A large area of the coast of Provo comprises the Princess Alexandra National Park within which there is no commercial or sport fishing allowed. As a result, the diver benefits from a profusion of marine life at the Turks and Caicos dive sites, most of which remain undisturbed by visiting divers. Even outside the boundaries of the Princess Alexandra National Park, the dive operators all happily support a policy of coral reef preservation and conservation.
Sharks: Caribbean reef sharks are frequently seen cruising the depths off the walls at the Provo dive sites along North West Point and West Caicos, But do not discount Grace Bay, which often produces a shark fest all of its own. While Caribbean reef sharks and nurse sharks are by far the most common, blacktips, tiger sharks, and hammerheads are sometimes spotted.
Bottlenose Dolphin: Sometimes seen underwater on dives, but more often enjoyed as they play in the wake of the boats traveling to and from the dive sites. Perhaps the best known denizen of the Provo sea is "Jojo," a bottlenose dolphin who has frequented the area since the 1980s. Jojo is wild, but frequently visits divers and seems to enjoy human company.
Whales: Humpback whales are frequently seen in January through March when they are migrating to the Silver Banks off the Dominican Republic to mate and calf.
Rays: Sightings of Spotted Eagle Rays seems cyclical at most Turks and Caicos dive sites. Usually seen in ones and twos cruising the edge of the barrier reef, some years produce huge schools of eagle rays, especially at the southern sites. Imagine flying along the edge of the wall among 15 or 16 eagle rays. Southern Stingrays are more commonly sighted skimming along the sand.
Grouper: Provo is also home many large groupers which can be seen regularly at cleaning stations on the reef. Nassau Groupers are particularly friendly with some openly welcoming interaction with divers.
Grunts: Large schools of brightly coloured grunts, ideal subjects for photography, are seen at many Turks and Caicos dive sites. Look for them in abundance among the staghorn coral at the Boneyards in Grace Bay.
Horse-eyed Jacks: These are perhaps the signature fish of Northwest Point. Spend an enchanting safety stop watching their hypnotic circling as you hang under the boat.
Eels: Easily swum over, just take a close look at the reef to see large green moray or tiny golden spotted eels. Above all, don't forget to keep an eye out for garden eels as well, but approach slowly or they will disappear into their holes!
Squid and Octopus: Often elusive but always worth looking for. The squid you're most likely to see mid-water column in the shallows. While most octopus hunt at night, they occasionally forage out during the daylight. They have exceptional camouflage skills, and can transform its skin into long, lumpy ridges, mimicking nearby corals, rocks or algae.
Burrowers: The Yellowhead Jawfish is a shy, but wonderful looking fish. With a bright yellow head and a white or light blue body, they loves to burrow in the shallows. Any number of blennies and gobies can be found in nooks in coral heads as well. So go slow and look sharp!
Pine Cay is a small island located 40-50 minutes by boat, northeast of Turtle Cove marina. The dive sites off the Cay are submerged seamounts that rise to within 50′ of the surface. They are known for consistently good visibility — even at times when the visibility is down at other north side sites.
Football Field — The Football Field dive site is a good example of the ocean floor topography in this area where the mooring pin is in 50fsw at the top of a steeply sloping wall. Divers can expect this area to be teeming with schools of juvenile barracudas, jacks, Bermuda chub, and groupers. Swimming away from the wall brings the diver to a large area of sand in 70′ of water, home to many lobsters.
Eagle Ray Pass — Another site in this area is Eagle Ray Pass. A sand gully leading off from under the mooring takes the diver out to the top of a sloping wall. This site has a tremendous selection of corals down to a sand bottom at 100fsw.
Grace Bay is a short 15-20 minute boat trip from Turtle Cove and is protected by a 14 mile barrier reef. Prolific marine life such as groupers, barracudas, turtles, sharks and the occasional manta ray inhabit this area.
Coral Gables — A gentle slope to the wall allows divers to pick their depth. Sand chutes stop just below the top of the wall and give way to large stacks of coral, home to grunts, snappers and groupers.
Graceland — This site has a large sand chute under the dive boat and a swim-through leading to the wall at 50fsw. The wall has many buttresses and indentations with a good possibility of reef sharks swimming in the depths off the wall.
Grouper Hole — The mooring is by a deep sandy grotto, the Grouper Hole. There is a large coral head in the middle of a sand chute that leads divers to a gently sloping wall. In the days before the formation of the marine park in Provo, this was a spot that grouper feeding took place.
Aquarium — Enormous schools of grunts and snappers form an almost continuous school on top of the wall at the Aquarium. The wall is an exaggerated spur and groove type formation with some spectacular sand chutes that run on down through the coral reef to a depth of around 100fsw.
The vertical walls of Northwest Point begin at 35 feet and are famous for a variety of formations including gold and purple tube sponges. Dramatic dive sites are the rule here where large fish and elephant ear sponges are frequently encountered.
Shark Hotel — At the top of the Shark Hotel wall, divers find schools of grunts, snappers, and goatfish. The wall begins in about 45fsw and drops straight down to 80 to 100fsw where a plateau juts out and forms a shelf before plunging into the depths. As the name suggests, this site is a good place to spot small reef sharks. Close to the mooring is a huge stand of pillar coral, some of the largest to be seen in the Turks and Caicos.
Amphitheater — There are large pillar coral under the boat and an abundance of horse eyed jacks. The wall drops vertically to an amphitheater formation that is undercut 10-15 feet to a sandy bottom in 85 feet.One prominent feature of this site is a large elephant ear sponge with black coral along the top lip of the undercut, and some rare orange rope sponges at about 90fsw. In front of the amphitheater is a buttress with some beautiful examples of plate corals.
The Crack — This site's name comes from the deep crevice that cuts down the wall from a depth of 50 to about 100fsw. Large grouper and snapper tend to hang out in the crack among black coral and deep water gorgonian. There is always a good chance to spot sharks and spotted eagle rays at this site.
The Hole in the Wall — This is a crack or hole that drops vertically from 55fsw and emerges from the face of the wall at 95fsw. Space is limited to one diver in the hole at a time, but the sensation of emerging into the blue water is an incredible one. Extensive sheet coral formations are also found here.
The area between sites # 10 and # 11 is the Sandbore Channel, a deep navigable channel that lies between Providenciales and West Caicos. Leaving from the south shore of Provo you travel across the shallow Caicos banks and join the channel where pale turquoise water turns deep iridescent blue. This is one of he most spectacularly beautiful sights you will ever see. Diving here is also breathtaking with deep water sponges and large pelagics, but must be dived when tide and weather are just right.
Highway to Heaven — Located at the north end of West Caicos, the dive begins in 50fsw with a large colony of garden eels in the sand flat. The site is also popular because of the many stingrays that play in the sand. This is one of the deeper dives, best suited to Advanced Open Water Divers. This West Caicos dive site features coral arches and swim throughs around 80-100fsw. Lot's of large marine life and frequent shark sightings.
Elephant Ear Canyon — Divers know they are at this site when they see the elephant ear sponge 11 feet in diameter. The coral reef at the top of the wall is about 50fsw split into sections by sand chutes. Under the boat at the end of the dive, divers can see garden eels, stingrays, and tilefish.
Gully — The wall begins in about 50fsw and the top lip of the wall is a dense coral reef with many cleaning stations. The gully gets it's name from the cut in the reef that forms two distinct sections before dropping off vertically. The vertical wall here has many undercuts covered in sponges and black corals.
Driveway — Under the boat in about 40 feet of water lies a sand area with scattered coral heads leading into a sand chute that extends down through the reef from 50fsw to a ledge at around 80-100fsw where the wall drops vertically to the depths. Marine life includes sharks, groupers, black durgons, and the ledge area features some excellent growth of plate and star corals. As with many of the sites at West Caicos all along the wall divers will find black coral and purple tube sponges.
Whiteface — The name of this dive site has nothing to do with the underwater topography, but comes from the steep white cliffs along the shoreline. Along the top of the wall is particularly profuse reef with some impressive stands of pillar coral. The fish population includes barracuda, parrot fish French angelfish and Nassau grouper. Just north of the mooring is a crack in the wall with a large anchor embedded at 70 feet. The wall is well undercut to a depth of about 100fsw.
South West Reef — This reef has a deeper wall starting in 50-70fsw. The wall is vertical with enormous barrel sponges, deep water gorgonians and frequent sightings of sharks and eagle rays. Currents are frequently encountered at this spot.
Molasses Reef — This reef on the edge of the shallow banks and the wall appears as the boat approaches as a line of waves and a golden brown color from the coral reef breaking the surface. This reef is the site of several historic shipwrecks, however, the dive takes place on the deep water side along the wall. Spotted eagle rays and sharks are common over the top of the wall, with Nassau groupers and jacks abundant under the boat.
Double D — Located just offshore from the bird sanctuary on deserted French Cay, Double D's name comes from two large pinnacles rising from the ocean floor. The wall here is a fairly gradual slope with a profuse carpet of corals along it's entire length.
The area around the Double D pinnacles and the boat mooring is home to large numbers of jack, black durgon, and grouper.
Half Mile Reef — As the name suggests, this reef is roughly half a mile long and lies to the east of French Cay. A popular section of the coral reef is located in a large bowl on the wall which tends to eliminate the effects of currents encountered elsewhere on the reef. Large schools of barracuda and mahogany snappers are always present and two large (7-8 feet across) elephant ear sponges are found twenty feet apart at the 85fsw contour.
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Stanford's McCaffrey runs with a purpose
Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey returns a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown against California. (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)
Christian McCaffrey took to social media Saturday in the euphoric aftermath of Stanford's last-second win over Notre Dame.
"What a time to be alive," he posted on Twitter after Conrad Ukropina's 45-yard field capped one of the season's most thrilling games.
Stanford has gotten off the deck after losing its opener at Northwestern and will play USC in the Pac-12 Conference championship game Saturday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. McCaffrey probably will soon be heading east for Heisman Trophy ceremonies as a finalist for college football's top individual award.
"Football is happening so fast," McCaffrey said during a phone interview Tuesday as he walked briskly to his next destination on the Stanford campus. "There's really no time."
Things have changed dramatically since Stanford faced USC the first time, in the middle of September.
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The Cardinal was an ordinary 1-1 after losing at Northwestern and then struggling early against a Central Florida team that would finish 0-12.
Stanford was unranked and McCaffrey, a sophomore, was largely unknown after rushing for 66 and 58 yards.
He then ripped off 115 rushing yards in a 10-point win over sixth-ranked USC and Stanford was off on what became a national playoff chase.
"I remember how back-and-forth it was," McCaffrey recalled of first USC game, at the Coliseum.
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He expects more of the same Saturday. "They are a fast, athletic, physical team," he said, "and so are we."
McCaffrey has fast become known as college football's most dangerous all-purpose player. He was the joystick during Stanford's seven-game winning streak. He has run for touchdowns, caught touchdown passes, and even thrown a scoring pass — while also wheeling and dealing on punt and kickoff returns.
McCaffrey established a Stanford single-game record for all-purpose yards with 389 against California, and a single-game rushing record with 243 yards against UCLA.
He enters the Saturday's game on a different astral plane. McCaffrey has 3,035 all-purpose yards, a Pac-12 season record. The names he passed on that list include Marcus Allen, Glyn Milburn and Reggie Bush.
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McCaffrey is so feared that opponents have devised game plans just to stop him. Last week, Notre Dame used starting defensive players on special teams units hoping to contain McCaffrey.
He gained 228 all-purpose yards and the Irish considered it a good night. McCaffrey's per-game average of 252.9 leads the nation by more than 50 yards a game.
"He's the No.1 game wrecker,'" Notre Dame linebacker Jaylon Smith said. "Best player on the team. And the idea was to contain him. Based on the numbers, we did that, but one player doesn't define a victory or a loss."
Smith's point: Holding McCaffrey to 94 rushing yards and 3.5 yards a carry created openings for quarterback Kevin Hogan to have a big game.
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McCaffrey's rise comes with a back story filled with twists, interesting tidbits, turns and nuances.
His favorite player growing up was Bush, a player banished from USC's history books and databases for his role in getting his school penalized by the NCAA.
"I really loved how versatile a guy he was," McCaffrey said. "How explosive he was. You never knew what he was going to do next. He caught the ball, he ran the ball … he did everything."
McCaffrey has worn Bush's No. 5 since high school but said he was never recruited by USC — quite possibly a moot point because both of McCaffrey's parents attended Stanford.
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McCaffrey made clear his infatuation was with Bush, not USC.
"I didn't really have a favorite team," he said. "It was more about him being fun to watch."
McCaffrey broke the Stanford record for all-purpose yards set by Milburn in 1990, the same season Christian's father, Ed, had 61 catches for the Cardinal.
But if you think Christian's sprinter's speed came from his dad, who went on to become an accomplished NFL receiver, you'd be wrong. It emanates from the maternal side of his Stanford tree. Christian's mother, Lisa, who played soccer at Stanford, is the daughter of Dave Sime, a former world-class sprinter from Duke who was dubbed "Superman in Spikes."
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Sime might have been as famous as Carl Lewis had he not injured his groin after falling off a horse before the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The accident might have cost Sime at least two gold medals.
He returned to the 1960 Rome Olympics as a second-year medical student and finished second in a photo finish to Germany's Armin Hary in the 100 meters.
McCaffrey said his grandfather has been a mentor and huge influence.
"He's only a phone call away," McCaffrey said. "I definitely take advantage of that knowledge. Hearing what he has to say. Little details."
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You can see the sprinter in McCaffrey when he shoots trough a hole in the line. "There are some similarities to coming out of the blocks," he said, "the sudden, quick-twitch switches when you see a hole."
McCaffrey needs 216 all-purpose yards Saturday to break the NCAA record of 3,250, set in 1988 by Oklahoma State star Barry Sanders.
Sanders did it in 11 games, and the vast majority of his total came from 2,628 rushing yards. McCaffrey has rushed for 1,640 yards.
Closely following McCaffrey's record chase is a teammate, Barry Sanders Jr., a senior who has contributed 312 yards rushing this season.
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"We have not really talked about it," McCaffrey said of record.
The question now is whether Stanford and McCaffrey got in their races too late.
The Cardinal overcame that early loss to get back in the national playoff chase, only to suffer another setback to Oregon. However, Stanford enters Saturday a puncher's chance of making the four-team field.
It might be this simple: Stanford defeats USC for the Pac-12 title and either Clemson or Alabama lose in their respective title games.
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"Nothing matters unless we win," McCaffrey said.
As for national accolades as an individual, whereas Sanders was a clear-cut Heisman winner in 1988 after setting the all-purpose record, McCaffrey is third in most polls behind Alabama tailback Derrick Henry and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson.
"Whatever those awards, they're all great," Stanford Coach David Shaw said after the Notre Dame game. "No one can tell me there's a more dynamic player in college football."
McCaffrey is reluctant to make this season about him but said he was honored when the school recently launched a Heisman campaign on his behalf.
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"Winning is the most important thing," he said. "You want to focus on the game and the team."
McCaffrey might not win the Heisman this year but could be the front-runner in 2016.
Because as anyone who has tried to tackle him knows, he's tough to catch from behind.
chris.dufresne@latimes.com
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weird for sure, but not knowing what to expect, i guess i just thought it wasn't "working.
a couple more unfortunate encounters with the evil "other" people in my snow globe neighborhood, but this is getting too long.
movies of Katie from when she was about three, and i have never been more amazed at anything in my life. "Little kids are amazing!"
kept turning into like.. a little demon or something. it was fucked!
they were the main, driving force of my entire body & mind. that the eyes controlled everything.


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Q: Pandas: Get mean of different rows when columns are equal I'm trying to find the mean of values in different rows, grouped by similarities in other columns. Example:
In [14]: pd.DataFrame({'col1':[1,2,1,2], 'col2':['A','C','A','B'], 'col3':[1, 5, 6, 9]})
Out[14]:
   col1 col2  col3
0     1    A     1
1     2    C     5
2     1    A     6
3     2    B     9

What I would like is to add a column with the means of col3, for all rows where the combination of col1 and col2 match. Desired output:
Out[14]:
   col1 col2  col3   mean
0     1    A     1    3.5
1     2    C     5    5
2     1    A     6    3.5
3     2    B     9    9

I have tried several things with groupby in combination with apply but couldn't get proper results.

A: its a transform my man
df['mean'] = df.groupby(['col1','col2']).col3.transform('mean')

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Introduction to LZU High-level Track and Field Team
LZU High-level Track and Field Team was founded in 1987. It runs accordance with the developing path of "Integration of Sports and Teaching" and aderes to the guideline of "Unity, Responsibility and Honor". Also, it has upheld the spirit of scientific management and innovation and highlighted the development of sole sport program for many years. Thus, LZU High-level Track and Field Team has witnessed huge improvement and ranked the forefront in the Chinese College Track and Field Championship.
Representing Gansu Province, LZU High-level Track and Field Team jointed the Chinse College Sports Games for eight times with great achievements. Over recent years, it won 10 golden medals, 28 silver medals and 14 coppr medals in the Chinse College Sports Games and Chinse College Track and Field Championship. It also brock a record in the Chinse College Sports Games, and broke records for many times in the Chinse College Track and Field Championship. In addition, it cultivated 8 top-notch players and 52 first grade sportsman in total. Meanwhile, LZU High-level Track and Field Team educated many outstanding students, including 3 students receiving postgraduate education for free-examination, 7 students receiving postgraduate education, and all teammates gained bachelar's degree.
There are many basketball amateurs in LZU, which lay a good foundation for the generalization and popularization of basketball in western China. Men's basketball team of LZU once won the sixth grade in Chinese College Basketball Association and the champion in the Gansu Sports Games of College Students. Through creating a good atmosphere for university basketball, LZU will further promote the popularization of basketball in western China.
Martial Arts Team(Wushu)
Martial Arts, one of the great treasures of China's traditional culture, was rooted in splendid traditional Chinese culture for thousands of years. It has long been recognized as cultural symbol of China across the world. Founded in 2001, the martial arts team of LZU(Lanzhou University) has recruited over 90 players by now and more than 50 of whom were qualified as martial masters, the highest level for martial arts athletes in China. Martial arts team of LZU won 455 medals from 2002 to 2018, and among them, 219 are gold medals, 144 are silver medals, and 92 are bronze medals. Meanwhile, the team has won the world champion 9 times and the intercontinental champion 4 times. Moreover, the team also has won champions in the National Sports Games of College Students and China College Students Martial Arts Tournament for many times. In the 29th National College Sports Games held in Taiwan in 2017, Li Mengnan (student from the LZU School of Management), a player of martial arts team of LZU, won two gold medals in the match of men's Northern boxing, sabreplay and cudgel play, brought great fame to LZU even China, and led the sports career of both LZU and Chian into a new level. The LZU martial arts team has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution Awards by the Federation of University Sports of China (FUSC), which became a symbol of LZU sports career.
Introduction to LZU High-level Women's Valleyball Team
LZU High-level Women's Valleyball Team is among the top 12 in the Chinese College Valleyball League. It was qualified the national finals in the Chinese College Valleyball League in 2015 and 2017 and won the copper medal in the 2016 Chinese College Valleyball Championship. Also, LZU High-level Women's Valleyball Team stimulates the improvement of undergraduate volleyball program. In 2015, the graduate team of LZU won the women team's championship as well as the men team in the valleyball program of The 3th Gansu College Sports Games.
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DNG Recover Edges
You may not realize it, but your digital camera doesn't give you every pixel that it records.
In most cases this is because the manufacturer masks off pixels at the very edges of the frame. This is done for a couple of technical reasons.
1. Many of the image processing algorithms (de-mosaicing, noise reduction, sharpening) that camera firmware (or raw conversion software) apply to raw
sensor data are not "point operations", but are instead "neighborhood operations". When computing the output value of a given pixel, the algorithm needs to know not only the input value of that pixel, but also the input values of the pixels in the local neighborhood. The pixels at the very edges of the recorded image don't have a complete local neighborhood, so the algorithms need make some guess as to their value, which means that output results for these edge pixels will be not quite as accurate as the pixels a few pixels away from the edges. By trimming away these edge pixels, the camera manufacturers guarantee that all the output pixels are of maximum quality.
2. Sometimes image sensors don't have aspect ratios that exactly match the standard aspect ratios (3:2, 4:3, 16:9, etc.). In these cases, there are often different numbers of horizontal and vertical pixels hidden, to cause the final output image to have an exact aspect ratio. When some users print digital camera images, they often don't bother to crop them, so having the camera output images with standard aspect ratios that exactly match standard paper dimensions is an advantage.
Occasionally, your framing of a shot may be such that you need those hidden pixels. What to do?
Also, there are cameras appearing, such as the Panasonic LX1, and its sister camera the Leica D-Lux 2, which have 16:9 format sensors, but which can also be set to shoot 4:3 or 3:2 aspect ratio pictures. The camera actually records the sensor's full area regardless of how the camera's selector switch was set. But if you decide that you'd rather have the full width frame there's no way to recover those missing pixels. Or is there?
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Solving a problem that few people knew even existed, Thomas Knoll, one of the original authors of Photoshop, and the creator of Adobe's Camera Raw, has written a free utility program which recovers all of the pixels that any supported digital camera records, whether it's hidden edges or intentionally cropped formats.
Called DNG Recover Edges, this small utility is available for both Windows PCs and Macs. All cameras supported by Camera Raw are supported by DNG Recover Edges. This utility is available exclusively here, courtesy of Thomas Knoll and The Luminous Landscape. Please note that this application is unsupported, and is not an Adobe product.
Simply download either the Windows or Mac version by clicking here and then selecting the file that you want in your browser.
Once the program is installed all you need to do is to drag one or more DNG files onto its Icon. Any hidden edges will be recovered and resaved back to its original DNG file. Note that JPG files can not be handled, and any RAW file will first need to be converted to DNG format within Camera Raw, Adobe DNG Converter, or some other DNG compatible conversion program.
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PORT DICKSON: Nausea, vomiting, and dizziness. That's what some Sekolah Kebangsaan Linggi students, currently undergoing treatment at Port Dickson Hospital (PDH) due to toxic poisoning...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here today set Aug 29 for individuals and organisations to stake their claim on RM428,500 believed to be 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) funds....
KUALA LUMPUR: The Revision of Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 was approved by the Dewan Rakyat today, thus becoming the 12th bill approved during the 12–day sitting that began on July...
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court will hear the submission of the RM2 million receipt in the corruption case involving former Federal Territories minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku...
Melaka straits safe, no external threats: Armed Forces chief
Chief of Armed Forces (ATM) Gen Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin (left) alongside Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador at a press conference at ATM headquarters today. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: The Straits of Melaka is safe and there have been no external security threats, said Chief of Armed Forces (ATM) Gen Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin.
While countries...
Machete–wielding men make off with 320 Boer goats worth RM300,000
JOHOR BARU: A livestock company entrepreneur lost RM300,000 when 320 Boer goats were stolen by a group of machete-wielding men at his farm in Seelong, near Kulai, two days ago....
Police cripple international gambling syndicate
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City police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim inspecting a portion of the seized good at a press conference in the Kuala Lumpur Police Contingent Headquartes today.
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have crippled an online international gambling syndicate targeting China gamblers with the arrest of 49 China nationals.
The 'Apang' syndicate from China had...
Sultan's divorce: Only Kelantan palace can issue official statement: MB
KOTA BARU: The Kelantan government has asked all parties to wait for a statement from the Kelantan palace on the divorce of Sultan Muhammad V from his wife Rihana Oksana Gorbatenko....
English mastery vital for knowledge economy: FMM
Pix for representational purpose. — Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Mastery of the English language is necessary in attracting higher value–added investments, thus allowing the country to move quickly towards achieving a high–income...
Humans and AI robots can work together for a better world: Sophia the humanoid robot
Sophia (right), the social humanoid robot alongside Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Beyond Paradigm Summit held at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre yesterday.
KUALA LUMPUR: Humans and artificial intelligence (AI) robots can both use their intrinsic skills to complement each other and work together to create a better world.
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Parliament speaker: No conflict of interest in decision-making
KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat speaker Datuk Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (pix) today acknowledged that his 31-year-old son worked for Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
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Qatar can help to reduce burden on refugees in Malaysia: Muhyiddin
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Apple has been handed a major victory in its ongoing standoff with the FBI after a New York judge rejected a US government request that would have forced Apple to extract data from a locked iPhone.
The case, which is separate but related to the FBI's request that Apple unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino terrorist, relates to the locked iPhone of a New York drug dealer. "It would be absurd to posit that the authority the government sought was anything other than obnoxious to the law," said judge James Orenstein. The drug dealer, Jun Feng, has already pleaded guilty to the charges and will be sentenced in April. Despite the US government request, Apple has refused to create a way for authorities to access the information on his iPhone.
Using the All Writs Act -- a 227-year-old law that is also being used by the FBI in the San Bernardino case -- Apple had been asked to help the investigation into Feng's case. However, the company refused to do so.
In the ruling Orenstein said: "The implications of the government's position are so far-reaching -- both in terms of what it would allow today and what it implies about Congressional intent in 1789 -- as to produce impermissibly absurd results".
The judgement may prove to be significant as the public and legal argument between Apple and the FBI intensifies. Later today both the FBI and Apple are due to testify at a congressional hearing.
Apple boss Tim Cook, who has previously said it would be "dangerous" to comply with the FBI's demands, will not represent his company at the hearing. Instead, Apple general counsel and senior vice president of legal and global security Bruce Sewell will speak for Apple.
Sewell will be faced by the FBI's director James Comey and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Junior. Comey has also spoken publicly about the case, arguing that the FBI wants Apple to create a new operating system to access one, not all, iPhones.


The new Istanbul airport will officially be inaugurated on 29 October 2018, said the Turkish Minister of Transport Ahmet Arslan on Friday. But the first flights should already arrive in February next year.
This pharaonic project aims at making Istanbul one of the largest airports in the world.
The works are well advanced, with nearly 68 percent of the construction already completed. Thirty thousand workers are present every day on the site.
The total cost of the new airport is 10 billion euros. It will initially feature three runways and have a capacity of 90 million passengers per year. After a few years, the number of runways is expected to double to six and the capacity will reach 200 million passengers.
Istanbul Ataturk airport will continue to handle a limited number of smaller aircraft on short-haul flights.


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Q: Carrierwave getting image width and height and storing it in an hstore field My FileHandler model can allows all types of files
class FileHandler < ActiveRecord::Base
   serialize :properties, ActiveRecord::Coders::Hstore
   mount_uploader :file_path, FileUploader

  //I'm already setting some of the file attributes here
  def update_file_attributes
    if file_path.present? && file_path_changed?
      self.file_name = file_path.file.filename
      self.file_type = file_path.file.content_type
      self.file_size = file_path.file.size
    end
  end
  //I want to get height and width here
  #Hstore
  %w[ImageHeight ImageWidth].each do |key|
    attr_accessible key

    define_method(key) do
      properties && properties[key]
    end

    define_method("#{key}=") do |value|
      self.properties = (properties || {}).merge(key => value)
    end
  end

And my fileUploader class
class FileUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base

  # Include RMagick or MiniMagick support:
  include CarrierWave::RMagick

   version :big, :if => :image? do
    process :resize_to_limit => [760, nil]
   end

   version :thumb_big, :if => :image? do
    process :resize_to_limit => [200, 200]
   end

   version :thumb, :if => :image? do
    process :resize_to_limit => [160, 160]
   end

   version :tiny, :if => :image? do
    process :resize_to_limit => [40, 40]
   end

   protected
     def image?(new_file)
      new_file.content_type.include? 'image'
     end
end

My question is, how do i get the height and width property of the original image and store it in the hstore field?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: Try this
class FileUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base

  # Include RMagick or MiniMagick support:
  include CarrierWave::RMagick
  process :store_geometry, :if => :image?

  #......
  #......
  #......

  def store_geometry
    if image?(@file)
      img = ::Magick::Image::read(@file.file).first
      if model
        model.ImageWidth = img.columns
        model.ImageHeight = img.rows
      end
    end
  end
end

#Hstore
  %w[ImageHeight ImageWidth].each do |key|
    attr_accessible key

    define_method(key) do
      properties && properties[key]
    end

    define_method("#{key}=") do |value|
      self.properties = (properties || {}).merge(key => value)
    end
  end

Assumptions
I'm assuming there's a reason you have the image method that checks if the file is an image, that must mean you're uploading other file formats as well. Well, i've put it to good use here, it calls process_geometry method only if the file is an image.
Hope it helps.

A: Well you can get the dimension of Image by using Rmagick as far as I know
All I remember is that you can do is this
  img = Magick::Image::read("image_file").first

  img.columns  => width of image
  img.rows   => height of image

Perhaps then you can set them in HSTORE
Hope this help
Thanks

A: As an addition to Tommy's comment. This is what I did to save size of every particular image version not just a size of original image. You have to add "geometry" field to your model so you'll have something like: "phone=146x220&tablet=292x440"
    class ImageUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base
        include CarrierWave::RMagick

        storage :file

        version :thumb do
            process :resize_to_fill => [80, 80]
        end

        version :phone do
            process :resize_to_limit => [290, 220]
            process :store_geometry => :phone
            process :quality => 75
        end

        version :tablet do
            process :resize_to_limit => [580, 440]
            process :store_geometry => :tablet
            process :quality => 35
        end

        process

        def extension_white_list
            %w(jpg jpeg gif png)
        end

        def store_geometry(version)
            manipulate! do |img|
                model.geometry ||= ""
                model.geometry << "&" unless model.geometry.empty?
                model.geometry << "#{version}=#{img.columns}x#{img.rows}"
                img
            end
        end

    end


+ 08:15-08:30: an Open bus will pick you up at hotel to join with other tourists.
+ 08:45: Visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Museum. Enjoy the architectural and historical aspects of Uncle Ho"s final resting-place. Just next door is Ho Chi Minh's house on stilts. Lying to one side of the Mausoleum is the One Pillar Pagoda; founded by King Ly Thai To in 1049 the structure has become an important symbol for the people of Hanoi. Continue to visit the Quan Thanh Temple (Taoist, dating from the Ly Dynasty) and Buddhist Tran Quoc Pagoda on West lake (One of the oldest in Vietnam). Lunch.
After lunch proceed to visit the Ethnology Museum, continue to visit the Literature Temple and Quoc Tu Giam. Vietnam's first university constructed in 1070, its gardens and well-preserved architecture offers a relaxing glimpse into Vietnam's past. We will take you past Hoan Kiem Lake, see the peaceful waters, and visit Ngoc Son temple. For the end of the tour journey visit by coach trip along the Hanoi Old Quarter. Free for shopping.
+ 8:45: Depart for Ha Long. Enjoy the interesting 3.5 hour drive to Ha Long city. Arrive in Ha Long city. Lunch. Then take a boat trip about 4hrs journey. Cruise through the emerald waters between the limestone outcrops and long corridors, visit THIEN CUNG cave or SUNGSOT cave. Back to Ha Long city where your minibus will be waiting for you to take you back to Hanoi.
Around 20:30 Arrive in Hanoi.


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An awful cliché, perhaps; but it is true that preparation is the key to success in whatever you are trying to do. It is the reason that athletes run hundreds of laps of the track, why actors read over their lines hundreds of times, and why musicians spend hundreds of hours in rehearsal studios. Practice and preparation conditions your mind and body to perform to its full potential in scenarios when perhaps others have not conditioned theirs to do the same. However, the true key to success is not how long you prepare, but how you prepare.
This preparation can extend to decision-making processes. John Boyd (1927-1997) was a former fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and a famous military strategist. He was the first to describe the OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) – a tool that he explained was used by military forces around the world to help them plan out their strategic decisions. It was originally utilised for combat operations to help militaries plan their approaches based on agility, rather than the raw strength of their forces. However, it has now become an important tool for individuals around the world in positions that require crucial decision-making competencies – including business.
Boyd suggested that the each and every one of our decision-making processes run in a recurring cycle of observe-orient-decide-act. An individual who was capable of operating this cycle quickly – observing, orientating and deciding rapidly to reach an action decision with ease – was able to "get inside" another's cycle to gain a strategic advantage. The discussions of OODA were originally designed and developed in order to teach others how to focus their energies in such a way that they were able to defeat an adversary in combat.
If you think about it, you utilise OODA for the most nondescript of your everyday actions – what you are going to have for breakfast, how you are going to get to work. It is long-term, strategic decisions in which this technique is often neglected, or not utilised to its full potential. If you begin to use OODA for your important long-term choices as well as seemingly-impulsive automatic decisions, you will find much more success. Boyd described OODA in detail, explaining how each section is integrated into other loops – however, only the simple basic loop will be discussed here.
Observe kicks off the OODA Loop. The entire process begins with the observation of data from the world, environment and situation which you find yourself in. On the short scale, this is represented by the things your senses take in – what you see, what you hear, what you smell. This is probably most notable when you find yourself arriving at a location you have never been before; your body's natural response is to examine the space around you. Over longer timescales, this applies to the compiling of information regarding your goals, aspirations and current scenario. For businesses, this can come in the form of market research, auditing, or other methods of gathering information which will be critical to form hypotheses and later, plans of action, regarding specific goals.
This is the moment that we take in all the information garnered during the observation phase and begin to process it. We consider the implications of each aspect of our situation and environment, what each facet means to us and to other people. This is probably the phase of the cycle that requires the most practice – if you can develop the mental processes required for orienting new information, then you can take your decision-making power and speed to new heights. Practice the different mental patterns you use to analyse data – how you see it, break it down into it' constituents, and how you then relate that information to an area crucial to you. Alternatively, if this is a long-term decision that you are preparing for, you may pre-empt your data by developing and adapting a rehearsed mental process by which you will evaluate the information. Through rehearsal, you can create a pattern of examination which is second-nature to you and will therefore be able to perform your analysis in a far shorter timeframe. Also, this approach will reduce the number of unforeseen outcomes at the end of the process significantly, as all routes will be accounted for.
Decide will be the outcome of – and is entirely reliant on – your orienting phase. Ultimately, you should now be close to making a decision on your next step, and maybe other subsequent steps. Based on the data you were presented with, and your orienting processes, you may end with any number of potential pathways to follow – it is now about narrowing these down to one, or few, more feasible routes to success. This is a science – effectively, you are forming a hypothesis – a best guess of your actions' implications based on your analysis of the evidence presented to you. Practice and experience can also help you with this. Knowing the likely outcomes of certain different practices and decisions can have overlap onto others. It is important that the outcomes of your previous experience and your orienting phase get you as close to an accurate prediction of your future actions and impacts as possible.
Now is the time to put the decision you made to the test. Action is the final part of the OODA Loop; however, as it is a cycle, any information which you gather from the results of your actions can be used to restart the analytical process. You are of course hoping the plan will be successful – but whether it is, or it isn't, you should be learning from the effects, beyond the obvious. The scope of your actions may have far-reaching consequences, and you must always be prepared to analyse even the most successful projects in depth, in order to achieve continuous improvement.
This is the key to success. The stages of the loop are always going to be implemented, regardless of decision. It is your prerogative to improve your analytical and decision-making processes and patterns, and to make them ever-more efficient, in order to speed up the time of your decision-making process, and the effectiveness of your actions. Having a shorter OODA Loop will free up invaluable resources – time, energy, labour, money – which you can use to better yourself and your achievements yet further. Every day that you devote to accelerating one of the stages is another day that you will have to put in less effort than the last. With regards to major, long-term projects, engaging in an extensive OODA Loop will improve the efficacy of your final decisions and set you on the correct path for the future. For businesspeople, an efficient loop can allow you to get within that of your closest rivals and to gain a competitive advantage over others in the market. If you're thinking faster and thinking better than them – you will be better than them.
Practice and preparation are key. Spend time on OODA and your decisions now, so you won't ever have to again.


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José Peris Aragó (* 21. August 1907 in Alboraya; † 9. November 2003 ebenda) war ein spanischer Plakatkünstler und Maler.

Peris Aragó war Student der Kunstschule "San Carlos" in Valencia und kämpfte im spanischen Bürgerkrieg auf Seiten der Republikaner. Als Mitglied der Alianza de Intelectuales Antifascistas schuf er etliche Plakate politischen Inhaltes. Nach dessen Ende begann er, für die Filmproduktionsgesellschaft CIFESA mit der Anfertigung von Plakatmotiven. Bis zum Ende seiner Karriere war konnte er so über 500 Filmposter entwerfen.

Daneben malte Peris Aragó v. a. Stillleben und Naturszenen. Das Kulturhaus seines Heimatdorfes wurde nach ihm benannt.

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Weblinks und Quellen
 Biografie
 Sammlung seiner Filmplakate: Agramunt Lacruz, Francisco - Los carteles de Cifesa de José Peris Aragó. Un Mitólogo de cine español. 2001, ISBN 84-8484-015-8.

Maler der Neuzeit
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By Aashima Talwar Last Updated: Jul 12, 2020 | 12:22:39 IST
Amitabh and Rekha's love story is one of the most talked-about affairs of Bollywood even till date. Yet, this much-talked-about love story always remained a mystery as both the actors never accepted their relationship in public. While the two themselves have said very little, everyone else seems more than certain about the affair. Amitabh and Rekha- the two legends of our film industry, how did it all begin and how it ended? Here is unfolding the secret behind this love story.
An unsuccessful love story
Their love story began on the sets of film Do Anjaane (1976), when Amitabh was a married man. During the initial days of their secret relationship, the couple used to meet in a bungalow that belonged to Rekha's friend. Nobody knew about this affair between already married Amitabh and Rekha. Everything was a smooth sail until an incident happened. (Recommended Read: Rekha After Being 'The Other Woman', Married Mukesh Agarwal For Status Of A Wife, Ended Up In Tears)
During the shoots of Ganga Ki Saugandh (1978), Big B reportedly lost his temper on a co-actor who was misbehaving with Rekha. After this, their affair came in the limelight and grabbed the media attention. The two denied the affair, but it is loud and clear that the two were dating each other. In one of the interviews, Silsila director, Yash Chopra confirmed their relationship!
The gossip mills started churning out stories of Rekha-Amitabh's affair. They even made headlines saying that Rekha and Amitabh have got secretly married. And, these speculations caught more fire when Rekha made a sensational entry at Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh's wedding, wearing sindoor and mangalsutra. The attention of everyone present at the wedding shifted to Rekha and her much-married look! People started whispering that has Rekha tied the knot!
Not only this, she also went up to Amitabh and started talking to him formally, raising more eyebrows! Talking about how Jaya felt at that time, one of the sources revealed, "Jaya tried to keep a stoic front for a long time, but eventually she had to bend her head and let the tears roll down."
After a few minutes of conversation, the controversy queen of that time left the wedding venue! Many questions about this jodi's affair were answered with this bold step taken by Rekha. (Also Read: Rekha's Controversial Statements On Relationship With Amitabh Bachchan And Their Tragic Love Story)
When Jaya came to know about the affair
It was reported that after this incident, Jaya Bachchan invited Rekha home for dinner and told her candidly that she would never leave her husband whatever may happen. And likewise, Jaya kept her promise till the very end. Rekha finally realised that she either want to be Mrs. Bachchan or stay single!
In an interview given to Filmfare magazine in 1984, Rekha spoke about Amitabh's denial of their relationship. She said, "Why should he have not done it? He did it to protect his image, his family, his children. Why should the public know of my love for him or his love for me? I love him and he loves me- that's it! If he'd reacted that ways towards me in private, I would have been very disappointed."
She further added, "Mr. Bachchan is still old-fashioned. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, so why hurt his wife?"
Amitabh Bachchan despite the superfluous love for Rekha, never admitted it in public. On the other hand, Rekha boldly admitted her love for him. Silsila was this enigmatic couple's last film together. (Also Checkout: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan And Rekha, Amitabh Bachchan's Rumoured Ex-Lover Share A Hearty Laugh Together)
In an interview with BBC, director Yash Chopra said that Rekha and Amitabh were very much in a relationship before Silsila. Chopra said, "I was always on tenterhooks and scared (during Silsila) because it was real life coming into reel life. Jaya is his wife and Rekha is his girlfriend and the same story is going on (in real life). Anything could have happened because they are working together."
After the shoot of Silsila, Amitabh-Rekha's relationship began to fade. Rekha wanted to marry Amitabh and did not want to settle down with the tag of the 'other woman' in Amitabh's life. She realised she has no future in this relationship as Amitabh was not in any mood to leave his wife Jaya for Rekha. With this, their passionate love story came to an end, both on and off-screen.
Rekha wears sindoor for Big B?
Well, even though Rekha and Amitabh went their separate paths afterwards, but it is well-known that Rekha has always seen making appearances supporting a sindoor on her forehead. While most people for long dismissed it to be Rekha's unique style statement, Deepali Issar, actor Puneet Issar's wife believes it to be otherwise. She once revealed, "Rekha wears sindoor for Big B." (Also Read: The Love Life Of Rekha: Fell In Love Multiple Times, Only To Be Single At Sixty-Four)
In one of her previous interviews, while receiving an award, Rekha said, "In the city I come from, it's fashionable to wear sindoor." She has been wearing sindoor for more than two decades now! In a candid interview in 2008, she was again asked about the reason behind wearing sindoor. She said, "I don't worry about people's reactions. By the way, I think it looks rather nice on me.. sindoor suits me."
Also Read: Truth Behind The Unfortunate Love Story Of Akshay And Raveena
Rekha's marriage to Mukesh Agarwal
After Amitabh and Rekha's relationship had an unfortunate ending, she moved on in life and got married in 1990. In her recently released biography, there is a chapter that gives the clear details of her marriage. The excerpts read, "Rekha was finally getting married. After a lifetime of seeking, Rekha, born out of wedlock, had finally got what she most desired: a legitimate surname."
The excerpts further revealed, "The initial days in London were beautiful. That was the first time that Rekha and Mukesh had spent so much time together. But it took only a week for Rekha to realise that they were very different people. She was also shocked to see Mukesh taking several pills a day. Still, she thought, now that they had to spend the rest of their lives together, such matters would have to be overlooked. 'I've to make [a] success of it,' she told herself. 'Can Rekha fail in anything she attempts?' They had been in London for more than a week. Rekha could see that something was troubling Mukesh. And then, one day, a gloomy Mukesh looked deep into her eyes and said, 'There's an AB in my life too.'
Three months into the marriage, Rekha was devastated to know that her husband was mentally ill. She decided to take some time out and think about what is wrong with her husband and marriage. But when she was not able to find a solution to solve her marital problems, she decided to distance herself from Mukesh and his family. She left his home and stopped taking his calls. On one unfortunate day, when her distressed husband was not able to take all this, decided to take away his life. In a very dramatic style, he hanged himself to the ceiling fan of his room, using his wife's dupatta. Their marriage lasted for only seven months!
She was blamed by Mukesh's family for being a bad wife and taking away his life. She was projected as the 'Vamp' by not only the media but also by many people from the film fraternity. Rekha has always been very unlucky in love! (Also Read: Vinod Mehra's Love Life: 3 Marriages, 2 Extramarital Affairs And An Alleged Marriage With Rekha)
Rekha still in love with Amitabh?
Some say that Rekha is still smitten by Big-B. In one of her interviews to Hindustan Times in 2008, when the journalist asked her if she would like people to stop connecting her to Mr. Bachchan, she immediately replied, "Why? I hope not. Mr Bachchan is one of the best things to have happened in my life. The best teacher, the best guru. Well, I've chosen to learn as much from his off-camera.. as from his on-camera demeanours."
This is a heartbreaking tale of unrequited love which never saw the light of the day! Post-Silsila, Amitabh is said to have ignored Rekha altogether. Though the two came quite close to starring together in R Balki's Shamitabh, they did not share any screen space together. This shows that the wounds may have healed with time, the scars never disappeared.
Rekha's lonely life has seen many rumours and some truth. Even her marriage to Delhi-based businessman Mukesh Aggarwal did not last long. But whatever the circumstances had been for Amitabh and Rekha's breakup, the heavy aura of this sad love-story still lingers on! After so much happened in Rekha's personal life, her zeal towards life has still not ended. She is truly a diva!
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Known as the cultural capital of Kerala, Thrissur or Trichur is centrally located in the State. The city is popular due to its cultural, religious and spiritual inclination. Thrissur has a robust transportation system and is largely dependant on private-run buses, auto rickshaws and taxis. State-run Kerala State Transport Corporation offers services to major cities in the country.
With commuters utilising public transportation extensively, diesel has become an essential commodity in Thrissur. Like other cities in the country, the diesel price is revised on a daily basis. The revision in prices is based on several components which impact the diesel price in Thrissur.
Why does the diesel price change daily? What are the factors which influence the revision in diesel prices? Let's review each of these questions to understand how diesel is priced in Thrissur and other parts of the country.
Who Decides Oil Price in India?
As mentioned, diesel prices are determined by several elements which affect fuel prices in the country. Diesel is purchased in its crude form by State-run oil companies such as Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum. These companies purchase more than 70% of crude oil from oil-producing countries by trading through US dollars.
While the crude oil rate and the US dollar conversion rate are external in nature, the tax levied on diesel, profit margins and dealer commissions are internal factors. Let's review the external and internal factors in detail.
International Crude Oil Price: Crude oil prices are dynamic in nature which is influenced by the output of oil-producing countries as well as the demand and supply of unrefined oil. When there's a production cut the prices of crude oil increases, likewise, if the output is increased, crude oil prices decline. Therefore, a change in the crude oil rate impacts the cost to purchase a litre of diesel in Thrissur as well as other cities in the country.
US Dollar Conversion Rate: Trading of crude oil is done through US dollars. The exchange rate of the US dollar changes every day against other emerging currencies in the market. With the US dollar exchange rate revised daily, the cost to purchase crude oil is impacted. Hence, any revision in the currency conversion rate, diesel prices are affected.
Fuel Companies' Profit Margin & Dealer Commission: Oil companies transport crude oil from oil-producing countries, refine it and then supply it to fuel stations across the country. These companies retain a profit margin and other operational costs before diesel is sold. Also, fuel companies fix the commission for dealers or fuel stations owners to the price of diesel. A revision of these charges leads to a change in the diesel price.
Excise Duty & Value Added Tax (VAT) on Diesel: The tax on the diesel price is the biggest component. The government of India charges excise duty of Rs.15.33 for a litre of diesel, while the state government of Kerala levies VAT at 25.60%. Diesel prices are influenced by any revision in the excise duty or the VAT.
Why do Diesel Prices Change Every Day?
Diesel prices are revised due to the factors listed above and in India, prices are changed on a daily basis. The daily revision in diesel prices method is known as the 'dynamic fuel pricing' mechanism. Under this pricing method, both the customer as well as oil companies are able to take advantage of the latest crude oil rate.
Oil companies price diesel by including the preceding day's crude oil price and the exchange value of the US dollar. Prior to the 'dynamic fuel pricing' mechanism, India used to revise fuel prices on a fortnightly basis. Prices were changed on the 1st and the 16th of every month. However, this mechanism didn't allow oil companies to pass on the benefit or increase in fuel prices to customers immediately and had to wait a fortnight.
Under the new pricing mechanism, customers can benefit a reduction in crude oil prices the next day itself and oil companies are able to pass on the increase in crude oil rates to the customer without incurring losses.
With fuel prices revised daily, it could be a challenge to find the latest diesel price in a city. Oil companies have introduced several ways to track the current price of diesel. The tips below enables customers to track today's diesel price in Thrissur.
Track Through Mobile Apps: Mobile application have become a boon for customers and oil companies have launched their respective apps which tracks the latest diesel price in Thrissur as well as other cities. The 'Fuel@IOC' app by Indian Oil offers the latest fuel price, Bharat Petroleum has introduced the 'SmartDrive' app, while Hindustan Petroleum has the 'MY HPCL' app.
IOC: Type RSPDealer Code and send the SMS to 9224992249.
HPCL: Type HPPRICE Dealer Code and send SMS to 9222201122.
Track Through the Oil Companies' Website: Consumers can track today's diesel price in Thrissur by visiting the oil companies' respective website.
Now that we understand the concept of daily revision of diesel price and the factors which influence the change, let's take the diesel price in Thrissur recorded on 3 June 2018 to interpret the pricing mechanism.
Currently, diesel does not come under the purview of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) and continues to attract the Centre's excise duty and the State's VAT. Petroleum products including diesel have been exempted from the GST. The revenue generated by taxing diesel is significant for the government exchequer; however, the highest tax slab in the GST is lower compared to the current taxes on diesel. By bringing diesel under the ambit of the GST, the government will lose a considerable revenue, hence GST is not applicable to diesel in Thrissur.
State-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) kept fuel prices unchanged for the second straight day on Thursday across major metro cities of the country. In Delhi, a litre of petrol costs Rs.72.24 and diesel costs Rs.67.64, no revision compared to yesterday's price. It may be noted that petrol and diesel prices were hiked on Tuesday when petrol prices inclined by 7 paise per litre and diesel rates went up by 10-11 paise. In Mumbai, petrol costs Rs.77.87 a litre and diesel costs Rs.70.86 per litre. In Chennai, petrol is retailing at Rs.75.02 per litre and diesel at Rs.61.49, no change in prices compared to yesterday. Similarly, in Kolkata, petrol is available at Rs.74.33 per litre and diesel is available at Rs.69.43 per litre. In Noida and Gurugram, petrol costs Rs.71.75 and Rs.72.37 per litre while diesel costs Rs.66.58 and Rs.66.76 per litre, respectively. New prices of petrol and diesel are effective from 6:00 am IST daily. Prices may differ between cities and petrol pumps due to local sales tax and logistics.
Fuel prices are fixed based on the global crude oil prices coupled with the rupee-dollar exchange rate. On Thursday, the global crude price rose amid production cuts by OPEC and the US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran. Brent crude oil futures, the international benchmark, was up by 37 cents or 0.6% trading at $66.36 per barrel as against its last settlement.
Oil Companies owned by the central government of India have declined to absorb the mandated cut of Re.1 per litre as global oil prices have come down, as per a Reuters report. It needs to be mentioned here that the finance ministry had asked state-owned fuel retailers to reduce their marketing margins by Re.1 per litre as a surge in the prices of crude oil had resulted in both petrol and diesel prices touching unprecedented levels in the country.
It is noteworthy to mention here that petrol prices in the country have come down to a 15-month low after crude oil prices started coming down. Currently, every litre of petrol in the national capital costs Rs.68.65. On the global front, the prices of Brent crude, Singapore gasoline and Arab Gulf diesel have declined by 40 per cent since October 1. While in India, the rates have been reduced by 17-18 per cent.
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have not been passing all benefits to customers since the rates of global crude oil started falling as they bid to recuperate from the incurred losses.
Diesel prices inched to record high across four major metros on Thursday. As per the latest rates, a litre of diesel is available at Rs.70.14 in Delhi, up by 39 paise per litre. As for other metros, diesel is selling at Rs.74.24 in Mumbai, Rs.72.78 in Kolkata and Rs.74.86 in Chennai. This is the fifth consecutive time State-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have hiked diesel prices in the country. As for petrol, in Delhi, the new revised price stands at Rs.78.78 a litre, while in Mumbai it's available at Rs.85.72, Rs.81.23 in Kolkata and in Chennai at Rs.82.35. OMCs update fuel prices on a daily basis and the revised rates are applicable from 6:00 am on Thursday. Oil prices have been inclining in the global market due to the apprehension of a potential disruption on supply. Meanwhile, the rupee hit a new low of 70.82 against the US dollar. The Indian currency has lost 10% since January making it the worst performing currency in Asia.


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If you're looking for super luxury green wheels, you could get just what you're looking for by 2019-2021. Luxury brand Aston Martin is planning to introduce its electric range in India starting with the Rapide and later the jaw-dropping Lagonda saloon.
Nancy Chen, head of sales operations, south and south east Asia, Aston Martin, said: "Earlier this year, we launched the Lagonda concept at the Geneva Motor Show. That will be a zero emission luxury vehicle to be launched globally in 2021 and it should be very good for the India market as well. We definitely have plans for it to come to India," she added.
But before that, India will get to drive the limited edition Rapide electric version of which only 155 will be available for sale worldwide.
"The Rapide 4-door sedan will come later next year," said Chen. "But it will be a limited edition, so the allocation will be limited. India will be included in that allocation if we get bookings," she added.
Aston Martin has just launched the Vantage in India at a jaw-dropping price of Rs 2.86 crore.
"The interest in Vantage has been excellent and we are expecting very good bookings," said Chen.
"Globally, Vantage will be one of our top models and we see India as a very important market. We are extremely focused on India but there are no plans for assembling here," she added.
Aston Martin produces not more than 7,000 cars in a year. Each car is hand-made and customised to order.
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Metafrax and Casale sign contract for Russian chemical complex
Published by David Rowlands, Editor
World Fertilizer, Monday, 23 October 2017 09:00
PJSC Metafrax and Casale have announced that they have signed a contract for the engineering, equipment supply and construction management of a large chemical complex to be implemented in Gubakha, Perm region, Russia.
Under the contract terms, Casale claims that it will act as the technology licensor and engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contractor for the project. The project will consist of the following components:
One 894 tpd ammonia synloop, utilising A2000 CTM technology, operating on pure hydrogen and nitrogen feedstock.
One 1725 urea plant, using Split FlowTM and Full CondenserTM technologies.
One 40 000 tpy melamine plant, utilising LEMTM technology.
The new facility will be completed by a PSA unit for the recovery of hydrogen from the purge gas of the existing methanol plant, to be utilised as feedstock for the new ammonia synloop, and a carbon dioxide recovery (CDR) unit, designed according to MHI technology, which will recover 1200 tpd of CO2 from the methanol plant reformers, to be utilised as feed for the urea plant.
Construction of the complex is slated for realisation in 36 months. It is a result of PJSC Metafrax's business strategy that commenced 20 years ago. In this strategy, the company has carried out a series of steps – always utilising Casale technologies – boosting the methanol plant capacity from 2500 tpd to 3375 tpd. The latest step involved debottlenecking the methanol plant's front end by installing a new POX unit section in parallel to the existing reformers.
The General Director of Metafrax, V. Daut, said: "We decided to proceed in partnership with Casale because we saw a big advantage in having one single licensor for ammonia, urea and melamine, in combination with their deep knowledge of our existing methanol plant. We believe that, with its big experience in all kind of revamp, Casale will realise optimal technical solutions for integrating the new units of the complex into our existing methanol plant."
The CEO of Casale, Federico Zardi, added: "We are very proud to have been selected by one of the most prestigious chemical companies in Russia to help them fostering their growth through widening their product mix and toward becoming one of the most important players in the Russian market."
Read the article online at: https://www.worldfertilizer.com/project-news/23102017/metafrax-and-casale-sign-contract-for-russian-chemical-complex/
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Through public health policies and monetary incentives, New York City (NYC) is creating an environment that promotes healthy foods, writes Thomas Farley in this month's issue of Scientific American. Systematic steps that help customers make smart decisions when choosing what to eat are crucial to fighting the obesity epidemic.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one third of Americans are obese, and another third are overweight. If current trends continue, obesity will soon surpass smoking as the biggest single factor in early death. As David H. Freedman writes in a larger feature article, reversing the obesity epidemic requires not just research into genetics and physiology, but also sociological, behavioral and economic changes.
In NYC one such sociological initiative is "Health Bucks" — $2 vouchers that can be used at farmers' markets, which promote healthy eating in low-income areas. Another target has been sugar-sweetened beverages, "which account for a third to a half of the 300-calorie increase in American's daily diets over the past 30 years." NYC has started initiatives to address this problem. "We are more than 30 years into this epidemic," Farley notes, "and reversing it will take more than a few."
In San Francisco's Bay Area schools, at least 40% of kids are not being vaccinated, leaving them unprotected against whooping cough, measles and other preventable diseases. This is part of a nationwide trend toward parents withholding vaccinations. The right to decide what's best for oneself and one's children ends where science has so clearly established a threat to the public welfare, write the editors of Scientific American in this month's issue.
Vaccine anxiety is a concern for many parents, even though there is no scientific evidence to support the concerns and accusations raised. Immunizations against contagious diseases are only effective when there are high immunization rates, as much as 95% of the population for infections such as measles and whooping cough. When these rates fall, as they have in many of the 48 states that allow parents to opt out of vaccinations, outbreaks can take a toll on other children who are too young for immunization or are immunocompromised.
The growing power of social media in shaping patient's expectations of medical treatments is investigated in Katie Moisse's Science of Health column in this month's issue of Scientific American.
YouTube and other social-media sites are encouraging people to seek experimental therapies that may not have undergone rigorous testing. Notably, in 2009 surgeon Paolo Zamboni reported in the Journal of Vascular Surgery that inflating a tiny balloon inside the twisted veins of the neck might relieve some symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS). This finding created a buzz among many patients with MS. People uploaded before and after videos to YouTube and exchanged information about where the treatment was available. However, Zamboni concedes that his findings should have been tested more rigorously — the study was small and wasn't randomized, double-blind or placebo-controlled.
"These social-media sites can have a positive function in that they allow patients to discuss research and share their experiences," says Aaron Miller, a professor of neurology. But, "they have a very major risk in leading patients to embark on therapeutic courses that are not necessarily appropriate for them or haven't been established as being scientifically valid."
Some physicians consider Zamboni's treatment plausible enough for testing though it is too soon to offer the procedure, except as part of a properly controlled clinical trial. Miller says, "We can't bury ourselves in an ivory tower and function as though [social-media sites] don't exist." After he explains the lack of certainty about venous angioplasty to his patients, they usually agree it is best to wait.
In the next two years pushing through the scientific gridlock that could follow recent elections to Congress and state government will require "courage and clarity" from scientists and citizens writes Francesca Grifo in this month's Scientific American Forum.
The recent elections saw the elevation to leadership positions in the House of Representatives of a number of Republicans who have expressed skepticism about climate change and who plan to portray efforts to curb carbon emissions as a "job killer." Some important measures, such as cap and trade and a carbon tax, are ruled out for the near future but Grifo argues that there may be some silver linings. If climate scientists are summoned before House committees to defend their work, these hearings might backfire by giving the researchers a forum to make their voices heard. And President Barack Obama still wields executive power and can mandate emissions cuts from motor vehicles and push for the development of solar plants.
"Progress won't be easy," Grifo concludes. "It will require the persistent and energetic engagement of the scientific community."