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World overlooks Ethiopia drought crisis that is leaving millions hungry
Sitting in the blistering sun as she cradles her 2-month-old baby, Genet Tamisat is one of hundreds of mothers waiting to have their children checked for malnutrition, as Ethiopia faces its worst drought in decades.
"I have nothing to eat at home. I can't even buy maize by myself," said Tamisat, who also has a 4-year-old son. "People can look at us and think we're OK, but we are in great danger. We have nothing."
Despite the crisis confronting Tamisat and millions of other Ethiopians lacking food and drinking water, a world caught up in strife is paying insufficient attention to their plight, because it is distracted by other urgent needs.
The government and the United Nations are trying to raise $1.4 billion to feed 10.2 million Ethiopians, but only half has come through so far, as the wars in Syria andYemen plus the migrant crisis dominate the news.
"Fundraising for this response has been very slow," said Chege Ngugi, national director of the charity ChildFund Ethiopia. "My priority is to support the efforts of the government of Ethiopia to save lives, but we're not reaching everybody."
A strong El Nino has blocked two consecutive rainy seasons that normally nourish crops that feed 85% of the country. The drought has forced the government to find additional food aid from the United States and other donors.
The U.S. Agency for International Development dispatched an response team to Ethiopia to provide emergency assistance that includes nearly $4 million in corn and wheat seeds for more than 200,000 families.
Here in the Oromia region, which includes central Ethiopia, the land is arid as far as the eye can see. Animal carcasses — some fresh, some old — are scattered across patches of dusty earth.
Humanitarian needs in this Horn of Africa country have tripled since the start of 2015 as the situation deteriorates.
Malnutrition rates in the worst-affected areas have surpassed 20% — higher than theWorld Health Organization's emergency threshold of 15%, said Challiss McDonough, regional spokeswoman for the U.N.'s World Food Programme.
This year, the food program will help more than 2 million children, pregnant women and breast-feeding mothers suffering from moderate acute malnutrition.
The U.N.'s children's fund, UNICEF, estimates that almost 500,000 children need treatment for severe acute malnutrition.
"Even with interventions, the situation is getting worse," said Eyoel Lemma, who works at ChildFund Ethiopia in Fentale.
He said ChildFund, with help from the U.N., also provides supplementary food and malnutrition treatment to children under age 5. But that becomes a major difficulty as families migrate to different areas looking for water and pasture for their livestock, as well as to find jobs.
As a result, many people miss out on the food rationing programs.
One woman on the move is Haso Bultum, 27. After hours of walking in the sun across barren mountains, she reached a rural health care facility here in Fentale with her malnourished 9-month-old twins.
"It's very hard. I've had no sleep, because we're trying to find some food for our cattle," she said. "To save ourselves we're constantly moving."
While Ethiopia has the fastest growing economy in the world and has lifted millions of citizens out of poverty, the reality is that 80% of Ethiopians are still dependent on agriculture.
McDonough from the World Fund Programme warned that her organization could run out of food within two months.
"We have been calling for urgent funding for months now, and still have only about a quarter of the resources that we need for the next six months. Unless we receive significant new funding very soon, we could start running out of food for relief assistance by May," McDonough said.
Samuel Ferfu, manager of the Children's and Family Charitable Organization in Fentale, said another major issue is the lack of access to water. Almost 6 million people need emergency water, according to UNICEF.
"There's no water at all — the river is dry," he said. "No water makes sanitation impossible, and as a result, the prevalence of disease will increase."
For the time being, Ethiopians are praying that rain will reach the worst-affected areas, but flooding is a serious risk after a lengthy drought.
"Soon the rain will come, and people's worries will be flooding. But they have nothing except their homes to lose. They've already lost all their animals and crops," said Lemma from ChildFund Ethiopia.
For Tamisat, 27, and her young children, talk of rain in the coming months is a false hope.
"We have no water and no food," she said, wiping sweat off her forehead. "I don't know what is coming for the future, but I have no hope about the rain."
Source: USA TODAY


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Invisible Child: Leilani Muir and the Alberta Eugenics Board (Edmonton Journal)
Leilani Muir is pictured with actor Jenny McKillop, who portrays Muir in Invisible Child: Leilani Muir and the Alberta Eugenics Board.
By Gordon Kent
Edmonton Journal, August 21, 2012
The Alberta Eugenics Board sterilized 2,800 girls and women based on IQ tests and socio-economic status between 1928 and 1972 in a horrific attempt to improve the human gene pool.
Leilani Muir was 10 when her abusive parents sent her to Red Deer's Provincial Training School for Mental Defectives in 1955. She was wrongfully deemed a "moron" and eventually sterilized without her knowledge or consent.
Only after she was married did she discover she couldn't have children. Eventually, she sued the province for what was done to her, winning a $740,000 judgment in 1996 that paved the way for settlements with about 700 other Alberta sterilization survivors.
This show, written by David Chereos with Muir and former NeWest Press general manager M.L. Morin, provides an overview of Muir's life, her lawsuit and Alberta's eugenics movement that's surprisingly entertaining given the grim subject matter.
Randy Brososky, Linda Grass and Jenny McKillop purport to give a government-mandated presentation so they can recreate periods of Muir's life and read from her journal, as well as clinical reports and trial transcripts.
It's an effective device that allows them to make a lively outline of an important piece of Alberta history, although the provincial lawyers and officials are portrayed with a slight sneer and condescending tone that's only one step removed from having them curl their black moustaches.
There also wasn't enough about Muir, her interests and her life aside from her religious devotion and desire for justice.
The now 68-year-old made a special appearance at the show I saw to thank the performers and express the hope that history can't repeat itself. It's obvious that won't happen as long as she can continue fighting for society's underdogs.
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After losing numerous lawsuits in its fight against the Westside subway, Beverly Hills took another one on the chin—the feds granted the rail project another $1.6 billion in grants and loans this week.
The announcement from U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ensures funding for the Purple Line extension's second phase to Century City and inoculates it from a transit-averse Republican administration. An extension to Wilshire and La Cienega opens in 2023, while the Century City phase will be up and running in 2026 or earlier (a third phase will bring it to Westwood).
While almost everyone in L.A. County cheered the latest cash infusion, many in Beverly Hills grimaced. The city and its school district have spent $10 million trying to alter the course of the subway.
City officials have been apoplectic for years over the placement of the Century City station, which will sit at the intersection of Constellation and Avenue of the Stars. Having the stop there means the subway will need to travel under Beverly Hills High School, which has been a bizarre red line for 90210. The city wants the station on Santa Monica Boulevard—abutting a golf course—so it won't have to go under the school. Metro's studies said a stop on SMB would put it in the crosshairs of too many earthquake fault lines, not to mention make it harder for commuters to actually reach the towers of Century City.
Beverly Hills sued and sued again. They lost in L.A. County Superior Court and then filed a federal lawsuit. They initially lost there, but then a judge ruled last year that Metro must provide more information on why they chose Constellation over SMB, and the effects of construction on air quality and BHHS. Beverly Hills officials wanted construction stopped while the info was gathered, but a U.S. District Court judge ruled against that request, saying it would throw off the whole project's construction schedule and risk federal funding; that allowed the big deposit from Uncle Sam that arrived on Tuesday. Metro, meanwhile, plans to have its new reports finished by the spring.
After a battle that's stretched nearly a decade, it's still not clear why Beverly Hills is so worked up over having a train line cross under a small section of its high school. Los Angeles already has train lines operating under schools (in East L.A.) and a pep rally has yet to collapse into the Earth. There have been claims that terrorists would attack the subway tunnel underneath the school. Others have whispered that officials are worried they won't be able to build more underground parking.
Whatever the reason, let's hope this is the end of Beverly Hills' hissy fit. They, and other Westsiders, helped halt the subway's westward expansion in the 1980s. Back then, many folks didn't even pretend safety concerns were the cause for their resistance; they just didn't want transit-dependent Eastsiders roaming their gilded streets. Even if people are now more polite about their motivations, rich neighborhoods waging expensive battles against public transit in L.A. remains a questionable and disturbing endeavor.
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For someone who excelled really much in Sibika at Kultura/HeKaSi from elementary to high school and got an uno, in first name basis and FB friends with my History 1 college professor, yes! This kind of historic adventure really did catch my eye! Excuse the grade bragging, just so much of a history buff myself. Hihi.
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is an alfresco and a heritage park at the same time. Situated in Bagac, Bataan such is an ultimate escape for all the history enthusiasts (or just Curious Georges) out there. Owned by Gerry Acuzar, an architect and the person behind the New San Jose Builders (those who constructed the Philippine Arena), this 400-hectare esplanade is devoted to rebuild old Spanish houses and mansions based on its cultural, historical and architectural value.
We availed of their Express Deal which includes a round trip shuttle service from New World Hotel in Makati to Bagac. Another designated area is in Astoria Plaza in Ortigas. Just choose the pick-up/drop off point closer to you and be reminded of the meeting time.
Bataan is accessible via the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) and Northern Luzon Expressway (NLEX). There are buses running direct to Balanga town proper. Balanga Town proper is about 125 kms. northwest from Manila. From Olongapo City, you may take the Victory Liner Buses. Tricycles and jeepneys are the primary modes of transport around Bataan.
You may go through the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Clark, Pampanga or through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminals in Manila and make the necessary land transfers.
Las Casas Filipinas is located 20 kilometers away from the Mt. Samat Shrine. From the Japanese Friendship Tower in Bagac, turn left and the resort is 2 kilometers away.
My bf already suggested for us to go Las Casas last year however the means to get there was a challenge. Big thanks to our awareness of their package deals, we finally got to visit this astounding place. Might be a little bit pricey but it was worth it. Lahat naman ng bagay napag-iipunan di ba?!
I will let the tour guides go through with the specifics of the houses. I, on the other hand, will just showcase my favorites among all those we have seen. Brace yourself by some vintage beauty. Because old does not necessarily mean ugly.
When we got there, there was a wedding to be officiated. The red bricks captivated me and made us come back for a second look.
The interiors of these house was just superb! Chandeliers, wooden floors, lavish paintings…aaahhh! Luxury at its finest. If only I could afford to stay even for a night.
One of my favorites in Las Casas. I bet this is quite new as this is somehow not part of the tour yet. Would like to know the backstory on this building somehow.
The exteriors are definitely exquisite. Would love to see what's inside but it will cost us P200 per person so we decided not to enter for now. We resorted to appreciate its beauty from the outside.
This house was originally situated in the compound of the INC in Bulacan.
• Join the tours before lunch or after the 1:30 pm tour. People tend to swarm the after lunch tour since they have already eaten and might want to stretch their legs out a bit. Haha.
• Hydrate! Bring a bottle of water most especially if it is sunny outside.
**Our Las Casas Filipinas trip has been done last Jan 30, 2016. Pics were taken using Nikon D3100 and Sony Cybershot TX30.
You may visit Las Casas Filipinas' website or call them at +63 2 332 5338 / +63 2 332 5286 for inquiries and/or reservations.


A study into the repercussions of changes made to the NHS by the last Labour government has shown that the amount of people being treated by the health service has dropped, while more patients have been referred to private services.
The research was conducted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and funded by the Nuffield Trust to find out how the changes to the NHS made several years ago have changed people's experiences of healthcare.
The investigation discovered that two years ago, most people were being treated at their local NHS provider, but in recent years more and more GPs have been referring patients to alternative services.
Independent Sector Treatment Centres (ISTCs), independent centres which accept NHS patients, had increased their activity, from playing an 'insignificant' role in NHS care to representing 3.5% of all initial consultations in 2010/11, which adds up to nearly half a million appointments over 12 months.
The statistics suggest that, while the total number of all NHS patients has gone up during the past six years, there has been a significant rise in the number of NHS patients treated at private surgeries.
More and more patients visited ISTCs for a variety of surgical treatments, with ISTCs accounting for about 50% of GP referrals during the last six years.
NHS hospital hip replacements dropped from almost 70% in 2005/06 to over 50% in 2010/11, with independent centres carrying out more of the operations.
Elaine Kelly, a research economist at IFS and one of the authors of the study, said: 'The use of private providers to treat NHS patients is no longer a marginal policy reform and deserves greater investigation.
'There has been a significant shift in market shares over the past five years from patients' nearest NHS hospitals to private providers.
Use of independent services varied according to the treatment needed, with elective unilateral inguinal hernia repair experiencing the quickest shift - 17% of all patients were treated by private services last year.
Casualty services continued to be provided by NHS trusts, with little change in patient care.
Likewise, there was little increase in the number of patients that were treated in an an NHS hospital that was not their local one.


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The Effectiveness of Hashtags In Your Social Media Strategy
by Eva Webster | content marketing strategy, social media, social media managementContent Marketing, Social Media Management
As a content writing company, we're familiar with the ins and outs of content writing social media, which is something we take pride in when it comes to giving clients great, unique content. Still, it's beneficial for any client to understand exactly what they need in terms of their social media content, and this includes the concept of hashtags.
Hashtags are a recent content writing social media phenomena. Used mostly on Twitter and Instagram, hashtags collect site content containing the same word marked with the pound sign (#) and make them easy to search through. It's likely you knew all this, but it's equally possible you don't fully understand just how important they are.
Social media used to be about hanging out with friends, family, acquaintances and co-workers in an online forum, but it's expanded into a way to connect with strangers from around the world. The ability to reach large audiences is why social media is such a powerful marketing tool for businesses, especially those that can't afford flashy commercials or huge billboards to showcase their wares and services. If you buy content writing social media, you're spending a lot less than you would be on these kinds of mainstream advertising, and you reaching a much larger audience: the globe.
The Two Types of Hashtags
Hashtags come in two forms, and these are useful to distinguish when it comes to crafting unique content writing social media. Let's break them down:
"Dictionary hashtags" are when buzzword phrases or nouns are used as hashtags instead of just unformatted words. Examples include #content, #writing, #blog.
"Creative hashtags" utilize manufactured phrases into sparking a conversation based on the hashtag itself. Examples include #YourDailyInspo, #WritingChallenge, #CustomContent.
The uses for these two forms of hashtags can be both very different and very similar. All hashtags are used to let others have the opportunity to easily locate your tweet or Instagram post. "Dictionary hashtags" are very in tune with this purpose. Their direct intention is to cast a very wide and general net.
"Creative hashtags", however, offer a more unique content experience to Twitter browsers. These require online concepts such as "going viral." No one is likely going to search directly for these hashtags, but they do start a specific conversation that can easily be referenced and associated with a brand or situation.
Both of these methods of hashtagging can be utilized by any business, but does this accurately explain why they're so useful in the first place? Why hashtag when Twitter has a search feature?
The answer to this is quite simple: consolidation. Doing a search for a subject on twitter can bring you a wide array of tweets, and a lot of them will probably not be at all what you're looking for. Hashtags group everything together neatly. Any and all tweets and Instagram posts with this hashtag will show up, and that's exactly what you need from your content writing social media.
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Meredith Marks weighs in on the feud between Jen Shah and Whitney Rose
Wed Feb 10, 2021 at 3:03pm ET
By Alicea James
Meredith Marks chimes in on feud between Jen Shah and Whitney Rose. Pic credit:Fred Hayes/Bravo
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City gave us a lot of drama during their first season.
And let's be honest, Jen Shah was at the center of most, if not all of it.
Jen gave us a lot to talk about this season starting with her shocking blowups and her ongoing feuds with her costars.
One memorable altercation occurred between Jen and Whitney Rose and it carried through till the end of the season.
Whitney told Jen about a rumor which alleged that Meredith Marks and Lisa Barlow were afraid of her. But Meredith and Lisa both denied that they had said any such thing.
Jen's anger was further fueled by the timing of Whitney's confession since it was revealed at her husband Sharrieff's birthday party.
Jen tried to get to the bottom of the rumor, but it proved futile and the RHOSLC star completely lost it putting a damper on the festivities.
Jen blamed Whitney for ruining her husband's party and has been lashing out at her despite getting an apology.
Now Meredith Marks is chiming in on the feud between the two women.
Meredith Marks dishes on Jen Shah drama
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star had a chat with Danny Pellegrino recently and was asked about the feud between Jen and Whitney.
Everyone thought all was well with the two women after they talked things out and Whitney apologized.
However, Jen shocked her castmates and confused RHOSLC viewers during the cast trip to Vegas when she lashed out at Whitney once again.
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During the interview, Meredith was asked if Jen was simply playing things up to drive a storyline on the show.
"I have no idea," responded the mom-of-three. "I have no way of knowing what's going on in anyone else's head except my own…I definitely cannot predict what's going on in Jennifer Shah's head."
Should Jen Shah move on from the feud with Whitney Rose?
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star explained her views on the situation between her castmates.
And it seems she's just as confused as fans are by Jen accepting the apology from Whitney and then continuing to be mad at her.
"There's nothing wrong with her not being over what happened with Whitney," admitted Meredith.
"The problem I had with it is the same thing with Mary. If you tell someone that, you know, you forgive them, you accept their apology, 'we're good, clean slate, we're moving forward,' then that's where you're at," noted Meredith.
You'll remember that Jen also had a similar incident with Mary Cosby early on in the season. And after Mary apologized and everyone thought they had made up, Jen continued to lash out at Mary.
By the end of the season, all of the RHOSLC women had grown tired of Jen's dramatics. But who knows? Maybe they'll be able to hash it all out at the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion.
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Reunion Part 1 airs on Wednesday, February 10 at 10/9c on Bravo.
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Yes, I have those options, but they really don't address my goals, and really don't provide any new information. If mild steel was as good as tool steel, we'd see anvils made from mild steel. I have an anvil with a tool steel face, I don't want to go backwards. A saddle of S7 would not be a part of the mass of the anvil and would lose a large amount of efficiency. This would be a backward step. That JHM anvil is ductile iron rather than steel, and would be darn near a thousand bucks by the time I get it shipped. It's significantly smaller than my current 185-lb anvil, and I don't care for farrier pattern anvils. I really don't want to go down 33% in mass to a cast iron farrier anvil for that kind of money. You're talking about quadrupling my budget here. That's not insignificant. Consensus is not to do Gunter method on anvils unless the damage is really bad, making the anvil unusable, which is not the state mine is in. There are issues with HAZ softening. There are issues with specific alloys being required and skills for working on wrought bases. The level of expertise is generally described as "don't do this unless you are an expert." I am trying to come up with a solution that trades some of the advantages I have (materials, information, design), for those I don't (expert welding technique). I didn't say I wanted sharp edges. I am aware of the issues with edge sharpness.This is not a thread about how to properly dress anvil edges. It's asking about the feasibility of fabricating an anvil with materials and equipment I have current or inexpensive access to. But since you asked, I want better edges because it's hard to get a clean shoulder when doing half-faced hammer blows. I'm particularly working on drawing out over the edge of the anvil when making shoulders on leaves and such. I prefer drawing out on the edge like that to drawing using the horn. I could get a block, but that has the same issue as a saddle, and it's not as good as simply having good edges on an anvil. Tool steel drops are not thick on the ground around me. I could probably find one eventually, but a forklift tine will have clean edges when laid out horizontally, which is suboptimal. Standing it on end will require cutting, grinding and fabricating, which I can do, but then why not use the 300lb of steel I already have? The answer may end up being that the fabrication involved in cutting and grinding a forklift tine is within my means where adding a tool steel face isn't. That's exactly what I'm trying to find out here. Some other shape? Sure, but it's likely to be smaller and I don't need an improvised anvil. I have a serviceable 185-lb London pattern anvil, and I don't need a makeshift anvil. The goal is to get better. I know what duty cycle is. It's 30% at max output. If I'm not spending the money on a new or good-condition used anvil, I'm also not buying a new welder. This is the equipment I have. Note that duty cycle isn't the most significant issue. It's the question of whether 180 amps is sufficient to get enough heat into the weld zone and build up the solid mass of metal. It may well not be enough. But that is why I'm asking. I'm not entirely clear on what you mean by hardfacing rod: are you suggesting that running S7 MIG wire is a better choice to attempting to weld on a plate using the method suggested, or is this a repeat of the suggestion that I should buy a new welder? If it's an opinion that MIGging the face is a better choice, thank you. Can you elaborate? I haven't been able to get pricing on the S-7 wire yet, but Stoody hardfacing wire is $7-$10 per pound. The only other hardfacing wire I've seen that is available in 0.035" wire is more for abrasion resistance than shock resistance, so is not appropriate for this application. In fact, I have a roll of it sitting under my workbench that I bought seven or eight years ago before I understood the difference between shock-absorbing and abrasion-resistant hard-face wire. In general, I understand that this is an extensive, difficult undertaking. I understand that it's going to be hot, heavy, dirty work that is going to take a bigger time and effort commitment than I'm allowing for, and I'm allowing for a lot. That's exactly why I'm trying to figure out if it's feasible with a reasonable chance of success. Welding consumables would be about $150, the tool steel plate somewhere around $100. Perhaps more than Super Quench, but quenching a mass of steel like that is not without its own challenges. That's one of the advantages of S7: it's air hardening. There are issues with hardening the thick cross section, but that's one of the things I'm trying to figure out. Yes, the plan is to weld two blocks together, perhaps all three. If I can weld two big blocks together, then I can also weld on a tool-steel face. There are frequent comments here about using the technique of spacing the plate with a piece of rod and back-filling with filler rod. However, I haven't really read a lot of discussion about the details of the technique. How did it work out? What was learned along the way? If you were doing it again, how would you do it differently, or would you do it at all? The way I analogize it in my head is that you're using the welding arc to slowly pour steel into the gap. It's of course different, because you need the heat of the arc to penetrate sufficiently into the base metal to get good adhesion. However, because you're asking the joint to function in compression rather than shear or tension, the main concern seems to be porosity and getting smooth, complete fill, rather than what would be considered "strength" in a pipeline weld. So it's not clear to me how much flexibility this technique has. I had considered testing the process with the two blocks of mild steel. If I can successfully join two 95-lb masses, I should be able to join one 18-lb plate to a 95-lb plate. But now that I think of it, I can buy scrap mild steel that will mimic my application, and for $50 in welding wire, I can test it. I can test the rebound of the 95-lb block, test the rebound of a plate set on the block (worst case), and then test the rebound of the plate welded to the block using this method. Hmmm... Interesting. Still, since my family demands a lot of my time (happily!), I was hoping to get more insight rather than adding more labor.
That's a great read. It will be something else that my wife looks at on the bedside table and shakes her head. I am at work, so I can't really read it, but I don't see anything in there that indicates I can't run a reasonably efficient multi-loop coil. I need to pay attention to design, but it looks like there's no theoretical problem with it.
I've been dancing around what to do with anvils, since my Hill has beat up edges. Prices of anvils in my area (Southern California) are unreasonably high, and I have a small stash of 95-lb mild steel blocks. Some searching shows that I can find an S-7 plate of the right dimensions for my steel blocks for about $100. This would be a 1" thick plate. The idea is to use the technique of using a steel bar to support the center of the plate off the steel body, then using a welder to fill the void with welding wire. I was looking at drawings, and decided that having it on the diagonal would give a better liklihood of having no dead spots in the middle where there wasn't full penetration. I'd repeat this with a second (and possibly a third) block underneath for something over 200 or 300 lb. The goal would be to have something with similar or greater mass to my current anvil (185lb) with like-new, unbroken edges. The material sheet for S7 says it should be pre-heated to 500F. I can accommodate that. It's an air-hardening steel, but in sections over 1" it should be quenched in oil or interruption-quenched in water to achieve full hardness. I might be able to accomplish that, but I might also be okay without maximum hardness. My welder is a small 180-amp Lincoln MIG, so there would be lots of passes. But the cost, including welding wire, would be around $250. Spending low four figures on a "new" anvil is just not in the cards right now as that money just went to try to fix a car project that went pear-shaped. An anvil fabricated with a single mild steel block would be about 125 lb, with two blocks would be about 235, and three blocks would be 350lb. Another option is that Eureka Alloys sells S7 MIG wire which could be used to face over build-up wire. This would be a MIG version of Avadon's TIG'd S7 face. Here are my questions: Am I likely to get sufficient penetration, or adequate fill with this method to be worth the effort, or am I looking at hours and hours of work to achieve a dull thud with little rebound? I don't want to find crazing and stress cracks after all this effort, so any comments on experience with welding S7 to mild steel? Would this process be better or worse with a thinner (1/2" or 3/4") face plate? Is the toughness of S7 a bigger factor than the hardness, or what is the importance of maximizing hardness and figuring out quench? Assuming average competence, and not a lifetime of welding expertise, am I likely to end up with an anvil that is superior to a block of mild steel? Is MIGging on S7 wire for a hard face a better option?
To be clear, I think what you're calling the "base" is what we would call a "stand." If you're asking if Hay Budden ever made a cast-iron "base" then people will think of the bottom half of the body where the waist blends into the feet. That's the "base" of the anvil. Did Hay Budden ever offer a cast-iron stand? I don't know, but that's a different question.
Any opinion on multiple loops per fixture? What are the downsides of having a 3/4", 1.5" and a 2.5" (or similar) on a single coil? That way you could have multiple size ranges without having to change coils.
Looks to me like that Champion is set up to run off a line shaft.
Corian is a nice material. It would make a nice opener handle.
5x5x20 calculates out to 142 lb. Thats a nice sized anvil. Whats it from? Who knows?
Charcoal, surpisingly, is carbon neutral. Tree grows in our lifetime, absorbs carbon. Charcoal made and burned, carbon released. Okay, you have carbon input to make charcoal and transport it, but the fuel itself is neutral. The problem with fossil fuels is that it is carbon sequestered over millions of years being released in decades. So if you live in the Pacific Northwest, they have like 90% hydro and induction is probably cleanest. In coal county, charcoal, and hard to say what would be best in natural gas states (it's pretty clean given its transport costs but it's still a fossil fuel). in other words, everything needs energy to bring to forging temps. Life is a series of compromises.
I'll read that, thanks. I'm curious to see as my heaviest use was for an hour a day maybe an hour and a half. It was idling for well over half that time. So if it's just the appearance of a draw, I don't think that would account for $350 at that amount.
I think what he's saying is that the profile of the draw gets surcharges. My interpretation is that if you have very high peak draws, you get charged more. I haven't read my bill that closely yet, but it makes sense. I used my forge a lot in July when it was very hot, and grid load was also likely very high. That seems to me to be the conditions under which you'd see a surcharge. I remember having this discussion with Grant Sarver (RIP) about electrical use. He believed that the net cost of use was lower than coal or propane, and it was based on the same calculation as you are indicating: the total draw over time is fairly low. It may not have accounted for the variation of power companies' policies or a difference between residential and commercial service. But we shall see. Incidentally, that case is black, but all the controls and internals otherwise look like mine. OP did a heck of a lot nicer job routing the cooling lines than I did, though! Oh, and more comments on your setup. Your home-made cooler is really quiet. Nicely done. I have two coolers: an older Miller which needed a pump seal rebuild, and then an inexpensive TIG cooler I bought from Amazon. I'm guessing you spent less than I did, and have more cooling capacity. On the other hand, I have more unnecessary junk in my garage, so I've got that going for me! I also like that you're experimenting with the amperage controls. I just run everything cranked up all the way all the time! I've seen as high as 814, I think, but maybe only 812.
If it's the vid I'm thinking of, it's about the number of loops in the coil. He wanted a longer heat so wrapped six loops, and only got induction when he involved five? Im drawing a blank on his name, but he's a poster here and linked to his article in an association newsletter. Does that sound like the right one?
AIA says Hill made anvils until about 1850. It's got a Pritchel hole, so it's likely after 1830. I know this because I also have a Hill. Mine is similar in shape but with a longer horn. Yours is in nicer condition, though. A buck a pound is a great deal.


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        {
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            };

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She was born Oct. 5, 1928, in Wright County, Mo. to Orvil H. and Gladys O. Prock Todd.
On Dec. 10, 1950, she married Homer Aaron Davis.
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There are all sorts of problems that having an infection can lead to, as well as the fact that the infection itself can be a nuisance and a pain. If you find that you're the kind of person who's prone to infections, it might be worthwhile trying to do something about it. As it happens, there are plenty of approaches you can take to try and make sure that you don't get infections quite as often, and it's worth looking into what those are so that you can approach the situation better in the future. In this article, we are going to look at some of the lifestyle changes that can really make a big difference when it comes to fighting off those pesky infections.
One of the biggest things you can do is to make yourself more aware of just how easy it is to get infections – and how easy it can be to fight them off. As long as you know as much as possible about this, you should be able to find it easier to fight off any infections that might appear, and stop them in the first place. Obviously, this is the best option and is the one that you should aim for as much as possible. It also helps to be aware of the many consequences of having an infection, so that you can really appreciate the importance of protecting yourself. Patient.info is just one example of what can happen if you leave an infection alone.
One of the biggest factors in how well your body fights infections is what you eat. If you're always treating yourself to processed foods and sugary drinks, then you're not allowing your body to develop quite the same level of response to any infections that you might get. If you eat plenty of whole foods and drink lots of water instead, you'll find that your body fights off infections much more easily, more quickly and without too much hassle. Make sure you eat plenty of fruit and veg, because these will help to make sure your body keeps infections at bay.
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I've been using Dr Dunner PhytoVitality most days for a few weeks now. Admittedly, I don't always remember to take a capsule and so from that alone it's hard to say whether they make any difference or not. I've also had a couple of curries in that time, both containing turmuric so there hasn't been much of a 'control' element to this review.


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The Women (2008 film)
The Women is a 2008 American comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by Diane English and starring Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler, and Candice Bergen. The screenplay is an updated version of the George Cukor-directed 1939 film of the same name based on a 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce.
Theatrical release poster
Diane English
Victoria Permian
Anastas N. Michos
Tia Nolan
Picturehouse
Inferno Distribution
Double Edged Entertainment
Jagged Films
Shukovsky English Entertainment
September 4, 2008 (2008-09-04) (Westwood premiere)
September 12, 2008 (2008-09-12) (United States)
Though a commercial success, The Women was panned by critics.
4 Critical reception
6 Home media
Clothing designer Mary Haines lives in a beautiful suburban Connecticut home with her wealthy financier husband Steven and their 11-year-old daughter Molly. Her best friend since college, Sylvie Fowler, is the editor of a prominent fashion magazine that dictates the latest in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Sylvie learns Steven is having an affair with Crystal Allen, a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue, from chatty manicurist Tanya, she confides in the ever-pregnant Edie Cohen but hesitates to tell Mary, who discovers the news from the same woman after getting a manicure herself. Despite her mother Catherine's exhortation to keep quiet about what she knows, Mary confronts Crystal first, in a lingerie store, and then Steven, before asking for a divorce.
Sylvie, Edie, and writer Alex Fisher join forces to support their spurned friend, but complications arise when Sylvie, facing the loss of her job, conspires with local gossip columnist Bailey Smith by confirming Mary's marital woes in exchange for Bailey contributing a celebrity profile to the magazine. Mary is stunned by Sylvie's betrayal and ends their friendship. Mary's daughter begins to ditch school and confides in Sylvie because her mother, distracted by the upheavals in her once idyllic life, becomes more distant.
Mary is fired from her job by her father, has a makeover, and decides to open her own clothing design firm with some financial assistance from Catherine. As she begins to get her life in order, she makes an effort to bond with Molly, who reveals her father's relationship with Crystal is unraveling, and reunites with Sylvie, who has quit her job. With this knowledge in hand, Mary sets out to repair her fractured marriage as she prepares to unveil her new line of womenswear in a fashion show attended not only by boutique owners but the buyer from Saks as well.
Sylvie tells Mary that she has met a guy and is thinking of giving him her real phone number. Edie's water breaks and she has a baby boy. Mary receives a call from her husband and is encouraged by the others to answer it; she then arranges a date with him. In the end, we see that a magazine titled Sylvie is published with the four friends on the cover and Alex's book is out. A hint is given about Crystal's possibly going out with Alex's ex-girlfriend Natasha. The women talk about the magazine, the book and the joys, heartaches and uniquely special triumphs of being a woman.
Meg Ryan as Mary Haines
Annette Bening as Sylvie Fowler
Eva Mendes as Crystal Allen
Debra Messing as Edie Cohen
Jada Pinkett Smith as Alex Fisher
Candice Bergen as Catherine Frazier
Cloris Leachman as Maggie
Debi Mazar as Tanya
Bette Midler as Leah Miller
Carrie Fisher as Bailey Smith
India Ennenga as Molly Haines
Jill Flint as Annie
Ana Gasteyer as Pat
Joanna Gleason as Barbara Delacorte
Lynn Whitfield as Glenda Hill
Natasha Alam as Natasha
Tilly Scott Pedersen as Uta
Christy Scott Cashman as Jean
ProductionEdit
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In The Women: The Legacy, a bonus feature on the DVD release of the film, Diane English discusses her fifteen-year-long struggle to bring a contemporary version of the 1939 classic film to the screen. She wanted to present a version in which the female characters were strong and self-reliant and supported and defended each other rather than resort to treachery and catty remarks to achieve their goals. Since the concept of women going to Reno in search of a divorce is archaic, she needed to eliminate this aspect of the original plot from her treatment, which necessitated deleting several characters from the story. One character that is not in its original form is Lucy, who in the play and original movie runs the ranch in Reno, here she is seen as Mary's dog.
English wrote the first screenplay in 1993 during hiatus from Murphy Brown. The following year, Julia Roberts and Meg Ryan agreed to co-produce and star, with James L. Brooks as director and a supporting cast including Blythe Danner, Marisa Tomei, Debi Mazar, and Candice Bergen. In 1996, the first table reading of the script was held at Sony Pictures. Despite the enthusiasm of everyone involved, the project stalled when Roberts and Ryan decided they wanted to play the same role.[citation needed]
English spent the following year revising the screenplay, during which time Brooks dropped out to direct As Good as It Gets. Roberts also lost interest and moved on. English first entertained the idea of directing the film herself in 2001. Over the next few years, Sandra Bullock, Ashley Judd, Uma Thurman, Whitney Houston, and Queen Latifah were among those to express interest, although none were attached officially.
After being turned down by every major Hollywood studio, English decided to develop the project as an independent film and approached Victoria Pearman, the president of Mick Jagger's production company, Jagged Films, who agreed to produce the film for Picturehouse. Pearman offered some plot suggestions, and English put the finishing touches on the seventh and final draft of the script. Upon the film's completion, it was shown to executives at Warner Bros., which had absorbed Picturehouse in the interim. Unimpressed, they put the film on the back burner until the box office success of Sex and the City convinced them there was an audience for an all-female film.[2]
The film was shot on location in New York City and various cities in Massachusetts.[3] As with the play and 1939 film, English was careful to make sure no men appear on screen, even in long shots and crowd scenes. The only male character in the film is Edie's baby boy, born in the final scene of the film, and a waiter at a café.[4]
Critical receptionEdit
The film received a significant negative response from critics. It holds a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 148 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The critical consensus states: "The Women is a toothless remake of the 1939 classic, lacking the charm, wit and compelling protagonists of the original."[5]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was one of the few critics who enjoyed the film. He awarded it three out of four stars and commented,
What a pleasure this movie is, showcasing actresses I've admired for a long time, all at the top of their form... Diane English focuses on story and character, and even in a movie that sometimes plays like an infomercial for Saks Fifth Avenue, we find ourselves intrigued by these women. The Women isn't a great movie, but how could it be? Too many characters and too much melodrama for that, and the comedy has to be somewhat muted to make the characters semi-believable. But as a well-crafted, well-written and well-acted entertainment, it drew me in and got its job done.[6]
A.O. Scott of The New York Times called the film "a witless, straining mess" and added,
You wait in vain for a moment of snappy repartee, of fresh emotion, of grace or charm or pathos...If The Women had managed to give its various impulses some kind of coherent shape or tone, it might be worth arguing about. As it is, the movie wanders and wallows, stumbling toward screwball before veering in the direction of weepiness and grasping at satirical urbanity along the way...Rarely has class struggle, or catfighting, for that matter, been so tediously waged. And rarely have so many fine actresses been enlisted in such a futile cause.[7]
Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times observed,
While the original film...saw itself as a catty entertainment about New York society women coping with the infidelity of the husband of one of their friends, English has something grander and more complex in mind...This version sees itself as both a farce and a manifesto, a glorification of female friendship and a celebration of women's need for self-realization...All that would be a handful to pull off for the most experienced filmmaker, but English has never directed before, and it shows. The visual choices she makes in The Women are invariably static, and except for whatever energy the performers can manage, the storytelling has a dispiriting flatness to it...The film becomes unfocused as it stumbles over all the points it wants to make. Given English's writing skills, the dialogue doesn't help as much as it should, tending too much toward one-liners that aim for raunchy whenever possible. Never particularly believable, the story quickly unravels into schematic contrivance and wish-fulfillment fantasy.[8]
David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote,
English doesn't make much of it very enjoyable. She's so careful to resist the Neanderthal sensibilities of the original film, she often neglects to make her version of the story, well, fun. Worse, it's only occasionally believable...Even those who never saw Cukor's movie will feel something is missing in English's version. Yes, some of what's missing is humor and snappy dialogue, but that could be forgiven, if only some of the characters were more believable and the direction not quite as uneven. English knows how to get good performances out of her cast, but her pacing is languid and sloppy, so much so that one is tempted to believe that for all she knows about pacing a 30-minute sitcom, English isn't quite ready to tackle the longer form.[9]
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone rated the film one out of four stars, calling it a "misbegotten redo" and "a major dud." He added, "Everyone...struggles with a script that resists being crowbarred into the 21st century."[10] Richard Schickel of Time called the film "one of the worst movies I've ever seen."[11]
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing and Jada Pinkett Smith each garnered a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.
Box officeEdit
Despite the mostly negative reviews, the film was a moderate box office success. On its opening weekend, the film earned $10,115,210, ranking fourth behind Righteous Kill, The Family That Preys, and Burn After Reading. The film eventually grossed $26,902,075 in the U.S. and $23,105,471 in foreign markets for a total worldwide box office of $50,007,546.[1]
Home mediaEdit
The film was released on DVD on December 19, 2008 in the U.S. and 19 March 2009 in the UK.
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Why social media is Army's new front
Sandeep Dikshit
Sandeep DikshitIts power and reach are unmatched, yet social media is a weapon that has at times proved to be self-destructive for the Army. It has decided not to shy away from technology though, taking the challenge head-on and engaging effectively with the people at large
The social media has emerged as the new battlefront for the Indian armed forces. When its peacetime station at Samba, close to Jammu, was attacked on September 26 last year, just three days before India-Pakistan talks were to begin, the Army put out a version on how the armoured unit's second-in-command had lost his life. Within days, however, a message on WhatsApp went viral — there were no casualties in the officers' mess simply because the routine had been changed as the unit was due for an exercise the following day. The second-in-command died as he had gone home for lunch and was caught in a barrage of automatic gunfire from the terrorists as he rushed to the guards' room for weapons. Further mayhem was prevented because soldiers from the adjacent 2 Sikhs joined the 16 Cavalry men in cornering the terrorists. Their end was swift because of the fortuitous presence of tanks with live ammunition for the exercise.
In the next attack at the Army's Uri camp, six terrorists were swiftly eliminated but extracted an unusually high toll of eight soldiers. "They came and banged against this position of ours and all the six terrorists were neutralised. The security grid has succeeded but with a heavy price," the Army's 15 Corps chief, Lt Gen Subrata Saha, told reporters. But WhatsApp soon had a different version. "As per reports, soldiers on sentry duty did not fire upon the approaching terrorist vehicle due to caution imposed on them after the Anantnag incident. When the Anantnag incident took place, top officials had called it a mistake. Shouldn't they consider resigning for this goof-up [heavy toll of soldiers]?" read the message circulated, probably by a junior officer. In Anantnag, the Army had fired on a vehicle killing two youngsters, which senior officers admitted was a case of mistaken identity.
Harnessing power of the medium
In Bangladesh, an Army Major serving with the Indian High Commission was trapped by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) via Facebook. Luckily, he confessed to his superiors and was whisked out overnight before he could damage his career or the country's security.
If the Army had stuck to its conventional mode, it would have tracked down the electronic trail from the officers to their wives to one of their acquaintances in the media and disciplined them.
But the Army has understood the power and reach of the social media, and its beneficial effects of conveying the work it does in out-of-sight locations and against heavy odds to the people at large, much better than many other organisations. Its Facebook page — administered by the Additional Director General of Public Information (ADGPI) housed in the basement of the Defence Ministry's stately South Block office — is the worldwide leader among government organisations in PTAT or "People Talking About That". The more visible US army generally scores less than one-third PTATs as compared with the Indian Army.
The Indian Army's Facebook page has an army of 21 lakh followers within 18 months of its debut though the spike took place after it spiced arid press releases with rare pictures of the 1971 war with Pakistan, which most Indians still consider as the high point of national stature of Independent India. It also started a "Great Battle series" in which the Army as an institution played a valiant role. The Army's debut on Twitter was equally sensational. It has 3,45,000 followers.
Army as an institution gets responsive
The more-than-impressive debut of the Army's public face on social media and the withholding of retributive action against individuals who, unaware of the consequences, posted alternative versions of the Samba and Uri attacks were helped by its understanding how it could harness its potential. The ADGPI is headed by an officer of the rank of Major General, who a decade back was a young Colonel in what was an out-of-the-way dank basement. Carved out of Military Intelligence, ADGPI was then fighting a turf war with the Defence Ministry's civilian public relations setup, which would track and caution journalists trying to meet ADGPI officers. Even the official Army Public Relations Officer at that time would ignore or berate mediapersons he felt had met ADGPI officers without his consent.
The Army also had to face uncomfortable moments during the initial days of the social media when its officers and soldiers in uniform would proudly send pictures taken against the background of tanks and missiles to their folks back home.
Even earlier, when a mobile phone had not yet become a smartphone, a drive down the highway in Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur where the Army protects bridges and critical public offices, soldiers could be seen in the rather unedifying posture of cradling the phone between their shoulder and ear while the rifle hung loosely from the arm.
Changing profile, emerging tech The years between 2000 and 2004 were also the time when India's socio-economic profile was changing fast. A breakdown in the soldiers' family structures was leading to strains and this was being conveyed to them in realtime to their field positions in counter-insurgency zones, where they were already under stress.
Leave to sort out problems was an issue. Suicides and killings of superiors by soldiers sandwiched by the problems at home but unable to resolve them and burdened by the pressure of counter-insurgency operations crossed the Army's informal red line of 120 such deaths annually. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s Defence Institute of Psychological Research identified the use of mobile phones as one of the catalysts.
The Army didn't immediately issue an edict banning the use of mobile phones but went about setting its house in order to meet the changed requirements of its personnel. It recognised that patrolling in forward areas in extremely difficult terrain with the possibility of an ambush just round the corner or from a hilltop was mentally weighing down soldiers. A call from home asking him to return and resolve issues with a disobedient child, a warring wife and her in-laws or encroachment on his farmland further boosted stress levels. The breaking point was reached when he was refused leave, leading him to take his own life or that of the official he thought had refused to understand his predicament. Among the corrective measures were the Army asking officers to fraternise more often with soldiers to increase internal cohesiveness, hold counselling sessions and sensitise the junior commissioned officers (JCOs) to reach out to soldiers showing signs of great stress and send them for specialised counselling. Men still resort to suicides, but the rate of such incidents has reduced. The approach, also followed by other armies worldwide, has been more effective than banning the use of the mobile phone.
Now, no soldier on patrol can carry a mobile phone, says a commanding officer of an infantry battalion. But the patrol commander is allowed to have one and the number is usually known to the families of the soldiers on patrol with him. The same routine is followed for soldiers on guard duty along highways, who tend to use mobiles more often because they have more time to themselves.
Individual liberty vs institutional ethics
Now that the talk-and-SMS instrument has evolved into a smartphone, the use of social media is being taken head-on. According to an Air Force officer, which like the Army also faced the problem of leakage of sensitive information because of men posing against equipment, the solution was simple — a complete ban on such photos. "We have issued lots of instructions and our men are now aware of that. No one can say they didn't know about not being supposed to get a picture clicked when posing with air defence missiles or a fighter aircraft in the backdrop. Our services have also asked them not to pose in uniform," he said.
The ban on senior officers not to pose in uniform is disputed, but followed. "I don't think there is a need for such instructions. There are 10,000 Colonels in the Army and those whose business is to keep track, know the location of every cantonment. It really doesn't matter if I get clicked in uniform in a cantonment," he said. "But generally, people now are very careful about what they upload. A large percentage of them follow the instructions, but not all of them do so."
Another officer referred to a spate of anti-Army messages on social groups. These are generally people who are part of social media groups of a particular batch of National Defence Academy or Indian Military Academy but have left the service. Several posts against "VIP culture" that found their way into the larger public domain were traced to them. Then there are social groups of soldiers or Army wives from where information about discord within a unit is leaked out.
Lt Gen SS Mehta (retd), the former Western Army commander, puts things in perspective: "Since the social media provides the link between hierarchy and individual behaviour, the sender of the message wears two hats — his and that of the institution. As the recipient doesn't know who the sender is speaking for, there must be a link between the individual and institutional propriety. The social media is growing and when used by individuals with an I-me-myself approach, it could damage an institution with a heirarchical structure and collective ethos like the Army. Its members should utilise it keeping in mind institutional propriety and values."
According to the current ADGPI, Major General Shaukeen Chauhan, the answer cannot be banning social media. "You can't fight technology. How can you go backwards? Technology won't permit this. Delinking men and officers from a particular social media means the platform will make them go in for alternatives. Our way is education. We send instructions to make them aware of the pitfalls of connecting through social media. Only by education do you make armed forces personnel aware of pitfalls," he points out.
"The Army is seized of the adverse effects of social media. The best way is to educate officers and soldiers so that they don't get trapped," he reiterates.
'As an officer, I have been taught that the honour, welfare and security of the country comes first. People you command come next. Your own honour and safety comes after that, always and every time. Therefore, the various aspects of social media are worthy of a wider debate," observed Lt Gen Mehta.
Flooded with messages for help during floods
The Army's Facebook and Twitter ventures hit pay dirt when there was a communication breakdown in Kashmir valley last year. Civilians in danger of being swept away by the flood waters appealed directly to the Army's Twitter and Facebook accounts. Others sought information about their friends and relatives stranded in floodwaters and unable to communicate to the outside world. The Army made sure it responded to each message — it reached out to those seeking succor with food or evacuation and informed those wanting to know about their acquaintances stuck in the floods, but with no means to communicate.
Armymen rescue a girl from her flooded house in Srinagar on September 10 last year. Floods and landslides triggered by days of rain had wreaked havoc in the Valley.
Wearing just a bikini, the Facebook profile of Robin Sage described her as a cyber analyst with the US Navy. She attracted hordes of "friends", including senior intelligence officers, four star generals and officials of defence companies developing sensitive technologies. But she was anything but that. Robin Sage was an exercise to ascertain how many serving US servicemen were attracted to the profile of an unknown person. This non-existent "cute girl", as per her profile, is cited in the US army's list of instructions on dealing with the social media by serving soldiers and their families.
"Be cautious when accepting friend requests and interacting with people online. You should never accept a friend request from someone you do not know, even if they know a friend of yours. For more on this, check out this article about the Robin Sage Experiment: 'Fictitious femme fatale fooled cyber-security'," says the second of the six broad guidelines given to all soldiers. Others deal with online social conduct, penalties on violating them, educating soldiers on privacy settings, sensitising their families and on what not to post.
Like the US army, it faces the impact of up to 10,000 daily Twitter posts by the Islamic State. Earlier it was the Al Qaida and the Taliban who would often post images of US and British army soldiers being tortured or worse. Both armies as well as others involved in the conflict in the Middle-East now have large social media units to blunt the impact of these Twitter posts and Facebook feeds on the morale of their servicemen. In addition, it tells soldiers about "several sensible precautions" they must take while using social media platforms because journalists, terrorists and hostile intelligence agencies trawl the Net to "conduct their business".
Why National Games have gone off track It's supposed to be the country's premier and biggest sports event, but goes largely unnoticed. If it does get attention, it is mostly for what happens off the field than on it. Much of the blame for reducing the National Games to just a periodical ritual, without much relevance, lies with the sports administrators.
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Holmdel's Bell Works energized by solar glass
David P. Willis
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How do you turn the massive former Bell Labs building, a striking concrete-and-glass edifice now called Bell Works, into a place that is not only a technology hub but also environmentally friendly?
Ralph Zucker, president of Somerset Development, has taken steps to "green the former Bell Labs'' and transform the 2-million-square-foot building on Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel, one of the largest buildings in the state. "It was built at a time when energy was almost irrelevant, cheap and free and flowing," he said.
It's a challenge faced by developers who want to rehabilitate corporate campuses that dot areas around New Jersey.
"Part of the problem we see around the state as we're trying to adapt these older research buildings that were built decades ago to the modern era ... is trying to make them more energy efficient," said Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club. "It's not easy. It's a lot of engineering. It's a lot to try to make them energy efficient."
But there's a payoff: every dollar spent on energy efficiency results in $16 in savings, he added.
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At its peak, nearly 6,000 people worked at AT&T's Bell Labs research complex in Holmdel, an iconic building designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen. After its successor, Alcatel Lucent, foundered, the company closed the building in 2007 and sold it six years later to Zucker's Somerset Development for $27 million. The company said it would spend $200 million to renovate the building. Now, about 70 percent of the building's 1.2 million square feet of office space is leased to various companies, including iCIMS, WorkWave and Jersey Central Power & Light.
"Our tenants are primarily forward thinking, technological companies," Zucker said. "It requires a certain amount of pioneering spirit and creativity to want to come to Bell Works and a lot of their employee base – very millennial, very socially and environmentally minded individuals – say to us that greening the building is important to them."
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Here are five ways that Bell Works is going green.
1. Solar glass. Bell Works is replacing 3,200 skylights, which span the quarter-mile-long atrium roof and covers 60,000 square feet, with state-of-the-art photovoltaic glass. The clear glass solar cells will be the largest such installation in the country and supply more than 15 percent of the building's electricity, Zucker said.
"The cost of operating such a large atrium, such a large pedestrian street, it's far from typical," he said. "We are greening it and reducing the cost to operate."
Bell Works also receives a federal tax credit for installation and solar renewable energy certificates, which are tradeable and represent the value of clean energy produced by a solar electricity system. "It makes fiscal sense. It makes energy sense. It makes social sense," Zucker said.
Tenants have noticed. "We love the idea of the photovoltaic cells," said Paul Banco, chief executive officer of etherFAX LLC. "The building is truly innovating … for the environment."
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2. New heating and cooling system. In the old days, Bell Labs had to heat and cool the entire building all the time even when the building had few occupants, such as at night and on weekends, making it inefficient. Somerset Development gutted it and installed a modern system that can control every space. "You can have an employee sitting here at 3 o'clock in the morning in their own little space and we can heat and cool that space," Zucker said. A new building management system controls including heating and cooling, electrical, mechanical and plumbing systems.
3. Lighting. About 8,000 lightbulbs in the common areas were swapped out with more energy-efficient bulbs, resulting in about 35 percent energy savings.
4. Electric car chargers. Bell Works plans to provide electric vehicle charging stations in the parking lots, which will use the energy produced by the photovoltaic glass.
5. The possibility of parking lot solar. Solar panels over the parking lots are on the Bell Works wish list. But any proposal has to conform with the building's designation on the National Register of Historic Places and be approved by the state's historic preservation office and the National Park Service, Zucker said. "We've had it laid out numerous times," he said. "It would be really a phenomenal energy provider. We'd love to have a zero carbon footprint for a building of this size."
It has to be approached primarily from the building's historic nature, Zucker said. "We are working our way through that as we speak."
David P. Willis: 732-643-4039; dwillis@gannettnj.com; facebook.com/dpwillis732.


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By the Waters of Babylon
Worship in a Post-Christian Culture
Edition: May 27, 2015
Imprint: Kregel Ministry
Author: Scott Aniol
A guide to biblically shaped worship, which has the greatest missional impact in a post-Christian culture
By the Waters of Babylon examines a relationship between worship, culture, and evangelism that is centered in a desire for biblical fidelity rather than cultural relevance. Imagine how the Hebrews felt during their years of captivity in Babylon. How could they sing the songs they once sang in the spender of Jerusalem now that they sat in exile? Christian worship in the West faces many of the same challenges as this tragic account of Israel's captivity. By all accounts Christendom is dead, and unbiblical beliefs have progressively permeated Western thought, expectations, and culture.
So how should churches respond to this seismic shift in their relationship with an increasingly post-Christian culture while still following the biblical mandate to reach that culture with the gospel of Jesus Christ? By the Waters of Babylon will help Christians wrestle through this critical issue of the relationship between Christian worship and evangelistic witness, especially in the context of an increasingly hostile culture. The author demonstrates that biblically regulated, gospel-shaped corporate worship that communicates God's truth through appropriate cultural forms will have the most missional impact in a post-Christian context.
Scott Aniol is an author, speaker, and teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy. He is on faculty at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas; he founded Religious Affections Ministries; he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, colleges, and seminaries; and he has authored several books and dozens of articles. Scott holds a master's degree in musicology and a PhD in worship and ministry.
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Biggest Islands In Cape Verde
Santiago Island is Cape Verde's largest and most populous, and its economic, cultural, and governmental center.
Cape Verde is a beautiful country with spectacular beaches.
An archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Verde has ten islands and three islets. The islands are located off the West African coast. The islands have diverse geography, from uninterrupted mountain ranges, plateaus, valleys, and stretches of beaches. These resources have contributed to a boom in tourism on the island, and the subsequent growth of their individual economies. Some of the big islands in the nation include:
Santiago is the largest of the islands in Cape Verde, stretching for an area of 991 km2. The island is home to the capital of Cape Verde, Praia. More than half of all Cabo Verdeans reside on this island. The island has a diverse geography, including majestic mountains, beaches, and plateaus. The vegetation ranges from acacia, figs, and euphorbias to more barren regions. The island has three national parks to protect its exotic wildlife and unique flora, the largest of the parks being the Serra Malagueta National Park. The island was a center for the slave trade and has monuments and architecture that attest to its former role in the trade. Santiago is the administrative, cultural, and economic center of the archipelago. The neighborhood in the island ranges from suburbs to slums.
Santo Antao
Santo Antao has an area of779 km2 and is the second largest island in Cape Verde. The island boasts of almost 50,000 Cabo Verdeans. The island has an agricultural sector, with the production of coffee, oranges, papaya, maize, and pineapples. The terrain of the island varies from barren to rich vegetation, complete with forests of pine, acacia, dragon, and fir. The Ribeira Grande hosts the capital of the island, which is lively and bustling with culture. The mountain is also home to giant mountain ranges which are the center of tourism on the island. The climate on the island is cool in the central region, dry in the southern region and humid in the northern part of the country.
Boa Vista is the third largest island in Cape Verde, with an area of 620 km2. It is the easternmost of all islands in the country. The name translates to beautiful view, and its diverse geography makes the island live up to its name. The terrain of the island is mainly desert with stretches of sandy beaches. The administrative capital of the island is in Sal Rei. The island has abundant species of sea turtles, which have been under threat in the recent years. The animals have been subjected to slaughter, despite a ban criminalizing the act. The government has partnered with environmental organizations to educate local communities in a bid to protect the animals from extinction. The island is the least densely populated of all other islands. Tourism has been growing, and it is now a major industry in the region.
Fogo Island lies on an area of 476 km2 and boasts of about 40,000 Cabo Verdeans. The highest point on the island is the volcanic mountain of Pico de Fogo, at 2,829 meters above sea level. The island is volcanically active, and the last volcano erupted in 2014. The geography of the island is dominated by mountains and lush vegetation. Agriculture thrives in the island, with the predominant produce being coffee. Other economic activities on the island include fishing and wine production. The island has also experienced a surge in tourism.
Other islands in Cape Verde, and their sizes include Sao Nicolau (388 km2), Maio (269 km2), Sao Vicente (227 km2), Sal (216 km2), Brava (67 km2), and Santa Luzia (35 km2). Cape Verde has been rising in ranks to become a tourist destination in the recent years. Tourism activities have led to increased economic growth in the region. The task for the government now lies in protecting the island's fragile ecosystems in the face of increasing human activities.
What is the Biggest Island in Cape Verde?
Santiago Island is Cape Verde's largest and most populous island.
The Biggest Islands In Cape Verde
1 Santiago 991 square kilometers
2 Santo Antao 779 square kilometers
3 Boa Vista 620 square kilometers
4 Fogo 476 square kilometers
5 Sao Nicolau 388 square kilometers
6 Maio 269 square kilometers
7 Sao Vicente 227 square kilometers
8 Sal 216 square kilometers
9 Brava 67 square kilometers
10 Santa Luzia 35 square kilometers
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Benjamin Elisha Sawe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics and an MBA in Strategic Management. He is a frequent World Atlas contributor.
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Q: Pulleys and rotational motion problem

Two blocks are joined by a light string that passes over the pulley shown above, which has radius $R$ and moment of inertia $I$ about its center. $T_1$ and $T_2$ are the tensions in the string on either side of the pulley and $α$ is the angular acceleration of the pulley. Which of the following equations best describes the pulley's rotational motion during the time the blocks accelerate?
  (A) $m_2$$g$$R$ = $I$$α$
  (B) $T_2$$R$ = $I$$α$
  (C) ($T_2$ - $T_1$)$R$ = $I$$α$
  (D) ($m_2$ – $m_1$)$g$$R$ = $I$$α$

The correct answer is C. The reasoning is that the net torque is equal to $T$$_2$R - $T_1R$.
What I'm having trouble understanding is why the torque produced by $m_2$ is simply $T$$_2$R. $m_2$ is accelerating downwards. Wouldn't the free body diagram of $m_2$ be $mg$ pointing downwards and $T_2$ pointing upwards? Thus, shouldn't the net force acting on the block be equal to $mg - T_2$, and consequently, the torque caused by $m_2$ be equal to $R(m_2g - T_2)$? Why are we allowed to ignore the weight of the block?

A: $T_2$ has all the relevant information in it. It and $T_1$ are the only forces actually acting on the Pulley, $T_2$ will have some dependence on $m_2$, but since the question defines a tension force acting from the weight to the pulley for you, there's no reason to not just use that.
So, with the knowledge that all we need are $T_1$ and $T_2$, and the radius to calculate the torque, $$\tau_1 = T_1 R$$ $$\tau_2 = T_2 R$$
And so the net torque is: $\tau_{net} = (T_2 - T_1)R = I\alpha$

A: Separate free body diagrams are required for the block $m_2$ and the pulley. That is why they are called free body diagrams : we isolate them from each other and consider only the forces acting directly on each.
The forces which act directly on the pulley are the tensions $T_1, T_2$ in the string. The string transmits these forces between the blocks and the pulley. The weight of the block does not itself act on the pulley, so we ignore it when considering the forces on the pulley.
The weight of the block is not being ignored altogether. It affects the value of $T_2$. We take account of it when we look at the block as a free body and write an equation of motion for it : $m_2g-T_2=m_2a$.
The fact that the string is inextensible and does not slip against the pulley also relates the accelerations $a$ of $m_2$ and $m_1$ to the angular acceleration $\alpha$ of the pulley.

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