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Global airline groupings will be around for many years, says oneworld boss, as leading alliance celebrates its fifth birthday
Global alliances will be a feature of the airline industry for many years to come, even though consolidation among today's carriers is inevitable, says the boss of oneworld™, the most international of the carrier groupings.
Speaking at the Aviation Club of the UK in London today, marking oneworld's fifth birthday, oneworld Managing Partner John McCulloch gave two primary reasons why airline alliances will be in evidence long into the future:
Consumers like them.
They offer even the biggest airlines opportunities to generate greater value for their customers and shareholders than any individual carrier can achieve on its own.
He stated: "Competition in this industry is shifting up a gear. Increasingly we are seeing competition between alliances rather than strictly between individual airlines.
"The market likes alliances. Despite the recent growth in the no-frills sector, passengers appreciate being able to reach more places, more easily, on one through ticket, to earn and burn frequent flyer miles while doing so and, if eligible, have a network of lounges to use. Corporate customers and travel buyers are attracted to the advantages alliance fares offer.
"Airline chief executives welcome the cost savings, enhanced revenues, and opportunities to explore further consolidation that successful alliances like oneworld present."
Consolidation of the world airline industry was inevitable: "The question has long been when, and how, not if – and it is more likely to take place on the framework of existing alliances than not.
"However, it won't come about overnight, and in the meantime there remain many more things airlines, even big, consolidated airlines, will be able to do by working together as part of an alliance - more value we will be able to create for shareholders, and, if we do our job right, more services and benefits to provide our myriad of customers."
oneworld was unveiled in London in September 1998 and started offering services and benefits in February 1999. The four founding partners - American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Qantas – have since been joined by four more. Finnair and Iberia were the first recruits in September 1999, followed by Aer Lingus and LanChile in June 2000. Swiss International Air Lines will join them as a fully fledged member of the grouping during the early part of next year.
The alliance had deliberately contained its membership "to a manageable and cohesive grouping of high quality, focused carriers" rather than "adding new members for the sake of it", a strategy which had providing the grouping with "a real advantage in building meaningful value for customers and shareholders".
He explained: "When it comes to airline alliances, we believe it's the quality of what you have, and what you do with it, that really counts. We are highly selective when it comes to new recruits. We will only invite on board carriers who match our demanding quality standards, and who can add real value to our customers and to our existing partners."
This did not mean that oneworld would not add more new members: "We will, over time, and we continue to talk with potential recruits who meet our exacting requirements."
In its first five years oneworld has:
Helped its member airlines generate value totaling billions of US dollars from their various relationships under the oneworld umbrella, through enhanced revenues and cost savings from initiatives like joint purchasing and sharing facilities on the ground – US$2 billion in the past three years alone, since the central oneworld Management Company was established.
Built on its lead as the most international airline alliance, serving more territories – 136 currently – than any of its competitors.
Introduced more alliance fare and sales products than all of the competition combined - an unrivalled choice of 11 types of tickets, offering an unmatched choice of value and flexibility for captains of industry or backpackers, whether they want to fly all around the world or just visit one continent. These products earn hundreds of millions of US dollars a year for the alliance's partners.
Deepened bilateral links between its member airlines, and spread their benefits more widely across the alliance, from an initial two pairs of partners code-sharing to today 20 of the potential 28 pairings, most recently American Airlines with British Airways, making it easier for passengers to transfer between oneworld airline networks.
Established a reputation for leadership in delivering excellence in customer service and innovation, with oneworld still the only global alliance to commit to introduce e-ticket interlining fully between its member airlines, with the alliance on track to have all members cut over by the end of next year.
Expanded its share of the total output of the world air transport industry to some 18 per cent.
Combined facilities at around 25 key airports around the world, with the latest shared unit, a joint transfer desk, opening this week at London Heathrow's Terminal 3.
In those five years, its member airlines have together:
Carried 1.05 billion passengers – equivalent to one in every six men, women and children living on this planet today.
Operated almost 14 million flights, with a oneworld airline flight taking off or arriving today every five seconds on average.
Flown more than 12 billion miles (some 20 billion kilometers) – equivalent to around 75 round trips to the Sun – with a combined fleet today of 1,996 aircraft.
Generated revenues of around US$250 billion. Said John McCulloch: "With a turnover of that scale, if we as oneworld can improve the efficiency of our member airlines by just point one of one per cent - that's US$50 million a year added to their collective bottomline."


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using Orchard.ContentManagement;
using Orchard.DisplayManagement.Descriptors;
using Orchard.Utility.Extensions;
using Orchard.Widgets.Models;

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What is better for you, apple juice or orange juice?
Although apple and orange juice are both good for you, the healthiest beverage is pomegranate juice, ranked number one by a University of California Los Angeles study performed by Dr. Navindra Seeram and colleagues. Orange juice ranked 8th and apple juice ranked 10th.
The UCLA rankings were based on the juice levels of disease-fighting antioxidants. Antioxidants are important for their preventive potential against aging, heart disease and cancer.
The researchers found pomegranate juice had an antioxidant potency 20% greater than any of other tested drinks.


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Q: Powershell Delete only 1 item in Document Library I have 300 files in my document library and I need to delete one of them, I cant use the delete out of box option and I though I can use PowerShell to force it. Can anyone have any idea about this:
this one delete all files in library:
$web = get-spweb ""
$doclibsname = ""
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A: You have to find your item at first based on a condition. Like
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By Susan D. Russell ©IFS | Nov 3, 2018
Russia's Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert captured their first Grand Prix title in Helsinki on Saturday ahead of Italy's Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise.
Zabiiako and Enbert′s golden campaign did not begin with a bang. In the short program set to Prokofiev's "Alexander Nevski," (choreographed by Peter Tchernyshev) Enbert fell on a triple toe loop attempt. A score of 67.59 points left them in second place. "There was a huge mistake on the jump, but it happens," Zabiiako said.
Last to skate in the free, the Russian duo again experienced technical issues in their "Toi et Moi" program. Enbert fell on the side-by-side triple Salchow and the landing of the throw triple flip was hesitant. But their other elements, including a triple twist, a triple toe-double toe-double loop combination, and a throw triple loop, were solid enough to elevate them into first in the segment (130.92) and into first place overall (198.51).
"It means a lot to us to have won our first Grand Prix gold medal. It was a good experience for us," Zabiiako said.
"For the first time we went into a Grand Prix as the top-seeded pair and there was a little pressure and it was harder," Enbert added. "We usually skate much better in the short program and today it was hard."
Italy's Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise won the short over their Russian counterparts by 0.59 of a point. Their performance to "Never Tear Us Apart" earned a new season high score of 68.18 points. "We were well prepared, we've trained a lot in the past weeks, but the legs were shaky. It was not our best performance," said Della Monica.
Guarise expressed a little disappointment with their performance. "We've trained very well, we're in good shape, and there is no excuse. We really wanted to show our new program and there was some pressure," he explained.
Skating second to last Della Monica and Guarise also experienced technical problems in their "Tristan and Isolde" long program. Della Monica doubled both side-by-side jumps (Salchow and toe loop) and touched down on the throw triple loop. The Italian duo ranked third in the free with 117.59 points and captured silver with a combined total of 185.77 points.
"This is our first silver medal on the Grand Prix. Last year we won our first medal, a bronze, so we are happy that we improved," Della Monica said. "Next time it maybe will be gold – who knows. It shows that we are on the right track. Our next Grand Prix is in Moscow, so we have one week to work a little bit more on our mistakes."
Reigning World junior champions Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin surprised many when they skated into third in the short in their senior Grand Prix debut. Their program, "When Winter Comes," earned the young duo 63.80 points. "We were a little nervous. We try to do our work well and we want to skate flawless and clean," Pavliuchenko said. "Our music is slow and beautiful … it's about love."
The Moscow-based team kept up the pace in their "The Great Gatsby" long program, landing the rarely seen side-by side-triple flip and a triple toe-double toe-double toe combination. Their score of 121.81 ranked second in the free but they remained in third place with 185.61 points.
Khodykin said he and his partner were happy about winning their first medal on the senior Grand Prix circuit, but added "this is only the first step in our skating. We will work more and more."
"We really enjoyed this competition. We skated well, but we had some mistakes and we hope we'll skate better next time," Pavliuchenko said.
Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer of Austria were fourth in both segments (174.81). North Korea's Tae Ok Ryom and Ju Sik Kim finished in fifth with 174.24 points.
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using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security.Permissions;

// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following
// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
// associated with an assembly.
[assembly: AssemblyTitle( "ID3Sharp Library" )]
[assembly: AssemblyDescription( "" )]
[assembly: AssemblyProduct( "ID3Sharp Library" )]
[assembly: AssemblyCopyright( "Copyright Chris Woodbury ©2004-2006" )]
[assembly: AssemblyCulture( "" )]

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// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from
// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
[assembly: ComVisible( false )]

// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
[assembly: Guid( "83580dd9-e56d-4185-82d6-883bf165fbc6" )]

// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
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//      Minor Version
//      Build Number
//      Revision
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import "reflect"

type Converter interface {
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}

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}


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"This is our three points"
Osman Sow reveals what sold him on Hearts, and why he knew the Jambos could still win at Ibrox despite late setback.
Ibrox match winner Osman Sow was in ebullient mood as he reflected on Hearts' stunning last-gasp victory over Rangers on Sunday afternoon to kick off the SPFL Championship season in style.
After taking the lead through Danny Wilson's header, Rangers looked to have stolen a draw before Osman burst through the heart of the Rangers defence and hammered a shot past Cammy Bell to send the 1700 travelling supporters into a state of rapture.
Post-match, the Swede admitted the preceding events were something of a blur, with the Jambos' winner coming ten seconds after the game had kicked off!
"It was good! We got three points, most importantly", said Osman. "To tell you the truth, I don't remember much about the goal, I just took a touch and knew I had to shoot if we were going to win."
The former Crystal Palace striker revealed that director of football Craig Levein, and head coach Robbie Neilson were crucial in convincing him to sign on at the Gorgie club, disclosing that their grand plan to make Hearts a force once more sold him on life in Edinburgh.
"I spoke to Craig Levein and Robbie Neilson, and they told me their plans for the club. They told me how they wanted the team to play, and how we were to act, and I liked what they had to say so I went for it. I had opportunities to go home to Sweden, but I want to make my mark here."
Finally, the 24 year old claimed there was no disappointment amongst the players when Rangers equalised late in the game - purely because he knew the game was still theirs to win. This fighting attitude will surely win plaudits from punters and pundits alike, as the Jambos seek to reclaim their spot back amongst the top sides in the Scottish game.
"I was thinking 'This is our three points, not theirs'. Of course I still believed, the game was there to be won. The atmosphere was incredible today, but it doesn't set a marker as such. All three points are the same, but it's good to get them on the table earlier if you can. Now we have a week of training and planning on how we win the next game."


There has been a quote used repeatedly throughout the extremely popular television show, Grey's Anatomy. Said by Ellis Grey and her daughter Meredith Grey, "The carousel never stops turning," has become extremely popular with the viewers and is a metaphor to the show's plotline. Thankfully, ABC network has continued operating their carousel, as the standby is officially over. The TV network has announced that on Sept. 28, the long-awaited season 14 will premiere. Show creator and producer, Shonda Rhimes, has left lasting impressions on many viewers, by killing off favorites like Derek Shepherd, plastic surgeon Mark Sloan, and Lexie "Little" Grey, and saying farewell others such as orthopedic surgeon Calliope Torres and cardiothoracic surgeon Christina Yang. Throughout the series, love has bloomed and fizzled, divorces were filed, and surgeries have been snatched from one surgeon to the next. Fans can expect season 14 to be just as dramatic, if not more.
Season 13 left viewers with many cliffhangers, one of the biggest surprises being the announcement that Megan Hunt, Owen's beloved deceased sister and former love interest of Nathan Riggs, is not dead at all. Lindsay Macdonald, a staff writer for TV Guide Magazine, got the scoop on many hidden secrets season 14 has to offer: covering the love triangle between Meredith, Megan and Nathan, another love triangle between Maggie, April, and Jackson, and the departure of resident Stephanie Edwards. Viewers can also expect to get a better understanding and conclusive answers to the relationship between Alex Karev and Jo Wilson, as they were left off not really having a clear picture on if the relationship were to last or to crumble. We also will most likely find out what will happen between Amelia and Owen. Being a total Grey's fan myself, I hope all these questions will FINALLY be answered. We can always count on this television show to keep us on the edge of our seats, with season 14 giving us the possibility of actually falling out of them.
The two-hour season premiere of Grey's Anatomy will occur on Thurs., Sept. 28 at 8/7 pm.


"Prepare for the true successor to classic shooters," it boasts.
WW2 shooter Battalion 1944, you may recall, ran a fireball of a Kickstarter in early 2016. It was fully funded in just three days and went on to raise more than triple its £100,000 goal, hitting multiple stretch goals including additional maps. Today, developer Bulkhead Interactive released a "pre-announcement" trailer which explores the game's development and artwork, and also teases the upcoming release of Battalion's first proper reveal trailer, which is coming January 9.
Luckily, Bulkhead came with more than a teaser for a teaser. They didn't provide an exact date, but the studio did say Battalion will come to Steam Early Access "not long after" the trailer's release. It will go for $14.99 upon release, which is lower than the Kickstarter's smallest pledge. As such, all Kickstarter backers "will be rewarded with unique-to-backers only skins and multiple cosmetics and vanity-focused loot crates."
"The market has changed so much since we first started work on Battalion 1944, and as players we felt like we wanted to see a fairer approach to pricing in-development video games," said director Joe Brammer. "In an effort to have a better relationship with our community, Battalion 1944's run in Early Access will see it priced as a game that's still in development, and one that requires a growing community to help design and refine it. We also really want to reward the existing community who have been behind us since the beginning, so with this approach we want to give something back to the game's first loyal supporters."
"Battalion 1944 will retail for a cheaper entry price during Early Access with the intent to raise the price at full release. This is to reward and encourage those who invest in Battalion for the long term during Early Access. All extra DLC content will be free."


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Sustainable Technologies at Home
Top 5 Green Robots
5: Robotic Predator
EcoBot II boasts a rather environmentally friendly appetite for flies.
Image courtesy Bristol Robotics Laboratory
If you happen to view the "Matrix" film trilogy as gospel, then you know that machines will eventually overthrow their human masters and enslave humans in a massive electronic generator. Kung fu and explosions ensue.
If you look around, you'll probably note that modern robots aren't up to the task. Seriously, if a Roomba can't outsmart a cat, then what chance do the machines have against humans?
Well, the University of the West of England's Bristol Robotics Laboratory studied the idea of a robot predator in the late 1990s. The engineers developed a prototype for a robot with a prime directive: catch garden slugs and turn them into fuel. Obviously, the mechanical and programming demands of such a venture deserve credit, but it's the focus on turning a garden pest into energy that really makes the SlugBot a green automaton.
Designs called for the bot to catch 10 slugs a minute during the night, store them in a container and then return to its base to recharge and dump the disgusting mollusks into a fermentation chamber. There, bacteria would convert the creatures into biogas, which would in turn load a fuel cell for the SlugBot's next field trip.
The slugs of the world are safe for now, though. The team behind SlugBot has moved on to the creation of all-new robo predators, including the self-powered, fly-eating EcoBot II, which attracts its prey by emitting an odor similar to that of human excrement. The team also is working on EcoBot III and has explored the idea of creating a plankton-munching, self-powered robot to live in the ocean.
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JTTs Vol.9 No.3 , July 2019
Impact of Urbanisation on Land Use/Land Cover in Puducherry City, India
P. Sangaradasse, S. Eswari
Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry, India.
Abstract: The change of land use plays a major role in the developmental activity of a developing country. Due to rapid growth of urbanisation and dramatic increasing population, the fertile agricultural land has been converted to built-up area with respect to the demand for housing requirement and to the need for basic infrastructure facilities. The quantum of open space and surface water bodies has also been encroached. There has been a rapid growth of population in Puducherry city from 3.48 million in 1991 to 5.44 million in 2011. Hence the conservation of natural resources becomes one of the major challenges especially in small and medium town. This study was conducted to assess the effect of change on land use in urban agglomeration area of Puducherry city for the duration period from 1997 to 2017. There has been an increase in population in Puducherry city mainly attributed to higher scale of migration from adjoining rural areas and medium town for better education, job opportunities and quality life. Hence, it has been strongly recommended for stringent Development Control Regulations to quantify the urban sprawl and manage the impact of urbanisation of land use/land cover in Puducherry city.
Keywords: Change of Land Use/Land Cover, GIS, Urban Growth, Sustainable, Built-Up Area
Land use is derived from the human utility of land and can mainly be classified into residential, agricultural, commercial use, industrial, etc. The land use/land cover changes are due to socio economic and natural factors. The growth in population as well as migration of people from rural to urban is the most important cause of land use change [1] . Urban area covers a very small portion of the world land surface. Their delineation has significantly changed the natural landscape, created enormous environmental and social impact at local, regional and global scale [2] . The unplanned and uncontrolled rapid growth of urbanisation has resulted in serious negative effects on the urban dwellers and their environment [3] . The change of land use has not been regularised in developing cities. The built-up area is generally considered as the parameter for quantifying urbanisation [4] . Land use and land cover are an important indicator in understanding the interaction between human activities and the environment [5] .
The expansion of urban and suburban areas requires more land and promotes the conversion of rural to urban agglomeration area [6] e.g. half of 100 million new urban residents expected in India by 2030 will be living in secondary or mid sized cities like Agartala, Imphal, Tripura and Tirupathi whereas one quarter will add to the population of the nations' megacities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru [7] [8] . So analysis and projection of land use cover changes are one of the tools to assess ecosystem changes and their environmental implication's at various temporal and spatial scales [9] [10] .
The concept of urban planning applied towards the preservation and management of natural land use will increase the quality of life [11] . Urban expansion changed cities "Big seven: Natural vegetation: Agricultural land: clean water: Jobs: housing: transport and socio-economy [12] . So there is a need for implementation of effective urban planning policies by the Governmental Authorities and other stakeholders to regulate land use [13] .
Geographical Information system (GIS) is a systematic process of spatial data and processing with attribute data for assessing the change forecasting with respect to the present scenario and future growth of the city. Remote sensing is data acquisition through space or air borne sensors without any analytical contact to objects. Remote sensing and GIS tool have been used in many urban growth analysis studies especially urban land use changes. Due to cost effectiveness and temporal frequency, remote sensing is mostly employed for changes of land use detection analysis [14] . It also has great potential for the acquisition of detailed and accurate surface information for managing and planning urban reforms [15] . However, Arc GIS is one of the best software tools to analyze the spatial data which can show attribute data with respect to land use analysis for rapid growth of cities.
2. Study Area
The Puducherry city is one of the tourism based city and situated in the east-central part of the Puducherry region. The geographical location is 11˚90˚N latitude and 79˚48˚E longitude. Puducherry city is located on a flat plain at an average elevation of 15 m from mean sea level (MSL) (Figure 1). The relative humidity is generally high and ranges to maximum of 70% during August to April and minimum of 60% during June and July.
Figure 1. Study area location.
The temperature varies between 27˚C to 37˚C. Puducherry city is non contiguous geographic in nature and it is well connected by rail and road transport and currently has airport facility. Population in Puducherry city has increased from 3.48 million in 1991 to 5.44 million in 2011. It consists of Puducherry and Oulgaret Municipalities which covers 41.9 sq∙km with respect to urban agglomeration area as recommended in Comprehensive Development Plan for Puducherry City [16] .
3. Methodology (Figure 2)
In the present study, satellite data, topography sheets of the study area obtained from Survey of India (SOI), Revenue Village map, Comprehensive Development Plan report for Puducherry city and Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) LISS-III images will be utilised to understand the dynamic phenomenon such as urban sprawl/growth and for land use change detection/analysis. Using ArCGIS, the study area boundary map, will be scanned and converted to digital raster image and generate various thematic layer in respect of ground truth verification and then eight separate land use classes will be identified like, Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Public and Semi Public, Grooves and garden, Traffic and Transportation and Water bodies for the year 1997 and 2017.
Analysis of land use classification and detection of the change of land use in urban agglomeration area as recommended in Comprehensive Development Plan for Pondicherry City.
Figure 2. Methodology flow chart.
In Indian cities, more than 30 percent of people are living in urban agglomeration areas and facing serious crisis, in terms of basic infrastructure facilities, due to rapid growth urbanisation. The urban sprawl has been replacing a large area of highly precious agricultural land and as a result the changing land use of Puducherry city as been shown in Figure 3 & Figure 4.
The study area of the Puducherry city and is located at 11˚90'N latitude and 79˚48'E longitude and mostly depends on tourism activity. It provides direct and indirect Job opportunities and plays a major role in the integral part of economy. It is evident semi-vegetation covers more area in 1997.
However, these areas have been changed under the demand from built up areas with respect to the requirement of increasing population. There is salient spatial and temporal change in the classification of land use in the city of Puducherry as shown in Table 1.
The influential change has been ascertained in the land use classification such as residential, commercial, transportation and communication. The negative changes were observed in industrial, public and semi public, water bodies, grooves and garden and agricultural land and the same shown in Figure 5 & Figure 6. The built up areas (including Residential, Commercial and Industrial) have increased from 16.07 sq∙km in 1997 to 19.70 sq∙km in 2017 with a percentage change of 9.87 as mentioned in Table 2. The study revealed that prodigious urbanisation between 1997 and 2017 was due to conversion of 8.88 sq∙km of agricultural land to built-up area.
Figure 3. Map for change detection 1997.
Figure 4. Percentage of Land use (1997).
Table 1. Land use classification.
Table 2. Overall percentage change in a different class.
Establishment of new high rise building such as mall which occupies a large built-up area consisting of textile trading complex, commercial outlets, recreation centres, hotels and several major multi branded retail outlets have been developing within the urban agglomeration area of the Puducherry City in terms of change detection land use classification as shown in Figure 7. The flow rate of touristor have been increasing from neighbouring states such as Chennai, Bengaluru and Andhra Pradesh to visit Aurobindo Ashram, Auroville, Arikamedu and other beach areas of the East Coastal Zone of Puducherry City.
In view of above, the year-on-year increasing number of vehicles, coupled with inadequate parking infrastructure has made motoring in the city more congested. In peak hours the traffic congestion is at higher rate in the intersections. All the Government head offices, Central Business District (CBD) are located in the centre of the city in boulevard. Hence the people residing in urban and other small and medium town areas need to reach the centre of the city for their requirements. This is one of the main reasons for increase in traffic congestion. The carrying capacities of the existing roads are inadequate to manage the present vehicle population.
Figure 7. Change detection map (1997-2017).
Mandate of rules for parking facilities at commercial complex, seems to have been missed by many multi story buildings. In some of the streets within the Puducherry City, parking on both sides is prohibited yet vehicles queue up due to insufficient of park lots.
Between 1997 and 2017 the population increased to 64.4% while area of building land grew by 76.63%, it required more rate of land development it terms of population growth and it would have a significant impact to provide basic infrastructure facilities. There is an incredible change in agricultural land with negative growth of 6.83% which declined about 33% from 8.88 sq∙km to 6.02 sq∙km between 1997 to 2017. This land has been utilised for urban and built up area like residential, commercial, industrial etc. Among the eight land use classification, grooves and garden cover only 0.73 sq∙km in 2017, while it was about 1.02 sq∙km. The agricultural land decreased from 8.83 sq∙km in 1997 to 6.02 sq∙km in 2017 which indicates a negative trend (Figure 8 & Figure 9).
Figure 8. Change detection.
Figure 9. Percentage change (1917-2017).
The present study analyzes the land use/land cover of the Puducherry city from 1997 to 2017 using Remote Sensing and ArC GIS in conjunction with Comprehensive Development Plan and various socio-economic parameters. As far as Puducherry city is concerned, the people from surrounding areas move towards Central Business District (CBD) to fulfill their day to day need and requirements. The rapid growth of population in Puducherry city is about 3.48 millon in 1991 to 5.44 million, in 2011 is one of the main reasons for an increase in the built-up area in Puducherry city. The Government of Puducherry has notified that the whole Puducherry region comes under the Puducherry Planning Area. Puducherry city is one of the educational hubs with good infrastructure facilities and hence people have migrated from rural areas, small and medium town to the main city. Large retailers have set up shops in Puducherry over the years without adequate parking space leading to traffic congestion. Hence this study suggests identifying the growth centres to decentralise facilities and conserve the natural resources. The upcoming building at commercial spaces must provide compulsory parking facilities unless they are located in a vehicle free zone. Paid public parking could also be introduced as in cities. Separate parking spaces have to be created for vehicle, especially two wheelers and four wheelers.
This study suggests that an intensive decrease in agricultural land, accommodation of dense population, consumption of natural resources are the prime challenges and due to these reasons the city would face for future development. Hence the planning policy must be made to regulate the urban growth and enhance the sustainable development in identified growth centres in and around of Puducherry city.
The authors are thankful to the Department of Civil Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College, Indian Remote Sensing Centre, Town and Country Department, Department of Transport, Department of land and records and Department of Census.
Cite this paper: Sangaradasse, P. and Eswari, S. (2019) Impact of Urbanisation on Land Use/Land Cover in Puducherry City, India. Journal of Transportation Technologies, 9, 331-341. doi: 10.4236/jtts.2019.93021.
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Will The Market For Global Distributed Antenna System Flourish?
Network coverage in isolated areas or large buildings is relatively poor and a distributed antenna system (DAS) is the solution for it. Installation of small electronic devices or antennas that receive signals and transmit those are distributed throughout the low-coverage area to act as repeaters. The antennas are manually connected to a central controller, which is linked to the wireless carrier network's base station. This enhances the receptivity of signals and boosts network coverage.
The rise in mobile data traffic and the rapid increase in the number of connected devices, owing to the growing acceptance of Internet of Things (IoT), have created a high demand for spectrum efficiency and extended network coverage. This need for uninterrupted connectivity is a major factor driving the growth of the global distributed antenna system. DAS systems are lucid and compatible with mobile devices, providing both voice and data services to cell phones like any regular tower on a cellular network. DAS deployments are best suited for densely populated indoor spaces such as shopping complexes, medical, and high-rise buildings.
Generally, there are two types of distributed antenna systems, passive or active. A passive DAS captures mobile phone signals from antennas situated in an open elevated place and channelizes them through leaky feeder or coaxial cables located throughout the space. The signal channel distributes the signal to the entire area as a result. The active system, on the other hand, allows the signal to be passed from antennas located in high spots through fibre cables. The systems boost and strengthen the signals when required. The main differences between active and passive DAS systems are the variations in cost and level of effectiveness. The global distributed antenna system market scopecan be segmented based on its application and investment.
A new type of DAS has evolved called the hybrid distributed antenna system. Most of the features are similar to that of active system. The hybrid DAS applies a certain amount of fibre for the distribution of signal, however, it depends heavily on passive coaxial cable for the larger amount of signal distribution. Hybrid systems can be ideal for average-sized spaces, or unexpected signal problems. When several passive systems are connected by a fibre cable to a remote amplifier unit, it forms the hybrid DAS system.
There exist quite a few challenges in the DAS market. Since DAS systems function on the spectrum of radio frequency licensed to wireless carriers, organizations interested in employing this system cannot undertake a DAS deployment independently without involving at least one carrier which has to be purchased at a very high cost. The deployment of a DAS project is also an expensive step as installing antennas and roping fibre optical or coaxial cables between antenna modules and the controller are all extremely labour-intensive operations. Costs of installing the systems as well as maintenance expenses are usually sustained by the carrier providers. However, the carrier may agree to pay for these expenses only if the deployment fits within their network plans, covers a large number of subscribers or fills a significant gap in service. A DAS may be shared by multiple carriers to reduce the costs.
Various factors determine the type of DAS system most suitable for a particular purpose. Both commercial and public sectors are increasingly adapting to this technology for its better network coverage which is predicted to propel the global distributed antenna system forward.
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Katie Holmes and Luke Wilson on the set of ALL WE HAD.
Woman directors make history yet again at Tribeca.
One-third of this year's feature films at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival have been directed by women. That's a staggering statistic by any measure and it doesn't even include the wealth of short films that have also been helmed by some of the boldest and hardest-working women in the independent film industry. These include everyone from actress-turned-directors like Katie Holmes and Mia Wasikowska to thrilling new voices like Leyla Bouzid, Ingrid Jungermann, and Meera Menon, the latter of whom won Tribeca's first-ever Nora Ephron Prize in 2013 for the rowdy road trip comedy Farah Goes Bang. For exemplifying Ephron's spirit and vision, Menon received the $25,000 award.
Created at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival to honor Ephron, the award recognizes a woman who embodies the legacy of the legendary filmmaker and writer. With the Nora Ephron Award, we hope to inspire upcoming women directors and writers to bring compelling stories to the screen.
Here, then, in alphabetical order, is a complete and comprehensive guide to every single woman-directed film at this year's Festival, from life-capturing (and life-affirming) documentaries on a vibrant array of subjects to a virtual treasure trove of whip-smart comedies, heart-stirring dramas, edge-of-your-seat thrillers, and so much more.
For screening dates, visit the Film Guide. Tickets go on sale March 29.
Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
In 1973, the US Supreme court decision Roe v. Wade gave every woman the right to have an abortion. In 2016, abortion remains one of the most divisive issues in America, especially in Missouri. Award-winning director and Missouri native Tracy Droz Tragos sheds new light on the contentious issue by focusing on the women and their stories, rather than the debate. An HBO Documentary Film.
Directed and written by Rachel Tunnard. (U.K.) – World Premiere, Narrative.
Ruthie continually makes the best of her mother Rita's hard luck. When their attempt at settling in a new town hits a stumbling block, even Ruthie struggles to keep it together. Based on Annie Weatherwax's 2014 novel, Katie Holmes' feature directorial debut is an enriching coming-of-age drama about a resilient mother and daughter who find strength in each other. With Stefania Owen, Katie Holmes, Luke Wilson, Richard Kind, Mark Consuelos, Judy Greer, and Eve Lindley.
Directed by Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, written by Wally Marzano-Lesnevich (USA) - World Premiere, Narrative.
As I Open My Eyes depicts the clash between culture and family as seen through the eyes of a young Tunisian woman balancing the traditional expectations of her family with her creative life as the singer in a politically charged rock band. Director Leyla Bouzid's musical feature debut offers a nuanced portrait of the individual implications of the incipient Arab Spring. With Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari, Aymen Omrani, Lassaad Jamoussi, Deena Abdelwahed, Youssef Soltana, Marwen Soltana. In Arabic with subtitles. Presented in association with Venice Days.
Directed by Deb Shoval, written by Deb Shoval and Karolina Waclawiak. (USA) – World Premiere.
Joey (Lola Kirke) is a young woman in search of direction in her small town. A visit to an army recruiting office appears to provide a path, but when she meets and falls in love with Rayna (Breeda Wool) that path diverges in ways that neither woman anticipates. Building on the award-winning short of the same name, director Deb Shoval crafts a clear-eyed love story and an impressive feature film debut.
Directed by Nancy Buirski. (USA) - World Premiere, Documentary.
In a never-before-seen interview made a few years before his death, Sidney Lumet guides us through his life and work, the trailblazing canon of one of the most socially conscious directors in cinema. With candor and humor, he reveals what matters to him as an artist and a human being.
Directed by Marina Person, written by Marina Person, Mariana Veríssimo, and Francisco Guarnieri. (Brazil) – North American Premiere, Narrative.
Directed and written by Priscilla Anany. (USA, Ghana) – World Premiere, Narrative.
Directed by Jenny Carchman. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
Directed by Kiki Lambden Stout, written by Elizabeth Canavan. (USA) – World Premiere.
A mother abandons her family on Father's Day, forcing the family to come face-to-face with her devastating disease.
Directed by Dawn Dreyer, Andrea Love. (USA) – World Premiere.
Directed and written by Kerry Furrh, Cailin Lowry, and Olivia Mitchell. (USA) – World Premiere.
Directed by Charlotte Scott-Wilson, written by Charlotte Scott-Wilson and Marielot van der Slikke. (Netherlands) – World Premiere.
A young cellist has to overcome her fears in order to keep her position in an orchestra. In Dutch with subtitles.
"Mother's Day" segment written and directed by Sarah Adina Smith (USA) – World Premiere, Narrative.
Directed and written by Sara Broos. (Sweden) – North American Premiere.
irected by Kahane Cooperman. (USA) – World Premiere.
Directed by Ferne Pearlstein, written by Robert Edwards and Ferne Pearlstein. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
Directed by Rubika Shah, written by Ed Gibbs and Rubika Shah. (U.K., Australia) – North American Premiere.
Segments directed by Natasha Khan and Mia Wasikowska (Argentina, Australia, USA, India, Japan, UK) – World Premiere.
Directed and written by Lorene Scafaria. (USA) – US Premiere, Narrative.
Directed by Kadri Kousaar, written by Leana Jalukse and Al Wallcat. (Estonia) – International Premiere.
Directed by Sonia Kennebeck. (USA) – International Premiere, Documentary.
Sonia Kennebeck takes on the controversial tactic of drone warfare, and demands accountability through the personal accounts—recollections, traumas, and responses—of three American military veterans whose lives have been shaken by the roles they played in this controversial method of attack. Executive produced by Wim Wenders and Errol Morris. In Dari, English with subtitles.
Directed and written by Frederike Migom. (Belgium) – US Premiere.
Directed by Parker Hill, written by Parker Hill and Evan Ari Kelman. (USA) – World Premiere.
Directed and written by Coralie Fargeat. (France) – New York Premiere.
Directed and written by Stéphanie Gillard. (France) – World Premiere, Documentary.
The Ride takes us along the annual 300-mile trek through the South Dakota Badlands. There, young men and women of the Lakota Sioux ride horseback and reflect upon the history of their ancestors. This intimate, stunningly photographed account captures the thoughts and emotions of the young riders and the adults who guide them along their journey.
Directed and written by Myrsini Aristidou. (Cyprus) – New York Premiere.
A school note becomes just the right excuse for Semele to visit her father at his workplace. In Greek with subtitles.
Directed and written by Camille Chaix, Hugo Jean, Juliette Jourdan, Marie Pillier, Kevin Roger. (France) – US Premiere.
Directed by Kristi Jacobson. (USA) – World Premiere, Documentary.
Co-directed by Erin Leyden and Gentry Kirby. (USA) – World Premiere. Documentary.
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Morgan and Jean work well together as true crime podcasters because they didn't work well, at all, as a couple. When Morgan strikes up a new relationship with the mysterious Simone, their shared interest turns into suspicion, paranoia, and fear. Ingrid Jungermann's whip smart feature debut is an adept and wry comedy on modern romance's hollow results, set in an LGBTQ Brooklyn. With Ingrid Jungermann, Ann Carr, Sheila Vand, Shannon O'Neill, Annette O'Toole, Grace Rex.
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Based on the weighted sum evaluation criteria that excluded cost, Concept 2 scored the highest among all the concepts. However, inspecting the results shows that Concept 3, though lower in total sum, still has advantages over Concept 2, especially in accuracy and weight. Upon applying cost analysis into the results, the significantly higher cost of Concept 2 drives the weighted sum/cost well below the other two concepts. Considering both cost and performance, Concept 1 and 3 are very close, with Concept 1 slightly higher. Concept 3 is shown to be an appropriate choice for both evaluations, considering performance alone and considering performance with cost. For this reason, Concept 3 is the most appropriate choice.
For a sensitivity analysis of weighting, each weight was reduced by one integer to see the impact of a change in weight on the weighted sum and cost effectiveness. With this adjustment, the percent change in the weighted sum was 265 to 26% across the board. Coincidently, the change in weighting values had a similar affect on cost effectiveness, ranging from 25 to 26%. This illustrates that the weighting has a fairly significant affect on the overall score for each alternative.
For a sensitivity analysis of cost, each cost was reduced by 10% of its original value to determine the impact of a change in cost to the score, as reflected by the cost effectiveness. The result was that a reduction in cost had an equally significant impact on the cost effectiveness for all three concepts, with an adjustment of 11% on cost effectiveness. If you were able to get a reduction in cost for one of those three companies, it could have a significant impact on the decision.
A table of the results of the sensitivity analysis is presented below.
Based on the sensitivity analysis performed, Concept 3 remains as the most appropriate option.


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Synopsis The Bill amends the Human Reproductive Technology Act 1991(the HRT Act) in respect of the regulation of embryo research and prohibited practices that relate to reproductive technology.
retain the existing framework in relation to embryos created by fertilisation of human eggs by human sperm. Such embryos can only be created for the purpose of achieving pregnancy in a women. If at the end of the assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment the embryos are excess to the needs of the people to whom they were created they can be donated for research. Any use of the ART embryos for research will continue to be subject to the strict licensing requirement that are provided in the HRT Act.
retain the ban on human cloning for reproductive purposes.
allow for the creation of embryos by means other than fertilisation and the use of those embryos for research. Both the creation and the use of the embryo is subject to the same strict licensing that applies to excess ART embryos. Embryos created by means other than fertilisation cannot be developed by any means for more than 14 days and must not be used for reproductive purposes.
require the tabling of reports prepared by the relevant Commonwealth Minister regarding the establishment of a national stem cell bank, a national register of excess ART embryos that have been donated for research and the feasibility of a national approach to non-blood human tissue based therapies.
require the Western Australian Minister to cause a further independent review of the legislation in three years (which may be undertaken as part of the required review of the Commonwealth Acts).
2. Standing Committee on Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review Report No. 23 tabled 18 October 2007 (TP 3417).


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For the final reveal by the Collectors Club we get Sgt. Slaughter… wait, nope it's Sgt. Smasher. Sgt. Smasher is the Slaughter's Marauders Sqaud Leader and will be leading the team into battle against the Python Patrol. Sgt. Smasher is a brand new character design that is inspired by "Mister C" from the Sunbow cartoon. I will be the first to admit I didn't remember Mister C from the cartoon and had to look him up (picture below). Sgt. Smasher brings with him quite a lot of controversy thus far. I know a lot of fans were clamoring for Sgt. Slaughter to lead the team but it looks like the Club was not able to secure the rights. Putting all the controversy aside Sgt. Smasher looks pretty good. It's not everyday that we get a new character and I for one will take it. It's a nice addition to the GI Joe mythos and the figure looks nice with a new head sculpt and a new removable drill instructor hat. Take a look below and let us know what you think.
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Mr. C was a white Mr. T parody. This looks like a bootleg Sgt. Craig "Pitbull" Pittman. I guess that's a little less tacky than trying to sneak through a bootleg Sgt. Slaughter.
Did Fun Pub think this would be well received? Why do Slaughter's Marauders if you know you can't get Sgt. Slaughter? Why tease people by using Sgt. Slaughter's internationally acceptable name? Between this and the Sitterson mess does anyone at Hasbro pay attention to what they're approving?
Um…doesn't everyone realize that Sarge will be the carded figure? They're trying to rescue him, so doesn't that make more sense than saying he won't be in the set?
The Club has already stated they cannot use the Sarge as a figure for contractual reasons.
Mr. C was white ? Could've fooled me.
He's the same color as Duke there.
Sounds like your standard white cartoon villain too.
Hasbro really should just put the complete cartoons on YouTube. It's all kids really watch anymore.


Thailand has released refugee footballer Hakeen al-Araibi after two months of intense lobbying, with Bahrain unexpectedly dropping its extradition case.
Reuters reports A refugee Bahraini footballer who was held in a Thai prison for more than two months at the Gulf state's request arrived in his adoptive hometown of Melbourne on Tuesday. He arrived to cheers and the great relief of his wife. Twenty five year old Hakeem Al Araibi, who fled Bahrain in 2014 and received refugee status in Australia, was released from prison in Bangkok on Monday.


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2 Terry: If I never see another honey and Marmite on pollen bread sandwich in my life, it'll be too soon.
3 Jane Goodall: Better than surviving on potatoes for two years.
4 Terry: At least Mark Watney had disco music to keep him sane!
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Also: Who knew Terry was a disco fan?


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Home > Volume 82 Issue 17 > KITTY LITTER
Volume 82 Issue 17 | p. 26 | What's That Stuff?
Clay, silica, and plant-derived alternatives compete to keep your cat's box clean
By Amanda Yarnell
Most "scoopable" litters are made of a highly absorbent clay called sodium bentonite.
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For today's cat owners, cat litter is as much a necessity as cat food. But before 1950, most cat boxes were filled with sand, dirt, or ashes instead of the more convenient superabsorbent litters to which cat lovers are now accustomed.
Kitty litter got its start when a neighbor frustrated with her cat tracking ashes throughout the house asked a budding entrepreneur named Edward Lowe for some sand. Lowe, whose family owned an industrial absorbents company, convinced her to try clay instead. So Lowe sent the neighbor home with an absorbent clay called Fuller's earth. She loved it and soon would use nothing else in her cat box.
Her enthusiasm spurred Lowe to try to sell the stuff, which he dubbed "Kitty Litter," as a cat box filler. But the local pet store owner was doubtful that anyone would pay money for the product when the alternatives were available for next to nothing. So Lowe began giving it away for free. Soon, he had satisfied customers willing to pay good money for Kitty Litter. By 1990, Edward Lowe Industries was the largest producer of cat box filler in the U.S.
The secret to Lowe's Kitty Litter is granulated Fuller's earth. Fuller's earth is actually a catchall term for a chemically diverse set of absorbent clay minerals capable of absorbing their weight in water. Fuller's earth litters naturally provide some odor control by sequestering urine. But if the soiled litter isn't replaced and urine begins to collect at the bottom of the box, bacteria found in feces will convert the uric acid in cat urine into unpleasant-smelling ammonia. Fuller's earth litters can alleviate some of the ammonia odor by trapping the positively charged ammonium ions that are formed when water in urine protonates the ammonia. To improve odor control, cat litter manufacturers use a number of additives, including baking soda to absorb smells, fragrances to mask unpleasant scents, and antibacterial agents to kill odor-causing bacteria.
Traditional clay litters like Lowe's original Kitty Litter still make up about 40% of the cat litter market. But like ashes, dirt, and sand, traditional clay litters must be discarded and replaced fairly often, making cat box cleaning a frequent chore. Unhappy with the inconvenience of traditional litters, biochemist and cat lover Thomas Nelson began investigating alternative clay formulations in the early 1980s. He observed that a certain type of clay called bentonite clumped up in the presence of moisture, allowing waste to be isolated and scooped out, leaving behind clean litter. Today, roughly 60% of the cat litter sold in the U.S. is of the clumping variety, and most of it is made from bentonite clay.
Bentonite is largely composed of montmorillonite, a clay mineral made up of stacks of SiO4 sandwiched between two sheets of octahedrally coordinated aluminum, magnesium, or iron. Substitution of lower valence ions for some of the higher valence ones in the octahedral sheets creates a negative charge imbalance that traps cations, most often sodium or calcium, between the stacked sandwiches.
The absorption power of various types of bentonite is determined by which cation is present and in what amount. Because sodium ions have a larger hydration sphere than calcium ions do, sodium bentonite can absorb more moisture than its calcium counterpart, explains clay scientist Shobha Parekh of Wyo-Ben, a bentonite mining company in Billings, Mont. Sodium-rich bentonite is therefore the material of choice for clumping cat litter, she says.
Like traditional clay litters, bentonite litters provide some inherent odor control, thanks to their ability to sequester urine and to trap any NH4+ produced from urine degradation. Recently, "crystal" cat litters that promise improved odor control have entered the market. The silica gel used to make these crystals is chemically similar to that used in desiccants. The silica gel crystals in such litters are dotted with tiny pores, allowing the crystals to absorb cat urine, then slowly allow the water to evaporate off.
Some cat lovers fear--unnecessarily, cat litter manufacturers say--that their cats might harm themselves by ingesting superabsorbent clay litters if they lick their paws after doing their business in the box. In response, a number of companies are marketing plant-derived alternatives made of wood pulp, corn, wheat--even peanut shells and orange peels.
For example, Swheat Scoop litter, marketed by Detroit Lakes, Minn.-based Pet Care Systems, relies on natural wheat enzymes to neutralize litter box odor, while wheat starches trap moisture and clump firmly for easy scooping. In addition to being safe to eat, Swheat Scoop and other plant-derived alternative litters are biodegradable and can be used as mulch or even flushed down the toilet. Swheat Scoop founder Mike Hughes estimates that more than 160,000 tons of nonbiodegradable cat litter ends up in municipal solid-waste landfills each year.
Despite this vast array of choices--both clumping and nonclumping litters made of clay, silica, and plant-derived alternatives--most cat lovers still think that cleaning the litter box stinks.


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Perfect service processes increase the availability of production systems and minimise the risk of costly production stoppages. DMG MORI is presenting NETservice under this banner at the Open House at DECKEL MAHO Pfronten. Together with IoTconnector and the coordinated SERVICEcamera (optional), NETservice will set new standards for remote services in machine tool manufacture from May 2018 onwards.
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Operators, hotlines, service technicians or other experts are thus able to react in a direct communication network and solve service queries together. This is also the case when the images of the new SERVICEcamera make an important contribution to the conference or the DMG MORI service technician also has access to the actual control and CELOS information of the machine.
The new SERVICEcamera is a camera exclusively developed by DMG MORI for live streaming via NETservice for immediate service support, visually guided online training and online user assistance.
The complete NETservice packet is preinstalled on the IoTconnector. The IoTconnector can be quickly installed in the control cabinet. All necessary configurations can be programmed via dialogues. The secret of simplicity: The IoTconnector, NETservice and the SERVICEcamera thus form a pre-configured and perfectly coordinated plug & play solution for DMG MORI customers. The integrated firewall with automate updates offer the highest possible protection for the machine.
The IoTconnector connects older generation DMG MORI machines as well as third-party machines with CELOS. Standardised interfaces enable data exchange between the IoTconnector and CELOS APPs.


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How to Understand Schizophrenia
What Is Schizoaffective Disorder?
Learn what schizoaffective disorder is from psychiatrist Jeanie Tse in this Howcast video.
Schizoaffective disorder is a disorder that is basically schizophrenia with also depression or manic episodes as well. So, schizophrenia, first of all, is a brain disorder that affects the development of the brain so that people's thinking and behavior are affected.
The main symptoms of schizophrenia include delusions, where people have fixed false beliefs about something, including feeling paranoid that other people are out to hurt them, or feeling grandiose like they have a mission to accomplish. These beliefs are not shared by other people in their culture.
There are hallucinations, where people may feel that they hear somebody talking to them and other people don't perceive that, or see things that other people don't see. There are disorganized thoughts and behavior, which affect how people are able to care for themselves and how they are able to communicate to others.
Then, there are negative symptoms where people may not have a lot of motivation to do things, and may have very flat affect, so that they do not seem like the people they were before they became ill. So, that's schizophrenia.
If you have schizophrenia and you also have periods of two weeks or more of depression, or you have periods of manic symptoms, where you have increased energy, talk too much, can't sleep, you have a lot of activity, then you might have schizoaffective disorder. What makes the schizophrenia plus mood episodes different than bipolar disorder, where you could have mood episodes and have delusions or hallucinations, the main difference is that in schizoaffective disorder, you have those delusions or hallucinations without depression or without that increased mood and increased energy that is associated with mania for some of the time. So, that schizophrenia is the primary diagnosis and then you have mood episodes on top of it.
So, that's sort of the long answer to what is schizoaffective disorder, which is still something that in psychiatry we're trying to learn more about. Sometimes people say, "I have schizophrenia and I have bipolar disorder." In that case, what they really mean, though, is that they have schizoaffective disorder, which captures the combination of both disorders.
How to Understand Schizophrenia with Anthony Newton
How to Understand Schizophrenia with Jeanie Tse, MD
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Should You Tell People You Have Schizophrenia?
How People with Schizophrenia Can Avoid Relapses
How to Recover from Schizophrenia
When Is Hospitalization Recommended for Schizophrenics?
Should Schizophrenics Be Held Responsible for Their Crimes?
How to Manage a Psychotic Break
How to Help a Parent with Schizophrenia
How to Help a Spouse with Schizophrenia
How to Help a Child with Schizophrenia
4 Ways to Help Someone with Schizophrenia
Is Schizophrenia Hereditary?
Schizophrenia & Birth Month
Schizophrenia & IQ
Schizophrenia & Violence
Schizophrenia & Substance Abuse
Schizophrenia & Suicide Rates
Schizophrenia & Smoking
How Schizophrenia Affects Life Expectancy
Nutritional Therapy & Alternate Treatments
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PySpark Tutorial For Beginners – Learn PySpark in 7 Min.
Today, we will start our new journey with PySpark Tutorial. In this PySpark tutorial, we will see what is PySpark, how it works. Moreover, we will learn differences in Python API, how to install PySpark and PySpark configurations. Also, we will discuss PySpark uses. Along with this, we will see the programs in PySpark and also discuss the comparison of Python vs Scala.
PySpark is a Spark Python API which exposes the Spark programming model to Python. Also, it is a tool which supports Python with Spark. However, there is much more to learn about it, So, in this article, we will discuss all the aspects to get in-depth knowledge of it.
So, let's start PySpark Tutorial.
Learning PySpark we know that in Scala programming language, Spark is written. But Apache Spark Community released a tool, PySpark to support Python with Spark. Also, we can work with RDDs in Python programming language, by using PySpark. It is only possible with Py4j, with the help of this they are able to achieve this.
In addition, it provides a PySpark Shell to us. Its main goal is to link the Python API to the spark core and also it initializes the Spark context. As Python has a rich library set that why the majority of data scientists and analytics experts use Python nowadays. Hence, Python Spark integrating is a boon to them.
Those professionals who are aspiring to make a career in programming language and also those who want to do real-time processing framework can go for this PySpark tutorial.
Also, those who want to learn PySpark along with its several modules, as well as submodules, must go for this PySpark tutorial.
We assume that before learning PySpark tutorial, the readers already have basic knowledge about the programming language as well as framework. Also, it is recommended to have a sound knowledge of Spark, Hadoop, Scala Programming Language, HDFS as well as Python.
Since Python is dynamically typed hence RDDs can easily hold objects of multiple types.
Till, it does not support a few API calls, like lookup and non-text input files. However, we can say these may add in future releases.
Although, RDDs support the same methods as their Scala counterparts, in PySpark also still it takes Python functions and returns Python collection types as result. However, using Python's lambda syntax, short functions can be passed to RDD methods.
Also, to launch an interactive shell, PySpark fully supports interactive use, so simply run ./bin/pyspark.
Basically, we require Python 2.6 or higher for PySpark. Moreover, by using a standard CPython interpreter in order to support Python modules that use C extensions, we can execute PySpark applications.
In addition, PySpark requires python to be available on the system PATH and use it to run programs by default. However, by setting the PYSPARK_PYTHON environment variable in conf/spark-env.sh (or .cmd on Windows), an alternate Python executable may be specified.
Moreover, including Py4J, all of PySpark's library dependencies, are in a bundle with PySpark.
Further, using the bin/pyspark script, Standalone PySpark applications must run. Also, using the settings in conf/spark-env.sh or .cmd, it automatically configures the Java as well as Python environment. And, while it comes to the bin/pyspark package, the script automatically adds to the PYTHONPATH.
However, the bin/pyspark shell creates SparkContext that runs applications locally on a single core, by default. Further, set the MASTER environment variable, in order to connect to a non-local cluster, or also to use multiple cores.
In addition, by setting IPYTHON_OPTS, we can customize the of its command.
Moreover, if we set the MASTER environment variable, IPython also works on a cluster or on multiple cores.
By creating a SparkContext in our script and by running the script using bin/pyspark, we can use PySpark from standalone Python scripts.
So, using the Python API (PySpark), we will see how to write a standalone application.
Basically, this program just counts the number of lines in 'a' and 'b' in a text file. However, we need to replace $YOUR_SPARK_HOME with the Spark's installation location. Moreover, we use a SparkContext to create RDDs, with the Scala and Java examples.
Moreover, all the files which are enlisted here will be further added to the PYTHONPATH and after that, it will ship to remote worker machines. Further, we can add Code dependencies to an existing SparkContext with the help of its addPyFile() method.
Python- In terms of performance, it is slower than Scala.
Scala- Scala is 10 times faster than Python.
Python- It is dynamically typed language.
Scala- It is Statically, typed language.
Python- Comparatively, it is less verbose and also easy in use.
Scala- It is highly verbose language.
Python- For machine learning and natural language processing, Scala does not have sufficient data science tools and libraries like Python.
Scala- However, it has several existential types, macros, and implicit but still it lacks in visualizations and local data transformations.
So, this was all in PySpark tutorial. Hope you like our explanation.
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Global electric vehicle sales is rapidly increasing. It has taken nearly 20 years to sell the first million electric cars on the road. Since then the pace has accelerated significantly. It took only 18 months to sell the next million electric vehicles. 2017 was the first year that has seen over one million electric vehicles sold. From 2018 we can expect significant growth of the electric Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) due to the growing number of available models with improved ranges, such as Mercedes eVito, Mercedes eSprinter, Nissan e-NV200 2018 or Renault Master ZE.
Light Commercial vehicles are important for the electric vehicle adoption for businesses as those vehicles have the operational usage patterns where the electrification ROI is high. In Europe alone, over 2 million units are sold each year, of which 13 000 were fully electric in 2017 (+38% YoY growth).
These vehicles drive limited and predictable distances each day and have a high utilization rate. According to a recent Fraunhofer study 87% of the analysed vehicles could technically be operated as battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in the light commercial vehicle segment. The routes driven by these vehicles, particularly the return-to-base factor, supports the charging cycle.
Important factors for fleet managers considering whether to include eLCVs in their fleet are the TCO, vehicle range and the electric charging infrastructure.
A Light Commercial Vehicle is a 'business tool', where the utilisation rate is key. eLCV should support organisational profitability but it will waste valuable time if it has to stand still to charge during business hours.
They are driven at a low average speed.
Driving conditions impose numerous slowdowns and stops. In these conditions, electric vehicles may take better advantage of regenerative breaking.
Some delivery companies drive the same route every day.
The driven distances can be relatively short.
The frequent use of the vehicle allows a better return on investment.
Vehicles may return to company's garage at the end of operation.
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Breed supported entry classes will improve open shows and assist in judge education, says Kennel Club
Published on 3 April 2019 at 1:17pm
Breed clubs reminded of their obligation to support classes
The Kennel Club has issued a reminder to breed clubs that, starting this year, they are each required to support classes for their breed at a minimum of two general or group open shows per year. Under the Judges Competency Framework (JCF) such classes will provide judges with valuable hands-on experience.
Supported classes will also provide opportunities for observed judging under the JCF or for A2 assessments under the traditional judge approval route.
The requirement for breed clubs to support breed classes was announced by the Kennel Club in 2017 as part of a package of measures designed to enhance the open show scene. Other new measures for 2019 include the Show Certificate of Excellence, Open Show Winner and Veteran Warrant awards.
There is no maximum number of shows a breed club can support per year. However, it is hoped the chosen events will be ones which are known to attract a good entry for the breed concerned. It is expected that the breed club will approach the open show society and supply the names of at least two judges from either their existing B list or A3 list or judges licensed at JCF Level 2 from which the show society will make its selection.
The Kennel Club believes it would be sensible for breed clubs to seek assistance from the Breed Education Co-ordinator (BEC) when it comes to putting forward judges, as the BEC will hold a co-ordinated list of all judges who have reached JCF Level 2 and are therefore eligible to carry out such an appointment.
Having decided upon which shows to support, and provided the show society with a selection of judges, the supporting breed club is requested to promote the show to its members. Supported entry shows will give exhibitors in the breed a judge who has the confidence of a breed club to undertake such an appointment and who has attended a breed seminar.
These shows should also be used under the JCF for judges who are undergoing the observation stage of their judge's training as they work towards JCF Level 3 (having already successfully completed three mentoring sessions in the respective breed). During the JCF transition period, which ends at the end of 2021, such judging appointments can also be used for judges requiring A2 assessments under the traditional route.
If breed clubs wish to provide special prizes and/or prize money or rosettes at supported shows, it is entirely up to them. However, this is not required by the Kennel Club, which strongly recommends clubs to publicise these shows to their members so that they can be confident in entering under a judge who has taken an interest in the breed. By exhibiting at such shows, exhibitors will increase competition and also contribute to the education and training of judges for their breed.
In the case of regional breed clubs, it would be logical to support open shows in the region concerned wherever possible.
Caroline Kisko, Kennel Club Secretary, said: "The Kennel Club very much wishes to encourage general societies and breed clubs to work together when it comes to breed club supported entry classes. It will be to their mutual benefit to encourage a larger entry for the judge to go over, thus contributing to their experience and education, while at the same time increasing competition which will enhance the overall experience for the exhibitor.
"Such appointments can currently be used by judges progressing along the A2 list route under the traditional system and it will not be long until judges being observed under the JCF will very much be part and parcel of the open show scene in the UK. Breed clubs owe it to themselves to have a say in the choice of judge at this level, so the Kennel Club very much looks forward to seeing which shows and breeds work well together in this respect."
Any queries regarding breed club supported entry classes should be directed via email to our JCF team.


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