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Q: Solving PDE numerically; getting error NDSolve::ndnco I'm attempting to solve a PDE with initial and boundary conditions numerically, but my code produces a message saying I have an insufficient number of initial conditions. This is indeed false, as I can even solve the PDE with these conditions analytically. The code I'm using is,
Clear[nsol];
Clear[t];
nsol =
  NDSolve[
    {D[u[x, t], {x, 2}] == D[u[x, t], {t, 2}],
     u[x, 0] == x*E^(-x^2),
     Derivative[0, 1][u][x, 0] == 0,
     u[0, t] == 0},
    u, {x, -10, 10}, {t, 0, 12}]

My code is posted in a screenshot below. If anyone can help that'd be great! :)

A: For a numerical solution you have to add a boundary condition. Now with DSolveValue we get:
sol = DSolveValue[{D[u[x, t], {x, 2}] == D[u[x, t], {t, 2}],
   u[x, 0] == x*E^(-x^2), Derivative[0, 1][u][x, 0] == 0,
   u[0, t] == 0},
  u, {x, -10, 10}, {t, 0, 12}]

Plot3D[sol[x, t], {x, 0, 10}, {t, 0, 12}, PlotRange -> All, AxesLabel -> Automatic]

With a second boundary condition we get;
nsol = NDSolve[{D[u[x, t], {x, 2}] == D[u[x, t], {t, 2}],
   u[x, 0] == x*E^(-x^2), Derivative[0, 1][u][x, 0] == 0,
   u[0, t] == u[10, t] == 0},
  u, {x, 0, 10}, {t, 0, 12}];

Plot3D[u[x, t] /. nsol, {x, 0, 10}, {t, 0, 12}, PlotRange -> All,
 AxesLabel -> Automatic]

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CDC issues new COVID-19 vaccine guidelines following allergic reactions
by Brooke Sjoberg Jan 4, 2021, 8:21 pm
Photo via Official U.S. Navy Page/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
Extreme allergic reactions to both the Moderna and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have prompted fear among populations with severe allergies in the U.S. and U.K.
Most allergies would not cause extreme reactions to the coronavirus vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Updated guidelines show that people with seasonal, food, pet, latex, and other common allergies are not expected to have an adverse reaction, and they are being urged to receive the vaccine.
For vaccination purposes, the CDC is only concerned about allergies that are likely to have a reaction to the vaccine ingredients. Patients who have previously had an allergic reaction to ingredients included in the vaccine or those who experience a first-time allergic reaction to the vaccine should not receive either vaccine or a second dose.
Many of the serious reactions to the vaccines occurred among healthcare workers. Despite advice that food allergies should not be an issue with the COVID-19 vaccine, some people have seen adverse reactions. A Boston doctor with a shellfish allergy said he had "the worst allergic reaction he's had" since the age of 11 after receiving the Moderna vaccine. At least six people have had severe allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine.
The following list of ingredients are included in the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, according to the Food and Drug Administration:
"Messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), lipids ((4-hydroxybutyl)azanediyl)bis(hexane-6,1-diyl)bis(2-hexyldecanoate), 2 [(polyethylene glycol)-2000]-N,N-ditetradecylacetamide, 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphocholine, and cholesterol), potassium chloride, monobasic potassium phosphate, sodium chloride, dibasic sodium phosphate dihydrate, and sucrose."
The Moderna vaccine's ingredients differ slightly. The FDA lists these included ingredients:
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If you've previously had an adverse reaction to any of these ingredients, you should consult with your doctor before receiving either COVID-19 vaccine.
Read more on the coronavirus vaccine:
FDA exploring half dose vaccines to speed vaccination efforts
China approves its first coronavirus vaccine
Can you drink alcohol after getting the coronavirus vaccine?
Experts warn to be wary of coronavirus vaccine scams
Should pregnant people get the coronavirus vaccine?
Are people still hesitant to get the coronavirus vaccine?
Here's why skipping the second dose of the COVID vaccine could be dangerous
If you have severe allergies, you probably shouldn't get the coronavirus vaccine right away
Will the coronavirus vaccine have side effects?
Until now, what's the quickest a vaccine has ever been developed?
Sources: CDC, FDA Moderna EUA, FDA Pfizer BioNTEch EUA, NBC News, The Atlantic
New coronavirus variant appears in U.S.
When can kids get the COVID-19 vaccine?
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Q: How to use srcObject in react native I am using react native web:
React-Native-Web: https://github.com/necolas/react-native-web
for the same I have to use Video tag.  I have created a video component using CreateElement.
This is the video component
import { createElement } from "react-native-web";

const Video = (props) => {
  const attrs = {
    srcObject: props.source,
    poster: props.poster,
    controls: "controls"
  }
  return createElement("video", attrs)
}
export default Video

and in component i am using it like this
<Video
  source={this.state.stream}  //this is media stream object
  poster={'https://www.fillmurray.com/480/300'}
/>

But above code is giving me error.How can I solve this?

Warning: React does not recognize the srcObject prop on a DOM
  element. If you intentionally want it to appear in the DOM as a custom
  attribute, spell it as lowercase srcobject instead. If you
  accidentally passed it from a parent component, remove it from the DOM
  element.

If i replace srcObject to lower case "srcobject" in Video component then i get below code and video doesnot play.
<video srcobject="[object MediaStream]" controls=""></video>


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Q: Beginner array iteration & error code interpretation I kept getting the following error. After some research I assumed this is because my array access was throwing the error due to (mistakenly) having a NIL value.
my_solution.rb:24:in `count_between': undefined method `>=' for nil:NilClass
(NoMethodError) from my_solution.rb:35:in `<main>'

I'm new to reading error codes, so perhaps that's where I went wrong. But it got tunnel vision on line 24, as the error suggested. However I couldn't fix it, so out of desperation I wound up randomly changing the (<=) on line 23 to just (<). This fixed it.

*

*Why did this fix it? My only guess is that originally using (<=) made it iterate "too far" and thus somehow returned NIL?

*Why did the error code say it was the element on line 24 causing the issue, when it was actually the element on line 23? I'm new and am trying to be less intimated by error codes, so this was a curious experience.
Thanks for any guidance.
# count_between is a method with three arguments:
#   1. An array of integers
#   2. An integer lower bound
#   3. An integer upper bound
#
# It returns the number of integers in the array between the lower and upper
# bounds,
# including (potentially) those bounds.
#
# If +array+ is empty the method should return 0
# Your Solution Below:

def count_between(list_of_integers, lower_bound, upper_bound)
if list_of_integers.empty?
   return 0
else
   count = 0
   index = 0

   ##line 23##
   while index <= list_of_integers.length

   ##line24##
       if list_of_integers[index] >= lower_bound &&
       list_of_integers[index] <= upper_bound

            count += 1
            index += 1
       else
            index += 1
       end
    end
 return count
end
end

puts count_between([1,2,3], 0, 100)

A: The last index that's <= list_of_integers.length is outside of the array, since the first index of an array is 0 and the last is array.length - 1.
The reason your error says line 24 is that line 23 works fine --- it just computes that the value of index is less than or equal to the the length of the array. Once you try and reference the element at that index in the array, however, it's assigned nil - and you can't perform a >= operation on nil.
One thing that might be helpful here is firing up an irb. If you try to reference an element that's out of bounds, you'll just get nil. If you try and perform an operation (that's not listed in nil.methods) on that same reference, it'll throw the error you're seeing.


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          <button>SHOP Now</button>

hello

A: Please try applying position: absolute to text elements. In my solution, i've wrapped text inside a div and applied position: absolute property. Also, i've applied position: relative to the parent element of both image and text.

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            <button>SHOP Now</button>

hello


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  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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  You may obtain a copy of the License at

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  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  limitations under the License.
-->
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Norwegian State Visit to Italy
April 7, 2016 October 5, 2017 ~ Saad719
King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway are currently in Italy on a 4-day State visit. They arrived in Rome on Tuesday, will head to Milan on Thursday, before heading back to Oslo on Friday. This is their first State visit to the country in 15 years.
TM were formally received by His Excellency President Sergio Mattarella in the Courtyard of Honour at Quirinal Palazzo in Rome. Following the ceremony, TM, the President and their official delegations met for discussions. Then the King and Queen met with representatives of the Norwegian and Italian press. After an official luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the Palazzo Chigi, TM met with the President of the Italian Senate and with the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.
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Photo: Andreas Fadum / Look and Listen– (L-R) Queen Sonja and King Harald
In the evening TM attended a State Banquet given in their honour by President Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace. State Banquets emphasize the formality of the Visit, they are an occasion for citizens with ties to both the host country and the visiting country to be invited for an event with strong political and social significance.
Photo: Andreas Fadum / Look and Listen- The State Banquet
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Photo: Andreas Fadum / Look and Listen- (L-R) Queen Sonja, King Harald, President Sergio Mattarella, First Lady Laura Mattarella
Queen Sonja wore a purple gown, last worn at a celebration for King Harald's Silver Jubilee in January. She accessorized with the smaller version of Queen Maud's Pearl and Diamond Tiara, and the Drapers' Company Brooch, both of which were wedding gifts to Queen Maud, a British princess, in 1896.
Photo: Andreas Fadum / Look and Listen- (L-R) First Lady Laura Mattarella, Queen Sonja, King Harald, President Sergio Mattarella
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A Twist of JP Lime: BOOM SHAKALAKA!!! Our Favorite Dunks
By Oddball Magazine|2015-10-30T13:00:16-04:00October 30th, 2015|A Twist of JP Lime|0 Comments
When it comes to basketball, perhaps there's no more exciting moment than when a player seemingly flies through the skies and jams the ball through the rim. Whether it's warm-ups, in-game, or at the dunk contest, whenever a slam dunk happens, the crowd goes wild. Ever since the original good doctor, one Julius "Dr. J." Erving popularized the slam dunk in the 1970s, the slam dunk has been a critical component of a basketball fan's DNA.
Not to knock soccer's bicycle kick, football's hail mary, hockey's one timers, or baseball's grand slam, stealing of home base, or inside the park home run, but for this Scholar's money, give me a slam dunk any day of the week. With that said, to celebrate the return of the NBA season, here's a by no means exhaustive look at some of our favorite dunks and dunkers in NBA history. Note that these aren't ranked in any particular order because, c'mon, what's the point!?!?!? They're all fantastic dunks. Picking a favorite dunk is like picking a favorite emcee or Hip Hop song, it changes every day depending on a variety of factors and more often than not becomes a futile exercise. For the sake of this post, let's just revel in the beauty of all these dunks. It's more fun that way. 😉
First up, showing some love to our hometown Boston Celtics, Dee Brown's no look dunk from the 1991 Slam Dunk Contest. Who can forget the crowd going wild as Dee Brown opened up the dunk contest by pumping up his Reebok Pump sneakers and then proceeding to blow away the competition that year, soaring his way to a dunk contest victory over Shawn Kemp in the final round? A thing of beauty indeed. BOSTON STAND UP!
Next up, His Airness himself, Michael Jordan with his infamous 1991 Playoffs posterizing of Patrick Ewing and the New York Knicks. Truth be told, there's not enough server space in the world to compile a video list of all of MJ's impressive dunks, so we'll stick to a couple. This particular dunk is awesome because it came in the playoffs in the midst of the heated Bulls Knicks rivalry of the early 90s and it combined grace with power as Jordan uses a spin move to juke a couple of defenders, takes off, and booms the rock through the rim in Patrick Ewing's grill. Salutes to the GOAT.
Another MJ dunk continues our list. This one is from the 1987 Slam Dunk Contest and is often called the "Kiss The Rim" dunk. The hangtime on this jam is impressive, as is the sheer grace and style of his flight, body movements, and finish at the rim. To call this dunk amazing is grossly understating it. Let's reminisce and enjoy.
No dunk compilation can be complete without at least one dunk from Vince Carter, the man I personally consider to be the greatest dunker of all time. I know, I know, how could anyone but MJ be fitting of this title? Hey listen, I love Jordan's dunking ability, but for my money, when you consider Vince's 2000 dunk contest, the bevvy of amazing, rim-rocking in-game dunks he's had over his career, his hangtime (comparable to, if not better than MJ's), and the sheer power of his dunking style, maybe it's personal preference, but my nod goes to the man once known as Air Canada. Oh yeah, and if none of that convinces you (and I know there'll be some trolls – tweet me: @Scholar_JPL and/or @JPLime), how can anyone POSSIBLY argue against this next dunk from the 2000 Sydney Olympics. I mean, c'mon people, he jumped over a 7-footer in-game for the slam! I repeat. HE JUMPED OVER A 7-FOOTER IN-GAME FOR THE SLAM! That's balls to face over a legitimately sized center for the dunk… in a game… not practice… the actual game… c'mon son. Let's take a look.
And who could forget these gems from the aforementioned 2000 Dunk Contest. How about an entire arm through the rim?
And what about his opening dunk of the night? Carter's 360 Windmill slam effectively ended the competition before it really got going. MJ may be the GOAT, but again, for my money, Vince is the GDOAT.
This next dunk is definitely one of my favorites of all-time. The six-foot Kevin Johnson dunking over Hakeem Olajuwon, one of the greatest defensive centers to ever lace up a pair of sneaks, brought the house down in Phoenix and left an imprint in my brain that till this day cannot be removed. I still jump out loud and yell when I see this dunk. Simply amazing.
Here's another little (by NBA standards) guy providing some slam dunk magic. MJ's Bulls may have always gotten the best of Ewing's Knicks in their legendary playoff series, but this moment from 1993, courtesy of John Starks, stands as one of the more glorious highlights in the storied rivalry's history. For once it was Jordan getting posterized, in the playoffs no less! What a move by Starks!
Next up, an oft-overlooked dunk from Sean Elliot of the San Antonio Spurs, a phenomenal talent who's not as fully appreciated these days as he should be. In this play, he cuts through the baseline, takes off, and gets a good chunk of his arm over the rim before finishing with a graceful, yet powerful dunk. Check it out.
Perhaps a bit gimmicky, but impressive and memorable nonetheless, Blake Griffin's jump over the Kia in the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest. Let's face it, gimmick or not, the man jumped over a friggin' motor vehicle and finished the dunk with authority. Who among us can't appreciate that?
Dwight Howard makes our list with his infamous "Superman Dunk" in the 2008 Dunk Contest. Sure, it's also a bit gimmicky, but does anybody really care? I remember jumping out of my sofa when I saw this live and it still gives me goosebumps today.
Every Superman has his Kryptonite, and in the 2009 Dunk Contest, Nate Robinson, i.e. Kryptonate, provided such. His dunk over Dwight Howard was a thing of beauty. More dunk contest gimmicks in play as Nate donned a green jersey to represent the Kryptonite to Dwight Howard's Superman cape. As color-commentator, NBA Hall of Famer, Reggie Miller points out in the broadcast, Nate might've used Dwight's shoulder for a little leverage, but seriously, does it even matter? The man's like 5'8! Let's just appreciate this dunk's aesthetic along with Nate's phenomenal leaping ability.
Shaquille O'Neal may not have been the most graceful dunker, but he's on a short list when one considers the most powerful, as evidenced by these backboard collapsing dunks. Shout outs to The Diesel, a man we often don't think of as a notable dunker, but again, who can deny the sheer force and awe of these two slams? After all, it only took a few of these incidents to force the NBA to reinforce their hoops. How's that for a game changer? LOOK OUT BELOW! Lets's take a look.
And how about the unheralded force of these two rim shattering slams (captured in the one clip below) from the late, great, Daryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins? Talk about powerful. Those poor backboards didn't stand a chance. Rest In Power.
Many, including the likes of Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant, have since replicated this dunk, but Isaiah Rider is the man who popularized it (and perhaps the originator, though I can't confirm nor deny such). His classic "East Bay Funk" between the legs dunk at the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest is simply outstanding. Peep the technique.
Perhaps the most graceful and fun dunker to watch over the last 10 years, Gerald Green, rounds out our list with a pair of must-see slam dunks. First up, this windmill breakaway alley-oop dunk. Check out the air space on this move.
And last but certainly not least, this gem from the 2007 Dunk Contest, back when Green was with the hometown Boston Celtics. We started with Dee Brown's no look slam dunk, and we're bringing it back full circle with Gerald Green's homage to Dee, his own version of the no look dunk, complete with Reebok pumps, Dee Brown jersey, and a leap over his main competition that year, Nate Robinson, for the finish. I said it before and I'll say it again, simply a thing of beauty.
We hope you've enjoyed our list. Again, there are so many great dunks that it's impossible to capture them all. As we look back at our choices, it was hard not to include the likes of Dominique Wilkins (the man I consider to be the third best dunker ever, behind Vince and MJ), the aforementioned Dr. J. and Shawn Kemp, Moses Malone, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Spud Webb, Shawn Kemp, and countless others. But we had to draw the line somewhere. That said, we invite you to tweet and troll us @JPLime or catch us on Facebook to express your opinions and share some of your favorite gravity defying slams. Till then, enjoy the season folks because the NBA is still and always will be FAN-TASTIC!
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday terminated a few unidentified short-extend shots into the ocean off its eastern coast, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, a feasible indication of Pyongyang's developing disappointment at slowed down political chats with Washington intended to give pined for assents alleviation as an end-result of atomic demobilization.
South Korea's military has supported its observation on the off chance that there are extra weapons dispatches, and South Korean and U.S. specialists are breaking down the subtleties. On the off chance that it's affirmed that the North terminated prohibited ballistic rockets, it would be the primary such dispatch since the North's November 2017 trial of an intercontinental ballistic missile. That year saw a string of progressively incredible weapons tests from the North and a contentious reaction from President Donald Trump that had numerous in the area dreading war.
The South at first revealed Saturday that a solitary rocket was terminated, however later issued an explanation that said: "a few shots" had been propelled and that they flew as much as 200 kilometers (125 miles) before sprinkling into the ocean toward the upper east. Specialists state the North may build these sorts of low-level incitements to apply weight on the United States to consent to lessen pulverizing global approvals.
The dispatch comes amid a political breakdown that has pursued the fizzled summit recently among Trump and North Korean pioneer Kim Jong Un over the North's quest for atomic bombs that can precisely focus on the U.S. terrain. The North likely has suitable shorter range nuclear-furnished rockets yet at the same time needs more tests to consummate its more extended territory weapons, as indicated by outside investigators.
South Korea said in an announcement it's "worried" about North Korea's weapons dispatches, considering them an infringement of a year ago's between Korean understandings to lessen hostilities between the nations. The announcement, issued after a crisis meeting of high ranking representatives at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, likewise encouraged North Korea to quit submitting acts that would raise military pressures and join endeavors to continue atomic tact.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said in an explanation that the United States knew about North Korea's activities and would keep on checking the circumstance.
North Korea needs across the board authorizes alleviation as a byproduct of demobilization moves that the United States has dismissed as inadequate. In an indication of Pyongyang's developing dissatisfaction, it has as of late requested that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo be expelled from atomic dealings and condemned national security counsel John Bolton. North Korea said a month ago that it had tried another kind of unspecified "strategic guided weapon."
North Korea could fire more rockets with longer ranges in coming a long time to increase its weight on the United States to concoct a guide for atomic talks before the current year's over, said Nam Sung-Wook, an educator at Korea University.
"North Korea needs to state, 'We have rockets and atomic weapons to adapt to (U.S.- drove) sanctions,'" said Nam. "They can fire short-run rockets a couple more occasions this month, and there is no certification that they won't fire a medium-go rocket one month from now."
Amid the tact that pursued the North's weapons trial of 2017, Kim Jong Un said that the North would not test atomic gadgets or ICBMs. These short-extend shots don't seem to damage that purposeful ban, and may instead be an approach to enroll Kim's disappointment with Washington without having the strategy breakdown.
South Korea's liberal president, Moon Jae-in, has persistently sought after commitment with the North and is viewed as the main impetus behind the two summits among Trump and Kim.
South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-who talked by telephone with Pompeo about the North Korean dispatches, Kang's service said in an announcement. The service likewise noted that South Korea's boss atomic agent, Lee Do-hoon, had a phone discussion with Stephen Biegun, the U.S. unique delegate for North Korea who is booked to venture out to Seoul one week from now for talks.
Japan's Defense Ministry said the shots weren't a security danger and didn't reach anyplace close to the nation's coast. Japan will probably maintain a strategic distance from any cruel reaction as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tries to protect his summit with Kim.
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Sonora, CA — This week, the state began mailing out the fire tax bills that over 700,000 Californians are required to pay.
This is the fourth year Californians in unincorporated areas of the state will be asked to pay the fee, which ranges up to $152. Board of Equalization Member George Runner remains upset that rural residents must pay the fee. "It's extremely frustrating that a law this wrong continues to take money from the pockets of rural Californians year after year," he says. "This so-called 'fee' was put in the place during the budget crisis that no longer exists. The legislature could, and should, repeal it."
The legality of the fee is being challenged by a class action lawsuit. Runner says to protect your eligibility for a potential refund, property owners should protest every billing, within 30 days of the billing date. To find out how to appeal, click here.
The actual date property owners receive the bill will depend on which county they reside. Calaveras County bills will be mailed out between March 5-9 and Tuolumne County bills go out June 9-11.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wants nuclear weapon states to come to an agreement where they would not be the first to use nuclear weapons against other countries. Indeed, his predecessor, Atal Bihari Vajpayee had first announced in 1998 that India would maintain a no-first-use nuclear strike policy. India has all along maintained that even as it has armed itself with nuclear devices, it wants to work at eliminating such weapons of mass destruction. Indian Prime Ministers have for long argued that the country is a reluctant nuclear nation, and remains committed to nuclear non-proliferation, in spite of having two nuclear weapon states as its neighbours.
While China has maintained its no-first-use policy since 2008, Pakistan has kept its option open; although it says it will use nuclear weapons against either nuclear or non-nuclear states only in the case of invasion or other attack on its territory. In recent years, it seems to have ramped up its production of nuclear weapons, especially smaller tactical weapons. An uncertain security situation in the country adds to a degree of worry about the safety of such devices.
Even as India remains committed to nuclear non-proliferation and its no-first-use declaration, the possibility of nuclear weapons coming in the hands of non-state actors remains a nightmare. So does the idea of tactical weapons in the hands of a hawkish military force. Rising tensions in the world have raised the possibility that even nations that have been working towards decreasing their nuclear stockpiles, or have abandoned their weaponisation programmes may change course. This would be disastrous, since even as the world has remained nuclear bomb free since 1945, nuclear weapons have proliferated in spite of the best efforts at non-proliferation. Indeed, the only way to ensure that nuclear bombs remain consigned to the dark days of history is to phase out such weapons of mass destruction. Dr Manmohan Singh has made the country's position clear. His is a voice of reason in a world which seems to be inclined towards ignoring such sanity.
China has been continuously building its military potential in pace with its growing economy. That's how it has embarked upon a comprehensive military expansion in recent years. Its rising politico-military profile has led it to adopt an aggressive posture in the international arena. Its tiff with most of its maritime neighbours like Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries is a reflection of this mindset. While these issues continue to simmer, China has raised yet another one causing alarm amongst the Indian Ocean littoral states, including India.
According to a recent report, a Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) has made a protracted foray deep into the Indian Ocean. It spent nearly two months loitering between the Gulf of Aden and the western coast of India before returning to the home base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea via the straits of Malacca. This is the first-ever Chinese strategic ingress into an area considered by India as its sphere of influence and through which pass 80 per cent of India's energy requirements. This has set alarm in the security establishment, particularly the Indian Navy.
China is also wary of India controlling the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean, for nearly three-fourth of its energy supplies pass through the straits of Malacca. It fears an Indian disruption at some critical juncture. That is why it wants an early solution to what it calls as its "Malacca dilemma". This is an indication of what lies ahead so far as India's security and economic interests are concerned. A clash of interest is bound to result in challenges that would not be easy to surmount. The logic behind securing maritime bases by China in India's neighbourhood thus stands out clearly. The so-called pearls around India's neck ranging from Gwadar in Pakistan to Hambantota in Sri Lanka to Myanmar are not without purpose. Whatever reasons China may put forward in defence of its sortie in the Indian Ocean close to India, its strategic intentions are quite evident.
China's mounting aggressiveness in keeping with its maritime vision has the Indian Navy worried for long. Its lead in submarines, both in respect of nuclear-powered attack submarines and the conventional diesel-electric submarine is substantial, to say the least. Its fast-growing maritime hardware comprising destroyers, frigates and other naval assets has already altered the balance of power in the Indian Ocean. The nuclear submarine's quiet ingress into the Indian Ocean recently is a clear manifestation of this. Gradually the dwindling force level and progressive obsolescence as witnessed in the recent spate of naval accidents does not auger well for a navy that aspires to control the high seas.
Apart from the solitary nuclear-powered attack submarine, INS Chakara, on lease from Russia since 2012, India continues to struggle with its indigenous Arihant. Nuclear-powered submarines have a tremendous operational edge over the conventional diesel submarines. The submarine arm of the Indian Navy is largely obsolescent, if not obsolete. Diesel-electric submarines are no match to China's nuclear-powered submarines. No new platforms have been acquired for over a decade now. The Indian Navy is losing its edge very fast unless some urgent measures are taken immediately.
Lack of vision and a lackadaisical attitude towards security matters had led us to a national disaster in the past and sadly the scenario is no different today. Like in the past, the government continues to remain oblivious of the Chinese, as also of its own war capabilities. Nehru's rather undiplomatic statement that he had told his army to throw the Chinese out was an obvious reflection of this. The Indian response to the Chinese buildup continues to remain dismissal as hitherto. Our border infrastructure in comparison to the Chinese is lagging behind by decades. Down south in the high seas too, we are being challenged by an aggressive adversary. The state of (un)preparedness of the armed forces and the apathetic attitude of the political leadership today has all the ingredients of a potential disaster.
The military brass is once again going around with a begging bowl but the leadership remains unmoved. Unfortunately, the political leadership is not well disposed towards military matters. They are largely dependent on the bureaucratic advice. The bureaucrats have thus managed to exercise authority without responsibility. The proclivity to suspect every provisioning demand put up by the services and to delay its acquisition unmindful of its urgency frustrates the armed forces.
The deterrent potential of the Indian armed forces is thus gradually eroding, whether it is the Navy in the Indian Ocean or the Army up in the Himalayas. China's growing economy and its leadership's penchant for national security coupled with its global aspirations have led China to spend heavily on defence year after year. China's current defence budget at $131.57 billion is more than three and a half times of India's $36.3 billion. China is known to conceal its actual defence allocation, which may be many times more than what is made public.
With a defence budget under 2 per cent of the GDP and multiple peripheral threats, the armed forces face a serious predicament. Their diminishing potential as in the case of the Navy, which is supposed to guard our southern flank in the Indian Ocean, is a serious matter. It's time the politico-bureaucratic leadership in this country understood that neither diplomacy can be effective nor economic prowess sustained unless backed by a powerful military.
Following a Supreme Court judgement allowing serving armed forces personnel to vote at their place of posting at 'peace stations', instructions have been issued on the procedure allowing officers, men and their family members to get enrolled as voters.
Despite the order, not many among the forces or their families will benefit as a large chunk is already registered for postal ballots. The apex court allowed IAF, Army and Navy personnel to cast their votes at the place of posting in case they happened to be posted at 'peace stations'. Around 40 per cent of the 13 lakh strong Indian Army is based at 'peace stations' - largely used to recoup after tough postings or training.
The instructions lay down the procedure for getting registered. The local area commanders have been instructed to depute an officer to coordinate with the Election Commission - appointed Returning Officer in the district. Application for enrolment will have to be made on specified application forms and the verification by EC staff will be done through the local command and physical verification. All the personnel, who have been posted at 'peace stations' since January 1, 2014, can get registered as voters.
However, the court had said these personnel should not have opted to vote through postal ballot or proxy voting. As per figures given by the EC in court almost 13 lakh personnel are registered for postal ballots, which invariably get delayed and often reach the counting centres after result is declared.
Enrolment can be done till 10 days before the withdrawal. Since the court order came on March 25, the electoral process in 225 of the total 543 Lok Sabha constituencies had begun. Hence, in effect, the SC order will be effective only in 318 constituencies which will go to polls on April 17 or after. Voters in Chandigarh, Haryana, Delhi and parts of western Uttar Pradesh would have already cast their franchise by then.
NEW DELHI: Days after the Indian embassy was attacked by the Taliban on July 8, 2008, then national security advisor M K Narayanan got a phone call from Gen Keith Alexander, head of US' National Security Agency, informing him about tracing the bomber's calls to ISI officials in Peshawar.
Alexander told Narayanan they had intercepted calls from the bomber who was said to have received instructions from the top of the heap of the ISI. It led Narayanan to explode prompting him to say the 'ISI should be destroyed', an approach at odds with the sentiment of the Indian political leadership at that time. It was only by the end of July (almost three weeks later) that a high level CIA official from the US confronted Islamabad with the intelligence.
As Afghanistan transitions from a NATO-dominated security environment to a situation where it has to take care of itself, beginning with Saturday's presidential elections, the dangers of Pak-sponsored terror attacks on Indian interests remains real. India has increased security measures in its embassy and other facilities in recent weeks, but there is apprehension that Pak-supported elements could mount concerted attacks on Indian interests in Afghanistan. The idea today is the same as it was in 2008 - to make it difficult for countries like India to retain a presence there.
Amid the burning wreckage of the car bomb that rammed into the Indian embassy in Kabul that July morning killing a senior Indian diplomat, defence attache and over 37 others, investigators had found a mobile phone. Writing about that incident years later, US journalist Carlotta Gall says in her latest book that it was no rogue ISI operation.
This week she recounted to an interviewer, "The Afghans investigated and traced the calls made from that phone to a logistics man in Kabul, who helped the bomber get his car and explosives and drive to the target. And so they tracked him, and then they found his phone had several calls to numbers in Pakistan. And when they established what those numbers were, they discovered those were of high-level Pakistani intelligence officials in Peshawar. And I was told by Afghan officials that the owner of that phone was a high enough official in the Pakistani intelligence to be directly reporting to the headquarters in the Pakistani capital. So it meant that the Pakistani intelligence was directing the operation."
The Indian embassy would have been totally destroyed that day, had it not been for some crucial intelligence picked up the week before. Alerted, the Indian embassy built a series of hexa barriers outside the embassy compound. These barriers took the brunt of the bomb attack.
That intelligence itself, according to a Wikileaks documents, came from the Polish intelligence in Afghanistan and was passed to the US and Afghan services. It was the Afghans who told the Indians. The document, dated June 30, 2008, said, "Taliban are planning to carry out an attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul. TB (Taliban) designated an engineer to take this action." "The bomber intends to use stolen ANA/ANP (Afghan National Army/ Afghan National Police) car, and wear stolen uniform. He speaks Dari with distinct Iranian accent. Allegedly, he is the owner of a ——— company," it said.
A news report by Ananta Aspen Centre and Delhi Policy Group on Friday observes Pakistan "is not likely to relent in its efforts to take control of the situation in Afghanistan to try and ensure a pliant regime in Kabul which keeps India out of the reckoning".
While Pakistan's intentions may not have changed, its capacities have. And it now has the added problem of a massive terror blowback itself from the very forces it has supported. In fact, some Indian security analysts say that terror groups attacking Pakistan could use southern Afghanistan as safe havens much in the same way that Pakistan lets the Afghan Taliban use its FATA regions and Balochistan to nurture terrorists for launching attacks in Afghanistan.
TRICHY: Cantonment Police here arrested a Tuticorin-based ex-serviceman on charges of creating fake call letters of Indian Army in order to facilitate the recruitment of 16 youth to the Army in September last year.
S Karuppasamy, 29, a resident of Vilathikulam in Tuticorin was arrested by a special team formed by the Trichy city police near the Central bus stand in Trichy on Thursday, said the Cantonment police. He was wanted for his involvement in a case regarding the issue of fake call letters to 16 people from Tirunelveli district to join the Indian Army in September 11, 2013.
"Karuppasamy, who had deserted from the Army, was the mastermind behind the fabrication of fake call letters and was absconding. The special team arrested him on Thursday. One Anna Maharajan, another army man, and Karuppasamy had lured 16 people to give Rs 1.5 lakh each by promising them call letters from the Army. The investigation revealed that they got about Rs 1 lakh each from the 16 youth," Arul Amaran, assistant commissioner of police (ACP-crime), Cantonment, said.
Kamaraj, 38, was arrested on March 26, 2014, for his connivance with Karuppasamy in the fake call letter case which had come to light last September when these 16 youth reported to an army camp in Trichy with call letters for appointment of soldiers (general duty).
In fact, the Army had dispatched call letters for 284 candidates but 300 people had turned up on that day. Officials led by Colonel G George, director-recruiting, Army Recruitment Office, Trichy, soon discovered that 16 call letters were fake. A spot investigation revealed that they were lured by Karuppasamy and Maharajan on the promise of securing an army job. All the 16 youth were then handed over to police. Police had booked and arrested them. However, the two main accused couldn't be caught immediately as Maharajan was serving in Lucknow at that time and Karuppasamy was absconding.
"After we requested the Army to send Maharajan for holding an inquiry he was sent to us. We arrested and produced him in the court after confirming his role in this case," said ACP Amaran.
Police have registered a case against the accused under several IPC Sections.
During a recent recruitment rally in Karur, Colonel George had alerted people not to fall prey to job rackets as Indian army recruitment is purely based on merit.
Congratulations on being nominated or speculated to be future leaders of this great democracy called India!
I hope your election campaigns are going as strong as you would like them to be. At the same time, I hope that in the midst of your oh-so-hectic schedules, you occasionally take time off to keep in touch with us lesser mortals by reading the papers and following news stories.
You see, Sirs, I am the daughter of an officer in our country's now (in)famous defence forces. Just a few days ago a C-130 jet crashed and killed 5 dedicated service persons.
What is but a series of media coverage and sending one of your party cadre to shout themselves hoarse in an Arnab Goswami show is no laughing matter for me- someone who has seen the lives of near and dear ones in my community being taken away, and seen young boys aged as young as five lose their father, and who is exasperated by the ignorant questioning of the credibility and skills of the men who lose their lives in such accidents.
Obviously it's our fault, right? It's obviously the fault of those military-men and defence officers that a ship's engine caught fire and those young men died; that a MIG suddenly went haywire and crashed, that faulty battery missiles were loaded onto ancient relic Soviet submarines, leading to multiple deaths.
It's obviously our fault, as well trained professionals, that we should be so callous as to take such steps.
We wouldn't dare to even think, let alone suggest, that it could be the fault of a motley crew of bureaucrats who call the shots, with a set of politicians sitting in our ministries.
And how dare we even entertain the thought of calling our present Defence Minister and other political honchos to resign! It is clearly not their callousness, or lack of any sense of judgment on their part, that we have to deal with old throwaway junk-like defence equipment imported from our Soviet or American 'friends'. And how foolish of us to even let a tiny surge of resentment and anger stir within us, at the likes of you and your party cadres, who almost rarely visit those serving at the borders, or have ever bothered thinking about those living in cramped submarines. How dare we even talk about it, or spread awareness about it, because obviously these are all nonissues, right?
Defence and armed forces, and the lives of scores of servicemen and officers, are not an election issue, are they?
But I am sorry, I cannot keep quiet anymore.
I am sorry, dearest politicians, because I refuse to shut up or lower decibels of my voice. I implore you to bring much-needed changes at the dawn of Elections 2014. Look to our country's defence forces, and give them the respect and care that is long overdue to them.
Eventually, we must pause for a moment and realize how the lack of efficiency isn't in these military-men, but in a country whose government has no sense of value for these lives. The problem is in our defence ministry and bureaucracy that is thoroughly corrupt, in our media that doesn't have an inkling or clue about what life in the services is like, and lastly, in an ignorant Indian civilian population that is against sacrificing any of their privileged land, even a tiny bit, to build a war memorial for our troops; to give them at least that much respect because they deserve it.
It is high time that you got out of your apathy towards the armed forces and the lives of those who serve to protect this nation. But will you?
India's lack of a strong and a robust defence industry is a matter of grave concern as it makes India dependent on imports from foreign countries for about 70% of her defence equipment requirements. The SIPRI Year Book 2013 lists India as the world's largest arms importer accounting for 12% of the import share during the period 2008-12. Even prior to this period India had been listed as one of the world's top three arms importers. The recent biennial Defexpo for exhibition of Land, Naval and Homeland Security Systems held from 06-09 February 2014 in New Delhi which saw participation of 567 arms companies from 32 countries is also indicative of India as a large arms market on account of the dismal state of the Indian Defence Industry and it calls for a serious introspection. The ramifications that such a high level of India's import dependence for defence equipment will be having on the country's national security are very obvious and thus need no reiteration.
…it is absolutely necessary in the national interest to be self reliant in defence equipment and for that it is an imperative that the Indian Defence Industry be developed at all costs.
The fact that India is a long way off in achieving its goal of being self reliant in defence equipment , does have a direct bearing on the operational preparedness, as also, on the operational efficacy of the Indian Armed Forces. The aspect of import dependency for defence equipment in the case of India becomes all the more worrisome and a matter of very serious concern because of the operational commitment of the Indian Armed Forces in manning the disputed borders with two of her adversaries, as also, employment in counter insurgency operations in the State of Jammu & Kashmir and the North East. Furthermore, it needs to be appreciated that having the third largest Armed Forces in the world with the Indian Army being the world's second largest Army, it is absolutely necessary in the national interest to be self reliant in defence equipment and for that it is an imperative that the Indian Defence Industry be developed at all costs .
India has signed a deal worth over Rs 2,600 crore with Russia to procure 66,000 anti-tank shells to meet the shortfall of critical ammunition faced by its armoured fleet including the latest T-90 tanks.
The two sides signed the deal on March 27 for the supply of anti-tank shells to the Army and agreement in this regard was inked by Defence Ministry officials from India and Rosoboronexport officials from the Russia side, Defence Ministry told PTI here.
The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by the Prime Minister had recently cleared the proposal to acquire Mango 66,000 tank shells from Russia, they said.
Under the deal, Russia will also undertake transfer of technology on the production techniques of the specialised tank ammunition to the Ordnance Factory Board, which will produce it indigenously, they said.
Faced with shortage of weapon systems, the Defence Ministry has decided to form JVs with the Russian manufacturers to produce them in India like the rockets for the Smerch multi-barrel rocket launcher systems.
The severe shortage of tank ammunition was first highlighted by former Army Chief Gen V K Singh in a top secret letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in March this year which later found its way to the media.
Gen Singh had noted in his letter that only three to four days of this particular ammunition was left in the inventory of the armoured regiments.
Later on, the Army had also informed the Standing Committee on Defence about the shortage and how the situation had worsened by the recent blacklisting of its supplier Israeli Military Industry (IMI).


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The Hidden Mental Health Issues That Are Costing Us All
Last updated on Wednesday, 18 September 2019 10:34
You know your business better than anyone. So it may be surprising to hear that it's possible that one or more of your staff is living with a mental health problem - and it could be eating in to your profits.
A recent mental health review commissioned by the government revealed that 15% of people at work have symptoms of an existing mental health condition. Even more staggeringly, it was found that poor mental health costs the UK economy £99 billion per year. £42 billion of that cost is borne by employers.
In short: reviewing your approach to mental health needs is not just an issue of compassion for your staff and colleagues. It's crucial to the prosperity of your business. In this article we will explain how your business can take a positive, progressive stance on mental health issues at work.
Changing attitudes towards mental health
The stigma around mental health is being lifted through media debate and political focus. One in four people will experience mental health difficulties at some point in their life. Yet many employees still feel unable to come forward and talk openly about mental health at work. That's a big problem. Because at a time when mental health trusts and services have never been busier, your staff cannot be made to feel that they must suffer in silence.
How can you make a difference?
The accounting industryis a demanding, challenging environment to work in. It's a busy and often high-pressure industry. Any effort you make to create a more progressive attitude towards mental health in your business is likely to be rewarded.
In an analysis of existing workplace strategies to improve the mental health of employees, Deloitte found that employers generated returns to business of between £1.50 and £9 for every £1 spent.
Resilience training, mindfulness programmes and free therapy are just a few of the ways you could help to improve the mental hygiene of your business.
But what about the impact of mental health problems on personal finances?
The financial impact of poor mental health
Numerous research has evidenced strong links between mental health and financial health. When one suffers, the other tends to follow suit. Three times as many adults with mental health problems report money problems than those without.
What does that mean for your business?
If a staff member is signed off work for an extended period of time they may be forced to survive on Statutory Sick Pay, which amounts to just £89.35 per week. That enhanced financial pressure could exacerbate their condition, prolong their time off work and leave you short-staffed for longer.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
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Income protection is a type of insurance that covers a proportion of staff wages when injury or illness forces them out of work. That reduces the financial burden on you as an employer. It reduces the length of staff absence. And it improves your productivity as a business.
Almost half of UK employees believe their workplace has a negative impact on their physical or mental health. Giving your staff the peace of mind that they will be able to meet their financial commitments if they were temporarily unable to work can allay many of the financial anxieties that could trigger a deterioration in mental health.
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Mental health is high on the political agenda. The government has promised to invest an extra £1.3 billion annually in mental health services by 2021. But change must come from the bottom up as well as the top down. We want to help your business step on to the front foot and adopt a progressive approach towards mental health. Are you willing to take the journey with us?
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As humans, we've been equipped with an organ that allows us to think, although some people don't seem to use it to its full extent when they're shopping. Snakes are reptiles that receive stimuli, and usually their response is to bite; when we shop we receive stimuli and our response is to buy.
I know, you've heard this before: think about that purchase before you buy. As my late mother used to say, "Season the thought." Research has shown the more you think about doing something, the more rational the action will be. That would also include buying.
When I was young, my father had a lot of money. All I had to do was go to a toy store, point to the item I wanted, and it magically appeared in my room at home. When I was eight years old, all that went away when my father's business almost went bankrupt. At that time I had to work to earn money to buy the things I was used to having brought to me.
That involved saving money (what a concept) in order to buy the item. Then, when I would go to the store to buy the toy I had saved for (after thinking for a long time about making the purchase,) one of two things occurred: either I bought the toy and I knew it was truly mine; no one could take it away from me, no one could tell me when I could play with it, and when I discarded it (if ever,) it was threadbare. Or...I would go to the store with my money to purchase the toy, and it didn't have all that shine when I first saw it, so I didn't buy it after all. I would say that even the times when I would buy the toy, it was a good decision, because I had thought it out for a long time.
Something else I learned at that time, which is the basis for the patent on which the Liquid financial application is built, is that I mentally converted the price of the object I was getting ready to buy to the time it took me to earn the money to buy it. So, if I earned $2 per hour, and the item was $4, it really cost me two hours of my time.
Not only was this another step in the decision-making process of making a purchase, which made me think more about the purchase, it established the true cost of the item. You see, the price of anything is the same to everyone, it's the cost that's totally different, the cost being the velocity the dollars roll into our pockets.
The next time you see something you really want, do you think if you thought about it for a day or two you'd still want to buy the item? Do you think if you knew how long you had to work to buy the item you might make a different decision? Do you think either or both of these strategies could save you a lot of money in the long run?
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Insider Voices Roundup: LG&E's solar energy study and trade skills in high school
By Insider Voices | December 23, 2018 8:00 am
LG&E report misleading
The recent article about LG&E using solar and energy storage to power Louisville solely by the sun is misleading.
The case study focuses on a small portion of the total LG&E Louisville service area that they call the Highland 1103 distribution circuit. The study says this is an "area that has approximately 1,600 residential customers and 240 commercial customers that use approximately 20,500 MWh annually and a summer peak demand of 8.9 MW." The study also says "that in order to power this area with solar and energy storage alone it would take an area roughly the size of Cherokee Park and doing so would require a large geographic space that would result in land being used on a scale that would likely not be acceptable to the local community. And the cost of electricity would likely be two to five times higher over the 30-year study period as compared to continuing to take electricity from the LG&E system."
There are three things wrong with that statement. First, the area required to produce 20,500 MWh per year with a solar array would be around 25 acres, and Cherokee Park is much larger at nearly 400 acres. Second, the notion that the solar array has to be located adjacent to the neighborhood and that it would be too costly to locate the solar array at a remote location is incorrect. And third, solar plus energy storage would be much cheaper than continuing to use the existing system. I'll address the second and third points below.
The first, most logical option to power this area with solar and energy storage would be to install as many solar panels on the roofs of the houses in this neighborhood as possible. The most efficient place to produce power is at the same place it's consumed. This option should also include installing battery banks (i.e., energy storage) in the houses, and this would be done for three reasons: provide backup power during grid power outages, lower the peak demand, thereby reducing stress on the grid, and allow the homes to use the electricity created by the solar panels at night or during cloudy days.
A quick glance at the average footprint of each house in this area is roughly 2,000 square feet. For this example let's say each house has about 500 square feet of roof space that is usable for a solar array. At 1,600 houses that equals about 800,000 square feet. If you add the 240 commercial buildings, that could easily equal over 1,000,000 square feet (23 acres) of available roof space for solar panels. And that doesn't include parking lots, which could also be covered in solar carports. 23 acres is enough space for a solar array to produce the required 20,500 MWh mentioned in the study.
An extension to this first option could be what is being done in Australia by Tesla. They are currently installing what's called a Virtual Power Plant in South Australia, where solar panels and batteries will be installed at 50,000 homes to provide up to 250 megawatts of capacity – as much as a large gas turbine. Thus creating a network of home solar and battery systems working together to generate and store energy and feed energy into the grid. Energy from the installed home solar and battery system provides electricity for the house on which it is installed. Any energy generated by the system and not used by the household will be dispatched to the grid. The dispatched energy will be centrally controlled to support the needs of the grid, providing additional energy to the rest of the surrounding area when it is needed.
Since we don't have the power to force homeowners to install solar on their houses, we need an alternative option. A second option would be to install a utility scale solar array (or multiple arrays at multiple locations) with energy storage outside of town and connect it to the existing electric grid that serves Louisville.
This array could be just outside of Louisville or could be miles away. A good place to start would be the LG&E Cane Run Generating Station. A quick look at Google Earth shows that the property appears to be about 175 acres and consists of coal ash ponds and surrounding open field. If you cover that property with solar panels and add energy storage you could power over 12,000 homes.
Of course, more research would need to be done to see if this would be feasible and we would need to determine if it's possible for the coal ash ponds to be covered similar to the way an old landfill is covered in order to install the solar array.
An extension to this second option is installing the solar array miles away. Since solar panels produce DC power, it would make sense to use High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission lines to dispatch the electricity from a distant solar array to the end user.
Additionally, for long-distance transmission, HVDC systems are generally less expensive and suffer lower electrical losses. The longest HVDC link in the world currently is 1,476 miles. HVDC transmission losses are quoted as less than 3% per 600 miles. In July 2016, ABB Group received a contract in China to build an ultrahigh-voltage direct-current (UHVDC) land link with 1100 kV voltage, 1,900 miles in length, and 12 GW of power, setting world records for highest voltage, longest distance, and largest transmission capacity.
In Kentucky, we have plenty of clear land that is readymade for solar, and it's only a few hundred miles away from Louisville. There are 574,000 acres (897 square miles) of land in Kentucky that have been surface mined for coal and more than 293 mountains have been severely impacted or destroyed by coal mining.
Another extension to either of these options is microgrids. A microgrid is a local energy grid with control capability, which means it can disconnect from the traditional grid and operate autonomously. A micro-grid can have a small solar array plus energy storage that can power a neighborhood and provide battery backup power during a grid outage. The battery bank can be a large battery system that can power the neighborhood or smaller battery banks at each house. The micro-grid would be connected to the existing grid and could consist of a community solar array and/or roof-mounted solar panels.
All of this can be done in Kentucky. As I wrote in an article back in 2011, if we merely put solar panels on one-fifth of the already cleared land from mountaintop removal coal mining, we would supply all of the electricity needs for the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky. The remaining four-fifths could be used for energy storage and/or wind power. To power all of Louisville, we would only need to cover roughly 5% (35 square miles) of land already cleared by mountaintop removal mining.
Regarding the cost to install a solar panel system with energy storage that could power the Highland 1103 distribution circuit mentioned in the LG&E study, if my company was bidding on the project the price would be somewhere around $43 million. It would consist of an 11.5 MW solar array with a 100 MWh lithium-ion battery bank for energy storage. The solar array would include dual-axis tracking to allow the solar panels to tilt to a steeper angle in the winter to maximize the solar harvest and also tilt throughout the day to track the sun across the sky. This would reduce the required size of the solar array and energy storage. Additionally, it would be a microgrid and still connected to the main grid. This would allow it to draw power from the main grid during the few days in the winter when it's too cloudy or snowy for the solar array to recharge the battery bank. This would also greatly reduce the total cost of the system.
Over a 25-year period the cost of electricity would be around $0.08/kWh. That's cheaper than what LG&E is charging now at $0.09/kWh. Assuming energy prices increase 2% per year, the average LG&E price would be around $0.12/kWh over the next 25 years.
So, the Highland 1103 distribution circuit could pay $43 million for solar electricity over the next 25 years or it could pay LG&E $65 million. That's a potential savings of $22 million that could be spent in the local economy instead.
If you extrapolate for all of Louisville and power the entire city with solar plus energy storage, you could put an additional $10 billion into the local economy over the next 25 years. This includes the cost to run HVDC transmission lines from mountaintop removal sites to Louisville. The estimated cost for HVDC transmission lines is somewhere around $2 million per mile.
Energy storage technology is ready today. Right now we are installing lithium-ion (lithium ferro phosphate) batteries for our solar customers. The batteries are non-hazardous and have a 10,000 cycle life. If cycled once per day, that could equal a 27 year life expectancy.
Note: the calculations in this article only apply to the electricity use for Louisville, it doesn't include the natural gas usage for heating. In my opinion, as we transition to renewable energy it would make sense to go after the electric use first. Then over the next few decades we could replace the gas appliances with electric appliances and power them with solar. Dan Hofmann, president of RegenEn Solar
Limited scope?
The study seems to focus on a single dimension. I've read that single solutions usually fail because complex problems are multi-dimensional and have multiple causes. This is especially true in a complex environmental situation. The "real" solution will involve a synergistic combination of many approaches, including solar investment(s) by LG&E, tax incentives for residents and businesses to invest in their own relevant solutions – wind energy, storage options, etc. What if companies and/or residents could sell back energy they create themselves? Every little bit could help. Jon Foley
This study strikes me as an attempt to discourage actual progress toward weaning us off fossil fuels.
Obviously, any single source of electricity generation is going to have downfalls. Rather than showing the potential for solar to generate probably half of our energy needs, they instead put out a fever dream of a study that shows how hard it would be to go 100 percent solar, and then insinuate with their map that they'd have to raze Cherokee park to make way for panels.
Maybe we could also put out studies showing how to go 100 percent wind power — we'd have to put up windmills in everyone's front yard along with mandates that everyone has to go outside and blow really hard every time the breeze dies down.
It is abundantly clear that we have to have a mix of different technologies to meet our energy needs. Studies about any single technology trying to meet those needs is just an attempt to discourage any work towards adopting that tech and is a waste of time. Matt Stone
Solar is a win for everyone
Our solar panels work at maximum capacity on the hottest days of the summer.
This is a big plus for LG&E and KU, because with the net metering I help them create surplus energy that they can sell outside their public service regulated area for way more …. whatever the market demand will pay. Remember Enron?
Unfortunately, the LG&E and KU publicity and advertising campaign inviting their customers to buy a solar panel in their new solar farm and receive a very convoluted credit was flat out misleading.
If you have a system and run their numbers, they are way overcharging for a customer to be a "good environmental citizen."
The biggest downside of this approach, (to discourage private solar investments) and moving net metering to a wholesale refunds versus the current parity rate of retail to retail rate, is that people will not install their own systems.
This results in a "very discouraging payback period"… forget the investment. It means loss of revenue and fewer jobs for installers. Those with current systems will have no one to service and maintain their current equipment unless Public Sevice of Kentucky makes LG&E provide the service? Never happen! Mac McClure
Careers prepared for high school
Why does JCPS think they have found a new evolutionary way by offering trade skills in high schools?
An education textbook l studied in college in 1957 cited Ahrens Trade High School in Louisville as a national model for preparing high school graduates ready for apprenticeship careers in high-paying industry.
JCPS closed seven career education centers around 1993 to move training into high schools. Harlan Smith
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In early April this year, Sleek launched at select Target stores. As an introductory offer, they had a special discount for these products. I marked the launch date in my calendar and off I went to Target armed with a list of products I wanted to buy (hello, matte liquid lipsticks, iDivine eyeshadow palette and highlighter quad!). Lo and behold! The display was empty save for the two eye and cheek palettes. These were further down on my list, but I didn't want to lose the opportunity to try some Sleek makeup so I grabbed the last of these palettes before the lady standing next to me had the chance. And yes, she did give me the stink eye for doing so – sorry lady! (Not really *fist pump*) #sorrynotsorry.
Sleek MakeUP are a UK based brand that cater their products to everyone, including us tan and dark skinned beautiful people! If that isn't enough to excite you, they don't test on animals! (does a little happy dance). Their range of products are perfect for muted everyday, romantic and sultry and the colorful at heart spanning face, eyes, lips and cheeks.
The palettes I purchased are called "All Day Soiree" and "Midsummer's Dream". They are as different as night and day.
All day Soiree is great for people with fairer skintone – it features a lot of pale pinks and flesh tones. Even though I've got tan skin, I reach for this palette when I want to achieve a minimal makeup look, with muted eyes and soft hint of a blush. I use the champagne colour on the top left hand corner as a highlight.
Midsummer's dream is aptly named; I can't think of a better description for this palette. It reminds me of time spent lazily enjoying the warmth and beauty of the setting summer sun. This palette has a lot more bronze and golden shades as compared to All day Soiree. It is perfect for travels to exotic tropical places or even if you want to achieve a mysterious, sultry, sun kissed look. I love this palette on people with tan and darker skintones. That bronzey blush just screams sun kissed glow!
With each palette, you get 4 eyeshadows, and two blushes plus the tools to apply the makeup. The mirror included is sufficient for those quick last minute makeup applications in the cab as you zoom across town to get to your destination. The slim packaging is Sleek (see what I did there?) and doesn't take up too much room in your makeup bag. It is perfect for travel and can be used to achieve different looks while on holiday. I love the superior quality of the products; they do kick up a tiny bit of powder, but they blend like a dream! Just check out the looks I've achieved with these palettes! The slim matte packaging, size of the products and the pigmentation of the colors are stunningly superior for the price you pay.
Sleek MakeUP is not new to the Australian market. It is stocked at Sephora stores and available for purchase online as well as selected Target stores. I still go back to Target to look for more products to buy and test out, but unfortunately, they seem to be quite popular and the display looks like it needs to be constantly restocked. Guess I'll have to make the long distance travel to Sephora to grab what I'm looking for.
Have you tried Sleek MakeUP? What are your favourites from this brand? Of the two palettes mentioned, which one calls out to you?