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Nepal and Power Transformers are used below Solar Projects
Top Power Transformers OEM suppliers in Nepal
What is a Power Transformer for a Solar Plant?
Power Transformers are devices used for transferring power from one line to another. Transformers use electromagnetic induction to induce the current from the primary coil to the secondary coil. Irrespective of the source of electricity, transformers are either step up or step down.
How is a Power Transformer used with a Solar Plant?
In a Solar Plant, the transformers get used in two points in the whole circuit. At the transmission, level to step up or step down the power. And in the solar inverters to step down the voltage to change the DC to AC.
Types of Power Transformer for Solar Plant
There are two types of Solar Power transformers.
Step up Power Transformer: The DC from the solar panels gets a step up from the transformer to match the power rating for domestic use.
Solar Inverter Transformer: The second application is the solar inverter. When the current is generated in the solar panels, it is a direct current or DC. To make it usable for households, solar inverters convert this DC to AC.
How does a Power Transformer for a Solar Plant work?
A transformer has a metallic core with coils on two sides. In Solar Transformers, the number of primary windings is more than the secondary windings.
Due to electromagnetic induction, the current from the primary coil gets transferred to the secondary coil. The current gets stepped up due to the secondary windings.
Solar Transformer ratings have units Volt-amperes.
List of top manufacturers of Power Transformer for Solar Plant
One of the most famous names in Power Transformers for Solar Plants is Hitachi. Few other manufacturers and distributors are
GEC Durham Industries
Pacific Transformer
Niagara Power Transformer
MGM Transformer Company
Bright Manufacturing
QEED
VTC/GT
eGauge Systems
Alfa Transformer
Olsun Electrics
Custom Made Solar Products OEM
OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer which is commonly referred to as a company that manufactures and offers parts and accessories of items that are used as components of a product from another company. To sum it up, OEM commonly manufactures specific items on behalf of brands. Though OEM typically operates in the computer and technology industries, it also works in the solar industry.
Factories for White Label Solar Products
In the case of the solar industry, most solar companies work with solar OEMs to build and design their own solar products such as solar panels, cells, modules, etc. OEM becomes their outsourcing partner that helps them in assembling and reproducing their solar products.
Nowadays, a huge number of solar companies, particularly those large solar manufacturing companies, are partnering with outstanding solar OEMs to deliver the best quality solar products to their solar customers. Mainly, the reason is, these solar OEMs help solar manufacturers cut down their production costs since they no longer have to operate their own factories, purchase needed materials and hire labour to produce their solar products.
As a solar manufacturing company, the first thing you need to consider is to find the most reliable solar OEM in the market. One of the biggest perks of the internet these days is you can now easily find these OEMs even in the comfort of your home. With the help of a solar outsourcing marketplace such as SolarFeeds.com, you can easily find the most reliable and right OEM partner for your solar company. Solar outsourcing marketplace helps solar industry professionals gather accurate and timely information about solar including the list of most trusted Solar Original Equipment Manufacturers.
A breakdown of Nepal's solar market
Nepal, a mountainous landlocked nation between China and India, has struggled with power shortages for several years. The country relies heavily on hydroelectric power, which, frankly, is not sufficient to serve the electricity needs. Consequently, the government is looking to exploit the nation's solar potential to remedy the situation.
Nepal can potentially harness 2,920 Gigawatts per annum by utilizing 0.01% of its total land area. Thanks to Prime Commercial Bank's solar financing efforts, this solar capacity target may become a reality sooner than you can imagine. As a result of the bank's support, the government completed its first solar project in February 2021.
The project will add 10 Megawatts of energy to the nation's power grid. Due to the success of Nepal's initial solar project, the government plans to execute approximately 300 Megawatts of solar projects soon. This means that solar installers and professionals should expect vast opportunities in Nepal's solar market soon.
Nepal's solar equipment supply capacity
Even though Nepal's solar market is at its initial stages of development, it boasts of 80 solar equipment distribution companies. Nepal's supply chain's leading solar equipment categories include solar panels, inverters, batteries, and solar water heaters. Nevertheless, equipment sales in Nepal are currently limited to individual households.
Still, you don't need to worry if you need equipment for a large-scale solar project. Nepal has several ports that facilitate direct shipping of solar equipment from established solar markets such as China and the USA. Solarfeeds.com, a leading e-commerce marketplace, grants you access to leading solar equipment brands worldwide. Visit our website's inquiry page and request a quote for your project. I guarantee that Solarfeeds offers the best deals when it comes to solar equipment.


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Ref No Grave or Memorial / Rhif cyfeirnod bedd: 12. H. 13.
Killed in Action 12th April 1943, age 22 years.
Chester Chronicle 1st May 1943 – Soldier's Death In Africa.
Mrs BURKE, 9, King's Road, Connah's Quay, has received a telegram that her husband, a driver in the Royal Artillery, has died in North Africa. Pte. BURKE, was 23 and the son of Mr. & Mrs. BURKE, Flint. He joined the Army two years last October and was home for Christmas. Last week his wife received a letter from hi stating he was well. He leaves a wife and two children.
James is in the Royal Artillery Attestation Register for 1940 which shows his number and the date he died but no other information, sadly.
What we do know is that he is named on a Casualty Form as having died of wounds on the 12th April 1943, the only one of the 4 servicemen in the Royal Artillery who is reported having died on that day.
The "Deaths 1939 -46 (Entry Form)" tells us that he was born and resided in Flint, again, no other clue.
The website http://nigelef.tripod.com/regtsumm.htm#fdregt gives some details of the 172 Field Regt. Not very explicit though, but might help build a picture of his war service.
Although James was buried at MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY, from the Concentration List on CWGC. – List No. 7 – Sheet 6 of 41. James was one of 10 servicemen who were re-buried on the 27th July 1944 concentrated from BEJA TOWN CEM (Tunisia) – Date of Despatch of preceding List:- 9th September 1944). I wonder if that was where he died.
Beja is a town at the junction of three highways; 96 kilometres from Tunis, 150 kilometres from Souk Ahras and 76 kilometres from Tabarka. Beja War Cemetery lies just outside the northern limits of the town.
In May 1943, the war in North Africa came to an end in Tunisia with the defeat of the Axis powers by a combined Allied force. On 8 November 1942, Commonwealth and American troops made a series of landings in Algeria and Morocco. The Germans responded immediately by sending a force from Sicily to northern Tunisia, which checked the Allied advance east in early December. Beja was just behind the limit of the advance that winter. Beja War Cemetery contains 396 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 87 of them unidentified.
Any help on James's family and earlier life would be much appreciated, so we can tell his story and he won't be forgotten.


This weekend is a big one for Leicester - the Diwali lights switch-on! Tens of thousands of people will descend on the Belgrave area of the city on Sunday to see The Golden Mile lit up - if you've never been before, it's well worth a visit!
First let me wish you a belated happy National Poetry Day! Last Thursday was a particularly significant day for me, as I'd been working on a special project with the BBC to commission 41 poets to write 41 new poems, from the POV of a landmark local to them. The result was wonderfully eclectic - in subject and style. I've posted Birmingham's poet Spoz above, but you can hear/see the others HERE!
On Monday, I saw Louis Theroux's new documentary film at the cinema, which was followed by a live streaming of him and the director being interviewed by Adam Buxton. The film is largely a mix of Louis interviewing former top Scientologists, and then him auditioning and rehearsing actors who are recreating reported incidents. I'm a big Louis fan anyway, but I thoroughly recommend this - it's both fascinating and entertaining in equal measure!
For Local Leicester readers, Carlton and I will be taking part in the Nine bar bake off competition on Sunday, We are very much hoping to gain local star baker glory, hope to see you there!


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TICKETS: Additional Notts County away tickets on sale
Mark Hornby
Ticket details have been confirmed for Coventry City's final allocation of tickets for the Second Leg of the Play-Off Semi Final.
475 tickets have been made available and will go on sale at 5:15pm tonight (11th May) to Season Ticket holders – online only at eticketing.co.uk/CCFC
The Sky Blues travel to Meadow Lane on Friday 18th May, with a 7:45pm kick-off for the decisive game.
Supporters will be able to purchase 2 tickets per person.
This allocation brings our full allocation to 4475 tickets.
Tickets are expected to sell quickly - check our Twitter account for the latest availability Twitter.com/Coventry_City
A proportion of tickets, in relation to the allocation and disabled Season Ticket numbers, will be held back for sale to DISABLED SUPPORTERS only – going on sale on Monday 14th May at 10:30am from the Butts Park Arena Ticket Office on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets will be for COLLECTION ONLY – and can be collected from the Butts Park Ticket Office from Wednesday 16th May onwards. Uncollected tickets will be available to collect on the day at Meadow Lane.
TICKET INFO & PRICES:
Adult - £20
Concessions (Senior 60+. Young Adult -16-21) - £14
Under 18 - £7
Under 12 - £1 (Must be purchased with an adult/senior)
Under 7 - FREE (Must be with an adult/senior)
DISABLED SUPPORTERS:
Wheelchair/Ambulant disabled – Age relevant
Carer - £0
Tickets will be available online only at eticketing.co.uk/ccfc.
Tickets will also be available in person for DISABLED SUPPORTERS ONLY at the Butts Park Arena Ticket Office – Monday 14th May at 10:30am, on a first come first served basis.
Disabled supporters are charged the age relevant price, with carer going free.
Disabled supporters should have a medium/high level of DLA and any rate of PIP to qualify for a concession rate.
Disabled helpers tickets are only issued upon proof of high rate DLA or enhanced rate of PIP.
Wheelchair and Ambulant disabled tickets can be purchased in person at the Butts Park Arena Ticket Office, from 10:30am on Monday 14th May.
For queries, call 02476992335 or email Shelagh.Brock@ccfc.co.uk – please note due to the levels of enquiries, it may take longer than usual to contact us.
Tickets are held back in proportion to the number of Disabled Season Ticket holders to ensure availability for these supporters.
COLLECTIONS, QUERIES AND FEES:
Where ticket collection is chosen, tickets can be collected from the Butts Park Arena Ticket Office until midday on Friday 18th May.
Uncollected tickets will be available at Notts County's away ticket window on the day for collection.
If you have chosen delivery for your ticket and it does not arrive, please contact the Ticket Office at Butts Park Arena on the morning of Friday 18th May – via e-mail on ticketoffice@ccfc.co.uk or by calling 024 7699 2335.
For general ticket queries, please e-mail CCFCtickets@ticketmaster.co.uk or call 0333 321 3134 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm).
There is a £1 processing fee per away ticket bought via all channels. A £1.50 fee will apply for fulfilment per order (not per ticket) placed online or over the phone for the postage and packaging of your ticket(s).
COACH TRAVEL TO MEADOW LANE:
All coach seat prices are £15 per person. Coaches will leave from White Street Coach Park, CV1 5FX at 5pm.
To book coach tickets, please phone the call centre on 0844 453 9134, visit the Ticket Office at the Butts Park Arena or go online to eticketing.co.uk/CCFC.

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It used to be that the TODO app was a common way of demonstrating a specific language, framework or perhaps just as hobby project. Well, it occurred to me that now it seems that the new TODO app is a chat client. There are already many full-fledged "Slack Alternatives" and the hobby projects also seem to be popping up a lot. One of my colleagues was even starting out in Python by writing a chat app.


A run to support the cause of the learning disabled will be held on June 16th at Central Park Bandar Utama. Organised by Dignity & Services, a non profit organisation supporting adults with learning disabilities, the run themed "Everyone Can Run" has three categories namely 2km (a new category this year), 5km and 10km.
"We want to make sure no one is left out. So that is why we are introducing the 2km run this year," explains D&S Executive Director Helen Teh.
With 1Utama Shopping Centre sponsoring the venue for the fourth consecutive year, the run aims to bring the community together for some light hearted fun while drawing attention to the cause of the learning disabled.
"This run is a celebration of inclusion," says D&S Chairman Josh Green.
Because it is a family and disabled friendly run, D&S hopes to attract more families and runners to buddy with participants with physical and learning challenges for this year's event. Last year, more than 800 participants took part in the run.
* Bake With Dignity, a sheltered employment initiative which enables members to work and earn money.
"I believe the target can be met with greater understanding from the public. It is our endeavour to replicate these projects to benefit more adults with learning disabilities," adds Green.
Besides 1Utama, the other sponsors for the run are Navis Capital, RaceXAsia, Boh Plantation, Southern Rock Seafood, Shucked, SL Parameter, AmBank and Integrated Public Relations being the event PR partner.
There are prizes to be won for each category of the run. For the creative runners, there are also prizes up for grabs for the Best Dressed contest.
According to Teh, over 30 Scout members and volunteers will be mobilised as route marshals to coordinate road traffic with the traffic police to ensure a safe run.
Log on D&S website - www.dignityandservices.org to register online for the Everyone Can Run 2019. Those who are interested in the run are encouraged to take advantage of the early bird fee with the most affordable from only RM18 per runner.


I found this list while I was reading Yahoo News. These are the 7 Wonders of Architecture around the world. I tried to look for pictures but I could only find some of them. Here are the ones I found at Photobucket.
I really like the 3rd one. the colors are just stunning!
wow ang galing..galing galing!!! napaganda naman.breathtaking talaga! kudos to the ones who built it!!
Amazing structures!all is special in each own way.i wanna see them all one day!


I know this has been posted many times before.
But I have some more problems.
Thats all you should need to know.
Here are the normal settings i run.
1280x1024, Everythign HIGH, AAx6, and AFx16, with HDR Full.
This is amazing sence upgrading from my x550.
This game has an amazing idea behind it and sence playing it at a friends house i though I would try it out.
I downloaded it and went to play.
Offline (didn't check FPS) it wasn't choppy.
But when i go online, I'm getting around 50-100 ms.
But, the gameplay is VERY choppy, freezing up every second or two for a couple of frames. I'm getting a frame rate of 13-30 (most of the time 15-20).
I thought, O well, I jsut turn the settings down for this game no big deal.
So I decided **** it..
I turn it down. 640x480, all settings low, no AA or AF, no HDR or Bloom.
At any setting it shuddered every second or two.
I don't know what to do about this and have tried almost everything included on the forums to fix it.
A few things you should take into account before telling me what you think i should do.
#3 - Yes, I know what im talking about, im not some n00b to all these things.
This should fix any problems.
These settings really help all HL based games, but for some reason they work exceptionally well with Hidden-Source.
cl_forcepreload 1 & sv_forcepreload 1 - Forces the game to preload ALL information, reducing suttering by not loading anything on the fly. CL stands for client-side (your machine) and SV stands for server-side (the server that you join).
cl_ragdoll_collide 1 - Prevents character models from merging into each other due to ragdoll effects, which improves realism with no real performance hit.
mat_compressedtextures 1 - Uses compressed textures to improve performance.
mat_bumpmap 0 - Disables bump-mapping. Reduces the texture quality for increased performance.
mat_specular 0 - Disables specular lighting. If you use disable bump-mapping, your character's arms and weapon will look like they made of chrome metal. Disabling specular lighting removes that effect.
Those have been posted before, but I reposted here as well.
Maybe this should be a sticky, alot of people ask and it works 99% of the time.
Did you not read what he said? He gets a lot higher FPS, it's not a problem with his graphics settings. Go into a game, then type net_graph 3. Tell me what number your choke hangs around.
Also, just to test, play the tutorial, you should get your usual FPS, just to prove what I'm saying.
Yes I did, That is a sheet that myself and other members have compiled, those are common settings that will increase your FPS. What he said was he was having problems with his FPS being very low.
I've got (probably) the same problem here...Basically my FPS will jump from a low of 10 or so, to a high of 60 just standing still staring at a wall. However, this NEVER happens in the tutorial.
I've tryed all the other little tips out there...Brought all my settings down, brought them up. Turned things off and on, still no luck.
It just feels internet-chuggy vs. performance, but my bandwidth tests come out clean. My ping remains pretty steady in all servers (and across every other game through Steam). Maybe something to do with my router, D-Link DI 624?
I don't know what the bug is, but it's sertainly not with your rig.
I'm getting these same problems. It seems to only be when on a server. Ive tried a few different servers all the same problem. FPS in the tutorial is usually 200+. Any other suggestions??
check your netgraph, whats your choke?
I seriously think choke is a problem, I get around 150 to 300 which is a major problem.
The hidden team needs to check this problem.
I dont know if thats something we can sort out. I personally have 0 choke when i play, im pretty sure that net connection related so you might need to do some fiddling at your end?
The choke is caused by something at your end... I know this because last time I suffered severe choke, I reinstalled steam and the problem went away - in fact, I just replaced all my gcfs.
According to what I've read, the #1 cause of choke is improperly setting internet speed in STEAM. I've also done a lot of experimenting with the netcode and I've found that *some* choke (I can play with up to 60-70 with no problems) is not detrimental but zero should be better. I was going to do a how to guide on eliminating choke and optimizing netcode settings but only a few posted any data to compile anything substantial so it never got finished.
Yep, has the same problem in DOD:S it don't affect my frame rate in any way..
That sounds exactly like the problem I'm having right now. Every 5 minutes or so (hard to say exactly though; it's pretty sporadic) the framerate will drop to about 20 FPS and hold there for 30 seconds. No matter what my FPS was before that, it's like something is kicking in and slowing the game down, then it goes away for a while until it happens again. As far as I can tell, no specific action in the game is triggering it.
I know how to maintain and keep a system running. In fact I just reformatted, so I have every latest driver and up to date everything on all freshly install on a clean disk; and I've recently defragmented. I don't have anything running in the background that would cause a problem.
I've tried lowering every setting in the game, which gives me great frame rate while the "slowness" isn't in effect, but lower detail video hasn't prevented it from occurring. I'd rather run the game at a higher resolution, my system can handle it.
EDIT: Oh I also wanted to mention that my internet connection is pretty solid. I have checked the net_graph and never seen any bad choke, packet loss, or high ping while it was doing the slow thing. Counter-Strike plays 200% smoother than this game with none of these problems (just for comparison - Hidden is definitely a ton more fun).
EDIT #2: I resolved the problem. My graphics card was overheating. I'm glad it was an issue on my end and not something in the game. And, in case you were wondering, the reason CS plays better was that it's now summertime and my house's ambient temperature is rising. So I loaded up CS (while still ignorant of the overheating) and found out that it was having the same problems. It wasn't until I tried playing an entirely different FPS altogether (Condemned: Criminal Origins) that I realized the problem was happening in every game (well except SimCity 4 :P ) and that it had to be a hardware problem on my end. I removed the side of my case and pointed a desk fan at it, as well as pumpin the AC, so now all is well. I would say thanks.. but nobody helped me :p But thanks nonetheless. I'm playin the mod everyday and loving it to death.


Niagara-on-the-Lake – Regarding your way to the falls themselves, you'll get the opportunity to evaluate out other attractions along the way, including beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake. This historic town is filled with stunning architecture, charming cafes and shops, and beautiful gardens and flowers. Find out why it is recognized the prettiest town in Canada!
Floral Clock – Measuring at 40 feet is the Floral Clock, beans are known the largest on entire world. Built back in 1950, the tick is incredibly loud that it would possibly be heard from miles away! The flowers are replaced several times in a year's time so it always looks different.


New Zeland metal band Seas of Conflict have released their new single, "Monachopsis", which they've been sitting on for 2 years. The single was produced & Mixed by Zorran Mendonsa Productions (Antagonist AD, Set On End, and Skyharbor) at his home studio in Auckland, NZ and mastered by Ermin Hamidovic (Architects, Intervals, and Periphery) of Systematic Productions. After working on the single, towards the release of their EP Vestige, the single became a lyrically collaborative effort from both current and past members of the band.


Ink Cartridges Decoded: What does XL Mean on Ink Cartridges?
With the vast number of different types on the market, buying ink cartridges can feel a little like delving into a haystack looking for a needle. If you have a large-format printer, you'll no doubt be looking to buy the most economical ink cartridge while also finding the one which will deliver the very best job. However, with confusing terminology and differing sizes, it can be hard to know which is best. Here, we've broken down the details so you can be more informed.
Measure by measure ink cartridges are actually more expensive than vintage champagne! That means you need to ensure that you are buying them at the very best price. If you use a lot of ink, you should buy the biggest ink cartridge your printer can hold, as that way you will get the best value for money per print. The biggest ink cartridges we sell offer an ink volume of 3000ml.
When looking through different types of ink cartridges, be aware of the labels and always check the actual volume of ink you'll be purchasing. For example, HP have a range labelled 'XL' which many people would rightly assume refers to extra-large ink cartridges. However, the XL won't necessarily offer the highest volume available so make sure you shop around.
Importantly, if you aren't intending to use your large format printer too often then don't be tempted to buy a bigger ink cartridge than you need. If you won't use the ink then buying a smaller, and therefore cheaper ink cartridge, will be best for you.
One thing to be aware of is that some printers will only allow print cartridges of a certain size to be used. Depending on whether your ink usage is heavy or light this is something to consider when deciding which printer to buy.
DPI stands for dot per inch. The higher the DPI, the better the quality of the printed image.
PPM indicates the print speed measure, and stands for prints per minute. If you expect to be printing often then you'll want to look for something which prints quickly.
Original ink cartridges are those sold by the brand that manufactured your printer, such as Epson, HP or Canon. You might also see compatible ink cartridges for sale. These are made by other manufacturers but have been designed to fit into named-brand printers.
Chroma is a word used to describe the intensity of the pigment-based ink within a pigment ink cartridge.
If you're still feeling confused about which type of ink cartridge is best for your needs, feel free to give us a call today and one of our team will be happy to advise you. Also, if you have an HP large-format printer, we're delighted to say that we have an HP consumable locator which can help you to quickly and easily identify which cartridges will work with your printer.


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Q: selecting item from dropdown based on db record I have this dropdown in asp.net application c#. When I fetch a row from database I want the drop down to select corresponding value from dropdown. Like if I have saved my name in database and drop down contains list of names then upon search button click the drop down should show my name selected instead it over writes the initial item "Please select" and writes my name. and when I press search it shows validator "Please select a name" and I have to drop down and again select my name and then it proceeds.
Code:
 ddl_bank.SelectedItem.Text= dt.Rows[0]["BANK_NAME"].ToString();

here is the dropdown
            <label for="textfield"> Bank Name</label>
            <asp:DropDownList Font-Size="Small" ID="ddl_bank" runat="server" AutoPostBack="true"
                AppendDataBoundItems="True"
                OnSelectedIndexChanged="ddl_bank_SelectedIndexChanged">
                <asp:ListItem Value="0" Selected="True" Text="Select Bank Name"></asp:ListItem>
            </asp:DropDownList>
            <asp:RequiredFieldValidator
                ID="RequiredFieldValidator3" runat="server" InitialValue="0"
                ControlToValidate="ddl_bank" Display="Dynamic" ErrorMessage="Please select a bank"
                SetFocusOnError="True" Font-Italic="True" ForeColor="Red">
            </asp:RequiredFieldValidator>

A: Use "SelectedValue" Property of DropDownList
Note: First you need bind Data to dropdonwnlist and then use "SelectedValue" for dropdownlist option selected.
ddl_bank.SelectedValue= dt.Rows[0]["BANK_NAME"].ToString();

A: Change your code to
ddl_bank.Items.FindByText(dt.Rows[0]["BANK_NAME"].ToString()).Selected = true;

Using SelectedItem.Text sets the text of the currently selected item in the DropDownList thus your experience on it being overwritten.
The code I provided first finds the corresponding item in the list by text (or by value by using FindByValue instead) and select it afterward.
You might receive an error that you can only have one item selected in a DropDownList,
use ddl_bank.ClearSelection(); before the code above

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The Walking Dead's ninth season is about to wrap up, meaning we'll have to say goodbye to the flagship series of the franchise for a few months. But the good thing is that 2019 will prove to be a great one for TWD fans. As well as a confirmed tenth season and Fear the Walking Dead's fifth run, there's also Andrew Lincoln's upcoming movie trilogy in the works.
Lincoln might have exited TWD for good back in November, but that won't be the last we'll see of Rick Grimes. Following the gravely-injured Rick's abduction by Jade, being taken away via helicopter to pastures new, these movies will reveal what happened to him after leaving behind his friends and family and why he never returned (as we know from the show's 6-year time jump).
As Kirkman says, former showrunner Scott M. Gimple is now the Chief Content Officer of the franchise and is in charge of writing the movie trilogy. As Rick's still going strong in the source material, the storyline of these films will be going well off the beaten track, so it's no surprise that Kirkman is said to be heavily involved with their development. We've also been told to expect a deep dive into the "vast mythology" surrounding Anne's people and their A/B classification system.
The last update we had was that Danai Gurira could show up as Michonne in one or more of these films. That's a surprise for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because we know Michonne doesn't see Rick again after he goes missing and secondly, because Gurira is set to leave TWD in season 10. But then again, we thought Lincoln had left the franchise behind too and look where we are.
The Walking Dead season 9 continues this Sunday on AMC.


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It is that time of year again...design time! The image above is a quick glimpse into my new portfolio. Think plays on jewel tones, a warm harvest, really exciting. Of course all the photography here is on offer for license as well! With every new year comes a change in color, a change in design, and a change in outlook. 2010 is going to be the best year yet for Laura Fair...I can feel it...can you?
As of a couple of days ago, I was not sure I was going to make the Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market. At the last minute, I made a big decision and grabbed a ticket! So, by next weekend...I will be in Georgia again. I have so many things to share with you and my clients. New Product will be debuting, new designs and paintings have been dreamed up and are ready for development, and a new nephew is here for me to exhaust with the camera!
So, with that said...you will have to wait a bit for me to get all my goodies together before they make their debut here...I know, waiting is tough, but it will be worth it...believe me! I hope that I will see some of you there...please get in touch if I do not get to you first!
thank you so much suz! anything you need while I am in atl??
i gave you a kreative blogger award on my post today. you can pass it on to 7 others if you would like to. you just copy the award and put it in your post and then choose seven other people and write several unknown facts about yourself.


Most analyses of the pitch and orientation of solar collectors state categorically that the optimal pitch is the latitude and the optimal orientation is due South. However, for both pitch and orientation there is a remarkable amount of tolerance such that 20 degree variations are not too critical. The following graphs are the expected output of a 4KW PV collector installed in Chicago/Evanston, Illinois based upon the PVWatts calculator program available from NREL.
Variations in monthly output as a function of pitch with an orientation of 180 degrees show a large monthly variation that interacts with pitch. The optimal pitch varies by month (and therefore season) and is flatter in the summer and steeper in the winter.
Taking total output across the year, it turns out that 31-33 degrees is about optimal. That is, latitude - 10 degrees. Note that roof pitches between 20-50 degrees produce practically the same amount of energy.
The optimal orientation of a roof is facing south, but there is a fair amount of play in this so that being off 20 degrees is not too serious.
Although I can not find heating calculators equivalent to the PV calculators, since both depend upon the same energy source (the sun) the calculations should differ only by a scaling factor (the relative efficiency of PV versus heating). The primary difference is that while a grid connected PV roof should be pitched to maximize annual output, a solar heating system should be pitched to maximize output in the heating season (roughly October - March in Evanston). Taking the monthly data as a function of pitch and summing across the six months of the heating season leads to the optimal pitch about 50-55 degrees.


Scotland is the third largest farmed salmon producer in the world, and by volume, Scottish salmon accounts for Heathrow Airport's biggest export.
The United Kingdom has set aside C$8.6 million to fund 12 research projects as part of the national efforts to boost its sustainable aquaculture industry.
The UK Aquaculture Initiative is a joint project with Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to support high quality, innovative research and address strategic challenges facing UK aquaculture.
The projects announced this week, include studying genetics and breeding patterns, looking at how shellfish can be more sustainable, immunising trout against kidney disease, and examining how robust salmon are and how susceptible to disease they are at sea.
Karen Lewis, BBSRC executive director of Capability and Innovation (pictured), said: 'Aquaculture is a key food production sector for the UK. These projects will improve our understanding of the challenges facing aquaculture production.
Campbell Gunn a retired political editor who served as special adviser to two First Ministers of Scotland points out in an opinion piece published in The Press and Journal that fish farming has made salmon one of the cheapest and healthiest sources of protein available in Scotland.
The Scottish Government, he states, has already announced plans to double the economic contribution of the sector from £1.8 billion in 2016 to £3.6 billion by 2030.
They also plan to double the number of jobs in the industry to 18,000 by that date. These are jobs in remote parts of Scotland where well-paid employment is at a premium.
Last year, Scotland produced 160,000 of farmed salmon, and was the biggest food export from the UK. Indeed, after Norway and Chile, Scotland is the third largest salmon producer in the world, with around eight per cent of global salmon production, exporting £600 million worth of fish each year – 94,000 tonnes in 2017 – to 55 countries around the world. In fact, by volume, Scottish salmon accounts for Heathrow Airport's biggest export.
"Salmon farms are going to be seen in many more parts of our coastline.
"Yes, the industry has problems which it will have to tackle, and the likelihood of even more regulation with which it will have to comply. But unless we want to return to the days – just a few decades ago – when fresh and smoked salmon were luxuries reserved for the wealthy, then salmon farming has to be supported and encouraged," Gunn wrote.
Meanwhile in Australia, Queensland's Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner said the industry is valued at $120 million, with the production of prawns making up the lion's share of this figure, in her state.
Queensland was well placed to take advantage of the opportunities on offer, he said at the expansion of the Gold Coast Marine Aquaculture facility at Mossman.
"Overseas, aquaculture is rapidly overtaking the wild caught fishery in value," Furner said.
"Wild caught product cannot keep up with growing global demand for seafood protein, which is why aquaculture is the fastest growing food industry globally," he said.


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Graham graduated from East Carolina University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a concentration in accounting. In addition to his client audit and tax responsibilities, he serves as the Managing Partner for the firm
Graham joined the firm in 1981 and since then has worked with a wide variety of small and mid-market, privately held companies and individuals in the areas of audit, accounting, taxation, merger and acquisitions, management advisory services and personal financial planning. He has in-depth experience in commercial construction contractors and subcontractors, residential home builders and real estate, manufacturing and distribution, auto dealerships, retail, professional service industries, medical practices, estates, trusts and ERISA audits for retirement plans.
Graham concentrates his practice in serving family owned and investor backed companies and has demonstrated his ability to help these companies grow, maximize shareholder value, mature and be successfully transferred to other family members, management groups or outside investors.
Graham has been a partner with the firm since 1988 and is an active member of the American Institute of Public Accountants, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, Raleigh chapters of the Construction Financial Management Association, Wake County Estate Planning Council and Church of the Good Shepherd. He has also served as Board Member and Treasurer of the Raleigh Jaycees, Miss North Carolina Pageant and the Shepherd's Table Soup Kitchen.
Paul Miller, CPA
Paul graduated from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in accounting. After working for a large regional firm in Atlanta for three years, Paul relocated to Raleigh and joined the firm in 1988. Paul was named a partner in the firm in 1995.
Paul has experience working with a broad variety of small to mid-sized organizations and individuals in the areas of accounting, auditing, tax planning and compliance as well as business advisory services. Business sectors that Paul has served include not-for-profit organizations, insurance industry entities, ERISA retirement and health benefit plans, retail and service companies, medical practices, commercial construction contractors and subcontractors, manufacturing, wholesalers, real estate, and auto dealerships.
Paul concentrates his practice in providing services to professional and trade organizations and public charities, and is qualified and proficient in performing A-133 Single Audits. Paul has both authored published articles and presented seminars on issues pertinent to not-for-profit organizations.
Paul also focuses his efforts in serving insurance industry entities, including mutual insurance companies, self insured funds, voluntary employees' beneficiary associations, and third party administrators. Paul has extensive experience in the preparation and review of statutory and regulatory filings submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and the North Carolina Department of Insurance.
Paul is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA), including a leadership role on the Not-for-Profit committee of NCACPA. Paul's other memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association Executives of North Carolina, and the North Carolina Center for Non-Profits. Paul is also an active member of Trinity Baptist Church in Raleigh and also has served as President and Treasurer of the International Affairs Council.
Chris Duffus, CPA
Chris graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science degree and a concentration in accounting. He has nineteen years of public accounting experience and was named a partner in the firm in 2000.
Chris has experience working with a variety of small to mid-sized companies, organizations and individuals in the areas of auditing, accounting, tax planning and preparation, mergers and acquisitions as well as business advisory services. Business industries that Chris has served include not-for-profit organizations, commercial and residential contractors and subcontractors, real estate, wholesale retail, professional service companies, trade associations and real estate.
Chris concentrates his practice in providing services to family owned businesses, not-for profit organizations and is proficient in performing A-133 Single Audits. He has written articles and presented seminars on issues relating to these groups. In 2003, Chris was awarded the designation of "Certified Fraud Examiner". This designation from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners signifies that he has met the rigorous requirements for the designation and that he has additional training for the detection and deterrence of fraud.
Chris is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is involved in community service projects and has served as chairman of the finance committee for Asbury United Methodist Church and treasurer for Wheels4Hope in Raleigh.
Lindy Faulconer, CPA
Lindy graduated from North Carolina State University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting degree. He joined the firm that year and was named a partner in the firm in 2004.
Lindy has experience working with a variety of small to mid-sized companies, organizations and individuals in the areas of auditing, accounting, tax planning and preparation as well as business advisory services. Business industries that Lindy has served include not-for-profit organizations, insurance industry entities including mutual insurance companies, self insured funds and third party administrators, retail, professional service companies and real estate.
Lindy concentrates his practice in providing services to professional and trade organizations and public charities, and is proficient in performing A-133 Single Audits. Lindy focuses on looking beyond the numbers to spotlight trends and issues that help management plan for a more successful future and has made many presentations to these groups.
Lindy is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, attends First Baptist Church in Smithfield and has served in the Jaycees and as Treasurer of St Paul's Episcopal Church.
H. Lowell Oakley, Jr., CPA, CPEC
Lowell graduated from East Carolina University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and a concentration in accounting. In addition to his client audit and tax responsibilities, Lowell serves as Partner in charge of the Consulting Group and Practice Development for the firm.
Lowell joined the firm in 2009 as a partner and for the past twenty six years has worked in public accounting with a wide variety of mid-market , privately held companies and individuals in the areas of business improvement and profit enhancement consulting, audit and accounting, taxation, merger and acquisitions, strategic and succession planning, management advisory services and personal financial planning. He has developed an in-depth understanding of services for construction contractors and subcontractors, real estate developers, manufacturing and distribution, health care, professional service companies and ERISA audits for retirement plans. Prior to this, he worked in international accounting and finance for The Wall Street Journal, a Fortune 500 Company owned by Dow Jones and Company.
In 1999, Lowell was the first in North Carolina to be designated as a Certified Profit Enhancement Consultant (CPEC) by the Institute of Profit Advisors. The Institute is a national organization dedicated to training it's business improvement consultants how to work with businesses to enhance profits, empower and train employees to be responsible for constantly improving their organization, promote efficiency in a company's core business processes and increase its shareholder and stakeholder value. Lowell's designation certifies that he has demonstrated his ability as a business and profit improvement coach in the areas listed above and has completed rigorous training designed to help businesses increase profits and shareholder value. He has worked with many businesses using this process to help reach their goals, solve problems that have been unsolved for years and unlock hidden profits.
Lowell is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Profit Advisors, and AICPA's Tax planning and Advising for Closely Held Business Certificate program. He also has been active in his community serving as Chairman of the Board, President, Director and Treasurer of Croasdaile Country Club, Director/Trustee of The Summit Church, Jaycees, Durham Arts Council; finance committee member for Durham Academy School and New Hope Church; member of Association for General Contractors, Home Builders Association, Association of Accounting Marketing, CPA Association International Construction and Marketing Committees, Exchange Club and the Economic Development Committee for the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce.
David E. Boyce, CPA
David graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995 with a Masters of Accounting. Prior to joining Koonce, Wooten, and Haywood, LLP in 2011, David spent over twelve years working for Big Four, Regional, and local accounting firms. He also spent three years working for a public telecom company.
David provides accounting, auditing, tax and consulting services for individuals, partnerships, corporations, and fiduciaries. His expertise includes working with closely held businesses, not for profit organizations, churches, governmental entities including A-133 audits, employee benefit plan audits, tax information compliance. He services clients in the non-profit, mortgage, construction, real estate, low income housing, retail, professional services, trade associations, and local government industries.
He is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a member of Providence Baptist Church.
Meredith R. Boughman, CPA
Meredith graduated from North Carolina State University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and again in 2003 with a Masters in Accounting. She joined the firm in 2003 and was named a partner in the firm in 2018.
Meredith has over fifteen years of experience in public accounting, serving small and mid-sized companies, not-for-profit entities, and individuals. She is knowledgeable in accounting, auditing, tax planning, tax preparation, and overall business consulting. Her experience ranges across multiple industries including service providers, other professionals, manufacturing, wholesalers, auto dealerships, construction and real estate. Additionally, Meredith has experience with various types of not-for-profit organizations and employee benefit plans.
Meredith enjoys the personal side of the profession, whether it is working with a charity that helps others or strategizing with an entrepreneur. She focuses on finding unique solutions and optimizing opportunities that are customized for each client.
Meredith is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is also an active member of Focus Church and serves as part of their children's ministry.
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The Machines Are Coming: Financial Services Can Reduce the Blast Surface with Zero Trust
96% of IT and security professionals said their organization has been attacked by viruses, and the financial industry is 50% more likely to be targeted for unauthorized-use attacks than are organizations in all other industries.
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By Tarun Khandelwal, an executive security advisor to the financial services industry and the former Head of Security Architecture at CIBC, and a Palo Alto Networks customer
We've all seen movies and TV shows where SWAT teams or military forces take heroic steps to safeguard lives and property in the event of a bomb threat. Chief among the defensive efforts they put in place are ways to reduce the impact of a potential explosion—reducing the blast surface. Often, they use machines such as remote-controlled robots to safeguard their human team members. Obviously, they want to prevent the blast from happening in the first place, but at the very least, they want to ensure they can mitigate its impact as much as possible.
The same approach holds true for thwarting cybersecurity attacks, particularly in the "target-rich" financial services industry. Although financial services firms have often been in the forefront of adopting cybersecurity tools, technologies, and processes because of the nature of their industry—after all, it's where the money is—more needs to be done. The bad guys are relentless, while also increasingly sophisticated in their attacks.
This has put intensified pressure on the financial industry to not just adopt a Zero Trust model of cybersecurity protection, but to aggressively embrace the ideals of Zero Trust: Trust nothing and no one, log everything, and invest heavily to validate users and machines.
A ripe target
It may seem obvious to those of us in this vertical market, but it bears repeating: The financial services sector may be the single-most-targeted industry for cyberattacks. A recent headline from an IDC report stated it bluntly: The financial industry is more susceptible to IS infrastructure security breaches than other industries.
The IDC data is stark: 96% of IT and security professionals said their organization has been attacked by viruses, and the financial industry is 50% more likely to be targeted for unauthorized-use attacks than are organizations in all other industries. The IDC analyst authoring the report said it well: "For these (financial services) companies, security is not a value-added feature. It's a core requirement for conducting business."
While the financial services industry has always been an attractive target for hackers, the impact of how work has changed during COVID-19 has raised the stakes even higher. Research done with UK-based IT and security professionals points out that most believe COVID-induced work-from-home practices and remote work are accelerating attack risks in the financial services industry.
I'm sure no one was surprised by these revelations, given the attractiveness of financial services data, such as customer records and personally identifiable information…let alone the ability to actually steal money and other financial assets. Many of us also know that cyber thieves are using "machines" to do their dirty work, such as automated attack tools, as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms.
Another challenge is that our industry has an increased use of what I call "ephemeral computing," such as cloud services and on demand technology services. While cloud is arguably more secure than any single organization's data center, misconfigurations and oversight can leave an organization's crown jewel data exposed in public, as we've seen with an increased number of highly public stories. Many organizations still apply manual procedures to highly automated ephemeral technology.
Using Zero Trust to reduce your blast surface
Undoubtedly, all CISOs reading this article, as well as nearly all business leaders and board members, are well aware of the importance of Zero Trust. By starting with an assumption that we must view any attempt to access information with suspicion and whose credentials must be validated, we take the first step toward reducing the blast surface.
But in order to fully exploit the benefits of a Zero Trust framework, financial services organizations need to keep in mind that Zero Trust is not an event—it's a journey. You must start with an initial step, and proceed with painstaking discipline and a willingness to abide by the key principles of Zero Trust.
Specifically, financial services companies must:
Trust nothing and no one. Even something as simple as logging onto the network must be treated with suspicion and a wary eye. That's why multi-factor authentication must be a starting point for a Zero Trust philosophy, and should become increasingly sophisticated through the use of such techniques as biometric authentication and frequent password changes.
Log everything. If you accept the assumption that hackers will occasionally succeed at getting through your initial defenses, you must have a timely, accurate and complete record of all login attacks, user behavior and data movement.
Invest aggressively in tools, technologies, and practices that validate both users and machines. Not only are the hackers getting smarter in hiding their own identities by simulating those of authorized users, they also are hiding the true nature of their machines. As I mentioned earlier, they are becoming prime users of automated tools and algorithms to expand their ability to compromise systems and exfiltrate data.
Security is everyone's business—but someone has to take the lead
One of the key elements of Zero Trust is that it's not just the responsibility of the information security and IT teams to implement, manage, and review. The entire organization must have a Zero Trust commitment, especially in the financial services sector where we have so many touchpoints, and the regulatory, legal, operational, and brand risks of messing up can be devastating.
In fact, Zero Trust is so essential to a successful cybersecurity defense in financial services that CEOs, CFOs, and other non-technical C-suite executives must set the right example. The risk management team alone can't do it because they are often seen as the "office of No," often viewed with scorn by many rank-and-file employees. Leadership must accept ownership of Zero Trust, and must endorse full-bodied investment in Zero Trust tools, technologies, services, and processes. Business executives sponsoring new initiatives can protect their larger organizations by inspecting and insisting on allocating sufficient funding to go towards information security as part of the initiative.
It's also important for leadership to be willing to commit to investments in security automation (our own machines) to combat the smart tools used by hackers. That's because we, as an industry, still rely too much on manual, human-powered processes. Even though our organizations all benefit from having smart, hard-working and dedicated professionals watching out for our cybersecurity, that's not a match for the machine-centric approach cyber thieves are taking.
We have to use machines to do more real-time work, such as event analysis and remediation or studying anomalous network and user behavior. In essence, we must use machines to fight the other guys' machines, or we risk falling into a very bad position—playing catch-up when every second counts. The more manual your approach is to cybersecurity, the more at risk you are. This is an important precept of Zero Trust, as well: automate as much as possible to limit the impact if and when a breach occurs.
I don't want to kid anyone. Zero Trust, alone, won't prevent financial services organizations from being breached. You do need to invest not only in powerful technology tools, subscription services, and human expertise, but also in smart processes. Adopting a Zero Trust mindset, and the discipline and hygiene that go along with it, will better protect your organization by dramatically reducing the blast surface.
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Deathhammer Onward to the Pits Hell's Headbangers
Deathhammer is one of those bands that doesn't get a huge amount of front line press, but who get name checked a lot by scenesters. This can be a good thing. After all, Von were pretty great even if only about sixteen people ever saw them and the only props they got while they were around were from Kristian "Varg" "Douchebag" Vikernes. On the other hand, one gets the feeling that a lot of times these name checks are all about illustrating one's own connection to the obscure, rather than intrinsic qualities of the band in question.
I'd been vaguely aware of Deathhammer's existence for a few years, but had never heard them until recently. Onward to the Pits, which was just released a couple of months ago, is one of those records that really takes me back. Now, you might think that I'm talking about being taken back to the lowball thrash era of the 1980s, when bands like Cryptic Slaughter and Wehrmacht stripped away all the inessential elements in the pursuit of thrashing purity. There is certainly an element of that here, but that's not really where this disc takes me.
No, to really get to the essence of Into the Pits, I have to go back to my days in 7th grade of sketching pictures from the Dungeons and Dragons Monster Manual on the blank spaces of my peechee during social studies class. It starts with Deathhammer's logo. I am all for rawness and simplicity, but their logo make's Beherit's look like an engraver's masterwork. The cover of the record looks like the kind of thing you might have found doodled on a discarded program from Gen Con III.
Having seen that, I was really prepared not to like this record. My hackles were further raised by the first cut on the album which occupies a territory about halfway between Bloodthorn and Nifelheim. The riffs are good, but it's like 80% blast beat, and I kept wondering when they were going to shift to a tempo that could actually keep my attention. This is not to say that it was bad; it was just a little on the boring. From that point, matters improved dramatically. Much of the rest of the album is 1980s style thrash metal, with deathish elements. Some of it kind of sounded like Dark Angel, while at other times they moved into slightly grungier territory, ala Infernö (the Norwegian one) or earlier Aura Noir.
This isn't the kind of record that you get to the end of and think, "I've never heard anything like this before." But it is aggressive and played with real intensity. It doesn't try to be anything other than it is. It's the sort of thing that demands to be turned up loud and consumed with large quantities of beer. They do what they do well, and if you like unapologetic black thrash, you will certainly dig this.
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Can health be maintained by Vitamins?
22 Sep Can health be maintained by Vitamins?
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Experiencing degraded health due to vitamins
Contrary to common belief, overusing vitamins can worsen your health by increasing the chance of a diagnosis in cancer or heart disease. Tim Byers, MD, MHD, a well-known director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, has conducted an experiment on 35,000 Americans for the past 10 years on the effects of vitamins. He concluded that nutritional supplements don't result in drastic improvement in health but rather, growth in the number of cancer patients among the experimented population.
Likewise, in 2013, a study from Harvard University announced a similar conclusion on the effects of multivitamins on cognitive skills (tested 6,000+ seniors for 12 years). Comparing the group who took multivitamins steadily with the group who took a placebo, the difference between the two groups was medically insignificant.
Moreover, 'JAMA'(short for The Journal of American Medical Association), one of the top three medical journals, released a shocking conclusion a few years ago on the correlation of multivitamins and diseases. After testing 14,000 people, they not only concluded that there was no significant benefits when looking at those who took the multivitamins for 11 years and those in the placebo group, but also supported the conclusion of Dr. Byers' experiment, concluding that overusing certain vitamins is rather harmful to one's health. This experiment states that Vitamin E and B are found to significantly raise the risk of certain diseases.
Those who have been taking vitamin E for 12 years experienced a 17% higher diagnosis rate of prostate cancer than those who didn't. Heart disorder patients that took the vitamin B complex for more than 3 years experienced a 22% higher rate of a resurgence in heart disease.
Extracted vitamins react differently from vitamins consumed through a natural ingredient
Omega-3 is a nutrient well known to prevent cardiovascular disease. When Omega-3 is consumed by eating fish like Mackerel, which has a lot of Omega-3, twice a week, it reduces the death rate by heart disease by 36%. However, contrary to its effective results, when Omega-3 is taken in the form of an extracted pill, it is not effective at all.
Similarly, an experiment at Johns Hopkins University stated that consumption of vitamins and minerals have no effect in preventing heart disease like a heart attack. A fascinating thing here is when the vitamins were consumed directly from natural ingredients like fruits, vegetables, and nuts, there were significant positive results that were not seen in taking vitamins and minerals through extracted pills.
The argument on the effects of vitamins has a long history
The pharmaceutical industry has quickly counteracted the results and strongly rebutted that the experiments are biased due to inconsistent controls. They tried to follow up with experiments but nonetheless, the public was already consumed in the wave of theories on the uselessness of vitamins.
Although the public is just starting to catch up to the wave, this is no news in scientific research. The effects of multivitamins have been persistently questioned and argued for the last 10 years. Consistent conclusions on the effects of multivitamins have been proposed but it is just now surfacing up to establish its ground in the interest of the public, due to the nature of scientific research where experiments must be conducted in long-term to confirm its validity.
It's better to consume nutrients directly from food
An interesting argument concluded from the series of experiments is that it's certain that nutrients consumed directly from food positively affects our body, but when certain nutrients (vitamins, minerals) are extracted from the food and consumed indirectly, it shows no significant improvements but actually causes side effects. All in all, it's only proper to expect positive results from consuming vitamins directly in their natural state. Simply taking one or two supplements does not show improvements but will rather cause harm to the body.
Compatibility of components is more important than individual characteristics
Why do the same nutrients react differently in our bodies when consumed in other forms than food? Though nutrients are the same, when the components of nutrients consumed change, it reacts differently to the body. This fundamental belief in the compatibility of components is what Korean Medicine stresses and emphasizes, rather than focusing on one nutrient or component.
For example, Saponin, a chemical compound found in ginseng, is only effective in the form of raw ginseng, producing a synergetic reaction with other nutrients in it. But when Saponin is specifically extracted and put into a capsule, it affects our body differently.
This is a piece of notable evidence that explains the difference in the effects of multivitamin pills from that of vitamins consumed through food.
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Having lived through "Charlottesville's summer of hate" which filled our streets with conflict and violence, I long to affirm a different message – saying "no" to separation, racism and hate and "yes" to inclusion, justice and love. I am not alone. Many people in Charlottesville are organizing valuable activities to educate about, respond to and stake out a position on white supremacy, systemic racism and inequality. We need to recognize racism before we can dismantle it.
One response taking shape grew out of a speech Rev. William Barber gave about a week after the alt-right brawl. It spoke to my heart. This response, a pilgrimage from Charlottesville to Jamestown, is rooted in a desire to acknowledge the immorality of racism, its origins, its history and its legacy.
Before the summer of 2017, the Charlottesville Clergy Collective, an interfaith, interracial group, had been meeting regularly to get to know one other, build trust, promote racial unity and highlight local issues of racial and social justice. This structure offered a framework from which to respond to the white supremacist rallies. Members of the Clergy Collective developed diverse responses befitting the moral underpinnings of our different faiths. But even taken collectively our actions did not adequately respond to the racist underpinnings of these rallies. While we are now consciously working on healing, many of us desire to do more to address racism.
It is time to recognize this reality: Our country was stolen from land inhabited by indigenous people and built on the backs of black people. Our history has created an American caste system that is alive today. It is time to reinvigorate the work of creating an equal and just society, one perhaps imagined but not yet realized.
October 2019 will mark 400 years since the first ships brought enslaved Africans to this continent. Those ships landed in Jamestown. To unveil the myth of the benevolent explorers and discoverers, a pilgrimage of transformation is being designed to close the narrative gap of our history. This pilgrimage intends to recognize the invasion experienced by the indigenous people and humanize the enslaved Africans. Both peoples developed resilience, leadership and solidarity despite their inhumane and unjust treatment.
This pilgrimage will occur in two phases: the first based in Charlottesville (October 6-12), the second walking from Richmond to Jamestown (October 13-20). We will honor the lives of the enslaved and those dispossessed of their land, and move toward racial healing.
Why a pilgrimage? When taking a pilgrimage, we open to the unknown, inviting discovery, growth and transformation. We hope to lay down the typical white response of defensiveness and denial when talking about race, and open to compassion and understanding. We will hear about realities we don't know. While we will learn about systems and policies that perpetuate racism, we undertake this sojourn from a place of love. We will have opportunities to build new relationships, relationships of respect and trust. With open hearts, hearts turned toward each other, we will continue walking the path paved by others who have worked for equality and justice for all.
We can help America become what it must become.


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To give you the opportunity to demonstrate autonomy and innovation by compiling a detailed profile of a healthcare/ health sciences topic demonstrating appraisal of relevant evidence which may lead to recommendations for practice. This is an open, flexible independent learning module. You will be allocated an academic coach who will be available for up to 10 contact hours. These contact hours may be face to face (in person or via Skype), by telephone and by email depending upon need, preference and availability. You will work with their academic coach to: • Identify and negotiate an appropriate topic in the care and management of the critically ill adult or their families • Agree a learning contract which details the points above and a proposed schedule for attainment including mode(s) of contact between student and coach.
The aims of the module are: This module builds on the successful completion of the level 6 Intensive Care module and enables the student to continue their development. Drawing on what the student has learnt in the previous module this enables the student to identify an area of practice they wish to develop and drawing on a model of academic coaching, achieve their goal.
Demonstrate an ability to work independently and autonomously to either create innovative solutions to practice based problems or to subject a contentious health-related topic to critical analysis.
Demonstrate an ability to think strategically as well as operationally and to interpret, analyse and present highly complex data and information related to your identified topic or work-based problem and to critically appraise literature relevant to it.
Demonstrate an extensive knowledge of the current health and social care policy relevant to intensive care and the ability to critically apply this with initiative, and originality, to the development of local services or to your identified focus of study.
Demonstrate critical analysis of influences on professional practice or ideology including research, legislation and governance.
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Profiles of the top six listed companies that have paid the best dividends in the past decade.
K.R. Balasubramanyam and Mahesh Nayak Print Edition: Sept 29, 2013
Ask the average Indian about the best investment in the country and chances are he will say real estate or gold. Traditionally, Indians have never rushed to jam the "buy" button in stock markets - and with good reason. Indian markets are highly volatile, and although the country's main index, the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), has more than trebled in the past decade, dividend payouts by companies are nowhere near as impressive.
A Business Today study of more than 6,000 stocks came up with a startling finding: only six of these companies have paid dividends of more than 30 per cent of their net profit in the past decade, as well as outperformed the benchmark index for eight of those 10 years. The six that made the list - Colgate-Palmolive, Hawkins Cookers, Emami, Eicher, HDFC and GRUH Finance - are all high-growth companies. And they have been liberal with dividend payouts.
Research shows one-fifth of the BSE 500 Index companies share more than 30 per cent of their profits with investors. But that still masks another truth: Indian companies are, in general, far from generous in paying dividends to shareholders. Not surprisingly, dividend-rich companies are a huge draw with investors. Our study showed companies that have paid over 30 per cent dividends accounted for 41 per cent of the market capitalisation in the last financial year compared with 27 per cent in 2008/09.
Perhaps the Indian government could take a cue from Brazil and Chile, which have made it mandatory to pay dividends to shareholders. Compulsory dividends could draw risk-averse domestic investors back into the equity market - and thereby also help cash-strapped companies in the country raise money for business.
Making Investors Smile
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd
MD: Prabha Parameswaran
MARKET CAP: Rs 16,665 cr*
Prabha Parameswaran Portrait by Santosh
Colgate-Palmolive's stock may be underperforming its peers with competition nipping at its heels, but analysts are not worried. The company is still the top oral care brand in India with 55 per cent market share since 1998 - and doesn't look like it is going to lose the top spot any time soon. "When a new player enters the market, it is for him to prove his ability to survive and grow, and not the leader," says Nikhil Vora, Managing Director and Head of Research at IDFC Securities, who has a "buy" recommendation on the stock. "I will not be worried for Colgate, as it's not only growing consistently but has also been scaling the business without increasing the size of its balance sheet."
Shareholders certainly have a big smile on their faces. Colgate has a strong track record of delivering value with consistent growth: net sales have grown at an annual rate of 16 per cent for the past five years, earnings per share are up at an annual 19 per cent over the past 10 years and dividend per share has risen at an annual rate of 21 per cent in the last decade.
That is not the only reason investors are in clover. Since its initial public offering in 1978, Colgate has given its shareholders a compound annual return of 27 per cent. So, if someone invested Rs 1,000 at Rs 126.8 per share 10 years ago, his investment, including dividends, would be up more than 10 times to nearly Rs 13,000 today with the share price now above Rs 1,200. "The reason the company has been able to deliver is because of its use of technology to create products that continue to improve the quality of life for our consumers wherever they live," says a company spokesman.
Analysts are optimistic about Colgate's future. The company has held its own even after consumer goods giant Hindustan Unilever (HUL) entered the market with the Pepsodent brand. "Colgate's strong growth doesn't require it to alter the way it does business despite new entrants in the market," says Vora. "With per capita consumption expected to increase, the next five to seven years' business looks good for the company." Shareholders certainly won't stop smiling at that.
Under No Pressure
Hawkins Cookers Ltd
Vice-Chairman & CEO: Subhadip Dutta Choudhury
MARKET CAP: Rs 892 cr*
Subhadip Dutta Choudhury
When 45-year-old Subhadip Dutta Choudhury took charge as Executive Director-Marketing, Hawkins Cookers (Hawkins), in 2004, he had to buy a certain number of company shares at Rs 18 each. "There is a rule in the company that all executive directors have to be shareholders of the company before joining the board," says Dutta Choudhury, now Vice Chairman and CEO of the company.
Today, Dutta Choudhury could well be sitting on a gold mine: Hawkins shares are trading around Rs 1,700. "When I invested at Rs 18, the company used to give a dividend of one rupee. Today, we give a dividend of Rs 50 per share," he says.
Hawkins is India's leading pressure cooker maker and its impressive performance is one reason why it has been able to share good dividends with its shareholders. The company's net profit has leapt from Rs 1 crore to Rs 34 crore in the past 10 years, while revenues have shot up from Rs 115 crore in 2003/2004 to Rs 425 crore in 2012/13. Its stock has beaten the Sensex eight times in the past 10 years, while the average dividend payout in the past five financial years stands at a hefty 62 per cent.
So, what prompts the company to pay such liberal dividends year after year? "There is no policy per se on giving dividends. We keep aside whatever we require for investment and for a rainy day, and the rest we distribute among our shareholders," says Dutta Choudhury. He gives most of the credit for Hawkins's success to its consumers and the company's after sales service. "We have grown with the Indian consumer. Our secret is that we are honest with the consumer in terms of quality, pricing, features and even in our advertisements. Our products are value for money," he says.
Dutta Choudhury knows Hawkins' products are priced more steeply than those of other local brands. But he says the company's quality control is head and shoulders above the competition. Hawkins has never recalled any product from the market due to quality issues. "There have been instances where a product has failed 100 times internally. But we rectified this before we put it on the market. Due to our rigorous testing mechanism, we have no recalls," he says. The company controls around 25 per cent of the pressure cooker market and around 11 per cent of the market in cookware.
Some fund managers, however, feel the company is not tapping its full potential. They say it is not leveraging the Hawkins brand effectively in the cookware segment. But given its dividend payout record, shareholders are unlikely to be too worried.
Fair & Handsome Payouts
Emami Ltd
CEO, Finance: Naresh H. Bhansali
MARKET CAP: Rs 9,265 cr*
Naresh H. Bhansali
When Kolkata-based consumer goods giant Emami Ltd had a public offer of five million shares at a price of Rs 70 per share in 2005, investors reached out at lightning speed. The stock was oversubscribed 36 times. Today, the share has crossed Rs 400, delivering more than 15 times returns to those who invested in the IPO.
The stock's mindboggling rise isn't the only reason Emami shareholders are smiling. The company has also paid phenomenal dividends over the years. With its stock outperforming the Sensex nine times in the past 10 years, Emami has paid an average dividend of 55 per cent of net profit in the last five years.
The Emami brand was born in the mid-1970s when childhood friends R.S. Agarwal and R.S. Goenka left high-profile jobs to start their own business. Today, the company sells more than 250 consumer brands. Five of them - Navratna Oil, Boroplus cream, Mentho Plus, Zandu Balm, and Fair & Handsome - account for 72 per cent of its revenues. "It has been our policy to give away surplus profits to shareholders," says Naresh H. Bhansali, CEO, Finance, Strategy and Business Development. "Even after paying such huge dividends, we have Rs 300 crore on our balance sheet to use for any acquisition opportunity."
Emami is doing well because of its strategy of launching niche products in segments where multinational corporations have no presence, says Aniruddha Joshi, analyst at Anand Rathi Institutional Research. He believes the company's power brands are likely to grow at more than 15 per cent a year between 2012/13 and 2014/15.
Consumer goods companies are generally known to pay big dividends because they are not capital-intensive. But they spend a good chunk of their revenues on research and development, branding and distribution.
Despite such investments, Emami's cash flows have been good because it is an established brand. "An FMCG company uses its surplus cash to either pay dividends or for acquisitions. Our policy is to reward shareholders," says Bhansali.
In Top Gear
Eicher Motors Ltd
MD: Siddhartha Lal
Siddhartha Lal
It makes one of the most iconic motorcycle brands in India: the Royal Enfield which has been in the market since 1901. And it has a joint venture with Volvo for commercial vehicles which has done well. The combination of bike and commercial vehicles has put Eicher Motors on a high growth path and helping it emerge as one of the top dividend paymasters in India.
Eicher has paid an average dividend of 39 per cent of net profit in the last five years while the stock has beaten the Sensex eight times in 10 years. "The demand for our motorcycles has continued to outpace supply," says Siddhartha Lal, Managing Director and CEO, Eicher Motors. "Our second phase of expansion will increase production capacity to 250,000 motorcycles in 2014."
Analysts, too, are optimistic because of the company's financial record. Eicher's stock has been hovering around Rs 3,300 and has held its own despite a slump in the commercial vehicles market. It has more than doubled from around Rs 1,300 two years ago - and analysts don't expect it to go into reverse gear soon. "Once the recovery starts, Eicher will grow at a faster pace. The new Enfield production facility in Tamil Nadu will reduce the waiting period, and add to revenues," says Rohan Korde, analyst with Anand Rathi Research.
Eicher is run by Lal's family and relatives who own a 55 per cent stake. "We are pursuing all our plans, investing in every aspect of commercial vehicles - building infrastructure and creating a robust pipeline of products that will be launched starting this year," says Lal.
VC & CEO: Keki Mistry
MARKET CAP: Rs 108,097 cr*
It's the darling of both shareholders and foreign institutional investors (FIIs). And it isn't hard to understand why. HDFC Ltd, India's largest housing finance company, has grown at a spectacular pace in the past 10 years. Its revenue has jumped 12 times while profit is up six-and-a-half times.
More money in the company's coffers naturally means shareholders are richer, too. If somebody had invested Rs 1,000 in HDFC a decade ago, he would have 10 times the amount today. And dividend payouts have also been impressive. "In over 15 years we have never given less than 30 per cent dividend payout to our shareholders. In recent times, our efforts have been to give over 40 per cent dividend payout to our shareholders," says Keki Mistry, Vice Chairman and CEO of HDFC, in which FIIs own 74 per cent. "We have to strike the right balance in paying dividend and maintaining our return on equity (ROE). Our objective is to maintain high asset quality and the ROE has also to be kept in mind."
What is the secret behind HDFC's success? Spiralling property prices in the past 10 years have certainly helped. But HDFC's core financing business is not the only high performer. Subsidiaries such as HDFC Bank, HDFC Mutual Fund and HDFC Life have also contributed to the impressive performance of the company.
Despite the high dividend payouts, some analysts remain cautious. "The growth of HDFC has been mainly due to the rise in property prices and not because of volume growth," says Manish Bhandari, Managing Partner and CEO at investment advisory firm Vallum Capital Advisors. "So far so good. But the concerns are if prices correct from here, can volumes growth compensate for the fall in value? The answer is no and, therefore, there are concerns on how the company will be able to maintain its growth."
Things could turn out differently. For now, investors are certainly not complaining.
Sturdy Foundations
GRUH Finance Ltd
MD: Sudhin Choksey
MARKET CAP: Rs 3,800 cr#
Sudhin Choksey
Not many investors may have heard of GRUH Finance. It is neither a big consumer brand nor a blue chip stock. But for many small investors who put their money into this small Ahmedabadbased home loan company years ago, GRUH is better than any blue chip.
The company has paid a dividend of more than 30 per cent of its net profit in the past five years and its stock has beaten the Sensex eight times in 10 years. The company does not have any explicit dividend payment policy, but Managing Director Sudhin Choksey says its underlying philosophy is to share the cake generously with shareholders. "We have been paying between 35 and 38 per cent dividends for the last eight to 10 years," says Choksey, who has been steering the company since 1998, as CEO for the first two years and later as Managing Director. "One of the reasons we are doing well is our loan recoveries have been very good."
GRUH has done well on several other counts. As of end-June, its gross non-performing assets were just 0.46 per cent on its outstanding loan portfolio of Rs 5,727 crore. In the last 10 years, the company's yearly loan disbursement has grown 10 times and net profit 11 times. Its EPS has jumped from Rs 1 to Rs 8.21. Analysts are bullish about its prospects. "The stock's valuations may be stretched, but I would still bet on GRUH as it can, over the next five years, grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25-30 per cent," says Nitin Jain, President (Retail Capital Markets) at Edelweiss Financial Services.
Choksey attributes much of the success to his company's unique business model - its loan products are customised because 97 per cent of clients are small borrowers. "We have options such as daily, weekly or monthly payments, and offer loans at both a variable and a fixed rate of interest. Half of GRUH's revenues come from places with a population of less than 50,000 people."
Research inputs by Jyotindra Dubey
* All market cap figures as on August 30,2013
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Predicting the Future of the Music Business With Cherie Hu, Part 1
In Part 1 of our conversation with music tech soothsayer Cherie Hu, we go down two futuristic rabbit holes, including what streaming technology will look like in 2040 and what role "fake" artists have in the future of the music business. Plus, we dive into the future impact of gaming and film on music.
Over the past few years, Cherie has been a regular contributor to multiple major music business publications, including Forbes, Billboard, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, and many more. While she still has her own column on music and tech for Music Business Worldwide, in early 2019, Cherie also started Water & Music, her own membership community where she uses Patreon, Discord and a weekly newsletter to keep her 8K+ subscribers and 700+ Patrons up to date on the latest innovations in the music industry.
With a pre-college Juilliard diploma in Piano Performance in one hand, and a Harvard BA in Statistics in the other, maybe it's no wonder that Cherie decided to carve out her career at the intersection of music, data, and technology. Before establishing her writing as a popular must-read, Cherie held internships at Interscope Records, Jamplify, Forbes, and Ticketmaster, alongside even more writing and researching for The Harvard Crimson, Harvard Business School, and NYU.
In 2017, she became the youngest nominee and winner of the international music business journalist of the year award at the annual Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany. Cherie has also been featured as a keynote speaker, moderator and panelist in many high-profile conferences including MIDEM, Primavera Sound, SXSW, IMS Ibiza, DIY Musician Conference, and many more.
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