Move appliances more easily with cooking oil, sprout seeds to determine which are fertile, car-starter fluid in lawn mowers poses an explosion hazard, keep animals out of the garden with dog hair, make a catalytic wood stove more efficient, reduce fat in cooked beef by rinsing, clean paint from trim with furniture polish, and more tips from MOTHER's readers.
The many health benefits of honey include one surprise: a spoonful before bedtime may help children keep from wetting the bed.
I am currently the caretaker of my grandfather's land and household. Among the other joys of being in the country, I had the opportunity to learn about my grandfather's passion—beekeeping—and the many health benefits that honey offers. I discovered one of the most surprising uses for honey when my young children were having problems with bedwetting.
Honey, being hydroscopic, is able to absorb and condense moisture. It acts in two ways: first, as a sedative to the nervous system (and nervousness is nearly always present in children who wet the bed at night), and second, to attract and hold fluid during the sleeping hours. The regular dosage should be approximately one tablespoon, but very young children will do fine with a teaspoon.
When spring cleaning involves getting behind and under such large appliances as the washer, dryer, or refrigerator, rub some cooking oil in front of the casters and give a little pull.
To ensure that fertile seed is planted in your garden, soak them overnight in water, then wrap them in damp newspaper (making sure to spread the seeds out), place them in a plastic bag, and put them in a warm, dark spot in the house. After about seven to 10 days, unwrap the seeds, and the ones that are sprouted can be planted in the garden. It's important, though, to plant them as quickly as possible after sprouting.
This summer, nearly half of my garden's Fava bean crop would have been destroyed had it not been for the above normal population of ants in and around my garden. They completely exterminated an aphid attack before any irreversible damage was done. Just a reminder of nature's help to all pesticide users; especially non-selective pesticide users. If you still need some additional assistance, try a garlic-oil spray. Some researchers say it can inhibit protein synthesis in larvae, others say it suppresses the respiratory metabolism.
Here's one formula: Soak three ounces of chopped garlic in two teaspoons of mineral oil for 24 hours. Slowly add a pint of water dissolved in 1/4 ounce of oil-based soap (such as Palmolive), and stir well. Store in glass to prevent reaction with metals. Use one part to 20 parts of water to begin with, then 1 to 100 thereafter. Apply as a spray to foliage. Also, try evenly dispersing garlic plants throughout your whole garden.
Without exception, Country Lore is my husband's and my favorite portion of the magazine and we have put many of the ideas to daily use. However, one of the letters in the Country Lore section of the October/November issue almost gave my husband a heart attack.
Phil, who has been in the lawn-mower and chainsaw business for 24 years, read the letter advising other readers to "give a few squirts of car-starter fluid" into the air filter of their lawn mowers. He was appalled and described the disastrous results that this action could have.
Car-starter fluid is usually ether, which ignites very rapidly and produces a severe explosion. It also has no lubricating qualities, which two-cycle engines receive from their fuel mixture, and could therefore produce engine seizure.
WD-40 can be used as an acceptable substitute for starter fluid, without posing explosion hazards. Phil has used it for years in this capacity with no harmful side effects.
Every spring, after we groom our two large collies, we end up with bags of dog hair. Believe it or not, we have actually found a use for the stuff. We empty the bags in our garden, scattering the hair throughout the plot. Since we started doing this, all the ground hogs, raccoons, and other animals that used to vandalize the crops have gone elsewhere.
About a year ago, I purchased a new catalytic wood stove for our home, and have been discovering small ways to make it run more efficiently ever since. New owners of stoves will find that a small investment in some temperature-measuring equipment would be money very well spent. Chief among these should be a draft, and temperature gauge. In order to feel confident with the damper, knowledge of the draft volume is important, and a draft gauge is the best way to keep a running measurement.
Even though we raise our own beef cattle and hogs, and instruct the local butcher to reduce the hamburger/sausages fat content, we have an additional home method: We brown the crumbled meat for casseroles or spaghetti-type dishes, and then rinse the meat under very hot tap water in a colander. This eliminates more grease then simple draining could ever do. We then return it to the pan, and add onions and seasoning to create a lower-fat, healthier ground-meat dish.
Over the years, I've learned a lot about cleaning up paint overruns or goofs on walls, woodwork, and outside trim: spray furniture polish or wax.
For instance, to clean up an overrun on outside house trim, I carry a can of polish and a little pouch containing cloths (soaking them in the polish makes it easy to apply and carry on a ladder). Since the furniture polish or wax contains petroleum distillates—the main ingredient in paint thinner or brush cleaner—it works fast to dissolve any goofs. I then quickly use a clean cloth to remove the wax and paint. This convenient method makes easy work out of a tough job.
After reading your December/January issue, I realized that I had one more use for wood ash, and thought that your readers might be interested. I garden with my mother on my parent's "farmette." The garden is a rich collection of 40 years of mulching with hay, leaves, ash, and various by-products from horses, cows, pigs, chickens, and household pets. The garden is located next to a small creek which helps keep the ground moist. There is one nasty side effect—slugs. These slimy critters can eliminate an entire row of lettuce in one night. They damage our strawberries, carrots, onions, and more. We have found the perfect solution—wood-stove ash. First we sift the ash through a coffee can with several nail holes in it. We pour the ash right on the lettuce when we see slugs. Within seconds, you will hear dead slugs falling off the lettuce. The ash looks a little messy, but simply brush it off. As for the strawberries, clinging ash would cause them to ripen unevenly. To solve this problem, take sifted ash and place it in a coffee can or box with a thumb-size hole in the bottom. Draw a 1" × 1" ash trail around the entire patch of berries (don't forget to redraw it after it rains). Slugs will crawl to the berries, and the ashes from the trail will cling and absorb into their bodies. The result is a dissolved slug! For onions and carrots, just sprinkle some along the base of the plant as soon as veggies begin to mature.


President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the common man in Nigeria is not feeling the effects of the paper growth of the country's economy.
He said more had to be done by his administration to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.
Posting on his Facebook Page, the President said, "Yesterday, our Gross Domestic Product was rebased to give an accurate picture of where we are as a nation. I am glad to report to you that Nigeria is officially the largest economy in Africa with a Gross Domestic Product of $510 billion which also places us as the 26th largest economy in the world.
"This feat is a collective achievement of all Nigerians particularly when you take into account the fact that our Per Capita Income had increased by over 60% from $1091 in 2009 to $1700 in 2013, prior to the rebasing.
"While this calls for celebration, I personally cannot celebrate until all Nigerians can feel the positive impact of our growth. There are still too many of our citizens living in poverty.
"Three years ago, I was asked to define Transformation and I said "Transformation in my view simply means taking what you have and making the best of it and in so doing produce results that can bring about a paradigm shift".
"That positive paradigm shift, as occurred yesterday, is still a work in progress.


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"Would You Like A Souvenir", Nora Prentiss 1947; A look at Ann Sheridan
by Janet Roitz | See: All, Ladies of the Nightclubs, Video Gallery
"Would You Like A Souvenir" was introduced by Ann Sheridan in the 1947 film noir classic, NORA PRENTISS. Co-starring Kent Smith and Robert Alda, Ann Sheridan (known in the '40s as "The Oomph Girl") portrays a San Francisco nightclub singer toughing it out in a joint near the Embarcadero and Fisherman's Wharf. Rare shots of The City are a part of the film's curious appeal. Singer Janet Roitz works with vocal coach Sean Martinfield on "Would You Like A Souvenir?" — the first of Nora's more sophisticated band numbers.
Composed by M.K. Jerome with lyrics by Jack Scholl and Eddie Cherkose, the song was never published or recorded. Jerome and Scholl collaborated again on "The Wish That I Wish Tonight" featured in CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT starring Dennis Morgan and Barbara Stanwyck. Eddie Cherkose (aka, Eddie Maxwell) wrote lyrics for the pop hit "Pico and Sepulveda" which was covered by Lee Press-on and the Nails in 2002.
Janet and Sean explore the musical quirks of "Would You Like A Souvenir" — the location of Sheridan's low-pitched tones, her almost see-through gown, and the challenge presented by the Studio's team of song writers. "Would You Like A Souvenir?" is a sweet spin on '40s-style nightclub chic. Its addictive melody suits the plot and flatters the Star. Enjoy!
— Sean Martinfield
"My Silver Dollar Man", Marked Woman 1937; A look at Rosalind Marquis
Bob Grimes
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Olivia Newton-John returned to the stage on Thursday night (August 24) in Evansville, IN, her first since April 14 when she revealed that her breast cancer had returned.
Newton-John first battled the disease in 1992 and had been cancer free for 25 years before her latest diagnosis which included the news that the disease had also metastasized to her lower back. So far, there is no word on whether the cancer has been beaten again or not.
Newton-John currently has thirteen more dates on her schedule through early December.


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China set to increase use of 'weather modification' technology
Adiantku December 8, 2020 2 min read
An aerial view of local landmarks seen faintly in the haze in Beijing, China (Credits:...
An aerial view of local landmarks seen faintly in the haze in Beijing, China (Credits: Ma Zhijiang – Imaginechina / SplashNews.com)
Chinese officials have said they will expand their use of 'weather modification' technology over the coming decades.
In a move that sounds like it came from a sci-fi plotline, China has technology that blasts silver molecules into the sky to prompt condensation and the formation of clouds.
The country has used this tech in the past to make sure big events, such as the 2008 Bejing Olympics happened under fair weather.
According to a statement from the State Council, China will aggressively ramp up weather modification to cover an area of 2.1 million square miles by 2025. That's an area larger than the entire country of India.
'The total area of artificial rainfall (snowfall) operation will reach beyond 5.5 million square kilometers, and for hail suppression it should go beyond 580,000 square kilometers,' the statement said.
'By 2035, China's weather modification should arrive at a worldwide advanced level in terms of operation, technologies, and services.'
Adjusting the weather on such a massive scale could have profound impacts on the global climate and will undoubtedly cause friction with other countries.
Altering the weather at such a large scale could have global implications (Credits: PA)
China and India share a disputed border that has seen violent clashes and caused problems between the two countries. India's agriculture industry relies on the monsoon and any attempt from the Chinese to control or influence the weather may cause conflict between the neighbours.
'Lack of proper coordination of weather modification activity (could) lead to charges of 'rain stealing' between neighboring regions,' National Taiwan University researchers concluded in a 2017 paper.
China's ambitious goals when it comes to climate don't stop at controlling the weather. The country has also pledged it will become carbon neutral by 2060.
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Ministry of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources Prince George. This is a temporary opportunity until 03/22/2019.
Regular employees must have their supervisor's approval prior to applying on the temporary opportunity. This posting is not limited to the geographic area. Board and lodging and relocation expenses do not apply.
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Reporting to the Operations Coordinator, the Authorizations Administrator is responsible for administering an assigned portfolio of authorization agreements, providing advice, conducting detailed analyses, making recommendations on approvals and determining related fees.
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Pushing for progress on maternal, newborn and child health
The numbers are shocking. Each year, 2.8 million babies die during their first 28 days of life, while almost 800 women die every day in pregnancy or childbirth.
A vast majority of these deaths are preventable through simple interventions: providing mothers and their children with access to basic, quality health care, especially during pregnancy and childbirth; encouraging mothers to breastfeed; and treating diarrhea and pneumonia, two of the leading killers of children under 5 years of age.
Despite the impressive progress that has been made in recent years, achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (MDGs 4, 5 and 6) by 2015 will require an all-out global push.
In June, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a major realignment of US$2.9 billion of its resources to "save up to half of a million children from preventable deaths by the end of 2015." In addition, USAID introduced an ambitious strategy, Acting on the Call: Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths, to dramatically increase progress in 24 countries that account for 70 percent of child and maternal deaths.
This is an important policy shift — one that has the potential to have great impact on development by saving the lives of 15 million children and nearly 600,000 women by 2020. FHI 360, a member of the Advisory Group for Acting on the Call, supports USAID's commitment. We have seen how evidence-based interventions in maternal, newborn and child health are making a difference in communities around the world.
Experts from FHI 360 address the intersection of NCDs and HIV
On April 15, 2014, FHI 360 and its partners hosted a one-day symposium to discuss challenges and opportunities faced by the noncommunicable diseases (NCD) and HIV/AIDS global communities. Our co-host was the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) Centre for Global Non-Communicable Diseases. Other collaborators were the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the University College London (UCL) Grand Challenge of Global Health. FHI 360 experts who spoke include:
Peter Lamptey, MD, DrPH, MPH, Distinguished Scientist and President Emeritus
Timothy Mastro, MD, DTM&H, Director, Global Health, Population and Nutrition
Tricia Petruney, MA, Senior Technical Officer
Kwasi Torpey, MD, PhD, MPH, Technical Director, Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services, Nigeria
View the presentations from the symposium to hear our experts' and partners' perspectives on how these different disease communities can work together for more common, efficient and cost-effective strategies in the prevention and control of NCDs and HIV.


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GW MLB Power Rankings (week 26)
Beyond Golf — 22 September 2013 by Jim Street
1. Dodgers (1): Among the off-season improvements not scheduled for 51-year-old Dodger Stadium is an Olympic-size swimming pool in center field, surrounded by two dozen palm trees shipped in from a palm tree farm just outside of Phoenix. Therefore, all future Dodgers clinching pool parties will not cause the ruckus created one this past week at Chase Field in the Valley of the Whiners.
2. Athletics (2): Among the off-season improvements not scheduled for the 45-year-old Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (which has been renamed numerous times, not including the current but unofficial "Stinky Stadium", is a complete overhaul of the entire plumbing system.
Where Dodgers go to celebrate NL West title
3. Diamondbacks (4): Among the off-season improvements not scheduled for 13-year-old Chase Field is an electrical fence around the swimming pool located in right-center field that would keep all unwanted visitors away — especially opposing teams celebrating a division-title-clinching victory.
4. Rangers (3): Winners of the "September Slumbers Award" for 2014 are the (drum roll, please) Rangers, the favorites to return to the top of the AL West way back in March, when the season started.
5. Angels (5): A missing persons report has been issued in Anaheim for Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton, neither of whom produced the kind of season expected of them.
6. Padres (8): Heading into the final week of the regular season, second baseman Jedd (Clampett) Gyorko needs one home run to become the fifth second baseman to hit 20 or more home runs in his rookie season. He would join a select group that includes Dan Uggla (27 in 2006 for the Marlins), Hall of Famer Joe Gordon (25 in 1938, Yankees), Danny Espinosa (21 in 2011, Washington Senators) and Alexei Ramirez (21 in 2008, White Sox). Gyorko ranks second on the Padres' rookie home run list, trailing only Nate Colbert (24 in 1969).
7. Giants (6): If their trendy decade remains intact, the Giants will capture the World Series championship in 2015. After all, they were MLB champs in 2010 and 2012.
8. Rockies (7): It seems like months ago that the likely last-place finishers in the NL West had a winning month. Actually, it was months ago. First-year skipper Walt Weiss directed his club to a 16-11 record in April.
9. Mariners (9): The late, great Hall of Fame announcer Dave Niehaus finally will get to meet
Mariners savior Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man most responsible for keeping the team in Seattle, preventing them from being moved to St. Petersburg, Fla., in 1992. That meeting will occur in Heaven.
10. Astros (10): Another season and yet another 100-plus losses. Well, you can say this much about the woebegone 'Stros: they sure are consistent.
(Last week's ranking in parenthesis)
Jim Street
Jim's 40-year sportswriting career started with the San Jose Mercury-News in 1970 and ended on a full-time basis on October 31, 2010 following a 10-year stint with MLB.com. He grew up in Dorris, Calif., several long drives from the nearest golf course. His first tee shot was a week before being inducted into the Army in 1968. Upon his return from Vietnam, where he was a war correspondent for the 9th Infantry Division, Jim took up golf semi-seriously while working for the Mercury-News and covered numerous tournaments, including the U.S. Open in 1982, when Tom Watson made the shot of his life on the 17th hole at Pebble Beach. Jim also covered several Bing Crosby Pro-Am tournaments, the women's U.S. Open, and other golfing events in the San Francisco area. He has a 17-handicap, made his first and only hole-in-one on March 12, 2018 at Sand Point Country Club in Seattle and witnessed the first round Ken Griffey Jr. ever played – at Arizona State during Spring Training in 1990. Pebble Beach Golf Links, the Kapalua Plantation Course, Pinehurst No. 2, Spyglass Hill, Winged Foot, Torrey Pines, Medinah, Chambers Bay, North Berwick, Gleneagles and Castle Stuart in Scotland, and numerous gems in Hawaii are among the courses he has had the pleasure of playing. Hitting the ball down the middle of the fairway is not a strong part of Jim's game, but he is known (in his own mind) as the best putter not on tour. Most of Jim's writing career was spent covering Major League Baseball, a tenure that started with the Oakland Athletics, who won 101 games in 1971, and ended with the Seattle Mariners, who lost 101 games in 2010. Symmetry is a wonderful thing. He currently lives in Seattle and has an 8-year-old grandson, Andrew, who is the club's current junior champion at his home course (Oakmont CC) in Glendale, Calif.
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Mason Jennings Softly Rocks the Fillmore
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The audience seems less like an audience than a congregation. There are many smiling faces, an enormous range of ages, fathers and daughters, couples arm in arm, modest outfits, lots of swaying back and forth, and seemingly not a single drunk person.
Mason Jennings isn't a rock n' roller. His songs are mellow, his lyrics uplifting. But who's ever heard of a concert with zero catcalling and not a single whiff of marijuana smoke? The audience sings along, but quietly. They bob their heads. There are signs of moderate foot-tapping. Occasionally they'll uncross their arms to clap, and then re-cross.
The Jennings fans reveal their capacity for excitement early into the show when an earthquake rumbles through the Fillmore, turning legs to jelly and inciting a cacophony of nervous chatter. The opening band plays on, and the audience quickly returns to looking mildly interested and picking at their cuticles. Overall, they're about as energetic as Jennings himself.
Jennings shares the stage with just one other performer, a charming musician named Jake Hansen. They rotate instruments, alternating between drum, bass, keyboard, harpsichord, and cucumber-shaped maraca. Jennings is the singer and supposedly the star of the show, but I feel far more compelled to watch his counterpart, whose lanky body's spastic beat-keeping is both fascinating and endearing.
The duo's musicianship is great—the groove is tight and danceable, the guitar-playing is intricate, but the vocals don't measure up to the instrumentals. This is partly because Jenning's stage presence is muted and his voice falls just a little flat. It's also because his lyrics are moronic.
"Sweetheart, this is my dream come true/ And god bless the babies," Jennings croons. I scan the crowd for signs of nausea, but everyone else seems unaffected. In fact, they look happy. Maybe they don't speak English.
Jennings' style is reminiscent of Jack Johnson, a long-time friend and touring partner. However, a few of his songs include a notably-un-Johnson like kind of spoken-word that sounds straight out of a School House Rock recording. After this thought comes to me, I believe the comparison is affirmed when he starts the next song with a wide-eyed exclamation, "Goodness me!"
Mercifully, this is actually the beginning of a comedic song about a cheating girlfriend. This knowledge provides some relief, but Jennings' sense of irony ultimately isn't strong enough to stamp out the overall feeling that he's an overgrown camp counselor, busting out his guitar to accompany the s'mores.
Similar to a camp counselor, Jennings is a likeable guy. In between songs he's smiley and sincere as he talks about his wife and kids. I feel guilty as I obsessively check my watch, not wanting to offend this guy who clearly means so well. I'm mentally figuring how many more songs he'll play before I can leave when Jennings breaks into a cover of the Ramones.
This changes everything. As Jennings and Hansen wail through "I Wanna Be Sedated, the duo takes on a new life. Whether it's just better songwriting or renewed energy on stage, there is now real dancing and audible vocals from the audience. I'm no longer sure what time it is.
After his foray into punk rock, Jennings calls the Pines, his opening band, to the stage. Jennings and Hansen accompany the Iowa-bred trio through one of their beautifully ethereal folk songs that had enchanted he through their set. The six men on the stage are clearly happy to be there playing with each other, and the feeling is infectious.
Jennings closes out the show with a Woodie Guthrie song, only returning to his own catalog for the encore, which he plays with an excitement and earnestness that had been completely absent in the first three quarters of his set.
Despite the show's turnaround, I'm glad I didn't have to pay for the ticket, but most of the concert-goers around me feel differently. "That was great! Didn't you think that was great!?" one man yells excitedly at what looks like his teenage daughter. I'm not Jennings' target audience.
I'll never understand the appeal of soft rock, much like I'll never really understand the appeal of going to church or being a member of any congregation.
In truth, the excitement of the earthquake that shook the stage during the opener's set was the highlight of my night.
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My favorite trip on the Capitol corridor is our annual bike trip to Sacramento. We take the train up Friday night with our bikes, have a few beers, and enjoy our friends company. On Saturday we bike to Folsom and back to Sac on a lovely trail. Then Sunday we bike home, along the train route, knowing we can always jump on a train if we need to, but so far, we've made it home without it. A few of our friends catch the train in Davis or Susuin, but we pedal the whole way back to bart. Having the saftey net of the train lets me do the ride, and let's others attempt it who are not sure they can make the whole 100 miles biking. We love the train ride up, and the option of riding it home. We also love inviting friends to join us on this annual trip and showing them how great the train is. Once people try the capitol corridor, they love it as much as we do and are so appreciative that we got them to try it.
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Amazing project by Ogilvy & Mather Advertising (Thailand) to celebrate the 57th anniversary celebrations of the founding of OLFA, a cutters brand.
"We organized an exhibition to show off the performance of all OLFA cutters under the concept "CUT TO BUILD". We created a pop-up store where every structure down to the smallest detail was crafted from cutting, slitting open, slicing, carving and engraving paper into the desired shapes."
Last "Highlight"... Pinterest is totally amazing, I can spend hours there, so much inspiring things... I was asked what "social media" I will pick if I can go only with one and my answer is definitly pinterest... it is just images and emotions !
I want to highlight Pinterest of StewiBeck, as it features a lot of different sources, but also few images ! At a moment, I figure out too much images lost me... For someone posting thousand pictures every month, it is funny to say that... anyway, selection of images (without sources, sorry, if you took one of these pictures, please email me).


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PHOTOS Lacey Hodder is transformed following her My 600 Lb Life debut
John February 13, 2019 Health and Beauty, My 600-lb Life, Weight Loss
Lacey Hodder's My 600 Lb Life debut was an unqualified success, and the Michigan native has been overwhelmed by the support and love she's received from the show's fans. But how's she been since the cameras stopped rolling? Our My 600 Lb Life Lacey update finds the Season 7 star in what looks and sounds like a very good place — something to which Lacey's latest weight loss pics can also attest.
Lacey seems to have joined her fellow My 600 Lb Life Season 7 cast members Brianne and Justin as inspirational fan favorites. Her 691 pound peak weight was one of the highest of the season so far, but Lacey followed Dr. Nowzaradan's directions almost to the letter and lost more than 100 pounds in a hurry, qualifying for weight loss surgery with aplomb.
As we wrote in our look at Lacey's debut episode, her relationship with her mother seemed to be the potential tipping point in her story. Those fears were proven correct after we learned that Lacey's mother's unhealthy diet had been influencing Lacey since childhood.
"My mom loved food," Lacey said, adding, "She was actually a cook at a resort so food was her life. She had really bad eating habits. I know that I learned my eating habits from her….If there is a time when I wasn't overweight, I don't remember that."
Lacey's weight had been in the 600+ pound range since the age of 20. Over the course of filming for her episode, though, she lost a total of 256 pounds, dropping from 691 to 435 and changing her eating habits and attitude in the process.
So how is Lacey doing now that her episode has aired? We'll begin this portion of the My 600 Lb Life Lacey update with a couple of Lacey's recent photos. Though she hasn't shared any full-body shots since TLC's cameras began rolling (in keeping with the network's strict policies regarding secrecy), it's clear from the pics Lacey has shared that her weight loss journey continues to be a successful one.
Here's one of the many nice photos Lacey shared late in 2018, as the build-up to My 600 Lb Life Season 7 began:
And here's a glasses-free shot Lacey revealed not long after her My 600 Lb Life debut:
It also looks like the My 600 Lb Life fan community has welcomed Lacey with open arms. She's made frequent comment about how much support and love she's gotten since her episode aired, telling her new fans just last week that she "didn't think it would be like this."
"I definitely thought there would be a lot more haters," Lacey explained. "I mean don't get be wrong there are haters, but there are so many of you who are so nice and supportive and it makes my heart melt thinking about it."
Since then, Lacey has also assured everyone who's offered a comment or asked a question that she's seen it all — she's just struggling to respond to the deluge! "I appreciate that you have taken time out of your day to come here and support me and tell me I'm inspiring," Lacey said, on Instagram. "But really guys it's you who inspire me to keep going. It's very motivating and I still need that too. So hopefully we can keep inspiring each other and do this together!"
As for what comes next in Lacey's weight loss journey — including a potential Where Are They Now? episode — she's undecided for the time being. "I'm still focusing on my health," Lacey said, "and really trying to figure out what I really want to do with my life."
You can revisit Lacey's My 600 Lb Life debut here, via TLC.
(Photo credits: My 600 Lb Life Lacey update via Facebook, TLC)
John Sharp is Starcasm's chief editorial correspondent-at-large. Tips: E-mail john@starcasm.net or Twitter @john_starcasm.
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24 Pakistan Sign Language Recognition Using Statistical Template Matching
Authors: Aleem Khalid Alvi, M. Yousuf Bin Azhar, Mehmood Usman, Suleman Mumtaz, Sameer Rafiq, RaziUr Rehman, Israr Ahmed
Sign language recognition has been a topic of research since the first data glove was developed. Many researchers have attempted to recognize sign language through various techniques. However none of them have ventured into the area of Pakistan Sign Language (PSL). The Boltay Haath project aims at recognizing PSL gestures using Statistical Template Matching. The primary input device is the DataGlove5 developed by 5DT. Alternative approaches use camera-based recognition which, being sensitive to environmental changes are not always a good choice.This paper explains the use of Statistical Template Matching for gesture recognition in Boltay Haath. The system recognizes one handed alphabet signs from PSL.
Keywords: Gesture Recognition, Pakistan Sign Language, DataGlove, Human Computer Interaction, Template Matching, BoltayHaath
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23 Design Aesthetics of Mobile Interface
Authors: Shafiq ur Rehman, Jane-Lisa Coughlan
Mobiles are considered to be the most frequently used electronic items in world after electricity. It is probably the only device that can be used by any gender with no age limits depending on its functionality. This paper present the interactive interface of Mobile and particularly aiming the use of advanced phones which are also called smart phones. With the changes in the trend where users are now moving from ordinary mobiles to the one with touch screens and facilities such as WiFi and internet browsing.
Keywords: interface design, functionality, intelligent system
22 Universal Metadata Definition
Authors: Mohib ur Rehman, Mohammad Haseeb Anwer, Nadeem Iftikhar
The need to have standards has always been a priority of all the disciplines in the world. Today, standards such as XML and USB are trying to create a universal interface for their respective areas. The information regarding every family in the discipline addressed, must have a lot in common, known as Metadata. A lot of work has been done in specific domains such as IEEE LOM and MPEG-7 but they do not appeal to the universality of creating Metadata for all entities, where we take an entity (object) as, not restricted to Software Terms. This paper tries to address this problem of universal Metadata Definition which may lead to increase in precision of search.
Keywords: Metadata, Standard, Universal, XML.
21 An Efficient Mobile Payment System Based On NFC Technology
Authors: Shafiq ur Rehman, Jane Coughlan
The work we have accomplished in implementing a Mobile Payment mechanism that enables customers to pay bills for groceries and other purchased items in a store through the means of a mobile phone, specifically a Smartphone. The mode of transaction, as far as communication between the customer-s handset and the merchant-s POS is concerned, we have decided upon NFC (Near Field Communication). This is due to the fact that for the most part, Pakistani Smartphone users have handsets that have Android mobile OS, which supports the aforementioned platform, IOS, on the other hand does not.
Keywords: Usability, mobile payment system, NFC technology, payment process, customer.
20 Synthesis and Thermoelectric Behavior in Nanoparticles of Doped Co Ferrites
Authors: M. Anis-ur- Rehman, A. Abdullah, Mariam Ansari , Zeb-un-Nisa, M. S. Awan
Samples of CoFe2-xCrxO4 where x varies from 0.0 to 0.5 were prepared by co-precipitation route. These samples were sintered at 750°C for 2 hours. These particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) at room temperature. The FCC spinel structure was confirmed by XRD patterns of the samples. The crystallite sizes of these particles were calculated from the most intense peak by Scherrer formula. The crystallite sizes lie in the range of 37-60 nm. The lattice parameter was found decreasing upon substitution of Cr. DC electrical resistivity was measured as a function of temperature. The room temperature thermoelectric power was measured for the prepared samples. The magnitude of Seebeck coefficient depends on the composition and resistivity of the samples.
Keywords: Ferrites, crystallite size, drift mobility, seebeck coefficient, thermopower.
19 Generic Multimedia Database Architecture
Authors: Mohib ur Rehman, Imran Ihsan, Mobin Uddin Ahmed, Nadeem Iftikhar, Muhammad Abdul Qadir
Multimedia, as it stands now is perhaps the most diverse and rich culture around the globe. One of the major needs of Multimedia is to have a single system that enables people to efficiently search through their multimedia catalogues. Many Domain Specific Systems and architectures have been proposed but up till now no generic and complete architecture is proposed. In this paper, we have suggested a generic architecture for Multimedia Database. The main strengths of our architecture besides being generic are Semantic Libraries to reduce semantic gap, levels of feature extraction for more specific and detailed feature extraction according to classes defined by prior level, and merging of two types of queries i.e. text and QBE (Query by Example) for more accurate yet detailed results.
Keywords: Multimedia Database Architecture, Semantics, Feature Extraction, Ontology.
18 Effect of Different BER Performance Comparison of MAP and ML Detection
Authors: Naveed Ur Rehman, Rehan Jamil, Irfan Jamil
In this paper, we regard as a coded transmission over a frequency-selective channel. We plan to study analytically the convergence of the turbo-detector using a maximum a posteriori (MAP) equalizer and a MAP decoder. We demonstrate that the densities of the maximum likelihood (ML) exchanged during the iterations are e-symmetric and output-symmetric. Under the Gaussian approximation, this property allows to execute a one-dimensional scrutiny of the turbo-detector. By deriving the analytical terminology of the ML distributions under the Gaussian approximation, we confirm that the bit error rate (BER) performance of the turbo-detector converges to the BER performance of the coded additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel at high signal to noise ratio (SNR), for any frequency selective channel.
Keywords: MAP, ML, SNR, Decoder, BER, Coded transmission.
17 A Four Method Framework for Fighting Software Architecture Erosion
Authors: Sundus Ayyaz, Saad Rehman, Usman Qamar
Software Architecture is the basic structure of software that states the development and advancement of a software system. Software architecture is also considered as a significant tool for the construction of high quality software systems. A clean design leads to the control, value and beauty of software resulting in its longer life while a bad design is the cause of architectural erosion where a software evolution completely fails. This paper discusses the occurrence of software architecture erosion and presents a set of methods for the detection, declaration and prevention of architecture erosion. The causes and symptoms of architecture erosion are observed with the examples of prescriptive and descriptive architectures and the practices used to stop this erosion are also discussed by considering different types of software erosion and their affects. Consequently finding and devising the most suitable approach for fighting software architecture erosion and in some way reducing its affect is evaluated and tested on different scenarios.
Keywords: Software Architecture, Architecture Erosion, Prescriptive Architecture, Descriptive Architecture.
16 Cost and Productivity Experiences of Pakistan with Aggregate Learning Curve
Authors: Jamshaid ur Rehman, Shahida Wizarat
The principal focus of this study is on the measurement and analysis of labor learnings in Pakistan. The study at the aggregate economy level focus on the labor productivity movements and at large-scale manufacturing level focus on the cost structure, with isolating the contribution of the learning curve. The analysis of S-shaped curve suggests that learnings are only below one half of aggregate learning curve and other half shows the retardation in learning, hence retardation in productivity movements. The study implies the existence of learning economies in term of cost reduction that is input cost per unit produced decreases by 0.51 percent every time the cumulative production output doubles.
Keywords: Cost, Inflection Point, Learning Curve, Minima, Maxima, and Productivity
15 Analysis of Fixed Beamforming Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems
Authors: Muhammad Umair Shahid, Abdul Rehman, Mudassir Mukhtar, Muhammad Nauman
The smart antenna is the prominent technology that has become known in recent years to meet the growing demands of wireless communications. In an overcrowded atmosphere, its application is growing gradually. A methodical evaluation of the performance of Fixed Beamforming algorithms for smart antennas such as Multiple Sidelobe Canceller (MSC), Maximum Signal-to-interference ratio (MSIR) and minimum variance (MVDR) has been comprehensively presented in this paper. Simulation results show that beamforming is helpful in providing optimized response towards desired directions. MVDR beamformer provides the most optimal solution.
Keywords: Fixed weight beamforming, array pattern, signal to interference ratio, power efficiency, element spacing, array elements, optimum weight vector.
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14 Towards Design of Context-Aware Sensor Grid Framework for Agriculture
Authors: Aqeel-ur-Rehman, Zubair A. Shaikh
This paper is to present context-aware sensor grid framework for agriculture and its design challenges. Use of sensor networks in the domain of agriculture is not new. However, due to the unavailability of any common framework, solutions that are developed in this domain are location, environment and problem dependent. Keeping the need of common framework for agriculture, Context-Aware Sensor Grid Framework is proposed. It will be helpful in developing solutions for majority of the problems related to irrigation, pesticides spray, use of fertilizers, regular monitoring of plot and yield etc. due to the capability of adjusting according to location and environment. The proposed framework is composed of three layer architecture including context-aware application layer, grid middleware layer and sensor network layer.
Keywords: Agriculture, Context-Awareness, Grid Computing, and Sensor Grid.
13 Building Trust of Mobile Users and their Adoption of M-Commerce
One challenging direction of mobile commerce (mcommerce) that is getting a great deal of attention globally is mobile financing. The smart-phone and PDA users all around the world are facing difficulties to become accustomed and trust in m-commerce. The main rationale can be the slow variation and lack of trust in mobile payment systems. Mobile payment systems that are in use need to be more effective and efficient. This paper proposes: the interface design is not the only factor affecting the m-commerce adoption and lack of trust; in fact it is the combined effect of interface usability and trustworthy mobile payment systems, because it-s the money that the user has to spend at the end of the day, which the user requires to get transferred securely. The purpose of this research is to identify the problems regarding the trust and adaption of m-commerce applications by mobile users and to provide the best possible solution with respect to human computer interaction (HCI) principles.
Keywords: m-commerce, usability, mobile payment method, interface design.
12 Treatment of Simulated Textile Wastewater Containing Reactive Azo Dyes Using Laboratory Scale Trickling Filter
Authors: A. Irum, S. Mumtaz, A. Rehman, I. Naz, S. Ahmed
The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential applicability of biological trickling filter system for the treatment of simulated textile wastewater containing reactive azo dyes with bacterial consortium under non-sterile conditions. The percentage decolorization for the treatment of wastewater containing structurally different dyes was found to be higher than 95% in all trials. The stable bacterial count of the biofilm on stone media of the trickling filter during the treatment confirmed the presence, proliferation, dominance and involvement of the added microbial consortium in the treatment of textile wastewater. Results of physicochemical parameters revealed the reduction in chemical oxygen demand (58.5-75.1%), sulphates (18.9-36.5%), and phosphates (63.6-73.0%). UV-Visible and FTIR spectroscopy confirmed decolorization of dye containing wastewater was ultimate consequence of biodegradation. Toxicological studies revealed the nontoxic nature of degradative metabolites.
Keywords: Biodegradation, textile dyes, waste water, trickling filters.
11 Parallel Branch and Bound Model Using Logarithmic Sampling (PBLS) for Symmetric Traveling Salesman Problem
Authors: Sheikh Muhammad Azam, Masood-ur-Rehman, Adnan Khalid Bhatti, Nadeem Daudpota
Very Large and/or computationally complex optimization problems sometimes require parallel or highperformance computing for achieving a reasonable time for computation. One of the most popular and most complicate problems of this family is "Traveling Salesman Problem". In this paper we have introduced a Branch & Bound based algorithm for the solution of such complicated problems. The main focus of the algorithm is to solve the "symmetric traveling salesman problem". We reviewed some of already available algorithms and felt that there is need of new algorithm which should give optimal solution or near to the optimal solution. On the basis of the use of logarithmic sampling, it was found that the proposed algorithm produced a relatively optimal solution for the problem and results excellent performance as compared with the traditional algorithms of this series.
Keywords: Parallel execution, symmetric traveling salesman problem, branch and bound algorithm, logarithmic sampling.
10 Effect of Wheat Flour Extraction Rates on Flour Composition, Farinographic Characteristics and Sensory Perception of Sourdough Naans
Authors: Ghulam Mueen-ud-Din, Salim-ur-Rehman, Faqir M. Anjum, Haq Nawaz, Mian A. Murtaza
The effect of wheat flour extraction rates on flour composition, farinographic characteristics and the quality of sourdough naans was investigated. The results indicated that by increasing the extraction rate, the amount of protein, fiber, fat and ash increased, whereas moisture content decreased. Farinographic characteristic like water absorption and dough development time increased with an increase in flour extraction rate but the dough stabilities and tolerance indices were reduced with an increase in flour extraction rates. Titratable acidity for both sourdough and sourdough naans also increased along with flour extraction rate. The study showed that overall quality of sourdough naans were affected by both flour extraction rate and starter culture used. Sensory analysis of sourdough naans revealed that desirable extraction rate for sourdough naan was 76%.
Keywords: Extraction rates, Farinographic characteristics, Flour composition, Sourdough naans, Wheat flour.
9 The Most Secure Smartphone Operating System: A Survey
Authors: Sundus Ayyaz, Saad Rehman
In the recent years, a fundamental revolution in the Mobile Phone technology from just being able to provide voice and short message services to becoming the most essential part of our lives by connecting to network and various app stores for downloading software apps of almost every activity related to our life from finding location to banking from getting news updates to downloading HD videos and so on. This progress in Smart Phone industry has modernized and transformed our way of living into a trouble-free world. The smart phone has become our personal computers with the addition of significant features such as multi core processors, multi-tasking, large storage space, bluetooth, WiFi, including large screen and cameras. With this evolution, the rise in the security threats have also been amplified. In Literature, different threats related to smart phones have been highlighted and various precautions and solutions have been proposed to keep the smart phone safe which carries all the private data of a user. In this paper, a survey has been carried out to find out the most secure and the most unsecure smart phone operating system among the most popular smart phones in use today.
Keywords: Smart phone, operating system, security threats, Android, iOS, Balckberry, Windows.
8 A Brain Controlled Robotic Gait Trainer for Neurorehabilitation
Authors: Qazi Umer Jamil, Abubakr Siddique, Mubeen Ur Rehman, Nida Aziz, Mohsin I. Tiwana
This paper discusses a brain controlled robotic gait trainer for neurorehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) patients. Patients suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI) become unable to execute motion control of their lower proximities due to degeneration of spinal cord neurons. The presented approach can help SCI patients in neuro-rehabilitation training by directly translating patient motor imagery into walkers motion commands and thus bypassing spinal cord neurons completely. A non-invasive EEG based brain-computer interface is used for capturing patient neural activity. For signal processing and classification, an open source software (OpenVibe) is used. Classifiers categorize the patient motor imagery (MI) into a specific set of commands that are further translated into walker motion commands. The robotic walker also employs fall detection for ensuring safety of patient during gait training and can act as a support for SCI patients. The gait trainer is tested with subjects, and satisfactory results were achieved.
Keywords: Brain Computer Interface (BCI), gait trainer, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), neurorehabilitation.
7 Flow Analysis of Viscous Nanofluid Due to Rotating Rigid Disk with Navier's Slip: A Numerical Study
Authors: Khalil Ur Rehman, M. Y. Malik, Usman Ali
In this paper, the problem proposed by Von Karman is treated in the attendance of additional flow field effects when the liquid is spaced above the rotating rigid disk. To be more specific, a purely viscous fluid flow yield by rotating rigid disk with Navier's condition is considered in both magnetohydrodynamic and hydrodynamic frames. The rotating flow regime is manifested with heat source/sink and chemically reactive species. Moreover, the features of thermophoresis and Brownian motion are reported by considering nanofluid model. The flow field formulation is obtained mathematically in terms of high order differential equations. The reduced system of equations is solved numerically through self-coded computational algorithm. The pertinent outcomes are discussed systematically and provided through graphical and tabular practices. A simultaneous way of study makes this attempt attractive in this sense that the article contains dual framework and validation of results with existing work confirms the execution of self-coded algorithm for fluid flow regime over a rotating rigid disk.
Keywords: Nanoparticles, Newtonian fluid model, chemical reaction, heat source/sink.
6 Vickers Indentation Simulation of Buffer Layer Thickness Effect for DLC Coated Materials
Authors: Abdul Wasy, Balakrishnan G., Yi Qi Wang, Atta Ur Rehman, Jung Il Song
Vickers indentation is used to measure the hardness of materials. In this study, numerical simulation of Vickers indentation experiment was performed for Diamond like Carbon (DLC) coated materials. DLC coatings were deposited on stainless steel 304 substrates with Chromium buffer layer using RF Magnetron and T-shape Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Dual system The objective of this research is to understand the elastic plastic properties, stress strain distribution, ring and lateral crack growth and propagation, penetration depth of indenter and delamination of coating from substrate with effect of buffer layer thickness. The effect of Poisson-s ratio of DLC coating was also analyzed. Indenter penetration is more in coated materials with thin buffer layer as compared to thicker one, under same conditions. Similarly, the specimens with thinner buffer layer failed quickly due to high residual stress as compared to the coated materials with reasonable thickness of 200nm buffer layer. The simulation results suggested the optimized thickness of 200 nm among the prepared specimens for durable and long service.
Keywords: Thin film, buffer layer. Diamond like Carbon, Vickers indentation, Poisson's ratio, Finite element.
5 Blood Glucose Level Measurement from Breath Analysis
Authors: Tayyab Hassan, Talha Rehman, Qasim Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Salman
The constant monitoring of blood glucose level is necessary for maintaining health of patients and to alert medical specialists to take preemptive measures before the onset of any complication as a result of diabetes. The current clinical monitoring of blood glucose uses invasive methods repeatedly which are uncomfortable and may result in infections in diabetic patients. Several attempts have been made to develop non-invasive techniques for blood glucose measurement. In this regard, the existing methods are not reliable and are less accurate. Other approaches claiming high accuracy have not been tested on extended dataset, and thus, results are not statistically significant. It is a well-known fact that acetone concentration in breath has a direct relation with blood glucose level. In this paper, we have developed the first of its kind, reliable and high accuracy breath analyzer for non-invasive blood glucose measurement. The acetone concentration in breath was measured using MQ 138 sensor in the samples collected from local hospitals in Pakistan involving one hundred patients. The blood glucose levels of these patients are determined using conventional invasive clinical method. We propose a linear regression classifier that is trained to map breath acetone level to the collected blood glucose level achieving high accuracy.
Keywords: Blood glucose level, breath acetone concentration, diabetes, linear regression.
4 Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Eimeria in Sheep of Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: M.N. Khan, T. Rehman, Z Iqbal, M.S Sajid, M Ahmad, M Riaz
A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence, species characterization and associated risk factors with Eimeria (E.) in sheep of district Toba Tek Singh from April, 2009 to March, 2010. Of the total 486 faecal samples examined for Eimeria, 209 (43%) were found infected with five species of Eimeria. Amongst the identified species of Eimeria, E. ovinoidalis was the commonest one (48.32%), followed in order by E. ahsata, E. intricata, E. parva and E. faurei with prevalence of 45.45, 28.71, 24.40 and 19.14 percent respectively. Peak prevalence was observed in August. Wet season (rainy and post-rainy) was found to be favourable for Eimeria infection. Lambs had significantly higher prevalence (P < 0.05) of Eimeria than adults. Similarly higher prevalence of Eimeria was observed in female as compared to male. Among management and husbandry practices; watering system, housing system, floor type and herd size strongly influenced the prevalence of Eimeria. Coccidiosis was more prevalent in closed housing system, non-cemented floor type, pond watered animals and larger herds (P < 0.05) as compared to open housing system, partially cemented floor type, tap watered animals and smaller herds respectively. Feeding system, breed and body condition of animals were not found as risk factors (P>0.05) influencing prevalence of Eimeria.
Keywords: Eimeria, Pakistan prevalence, sheep.
3 Event Information Extraction System (EIEE): FSM vs HMM
Authors: Shaukat Wasi, Zubair A. Shaikh, Sajid Qasmi, Hussain Sachwani, Rehman Lalani, Aamir Chagani
Automatic Extraction of Event information from social text stream (emails, social network sites, blogs etc) is a vital requirement for many applications like Event Planning and Management systems and security applications. The key information components needed from Event related text are Event title, location, participants, date and time. Emails have very unique distinctions over other social text streams from the perspective of layout and format and conversation style and are the most commonly used communication channel for broadcasting and planning events. Therefore we have chosen emails as our dataset. In our work, we have employed two statistical NLP methods, named as Finite State Machines (FSM) and Hidden Markov Model (HMM) for the extraction of event related contextual information. An application has been developed providing a comparison among the two methods over the event extraction task. It comprises of two modules, one for each method, and works for both bulk as well as direct user input. The results are evaluated using Precision, Recall and F-Score. Experiments show that both methods produce high performance and accuracy, however HMM was good enough over Title extraction and FSM proved to be better for Venue, Date, and time.
Keywords: Emails, Event Extraction, Event Detection, Finite state machines, Hidden Markov Model.
2 Object Detection in Digital Images under Non-Standardized Conditions Using Illumination and Shadow Filtering
Authors: Waqqas-ur-Rehman Butt, Martin Servin, Marion Pause
In recent years, object detection has gained much attention and very encouraging research area in the field of computer vision. The robust object boundaries detection in an image is demanded in numerous applications of human computer interaction and automated surveillance systems. Many methods and approaches have been developed for automatic object detection in various fields, such as automotive, quality control management and environmental services. Inappropriately, to the best of our knowledge, object detection under illumination with shadow consideration has not been well solved yet. Furthermore, this problem is also one of the major hurdles to keeping an object detection method from the practical applications. This paper presents an approach to automatic object detection in images under non-standardized environmental conditions. A key challenge is how to detect the object, particularly under uneven illumination conditions. Image capturing conditions the algorithms need to consider a variety of possible environmental factors as the colour information, lightening and shadows varies from image to image. Existing methods mostly failed to produce the appropriate result due to variation in colour information, lightening effects, threshold specifications, histogram dependencies and colour ranges. To overcome these limitations we propose an object detection algorithm, with pre-processing methods, to reduce the interference caused by shadow and illumination effects without fixed parameters. We use the Y CrCb colour model without any specific colour ranges and predefined threshold values. The segmented object regions are further classified using morphological operations (Erosion and Dilation) and contours. Proposed approach applied on a large image data set acquired under various environmental conditions for wood stack detection. Experiments show the promising result of the proposed approach in comparison with existing methods.
Keywords: Image processing, Illumination equalization, Shadow filtering, Object detection, Colour models, Image segmentation.
1 Population Trend of Canola Aphid, Lipaphis Erysimi (Kalt.) (Homoptera: Aphididae) and its Associated Natural Enemies in Different Brassica Lines along with the Effect of Gamma Radiation on Their Population
Authors: Ahmad-Ur-Rahman Saljoqi, Rahib Zada, Imtiaz Ali Khan, Iqbal Munir, Sadur-Rehman, Hazrat Jabir Alam Khan
Studies regarding the determination of population trend of Lipaphis erysimi (kalt.) and its associated natural enemies in different Brassica lines along with the effect of gamma radiation on their population were conducted at Agricultural Research Farm, Malakandher, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar during spring 2006. Three different Brassica lines F6B3, F6B6 and F6B7 were used, which were replicated four times in Randomized Complete Block Design. The data revealed that aphid infestation invariably stated in all three varieties during last week of February 2006 (1st observation). The peak population of 4.39 aphids leaf-1 was s recorded during 2nd week of March and lowest population of 1.02 aphids leaf-1 was recorded during 5th week of March. The species of lady bird beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) and Syrphid fly (Syrphus balteatus) first appeared on 24th February with a mean number of 0.40 lady bird beetle leaf-1 and 0.87 Syrphid fly leaf-1, respectively. At the time when aphid population started to increase the peak population of C. septempunctata (0.70 lady bird beetle leaf- 1) and S. balteatus (1.04 syrphid fly leaf-1) was recorded on the 2nd week of March. Chrysoperla carnea appeared in the 1st week of March and their peak population was recorded during the 3rd week of March with mean population of 1.46 C. carnea leaf-1. Among all the Brassica lines, F6B7 showed comparatively more resistance as compared to F6B3 F6B6. F6B3 showed least resistance against L. erysimi, which was found to be the most susceptible cultivar. F6B7 was also found superior in terms of natural enemies. Maximum number of all natural enemies was recorded on this variety followed by F6B6. Lowest number of natural enemies was recorded in F6B3. No significant effect was recorded for the effect of gamma radiation on the population of aphids, natural enemies and on the varieties.
Keywords: Canola aphid, Lipaphis erysimi, natural enemies, brassica lines, gamma radiation.


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Please watch: "Bot de Arbitraje de criptomonedas que TRABAJA POR TI! Arbistar!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU0vFMySPO0 --~-- ABRE LA DESCRIPCION --- ABRE LA DESCRIPCION --- MAS INFO SUSCRÍBETE : http://goo.gl/wXjQPX Google+ : http://goo.gl/ISFb1l Twitter : http://goo.gl/MrP4Sr Facebook : http://goo.gl/pszt8a NUEVO CANAL!!! SUSCRIBETE!!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqoLuIHz138lXbJyCVT0Mqg En este otro video, CarlOrell les presenta un tutorial muy sencillo de como usar/configurar su pc con windows sin la necesidad de invertir en un router. ====================================================================== GANA DINERO GRATIS CON SOLO DEJAR TU PC ENCENDIDA!! DINERO PAYPAL GRATIS MINANDO CRIPTOMONEDAS! NO TE PUEDES PERDER ESTE VIDEO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyu9wrsZ5-k&list=UUJg8P4yplxvs02OBGAPd_3Q ====================================================================== --------------------------------CODIGO------------------------------------------ https://binbox.io/4794p#k00rWuHJ (Completa el captcha y click en continue) -----------------------------------NOTA 1------------------------------------- Aqui esta el FIX, que se me olvido explicar en el video para los que NO les funciona Vamos a Centro de Conexiones y Redes en el Panel de Control, le damos clic derecho a la conexión que utilizamos para conectarnos a Internet (yo la he probado con Red LAN e Internet por módem USB) y en compartir Clic sobre la pestaña de Uso Compartido y activaremos la casilla de: Permitir que los usuarios de otras redes se conecten a través de la conexión a Internet de este equipo, y le indicamos la red que hemos creado Muchos de ustedes no deben de tener la pestaña marcada, ese es el problema. Saludos -----------------------------------NOTA 2------------------------------------- Si este video NO te funciona por alguna razon, visita este video usando un programa facil y sencillo. LINK DEL NUEVO VIDEO : http://goo.gl/PsejiY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------NOTA 3----------------------------------- Probar esto si por alguna razon no te funciona 1.- entras a esto Panel de control\Redes e Internet\Conexiones de red. 2.- donde esta tu tarjeta de red conectada x cable click derecho propiedades abre una ventana x la cual cuenta con 2 pestañas FUNCIONES DE RED Y USO COMPARTIDO le das en el segundo. 3.- encontraras dos casillas uno esta con el check y el otro no le habilitas los 2 y seleccionas en conexion de red domestica Conexión de área local* 3 ,bueno en este caso esto es la red virtual que se crea con el video. 4.- en tu tarjeta d red que esta conectada el cable colocar una dirección de ip estática. 5.- ahora configuras la tarjeta virtual que se creo con los comandos ejecutados en mi caso Conexión de área local* 3. 6.- le colocaremos también una ip fisica , mascara, en la puerta de enlace colocas la ip de la tarjeta real la que esta conectada el cable también le colocas la mismo puerto DNS de la tarjeta de red. 7.- en el equipo movil colocaras ip estatica, en el puerto de enlace colocaras la ip que le colocaste a la red virtual (Conexión de área local* 3) y tambien el mismo puerto DNS.
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BlockchainBrad (@Brad_Laurie) talks with Ultrain's (@UltrainB) Emma Liao & Yufeng Shen about their Decentralized Engine for the Future. They are working hard to creating a 'Programmable Business Society'. Ultrain is building a next generation (3.0) public-blockchain technology venture that focuses on building a high performance and enterprise. Their Tele: https://t.me/ultrainofficialcommunity Their Twitter: @UltrainB Ultrain Technology Limited is the next generation public-blockchain technology venture that focuses on building a high performance decentralized blockchain platform through its programmable tech-infrastructure. Ultrain is committed to construct a responsible and sustainable commercial ecosystem that enables all industrial applications. With its groundbreaking innovations in cryptography and based upon a complete decentralized public network, Ultrain is able to provide multi-folds more advanced technical performance to fundamentally solve the performance and scalability issues comparing to other traditional public blockchain platforms. The Ultrain Claims: Ultrain Technology Ultrain is committed to providing a computing service called trusted computing. This is a brand-new computing service model that differs from traditional cloud computing. Compared with traditional cloud computing, it is a new computing model based on the blockchain architecture. This computing model includes CPU computing, GPU computing, memory computing, hard disk resources, bandwidth resources, etc., which can all be included within the scope and framework of the entire trusted computing. All the computing has the characteristic of blockchain computing, that is, all data based on trusted computing and operations on these data cannot be tampered with or destroyed and are transparent to all and traceable. High-Performance Computing With breakthrough innovations in cryptography, Ultrain has established a new consensus mechanism which we defined as a random trusted consensus framework. This new consensus mechanism can, under the same level of security performance as the POW, achieve a 1,000-times increase in performance in a fully decentralized network with only 1% of the computing power requirements of the traditional POW network. This consensus has the following features: Feature 1: Completely decentralized architecture. Feature 2: Ultra-large-scale network cluster. Feature 3: Multi-terminal support. Feature 4: High-performance computing. Feature 5: Decentralization design Trusted Computing Creates Value One of the objectives of Ultrain is to free up more computing power while ensuring the blockchain security and utilize the freed computing power for computation with actual social benefit to further create value for the real economy. Through innovations in Ultrain cryptography, only 1% of the computing power of the entire network is required to implement mintage when the consensus is reached each round, and the remaining 99% of the computing power can be provided as trusted computing. This computing model includes CPU computing, GPU computing, memory computing, hard disk resources, bandwidth resources, etc., which can all be managed and scheduled using Ultrain to provide services externally. Interviewees: Emma Liao She is responsible for strategic planning, financing and investment, BD and PR work for the Ultrain project as well as the establishment and implementation of the Ultrain ecosystem. She founded Pioneer Capital, a leading boutique investment bank in China. With nearly 10 years of experience in investment, investment banking and corporate operation, she is an industry expert in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, overseas cooperation and IoT technology with considerable international and domestic corporate resources. She was the Managing Director of Golden Brick Capital TMT, founding CEO of Kunlun Redstar (the first professional ice hockey club in China) , head of IOT investment for QIHU 360, head of china of leading European investment bank goetzpartners GmbH and International Account Director at New York Private Bank & Trust. She has invested in projects such as NIO, Renrenche.com and 360's privatisation. Yufeng Shen: Ultrain Chief Architect Specialties: Blockchain, C&C++, STL and Boost, Linux kernel and driver, Embedded System, Image Processing (Matting and Segmentation), Artificial Intelligence ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● PAYMENT/DONATION DISCLOSURE: This was 100% free and I received no financial compensation for doing this updated Ultrain video; not in fiat, tokens or any form on payment. Since several months ago, I decided to do only free content unless legitimate ambassadorships were involved. I believe that sponsored content is not a problem if disclosed, but this was NOT sponsored and there was absolutely no compensation received in any way, shape or form for this interview. Investment Disclosure: I have not invested in Ultrain Cheers, Brad.
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Happy New Year! My travels last week prevented me from putting up any Selections, so here are some of the posts that caught my eye over the past 2 weeks.
Sleep deprivation gives me the chills. Scicurious of Neurotopia explains why you might want to put on a sweater before pulling your next all-nighter.
Income inequality and health outcomes. Jennifer Gibson of Brain Blogger looks at a new meta analysis suggesting that income inequality may lead to 1.5 million preventable deaths annually in developed nations.
Forget to take your Ginkgo biloba? Turns out, it doesn't matter. Results of a new trial published in the Journal of the American Medical Association lead Science-Based Pharmacy to conclude that "the risk-benefit calculation now tilts strongly away from treatment".
Insulin resistance as a protective measure, a paradigm shift? Insulin resistance contributes to millions of deaths each year in North America. However, new research discussed on Nutritional Blogma suggests that insulin resistance may be one way that cells protect themselves from excess oxidative stress.
I'll be back with more Health-related posts next Wednesday!
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2018 Officer Nominations - KY Constable Association, Inc.
Final nominations for 2018 Officers was conducted at the October monthly meeting. The results are as follows.
Elections will be conducted at the next regular monthly meeting on Saturday, November 18, 2017. With the Secretary position having no nominations, there will be open nominations for that position at the next aforementioned meeting before the election process outlined in association bylaws.


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Tony Stewart's Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2005
Tony Stewart started racing at age 7 winning his first championship in 1980 at age 9. By 1991 was in USAC, winning the championship in 1994. As if that wasn't enough, in 1995 Tony accomplished what no other driver had ever done before, winning the USAC Triple Crown - a championship in 3 different series (midgets, sprint cars and silver crown cars) in the same season. After winning the IRL championship in 1997 he moved to NASCAR's Busch Grand National series and, shortly after, the Nextel Cup series. The championship wasn't long in coming - Tony raced his way to number one in 2002 and again in 2005.
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We all know that essential oils and water do not mix, but that doesn't mean they can't be used together. I find water to be an excellent medium since it has a really high energy and can carry the imprints of thought and memory.
Bach Flower Remedies function upon these principles; the water carries the energetic imprint of the plant and this imprint is what carries the healing properties. The same thing goes for Homeopathy. Remember that only a very tiny amount of energy is needed to communicate to one cell, and all cells communicate with each-other.
2/3 of the earth is covered in water, 2/3 of our bodies are water…So water would be a connecting link between all living. Everything is magnified by water; sight, sound. We all know that water carries sound. Under water we can effortlessly hear sounds that could not be heard above water.
Dr. Masaru Emoto freely admits that he is not a scientist and that his work is not scientifically valid – yet. But if we would only believe "scientifically valid" there would be no more questions, no more research, no more mental evolution. I think these pictures speak for themselves, and I also think people should think and believe from themselves.
Skin: Add 5 dr. of essential oils to 200ml pure spring, distilled or filtered water in a spray bottle and shake. Leave for 3 days, shaking the mix every day, and filter through a paper coffee filter. Use this as a facial spray to boost emotion and hydrate your skin.
Air cleanser: Add 10-20 dr. of essential oils to 200ml pure spring, distilled or filtered water in a spray-bottle and shake. Spray to cleanse the air after a fight or in a sick-room or just to freshen up. Always shake first so the drops are "mixed" with the water. Don't spray directly on skin (could cause a rash or irritation) or surfaces (might leave stains).
Drink: To a 1/2 liter water-bottle add 2 drops of essential oils; lemon, orange, grape or eucalyptus. Either filter or shake the bottle before drinking. Great energy-boost and helpful to the immune-system.
Hydrosols (see below) are excellent for skin-care. Put in a spray-bottle and use during the day for a great pick-me-up, if the scent is too strong, dilute it with pure spring, distilled or filtered water. Can be used directly on the skin unless skin is extremely sensitive; then dilute with water.
When plant-matter is steam-distilled to extract the essential oil, water is used. The end result gives an essential oil and the "perfumed" water. This water has its own characteristics that are different from essential oils, tinctures or infusions. These waters contain trace-elements of the essential oil and all the water-soluble particles in the plant-matter that are light enough in weight to be carried by the steam. A hydrosol smells somewhat like the essential oil but greener. In the old days plants were distilled only for the waters that were used for medicine, cosmetic purposes, cooking and house-keeping. Rose and orange-flower waters are still widely used in traditional Eastern cooking.
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Have you started to notice the skin around your eyes is changing? Does it make it difficult to see as easily as you once did? Are you concerned about the impact the effects these changes the natural aging process have made on your appearance? Consider eyelid surgery! This surgical procedure can help lift and remove sagging skin to refresh the appearance of the upper and lower eyelids. Explore the possibilities of this surgical procedure during a consultation with our team at Zormeier Cosmetic Surgery and Longevity Center.
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Most healthy adults with realistic expectations may qualify as candidates for blepharoplasty. It is important for candidates to have healthy facial muscles and tissues. This may be a good choice for those who are frustrated with the appearance of the skin around their eyes as well as the impact it is having on their vision.
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Now, 2006 beckons to be just as exciting for Jason Taylor as he has recently been appointed coach of his beloved Parramatta Eels. Since retiring, as well as enhancing his media profile with Channel Nine and their rugby league coverage, he has been honing his coaching skills. As a result, his appointment from assistant to head coach has given this gifted player a chance to demonstrate that his talents can grow from star player to head coach.
At Parramatta, Jason not only broke the NRL all time point scoring record but also broke Mick Cronin's record of the most goals scored by an individual. Jason's 2001 team set a new record for the most points scored by a team in one season and they also won the Ken Stephens Award for service to the games both on and off the field. Parramatta Chief Executive, Denis Fitzgerald at the Parramatta presentation night, described Jason Taylor as the most professional player he had seen in 17 years at the helm. In season 2001 he became the highest point scorer of any player in the history of rugby league.
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North Korea has at least eight industrial facilities that can produce chemical agents; however, the production rate and types of munitions are uncertain. Presumably one or more of the agents [sarin, tabun, phosgene, adamsite, prussic acid and a family of mustard gases] comprising the basis of North Korean chemical weapons are produced at the Sariwon Potassic/Potash Fertilizer Complex, probably including precursors for tear and asphyxiating agents.
The Third Seven-Year Plan emphasized synthetic fiber production based on indigenous technology using coal and limestone, and on the production of chemical fiber based on petrochemistry. The government called for accelerating the expansion projects at both the Sinuiju and Ch'ngjin chemical fiber complexes. The textile industry, the most important light industrial sector, utilizes primarily locally produced synthetics and petrochemically based fibers, as well as cotton and silk. P'yongyang, the site of the P'yongyang Integrated Textile Mill, is the country's textile capital, but Sinuiju and Sariwon have been gaining in importance.


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