Remove the cell phone towers from the schools.
Non-GMO foods served in our schools.
I will advocate to increase transparency of LCFF processes and strategies to promote greater community engagement that institutes a culture of contiuous improvement necessary to sustain improved outcomes for our students.
A collaborative of 15 schools districts and two County Offices of Education is learning from each other to improve public engagement and the use of data to deliver better results.
The Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) must be developed every three years and include goals, strategies, and assessment processes. This plan needs to be developed with the cooperation of parents, teachers, school personnel, students, and with the help of a parent advisory committee. The Board must have open communications with all these stakeholders and provide them substantive participation in the process.
Likewise Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) provides a set amount of funding for each pupil. The same stakeholders who provided guidance for the development of the goals also need to have input in how resources, including budget, will be used to meet the goals that were set.
Finally, the school Board needs to develop a shared and collaborative long-term relationship with District teachers and staff as well as the community. High levels of truthful, accurate, data driven communication would build trust and an atmosphere of mutual responsibility for the academic result of the planning process. The Board, District staff, and community must work together to build the accountability plan that provides the best education possible with the resources available.
My education and qualifications are: I currently serve as an elected member of the Hayward Unified School District Board of Trustees. This district, which comprises an area much larger than the city of Hayward, presents distinctive challenges in its cultural and academic diversity.
My earlier background as a real-estate lease analyst for major multi-national corporations gives me the ability to evaluate the bottom line which is rare in education budgeting, and in most government work. I have presented useful approaches on cost cutting to put more taxpayer dollars into classroom teaching and less into sweetheart contracts. Prior to serving in elective office, I was also a classroom teacher, holding a BS in Computer Science, a Multi-Subject Teaching Credential, MS in Educational Leadership, and a Doctorate in Education, my research evaluates the dollarization of the currency in Ecuador and highlights the importance of the economic literacy we all need.
Implement meaningful training to the parents and tax payers to have them understand their very influential role in directing LCFF and LCAP funding for the district. The parents and tax payers have the power to improve their schools by directing where the funding should be going.
We need a Revolution in Election Reform to stop special interest groups from taking over our elections. It seems that funding from these special interest groups continue to rise and the people need to be involve and care more to prevent the takeover of their local governments, specially in Public Education.
For the last 8 years I have battled for fiscal and academic accountability in our schools. There is still much more to be done, so I am seeking another term. I hold an Education Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from University of San Francisco and I am also currently pursuing my CPA. Because I have been a classroom teacher I remain very familiar with the needs of teachers, and as board member I have always advocated for the interests of the whole community. As a proud nationalized American citizen born in Mexico one of my goals is to provide eloquent mastery of the English language for all students. Working both as a university business professor and in corporate management, I have seen that English mastery opens doors to better career opportunities and world commerce. My second goal is to encourage teachers and students to enjoy their creativity by going beyond the Common Core. This will provide exposure to a greater variety of disciplines and give students more ideas for their future. My third goal is to be able to take pride in clean, responsible, and inspiring management of Hayward Unified School District. Please give me your vote.
Conduct proper public board meetings that are respectful, inclusive, and effective for achieving student success.
Continue to pursue campus safety goals to/from school and on campus to ensure students and educators can focus on student success.
Engage public/private partnerships to attract additional funding and technology to best prepare students for success.
A single father of two school aged children, graduate of UC Berkeley, 27 year career in high technology, inventor, business development engineer, community activist, homeowner association leader, Hayward Planning Commissioner.
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) ensure that decisions are made at the local level on how to meet the budget needs of the school district. Local input to the budget process is essential, and therefore, parents, educators, staff, workers, administrators, and the community at large are invited to participate in the process. Budgeted programs are measured for timeliness and success, and the results are reported back to the community. I will ensure that the process is inclusive, respectful, and transparent.
Good governance comes when good people are engaged in it.
Working together to improve the district and academic achievement for all student.
Provide safe campuses and district facilities for students, staff, parents and community.
I am dedicated to bringing a broad perspective that includes detailed knowledge of the Hayward Unified School District; an understanding of the budgeting process; an ability to make the tough decisions and an ability to be objective and fair. My executive leadership as the president of the HUSD Board of Trustees yielded higher graduation rates, higher academic achievement and stability within the school district. As a Teacher of the Year (Alameda County), California Department of Education Model Practice program teacher, California Association of Regional Occupational Centers and Programs Outstanding Teacher of the Year and national award winning forensic science and criminal justice teacher, it is a high priority for this district that we perform as a cohesive unit including board members, district personnel, staff, teachers and community members. It is essential that we effectively communicate across all areas, establishing and maintaining trust and common goals. One goal must be to provide a quality education to all children of our community. I have managed large numbers of people in the educational environment and have always been successful. I am willing to devote the time and energy that this community deserves in fulfilling my duties as a member of this board.
I want transparency, so the public has an idea why these schools are not being repaired and maintained. The school district needs to run like a well run business.I am running for school board because this is not being done in the HUSD. We are $65 million in debt from the teachers' unfunded pensions. The city council wants two more grades added the Cherry Land new school development. The Board doesn't have the money for it. The plans were already made for Kindergarten to 6th grade. There is too much wasteful spending, like the $2,000 dollar an hour verdure from the College Bound group, who came up from San Diego, on a Wednesday, to video on her phone the College Bound Students who chanted " Get Rid of the Board," when Dobbs was fired. The vendure's job is on Saturdays, to help this group register for college. That is same thing the high school councilors do for free. Why does she come to the Wednesday night board meetings, when her job is on Saturdays? She wants to get rid on the board who gave her a thousand dollar an hour raise. This over spending is crazy and the vendure has no loyality to the board, who gave her this expensive account.
WYNN GRCICH: I am running for Hayward School Board in hopes of improving the students' health and environment which leads to success in public education, college or trade school, and job centered adults. Improving the water quality and non-GMO lunches is a good start. Making the cell phone towers safer, or removing the cell towers from campuses will give students a safer environment away from harmful cell phone towers emissions. Currently, our public schools are flooded with massive amounts of powerful wireless microwave radiation and that needs to stop. Cell phone towers emit high-frequency radio waves, or microwaves, that can travel as far as 45 miles over level terrain. The closer the towers are to the classrooms, the greater the danger to our students and teachers. I'd like to see the schools open on Saturdays for English lessons, soccer, other sports, art, dance teams and singing. A movie night on a weekend of inspirational students achievements and documentaries. We need to have funds available for fingerprinting of volunteering adults. I believe we need more community involvement by creating a district-wide Parent's Union, open to the public to join. We want a community voice for everyone in solving what is best for our children to excel towards higher education . Each one of our Hayward students has skills, which can be developed into productive adults for our community. As a successful small business owner, I know what can be done when education provides opportunities, and we need to provide our students with those same opportunities. Please give me your vote on November 8, 2016 -Wynn Grcich for School Board!


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Closest Supermassive Black Hole Tests Einstein's Relativity
New observations of stars orbiting the Milky Way's central giant black hole confirm Einstein's theory yet again
By Jesse Emspak, SPACE.com on August 9, 2017
This artist's rendition shows the orbits of stars circling the supermassive black hole (blue halo) at the Milky Way's center. A close analysis suggests the stars' orbits are showing subtle effects predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. Credit: ESO/M. Parsa/L. Calçada
A giant star near the center of our galaxy hints, once again, that Albert Einstein was correct about gravity.
A group of astronomers in Germany and the Czech Republic observed three stars in a cluster near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Using data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile, among others, the researchers tracked how the stars moved as they went around the monster black hole.
One of the stars, called S2, showed slight deviations in its orbit that might indicate relativistic effects, scientists said. If the observations are confirmed, then it shows that Einstein's theory of general relativity holds even under extreme conditions — in gravity fields produced by objects like the galactic center's black hole, which contains the mass of 4 million suns. General relativity says that massive objects bend the space around them, causing other objects to deviate from straight lines they would follow absent any forces on them. [The Strangest Black Holes of the Universe]
"Most relativity tests are done with our sun and the stars, so they are in the 1-solar-mass or few-solar-mass[es] limit," Andreas Eckart, a professor of experimental physics at the University of Cologne in Germany, who led the research team, told Space.com. "Or with the [Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory] recently, that's a few 10s of solar masses."
The stars used in the observations are so close to the black hole that they move at 1 or 2 percent the speed of light, Eckart said, and they approach to within only about 100 times the Earth-sun distance of the black hole itself, which is quite close by galactic standards, he said. (Pluto averages about 39 times the Earth's distance from the sun, which is about 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers).
Using orbiting bodies to show relativistic effects is not new; observations of the planet Mercury in the 19th centuryshowed that its movements deviated from what Isaac Newton's theory of gravity predicted. At first, astronomers thought they had evidence of another planet, which they dubbed Vulcan. Einstein was able to show in 1915 that relativity could explain the deviation.
Mercury's motions proved Einstein correct, but the sun's gravity is weak compared to that of a supermassive black hole. This is why Eckart and his team set out to see if Einstein's theory held up in a more extreme environment. While gravitational lensing, the bending of light by massive objects, shows that massive objects bend space, the recent research is the first time anyone has taken precise measurements of any object orbiting so close to a black hole.
The measurement itself is not as precise as it might be, Eckart said. Future work will get a better read on the stars' positions and narrow down the result. He said one plan is to get better spectrographic measurements, which would reveal S2's movement more precisely.
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Letter 2 America for August 31, 2021
By Michael Wolf on August 31, 2021 10:33 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Now that all American forces have left Afghanistan, we are at peace as a nation, at least in the formal sense. It is time for our government, and for that matter our historian establishment to harvest the lessons of the last seventy years so as to avoid the catastrophic errors we have made as a function of the conceit that we know what is best for the world.
The first thing to reconsider is the overarching notion of "American exceptionalism." Ironically, coining the phrase is usually attributed to Joseph Stalin as a function of a schism between Russian communism and the brand of communism that existed here in the United States at that time in 1929, the American branch of the doctrine claiming that American communism was an exception to some of Marx's original doctrine. It was a term intended to derogate the subscribers to that notion as well as the notion itself, at least as it applied to the claims of Americans that they could not be constrained by strict adherence to dogma. It was not a complimentary phrase then, and to most of the rest of the world, it is just as uncomplimentary in the context of the past seventy years of American history as it was in 1929 when Stalin first used it.
Second, we should consider the results our philosophical imperialism has achieved. Starting with Korea, we have habitually traveled to the other side of the world to find morasses in which to involve ourselves, which might be excusable but for this: what we leave behind is always a festering mess. Korea cost us billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives, not to mention the Korean lives lost, all in the name of interdicting communism's proliferation. What we left behind was an institutionalization of China's commitment to communist expansionism in the form of a new nation, North Korea. True, South Korea remained a capitalist bulwark on the Korean peninsula, but North Korea is and will continue to be a communist nation itself intent on expansion, continually menacing South Korea and thus requiring the uninterrupted presence of American troops as a putatively neutral insurer of the endurance of the "demilitarized zone" between the two countries. Thereafter came Vietnam, which is where impoverished people now make much of our clothing after repelling the American effort to prevent a second "domino" from falling, this time in southeast Asia. And then of course came the pursuit of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, and shortly thereafter overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Now here we are twenty years after the inception of our latest Asian adventures with a result similar to all of its predecessors: institutionalization of what we went to extinguish in the first place: a perpetual conflict between Sunni and Shiite Islam with rabid fundamentalism being the character of the latter. Afghanistan has reverted to Taliban control, which is where it all started in that country, and Iraq is seemingly ineluctably gravitating toward orbit around Iran with no Saddam Hussein, corrupt and brutal as he was, to prevent it.
The ultimate observation that seems to me to be inescapable is that whenever we go to proselytize for our political ethos we wind up insuring that what we went to oppose will prevail. How and why that happens...the actual mechanism that leads to the failure of American exceptionalism abroad...is not clear, and may not be unitary. I suppose that in each of these cases, history may reveal mistakes specific to each of the particular campaigns we waged rather than an overarching hubris that galvanizes our oppositions. And analysis by those who claim expertise in such things might reveal a remedy for our tendency to make those mistakes such as to enable us to persist in our superiority beliefs and succeed when we go out into the world to have our way with it, but I doubt it.
What I think historical analysis will yield is the wisdom to perfect Americanism, not American exceptionalism. I believe that the perspective of time, if we can swear off interventions abroad when we see something we don't like, will inform us that we should first clean our own house before we presume to clean others'. In time, America may become the beacon of human virtue that others will themselves seek to emulate, and that will result in an America at peace with itself; an America at peace with the world, with "liberty and justice for all."
Our version of capitalism is as dogmatically flawed as Stalin perceived American communism to be in 1929. We have allowed greed, prejudice and feigned rectitude to pollute the doctrine so as to allow acquisitiveness beyond conscience or even any practical justification with regard to the common weal. During this period of "pax Americana," we should use the time to closely examine where we have been, and more importantly, decide where we want to go.
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Q: angular.bootstrap to run multiple angular apps This is NOT a Twitter Bootstrap question...
I have a use case that requires the loading of separate angular applications.
Based on several stack overflow questions and this google thread, it's doable.  However, I can't get it to work.
Looking at the documentation:
http://docs.angularjs.org/api/angular.bootstrap
It looks like you need to provide the element (how to get a handle on the element?), and then how to tie it back to config, controllers, etc.  And how would this work with routes?  Seems if one app uses otherwise and the other uses otherwise, the second would just override the first?
Thanks!

A: to grab references to your app(s), you can do something along the lines of:
var first = document.getElementById('firstapp-id');
var second = document.getElementById('secondapp-id');

angular.bootstrap(angular.element(first), ['firstapp']);
angular.bootstrap(angular.element(second), ['secondapp']);

where 'firstapp' and 'secondapp' are module/app names, and 'firstapp-id' and 'secondapp-id' are the id's of the container div's for each app (or your favorite DOM element). just define your apps in the usual manner:
var firstapp = angular.module('firstapp', []);
var secondapp = angular.module('secondapp', []);

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Santa Barbara Travel Guide
USA #13 in Best Family Beach Vacations in the U.S.
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Getting Around Santa Barbara
The best way to get around Santa Barbara is on foot. Most of the main attractions, shops and restaurants are all located within a 3-mile radius in the downtown area. Santa Barbara is also known for its green transportation options and car free program that provides walking maps and alternative means of transportation like the various bus and shuttle systems around the city.
To get to Santa Barbara, there are a few options. The closest major airport is Los Angeles International (LAX), about 90 miles southeast of the city. Santa Barbara also has a regional airport (SBA) that receives flights from a few major airlines through six major cities, including Los Angeles, Portland, Oregon, Seattle and Denver. Amtrak also runs two routes through Santa Barbara. The city is also relatively easy to get to by car, too, since it's right off the U.S. Highway 101, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway.
No matter which mode of transportation you take to get into town, whether it be bus, train or car, the public transportation station and the Pacific Coast Highway run right through downtown.
Santa Barbara prides itself on being accessible by foot. The city center is built up around the historic architecture and sites that make Santa Barbara unique, including art galleries and museums. State Street is the hub of activity with open-air shops and restaurants that you can meander through on your way to the coastline.
If your feet do get tired, you'll also find pedicabs in the downtown and waterfront areas that can accommodate two adults as well as a few small children. Prices usually vary depending on the length of the ride and number of passengers.
To explore the suburbs or the Santa Barbara wine country northwest of the city, you'll need your own set of wheels. However, some tours companies do include transportation.
If you decide to rent a car or drive to Santa Barbara, there is no shortage of public parking in the downtown area and by the waterfront. Even better, the first 75 minutes are free of charge (and it's only $1.50 for each hour after that). You can also buy prepaid parking cards that are available in $30 increments.
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Known for its green attitude toward transportation, the small city has multiple public transportation options. The MTD Santa Barbara operates 25 routes that run all over the city
Keeping with the city's love of eco-friendly public transportation, MTD also offers a Downtown-Waterfront electric shuttle that takes passengers from State Street to the waterfront attractions like the zoo and Santa Barbara Harbor. Standard fare for bus routes is $1.75 one-way while the shuttle routes are only 50 cents one-way. Schedules vary depending on line, check out MTD's website for more information. Trolley tours are also available to see the sights from the Old Mission Santa Barbara to East Beach.
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Хемоки́ны ( от ) — большое семейство структурно-гомологичных цитокинов, которые стимулируют передвижение лейкоцитов и регулируют их миграцию из крови в ткани. У человека имеется около 50 хемокинов, которые представляют собой полипептиды массой от 8 до 10 кДа, содержащие две дисульфидные связи. Выделяют четыре основных группы хемокинов: CXC, CC, CX3C и C. Действие всех хемокинов опосредовано взаимодействием с особыми рецепторами хемокинов, которые представляют собой связанные с G-белками трансмембранные рецепторы. Хемокиновые рецепторы встречаются только на поверхности клеток-мишеней, которыми выступают различные лимфоциты.

Структура

Для хемокинов характерен ряд структурных особенностей. Все представители этого семейства представляют собой относительно маленькие полипептиды массой от 8 до 10 кДа. Они идентичны друг другу примерно на 20—50 % по аминокислотным последовательностями и  друг другу. Общим для хемокинов является наличие нескольких консервативных аминокислотных остатков, которые играют ключевую роль в поддержании их пространственной структуры. Это, прежде всего, четыре остатка цистеина, которые образуют друг с другом дисульфидные связи, так что молекула хемокина приобретает характерную структуру, известную как «греческий ключ». Внутримолекулярные дисульфидные связи, как правило, образуются между первым и третьим, а также вторым и четвёртым остатками цистеина (номера даны по тому, в каком порядке они встречаются по ходу полипептидной цепи от N-конца к C-концу). Как правило, хемокины первоначально синтезируются в виде пропептидов (пептидов-предшественников), начинающихся с сигнального пептида длиной около 20 аминокислотных остатков (а. о.). При выделении хемокинов из клетки сигнальный пептид удаляется, и хемокин становится зрелой функциональной молекулой. В молекуле хемокина первые два остатка цистеина, образующие внутримолекулярные дисульфидные связи, располагаются недалеко от N-конца близко друг к другу, третий остаток цистеина находится в центральной части полипептидной цепочки, а четвёртый — вблизи C-конца (у хемокинов семейства C на N-конце присутствует только один остаток цистеина). После двух первых остатков цистеина в молекуле хемокина находится петля, состоящая из приблизительно 10 а. о. и известная как N-петля. После неё идёт спираль типа  из одного витка, три β-листа и концевая α-спираль. Эти спирали и листы соединяются петлевидными участками, известными как 30s-, 40s- и 50s-петли. Третий и четвёртый остатки цистеина располагаются в петлях 30s и 50s соответственно.

Функции
По выполняемым функциям хемокины подразделяют на две группы:
 Гомеостатические, или базальные, хемокины постоянно вырабатываются некоторыми тканями и необходимы для базальной миграции лейкоцитов. К числу гомеостатических хемокинов относятся , , , , , , CXCL12 и . Впрочем, некоторые гомеостатические хемокины могут работать и как воспалительные, например, CCL20.
 Воспалительные хемокины выделяются при патологических состояниях под действием провоспалительных стимулов, таких как интерлейкин IL-1, фактор некроза опухоли α (TNF-α), липополисахариды и вирусы. Воспалительные хемокины активно участвуют в воспалительном ответе, привлекая иммунные клетки к очагу воспаления. Примером воспалительных хемокинов могут служить CXCL8, CCL2, , , ,  и .

Главная функция хемокинов заключается в управлении миграцией лейкоцитов () в нужные ткани. Гомеостатические хемокины образуются в тимусе и лимфоидных тканях. Наиболее хорошо гомеостатическую функцию хоуминга иллюстрируют хемокины CCL19 и CCL21, которые экспрессируются в лимфатических узлах и лимфатическими эндотелиальными клетками, а их  — CCR7 — экспрессируется клетками органа, в который нужно направить лейкоциты. С их помощью в ходе адаптивного иммунного ответа антигенпрезентирующие клетки привлекаются в лимфоузлы. Другой рецептор гомеостатических хемокинов, CCR9, направляет лейкоциты к кишечнику,  — к коже, а CXCR5 способствует миграции B-лимфоцитов в лимфоузлы. Гомеостатический хемокин CXCL12, также известный как SDF-1, постоянно продуцируется костным мозгом и способствует пролиферации предшественников B-лимфоцитов в нём.

Воспалительные хемокины образуются в больших количествах в ходе инфекции или при повреждении тканей и обеспечивают миграцию воспалительных лейкоцитов в поражённую область. Типичным примером воспалительного хемокина может служить CXCL8, который функционирует как хемоаттрактант для нейтрофилов.

Хемокины, образуемые клетками определённой ткани, связываются с молекулами  на эндотелиальных клетках, выстилающих посткапиллярные венулы. Благодаря этому хемокины могут быть встречены лейкоцитами, которые связаны с эндотелиальными клетками посредством молекул адгезии. Благодаря связи с эндотелием достигается высокая локальная концентрация хемокинов, вследствие чего они получают возможность связаться с рецепторами хемокинов на лейкоцитах. Связывание хемокинов с рецепторами на поверхности лейкоцитов усиливает их адгезию к эндотелиальным клеткам, что необходимо для дальнейшего выхода лейкоцита из сосуда во внешнюю ткань. Кроме того, хемокины, продуцируемые внесосудистыми тканями, образуют градиент концентрации, по которому лейкоциты движутся по ткани к очагу воспаления (этот процесс называют ).

Хемокины играют важную роль в развитии лимфоидных органов. Именно при помощи хемокинов B- и T-лимфоциты занимают строго определённые зоны в пределах лимфатического узла.

Рецепторы
Рецепторы хемокинов относятся к числу рецепторов группы GPCR. Рецепторы этой группы активируют клеточный ответ посредством взаимодействия с  G-белками. G-белки, в свою очередь, стимулируют перестройки цитоскелета, полимеризацию актиновых и миозиновых филаментов, что в итоге увеличивает подвижность клетки. Кроме того, при связывании хемокинов с рецепторами меняется конформация поверхностных интегринов клетки и увеличивается сродство интегринов к их лигандам. Лейкоциты разных типов экспрессируют разные комбинации хемокиновых рецепторов, что обусловливает различные пути миграции лейкоцитов. Рецепторы хемокинов экспрессируются во всех лейкоцитах, однако наибольшее их количество и разнообразие присуще T-лимфоцитам. Некоторые рецепторы хемокинов, такие как CCR5 и CXCR4, служат корецепторами для вируса иммунодефицита человека.

Классификация

На основании количества и расположения N-концевых остатков цистеина хемокины подразделяют на четыре семейства, причём хемокины разных семейств кодируются разными кластерами генов. Два самых крупных семейства — это CC (или β) хемокины, у которых два первых остатка цистеина располагаются непосредственно рядом друг с другом, и CXC (или α) хемокины, у которых они разделены одним аминокислотным остатком. Хемокины семейства C имеют один остаток цистеина на N-конце, а у хемокинов семейства CX3C два остатка цистеина на N-конце разделены тремя аминокислотными остатками. Как правило, за привлечение нейтрофилов отвечают хемокины семейства CXC, моноциты чаще всего мигрируют под действием хемокинов CC, а миграция лимфоцитов зависит от хемокинов CXC и CC.

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Det. Arundell was appointed to the NYPD on June 16, 1951 He was 36 and left behind a wife and four children, ages 2 through 8. Det. Arundell lived in Rosedale.


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Less than a decade ago, a hulking Hummer was the ultimate automotive status symbol. Unapologetically large and capable of guzzling massive amounts of gasoline in a single mile, the Hummer was the very antithesis of eco-conscious. Now, the brand is defunct and consumer culture has done a 180 degree turn toward the luxury hybrid.
When the fully electric Tesla sedan debuted in 2013, a page in automotive history was turned. Car buyers with capital are now looking to make more eco-friendly vehicle purchases; being able to afford to go green has replaced gas guzzling as the premiere symbol of luxury. Here are seven of the most popular models out on the market.
In keeping with the sleek styles of the Tesla sedans, the Model X is all clean lines with a hint of flash (falcon-wing doors are optional, but if you're going to fork over, why skip them?). Model X features all-wheel drive, which will be handy come winter. A 90 kWh battery provides 257 miles of range and the car seats seven. And, of course, it's ludicrously fast: Think zero to 60 in 3.2 seconds. Models will start being delivered in the second half of 2016.
The Model S debuted just last year and not only scored the highest safety rating in America, but offers a 270-mile range and blazing-fast acceleration (zero to 60 in 2.8 seconds). The car is almost terrifyingly smart, slowing down on cruise control when sensors detect another car is too close to the front bumper. Add sleek construction and fancy internal gadgetry to the mix, and it's no wonder you see these all over the North Shore nowadays.
When a sports car manufacturer with as much clout as Porsche gets in on the hybrid game, you know it's not a flash-in-the-pan trend. The S E-Hybrid is a parallel plug-in hybrid, meaning it can be powered by combustion engine or electricity alone as well as together. When both modes of energy are combined, the S E boasts considerable speeds, including zero to 60 in 5.8 seconds — not insignificant for a car so heavy. Featuring optional safety add-ons like adaptive cruise control, lane-change assist and a host of others, Porsche is angling for superiority beyond just flashy looks. Plus, the Panamera features a relatively roomy backseat, something the Tesla is notably lacking.
Ranked fourth for upscale midsize cars by U.S. News and World Report, the GS hybrid has a luxurious interior, "potent" acceleration and excellent fuel economy. Powered by both an engine and two electric motors, reviewers say the car has an "abundance of power" and goes from zero to 60 in just seven seconds. According to the EPA, the 2016 model earns 29/34 mpg (for city and highway driving, respectively), which is outstanding for the class. One downside: Users report the infotainment panel is far from user-friendly.
The all-electric i3 is a small hatchback that offers nimble handling and, according to U.S. News, "earns an EPA-estimated 137/111 mpg-equivalent city/highway, which makes it more efficient than many rival electric vehicles." Drawbacks include the undeniably odd design (in stark contrast to the sleek sedans for which BMW is best known) and only moderate battery range — 81 miles per charge — without the extender, which bumps that range up to 150 miles. Green-lining bonus: Many of the interior components are made from recycled or renewable materials.
We recommend the AWD Premium option for this model — though you lose a second on acceleration (zero to 60 in a respectable 5.2 seconds, versus 4.9 in the top-of-the-line model), the All-Wheel Drive will more than make up for it when the snow rolls around. Though the car has been maligned as having dull steering, its fuel economy is impressive for a six-cylinder hybrid car, featuring 28/35 mpg for city and highway driving, respectively. Additionally, the car has a classic design and has been praised for its straightforward interior technology — a far cry from the somewhat over-designed Tesla front panel.
The hybrid 233-horsepower Cadillac ELR is one gorgeous vehicle — style has never been an issue for this brand. Powered by a lithium ion battery, two electric motors and a four-cylinder gas engine, the car can run for 40 miles on electricity alone. EPA estimates show an 85-mpg equivalent combined in hybrid mode and 32-mpg combined when using gas power alone. Reviewers say the cabin is roomy and, as to be expected from Cadillac, is constructed from top-notch materials. However, the backseat suffers from the same proportions as the Tesla sedan — conditions could be described as cramped. Overall, the ELR offers a smooth ride. Just don't try fitting your golf clubs in the trunk.
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The year was 1836. It was early April. Bithoor, a small town near Kanpur, was already beginning to feel the heat of a cruel summer. Two young girls of about eight were staring longingly at a round mango hanging high up in a tree.One of them said, 'Kashi, you wait here. I will climb the tree and pluck the mango'.
'And why can't I climb the tree?' Manu asked, her dark eyes flashing with anger.
'Girls are not supposed to climb trees Manu. That is a boy's job. Let us call Nana. Kashi replied.
Manu folded her Parkar (floor length skirt) around itself and tucked its end at the back, turning it into a trouser of sorts and started climbing the tree with great agility.
The aged exiled Peshwa, Bajirao II, was watching the girls from the balcony of his palace. He smiled indulgently. Manu or Manikarnika, was the daughter of his palace clerk, Moropant Tambe. The Peshwa loved her like his own daughter and had made sure that she attended all the classes that his adopted son, Nana Saheb took. Manu's lessons included archery, horsemanship, and self-defence. The Peshwa fondly called her Chabili – the playful one.
When Manu was about ten, her father moved to Jhansi in the service of the Newalkars, the ruling family of Jhansi. In 1842, Manu was married to the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, a man considerably older than her. She was only 14 year old at the time. Young Manu became Laxmibai, the Rani of Jhansi after marriage.
Laxmibai and Gangadhar Rao had a son, Damodar Rao in 1851. However, the child did not live long. Laxmibai and Gangadhar Rao were consumed with grief at his untimely death. The king was old and sick and Jhansi was anxious for an heir.
As the Maharaja's health deteriorated, he and Laxmibai decided to adopt a son, so that the throne of Jhansi could have a legitimate heir. Gangadhar Rao and Laxmibai adopted a boy named Anand Rao in an elaborate ceremony attended by the British Resident of Jhansi. The child was renamed Damodar Rao. Gangadhar Rao handed over a signed letter to the British Resident stating that Damodar Rao was his legal heir and Rani Laxmibai would rule Jhansi till he came of age. The British Resident had agreed that the adoption was legal.
The very next day, Gangadhar Rao died. Soon after his death, Governor-General Lord Dalhousie, applied the Doctrine of Lapse to Jhansi, rejecting Damodar Rao's claim to the throne. The state of Jhansi and all its territories were forcibly annexed by the East India Company by deceit. Rani Lakshmibai consulted a British lawyer and filed an appeal for her case in London. But, her plea was rejected. In March 1854, Lakshmibai was offered a pension of Rs. 60,000 and asked to leave the fort. However, the Rani refused to comply.
Rani Laxmibai continued to stay in the fort of Jhansi. She used the time to strengthen the defenses of her fort. She assembled a volunteer army. She also led a crack women's regiment. Laxmibai's army was led by warriors like Gulam Gaus Khan, Dost Khan, Khuda Baksh, Lala Bhau Bakshi, Moti Bai, Sunder-Mundar, Kashi Bai, Deewan Raghunath Singh and Deewan Jawahar Singh.
While the Rani was preparing for the battle, on May 10, 1857 an Indian soldier called Mangal Pandey shot dead an English sergeant in Meerut. This incident became the starting point for the rebellion against the British.
The first war of Indian Independence of 1857 had begun.
During this period, the British were busy battling the rebels and Rani Laxmibai was left in peace. Lakshmi Bai managed to keep Jhansi relatively calm. She ruled her state with an iron hand. She was an excellent administrator and the people of Jhansi loved their spirited queen.
Rani Laxmibai had been initially hesitant to openly rebel against the British. Her hand was forced when British troops under Sir Hugh Rose laid siege to Jhansi on 23rd March 1858. Laxmibai conferred with her supporters and decided not to surrender. ' Meri Jhansi Nahi Doongi', she thundered.
Rani Laxmibai fought bravely against the British. The fighting continued for about two weeks. Shelling on Jhansi was very fierce. Laxmibai led from the front, dressed in combat clothes and armed with a sword and a shield. By this time, her childhood friend, Nana Saheb Peshwa was crowned as the leader by the rebels. He sent a massive army of 20,000, led by Tatya Tope, to aid Lakshmi Bai.
However, the British forces were better trained and disciplined. They also had access to better arms and ammunition. The rebel army led by Tatya Tope soon retreated. Rani Lakshmi Bai's forces were left alone to defend against the siege. The army of Jhansi could not hold out for long and the British were able to breach the city walls and capture the city in just three days!
The brave Rani of Jhansi, however, refused to accept defeat. She planned a daring escape that has now become the stuff of legends. Rani Laxmibai jumped over the fort in the dead of the night, surrounded by her guards. She had her baby, Damodar Rao, tied to her back as she jumped off the fort wall on her favorite horse, Badal.
Rani Laxmibai escaped to Kalpi, a city located some 100 km. from Jhansi traveling through the night. In Kalpi, she joined the rebel forces led by Tatya Tope. Together, they moved to Gwalior, where the combined rebel forces defeated the army of the Maharaja of Gwalior, who was allied with the British forces. The rebels then occupied the fort of Gwalior.
However, the British forces, led by Sir Hugh Rose launched a second attack on the city of Gwalior. Rani Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, fought bravely against the British forces dressed as a cavalry soldier. She was badly wounded by the British bullets and succumbed to her injuries on 18th of June, 1858. Her close associates cremated her body hurriedly, respecting the Rani's wish that the British must never capture her, dead or alive!


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Q: Describe a spring with newton's second law How can I explain or derive the differential equation
$$y''(t)+y(t)=3\cos(kt)$$
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The equation describes a spring. Can anyone give a hint?

A: HINT:
Compare the given equation with $m\ddot{y}+sy=F_o\cos \omega t$
which shows the forced vibration without damping. one should get
$$m=1, s=1, F_o=3, \omega=k$$
Where, $m$ is mass suspended from spring with stiffness $s$ & $F_o$ is the applied periodic force having angular frequency $\omega=k$
And $m\ddot y=1$ is the $\color{red}{\text{inertia force}}$ of mass $m$, $sy=1$ is the $\color{red}{\text{spring force}}$, & $3\cos (kt)$ is the $\color{red}{\text{periodic force}}$.
The given second order differential equation: $y''(t)+y(t)=3\cos(kt)$ can be solved for displacement $y(t)$ as a function of time $t$


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In 1991, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) promulgated the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard . This standard is designed to protect approximately 5.6 million workers in the healthcare and related occupations from the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens, such as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV).
The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard has numerous requirements, including the development of an Exposure Control Plan. The Standard also includes rules specific to certain types of wastes generated at healthcare facilities, termed "regulated waste." Regulated waste includes blood and items contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). This section of the HERC Center contains a summary of OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standards relating to regulated waste.
What is an Exposure Control Plan
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How should sharps containers be handled?
Where should sharps containers be located?
What type of container should be purchased to dispose of sharps?
Disposal of Regulated Waste
How do I dispose of regulated waste?
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When are labels required?
What are the required colors for the labels?
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Does OSHA accept Department of Transportation's (DOT) labels for waste and specimens which will be shipped or transported?
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Should part-time and temporary employees be trained?
Who has the responsibility for training workers employed by agencies which provide personnel (e.g., nurses) to other employers?
What are the qualifications that a person must possess in order to conduct employee training regarding bloodborne pathogens?
Where could information be obtained for conducting training on the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard?
Who are some examples of persons who could conduct training on the bloodborne standard?
What is an Exposure Control Plan?
The exposure control plan is the employer's written program that outlines the protective measures an employer will take to eliminate or minimize employee exposure to blood and OPIM.
The exposure control plan must contain at a minimum:
an exposure determination which identifies job classifications and, in some cases, tasks and procedures where there is occupational exposure to blood and OPIM;
procedures for evaluating the circumstances surrounding an exposure incident; and
a schedule of how and when other provisions of the standard will be implemented, including methods of compliance, communication of hazards to employees, and recordkeeping.
The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard uses the term, "regulated waste," to refer to the following categories of waste:
liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM);
items contaminated with blood or OPIM and which would release these substances in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed;
items that are caked with dried blood or OPIM and are capable of releasing these materials during handling;
contaminated sharps; and
pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or OPIM.
It is the employer's responsibility to determine the existence of regulated waste. This determination should not based on actual volume of blood, but rather on the potential to release blood, (e.g., when compacted in the waste container). If an OSHA inspector determines that sufficient evidence of regulated waste exists, either through observation, (e.g., a pool of liquid in the bottom of a container, dried blood flaking off during handling), or based on employee interviews, citations may be issued.
OSHA has provided some additional guidance for the determination of regulated waste. OSHA stated that bandages which are not saturated to the point of releasing blood or OPIM if compressed would not be considered as regulated waste. Similarly, discarded feminine hygiene products do not normally meet the criteria for regulated waste as defined by the standard. Beyond these guidelines, it is the employer's responsibility to determine the existence of regulated waste.
Each sharps container must either be labeled with the universal biohazard symbol and the word "biohazard" or be color-coded red. Sharps containers must be maintained upright throughout use, replaced routinely, and not be allowed to overfill. Also, the containers must be:
Closed immediately prior to removal or replacement to prevent spillage or protrusion of contents during handling, storage, transport, or shipping;
Placed in a secondary container if leakage is possible. The second container must be:
Closable;
Constructed to contain all contents and prevent leakage during handling, storage, transport, or shipping; and
Labeled or color-coded according to the standard.
Reusable containers must not be opened, emptied, or cleaned manually or in any other manner that would expose employees to the risk of percutaneous injury.
Upon closure, duct tape may be used to secure the lid of a sharps container, as long as the tape does not serve as the lid itself.
Sharps containers must be easily accessible to employees and located as close as feasible to the immediate area where sharps are used (e.g., patient care areas).
In areas, such as correctional facilities and psychiatric units, there may be difficulty placing sharps containers in the immediate use area. If a mobile cart is used in these areas, an alternative would be to lock the sharps container in the cart.
Sharps containers are made from a variety of products from cardboard to plastic. As long as they meet the definition of a sharps container (i.e., containers must be closable, puncture resistant, leak proof on sides and bottom, and labeled or color-coded), OSHA would consider them to be of an acceptable composition.
For more information on sharps containers and proper placement, see Selecting, Evaluating and Using Sharps Containers, a guidance document issued by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (Figure 1 on page 12 of the document shows measurements for proper placement).
Disposal of all regulated waste must be in accordance with applicable state regulations. These rules are typically published by state environmental agencies and/or state departments of health (Go to HERC Regulated Medical Waste Locator ).
In addition to state rules for disposing of regulated waste, there are basic OSHA requirements that protect workers. The OSHA rules state that regulated waste must be placed in containers which are:
Constructed to contain all contents and prevent leakage of fluids during handling, storage, transport or shipping;
Labeled or color-coded in accordance with the standard; and
Closed prior to removal to prevent spillage or protrusion of contents during handling, storage, transport, or shipping.
If outside contamination of the regulated waste container occurs, it must be placed in a second container meeting the above standards.
OSHA has no specific requirement for hospitals or other healthcare facilities to treat (e.g., autoclave) waste before disposal. Such rules are usually published by state agencies ( Go to HERC Regulated Medical Waste Locator ).
A warning label that includes the universal biohazard symbol, followed by the term "biohazard," must be included on bags/containers of regulated waste , on bags/containers of contaminated laundry, on refrigerators and freezers that are used to store blood or OPIM, and on bags/containers used to store, dispose of, transport, or ship blood or OPIM (e.g., specimen containers). In addition, contaminated equipment which is to be serviced or shipped must have a readily observable label attached which contains the biohazard symbol and the word "biohazard" along with a statement relating which portions of the equipment remain contaminated
The background must be fluorescent orange or orange-red or predominantly so, with symbols and lettering in a contrasting color. The label must be either an integral part of the container or affixed as close as feasible to the container by a string, wire, adhesive, or other method to prevent its loss or unintentional removal.
Yes. Red bags or red containers may be substituted for the biohazard labels.
Labeling is not required for:
Regulated waste that has been decontaminated.
Containers of blood, blood components, and blood products bearing an FDA required label that have been released for transfusion or other clinical uses.
Individual containers of blood or OPIM that are placed in secondary labeled containers during storage, transport, shipment, or disposal.
Specimen containers, if the facility uses Universal Precautions when handling all specimens, the containers are recognizable as containing specimens, and the containers remain within the facility. *(see note below concerning specimen bags)
Laundry bags or containers, containing contaminated laundry, may be marked with an alternative label or color-coded provided the facility uses Universal Precautions for handling all soiled laundry and the alternative marking permits all employees to recognize the containers as requiring compliance with Universal Precautions. If contaminated laundry is sent off-site for cleaning to a facility which does not use Universal Precautions in the handling of all soiled laundry, it must be placed in a bag or container which is red in color or labeled with the biohazard label described above.
*A note concerning Specimen Bags: Some healthcare facilities use plastic bags to transport specimen containers from patient care areas to in-house laboratories. The healthcare facilities label the plastic bag "biohazard" and dispose of the plastic bag as infectious waste.
If not contaminated, the plastic transport bags are not considered infectious waste and may be disposed of as solid waste. However, if the bags are labeled "biohazard," healthcare facilities run the risk that the solid waste hauler might refuse to transport the waste because of the belief that the bags are infectious.
Biohazard labeled plastic bags used as secondary containment for internal transport of specimens is not required by OSHA. The labeling exemption, listed in 29 CFR 1910.1030 (d)(2)(xii)(A) of the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens, applies to facilities that handle all specimens with Universal Precautions, provided the containers are recognizable as containing specimens. The exemption applies only while these specimens remain within the facility. If the specimens leave the facility, a label or red color-coding is required. In addition, secondary containers or bags are only required if the primary container is contaminated on the outside.
The labeling requirements do not preempt either the U.S. Postal Service labeling requirements (39 CFR Part III) or the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR Parts 171-181).
DOT labeling is required on some transport containers (i.e., those containing "known infectious substances"). It is not required on all containers for which 29 CFR 1910.1030 requires the biohazard label. Where there is an overlap between the OSHA-mandated label and the DOT-required label, the DOT label will be considered acceptable on the outside of the transport container provided the OSHA-mandated label appears on any internal containers which may be present. Containers serving as collection receptacles within a facility must bear the OSHA label since these are not covered by the DOT requirements.
All employees with occupational exposure must receive initial and annual training.
Part-time and temporary employees are covered and are also to be trained on company time.
OSHA considers personnel providers, who send their own employees to work at other facilities, to be employers whose employees may be exposed to hazards. Since personnel providers maintain a continuing relationship with their employees, but another employer (your client) creates and controls the hazard, there is a shared responsibility for assuring that your employees are protected from workplace hazards. The client employer has the primary responsibility for such protection, but the "lessor employer" likewise has a responsibility under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
In the context of OSHA's standard on Bloodborne Pathogens, the personnel provider would be required to provide the general training outlined in the standard, the client employer would be responsible for providing site-specific training.
The contract between the personnel provider and the client should clearly describe the training responsibilities of both parties in order to ensure that all training requirements of the standard are met.
The person conducting the training is required to be knowledgeable in the subject matter covered by the elements in the training program and be familiar with how the course topics apply to the workplace that the training will address. The trainer must demonstrate expertise in the area of occupational hazards of bloodborne pathogens.
OSHA's Office of Information and Consumer Affairs (OICA) has developed brochures, factsheets, and a videotape on the standard. Single copies of the brochure and factsheets can be obtained by writing OSHA Publications, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N3101, Washington, DC 20210 or by calling (202) 219-8148 the videotape is available through the National Audio Visual Center, and the number is (800)-553-6847. All information available through OICA should be used as a supplement to the employer's training program. Other sources of information include local Area and Regional OSHA Offices. In addition, each Regional Office has a Bloodborne Pathogens Coordinator who answers compliance and related questions on the standard.
Examples of health care professionals include infection control practitioners, nurse practitioners, and registered nurses. Non-health care professionals include industrial hygienists, epidemiologists or professional trainers, provided that they can demonstrate evidence of specialized training in the area of bloodborne pathogens.


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Deep cleaning in hospitals
Open-access content Thursday 12th June 2014
As human resistance to antibiotics increases in the UK it is even more vital that hospital-acquired infections are eradicated before they can spread. Luke Rutterford looks at recent techniques to keep hospitals safer.
Healthcare environments in the UK are subject to strict legislation about the standards of hygiene that must be maintained.
But upholding these standards can be challenging for many hospitals; the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recently warned that infection rates still need to be cut. The watchdog reported that nearly 300,000 patients develop an infection each year while being treated by the NHS.
The challenge of specialist cleaning
Providing a clean and safe environment ensures that the risk to patients from hospital acquired infections (HAI) is reduced to a minimum. But the vast areas that have to be kept clean and the huge numbers of people passing through (many of whom are unwell), makes keeping hospitals hygienic a very difficult task.
Specialist cleaning in hospitals can be challenging, not only because of the complex nature of the task at hand, but also because of the need to keep disruption to a minimum. This was evident in January, when members of the public were asked not to attend University Hospital Llandough in Cardiff for several weeks because of a Norovirus outbreak.
In addition to the health risks to patients, failure to maintain hygiene standards can have severe business and administrative repercussions for a hospital. Outbreaks can cause hospital wards to close to new admissions, limiting the income for private hospitals and, more importantly, restricting the number of people a hospital can serve.
Deep cleaning is critical to hospitals
To effectively combat infectious outbreaks in hospitals it is imperative that all services are adequately resourced and clearly defined by a strategic cleaning plan. Forming a strategic cleaning plan with a deep-cleaning specialist is a sensible approach. To identify the best solution, a consultation should be undertaken that factors in the specific dynamics of the site, weighs risk against cost and efficiency, and also considers environmental factors such as the fabric of the building, the footfall, isolatable areas and any specific target pathogens.
How frequent the in-house cleaning regimes should be must then be determined, as well as how to implement specialist disinfection to enhance everyday infection control measures. It should be considered that although cleaning schedules and routines need to be put in place, it is vital that this does not affect service delivery.
Specialist cleaning needs to be carried out on both a proactive and reactive basis (neither work alone) to reduce the number of cross-infections occurring. Proactive routine cleaning of shared contact points and communal areas is essential, as is reactive disinfection as soon as a known infection is introduced by a patient or visitor. If that person is known to have inhabited a certain area, then that area should also always be disinfected before it is used again.
Innovations in deep cleaning
To combat outbreaks of infectious diseases, hospitals and healthcare practices need to partner up with a specialist cleaning provider who can sanitise areas quickly and efficiently. Technicians need to be highly trained, well equipped, and very experienced in providing specialist disinfection services.
Innovations in specialist cleaning technology aim to provide the highest possible levels of hygiene, while also ensuring that downtime and disruption are kept to a minimum. In an ideal situation, where you have an empty ward for 24 hours, HPV (Hydrogen Peroxide Vapour) fogging would be an option. But in the greater scheme of things an expedient and less time-consuming option is preferred.
For example, the use of ULV disinfectant fogging technology enables treatment of large areas very quickly. Foggers generate a fog or mist formed of Ultra Low Volume (ULV) droplets, measuring 5-50 microns (µm) in diameter. This means they are small enough to hang in the air long enough to tackle pathogens, and are also attracted to land underneath, on top and on the sides of surfaces where they can come into contact with pathogenic microbes that might otherwise be missed by manual cleaning.
Fogging is seen as a key weapon in the fight against Norovirus, also known as "winter vomiting bug". There are more than 25 different strains of the virus, which affects between 600,000 and one million people each year. The virus is usually transmitted through contact with a contaminated surface, and can survive on a surface for a number of days after being touched by an infected person. For this reason it can spread like wildfire in areas that are densely populated and where there is much coming and going, such as a hospital. Potential outbreaks need to be identified and dealt with quickly. Fogging technology can disinfect over 100 square metres in just a few minutes, helping to limit the spread of infectious disease almost instantly.
Another response in the fight against the transmission of infectious organisms is a post-pest disinfection service. Pests such as flies, cockroaches and rodents can carry bacteria and viruses that can be spread throughout the hospital environment, and so a reactive response to the health risk can significantly minimise any impact.
In addition to using specialist cleaners and the latest cleaning technologies, it is essential that all staff and visitors in a hospital take personal responsibility by following any infection control procedures that are implemented. This, combined with using the safest, most effective and advanced products delivered by a highly trained professional, is essential to the overall success of the operation.
Luke Rutterford, technical manager, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene


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These newest sculptures focus on travels through the underworld, as well as transformation. I have 2 sculptures that are Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld – as well as a delicate creature that has slithered along to encounter the river of Lethe, desperately looking for a way to let go of their humanity and move forward into the afterlife.
Expressing decay in doll form has been a recent interest through the use of burned plastics and exposed wire armature (the "skeleton" of dolls). These dolls are made from wire, rubber, plastics, cheesecloth, Puppen Fimo polymer clay, and plaster. Each piece is available through my etsy shop.
The obsession with creating decay in these creatures has led me on a new journey of getting involved with new technologies – the 3D pen. The pen extrudes a thread of ABS plastic so you can, literally, draw a sculpture. For anyone who has tried it, it has its challenges but I am really excited to share the creations I have made with this new technology (see photo below). They have been described as a witchy nervous system. I hope that you will enjoy them as much as I have enjoyed creating them!
I have a few new things ready for the holidays: ghoulish christmas ornaments, medusa-like magnets for stocking stuffers, and a macabre christmas tree topper. You can check out all the goods on my etsy shop.
Had such a nice visit to A Little Twisted this weekend. I dropped off work to sell in their shop, fell in love with Robert Kennedy's taxidermy art, had a spirited chat with the owner, got a tour of their metal/glass/wood shop, and watched a gorgeous sunset in the tiny town of Brandon, VT. This shop is one of those roadside attractions you do not want to miss. Even though the gallery is small, the artwork selection is awesome for folks who love outsider art, dark art, geekdom, etc.
Sorry for all 'ums' and 'hms', my brain was completely frazzled after 2 crazy months of events and vending, the huge success of the Art of Horror opening night (and all the prep that went into it) and the annoyance of the Mixed Emotions show cancellation and the new found home for it at One Arts.
After the interview I promptly got on a plane and took off to the Dominican Republic for a MUCH NEEDED week long vacation amongst Dr. Seuss like palm trees, beautiful flowers, funny birds, and glory of the Caribbean. I did nothing for a week but drink cocktails, listen to music, read voraciously, and doze on the beach, under the stars.
Guess it is time to get back in the studio and get to work. Who wants to be outside?
Join us for a closing reception, artist talk, and Halloween party Friday, Oct 23rd from 6-8pm. Costume it up!
This show explores the beautiful and sublime and revels in a balance between underlying feelings of unease and open expressions of strong emotion. Come and decide for yourself if you are creeped out. This exhibition was deemed so disturbing it was removed from its previous exhibition venue.
The work is on display through the 31st. ONE Arts open hours are Saturdays and Sundays from noon until five.
Fall in Vermont is an extremely hectic time of year as we try to cram in as many activities, events, and experiences before we all head indoors for winter. This year is no exception in the land of Strange Dolls. I hope you can add me to your own hectic list of events so you can snap up some creepy little dolls and jewelry and see some of the sculptures I have been working on for exhibitions at S.P.A.C.E. Gallery and the One Arts Center.
Each year Sarah Vogelsang-Card and I curate a dark art event called "The Art of Horror". You are invited to kick off the Halloween season at our opening reception on October 2 from 5 – 11pm. Costumes are highly encouraged. For one night only, indulge your senses with dark imagery from Vermont artists and spirit conjuring performance art. Top off the night (from 9 – 11pm) with live music by Burlington's only Goth/Industrial band Nechromancer.
Suggested donation: $5 at the door. This event is not recommended for children but is open to the general public.
You can now catch the show that was up for ONE HOUR at Burlington Beer Company, before being asked to remove it. This exhibition of dark doll work with Catherine Hall has moved to the One Arts. Many thanks to curator, Margaret Coleman, for providing an exhibition space and place to discuss censorship in the arts.


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The Cala Learning Hub
1995 : BA Joint Honours in English/French at the University of Leeds
2013 : Master in Human Resources Management and International Mobility at the Magellan Institute - ENS Paris-Saclay
2014 : Founded Cala Consulting
2016 : Coaching and mentoring certification at the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) in London
2020 : Launch of The Cala Learning Hub
A passion for learning and networking
After twenty years in human resources, Joanna Menezes founded Cala Consulting, a coaching and training consultancy, in 2014. Her aim is to help professionals achieve success and fulfilment in their careers, whilst improving their awareness of key issues such as gender diversity and intercultural management.
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An ILM-certified and supervised coach, Joanna Menezes provides coaching or co-development for individuals on a daily basis. "I help unleash their potential so that they can take control of their professional destinies in an ever-changing workplace." To do this, she listens, asks questions and helps you discover new possibilities. Her motto, "Yes you can !" is a testament to her positive outlook, open-mindedness and the confidence she instils in others.
Joanna is a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) France and adheres to its code of ethics.
In addition to her coaching activity, Joanna also delivers in-company training programmes. « With the many career transitions we are now seeing we have to be more proactive and adopt a continuous learning mindset – whilst keeping our network alive.». Known among her peers as a "super-connecter", she launched an international learning community in January 2020 called The Cala Learning Hub.
Today, the key words of its action are: Empower (for professional development), Learn (for continuous learning) and Connect (for the importance of the network).
A firm believer in human development with a multicultural background
Joanna is Brazilian and British by birth and French by adoption. Born and raised in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, she and her family moved to the United Kingdom when she was eight. After graduating with a BA Joint Honours in English & French from the University of Leeds in 1995, she relocated to France and has lived there ever since.
With an Indian father, a Belgian mother and a large extended family all over the globe, Joanna's experience and multicultural background have made her an expert in adapting to different countries, cultures and working environments.
In France, she started out as an English trainer then quickly moved into human resources, occupying a number of positions in recruitment, career management and training, until she became an HR Manager of an SME of 150 people in 2011.
After being made redundant, Joanna decided to complete her studies, obtaining a Master in Human Resources Management and International Mobility from the Magellan Institute-ENS Paris-Saclay. As part of her studies, she was Project Manager for a "Women @ Work" project for Carlson Wagonlit Travel group and defended a thesis entitled "Diversity: a key performance driver for companies."
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Stockholm based Bengt Gomér designs for the stage.
His work encompasses opera, musicals, dance, concerts and plays, as well as visual art installations. His recent projects have been primarily related to music – he works visually, and creates live performance derived from musical inspiration that combines stage design, lighting and video. He sometimes directs these projects himself, but he also enjoys collaborating with a wide range of directors, including Sam Brown, Åsa Melldahl, Nils Spagenberg, Mellika Melouani Melani and Olivier Tambosi.
With his wife soprano Nina Stemme, he has created varied projects including staged concerts for the Royal Swedish Philharmonic, the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; fully staged operas (Turandot – Dalhalla Opera); and opera evenings he has conceived himself (Bluebeard's Castle / Erwartung – Konserthuset Stockholm / David Geffen Hall, New York). He has enjoyed collaborations with some of the world's leading singers and conductors, including Katarina Karneus, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Malin Byström, Peter Mattei, John Lundgren, Alan Gilbert, Daniel Harding, Sakari Oramo, Thomas Dausgaard & Japp van Zweden.
Bengt frequently collaborates with composers and librettists and has worked on over a dozen world premieres. He recently created a visual concept for the presentation of Mikael Karlsson's new song cycle for Anne Sofie von Otter (Konserthus Örebro), and he has worked with the composers Karolina Eiriksdottir, Line Tjørnhøj, Joao MacDowell, Jonas Forssell, Sven-David Sandström and Moto Osada a.o.
He is committed to developing the next generation of artists and has taught scenography and lighting at the Stockholm University of the Arts.
Press voices
"The staging by the director Bengt Gomer demonstrated how to make maximally dramatic use of minimal space. Mr. Gomer used the constricted space at David Geffen Hall to create a simple, haunting staging. Behind the two singers, a video showed images of a murky tunnel, with industrial cables lining the endless walls. It allowed Ms. Stemme and the baritone Johannes Martin Kränzle to dominate the drama." – Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
"With a brilliant staging by Bengt Gomer (including set and lighting) and his team, the semi-staged concert was a superb realization of complex musical drama that engaged all our senses, gripping and absorbing" – Ako Imamura, Bachtrack
"Friday evening's double bill succeeded on many fronts, thanks to the great pairing of the works, evocative conducting, and inspired direction. While Gomer's production achieved much with a highly limited set, some of the more shocking moments within the works, such as the final reveal in "Erwartung," suffer from its strangeness. Nonetheless, the New York Philharmonic staged a sensational and highly thought-provoking concert." – Logan Martell, Opera Wire
"The language of Schönberg and Bartok might be rather elusive from an intellectual standpoint, but viscerally, no misunderstanding is possible. Its emotional power is undeniable, and it could not have been more evident than in this evening's absolutely stunning performances. Katarina Karnéus executed the treacherously difficult Schönberg pieces with technical transcendence and impeccable musicianship. Her dramatic palate was immense, and her skill as an actress compelling. Johannes Martin Kränzle as Bluebeard, and Nina Stemme as Judith gave the best performances this listener has yet heard either by way of recording or several decades of Metropolitan Opera productions. An immense video screen, capable of casting transparent images, was placed at the rear center of the stage, revolutionizing the entire aesthetic of operatic scenery." – Raymond Beegle, Classical Voice
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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Congress pushes ahead on Trump impeachment with nation split
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is plunging into a landmark impeachment week, with Democrats who once hoped to sway Republicans now facing the prospect of an ever-hardening partisan split over the question of removing President Donald Trump from office. Lawmakers were getting their first look at the...
FILE - In this July 25, 2019, file phot, President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony for new Secretary of Defense Mark Esper at the Pentagon. If there was one day that crystallized all the forces that led to the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, it was July 25. That was the day of his phone call with Ukraine's new leader, pressing him for a political favor. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
White House won't participate in Dems' impeachment hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House declared Sunday it would not participate in the first impeachment hearings before the House Judiciary Committee as Democrats prepared to approve their report Tuesday making the case for President Donald Trump's removal from office. The Democratic majority on the...
FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo, then-White House counsel Don McGahn listens as Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. A federal judge has ordered McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to keep his top aides from testifying. The outcome could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats to compel testimony from other high-ranking officials, including former national security adviser John Bolton. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Trump attorney Don McGahn must comply with House subpoena
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ordered former White House counsel Donald McGahn to appear before Congress in a setback to President Donald Trump's effort to keep his top aides from testifying. The outcome could lead to renewed efforts by House Democrats to compel testimony from other high-...
President Donald Trump walks with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov to the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
With testimony over, Dems work on impeachment report
WASHINGTON (AP) — The witnesses have spoken, the politics are largely settled. Now impeachment investigators will make the case for public opinion. On Monday, hundreds of pages from Democratic Chairman Adam Schiff's intelligence committee were being compiled into an exhaustive report that will...
Riot police detain a protestor after he tried to escape from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. About 100 anti-government protesters remained holed up at a Hong Kong university Tuesday, their choices dwindling along with their food supplies as they braced for the endgame in a police siege of the campus that entered its third day. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Police surround last holdouts at Hong Kong campus protest
HONG KONG (AP) — A small band of anti-government protesters, their numbers diminished by surrenders and failed escape attempts, remained holed up at a Hong Kong university early Wednesday as they braced for the endgame in a police siege of the campus. Police were waiting them out after 10 days of...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters on the morning after the first public hearing in the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump on his effort to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Pelosi says the president's actions in the impeachment inquiry amount to "bribery." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Pelosi says agreement on revamped NAFTA 'imminent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to see Congress pass President Donald Trump's revamped North American free trade deal this year. In a news conference Thursday, the California Democrat said an agreement on the pact is "imminent." The United States, Mexico and Canada last...
FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., listens at the Capitol in Washington. The House Ethics Committee says it is investigating Hastings' relationship with his longtime girlfriend, who works on his staff. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Ethics committee reviews FL Rep. Hastings over staff relationship
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee said Thursday it is investigating veteran Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings' relationship with his longtime girlfriend, who works on his staff. The Ethics Committee said in a statement Thursday that it's "aware of public allegations" that the 14-term Democrat...
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin discusses the upcoming recanvass of the Governor's race in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
Vote totals set to be double-checked in Kentucky gov's race
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Gov. Matt Bevin could face a legacy-defining decision when the vote totals from the Kentucky governor's race are double-checked Thursday — concede to Democrat Andy Beshear or contest last week's election in a historic move that could put the outcome in the hands of...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a news conference alongside President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
US and Turkey have friendly talks but differences persist
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are "very good friends," but their meeting Wednesday at the White House failed to resolve an issue that has badly strained relations between the two NATO allies. Trump and Erdogan concluded a visit without...
FILE - This June 12, 2019, file photo shows the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for August. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October
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Brown County commissioners discuss $4.5 billion carbon capture pipeline, speed limit change
Trent Abrego
Brown County Commissioners heard a presentation Tuesday about a $4.5 billion carbon capture pipeline that could run through the Aberdeen area.
Dan Lederman, of Summit Carbon Solutions laid out a plan for a 2,000 mile pipeline crossing into five states -- North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, and Nebraska. The Aberdeen area is included in the route.
Land agents are currently visiting with landowners who will be impacted. Lederman said that South Dakota leads the five states in voluntary site surveys.
The pipeline would serve as a "carbon capture," with storage in North Dakota where the pipeline ends. In total, there will be 31 ethanol plants connected, with seven in the state of South Dakota, Lederman said.
For many landowners, Lederman said, the easements will be the same as the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Locally, Redfield Energy, Ringneck Energy and Glacial Lakes will be a part of the project. Glacial Lakes will have four plants connected to the pipeline. Lederman said they have also been in talks with POET, but that's still ongoing.
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Lederman said that the project will be the biggest liquid carbon capture facility in the world. The pipelines would pump liquified carbon dioxide, which Lederman called "super matter."
"With all the time and pipe that has been laid for carbon capture, there have been zero fatalities recorded in the last 20 years. (Liquified carbon dioxide) isn't as volatile as oil, it's not flammable, it's much less of a health and environmental hazard than any of the other types of pipelines," Lederman said.
The main concern with the pipeline is if it leaks, it would displace oxygen, Lederman said.
"Through the technology that they have, they're able to shut down the pipeline remotely," Lederman said. "The main thing is to monitor for the pressures and amount of CO2 in the pipe."
The timeline for the project calls for construction starting in 2023, with the pipeline operational in 2024.
Currently, the carbon dioxide produced by the plants go into the atmosphere and is not stored in any of the facilities. The project aims to get ethanol to net zero carbon emissions, according to Lederman.
"By taking the emissions from the plant, and taking it to a storage facility, it would significantly reduce those emissions and would help with the long-term benefits of ethanol," Lederman said. "... Not only is it becoming a zero emission fuel, it's also giving the farmers and the ethanol plants another revenue source and ability to make ethanol more profitable."
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The 12 million tons of annual carbon capture expected through this project is equivalent to taking 2.6 million cars off the road, the power needed for 1.4 million homes and the burning of 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline, he said.
The pipeline will add up to 17,000 construction jobs to build the $4.5 billion pipeline, with 300 to 500 of them being "lasting jobs," Lederman said.
"When you look at what it does for South Dakota, and what it does for the Midwest: it creates more jobs ... It's a boost to household incomes," Lederman said. "A lot of that ethanol we're talking about would have more uses or we'd be able to produce more ethanol and boost train markets."
The pipeline would be overseen by the Department of Transportation, and the North Dakota storage facility will be overseen by the Environmental Protection Agency. There will be public meetings with landowners with one at the end of October in Aberdeen.
Speed limit on County Road 15
Commissioners also approved reducing the speed limit on County Road 15 from 55 mph to 35 mph. This area is east of Roosevelt Street.
Commission Vice Chairwoman Rachel Kippley was the lone dissenting vote.
"I think we're creating an environment where people are going to be more tempted to go jogging. It's the same thing we saw on Dakota Street," Kippley said. "We're lowering it to a city limit level, and I would support it if there was a sidewalk there, but now people are going to start using that road, and I think we're going to see the accidents go up, because we're doing this in the wrong order."
A number of concerned citizens voiced their support in the change, and commissioners also heard from a citizen who opposed the change.
Liquor fee
Commissioners also discussed changing the fee for the package liquor off-sale annual fees. Currently, the fee sits at $300. In the end, commissioners decided to keep it at that amount.


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Imma I. (auch Ymma) war Äbtissin des Damenstifts Herford unmittelbar nach dem Ungarneinfall von 926. Sie ließ das Stift wieder aufbauen.

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Ihr Name und ihre edle Abkunft sind in einem Bericht über die Herforder Marienvision überliefert. Urkundlich wird sie nicht genannt. Die ältere Forschung brachte sie in Verbindung mit einer Urkunde Ottos I., in der sie aber namentlich nicht genannt ist. Sie ist zu unterscheiden von einer gleichnamigen Äbtissin Imma/Ymma II. aus dem Haus der Billunger, die einige Jahrzehnte später lebte. Ob und in welcher Beziehung sie zu ihrer späteren Nachfolgerin Imma II., die um 970 das Amt innehatte, stand, ist unklar.

Sie erlebte die Zerstörung des Stifts und der Stiftskirche durch die Ungarn mit. Imma folgte der Äbtissin Hatheburg/Haburga nach, die kurz nach der Zerstörung verstorben war. Unter ihrem Abbiat begann der Wiederaufbau des Stifts und der Kirche.

Nach einer Legende soll einem armen Mann die Gottesmutter Maria erschienen sein, der davon der Äbtissin berichtete. Diese und der ganze Konvent seien davon zur Erneuerung des Stiftslebens beseelt gewesen. Es setzte seit dieser Zeit eine Wallfahrt zu dem Ort ein, an dem die Erscheinung stattgefunden haben soll. Dort wurde zur Zeit der Äbtissin Godesdiu nach der Jahrtausendwende das Stift auf dem Berge gegründet. Imma wird auch in einem Wunderbericht am Grab der heiligen Pusinna genannt. Der historische Hintergrund könnte mit der Zerstörung der Stiftskirche und der damit zusammenhängenden Veränderung bei der Aufbewahrung der Reliquien in Zusammenhang stehen.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Klemens Honselmann: Die Herforder Marienvision. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift Band 131/132 (1981/1982), S. 243–256, v. a. S. 248–256.

Äbtissin (Herford)
Geboren im 9. oder 10. Jahrhundert
Gestorben im 10. Jahrhundert
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