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Re: Lega Serie A - General Discussion
by Messinterista » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:15 am
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by red » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:31 am
There aren't any restrictions on the make up of the bench, are there?
If they were going to do this, they should at least have insisted that three of the bench be U21, or something like that.
Don't criticise what you can't understand.
by Messinterista » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:18 pm
Good suggestion red. Actually they should have done something like that with the bench of 7. Maybe with this bench of 12, there might be a minimum amount of Italian players that need to be on the bench too. Not sure, the article didn't go into too much info.
by RomaShield27 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:37 pm
Salaries of Serie A Clubs 2012/2013
Today Gazzetta released the wage bills of all 20 Serie A clubs of this 2012/2013 season and which player was making the most on each club. Here's the list, highest paid player in brackets:
1. Milan: 120 million [Pato 4 million]
2. Juventus: 115 million [Buffon 6 million]
3. Inter: 100 million [Sneijder 6 million]
4. Roma: 95 million [De Rossi 6 million]
5. Lazio: 66.2 million [Klose 2.1 million]
6. Napoli: 53.2 million [Cavani 4.5 million]
7. Fiorentina: 38.8 million [Jovetic 2.5 million]
8. Sampdoria: 29.8 million [Palombo 1.5 million]
9. Genoa: 28.9 million [Borriello 1.4 million]
10.Bologna: 28.4 million [Gilardino 1.2 million]
11. Atalanta: 23.7 million [Denis 1 million]
12. Palermo: 23.4 million [Miccoli 1.2 million]
13. Torino: 22 million [Bianchi 1.3 million]
14. Udinese: 21.2 million [Di Natale 1.3 million]
15. Parma: 21.2 million [Amauri 1 million]
16. Siena: 18.9 million [D'Agostino 800k]
17. Catania: 18 million [Andujar 600k]
18. Chievo: 15.9 million [Pellissier 800k]
19. Cagliari: 15.9 million [Conti 750k]
20. Pescara: 10.8 million [Celik 400k]
RomaShield27
by red » Tue Sep 11, 2012 4:24 pm
Incredible that Milan manage to have the highest wage bill despite having so few good players.
by Messinterista » Thu Sep 13, 2012 9:06 am
Napoli are doing well considering they are not spending as much as those teams ahead of them.
by DCGweez » Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:02 pm
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by Messinterista » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:23 am
How to reform Italian football…
Various club Presidents have ideas to restructure the Italian game. David Swan puts some of their suggestions under the microscope.
Saturday's edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport featured a report that asked a number of Serie A Presidents and owners to offer three ideas each that they would like to see implemented in Italian football, in a week where FIGC President Giancarlo Abete stated his desire to see Serie A return to 18 teams. Here, we analyse some of the more interesting options and their viability.
Introduce B teams into the professional system (Fiorentina owner Andrea Della Valle)
A call that you hear often in England has started to seep through to Italy, possibly due to the success of Spain, where this has been present for years.
Della Valle's reasoning was that B teams would be made up primarily of young players and allow them a greater chance of growing by playing against pros and not youngsters of the same age.
A large part of the feeling on this will depend on the extent to which you believe youth football in Italy 'works'. Italy Coach Cesare Prandelli now has a number of young players to pick from across the squad, many of whom, though not all, started in the youth teams of Serie A clubs, so the system is not all bad.
The Lega Pro may hold the key to this being introduced at any point in the future. The third tier of Italian football has just been reduced to 60 teams due to so many clubs struggling to stay afloat financially, but Lazio President Claudio Lotito openly pondered whether there were 60 teams that could maintain competitiveness over a season. If he turns out to be right, and if more struggle to keep their position, the option of B teams filling the spaces could become viable.
Introduce UEFA's Financial Fair Play into Serie A (Andrea Della Valle and Torino President Urbano Cairo)
The two who suggested this felt it was a necessary step to balance the League. The glaring problem is that while it will give many teams a greater chance of competing near the top, it will place the top clubs competing in Europe at a competitive disadvantage relative to the rest – not something Serie A needs at the moment.
It represents a conflict for both the FIGC and the Lega. They would probably love a competitive and balanced League, but if it comes to the detriment of Italy on the European stage then it is difficult to see how this would help in the long-term.
Reduce Serie A and Serie B to 18 teams (Lazio President Claudio Lotito)
An increasingly popular idea, with backing from the very top after Abete expressed his wish to see Serie A reduced to 18 teams.
Parma President Tommaso Ghirardi suggested something similar, though his idea was to keep Serie A at 20 teams and reduce Serie B to 20, from 22.
Just by looking at Ghirardi's counter-suggestion, you can see this is going to be difficult to pass. Clubs unsure of their Serie A status on a yearly basis, or who could get drawn into trouble, are going to fight a reduction at the top level that limits the number of opportunities to generate more revenue from a presence in Italy's best League.
But the biggest issue with the idea in the short-term is the new TV deal. Sky have paid a lot of money to show every single Serie A game live for the next three seasons and a reduction in the number of teams means fewer games for TV.
As such, do not expect to see this implemented until after 2014-15. But with the backing of the man at the top, and a number of Presidents, there is a very good chance of change occurring within both Serie A, from 2015 onwards, and Serie B.
Stop broadcasting every match on TV (Urbano Cairo)
Often ignored as one of the reasons for the bad attendances in Serie A, with the focus instead on the quality of the stadia. The fact is that, leaving the stadia aside, fans in Italy do not actually need to go to a ground to watch football. With every match screened live they only need to find a bar showing it or take out a subscription themselves.
Cairo referenced the "English model", but did not specify whether he wanted a protected kick-off time, as England has with the traditional Saturday 3pm matches.
Again, this comes back to the TV deal. Protecting kick-off times like the Premiershit will undoubtedly see Sky substantially reduce the amount they pay to screen Serie A matches. What they offer now is crucial in keeping some clubs in business – both in Serie A and below thanks to the parachute payments and mutuality agreement that filters down to Lega Pro and the amateurs in Serie D – and a reduction in that could hit them hard financially.
With the stadia owned by local councils, driving fans towards the ground is not going to make up for the loss of TV revenue. Once the clubs have done the maths, it is unlikely many of them will be in favour of this.
Source: http://www.football-italia.net/27768/ho ... l%E2%80%A6
The 'B' teams sound like a decent idea, similar to how Barcelona and Real Madrid have their B Teams in the second division of Spain.
However, we definitely need to knock down the amount of clubs from 20 to 18, even if it means we have to wait until 2015.
by Messinterista » Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:47 am
Italian transfer wrap
Italy's Serie A was a hive of activity during the 2013 January transfer window. Tony Palumbo looks at which players moved where and whether or not it will have a significant bearing on the championship.
AC Milan picked up one of the biggest, most volatile names in football with the capture of Mario Balotelli. Milan lost Alexandre Pato, but gained utility player Cristian Zaccardo from Parma and defender Bartosz Salamon from Brescia, beating an offer from Zenit St Petersburg.
Juventus has signed Nicolas Anelka, greeted with scepticism by most commentators. It tried, in vain, to get Ishak Belfodil from Parma and had to settle for Federico Peluso.
Napoli lost two expert players – Salvatore Aronica and Andrea Dossena- and signed Pablo Armero from Udinese, Emanuele Calaio from Siena, young Serbian Josip Radosevic, and Rolando on loan from Porto, where he has been kept on the sidelines for the whole season.
Inter Milan let young Brazilian forward Phillipe Coutinho go, to Liverfekkin'wankscum, for $11 million dollars, but was very active in acquiring new players. Young Mateo Kovacic, 18-years-old, cost $12 million. Zdravko Kuzmanovic is a defender who knows Italian football very well, having played in Serie A earlier in his career. Other additions are defender Ezequiel Schelotto from Atalanta and goalkeeper Juan Pablo Carrizo from Lazio.
Fiorentina has signed from PSG former Juventus player Mohamed Sissoko, possibly the best of its new players, the others being Matias Vecino and Marcelo Larrondo.
Palermo, surprisingly in the relegation zone, has signed no less than ten players. Andrea Dossena, from Napoli, has already established himself as a top attacking full-back. Another former Napoli player, Salavatore Aronica, is trying to tighten up a leaky defence. Chievo 'keeper Stefano Sorrentino has been recruited to aid this cause.
Genoa, as usual, has taken advantage of the January window to change its squad substantially. The newcomers are Floro Flores for the forward line, Matuzalem, Ruben Olivera and Marco Rigoni in midfield as well as Eros Pisano, Thomas Manfredini, Mattia Cassani and Daniele Portanova in defence.
Parma strengthened its defence, signing McDonald Mariga from Inter and Rodney Strasser from Milan.
Siena has lost top players like Calaio, but acquired Nicola Pozzi and Francesco Della Rocca, not enough to avoid certain relegation.
Pescara has signed three players - Guiseppe Sculli, Luciano Zauri and Gaetano D'Agostino - who will try to resurrect their careers with the promoted club.
Torino has given its coach, Giampiero Ventura, the player he wanted in Brazilian forward Barreto. That takes the number of players in the Torino squad to have previously worked with Ventura to six.
Atalanta hopes to have found in Igor Budan a good alternative to German Denis. It has also strengthened its defence with Cristiano Del Grosso, Michele Canini, Franco Brienza and Matteo Contini.
Chievo looks to have lost a lot in its goalkeeper exchange with Palermo of Stefano Sorrentino for Samir Ukajini. It could be the difference between Chievo retaining its Serie A status and being relegated to Serie B.
Bologna, Catania, Cagliari, Udinese and Sampdoria have been fairly quiet on the transfer market. I wonder whether they will be the real winners at the end of the season.
Source: http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/113 ... nsfer-wrap
by red » Mon Feb 25, 2013 3:27 pm
BT to buy ESPN UK:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21577676
No mention of what impact that may have on Serie A coverage in the UK.
by RomaShield27 » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:15 pm
Yeah, was just reading about that, Red, and wondering how it will effect the great Serie A coverage. Doesnt mention anything about Serie A, only Bundesliga. Dont think I get BT over here, or if I can i'll likely have to pay extra for it.
Surprised at this, ESPN UK is a great channel, not only for the calcio they show but also other sports. I also would have though ESPN UK would have lots of money, surprised they were bought out.
http://www.btlife.bt.com/entertainment/ ... -business/
Once ESPN lost the right to show EPL games there was always a good chance they'd give up. Don't know what sort of viewing figures/advertising revenues they get from a lot of what they show.
Possible that ESPN's contract to show Serie A games was up this summer, so hasn't been included in the deal.
Fuck, that could be it alright. I thought ESPN UK would be in a good position financially as its (presumably) owned by ESPN US, which is a huge corporation. But yeh maybe its ratings or whatever were not doing well. But I know BT is the new kid on the block with of lots of money. Fuckers better show Serie A. At least Ill still have Setanta.
ESPN UK still do show the odd EPL game, right? They do over here, anyway, usually the late afternoon kick-offs on Saturdays. Will be a shame to lose it.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=108
Lots of info on it on digital spy forums. Looks like ESPNUK were planning on selling up for quite a while now.
Interesting that BT will operate 'at least one ESPN branded channel' - which is not ESPN Classic, as that is not part of the deal.
Also seen someone mention that BT will cover Serie A but not confirmed.
ESPN in UK rights sell off talks
http://www.a516digital.com/2013/02/espn ... talks.html
Sports broadcaster ESPN is reportedly in talks to sell its UK sports rights as speculation over the future of its UK channels mount. ESPN lost out on Premiershit Football and other rights following BT's entry to the sports rights market last year.
According to a report in Broadcast today, the broadcaster is now in negotiations with other parties, thought to include BT and Sky, to sell its remaining rights to events including FA Cup and SPL matches.
This could indicate that ESPN's channels might close at the end of the football season. ESPN has been on air in its current format since 2009, when it acquired numerous sports rights following Setanta's collapse in June of that year.
On digital terrestrial TV, the main ESPN channel is broadcast on channel 34. There is ongoing uncertainty over the future of ESPN and the BT-hosted Sky Sports channels delivered alongside the Freeview signal, with BT last month announcing that it would restrict sports channel subscriptions to viewers with BT Infinity broadband, through which BT Vision will broadcast a package of pay TV channels from later this year.
Top Up TV currently offers ESPN alongside the BT hosted Sky Sports channels to subscribers. It could be left without any channels unless it announces new carriage deals.
ESPN has refused to comment on the matter.
BT's website says it covering Serie A when its launched in the summer: "Hundreds of top-flight football matches from Italy, France and Brazil"
https://www.btsport.com
Re: Lega Serie A – General Discussion
by soccergurl1989 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:49 pm
soccergurl1989
by DCGweez » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:27 pm
I'm surprised Palacio is that far down the line in terms of goals per minute.
Good stuff, thanks for posting.
by DCGweez » Thu May 30, 2013 1:34 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog ... CMP=twt_gu
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Fri 22 Aug 2014, 09:10 AM
Oh my goodness, will the pain ever end? Take what you want but please leave the hoodoo. The hoodooooo!
Well we all know that all good records must come to an end but even the Raiders' biggest optimist would have felt a little empty on Saturday afternoon.
Most painful of all was watching Josh Dugan collect himself a try. Please, anyone but him!
There were times during the game when the boys looked like they could do it.
The first half was strong and signs were good.
From there on in, it was a slippery slide down the seven stages of grief.
If ever there was a time to sit back and watch a feel good movie for the one millionth time (I personally reach for Love Actually), it was after that loss.
Okay, maybe that's all a little dramatic, but it was hard to watch. Not Love Actually, that's a cracker, I'm talking about the game.
Aside from the loss, there were a few unfortunate fellas to pick up injuries as well.
Hard luck to Brett White who picked up a groin injury but should be able to get another game in before hanging up his boots.
Even worse news for Jordan Rapana. He's been great since he's made his Raiders first grade debut and once he returns from his fractured skull, he definitely has a future.
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Get ready to take part in match of the round this week as the boys head up to Remondis Stadium to take on fellow hard luck merchants, the Cronulla Sharks.
Both teams, desperate to avoid the spoon, should be set for a big one.
Despite a few fans already packing it in for this year, I'm actually looking forward to this one.
Why you ask? Firstly, because I'll never give up on the boys, and secondly, the Raiders have a couple of interesting positional changes and team additions.
I can't wait to see how Jack Wighton goes at fullback.
No doubt he'll be tested by a high ball or two and it could be a bit of a learning curve, but boy oh boy does he have the skills to pull it off.
He's quick, he's elusive, and he has a great footy brain. He's also a brilliant defender and shouldn't be a pushover as a last line of defence.
I'm also really looking forward to seeing Jeremy Hawkins make his debut.
Finally, the second tier salary cap soldiers are out of the way and the man gets his chance.
Jeremy has great wraps on him and this is the perfect time to throw him in and see how he goes. Can't wait.
And last but not least, the game is a chance to put a little light between us and the dreaded wooden spoon.
So get to the game, a pub, a club, your tv set, or where ever it is you can see the game and take it all in.
It could be a glimpse into a much brighter future. Go Raiders!!!


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Tonight's Costa Mesa City Council me eting could be interesting, if only for the possible tension between Councilwoman Katrina Foley and our municipal racist laureate, the guy I refer to as The Mouth From Mesa North. You may recall that Foley refused to take anymore of his crap without comment at the last council meeting.
The Mouth has already laid the groundwork for conf rontation with his pathetic blog entries over the past couple days. He continues to rant about the A.B.L.E helicopter - a sophisticated Eurocopter - versus an American made Robinson machine. In the recent past Chief Chris Shawkey has, with more patience than The Mouth deserved, explained precisely why the Eurocopter is the appropriate machine. Still, The Mouth barfs out his venom on the subject. As it the case on every subject he addresses, he figures since he's obviously the smartest guy in the room, the REAL decision-makers must be deaf or stupid to ignore his views.
In fact, I wouldn 't at all be surprised to see him yank a couple items from the Consent Calendar, just to prolong the proceedings and to give himself a couple more chances to spout off in the spotlight. I suspect he'll pull items 5 (the MOU on the next phase of the SR-55 Access Study), item 8 (the gift of $182,000 from AYSO Region 120 for lights on the Farm fields 5 & 6), and Item 9 (the 2009 Annual review of the 2000 General Plan). He will do this to feel important since he doesn't get much play on his blog these days. Seems like he's begging for comments several times a week. He was probably better off in his own little fantasy world before he permitted comments, when he could dream that he had hundreds of sycophants out there, sopping up his racist drivel. Guess again, you yapping hyena!
Back to the important work of the City Council. Tonight, i n a closed session preceding the regular meeting, they will again hear a discussion on the Fairgrounds Purchase and on the potential litigation filed by Asociacion De Jornaleros De Costa Mesa and the Colectivo Tonantzin. We're assuming the Fairgrounds issue involves the potential lease/purchase agreement that Gary Monahan spoke of on the radio earlier this year.
WILL MONAHAN SHOW UP TONIGHT FOR A CHANGE?
Speaking of which, I wonder if Monahan will show up tonight. You may re call that he bailed out last year because the meeting was on St. Patrick's Day and he was going to be busy pulling taps of green beer at his pub. I wouldn't be surprise if he misses tonight, too - it would be his second consecutive missed meeting if he does - so he can rest up for tomorrow's festivities. Or, maybe he has to change the light bulbs on his current illegal banner.. One never knows with him, since he continues to show us exactly how he feels about the rules.
In my previous post I introduced you to Wendy Leece's most recent blog, OC Public Square, in which she provides links but almost no original thought, to provide readers with an insight into her conservative self. In case you were wondering, she has thrown her hat into the ring for a seat at the table of the GOP Central Committee and will apparently appear in that race on the June ballot. We still don't know if she's going to run for re-election to the Costa Mesa City Council in November, but we assume she will.
So, tonight should be interesting, ag ain. Let's all watch to see how long it takes The Mouth to deride one or all of the council members. I'm betting that he will cough up a hairball of nastiness within the first 30 seconds of his first trip to the speaker's podium. Any takers?
Hmmm. By DP article dated 10/26/06 Wendy said "The citizens of Costa Mesa have better things to do with their time than to spend time reading blogs, Leece said." Three years can change a person, I guess.
Eastsider, I'm not so sure... she has another blog, created in 2006, which I've referred to as her "pretty in pink" blog. She attempted to use it as a campaign tool, but abandoned it because she was able to ride Mansoor's coattails in her first election. You can find it at http://wendyleece@blogspot.com/.
Did you see the mouth's "If cities were women" comparison?
That babble would have had a much greater impact had he used a picture of his wife as opposed to using Foley's.
Paularino Park Guy, Now, let's not get nasty about his family... I wouldn't know his wife if I tripped over her.
If HE can dish it, HE can eat it!!!
FYI I have NEVER seen her.
I base MY lack of FACTS on assumptions.
It seems to work for the mouth.


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Come and join Team CLS CC for one their RACE EVENTS that take place at the end of every month, with the roads reserved for our group ONLY. The event is aimed at introducing people to RACING on Zwift so come and give it a go, you have nothing to loose and everything to gain! No big Ego's in our Virtual Club. This particular event will be based on a Crit Style with courses varying in length from 1 to 1 1/2 hours. It will take place over 6 events through the 2018 / 2019 winter months.
Please use the TAG - (CLS) followed by your CAT after your surname to take full advantage of post ride results and enable the group to identify each other. We strongly recommend a 15 to 20 mins pre-ride minimum warm up to help minimise the risk of injury etc. etc.
Use your FTP and then divide by your weight in kg then pick the correct TAG.
PLEASE NOTE: Strava data for CLS races must be open (not private or hidden). Riders producing over 5w/kg average will be DQd. They can be reinstated if real life matching performances can be provided. Heart Rate Monitor required for CAT A and B racers. Also make sure your Strava name matches your Zwift Power name.
Come and join us, it would be great to meet some new people and welcome them to our group. We run a Facebook Group - Team CLS CC which we encourage people to follow for news and other group ride info and events. It is also a great place to ask any questions you may have about Zwift and we will do our best to answer them for you.
For your information, we run a 60-minute RECOVERY ride on Sundays, followed by our weekday workouts. It's a TEMPO and CLIMBING session on Tuesday and an INTERVAL one on Thursdays - all three at 18:50 GMT. Then finally, on Saturday, we have a two identical Social ENDURANCE rides of approximately 50 miles that set off at 14:45 on varied courses, they last about 2 to 2 1/2 hours. We have tried to put together a weekly package that will allow riders to both enjoy their indoor sessions and back that up with some great workouts that will improve your fitness.


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Chicken 65 / Indian Style Fried Chicken ~ Spicy n Juicy!
First wash/clean chicken n cut in to small pieces.
Then take chicken pieces in a bowl, add ginger garlic paste, chili powder, garam masala powder, lemon juice,salt, food color, corn flour, soy sauce n all purpose flour n mix everything well.
After that, wrap the bowl using cling wrap and refrigerate or allow to rest in room temperature for 4-5 hours.
And then, heat oil in a pan, when it gets really hot, drop 3-4 chicken pieces or add chicken pieces and cook in medium heat until it turns crisp n cooked well.
Once done, remove from the oil n transfer to a paper towel and serve chicken 65 hot with some lemon wedges n onion slices.
Adding soy sauce is completely optional, i have tried without adding it too.
Do not fry the chicken in oil for long time or till turns too crispy n black n also not fry in less hot oil.
Before adding the chicken, oil should be hot n after adding chicken pieces turn the heat to medium.
After frying a first batch, allow 3-4 minutes to get oil enough hot n add the second batch.
U can also some freshly ground pepper, curry leaves along with the other marinating items.
Irresistible chicken 65, feel like finishing that whole plate rite now,even its my hubby's favourite, we had it for our sunday lunch.
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"Digital Logic for Soft Devices", Preston, D. J., Rothemund, P., Jiang, H. J., Nemitz, M. P., Rawson, J., Suo, Z. and Whitesides, G. M. PNAS Plus, 2019.
An article about our newly published article in PNAS - "Digital Logic for Soft Devices", Preston, D. J., Rothemund, P., Jiang, H. J., Nemitz, M. P., Rawson, J., Suo, Z. and Whitesides, G. M.
Professor Whitesides speaks on the Origins of Life at at The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
Will nature-inspired soft robots spark the next tech revolution?
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Harvard Gazette coverage of our recent article "Arthrobots", Nemiroski, A., Shevchenko.Y., Stokes.A.A., Albert.S., Compton.G., and Whitesides.G.M., Soft Robotics, 2017, 4, 183-190.
As part of the Dutch television science program, The Mind of the Universe, IAS-director and Leon Levy professor Robbert Dijkgraaf interviews George Whitesides on the world of chemistry shaping our future, and the impact science and technology will have on the future of human kind.
Professor Whitesides delivers a public lecture at the University of New South Wales, Sydney discussing one of the most interesting questions in science, and one unlikely ever to be answered unambiguously.
Professor George Whitesides talks about his revolutionary design for a diagnostic test to be used in the developing world.


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Dr. Sara Wadia-Fascetti is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University, and has served as a mentor to undergraduate and graduate female and male engineering students since 1994. She developed the e-mentoring program to give students a mechanism for communication with their mentors and mentees between meetings. The program links female pre-college students, college students, and professionals in discussion groups with two to five additional women. Professional women are recruited from the college of Engineering alumni as well as local companies.
Dr. Wadia-Fascetti has also created a program, Connections, that offers weekly after-school activities for Boston girls, including a computer clubhouse for middle- and high-school girls to work alongside college women, an "introduction to college" series for female high-school students so they learn how the higher education system works, and a number of other programs for college women.


Epsom Hospital Radio is available around the clock to the patients of Epsom General Hospital. We can be found on the hospital's internal Hospedia broadcasting system, and we are free of charge to listen to.
You can listen to us 24 hours a day from your hospital bed at Epsom General Hospital. You can view our schedule to see what's on when, and even when we're not live from the studio our automated system takes over to ensure that you're never without something to listen to whether it's music, comedy, drama or sports.
Epsom Hospital Radio relies on the generosity of our supporters' donations and the hours of time given by our team to stay on the air. You can help too, by donating or volunteering.
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HHS decreases some caps on penalties for HIPAA violations
By David Burger
Washington — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has revised the annual penalty caps for violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, according to an April 30 news release from the department's Office of Civil Rights.
Until further notice by the HHS, annual caps on penalties for a violation of a HIPAA requirement or prohibition will range from $25,000 for an unknowing HIPAA violation; $100,000 for a HIPAA violation due to reasonable cause but not due to willful neglect; $250,000 for willful neglect corrected within 30 days; and $1.5 million for willful neglect not corrected within 30 days.
HHS previously applied the same penalty cap — $1.5 million — across the four categories of violations, despite different levels of culpability.
Under HIPAA, enacted in 1996, HHS established rules protecting the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information.
In 2009, Congress enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, that, among other things, strengthened HIPAA enforcement by increasing the minimum and maximum potential penalties for HIPAA violations. A 2013 Enforcement Rule, established by the department as a result of the HITECH Act, elicited concern about imposing a $1.5 million cap for each and every penalty tier. The department concluded that the penalty scheme included inconsistent language and could cause confusion, according to the news release.
The caps would apply to violations of each specific HIPAA requirement or prohibition in a given year, not to all HIPAA violations in a given year. For example, if a dental practice violates more than one HIPAA requirement or prohibition, the cap could be multiplied by the number of different HIPAA provisions violated. Therefore, HIPAA penalties can still involve very large dollar amounts, even in the lower tiers.
The ADA Complete HIPAA Compliance Kit can help dentists design and implement a comprehensive program for HIPAA compliance. Readers can save 15 percent on the HIPAA kit and all ADA Catalog products with promo code 19116 until July 26. To order, visit ADAcatalog.org or call 1-800-947-4746.


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Q: Apache PIG questions I have few questions on running the pig script/ map-reduce jobs.

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*I know that pig creates logical, physical and then execution plans before it really starts executing the map/reduce job; I am able to look at the logical/physical plans using the command explain <alias_name>; But how do I view the execution plan (which I suppose list the different map/reduce tasks planned)? In the course of pig execution, I see that many jobs (map/reduce pair) are created. Want to understand what each of these jobs solve.

*Is there any definitive guide which I can use to understand the plans created because what is spat is difficult to understand.

*I am able to change the number of map jobs by changing the number of input file blocks. Do I have control over the number of reduce jobs as well? How do I set the number of reducers?

*What is the default heap memory size in mapper/reducer nodes? Which job parameters reflect these? Will I be able to change the heap memory by -Xmx 1024m option? My jobs used to fail when I set the heap memory in this way - May be there are some restrictions on what values can be supplied?
Thanks much!

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*There are different kinds of plans generated by explain. Give a directory path instead of a file to get all 3 plans from 'explain'.

*No idea.

*set default_parallel 10 would set number of reduce jobs to 10.

*It must be in your hadoop settings.

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*"Explain(pig command )"  ALIAS-NAME explains the physical plan (in terms of Map reduce jobs)

*Alias will be grouped together in a MR job . During the plan phase itself one can see , whicl all alias have been grouped into a given MR

*To control number of reducer one can use "USING PARALLEL desired_no " when writing joins , groupby  or "set default_parallel desired no" at starting of pig script .

*This depends on where is one running pig .
if its MRv1 : set mapred.java.opts -Xmx
in mrv2 : set mapred.map.size , set mapred.map.java.opts -Xmx

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Wine was one of the most praised element in poetry and also nowadays it is impossible to resist its charm, above all in Italy, which is one of the best manufacturer of wines. On Italian tables, wines cannot miss, even if there are lots of different types of wines, according to needs and tastes: the most prestigious and the most economic wines, the fruity wines, the sweet or dry wines and the full-bodied wine. Wherever you go, wine is a symbol of conviviality, happiness and the best partner for great meals.
Tatà restaurant and pizzeria is aware of the importance of wine in Italian tradition and how different wines can be differently combined with different plates. For this reason, we have a special place dedicated to wines, the wine shop in Rome, which is the result of a long research in the wine panorama: this process leads us to propose to customers more than 100 typologies of wine, which are able to combine with different plates and satisfy different tastes. We have more than 400 brans, hailing from the French tradition and also the international culture, but the most important selection of wine concerned the Italian traditions of different regions.
We have an enviable collection of wines, meticulously selected by sommeliers to be perfectly combined with our dishes and with the aim of offering a full and tasty degustation.


The GovCon Index registered a decline of 2.234 percent — or 1.784 points — to 78.070 Monday as U.S. markets returned to full activity and new federal technology services contractor CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) started regular-way trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Falls Church, Virginia-based CSRA opened at $29.39 and ended Monday as the Index's largest percentage gainer at a rate of 7.87 percent to $31.51.
CSRA replaced its former parent company Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) in the Index and that change contributed 1.237 points to the Index's overall decline Monday.
The other 0.547 points of the Index's loss was due to market conditions that saw U.S. stocks trade slightly lower on November's last day.
CSRA CEO Larry Prior, CSRA Chairman and CSC CEO Mike Lawrie and other executives from both companies rang the opening bell at the NYSE to start Monday's trading day (scroll below the tables to watch Prior, Lawrie and other CSRA executives ring the bell).
CNBC reports U.S. investors have their attention on retail sales figures for the Christmas shopping season, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's remarks to the Economic Club of Washington on Wednesday and the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Thursday, as well as the European Central Bank's Thursday meeting for a decision on interest rates there.


Dec. 28 - U.S. stocks are down with investors expressing concern about the outlook for early 2012, and the S&P 500 erasing its gains for the year.
Dec. 27 - Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, says 2012 poses exciting investment opportunities, with the U.S. equities market possibly rising 20 percent by year end.
Students will use a variety of foods to make graphs. Each food should be used for a separate lesson for a total of ten lessons.
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This lesson is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds which contains math/science and language arts components. In the math/science wing, students will prepare frequency tables and construct a circle graph of the species of birds observed at bird feeders.


The character of Cedar Grove is exemplified by its calm ambience. This area is good for those who prefer a quiet atmosphere, as noise from the streets and other parts of the city is rarely an issue - however noise can be bothersome around one of the railway lines or Highway 407. Lastly, although Cedar Grove does not contain any public green spaces, parks aren't well-located in nearby neighbourhoods, which makes them easy to reach.
The car is very often the preferred way to navigate Cedar Grove. The majority of homes for sale are a reasonably short drive from the closest highway, such as Highway 407, and it is very easy to access a place to park. However, travelling by transit can be very difficult in this area due to the low service level. Thankfully, residents benefit from a few bus lines. A majority of the houses for sale in this neighbourhood are located in places that are not very convenient for walking because almost no common errands can be run on foot. This part of Markham is also not very bicycling-friendly as there are very few bike lanes, and there are a good number of hills.
Cedar Grove experienced its main building boom after the year 2000, so most of the available properties are from this time period. The housing stock of this part of Markham is composed predominantly of single detached homes and townhouses. Homeowners occupy nearly 95% of the properties in the neighbourhood and 5% are rented. This neighbourhood is primarily composed of three bedroom and four or more bedroom homes.
There are no high schools and no primary schools in Cedar Grove. Additionally, it can be very difficult to get to daycares as a pedestrian. With respect to eating, a car is usually needed in this area to reach the nearest grocery store. There are a few restaurants in Cedar Grove.


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"Unterwegs nach Bigorra" ist ein Geschichtsroman von Arnulf Zitelmann, erschienen beim Verlag Beltz & Gelberg. Er spielt im mittelalterlichen Frankreich zur Zeit der islamischen Eroberungszüge durch Europa.

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Protagonistin des Romans ist die junge Fränkin Itta, die aus bretonischer Sklaverei zu ihrem Heimathof zurückkehrt, dort jedoch ihren Mann mit ihrer Schwester verheiratet vorfindet. Um nicht zu einer Zwangsheirat mit dem Hofsverwalter gezwungen zu werden (was die rechtliche Situation für ihren "Ex"-Mann klären würde), flieht sie schon am nächsten Tag und schließt sich dem jüdischen reisenden Händler Jakob an, der sie nach anfänglichem Misstrauen unter seinen Schutz stellt. Ittas Ziel ist Bigorra, eine Stadt am Fuß der Pyrenäen, wo ihre Tante lebt. Sie wird jedoch von ihrem ehemaligen Mann verfolgt, da sie bei ihrer Flucht auch ihre (ihr zustehende) Mitgift hat mitgehen lassen.
Unterwegs durchqueren Jakob und Itta verschiedene heute geschichtsträchtige Städte und werden Augenzeugen der Schlacht von Tours, in der die Sarazenen von den Franken zurückgeschlagen werden. Bei dieser Gelegenheit retten sie den in der Schlacht erblindeten sarazenischen Prinzen Sahnun, der zu ihrem Begleiter wird. Oft geraten die drei unterwegs in Gefahr, werden überfallen, Itta und Sahnun kurzfristig versklavt, Jakob von seinen Glaubensbrüdern sogar geächtet. Es gelingt ihnen jedoch jedes Mal, die Gefahr zu überwinden und ihre Reise fortzusetzen. Durch die Rücklieferung Sahnuns an seine Landsleute bewirken sie, dass diese die Belagerung der fränkischen Stadt Toulouse abbrechen. Jakob macht Itta den Vorschlag, seinen Sohn zu heiraten, was diese zunächst ablehnt. Nachdem sie sich von ihm getrennt hat und um ein Haar doch noch von ihrem ehemaligen Ehemann erwischt worden wäre, überlegt sie es sich anders und kehrt zu Jakob zurück.

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Zitelmann verbindet hier in der für ihn typischen Erzählweise (d. h. aus der Sicht einer bestimmten in die Geschichte integrierten Person, nicht aus der eines allwissenden Erzählers) geschichtsträchtige Ereignisse mit dem Schicksal scheinbar unbedeutender Leute, deren Lebensweise und Probleme (auch mit den Mächtigen) er schildert, indem er sie Abenteuer und Reisen bestehen lässt, die sie mit historisch bedeutenden Schauplätzen und Personen in Berührung bringen.

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"A Middle Eastern low fat recipe for marinated chicken breasts, which can be baked in the oven or skewered with mushrooms and barbequed. They taste great with pita bread and some pickled turnips."
In a medium bowl, stir together oil, yogurt, ketchup, and mustard. Season with garlic powder, paprika, allspice, black pepper, cinnamon, and curry powder. Stir in chicken pieces, coating all sides with marinade. Cover bowl, and refrigerate overnight.
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Rangers hold regularly scheduled educational and interpretive programs about Medoc Mountain State Park. Check the Events calendar for more information. To arrange a special exploration of Medoc Mountain State Park for your group or class, contact the park office.
Educational materials about Medoc Mountain State Park have been developed for grades 4-6 and are correlated to North Carolina's competency-based curriculum in science, social studies, mathematics and English/language arts. The Medoc Mountain program introduces students to basic geologic processes and relates them to the Medoc Mountain region. Accompanying the program is a teacher's booklet and workshop, free of charge to educators.


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The Nine Major Flaws in Kavanaugh Accurser's Testimony
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{saraacarter.com} ~ The prosecutor who questioned Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, at last week's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing released a five-page memo on Sunday in which she concluded that no "reasonable prosecutor" would bring charges against the Supreme Court nominee.
Arizona sex crimes prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, wrote in her memo that the case is "even weaker" than a 'he said, she said' case. "A 'he said, she said' case is incredibly difficult to prove," she wrote. "But this case is even weaker than that. Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them. For the reasons discussed below, I do not think that a reasonable prosecutor would bring this case based on the evidence before the Committee. Nor do I believe that this evidence is sufficient to satisfy the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard."
Mitchell then outlined nine major flaws in Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony during last week's hearing:
1. Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of when the alleged assault happened:
*In a July 6 text to the Washington Post, she said it happened in the "mid-1980s."
*In her July 30 letter to Senator Fein-stein, she said it happened in the "early 80s."
*Her August 7 statement to the polygrapher said that it happened one "high school summer in early 80's," but she crossed out the word "early" for reasons she did not explain.
*A September 16 Washington Post article reported that Dr. Ford said it happened in the "summer of 1982."
Similarly, the September 16 article reported that notes from an individual therapy session in 2013 show her describing the assault as occurring in her "late teens." But she told the Post and the Committee that she was 15 when the assault allegedly occurred. She has not turned over her therapy records for the Committee to review.
*While it is common for victims to be uncertain about dates, Dr. Ford failed to explain how she was suddenly able to narrow the time frame to a particular season and particular year
2. Dr. Ford has struggled to identify Judge Kavanaugh as the assailant by name:
*No name was given in her 2012 marriage therapy notes.
*No name was given in her 2013 individual therapy notes.
*Dr. Ford's husband claims to recall that she identified Judge Kavanaugh by name in 2012. At that point, Judge Kavanaugh's name was widely reported in the press as a potential Supreme Court nominee if Governor Romney won the presidential election.
*In any event, it took Dr. Ford over thirty years to name her assailant. Delayed disclosure of abuse is common so this is not dispositive.
3. When speaking with her husband, Dr. Ford changed her description of the incident to become less specific:
*Dr. Ford testified that she told her husband about a "sexual assault" before they were married.
*But she told the Washington Post that she informed her husband that she was the victim of "physical abuse" at the beginning of their marriage.
*She testified that both times, she was referring to the same incident
4. Dr. Ford has no memory of key details of the night in question—details that could help corroborate her account:
*She does not remember who invited her to the party or how she heard about it.
*She does not remember how she got to the party.
*She does not remember in what house the assault allegedly took place or where that house was located with any specificity.
*Perhaps most importantly, she does not remember how she got from the party back to her house.
*Her inability to remember this detail raises significant questions.
*She told the Washington Post that the party took place near the Columbia Country Club. The Club is more than 7 miles from her childhood home as the crow flies, and she testified that it was a roughly 20-minute drive from her childhood home.
*She also agreed for the first time in her testimony that she was driven somewhere that night, either to the party or from the party or both.
*Dr. Ford was able to describe hiding in the bathroom, locking the door, and subsequently exiting the house. She also described wanting to make sure that she did not look like she had been attacked.
*But she has no memory of who drove her or when. Nor has anyone come forward to identify him or herself as the driver.
*Given that this all took place before cell phones, arranging a ride home would not have been easy. Indeed, she stated that she ran out of the house after coming downstairs and did not state that she made a phone call from the house before she did, or that she called anyone else thereafter.
*She does, however, remember small, distinct details from the party unrelated to the assault. For example, she testified that she had exactly one beer at the party and was taking no medication at the time of the alleged assault.
5. Dr. Ford's account of the alleged assault has not been corroborated by anyone she identified as having attended—including her lifelong friend:
*Dr. Ford has named three people other than Judge Kavanaugh who attended the party— Mark Judge, Patrick "PJ" Smyth, and her lifelong friend Leland Keyser née Ingham. Dr. Ford testified to the Committee that another boy attended the party, but that she could not remember his name. No others have come forward.
*All three named eyewitnesses have submitted statements to the Committee denying any memory of the party whatsoever. Most relevantly, in her first statement to the Committee, Ms. Keyser stated through counsel that, "simply put, Ms. Keyser does not know Mr. Kavanaugh and she has no recollection of ever being at a party or gathering where he was present, with, or without, Dr. Ford." In a subsequent statement to the Committee through counsel, Ms. Keyser said that "the simple and unchangeable truth is that she is unable to corroborate Dr. Ford's allegations because she has no recollection of the incident in question."
*Moreover, Dr. Ford testified that her friend Leland, apparently the only other girl at the party, did not follow up with Dr. Ford after the party to ask why she had suddenly disappeared.
6. Dr. Ford has not offered a consistent account of the alleged assault:
*According to her letter to Senator Fein-stein, Dr. Ford heard Judge Kavanaugh and Mark Judge talking to other party goers downstairs while she was hiding in the bathroom after the alleged assault. But according to her testimony, she could not hear them talking to anyone.
*In her letter, she stated, "I locked the door behind me. Both loudly stumbled down the stairwell, at which point other persons at the house were talking with them."
*Kavanaugh or Mark Judge turned up the music in the bedroom so that the people downstairs could not hear her scream. She testified that, after the incident, she ran into the bathroom, locked the door, and heard them going downstairs. But she maintained that she could not hear their conversation with others when they got downstairs. Instead, she testified that she "assumed" a conversation took place.
*Her account of who was at the party has been inconsistent.
*According to The Washington Post's account of her therapy notes, there were four boys in the bedroom in which she was assaulted.
*She told the Washington Post that the notes were erroneous because there were four boys at the party, but only two in the bedroom.
*In her letter to Senator Fein-stein, she said "me and 4 others" were present at the party.
*In her testimony, she said there were four boys in addition to Leland Keyser and herself. She could not remember the name of the fourth boy, and no one has come forward.
*Dr. Ford listed Patrick "PJ" Smyth as a "bystander" in her statement to the polygrapher and in her July 6 text to the Washington Post, although she testified that it was inaccurate to call him a bystander. She did not list Leland Keyser even though they are good friends. Leland Keyser's presence should have been more memorable than PJ Smyth's.
7. Dr. Ford has struggled to recall important recent events relating to her allegations, and her testimony regarding recent events raises further questions about her memory:
*Dr. Ford struggled to remember her interactions with the Washington Post.
*Dr. Ford could not remember if she showed a full or partial set of therapy notes to the Washington Post reporter.
*She does not remember whether she showed the Post reporter the therapist's notes or her own summary of those notes. The Washington Post article said that "portions" of her "therapist's notes" were "provided by Ford and reviewed by" the Post. But in her testimony,
*Dr. Ford could not recall whether she summarized the notes for the reporter or showed her the actual records.
She does not remember if she actually had a copy of the notes when she texted the Washington Post WhatsApp account on July 6.
*Dr. Ford said in her first WhatsApp message to the Post that she "had therapy notes talking about" the incident when she contacted the Post's tipline. She testified that she had reviewed her therapy notes before contacting the Post to determine whether the mentioned anything about the alleged incident, but could not remember if she had a copy of those notes, as she said in her WhatsApp message, or merely reviewed them in her therapist's office.
*Dr. Ford refused to provide any of her therapy notes to the Committee.
*Dr. Ford's explanation of why she disclosed her allegations the way she did raises questions.
*She claimed originally that she wished for her story to remain confidential, but the person operating the tipline at the Washington Post was the first person other than her therapist or husband to whom she disclosed the identity of her alleged attacker. She testified that she had a "sense of urgency to relay the information to the Senate and the president." She did not contact the Senate, however, because she claims she "did not know how to do that." She does not explain why she knew how to contact her Congresswoman but not her Senator.
*Dr. Ford could not remember if she was being audio- or video-recorded when she took the polygraph. And she could not remember whether the polygraph occurred the same day as her grandmother's funeral or the day after her grandmother's funeral. It would also have been inappropriate to administer a polygraph to someone who was grieving.
8. Dr. Ford's description of the psychological impact of the event raises questions:
*She maintains that she suffers from anxiety, claustrophobia, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The date of the hearing was delayed because the Committee was informed that her symptoms prevent her from flying. But she agreed during her testimony that she flies "fairly frequently for her hobbies and … work." *She flies to the mid-Atlantic at least once a year to visit her family. She has flown to Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Costa Rica. She also flew to Washington, D.C. for the hearing.
*Note too that her attorneys refused a private hearing or interview. Dr. Ford testified that she was not "clear" on whether investigators were willing to travel to California to interview her. It therefore is not clear that her attorneys ever communicated Chairman Grassley's offer to send investigators to meet her in California or wherever she wanted to meet to conduct the interview.
*She alleges that she struggled academically in college, but she has never made any similar claim about her last two years of high school.
*It is significant that she used the word "contributed" when she described the psychological impact of the incident to the Washington Post. Use of the word "contributed" rather than "caused" suggests that other life events may have contributed to her symptoms. And when questioned on that point, she said that she could think of "nothing as striking as" the alleged assault.
9. The activities of congressional dummycrats-Democrats and Dr. Ford's attorneys likely affected Dr. Ford's account:
See the included timeline for details.
https://saraacarter.com/the-nine-major-flaws-in-kavanaugh-accusers-testimony/
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Q: Regulating voltage with a zener diode I need to supply a comparator in a bipolar way, which admits bipolar voltages of up to +-18V, like the LM139 (open collector). In its datasheet it says that the High Level Output Current is 1uA and the Low Level Output Current is 16mA. The idea at first was to do it with Arduino. However, the Arduino can't give negative voltage values, so I have to find another way to power the comparator. I use one 9V battery to give -9V. To regulate the voltage of the battery I have thought of using a zener diode acting as a voltage regulator, as shown in the following image. I choose the 1N750, which has a breakdown voltage of 4.7 V and a minimum operating current of 20 mA. Therefore, the necessary resistance to polarize it and drop a voltage of 4.7V on it is: R=(9V-4.7V)/20mA=215 ohms. Would this circuit be enough to get a stable power supply for the comparator or are there better alternatives?

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The circuit with the zener would feed the next circuit. The BJT is at the output of the comparator while the two resistors and the diode serve to raise the voltage and prevent it from taking negative values.

A: Supply current for the LM339 (LM139 is the military temperature range version) is 2mA maximum (800uA typical), what output current you use will depend on the pullup resistor (which is your choice).
Using batteries with a zener regulator is very inefficient, you'll drain them quickly. You have about 20mA draw from each battery when fresh. If you assume battery life is down to 10mA (meaning you cannot draw more supply current @4.7V than a bit less than 10mA) the battery voltage will fall to ~6.8V, probably around 25-35 hours of life with an expensive name-brand alkaline 9V battery set.
Probably a better way would be to use a 5V supply and a 5V:-5V charge pump converter such as a 7660. Even if you have to use batteries, alkaline AA cells are much less expensive in terms of energy per unit of fiat.

A: Your circuit will work, but may not be necessary. The LM139 can operate from a supply as low as 2 V; also it is not necessary that the output (open collector) be returned to the same positive supply as the comparator.
Steps:

*

*determine what load and V swing you need on the comparator output. Likely you have a R pull-up to some positive voltage. Try to make that R as high as possible to reduce current consumption.

*Calculate the max. current the output can sink == (V+_Supply-V-_Supply)/R

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bias your -4.7 V zener with a current ~ 50 % greater than this.
4) Your +4.7V zener won't have much load in this circuit -- you can use 1 mA to bias it.

*Why do you need the 4.7 V Is it for some other circuit ? The LM139 can run directly from +/- 9 V.

A: Why is there a need to regulate the supply? With enough AC bypassing, those comparators will work quite well without any supply voltage regulation. In fact, voltage regulation wasn't as ubiquitous in analog designs as one might think. Battery-powered devices sometimes used local voltage stabilization, but were mostly designed to just run through the full battery discharge voltage range, without additional regulation.
And you don't need to feed the comparator the voltages directly. You can use a resistor network to divide the voltages down, perhaps a trimmer potentiometer to equalize the division ratios, and just use a 5V-powered rail-to-rail input comparator. As long as you scale the voltages down to 0-5V range you'll be fine. You'll need a source of 2.5V as a virtual ground – an op-amp buffer will deal with it fine.
For use with an LM139, battery supply works directly: just use two 9V batteries or a single 5V supply and a small 5V-to-+/-9V DC-DC converter brick.


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12 October 2018, India:
NITI Aayog and Microsoft India announced an agreement today to leverage the benefits of AI for the growth of the nation. As part of the agreement, Microsoft India will support NITI Aayog by combining the cloud, AI, research and its vertical expertise for new initiatives and solutions across several core areas including agriculture and healthcare and the environment.
Microsoft will also accelerate the use of AI for the development and adoption of local language computing, in addition to building capacity for AI among the workforce through education.
Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog said, "For our country, the power of Artificial Intelligence needs to be brought to bear in sectors like healthcare, education, environment and agriculture, which are important for the inclusive development of India. Simultaneously, we should utilize the power of AI to build understanding of the different regional languages prevalent in India under the Hon'ble PM's call of "Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat". This partnership will help us move beyond pilots and understand how to scale AI implementation in sectors characterized by a preponderance of public goods."
Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India said, "We are very proud to support NITI Aayog in driving the next leg of India's transformational journey. AI holds the power to reinvent how we solve societal challenges for socio-economic advancement and support the country's growth. Microsoft is constantly pushing the boundaries of what technology can do for people and for the world. This collaboration reiterates our efforts to empower every person and organization to do more through technology."
Under the agreement, Microsoft will provide Niti Aayog the advanced AI-based solutions – Farm advisory services and Healthcare screening models at Primary Health Centers to address challenges in agriculture and healthcare.
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A previous Bragança fortification might have been built during the reign of the first king of Portugal, D. Afonso Henriques, when this region used to belong to his brother in law Fernão Mendes.
This defensive structure was improved during the reign of king D. Sancho I (1185 to 1211).
In 1409, during the reign of king D. João I, the defensive structures of the Castle are improved, and the big Donjon is built. The tower would suffer some alterations after 1640, during the Restoration War, with adaptation for the installation of artillery pieces.
Bragança was also stage for the French invasions, nevertheless its munitions and armoury was able to stop the Napoleonic troops.
Classified as National Monument, the Castle has been receiving improvement and conservation works over the years.
The Castle defensive walls involves the historical nucleus of the town, with an area of about 3 hectares. The "cidadela" is marked by the Donjon, with 17 meters on the side and 34 meters high.
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Long-time HK resident and AmCham leader Frank Lavin will present from and discuss his just-published WWII history book, Home Front to Battlefront, based on his father, Carl Lavin 's combat service in Europe.
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Frank Lavin is the CEO and founder of Export Now, a U.S. firm established in 2010 to operate e-commerce stores in China for international companies. Export Now is the largest off-shore operator of China e-commerce stores, helping brands from around the world in strategy and operations.
In Government, Lavin served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the U.S. Department of Commerce 2005-2007. In that capacity, Lavin served as lead trade negotiator for both China and India and was the senior policy official in the Department responsible for commercial policy, export promotion, and trade negotiations across the globe. Lavin was U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore from 2001-05, where his duties included helping negotiate the U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
In the private sector, Lavin served in senior finance and management positions in Hong Kong and Singapore with Edelman, Bank of America and Citibank.
Previously, Lavin served in the George H.W. Bush and Reagan Administrations, working in the Department of Commerce, Department of State, National Security Council, and White House. Lavin served as Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs 1987-89.
Lavin earned a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service (Georgetown); an M.S. in Chinese Language and History (Georgetown); an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins); and an M.B.A. in Finance at the Wharton School (Pennsylvania).
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Lavin is the co-author of "Export Now," (Wiley) on market entry strategies. His World War II history book, "Home Front to Battlefront" was published in 2017 by Ohio University Press.
Lavin serves as Chairman of the International Council of the National University of Singapore School of Medicine, and serves on the Board of Directors of UOB, a Singapore-based regional bank. He also served as Steering Committee Chairman of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo USA Pavilion.
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Hospitality House Refugee Ministry Inc. is a small, volunteer non-government organization. Our capacity is limited. Yet every year we receive hundreds of requests (covering thousands of refugees) for refugee sponsoring into Canada; most of these cannot be accepted.
We sponsor under the authority of the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land and also the Roman Catholic Archiepiscopal Corporation of Winnipeg [Manitoba Canada]. These are Sponsorship Agreement Holders empowered to sponsor refugees by the Government of Canada. Hospitality House is therefore known as a "Constituent Group" of these two dioceses.
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We manage many earlier files. In total these encompass over 5,000 refugees still overseas. All these files must be tended. Keeping files up to date is a major task. Finally, the refugee's arrival in Winnipeg creates work and responsibility. Hospitality House is undertaking no new cases in 2012. It does not expect to be allowed to undertake new cases until 2014 or 2015.
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Hospitality House depends on private donations to support its work, to run the office, and to support the refugees we have sponsored. We are currently working on setting up a procedure for online donations. Please check back regularly.
We accept only "Option 3" sponsorship applications. This refers to the Canadian Government process under which refugees complete all necessary forms [the IMM0008 application and its schedules 1 and 2] and submit them to us for starting the process of sponsorship. Forms must be completed fully, neatly, and accurately. We assess the strength and validity of the refugee claim before proceeding with the sponsorship. Family-Links must also provide us with an explanation of why they are proposing a sponsorship, and as Guarantors must sign an agreement with us that they will provide the necessary resettlement support. The initial meetings between us and the Family-Link to initiate a sponsorship will take up to two hours; additional sponsorships add to this time, so please allow sufficient time for these appointed meetings in your schedule.
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The in-Canada processing by Canada Immigration and then the overseas processing by Canada's posts abroad can take from several months to several years. We have sponsored refugees that have arrived in less than one year, and we have those who take as long as eight years to arrive. Cases processed through the post in Nairobi, Kenya or Islamabad, Pakistan, are particularly slow because of the huge volume of work and the case backlogs there. The Nairobi office handles cases in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Uganda and elsewhere-in addition to those in Kenya.Please understand that there is nothing we can do to speed up processing of any case, regardless of its urgent circumstances.
Please understand that Canada imposes a quota on the number of refugees admitted to Canada each year under the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program. Canada's announced "target" is now about 6,000. While this is a dramatic increase over that of just a few years ago, it does not begin to match the demand from Canadians to bring in their refugee relatives. Refugee advocates have tried for years to have the quota increased even more, without success. The quota restricts the speed of processing sponsorship applications in some posts.
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