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Advances in Nano-technology and Their Applications
Commentary - (2022) Volume 12, Issue 1
Kimmo Arana*
*Correspondence: Kimmo Arana, Department of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland, Email:
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Received: 04-Feb-2022, Manuscript No. IJP-22-153; Editor assigned: 07-Feb-2022, Pre QC No. IJP-22-153 (PQ); Reviewed: 18-Feb-2022, QC No. IJP-22-153; Revised: 25-Feb-2022, Manuscript No. IJP-22-153 (R); Published: 04-Mar-2022, DOI: 10.37532/2249-1848-22.12.04
Rapid advances in nanotechnology are likely to provide significant advantages to humanity. However, as with any new technology, these advantages are likely to be followed by risks, possibly new risks. Nano-toxicology is evolving in tandem with nano-technology, with the goal of defining the hazards associated with nano-materials: Risks can only be controlled once they have been identified. This article provides an explanation for concern about the possible health effects of nanomaterial exposure and compares them to evidence of the health effects of ambient aerosol. A number of hypotheses are proposed, and the risks of accepting unsubstantiated hypotheses are emphasised.
Nanotechnology has a strong claim to be considered as the first significant technological advance of the third millennium. This is an amazing thought: who wants to guess what other advances will occur in the next thousand years? Science fiction may be as good as a predictor of such developments as science itself, for those who fantasise about space elevators made of woven nano materials generated on asteroids by self-replicating machineries, Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars is highly recommended. Some of the applications involved in nano-technology are listed below.
MRI labelling
Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (IONPs) of various sizes are used to classify stem cells, which include Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) with diameters ranging from 50 nm to 200 nm and Ultra- Small Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide (USPIO) nanoparticles with diameters of approximately 35 nm. The low intracellular labelling efficiency of SPIONs for labelling Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) is their main limitation. Due to particle dilution, the MRI signal hypo intensity induced by those nano-particles doesn't really represent the actual live cell types after many rounds of cell division.
Optical Labeling
OL (Optical Labelling) is the process of introducing a fluorescent signal into cells, primarily in the near-infrared region. The method involves labelling cells with a fluorescent tag ex vivo, engrafting the labelled cells, and visualising their concentration in particular target cellular components of interest. OL is as susceptible as radiolabel-based imaging technology but does not require any irradiation. OL allows for the non-invasive tracking of cells on a regular basis, providing new insights into tissue regeneration to the target location.
Multimodality imaging
Combining numerous small molecules imaging modalities can provide synergistic benefits over every one modality alone. Trying to combine an advanced optical particular form with 3D tomographic methodologies such as positron emission tomography, single-photon emissions computed tomography, or MRI can enable non-invasive imagery in human patients with higher sensitivity and/or accuracy while maintaining the required resolution.
Nanotechnology is relatively new and rapidly expanding. As with any new technology, advantages and disadvantages will be encountered. The assignment of the nano-toxicologist is to identify health risks before they cause harm. This is not an easy task to know about all of the risks that should be investigated, hence more research is required. Industry may reasonably be expected to investigate the safety (or danger) of their products, but a comprehensive programme of basic research is required to identify potential risks and to determine the mechanisms by which nano materials may affect the body.


In addition to return stops in Mexico City, Osaka and Madrid, this year Red Bull X-Fighters goes to South Africa and Germany. Gone from the schedule are Dubai and the USA.
30 percent over last year's sales numbers.
This sales growth makes KTM the fastest-growing motorcycle company in the U.S. for 2013—and the biggest provider of offroad motorcycles.
Kicking Up Dirt biography will be turned into a movie by the same company that made the Bethany Hamilton biopic, Soul Surfer (about a young surfer who lost her arm to a shark attack and came back to be surfing champion again). Kicking Up Dirt tracks Fiolek's rise to become the youngest WMA champion at age 18 and winner of two consecutive X Games gold medals.
What most people just call Loretta Lynn will officially be known as the "Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by Amsoil" in 2014. The race will take place from July 27 to August 2 at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee. As for previous title sponsor Red Bull, they are now the "official energy drink of Loretta Lynn's." But wouldn't that really be the "official energy drink of the Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by Amsoil"?
The AMA is expanding their vintage motocross schedule to seven rounds, with races in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky and Indiana.


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Law enforcement officials have told ABC News that "mounting" forensic evidence from an unsolved triple homicide ties Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to the crime.
Cell phone records also place the brothers in the area of the murders on the date they were committed.
On Sept. 11, 2011, three men were found in a residence with their throats slit and their bodies covered in marijuana.
Tamerlan described one of the murder victims, 25-year-old Brendan Mess, as his best friend. He and Mess were once roommates and boxed together. The two others who died were 31-year-old Erik Weissman and 37-year-old Raphael Teken, both of Cambridge.
After the killings, Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone released a statement saying "based on the present state of the investigation, it is believed that the victims knew the assailant or assailants, and the attacks were not random."
No one was ever arrested in connection to the murders.
The brothers are suspected of planting bombs at the Boston marathon in an attack that killed three people and injured more than 200 others. Authorities say Dzhokhar admitted to the bombing. Tamerlan, 26, died in a police shootout days after the attack.
Officials told ABC News that it's too early to bring an indictment against Dzhokhar. They are waiting on more definitive DNA testing.
Dzhokhar, 19, has been charged with one count of using and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction and one count of malicious destruction of property with an explosive device in connecting with the Boston bombings.
Tamerlan's body has been buried at a Muslim site in Virginia.


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Music Feeds the Words
July 6, 2011 July 6, 2011 / Lisa
There are a few tunes that cause a deep melancholy to well up inside. I'm not talking about sadness, although I think it's related. And melancholy isn't quite the right word. That overwhelming tide when I hear certain songs includes awe, reverence, a sense of connection to place, something beyond what some would label holy. Spiritual yes, religious, no. I sense a recognition of something, that I'm at the same time unsure of.
Sometimes, if these songs catch me unaware, I break into sobs. Sometimes the joy stops me in my tracks. Sometimes all I can do is close my eyes and breathe.
But always, afterwards, I realize these emotions, whatever they are, comprise what I strive for in writing. Can you imagine placing down words that, when read, give birth to these same reactions in the reader? Oh, to be a writer like that. That is a goal that makes the struggles to write worthwhile. And occasionally I need to listen to these songs to remind me what I struggle for.
The songs that do this for me? Sometimes it's the words, sometimes it's an ageless melody, sometimes it's a connection to history. But for me, the list includes the traditional versions of 'Scarborough Fair' and 'Greensleeves', 'The Sound of Taransay', the voice of Lisa Gerard or Loreena Mckennit, songs by Ulali, Anonymous Four, and I'll stop there before the post becomes nothing but a list of songs. Oh, wait, there's also songs like 'One Tin Soldier', 'Where Have all the Flowers Gone', and 'Both Sides Now', but I think those are because of the memories attached to the oldies.
And now I'm curious. Does music impact your writing? If so, what music stirs your soul to catch words?
Oops. One more that I'm listening to right now: 'The Mist Covered Mountains'.
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sparksinshadow
You have described so eloquently, something I've felt for all my life!
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Stings in C Major, Elégie Larghetto elegiaco
"Pink Emerson Radio" by Kathleen Edwards
"Dust" by Augustana
"Amor Azul" by Tim Easton
and lately, "Fear of the South" by Tin Hat Trio
— just to name the few I can think of now. Thank you so much for reminding me!
satsumaart
Oh, Tchaikovsky. Mmm.
I'm downloading "Dust" and "Amor Azul" to add to my painting playlist. 🙂 Thank you!
Okay, I'm off to look up this music listed here.
The Urchins
Oh, to be able to move an audience with words the way music does!
Sometimes when I'm still formulating a story in my head or if I'm particularly stuck, I'll make a soundtrack – songs that I feel fit the mood. If nothing else, it helps inspire me. Although, funnily enough, the songs that move me the way you have described above, are so moving on their own, that I couldn't possibly write with them on in the background.
The Piano Soundtrack – Michael Nyman
Expecting to Fly – Neil Young
Across the Universe – The Beatles
Mozart's Symphony No. 25 in G Minor feels just like the frenetic madness I feel when pumped about a new story or project.
Of course, I'm sure there others too!
– Margaret
I have a theory that pictures and music engage parts of our brain that words don't, and that's how songs can move us even when their lyrics aren't great poetry!
PS. Love Mozart's 25th too.
Margaret, what a great idea to create a soundtrack for each individual story. Oddly, I've never thought of that. Even though there are some songs I listen to that take me right back to specific works. I also find it interesting that you can write to words with lyrics. Sometimes I get distracted by the story in the song. Great music list, by the way.
I like "Both Sides Now," "Greensleeves," and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" too.
I don't listen to a whole lot of music while writing, but I am almost never without music while I paint. My fellow artists in the Tuesday night figure studio have named me the official playlist provider, since my eclectic choices seem to keep both artists and model happy. The studio monitor actually remarked, "I would pay you to put together playlists for me." If I ever go blind I will turn to a life of singing and DJing. 🙂
I often tear up while listening to "Little Green" and Rachmaninoff's Vocalise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7UZhorAki4), and the Smashing Pumpkins's "Mayonaise" always feels full of longing. I left all three of these songs off my painting studio playlists, because they make me feel too vulnerable in a public space.
I'm off to look up all the songs mentioned!
PS Lisa, have you heard Jean Redpath singing the songs of Robert Burns? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7RGcdsM4Vk
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Here's how much salary Texans would willingly forfeit to continue working from home
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For some, working from home is starting to look like the new normal. But whether your office is gearing up for reopening or you're looking at taking calls from your couch for the foreseeable future, one thing is for sure: Texans love that WFH life.
Finance website RealBusinessSavings.com recently surveyed 3,500 American employees to evaluate their attitudes about offices in the current circumstances, and the results showed an overwhelming preference for our makeshift home desks.
The average American employee would take a $316 pay cut per month in order to continue working from home after lockdown, with Texans specifically willing to give up $278 each month to avoid going back to their place of work.
Nationally, 57 percent of employees say they will request to continue working from home to avoid contracting coronavirus in the workplace. One in 10 are happy to be far away from office politics, and two in three say they have been more productive working from home.
When it comes to reasons people prefer to continue working from home, 30 percent of employees say saving money on transportation is the best thing, followed by no daily commute (28 percent). An additional 22 percent say the best part is saving money on lunch and afterwork drinks, while 8 percent said their favorite part is not having to wear business attire (hooray for yoga pants!).
Broken down across the country, it appears Californians are most keen on keeping their WFH routines after lockdown, as the average employee there would forfeit $495 of their salary in order to continue to do so. Comparatively, Hawaii employees are ready to go back to the office, with the average respondent there forfeiting only $71 of their salary each month in order to continue working from home.
And if we ever do return en masse to the boardroom, it seems the days of high-fives and handshakes with your coworkers are over. Results say that 75 percent of employees do not think handshakes will ever return to the work environment, and in their place should be the elbow tap (65 percent), a simple nod (28 percent), the balance-testing foot tap (5 percent), and the formal bow (a mere 2 percent).
Perhaps most telling is this result: One in three workers say that since WFH began, they have felt their bosses have been friendlier and with a more relaxed attitude toward employees. Long live the Zoom meetings.
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Mayor greenlights major solar farm project in south Houston
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Keep your eyes out for a new solar farm that will be constructed in Sunnyside in south Houston. Photo via Getty Images
Mayor Sylvester Turner and the city council have given the green light on a project that will convert a 240-acre former landfill in Sunnyside into a brownfield solar installation.
The public-private partnership with Sunnyside Energy LLC. received unanimous approval on a lease agreement that will move the project — which is a part of the City's Climate Action Plan and Complete Communities Initiative — forward.
"The Sunnyside landfill has been one of Houston's biggest community challenges for decades, and I am proud we are one step closer to its transformation," says Mayor Turner in a news release. "I thank the Sunnyside community because this project would not have come together without its support. This project is an example of how cities can work with the community to address long-standing environmental justice concerns holistically, create green jobs and generate renewable energy in the process."
The solar field, which is anticipated to be installed and working by the end of next year, will be able to power 5,000 homes and offset 120 million pounds of CO2 each year, according to the release.
"We applaud the actions of Mayor Turner and the City Council in taking this significant step," says Dori Wolfe, managing director of Sunnyside Energy LLC, in the release. "It is a strong vote of confidence for this impactful project. All members of the project team realize that this Sunnyside Solar facility will be an iconic statement in the rejuvenation of the community. We are grateful that Mayor Turner has given us his support."
The city's involvement with the company began in 2017 when Houston joined the C40 Reinventing Cities Competition – a global competition to promote sustainable energy projects. As a part of the competition and through the city's efforts on the initiative, powers at be selected the winning proposal from Wolfe Energy LLC, which formed Sunnyside Energy LLC to execute the urban solar farm project.
Per the lease agreement, the city of Houston owns the land and Sunnyside Energy will be the tenant responsible for permitting, construction, operation, and more.
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Security Operatives on Wednesday manned the Chief MKO Abiola and Gani Fawehinmi 'Freedom state' Parks in Ojota, in Lagos to forestall a breakdown of law and order during events to mark the maiden edition of the June 12 Democracy Day celebration in the state.
The security agencies included the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the State Security Services (SSS) and the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC).
A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who monitored both parks observed the heavy presence of security personnel, patrol vehicles and armoured tanks.
The personnel, which also included the Police anti-cultism squad, were armed to the teeth, while scores of officers patrolled the adjoining areas.
The officers had been on ground before 8:00 a.m. at the parks to checkmate any unforeseen breakdown of law and order as the nation marked the June 12 Democracy Day.
NAN reports that a June 12 Rally by the Yoruba Summit Group was also expected to hold at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, later in the day.
The proposed rally was also scheduled to hold across the Southwest States, including Kogi and Kwara.
NAN recalls that President Buhari on Monday signed into law, the Public Holidays (Amendment) Bill which accommodated June 12 as Nigeria's new Democracy Day.
Buhari had earlier on June 6, 2018, declared that June 12 would now be the nation's new Democracy Day.
The date is in commemoration of the annulled presidential election of June 12, 1993, presumed to have been won by the late Chief MKO Abiola.
The election, adjudged to be Nigeria's freest and fairest, was, however, annulled by the then Gen. Ibrahim Babangida-led military administration.
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Viktoriya Ivanivna Styopina (; born 21 February 1976 in Zaporozhia, Soviet Union), known as Vita Styopina (), is a Ukrainian high jumper.

Biography
She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, setting a new personal best of 2.02m in the process.

Styopina jumped an indoor personal best of 1.94 m to win the 2000 edition of the Hochsprung mit Musik.

Achievements
 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final — Silver medal
 2004 Summer Olympics — Bronze medal

See also
 Female two metres club

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
Ukrainian female high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine
Olympic athletes of Ukraine
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The purpose of the Act of Union in 1536 was to incorporate and integrate Wales into the English realm. The Marcher lordships were swept away and replaced by the 13 counties of Walesand Monmouthshire, a system of local government which lasted until 1974. The estates of the Lord of Glamorgan became the property of the Crown and, not until the middle of the sixteenth century, was the castle at Cardiff once more entrusted to a person outside the royal household.
The castle then passed into the possession of Sir William Herbert whose family had prospered greatly under the Tudors. Sir William had been awarded the lands of Wilton Abbey by Henry VIII in 1544 and further honours were to come his way when he was appointed as an executor to Henry's will and guardian to young Edward VI. In 1551, as a reward for his assistance in suppressing rebellion in the West of England, Sir William became the Lord of Cardiff Castle, Baron Herbert of Cardiff and Earl of Pembroke. But the title, "Lord of Glamorgan', disappeared and, despite the acquisition of lands and lordships which included Cardiff, Roath, Leckwith, Whitchurch and Radyr, Sir William was not to enjoy the wide-ranging powers of his mediaeval predecessors.
Following the Act of Union, Cardiff received its charter from the Crown. A royal charter from Queen Elizabeth in 1581 was subsequently renewed by James I in 1608. It declared Cardiff to be a "free town', governed by a Corporation of twelve aldermen and twelve "capital' burgesses. It was decreed that the aldermen should elect two bailiffs to serve as officers. They would be assisted by a steward, who had a knowledge of law and was really the predecessor of the modern town clerk. The Constable, steward, bailiffs and senior aldermen were all designated as justices of the peace and the Corporation was given the authority to enforce its laws through fines and imprisonment. The charter gave the town the right to hold its own Quarter Sessions, a privilege which allowed it to enjoy virtual independence from the county magistrates. The Act of Union provided for Welsh representation in Parliament. The choice of member invariably lay with the leading families of Glamorgan and, at Cardiffin the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, it was the Herbert influence which predominated. Before the Reform Act of 1832, Cardiff shared its MP with the seven other boroughs in the county at Cowbridge, Llantrisant, Kenfig, Aberafon, Loughor, Neath and Swansea. Prior to 1832 only four elections in Cardiff were contested, and on those occasions the burgesses of the eight boroughs voted openly to show their allegiance.
The dispensation of justice now became the exclusive prerogative of the Crown. As the county town, Cardiff was a judicial centre for the Court of Great Sessions, over which a royal judge presided twice a year. Lesser crimes were tried by the newly-appointed justices of the peace at the Quarter Sessions and Petty Sessions. Apart from their judicial duties, these magistrates had responsibilities ranging from the licensing of ale-houses to the management of the Poor Law. In the counties, they were entrusted with the administration of virtually every aspect of local government, a situation which remained until 1888.
In spite of these apparent freedoms, it would be a myth to suppose that the borough enjoyed a genuine independence from the Lord of Cardiff Castle. His Constable, who was also the Mayor, selected the bailiffs and approved the choice of aldermen. Not until 1835 would this form of patronage come to an end.


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Radiant buying Wheels
by MM&D Online Staff January 21, 2015
TORONTO, Ontario—Pending shareholder approval, Radiant Logistics is buying Wheels Group Inc. The deal is expected to close early in the second calendar quarter of 2015, subject to regulatory and court approval, Wheels' shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions.
"Combining with Radiant is an exciting opportunity to accelerate Wheels' growth plans," said Doug Tozer, Wheels CEO. "The two companies share the same vision and provide complimentary services, which will be leveraged to expand operational capabilities and geographic reach. We have a deep respect for the Radiant team, and it is clear that they share our commitment to maintaining the exceptional service Wheels' customers expect. I'm proud of the Company that our team has built and look forward to Wheels' continued growth working with the Radiant team."
John Crain, founder and CEO of Radiant, commented: "We are very excited to partner with the Wheels organization, which represents a service line and geographic expansion for both companies. We have been looking for a truck brokerage and intermodal platform to complement our forwarding operations for some time and we expect this transaction to be accretive to our earnings (as adjusted for amortization of acquired intangibles) within the near term and accelerate our growth. For our fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, our preliminary estimates for the revenues of the combined group are projected at USD $750 million."
The board of directors of Wheels, on the recommendation of the independent special committee, has approved the agreement and recommends that the Company's shareholders vote in favour of the deal. The board of directors of Radiant has also approved the Arrangement.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Opinion Research Corp. ORCI, +0.00% Thursday after the bell reported fourth-quarter earnings of $724,000, or 11 cents a share. Last year, the company reported a loss of $11.3 million, or $1.85 a share. Revenue for the quarter was $49.3 million vs. $46 million. For 2005, The Princeton, N.J.-based company forecast earnings of 65 cents to 73 cents a share on revenue of $200 million to $205 million.
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Sabotaging Your Chance At Love?
By Master Steenrod Taoism On Love
One of the marks of spiritual development is when you reach the point where you are no longer your own worst enemy. That guideline also applies to love. When it comes to love, often times there is a great deal of self-sabotage going on.
One source of this sabotage is not realizing how much you are affected by your need for Universal Love.
Let's start off with a basic premise first…
Yes, the Universe Loves You
The Tao can be broken down into basic building blocks from which reality is created. One of these building blocks is love. For this reason, all things are loved regardless of behavior, and regardless of whether that thing is destructive or creative.
You, as part of the universe, are never without love. You are partly built from Love.
I admit, when you''re without the affection of a human loved one, knowing about universal love can be pretty shallow comfort. I'm not here to convince you that it's any other way.
"Who cares if I am loved by all things?" Well, let's take a look at that. What happens when you are not in a love relationship or one has ended?
You feel lonely, separated from others.
You feel as if no one cares about you.
You feel like you''ve been abandoned.
You feel like someone did something wrong.
You feel like you''re somehow less valuable.
You feel powerless.
Those are powerful impacts from the loss of just one human to human relationship, aren''t they?
What if you could feel the connection of love that flows through the Tao itself? Would you be caught in this type of desperation if you felt that…:
You are never alone or separated from others.
You are always loved by all things, even if that thing is trying to destroy you.
You can''t be abandoned.
Your rightness or wrongness can''t separate you from love, although it can remove you from the emotional experience of love.
What Does Any of This Have to Do With Me Sabotaging My Chance at Love?
Please take a look at the two lists above. Who do you want to be in a relationship with The person described in the first list or the person described in the second list?
If you lack universal love, the desperation that you radiate will sabotage your ability to find mutually fulfilling mates.
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Our Museum Future
Danny Dorling
I used to be a republican, but that was before Brexit. What does Britain have that the other countries of Europe will still want access to after we leave the EU? Banking will be safer away from 'offshore London'. There are other places in the world besides Sellafield that can store spent nuclear fuel. The most expensive higher education in the world is unlikely to attract so many overseas students, its lure and decline mirroring that of Swiss finishing schools after their 1980s heyday.
Despite the entrepreneurial myths we tell ourselves, innovation isn't a British forte. A vacuum cleaner once constructed in Malmesbury is a fitting emblem for the land of hope and glory, if not for the reasons its inventor would have us believe. When Dyson moved production to Malaysia, few British jobs were lost, because so few had been created in the first place.
As the pound drops and the world's middle class grows in size, tourism is our best bet to tide us over until we learn to do something useful. And the royal family is by far our most potentially profitable export earner. The town of Windsor is already booked out for the summer through Airbnb. American TV companies have reportedly paid six figure sums to book prime sites from which to film the royal wedding on 19 May. The birth of Prince Louis on St George's Day conveniently supplanted less happy news in the headlines.
The great skills of the British, historically, haven't been engineering and industry but exploitation and imperialism. We built our tourist attractions up around ancient stone circles, small monastic universities, old London streets and the birthplace of a playwright, but without the British Empire they wouldn't draw such vast crowds from around the world.
The golden square of English tourism has its corners in London, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon and Cambridge; at its heart is Oxford (a.k.a. Bicester Village), a short train ride from both Windsor and Buckingham Palace. Everyone in the world with money has to travel here once in their lifetime. They are the Meccas and Medinas for unbelievers – the places to go to give thanks for the fact that you own a plastics factory in Changchun or a software firm in Bangalore.
Some 2640 'commoners' are to be invited to the royal wedding with surprise golden tickets being awarded to schoolchildren at the nomination of regional lord lieutenants. Unlike Charlie in Roald Dahl's novel, however, none of them will be given a chocolate factory at the end of their day's holiday from poverty. In 2018, for the first time in many decades, there are entire local authority districts where a majority of children are growing up in poverty.
It is time to forget any selfish republican fantasies. Forget climate change and pollution: our desperate economic plight means that we have to build that third runway at Heathrow for more tourists to land. We need to embrace our museum future. We are very good at selling the myth that all industry was invented in Britain, that England is the mother of parliaments, that we invented the modern university. We have fooled ourselves into believing it all, so it should be easy to sell to tourists.
Time to widen the pavements and get out the bunting. Build the hotels and face down the nimbys. Bring back red telephone boxes: they don't need phones in them, just tourist information screens pointing the customer in the right direction.
If we work hard enough, we will win the global race to become the central tourist destination on planet earth. We are in the right time zone; we speak the right language, and no other languages; we have a captive, cheap, docile, servile labour force. We have a quaint currency with a picture of a member of the royal family on it, a souvenir in itself. And every year tourists will get more and more pounds for their dollar, euro, renminbi or rupee.
No one can take our history away from us. Just as millions flock to Rome to see the Colosseum, that site of mass murder, so we could rebuild the East India Company headquarters on Leadenhall Street. Lloyds will have abandoned the premises by then, and moved to Amsterdam. Parliament will have to vacate the palace of Westminster for good. We already have a new site for it: where HS2 will divide, just east of Birmingham.
All empires crumble and an afterlife as a tourist attraction is far better than what befell the Ottomans in the 1920s. The worst casualties may be the youngest members of the British royal family, born into a form of slavery from which they can never escape. But perhaps, in many decades to come, when we have finally learnt to do something useful, their children or grandchildren will not face a future of forever having to smile and wave – simply because of an accident of birth or marriage, and because they are the best that we have to sell to the world.
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Monteville says:
"There are other places in the world besides Sellafield that can store spent nuclear fuel" - the UK and Finnish governments are looking for alternative sites in their own countries (see an article in the Guardian:
www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/21/search-area-willing-host-highly-radioactive-waste-uk-geology).
It would be a very good thing to get rid of it if you can. A reminder in Marilynne Robinson's introduction to her "Mother Country: Britain, the Welfare State and Nuclear Pollution" (1989): "Sellafield was called Windscale originally, until so much notoriety attached itself to that name that it had to be jettisoned."
Monteville says: @ Monteville
Could Sellafield itself become a British tourist attraction one day?
Sellafield (formerly Windscale) is, to quote from an article in 'Wired' magazine (2016), a 'sprawling collection of buildings dating back to the first atom-splitting flash of the nuclear age. This was where, in the early 1950s, the Windscale facility produced the Plutonium-239 that would be used in the UK's first nuclear bomb. In 1956 this stretch of Cumbrian coast witnessed Queen Elizabeth II opening Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station. Both buildings, for the most part, remain standing to this day....The site currently handles nearly all the radioactive waste generated by the UK's 15 operational nuclear reactors. It also reprocesses spent fuel from nuclear power plants overseas, mainly in Europe and Japan...'
See: http://www.wired.co.uk/article/inside-sellafield-nuclear-waste-decommissioning
29 April 2018 at 7:31pm
Marmaduke Jinks says:
My goodness, what a rant!
You may be right that the U.K. has little that the rest of the world values (apart from its tourist sites) but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be independent.
People do indeed identify with their own culture, locality, customs and geography.
The nation state isn't perfect but it is more perfect than the corrupt, bureaucratic, mono-cultural, would-be federal super-state that is the EU.
Let's be optimistic: the UK is full of decent, clever, tolerant, innovative, inclusive, expansive people.
We'll prosper.
1 May 2018 at 12:10pm
outofdate says: @ Marmaduke Jinks
There was a very nice lunatic used to haunt the Camden Sainsbury's in the early 90s who would stand by the checkout and shout at all comers, 'The BEST of luck!'
1 May 2018 at 1:54pm
Graucho says: @ outofdate
I liked the guy who wandered around Speakers' Corner with a sandwich board that proclaimed "Things can only get worse"
9 May 2018 at 12:08am
Paul Cairns says: @ Marmaduke Jinks
Britain is already 'indepedent' - joining the EU club doesn't take it away, that's another Brexiter smokescreen. In his February 2017 white paper on EU exit David Davis conceded that Britain had remained 'fully sovereign' throughout its membership of the European Community in its various guises. We can't bring sovereignty (or independence) 'back' as they never left!
On the more serious matter of what Britain might get up to economically post-Brexit it's important to recognise that nations tend to have aptitudes, natural strengths, plus some weaknesses. So the nation has strengths - but high quality mass manufacture in competitive markets is not one of them. Hence the indigenous car industry went to the wall in the 1980s and 1990s but the French and Japanese came in and have made a great success of it for us - in return for compliant workers and access to Europe. But Britain does have undoubted strengths in finance and banking. The trouble is not everyone can work in those enterprises - so other businesses are necessary. Another aptitude is 'heritage', whether that be immaculately choreographed pageantry or steam-hauled railway trains. But I still think something is missing - especially given Brits reluctance to work the fields (and hence the need to bring foreigners in to do that, too). A complex tangle of largely unaddressed questions and challenges - not great.
XopherO says:
The French beat us hands down at tourism. It has the historical legacy of magnificent chateaus, plus the less-crowded countryside and beaches where the sun shines frequently. It is the idea that 'Britain is best' whether at tourism, rugby, etc that has reduced Britain to the current condition. If you are 'best' there is no incentive to improve and you can look down on other nations in a pleasantly xenophobic way, which hides the phobia behind not very pleasant 'jokes' (about toilets, smells or whatever). But I like the irony behind this contribution - sorry to be serious! I'll stop here as it is probably too late for anyone to read this or reply.
Dectora says: @ XopherO
See my comment below. Just tell me Xopher0 of a museum in Paris comparable to the V & A. And you pay through the nose even for tiny museums, with the Gustave Moreau the heroic exception.
XopherO says: @ Dectora
I am not sure that just comparing museums is enough to establish tourism superiority. However Paris has the exceptional Louvre comparable with the wonderful Hermitage, and one of the finest galleries of national art in the Musee D'Orsay. You have to pay heavily for special exhibitions in the UK - it keeps the numbers controlled so you get a better experience. Similarly entry to Parisian museums is controlled - it is why there are almost always long queues of tourists waiting to pay to get in!
sparafucile says:
So now we're in denial about the industrial revolution--I know that a sneering contempt for Britain is highly fashionable in some circles, but it really did happen here long before the French, Germans and Yanks caught up. Both North and South America were developed almost exclusively by capital accumulated in the UK, and of course by then both continents were free of colonialism.
Although much of our talent was imported, during the 18th century Britain was by far the safest place to invest money because MPs--almost all of whom owned Consols--had a vested interest in maintaining the national debt. When one considers that we really were a marginal power under the Stuarts, it's quite remarkable that by 1815 we had become the leading world power in terms of trade and control of the seas.
Of course this involved slavery and exploitation. But that's what the world was like then--we were no worse than the French, the Moughals or the Osmanlis--or for that matter, the Soviets in the 20th century.
Dectora says:
Dorling seems to have forgotten the very lucrative pharmaceutical industry, which is still going strong. Yes there are those who snarl about 'Big Pharma', but some people depend on medication to keep going.
A visit to Paris also teaches the tourist the value of all our free museums and Galleries. I found only one free museum recently in Paris, the marvellous Gustave Moreau Museum. In all Dorling's piece seems to be a petty-bourgeois whinge.
brotherrandor says:
In sum, Brexit = fewer jobs in banking; more jobs cleaning toilets for Chinese tourists. Rue Britannia.
Dectora says: @ brotherrandor
Yes! you are someone who wallows in 'Guardian Gothic'
brotherrandor says: @ Dectora
Is that a compliment, an insult, or both?
John Cowan says:
We Yanks learn about how Samuel Slater memorized the plans for the machinery used in British textile mills back in 1789, the same year the U.S. Constitution was written. Then he used the stolen intellectual property to start a whole chain of mills here. Without Britain, our industrialization wouldn't have gotten off the ground. (Of course, without the Revolution it wouldn't have happened either, thanks to British mercantilism.)
I've heard Dorling debate, I've read his books, so I can only conclude that this absurd essay is ironic. Great joke Danny - almost had me fooled.
That, and become a retirement destination, as Malaysia has. Make it simple and easy for foreigners to retire, access NHS, etc. and favorable tax deal with the U.S. Believe me, we can't wait to get out.
jeannike says:
It's possible that you have read England, England by Julian Barnes because your 'museum future' closely follows his plot line, when Olde England becomes a theme park complete with the royal family on the Isle of Wight.
immaculate says:
"Just as millions flock to Rome to see the Colosseum, that site of mass murder, so we could rebuild the East India Company headquarters on Leadenhall Street."
A sentence with grammar as crap as its premise. If that's the best that Oxford fellows can do these days, we really are stuffed. Jesus wept.
olywood says:
So, to summarise...In the future, the banking/aerospace sectors will be dwarfed by tourism, largely propped up by the Royal family. The industrial revolution never happened and Oxbridge are practically out in the street begging for new admissions; anything to keep the bailiffs from the typically solid, disgustingly English doors. In the words of Ace Ventura: alrighty then. Why an ostensibly exacting publication like LRB would publish this sort of tabloid fodder is beyond me. Perhaps it was a bit of magical realism that got filed under political commentary by mistake.
I thought only Americans could not understand irony, it would seem some LRB readers have difficulty as well. Dear me. An ungrammatical sentence! A blog is about, usually terse, communication after all. Let's keep to the subject at hand rather than nit-pick.
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The "killer app" for mixed reality isn't an app at all, it's an operating system where everyone is in the same Mixed Reality world overlaid on the entire world at the O/S, level and all of the apps are running and influencing that world simultaneously as well as interacting with each other.
There are so many I recommend a lot, but the most fitting for this group is Ready Player One, a must read for anyone in the MR or VR space.


The FCC today repealed Net Neutrality regulations, granting broadband companies great power to reshape Americans' internet experience. Without Net Neutrality regulations in place, ISPs and cable companies can block, throttle, discriminate and even censor content at will.
Atlas Networks fully supports strong Network Neutrality and consumer privacy principles. Today's repeal does nothing to change what we believe to be right. I am proud to stand behind our core values as we work to expand our network across Seattle, and beyond. We hope that other providers will follow our lead because the American people deserve nothing less. Unthrottled. Unrestricted. Unmonitored.
Thank you for stating your position so quickly and clearly!
Beyond sad that I am not living in your area/state.
Thank you for taking a stand. I continue to be a very happy customer!
Thanks for your stance, Ryan: it shows your integrity and we will win! – I am considering using your services in Olympia but am definitely interested if I move up to Seattle.
Happy to see an ISP backing Net Neutrality. The FCC is clearly in the wrong on their current stance, as it does not promote the Customer protection you speak of. But let's also not forget that our local legislature does nothing to improve on things, as they do not support net neutrality of the "last mile", and allowing geographical monopolies that do not allow for Customers to choose the best available provider for their needs. If ISPs were allowed to operate in a shared last mile program like it used to be for DSL services, then competition could surface again and the market would help naturally weed out bad actors.


This is a high-tempo, full-time leadership position responsible for the District, ensuring smooth operations, and supporting and reporting to a publicly elected Board. The District Manager works independently and takes initiative, consulting with the Board Chair as needed. It is a full-time, salaried exempt position working out of the Met Rec District offices in Gunnison.
The District Manager position constitutes at will employment, and the District Manager serves at the pleasure of the Board.
The following constitutes a general description of the District Manager's duties and responsibilities to the District. However, the Board reserves the right to modify the District Manager's duties and responsibilities at any time.
• To work with the Board Chair and the Board to enable the Board to fulfill its governance role, including fiduciary oversight.
• To coordinate all elections, including managing designated election officials, filing all necessary documents, managing ballot language, and handling voter rolls.
The District Manager functions as the chief executive officer of the District. The District Manager supports operations and administration of the Board by providing the advice and the information the Board needs to effectively oversee the District and conduct strategic planning for the District. The District Manager serves as the interface between Board and staff. Because this is a publicly elected Board, the District Manager adapts as elections bring in Board members with varying perspectives. The District Manager consults with the District's legal counsel as necessary to ensure all legal requirements are met with respect to the District's operations, and that Board members have appropriate training and legal guidance. The District Manager is responsible for the preparation of agendas, board packets, and related materials for all Board meetings and is required to attend all Board meetings.
The District Manager is responsible taking the lead in ensuring the delivery of quality television services to the District's residents and catalyzing positive recreational impacts within the District. With input for the Board and other interested parties, the District Manager develops plans, goals and objectives for District projects in either the television translation or recreational areas. The District Manager is responsible for bringing proposed plans to the District Board for approval and provide progress reports on the status of approved projects. The District Manager is responsible for operating the District in accordance with Colorado law and the District's governing documents.
The District Manager ensures the district is fiscally sound. S/he recommends a yearly budget for Board approval and prudently manages the organizations risks and resources within those budget guidelines according to current laws and regulations. The District Manager provides monthly financial reports to the Board and as appropriate, seeks approval or notifies the Board of significant variations from the budget. The District Manager is required to work closely with the Board treasurer on financial matters such as monthly reconciliation, audits, and other financial items. S/he ensures appropriate internal controls are exercised in the use of funds. Because tax payer dollars are involved, the District Manager provides strong and transparent financial reporting, and publicly identifies potential conflicts of interest. The District M provides oversight or administration of payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and other financial functions. The District Manager is primarily responsible for all regulatory compliance and governmental reporting (for instance, to the State of Colorado, Gunnison and Saguache Counties, and the FCC). The District Manager conducts, or causes others to conduct, all election activity in accordance with applicable law.
The District Manager maintains official correspondence and is responsible for all of the records and reports of the District (both physical and electronic) as its official records custodian.
The District Manager ensures the district has personnel policies, procedures, and practices that fully conform to current laws and regulations and effectively manages the human resources of the organization according to those policies. S/he directly supervises activities of the staff and is responsible for employment, promotion, and termination of the Staff. The District Manager is also responsible for working with contractors and consultants of the District. The District Manager provides regular updates to the Board on the performance of District employees, contractors, and consultants.
The District Manager assures the organization and its mission, programs, products and services are consistently presented in a strong positive image to relevant stakeholders. The District Manager acts as primary liaison with various governmental entities, community organizations, constituents, and serves as the chief spokesperson of the District. The District Manager is responsible for attending meetings of organizations that work with, provide funds for, or receive funds from the District as it pertains recreational opportunities, television services, and programs related to District goals. The District Manager is also responsible for attending meeting of the Sub-District Advisory Committees.
Strong skills in use of financial accounting software (Quickbooks) and Office Automation (Microsoft Office). Experience in working for elected or non-profit Board of Directors. Proven ability to lead projects to successful completion. Knowledge of State of Colorado Statues relating to Special Districts and Open Meeting and Open Records Law is desired. Ability to work cooperatively with multiple entities on projects.
To improve our citizens quality of life by promoting vital recreation opportunities.
To provide high-quality over the air TV service and strategic leadership that leverages innovative partnerships to accomplish vital recreation opportunities for our communities.


More than 800 people lost their lives in California in 2012 due to alcohol-impaired crashes, and the big game is a big time to party. According to AAA, accidents involving drunk drivers go up 75 percent in California on Super Bowl Sunday compared to other Sundays in January.
Last year, West Valley traffic made more than 2,600 DUI arrests. Some of them were caught in check points like the one in Reseda.
The LAPD is also launching several saturation patrols across the city following the Super Bowl.
"We're trying to warn the public that we're going to be out here proactively looking for you if you're drinking and driving and you will go to jail," said LAPD Sgt. Greg Fuqua.
.The LAPD has a zero tolerace policy.
"We encourage people, like I said, for people to enjoy the game but drink responsibly. If you're going to consume alcoholic type beverages today, designate a driver, don't drive, stay home or consider some alternative type of transportation, get a taxi cab, or like I said, a designated driver or some other mode of transportation," said LAPD Lt. Ray Valois.
DUI convictions cost $10,000 in court and legal fees, and your license will automatically be suspended for a year.


Enquiry from Online Galleries regarding "A George III Silver Coffee Pot"
A very good Georgian silver coffee pot of baluster form with a cast swan-neck spout, pedestal foot and ebonised handle. The domed lid with a spiral finial.
Marked to the body for London 1763 by William Grundy. Marked to the lid with the lion passant. Crested to each side with a stag's head.
Weight: 770g or 27.2 oz. all in.
A fine coffee pot in original condition with no damage or repairs. Very minor signs of wear throughout. The hallmarks to the body are slightly rubbed, especially the maker's mark. The handle is firm and the hinge lid is good.


A monument marks the official opening of the Open Cut Treatment Plant by Queensland Wolfram Pty Ltd and pays tribute to the pioneers of Mt Carbine and those who established the mining project.
After the collapse of the world`s wolframite markets in 1919, Mount Carbine became practically depopulated. In 1968, R.B. Mining purchased the leases and in 1971 commenced Stage 1 of the treatment plant. In late 1971 an initial settlement of 60 men was built. In 1976, Queensland Wolfram Pty Ltd was formed to buy the mining leases and existing facilities at Mt. Carbine from R.B. Mining. A large increase in housing, a caravan park, messing facilities, a shop and many and varied recreational facilities were provided for the miners and their families by the Mining Co. The population of Mount Carbine and district grew to about 400. However, after enjoying some good years, Wolfram prices started to fall from 1980. By November 1986, there were few options left and the mine was placed on "care and maintenance" until February 1993, when Poseidon Ltd sold all the mining plant and equipment, and the Mining Village at Public Auction.


It has long been recognized that horses kept in stables and in hard work can become grumpy, bad tempered, be difficult to girth up and sometimes go off their food. Indeed, when I first qualified over 30 years ago it was not unusual to describe these horses as just "having gone stale, or over the top" and a period of rest or less intensive work prescribed. Other symptoms that we now associate with ulcers range from teeth grinding, to reluctance to go forward when ridden, to colic.
With the advent of specialized gastro scopes for horses, we are now able to see inside the equine stomach and have discovered that ulcers are present in up to 90% of race horses in training, about 60-70 % of competition horses and surprisingly in about 30% of horses at grass, which might bring one to suggest that ulcers are almost normal! However, those horses at grass tend to have less severe lesions.
We all recognize that horses have evolved over many thousands of years to roam the plains, and studies on the Brumbies in Australia have seen these animals graze for about sixteen hours a day and travel on average 17 km on route. Wild horses usually move about at slow pace, only galloping when fleeing from danger. They rarely have a prolonged break from grazing and are likely therefore to have some food in their stomachs at all times.
Ulcers are most commonly formed when gastric acid, produced in the lower glandular part of the stomach and a vital part of the digestive system (as it acts to break down the food material at the start of digestion), comes into contact with the lining of the upper squamous part of the stomach for too long a period. As we have domesticated horses, we have altered their diet so that they have more energy for work, which inevitably means more hard feed (grains to provide carbohydrates) and less forage. We have changed their exercise patterns from a steady, day long amble to short periods of intensive activity and long periods of standing in a stable. When the horse is worked on an empty or near empty stomach the acid is splashed upwards and eventually will erode the stomach lining. Stress during periods of competition and travelling can cause reduction in appetite which can compound the problem, and stress itself can indirectly increase acid formation.
The only way to definitively diagnose ulcers is to gastro-scope them which allows direct vision of the lesions. Vets grade gastric ulcers from grade 1 which is slight discolouration to grade 4, a deep full thickness erosion.
To confirm that ulcers are present and what grade they are, a vet will use a video or fibreoptic endoscope to view the stomach lining of the horses (gastric endoscopy).
Fortunately, nowadays ulcers can be treated with omeprazole which along with a change of management usually results in recovery. However, recovery can take several months and omeprazole is very expensive. In addition, most vets will recommend regular gastroscopy to monitor the lesions which will add to the veterinary costs. The majority of horses whose claims we are paying do indeed recover during the claim period, but what happens afterwards?
Omeprazole is recommended as a preventative measure but for many it would be impractical and for a lot of people too expensive for long term use. The answer must surely be to look for easily implemented management changes that will help protect these horses in the future.
The aim must therefore be to try to feed as high a fiber diet as possible, avoiding carbohydrates as the principal source of calories, to feed a diet where energy is derived from oil and the fibre itself. Daily turn out to allow free grazing is recommended and where this is not possible forage should always be available. Research has started to show that perhaps one of the "Golden Rules of Feeding" is in fact bad advice as it is not the best thing to allow one hour between feeding and exercise, it is preferable to let the horse have access to hay or even to give a small feed of chaff before tacking up for the competition!
Contributor: Annie Bevins MA Vet MB MRCVS, KBIS Equestrian Insurance.


August 25, 2017 children, family, health, Uncategorized.
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is now home to seven infants from Discoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi.
The infants who were in the neonatal and pediatric intensive care units were brought to Dell Children's last night in preparation for Hurricane Harvey, which is expected to hit Corpus Christi late tonight or early Saturday morning. Care teams move them to Dell Children's by air and ground.
The infants will remain at Dell Children's until it is safe for them to return to Corpus Christi.


These Lucky Star Earrings are easy to make and a delight to wear. You can also make a matching bracelet.
Fold two lucky stars. Learn how to make them here or here. Use a needle to poke a hole clear across the lucky stars.
Remove the needle and thread a head pin through the holes. Thread on a few beads. The more beads you use, the longer the earring will be, it will also dangle more.
Grasp the protruding wire about an eighth of an inch above the last threaded bead. Bend the wire perpendicular to the length of the earring.
Wrap the wire around the tip of the pliers to form a loop. This is easier to do if you have two pliers: one plier holds the wire at the bend while the other plier grasps the wire and does the wrapping.
Wrapping the wire around the base of the loop (below the loop but above the beads).
Use a wire cutter to remove the excess wire. Use pliers to tidy-up: flatten and align the loop so it is even and symmetrical; pinch the cut edge of the wire so it wraps around nicely.
Twist open a jump ring and hook it to the loop you just made. Note: open jump rings by twisting the two sides away from one another. No not pull them apart as this will distort their shape (details here).
Use pliers to close the jump ring and you're done!
Lucky stars are very sturdy and glue is not needed to keep the model together. If you wish, you may coat the lucky stars before threading them onto the head pin. Read about sealants here.


This page contains answers to frequently asked questions handled by our support and pre-sales staff.
What are the equipment/operating system requirements for the single-user version of The MASC Man?
What are the equipment/operating system requirements for the multi-user version of The MASC Man?
Can I use a laser printer for receipts?
What are the bar code requirements?
What are the cash drawer requirements?
When starting the system, I get a RENTAL DATE ERROR.
How do I setup printing for Windows 95/98?
During monthly inventory close, years beyond 2005 are not accepted.
*All hardware must be listed in the SCO Hardware compatibility guide.
Laser printers can be used for receipts in the standard compatibility mode. To use them we recommend that you use the laser setup to make it print two(2) copies as if you were using carbonless paper in a standard dot-matrix printer. To print bar code labels, you must have an FX-80 compatable dot-matrix printer.
The MASC Man uses a keyboard wedge type input device. This can be a wand or gun style so long as it is placed between the keyboard and computer and outputs standard ASCII codes.
The MASC Man uses serial device cash drawers. The device is connected to the COM1 port on the single-user system or any serial device port on the multi-user system.
Follow the steps below to correct the Rental Date Error.
1. Restart computer in MS-DOS mode.
3. Type the following command as shown between the brackets [ ].
It will enter The Mascman program and stop at the command line "Enter Masc Command"
5. You will be returned to the blank command line.
6. Enter [replace all STR14 with " 00/00/2000"] The zero's represent today's date. In this case you MUST use the quotation marks before and after the date"
7. This takes a half second and tells you it has made 13 replacements then returns you to the command line.
8. Press the enter key and you are returned to the MS-DOS prompt.
9. Type [exit] and you are returned to your desktop. Verify your computer date is today's date.
Follow the steps below for printing thru Windows 95/98.
5. Check - "Set as default"
7. Left click Details - The port should say "LPT1: (printer port).
8. Port Settings - UNCHECK "Spool MS-Dos Print Jobs" Click OK.
10. Return to the desktop.
8. During monthly inventory close, years beyond 2005 are not accepted.
Follow the steps below to replace an inventory program file.
2. Save the file on your computer by clicking on the filename and save.
3. Transfer the file to the computer running MASCMAN.
4. Copy the imain.fox file into the directory containing the MASCMAN program files. Usually MM410 or MM500.
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Fairer school funding and higher standards under Australian Education Bill
Amendments to the Australian Education Bill 2012 introduced in Parliament today will enshrine a new, fairer school funding system that will see every school funded on the basis of need, for the first time.
The amendments set out in detail the Gillard Government's National Plan for School Improvement reforms, including a Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) funding model based on the recommendations of the independent Gonski review.
The Bill brings Commonwealth funding for government and non-government schools together in the one piece of federal legislation, and it provides for extra public funding for students who need it, no matter where they live or the school they attend.
Moreover, it removes the current unfair broken funding system that is leaving disadvantaged schools and students behind.
Together with the extra $14.5 billion we want to see invested in schools over the next six years, the legislation will lock in fairness, school improvement reforms, and yearly increases in funding for the long term.
The amendments:
Detail the Commonwealth's new funding model for all Australian schools, including the per student amount, loading amounts for disadvantaged schools and students, and capacity to contribute settings for non-government schools.
Lock in Commonwealth schools funding growth of 4.7 per cent
Detail the transition arrangements for schools currently above, at, and below their SRS funding amount
Set out the requirements for participating schools to implement the reforms within National Plan for School Improvement, for example the development of annual school improvement plans.
Enshrine the commitment to greater transparency and accountability as part of the national plan, including the publication of more information about school funding and results.
Under the legislation school sectors participating in the National Plan for School Improvement will be required to introduce their own needs-based funding approach, using the same loading categories as the Commonwealth's model. They must also commit to our school improvement goals, and develop detailed implementation plans setting out how the reforms will be introduced.
The Australian Education Bill also makes clear that non-participating school sectors will be putting at risk the extra resources on offer for their schools. They will receive funding on the same basis they did in 2013 and existing National Partnerships for schools will not be renewed once they expire.
This is a once in a generation chance to improve our schools, lock in fairer funding and give every Australian student access to a great education. It will enshrine higher standards and give parents and the community more information about school performance, and help achieve our goal of being a top five schooling nation by 2025.
The choice could not be clearer for our schools. Our plan will ensure our schools and classrooms are properly resourced for generations – meaning more individual support, specialist teachers where they are needed most and higher standards and more support for teachers to improve results.
Tony Abbott's Coalition would stick to a broken funding system that would see school funding go backwards by $16.2 billion, and leave too many schools and students behind.
More information about the Australian Education Bill is available at www.betterschools.gov.au
Upholding standards and quality in higher education
Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced the establishment of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) Advisory Council.
The Hon Christopher Pyne MP
Read more: Upholding standards and quality in higher education
Record funding for Australian higher education
New analysis released by the Government following the 2011 Budget demonstrates the depth of the Gillard Government's commitment to invest in higher education.
Senator the Hon Chris EvansSenator The Hon Kim Carr
Read more: Record funding for Australian higher education
Higher Education Standards Panel announced
Minister for Education and Training, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced the new Chair and members for the Higher Education Standards Panel which will replace the TEQSA Advisory Council.
Read more: Higher Education Standards Panel announced


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require 'faraday'
require 'json'

module SearchKit
  module Clients
    class Search
      attr_reader :connection, :token

      def initialize
        uri = [SearchKit.config.app_uri, "search"].join("/")
        @connection = Faraday.new(uri)
        @token      = SearchKit.config.app_token
      end

      def create(slug, options)
        params = {
          token: token, data: { type: "searches", attributes: options }
        }

        response = connection.post(slug, params)
        body     = JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true)

        fail Errors::BadRequest    if response.status == 400
        fail Errors::Unauthorized  if response.status == 401
        fail Errors::IndexNotFound if response.status == 404
        fail Errors::Unprocessable if response.status == 422

        SearchKit::Models::Search.new(body.fetch(:data, {}))
      end

    end
  end
end