, Battlestar Gallactica's Ronald D Moore allegedly wrote a few himself under non-disclosure agreements, but it seems as though Underworld was Lucas' pet project.
And, if there's one thing the graphic novel adaptation of The Star Wars – based on his original screenplay – and his crimes with the prequels have taught us, it's that Lucas should not be allowed free rein on any story. There's a reason The Clone Wars cartoon had some of the best Star Wars stories, and it's that George Lucas had practically nothing to do with them.
So in the end we maybe ought to be grateful there's been no live-action Star Wars TV show; we might have had a lucky escape.
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The company is the oldest electrical wholesaler in Jersey. The business was started in 1949 by the late ex Deputy Clem Challinor and was acquired by Mr John Miller in 1974. The business is now run by his two sons Paul and Mark Miller with Mike Quinn as shop Manager.
The business traded for a number of years at 19 James Street (now known as Funchal Street) St Helier, and moved to family owned premises at 95/97 Halkett Place, St Helier, which is next to the Library in 1995.
The company had previously only supplied to the Trade and Retail Outlets directly.
Following huge success in the emerging Dect and Mobile phone market we decided to open our doors to the public in other areas including TV, HIFI, VIDEO, SMALL APPLIANCES, COOKERS, WASHERS and REFRIDGERATION.
Our mobile phone business made us, by far the largest Independent dealer in the Channel Islands and at one point the second largest in the UK.
Bit by bit the company grew not forgetting one of our greater strengths, our Electrical Contracting side which was also going from strength to strength.
We did a complete shop refit in 2008 and complimented our sales by adding an in house service dept. in 2007.
Our Custom Install side grew as a natural progression to support our electronic retail sales. We now regularly work with Developers, Architects and Designers to provide an excellent service to all with many projects under our belts. We are agents for some of the industry's biggest brands and are trained to install and commission some of the finest multiroom systems on the market today, including custom lighting.
One very important side of our business is that of the Electrical Contracting market which we are extremely active in.
Whilst we do sell some of these products over the counter and on this site we do highly recommend the use of a qualified electrician.
We have a large showroom where most products are on display which our staff will be happy to discuss and demonstrate where appropriate.
Parking is available at the front of our building in Halkett Place.


January has always been a special month for me. Not only because of the new year, new beginning what not stuff but because it is my birthday month and this year I turned 32. And with that come some insecurities about life. Mostly about having a career and helping my husband financially. Not that my husband is complaining. He most certainly understands my situation and is very much supportive of all the things I want to do. I just wish I could do more to help him. The last time I tried, I failed and it surely dampens my enthusiasm. I will try again, though, and hopefully this time something good comes out of this new venture I entered. Other than my "issues", January went well and it has been a good month, personal life and reading-wise.
Anyway, it will be my first wrap-up in a while and I feel like I don't really have anything to say. I'm in the midst of another blogging slump and it is kind of frustrating at times because I am so behind writing reviews. Well, at least I didn't hit a reading slump, too. If anything, I'm doing okay with my reading, having read a total of 8 books, despite being behind on my goal.
I'd love to read Still House Lake too 😍 and belated happy birthday!
Thank you! 😊 It's a really good book. I hope you enjoy it, too!


The Savage went into production in Italy between 1997 and 1998. The Savage went into production in Italy between 1997 and 1998. The idea was to create an aircraft with good handling and STOL characteristics, with classic and well proven design and traditional construction that would be economic and easy to build and repair.
A particular weakness for one of the aviation legends of 20th century, -the Piper Cub-, drove the designer of the SAVAGE and his team, the aeronautical engineers Bonaldo, Franchini and Vizzini (the latter had worked at Aeritalia, and spent a long period at Boeing in Seattle before moving on to Aermacchi) to build several prototypes that would become the basis for the definitive Savage.
Conceived with the most advanced CAD design and simulation software (CATIA and NASTRAN), the Savage went through an intensive process of validation static and in-flight tests to confirm the excellent validity of the design, and its compliance with the most stringent industry standards for the design and manufacture of light aircrafts. Shortly after its conception, just before the official market introduction, the Savage won the first prize as the best ultralight aircraft built from plans (at the Italian Experimental Aircraft Association Meeting at Carpi, Italy, in 1999).
In 1999, production moved to the Czech Republic and since that time has been carried out by the aeronautical manufacturer Zlin Aviation S.R.O. employing the best aeronautical materials from the USA, Italy and France, and the most competent and specialized workforce.
All workers are fully qualified and have gained extensive experience in the country's most important aeronautical companies (Moravan, Let, etc.).
The production line features a whole series of construction quality controls in compliance with an internally established Quality Assurance Program. The aircraft has several type-approvals in different countries.


I travelled from Hungary to Vienna specifically to get a hair transplant from Moser Medical because I was convinced by their experience and standards of quality. I am very pleased with the result. It was great that I could speak Hungarian during the consultation and the procedure itself.


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Q: How to select a shape on a drawing panel? I am creating a program where I can draw different shapes onto a drawing canvas. I want to add a button that, after clicked, allows me to select a shape and then drag/translate it to a different spot on the canvas. What is the basic concept behind implementing this? When I click on the shape to select it, I want to somehow add a border around it to show that it is selected.
Okay, I tried this and it kind of works. Except, I am able to select multiple shapes and the border that shows its selected does not appear around the shape until after I change radio buttons to do something else. Then the selection appears. I am not sure how to fix this? I tried adding a boolean to fix being able to select multiple shapes, but it isn't working. boolean isSelected is originally set to false. I don't understand why the border color/width doesn't appear automatically on the mouse click.
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        if ((_buttonNumber == 0) || (isSelected)) {
            for(int i=0; i<_storedShapes.size(); i++) {
                _storedShapes.elementAt(i).contains(e.getPoint());
                _storedShapes.elementAt(i).setBorderWidth(10);
                _storedShapes.elementAt(i).setBorderColor(Color.BLACK);
                isSelected = true;
            }
        }
        else {
            isSelected = false;
        }

A: Break down this overall project into small steps and solve each one individually and in isolation. First figure out how to select a Shape among several Shapes. I've usually done this by holding my Shapes in an ArrayList, then in a MouseListener's mousePressed method, iterating through the list and checking to see if any Shape contains(...) the mouse's Point.
For Dragging, you'll use a MouseMotionListener (the two listener's can be combined in one class that extends MouseAdapter) and then move the selected shape in the mouseDragged method.


It was some mundane household chore, I'm pretty sure. Not climbing a mountain. Not writing a bestseller. Not getting on "American Idol." Just the normal stuff we all do. It might have been giving the dog a bath.
I'm not sure I have to say anything else! Whether it's the mundane that we tend to procrastinate about, or chasing a life goal, it starts by getting up and taking action.
• What are you sitting around thinking about, and what would help you get up and do it?


The next CHAI Seniors event is on May 15. Details available here.
The CHAI committee provides visits and holiday gift bags to nursing home residents and people who are ill or bereaved, and hosts daytime programs of interest to seniors. The CHAI committee also plans daytime talks and lectures. There is a small fee, which covers lunch for attendees.
The CHAI committee provides visits and holiday gift bags to nursing home residents and people who are ill or bereaved, and hosts daytime programs of interest to seniors.


I really loved the look of this book; from the fantastic eye catching cover, designed by Jennie Rawlings, to the interesting synopsis that I did actually read. When I was asked if I wanted to review this book I did not hesitate - I was really happy to say yes and I am very glad that I did.
Cloud Riders is the first book in a new series that will power your mind as it takes you on a journey that will deeply immerse you in a Sci-Fi/Steampunk fantasy. The story is told from the perspective of Dom. Living with his mom in Tornado Alley, this is the setting for the frantic action that follows. After a year of long droughts, the family diner is on the verge of going bust, but then the first twister in months appears and, from nowhere, an airship emerges from the spout.
I was really drawn to the initial idea of the story; the chasing after and filming of a deadly twister. A tornado consisting of a violent rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of the earth. This is a really fascinating natural phenomena and a refreshing idea that drew me into the story. However it didn't stop there as another dimension soon appeared, literally, in the form of a new world.
As well as a fantastic idea, there are also a host of characters to intrigue the reader. There is Dom's long time best friend Jules and a feisty mysterious character known as Angelique. Both have a history with Dom that soon becomes known to the reader and allows us to relate to the emotional state of each character. We encounter a love triangle, as well as a range of mysteries and secrets with some timely twist and turns. The author is certainly not afraid to tackle the theme of tragedy within this story.
This book was a bag of tricks; it had the personality and blend of some of my favourite books. It was a very enjoyable read as it still brought something new to the literary table. Energetic spaceship battles, steampunk gadgets, and out of this world voyages have been very creatively written. The ending was incredibly frantic and explosive, which I wasn't too sure about. Nevertheless it created a great start for the next book which, I have to say, I am really looking forward to reading.
I would recommend this book, especially to readers who loved Philip Reeve's 'Mortal Engines' and Garth Nix's 'A confusion of Princess'. The only problem that you may have is being able to track down a copy, but it is out now for you to try.


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IUPAC is best known for its works standardizing nomenclature in chemistry and other fields of science, but IUPAC has publications in many fields including chemistry, biology and physics. Some important work IUPAC has done in these fields includes standardizing nucleotide base sequence code names; publishing books for environmental scientists, chemists, and physicists; and improving education in science. IUPAC is also known for standardizing the atomic weights of the elements through one of its oldest standing committees, the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (CIAAW).
IUPAC is governed by several committees that all have different responsibilities. The committees are as follows: Bureau, CHEMRAWN (Chem Research Applied to World Needs) Committee, Committee on Chemistry Education, Committee on Chemistry and Industry, Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications, Evaluation Committee, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Interdivisional Committee on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols, Project Committee, and Pure and Applied Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board. Each committee is made up of members of different National Adhering Organizations from different countries.
IUPAC committee has a long history of officially naming organic and inorganic compounds. IUPAC nomenclature is developed so that any compound can be named under one set of standardized rules to avoid duplicate names. The first publication on IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds was A Guide to IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds in 1900, which contained information from the International Congress of Applied Chemistry.
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To achieve this high performance level, the PFA KOR-LOK® allows for the ability to pre-load cores to high forces and maintain that pre-load at zero PSI. Other spring locking cylinders (PFA makes them for other applications), piston locking cylinders, and rod clamps often called "locking cylinders" are unable to replicate this capability, making the PFA KOR-LOK® incredibly popular for a variety of applications requiring high applied forces.
When changes in pressure and temperature occur during casting, both the core length and core face position may change. By integration of the PFA KOR-LOK, problems are eliminated by pre-loading the core above the force of injection over a range of lengths. Preload automatically compensates for thermal changes and core to mold mismatch due to temperature differences. This not only saves money but it also results in a better multi-slide die cast part with lower porosity and consistent density. Our KOR-LOK style preloading hydraulic locking cylinders provide core compression toward the core stops compensating for thermal variation and assembly tolerances.
Even if you have a complex part or die design, the PFA KOR-LOK® can help save money and time at each step of the process. We have worked with countless businesses to improve their workload by helping them achieve the lowest cost per part possible while maximizing the ability to run the best parts possible on some of the smallest machines in the market. The PFA KOR-LOK® helps multi-slide die casters using Techmire machines maintain a consistent level of quality that helps their dies remain competitive.
PFA Inc. has gone to great lengths to provide many requested features to remain user-friendly, while enhancing flexibility to simplify multi-slide die casting. Some of these features include a differential nut assemble for adjustment without cylinder rotation, a large bore cylinder option, multiple sensor locations and sensor types. Call Techmire or PFA today to discuss how we and improve your multi-slide profitability with a 44LCX conversion or new machine.