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Q: LED intensity changes with time I want to operate a UV LED at continuous 20mA for one week. However, when I measure the LED intensity with a photodiode (see image), I find that the light intensity changes continuously in time. I would like to ask you how I can reduce the light intensity drift that I am observing.
The LED data sheet is: http://static.vcclite.com/pdf/VAOL-5EUV8T4-LED-5mm-UV.pdf. I am operating it in series with a 461.6 ohm resistor and a 12 V AC-DC power supply. The voltage drop around the LED is 3.2 V, the current is 19 mA.
I am measuring the light intensity with a photodiode connected to an Arduino. I attach a picture of the circuit and the graph of light intensity (photodiode voltage output) vs time (hours).

A: Thank you all very much. I have provided a constant current supply with LM317 to the LED and a constant voltage of 1.5V to the UV photodiode with another LM317. This voltage is counteracted by the photodiode current and I measure the voltage across the photodiode using Arduino as described here http://provideyourown.com/2012/secret-arduino-voltmeter-measure-battery-voltage/
I have also used two pipette tips to align the LED and the photodiode and maintain them rigidly in place.
The light intensity measured by the photodiode is now constant and the LED is operated at 20mA.
Thank you all very much for your help.

A: Your photo and graph are useful. In your graph, at about 7 hours, a large step appears in your photodiode output. What was the cause? It may give you a clue that will help debug your experiment.
Your breadboard setup may look mechanically stable, but very small perturbations in diode or LED position can make a large change in photodiode current.
You can monitor LED current by measuring the voltage drop with a multimeter across that 470 ohm resistor in series with the LED. Ensure that it remains constant during your experiment.
Your photodiode will likely be a silicon photodiode whose wavelength sensitivity is maximum at much longer wavelengths (like 0.9 microns). Your LED on the other hand, puts out most of its light power at a much shorter wavelength (0.38 microns). Your photodiode response at this short wavelength will be far, far lower than at its peak-response. This means that any stray light will have a significant influence on the photodiode. Even a weak incandescent source (whose peak wavelength corresponds to the infrared peak of your photodiode) can contribute current to your photodiode detector.
Your experiment suggests that light output falls with time. Is this experiment repeatable? Does photocurrent continually decrease with time? To do this experiment properly, the photodiode - LED combination should be very firmly fixed into a rigid tube so that they cannot move about. Then the experiment should proceed in a constant-temperature environment, in a light-tight box.

A: If you look at the data sheet for the LED it says that at 20 mA the forward voltage may be between 2.8 V and 3.6 V. Importantly it states that this is at an ambient temperature of 25 degC.
So, how well regulated is the ambient temperature in your experiment? I ask this because you seem to be relying on generating a constant current by using a resistor and a 12 V supply and, if the volt-drop on the UV LED changes (maybe due to temperature or aging) then the current into the device will change and the light output will also change.
Gradual self-heating of the LED cannot be ruled out and neither can drift on the 12 V DC power supply. You should consider a precision constant current supply - there are circuits you can build around simple op-amps that will achieve this.
Now, onto the photodiode - its "gain" will be somewhat sensitive to temperature but less so than for infra red types however, dark current will approximately double for every 10 deg C rise so this might start to affect the accuracy of your experiment if you are using the device in photoconductive mode. If you are using the device in photovoltaic mode there may be temperature effects that make inaccuracies worse compared to photoconductive mode.
Also, what about local ambient lighting conditions changing? In a darkened room I think you should be OK but if there is any "spillage" of the sun through a window, then significant errors could be caused.

A: Since this is a test circuit make a small current supply with lm 317. Use a resistor of 1,25/20 = 625 ohm. You can use 680 ohm for the test. If this turns out to be stable you can change the circuit to a permanent one. Diagram can be found on the internet or in the app sheet

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Discussion in 'Christian Theology Forum' started by Christina, Apr 7, 2007.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------At the tomb --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Posted: April 7, 20071:00 a.m. EasternHave you ever pictured in your mind the morning of Jesus' resurrection? Picture it with me, if you will. We see Mary, Jesus' mother, Mary Magdalene, Joanna and other unnamed women walking toward the tomb where Jesus had been laid to rest three days earlier. The women are dismayed because they earlier witnessed the brutal crucifixion of Jesus and are unaware that He has already conquered death and arisen. While they had heard Jesus foretell of his sacrificial death and resurrection (Luke 9:22), they did not know the actuality of that claim. And so they approach the stone, carrying spices and oils that are used to lessen the odor of decaying bodies. But as they arrive at the site, they discover the giant stone at the tomb has been rolled away. Imagine their astonishment as they cautiously creep into the tomb and observe that it is empty. And as they are standing there "perplexed," as Luke describes their demeanor, they are met with another astonishing sight: two angels adorned in shining garments. The women drop to their knees; it is almost too much to bear. But then the angels proclaim to them the message of the ages: "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen!" It is then that they remember Jesus' promise that He will arise from the tomb three days after His crucifixion. Their hearts burst with excitement as they realize that His promise was not a hollow claim. They now understand that Jesus truly is the Son of God. The women rush to the 11 Disciples to tell them what they have discovered: Jesus is alive! But the Disciples greet their words with doubt, believing them to be "idle tales" (Luke 24:11). And then we see Peter. Ever tempestuous and unpredictable, Peter must see the tomb himself. He bursts from the room, racing to the tomb where he finds only the linen cloths that wrapped Jesus' body. What a scene, my friends. This was not a figurative resurrection, as some have recently suggested. He literally arose – bodily – from the grave. Later, Jesus appeared to the Disciples and invited them to touch the wounds of the crucifixion in His hands and feet. "Handle Me and see," he said, "for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have." This is the story; but it's not the end of the story. You see, Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection are the fulfillment of only two parts of God's plan. The third part is yet to come. That part will be fulfilled when He returns as Himself those living and dead who believe in Him. And so that brings every person to a crossroads. Do you know Jesus Christ as your Savior? The great writer C.S. Lewis wrote: "You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. ... You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God."
Praise God , His love is so wonderful and His power is unfathomable...I cannot wait to see Him in the flesh, touch His hands, a re-union....for the final time and forever.
"Late on the Sabbath mid-afternoon towards the First Day of the week .. there was a great earthquake" and God raised Christ from the dead in Joseph's grave. . .
Where can I find this Scripture, please?
Jesus' promise that He will arise from the tomb three days after His crucifixion.
Where can I find this promise of Jesus in the Gospels?
The women rush to the 11 Disciples to tell them what they have discovered: Jesus is alive!
Where shall I read this in the Gospels?
~Wounds~? Where must I read to read this?
This lady posted on this thread 11 years ago. She last posted on this forum 7 years ago. It is unlikely she is available to answer any of your questions.
What about you starting some answers?
That's the problem with 'Christians'-- they never question themselves or the junk they believe and insult their Lord Jesus Christ of God with!
I responded to you here in case you had not noticed how old the posts were.
Pull out the questions yourself my friend. You can read them probably more easily than I. I have not even read the OP on this thread because it is too small and bunched together for me... I know how to increase the size but I don't routinely do that. I leave it in your perhaps more capable hands.
christianityboard like you and I may have how many days . . . . Come Lord Jesus, come . . . . one week seven days my dearest brightest light and life God willing Susan will be home . . . .
Und Gott ruhte am siebenten Tag von allem seinen Werken.
"Und des Mondes Schein wird sein wie der Sonne Schein, und der Sonne Schein wird siebenmal heller sein denn jetzt, zu der Zeit, wenn der HERR den Schaden seines Volks verbinden und seine Wunden heilen wird."
"Und die Stadt bedarf keiner Sonne noch des Mondes, daß sie scheinen; denn die Herrlichkeit Gottes erleuchtet sie, und ihre Leuchte ist das Lamm.
Und die Heiden, die da selig werden, wandeln in ihrem Licht; und die Könige auf Erden werden ihre Herrlichkeit in sie bringen."
"And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
amadeus, faithfulness and Nancy like this.
@bbyrd009 , Ya know, I would love to be inside your mind, even for just 60 seconds.
BTW-I think your noted theory above is because there is still much sin (darkness?) yet in the world. Once God Almighty eradicates every last bit...THEN His light will fill EVERYTHING?


Q: I do a lot, but it also feels good to do, or a lot of things I do I think I know to do them, but it's a lot and I feel tired, so I don't know really how to handle this well, to do the things I think I need to do without burning myself off. Maybe you can you tell me something about that.
John: If you're doing what you think you need to do and you're not managing, then you need to manage what you're doing. You need to manage differently. That is your managing what you're doing with your self. That's somewhat of a superficial issue.
Q: I should look differently at the issue. I can still do all the things that I do, so there's nothing wrong in doing the things…So I can learn that while doing all these things.
Q: Is also part of my superficial issue that I'm always running? Is that the ego thing?
John: What is your own deeper sense of it?
Q: When I relax, I don't have my focus to things to do them right. Should I relax and let it go as it comes, even if it's not right, or focus and attend to do it right?
Q: How do I make that balance?
John: What you're doing and how you do it does really matter, and it doesn't matter as much as what you're coming from. Don't use coming from something deeper within as a convenience to your self. Then your own sense of a deeper restedness will have you favouring less of a sense of responsibility on the surface of things. Coming from a deeper place within doesn't alleviate you of your responsibility and carrying that responsibility doesn't alleviate you of coming from what is deeper within.
Q: I also have a question about when felt something when I saw somebody. Could you tell me what it means?
John: What did you feel and what was it meaning to you?
Q: It felt very deep.
John: What was it in regards to? What are you speaking of? What are you talking about? Explain it more.
Q: This guy, when I saw him he reached something in me and it pulled me and it wasn't physical attraction. I felt an opening. I think the first feeling was sincere but I made things up about it already.
John: When you feel something like that, it doesn't mean that you've met someone that you're to be in relationship with. It means what it means. You were deeply touched by something in connection with him. If he is in a moment of openness and there's a sweet vulnerability in himself, you'll easily experience what you were experiencing, but that doesn't mean that it is how he lives. Given the right moment you can experience the deep in anyone.
There are many who will feel toward the deep within and there are fewer who will live for the deep within and even fewer who will be so and do so at any cost, at any personal cost. It matters what you are like, within, under pressure and what he is like, within, under pressure. That determines the relationship, not how you feel toward each other when there isn't pressure.
Q: I always knew or had a feeling how it would be when you saw somebody who could be the one for you. And I recognized that feeling in it.
John: Don't trust it. The less grounded experience you have with such feelings, the less you can trust the feelings. The less grounded experience you have in your self concerning such feeling, the less experienced you are with such feeling. Within such a feeling, for you to have good judgment you need to be discerning what the subtleties are within the feeling.
If you're not discerning what is actually discernible, you won't have the right judgment. You'll be ill informed in your self in what you do with the feeling. Having strong feelings doesn't mean that you have clear thinking and it doesn't mean that you have good judgment. If you're relying on the feeling, the feeling will pass. What will you then have?
Q: But I always felt that when it's good the feeling won't pass.
Q: Even if it's good?
John: If the strong feeling is there because it really is a goodness and you move with that goodness, you'll be riding a goodness wave, but the wave will pass and as the wave passes the newness passes away with it and you'll be left in your patterns with him in his pattern. And there the real relationship begins.
Q: What do we need then? I thought we need real love with each other.
John: For you to have real love, you need to be able to move past your self. You can't have real love if you're not being bigger than what your self is. Feeling what seems like real love isn't the same as having real love.
The patterning that you have with those who you are closest, your family, is the same patterning that you'll have in a relationship once the newness is gone, once the profound feeling is gone.
If you're living being bigger within than what your self is, then you really don't want to be in relationship with someone who isn't the same. Finding a depth of goodness in someone else doesn't mean that he is being bigger than what his self is. If you are and he isn't, then eventually you will be a baby sitter. You'll be investing your time in someone who doesn't necessarily want to move past himself.
Be sure of what you're living for, that what you're living for is deeper than what your self is, and that you're doing so even at a personal cost. That means that you're clear. And if you're going to be in relationship then do so only with someone who is the same.
If he seems like he is, that doesn't mean that he is. You need to do all of your deepest homework on him and really find out and not be persuaded by how you're feeling. You need to know, you need to find out. And if necessary, you need to dig into your self and into him before you decide to engage in a relationship, or you'll be swept along by a wave and when the wave ends you'll end the relationship. The wave will end. The very best wave will end and that's when you really need to be with the right person. You need to discern that beforehand because when the wave ends you're not going to change him.
Look for someone who has suffered and has learned and realized something beautiful in the midst of the suffering. If he hasn't suffered he doesn't likely really know himself. There isn't virtue in suffering. The virtue is in being what is deeper within in the midst of the suffering. Not everyone who has suffered has really learned something or really realized the deeper truth of something.
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Rebus Signet Rings and Pendants Memorialize Beloved Pets
By Siddhart On Apr 18, 2022
The unconditional love of a pet is an experience that is incomparable. Pure joy and companionship between humans and animals offer an emotional connection— from the excitement of being in each other's presence, to solace in difficult times. Whether nearby or far apart, artists have sought to commemorate patrons and their animals through works: in paintings, sculpture, illustrations and more. Yet few mediums are as personal as jewelry, where a piece is worn on the body, can be passed down as a modern heirloom, or act as memorial jewelry. Rebus, a company rich in tradition, keeps the craftsmanship of hand engraving alive. Award-winning goldsmiths and hand engravers meticulously create one-of-a-kind images, carving out gold set within classic styles. A Rebus pendant or signet ring is the perfect gift for those who want to take their pets with them everywhere they go.
"For thousands of years pets and people have formed strong bonds, and these relationships have represented many valued qualities such as loyalty, companionship and unconditional love. This has been celebrated in art and culture," says Emmet Smith, Founder of Rebus. "An item of jewelry is a very personal, valued possession, which lends itself perfectly to the creation of something significant to recognize and celebrate the importance of the connection."
Whether one is looking for a memento of a beloved pet while away from home, wants to commemorate with memorial jewelry, or wishes to wear their spirit animal, an elegantly handcrafted ring or pendant by Rebus is the perfect choice. Creating profiles of dogs, birds, cats, horses or paw prints, any pet pal image can be translated into precious metal, and reverse-engraved to provide an elegant seal on correspondence.
Multiple signet ring shapes are available, including the Oxford oval, round, Landscape round, cushion and marquise, available in a variety of face and ring sizes. Stone set oval signet rings can be carved directly into the gemstone, with bloodstone, carnelian, lapis lazuli, onyx and sardonyx options to choose from. In addition, one can choose between 9K, 14K and 18K, available in yellow or white gold.
Honor a pet and the joy they bring to life through everyday style. Timeless shapes with exceptional craftmanship ensure the reminder of a furry friend is always there. Rachel Constantine, Marketing Director for Rebus, says, "Designing something to preserve the memory of a much-loved companion can be an extremely thoughtful gift for someone close, or for yourself to recollect happy and meaning sentiment."
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Q: Creating Polyine From Latitude Longitude in google maps? I am trying to create a polyline from google maps v3 api. I know how add polyline on click but i want to create polyline from latitude & longitude value which will be in loop. How can  i do that ?
    var network_url = decodeURIComponent(document.URL);
    //var network_url = " http://testNetwork.com?param[]=(12.983147333223707, 77.49687217431642)&param[]=(12.95035965289418, 77.54871391015627)";

    var location_array = split_url(network_url);
    for(var i = 0; i<location_array.length; i++)
    {

         //(12.960062579720846,%2077.48313926416017)
        var loc = location_array[i] ; //==>(12.77,  24.87)

        var split_arr1 = loc.split("(");
        var result_split_arr1 = split_arr1[1].split( ")" );

        var split_latLon = result_split_arr1[0];
        var result_split = split_latLon.split(",");

        var split_lat = result_split[0];
        var split_lon = result_split[1];

        marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: new google.maps.LatLng(split_lat, split_lon),
        map: map
        });

        ///////////POLYLINE DRAWing /////////////////////////////

        /////////////END OF POLYLINE ////////////////////

     }

}

thank you.

A: Check out the documentation for the polyline. It takes an array of LatLng's.
Loop through your and points, throw them in an array, and pass them to the PolyLine through the constructor or .setPath().
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#Polyline
Edit: Example. (I didn't run it).
    var location_array = split_url(network_url);
    var path = [];
    for(var i = 0; i<location_array.length; i++)
    {

         //(12.960062579720846,%2077.48313926416017)
        var loc = location_array[i] ; //==>(12.77,  24.87)

        var split_arr1 = loc.split("(");
        var result_split_arr1 = split_arr1[1].split( ")" );

        var split_latLon = result_split_arr1[0];
        var result_split = split_latLon.split(",");

        var split_lat = result_split[0];
        var split_lon = result_split[1];
        var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(split_lat, split_lon);
        path.push(latLng)
        marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: latLng,
        map: map
        });

     }

    var flightPath = new google.maps.Polyline({
       path: path,
       strokeColor: "#FF0000",
       strokeOpacity: 1.0,
       strokeWeight: 2,
       map: map
    });

}


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Guidebook for Interlaken
Meðlimur síðan 2016
Drinks & Nightlife
Barracuda Cafe & Bar
An Aussie owned bar with great staff, delicious drinks, and beer, live music nights.
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16 Hauptstrasse
BLISS CAFE BAR & SPORTS BAR
This place is the best place in town for food drinks and just having a good night, it plays all sport and the food is by far the best in town. this is one place in interlaken not to miss if your looking for foor and a good night.
4 Marktgasse
14 Marktgasse
Funky Chocolate Club Switzerland
Here you can make your own chocolate or buy hand made chocolate treats; don't forget to drink the delicious hot chocolate!
35 Jungfraustrasse
Harder Kulm
You can hike up or take the train (runs only through summer season); great view of whole of Interlaken and the surrounding mountains (including Jungrau).
St. Beatus Caves
Beautiful waterfall, with a castle that makes it look like Rivendell from Lord of the Rings, free of charge. If you want to see the caves, tickets are sold there.
Heimwehfluh
The hike up is easy and short, but there's also a train.
Golf- und Strandhotel neuhaus zum see
Grass beach on Thunersee-lake that has a restaurant and bar; there's a charge to stay at the grass area.
121 Seestrasse
1 Rugenparkstrasse
Entertainment & Activities
Outdoor Interlaken
Lot of outdoor activities from rafting to snowboarding.
Outdoor Interlaken Rafting Base
Lot of activities from bungee jump to rafting.
7 Hauptstrasse
Interlaken-West
The name Kulm (or Culm) is a German language toponym which is derived from the Latin culmen, meaning hill. At an altitude of 1,322 m, the Harder Kulm offers the best view of Interlaken, Eiger Mönch and Jungfrau as well as the Thun and Lake Brienz. The palatial restaurant and the Two Lakes Bridge viewing platform are an enticing place to spend time. The cable car, not far from the Interlaken Ost train station on the Harder, has been operational for more than 100 years. The Talstation building has remained without major alterations to the original design as it was in the early years after the turn of the century, and is one of Interlaken's listed buildings. For connoisseurs and those in search of a view, the Harder railway takes just ten minutes to reach the Interlaken Hausberg. The 1,449-metre mountain journey largely goes through the forest, surmounting 731 metres in altitude at an incline of 64%.
Interlaken is a fantastic base for seeing the best of central Switzerland's magnificent scenery while enjoying the comforts of a chic lakeside resort. Tourist attractions are all around it, with boat tours on Lakes Thun and Brienz at either side of the town and thrilling train and funicular rides to the spectacular surrounding mountain peaks. Interlaken is one of the oldest, best known, and most popular summer holiday resorts in Switzerland. The first visitors arrived in the 17th century, and as transport facilities improved with the coming of the railroad, boat services on the lakes, and most recently the expressway, Interlaken became the major tourist center of the Bernese Oberland. Day or night, you'll find plenty of things to do in and around Interlaken. Along with the almost endless variety of walks, climbs, and outdoor excursions, there are many other sports available for active travelers. On the right bank of the Aare, opposite the Kursaal, is a swimming pool, and visitors will find a golf course in Unterseen, as well as sailing and windsurfing on the lakes, parasailing, horseback riding, and tennis.
Schynige Platte
From Wilderswil, a five-minute walk from the Interlaken Ost railway station, you can take a rack-railroad that has been carrying sightseers up to the Schynige Platte since it opened in 1893. The hour-long ride is a series of ever-changing Alpine panoramas, and at the top, you'll find one of the finest panoramic views of the Alps, encompassing the Eiger, Mönch, and Jungfrau peaks as well as Lake Thun. You can enjoy these from a 45-minute panoramic walk along an easy trail, which also leads to an excellent alpine garden with 600 species of flowers and high-altitude plants. If you're lucky there may be locals playing traditional Swiss Alphorns at the Schynige Platte station.
Unterseen
The Marktgasse runs northwest from the Interlaken post office and across the Spielmatten islands and the river to the little hamlet of Unterseen, at the foot of Mt. Harder. This is one of several villages that form Interlaken, and in this old part of town is the 1471 parish church, with a Late Gothic tower. Here, you'll find some beautiful wooden chalets of the kind you'd expect to see in tiny mountain villages, not in a busy resort center like Interlaken. Set in green gardens, these may even have farm animals grazing on the lawns. Small restaurants around the pretty Stadthausplatz serve traditional Swiss dishes.
Lake Thun
On the west side of Interlaken is Lake Thun, a long, narrow lake surrounded by mountains. The best way to explore the lake is on one of the cruise boats that operate from Interlaken year-round or in the summer on the beautifully restored historic paddle steamer. At the western end of the lake, you can stop in Thun with its medieval Old Town and lakeside castle with a striking keep that overlooks the lake. It was built in 1191 and enlarged in 1492, and today houses a historical museum with 14th-century arms and armor, tapestries, furniture, and prehistoric and Roman artifacts. Other castles and several Romanesque churches are in villages that dot the shore of Lake Thun. Schloss Shadau, easy to spot right on the water, is a smaller replica of Chateau Azay-le-Rideau, on the Loire in France.
Lake Brienz
On Interlaken's east side is Lake Brienz, a narrow body of water that's really an enlargement of the valley of the River Aare. Lying between the limestone ridge of the Brienzer Grat and the Faulhorn mountains, it is seven meters higher than Lake Thun, on Interlaken's west side. Like Lake Thun, it is best seen from one of the five boats that connect Interlaken to towns around its wooded shores. The most atmospheric of these boats is the restored steamer the Lötschberg, built in 1914; other boats offer special dining cruises with Swiss food specialties. Like Lake Thun, Brienz is popular with boaters of all sorts and you can rent kayaks, row boats, and pedalos to explore the lakes on your own.
Tourist Museum of the Jungfrau region
The history of tourism in the Jungfrau Region is shown here in three floors of exhibits that cover everything from early transport and hotels to travel clothing and skiing. Housed in a lovely restored 17th-century timbered house, the museum includes models of early postal coaches, rack railway locomotives, bicycles and lake steamers, as well as actual historical carriages and vehicles. Exhibits also use historic photos and art to show how tiny, often remote villages were able to develop and thrive by attracting tourists to experience their landscapes, folk traditions, geological wonders, and even local flora and fauna. Many of the exhibits are labeled in English. Address: Obere Gasse 28, Unterseen, Interlaken
28 Obere G.
Niederhorn
From the town of Beatenberg, a short bus ride from Interlaken, you can reach one of the most spectacular viewpoints in the Bernese Oberland (which has plenty of them to offer). A cable car takes you up to a halfway station, where a funicular continues up the Niederhorn to a restaurant and view across Lake Thun and the Alps. Along with its scenery, the Niederhorn is known especially for its nature and wildlife. It's home to ibex, marmots, mountain goats, golden eagles, deer, and even the rare cuckoo. Weekly wildlife tours guided by a local wild animal specialist include visiting wild ibex colonies. You can rent unique stand-up scooter-type bicycles for the descent, and the Niederhorn is a favorite place for hang gliding, as well. Official site: www.niederhorn.ch/en
St. Beatus Cave Parking
More than one kilometer of walkways lead through the chambers and passageways of these hillside caves, where legend holds that a dragon took shelter when hunted by the monk, Beatus, whose hermitage was nearby. But the geology is no legend, and you can tour these underground caverns to see mirror lakes, underground waterfalls, stalactites, and stalagmites accompanied by a guide or at your own speed using a descriptive app. The entire area is quite beautiful, with a series of waterfalls cascading down the cliffs. You can get here by bus from Interlaken (it's about a 10-minute walk from the bus stop) or by boat from Interlaken West station, but it's quite a steep climb from the lake to the caves. Address: Sundlauenen, Interlaken Official site: www.beatushoehlen.swiss/en
Unspunnen Castle
An easy walk of about 1.5 kilometers from Wilderswil train station, and only about three kilometers from central Interlaken, is the romantic ruin of Unspunnen Castle. Its history is recorded back to the early 1200s, and although its builder is unknown, it was the center of a baronial fief in the 13th and 14th centuries. Along with the nearby Rothenfluh, Unspunnen guarded the medieval Lütschinenbrücke bridge at Gsteig. Some sources hold that these ruins inspired Lord Byron to write his poem Manfred, and it is true that much of it was written during his travels through the Bernese Alps in September of 1816. You can walk on to Rothenfluh Castle, which was built into the side of a cliff. There is very little left of it, but signboards explaining its history are in English.
Ballenberg, Swiss Open-Air Museum
One of Europe's finest living history museums, Ballenberg spreads across 124 acres of alpine countryside in a series of village and farmstead groups representing different Swiss regions and their traditional ways of life. Historic houses, barns, shops, and other buildings were brought here from their original sites, with their furniture, decorations, utensils, and implements. Old crafts and traditional customs are revived here, and in the course of a visit, you may see everything from woodcarving and cooperage to lace- and cheese-making demonstrations. The homes represent all styles from the most modest cabins and rustic farmhouses to elegant homes of the well-to-do, but the focus is on how people lived, how they produced their own goods, and how they traded and shared within their communities. Special exhibits may examine one facet of life in detail, such as child labor on farms or a particular craft and its evolution. You could easily spend an entire day seeing all the buildings and exhibits in this fascinating look back in time. Ask at the Interlaken Tourist Office for information on packages that include boat and bus travel from Interlaken to Ballenberg. Address: Museumsstrasse 131, Hofstetten bei Brienz Official site: www.ballenberg.ch
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To reach Giessbach Falls, take the Lake Brienz boat to the Giessbach See landing-stage and either climb about 20 minutes or take the oldest funicular railway in Europe. The Giessbach tumbles down the beautifully wooded hillside to the lake from a height of 500 meters, in a series of 14 falls over successive rock ridges. The best view is from the terrace in front of the historic Grand Hotel Giessbach, about 100 meters above the lake. There are footpaths up both banks to the highest of the three bridges, where the stream emerges from a narrow gorge and plunges into a rock basin 60 meters deep. Report this ad
The lakeside town of Brienz is the center of the Oberland craft of woodcarving, examples of which you can see in shops and studios and on houses with beautifully carved friezes on the facades. Above the town rises the 2,350-meter Brienzer Rothorn, reached in about an hour via Switzerland's oldest steam rack railway, the Brienz-Rothorn Railway. From the top are views of the Appenzell, Uri, Engelberg, Berne, and Valais Alps extending from Säntis to the Diablerets. Wear hiking boots, and you can take a four-hour hike to the Brünig Pass, returning to Brienz by the Brünigbahn. Built in 1888, this is the smallest rack-and-pinion railroad of the Swiss network.
The Matterhorn, Switzerland's iconic pointed peak is one of the highest mountains in the Alps. On the border with Italy, this legendary peak rises to 4,478 meters, and its four steep faces lie in the direction of the compass points. The first summiting in 1865 ended tragically when four climbers fell to their death during the descent. Today, thousands of experienced climbers come here each summer. At the foot of this mighty peak, lies the charming village of Zermatt, a top international resort with horse-drawn carriage rides, quaint chalets, and world-class restaurants and hotels. To preserve the air quality and peaceful ambiance, motorized vehicles are banned in the village. In the winter, skiers can schuss down more than 300 kilometers of slopes. In the summer, swimming and tennis are popular pursuits as well as hiking, biking, and climbing in the surrounding mountains. Summer glacier skiing is also available.
One of the most popular things to do in the beautiful Bernese Oberland is the train journey to Jungfraujoch, the "Top of Europe," with an observation terrace and scientific observatory perched at 3,454 meters. The longest glacier in Europe, the Great Aletsch Glacier begins at Jungfraujoch, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The famous Eiger Trail from the Eiger glacier station to Alpiglen clings to the rocks at the foot of the north face. Other popular walks include Panorama Way to the sunny, south-facing First slope; the Gletscherschlucht (Glacier Gorge); and Öpfelchüechliwäg, the high-altitude trail from Holenstein to Brandegg through fields of flowers, alpine pastures, and woodlands. The less active can ride gondolas and cable cars to scenic viewpoints over the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Picturesque Grindelwald is a glacier village in the Jungfrau region, which makes a great base for adventures into the surrounding mountains. It nestles at the base of snow-cloaked mountains and is one of Switzerland's oldest and most popular resorts. Towering above this alpine valley is the tiara-shaped Wetterhorn and the sheer north face of the Eiger, one of the planet's most dramatic and difficult climbs. Between the mountains lie Grindelwald's two glinting glaciers. For the best views, Faulhorn, at 2,681 meters, offers breathtaking panoramas of the giant peaks.


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IASbaba's Daily Current Affairs – 30th September, 2016
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Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or affecting India's interests.
Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests
Ratifying the climate change pact: Is it too early?
India announced to ratify the Paris agreement on October 2 to show its support for need to contain the rising global warming and the challenges emerging thereafter. However, until G20 in early September 2016, India was not expected to ratify the climate change agreement. Is sudden such change a hasty decision?
India has agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement—which aims to contain the increase in earth's temperature to 2 degrees Celsius, and if possible 1.5 degrees Celsius, above pre-industrial levels.
Paris agreement materialized at the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It requires 55 countries accounting for at least 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions to ratify it in order for it to come into force.
Why sudden announcement?
India was so far slow in committing to the Paris agreement.
But, it realised that the ratification threshold is likely to be achieved in October without India's support where it ranks third in global emissions.
Thus, there could arise a possibility thereafter that India be casted as an obstructionist and hence it understandably changed the track.
But, is it early?
India has to be wary at the negotiating table as —
Too much focus on incremental pollution by developing countries shifts the public attention away from the historical damage done by the developed countries during their years of rapid economic growth.
The per capita carbon footprint of India is still very low by global standards.
India needs coal as part of its energy mix right now, until new technologies emerge.
No doubt, by retaining the "common but differentiated responsibilities" clause in the Paris Agreement, the world has acknowledged Indian concerns.
However, this is not enough.
Doing away with the distinction between developing and developed nations dilutes the differentiation principle which had put the onus on developed countries to take greater responsibility for reducing emissions.
But, undue pressure is already being exerted on India as one of the largest polluters of the world.
Though third in terms of total emissions, it ranks 140th globally in terms of per capita emissions.
India and climate change
The large coastline of India is susceptible to rising sea levels.
The population is also suffering from the visible consequences of climate change, such as heat waves, pollution and failed monsoons.
Hence, India could not argue for its right to development beyond a point.
Therefore, in a calculated move, it embraced the cause of climate change but with a caveat—the availability of global finance and performance of other nations.
This decision puts onus now on developed countries to fund and transfer technology to developing nations, besides making efforts to meet their domestic commitments.
India and INDC
India's strategy for combating climate change and achieving INDC targets is a multi-pronged one.
It aims at modifying the energy mix to a more sustainable, efficient and renewable one.
Its plan to expand solar capacity to 100 GW by 2022 from 8 GW in 2016 is expected to make up almost 48% of the renewable energy capacity.
The International Solar Alliance and the recently unveiled plan to subsidize domestic manufacturers will help but can only be sustained by a higher inflow of funds for solar projects.
The rest of the renewable energy capacity would be developed through a mixture of wind power, hydropower, biomass, waste to energy and nuclear power.
Nuclear energy will form less than 4% of these clean energy commitments. Though it is unlikely that India's non-membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group will significantly affect its plans, the membership could have enhanced it.
However, the issue of renewable energy being less competitive still persists.
A significant challenge to these plans are fall in oil prices, which increases the opportunity cost of expansion of alternative energy sources. India uses Piguovian taxes as against cap and trade system proposed by countries such as China, to limit emissions.
India is also making efforts to bring down current greenhouse gas levels through the development of carbon sinks. But this is a difficult task considering the land-scarcity problem.
The 14th Finance Commission made forest cover one of the criteria for devolution of funds from the Centre to incentivize states to engage in afforestation activities. This is expected to increase in carbon sinks
A 33-35% reduction in emission targets is not an unattainable one. But it requires persistent efforts from both the global community and the Indian government.
The Paris agreement will become operational post 2020 after the retirement of Kyoto protocol. Till then, India can use the intervening years to frame the rules and create the institutions that will govern the Paris Agreement.
Connecting the dots:
What is Paris agreement on climate change? How can India contribute in mitigating climate change effect without compromising on its development prospects?
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Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and betterment of these vulnerable sections.
Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests, Indian diaspora.
Important International institutions, agencies and fora- their structure, mandate.
Marrakesh Treaty and Accessible Books Consortium
Summary of the Marrakesh Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013 in Marrakesh and it forms part of the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO.
It has a clear humanitarian and social development dimension and its main goal is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and otherwise print disabled (VIPs).
Today is an important day for blind and other print-disabled people across the globe, as it marks the entry of Marrakesh Treaty come into force.
Objectives of Marrakesh Treaty or so-called 'Books for Blind' treaty:
The main goal of Marrakesh Treaty is to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired and otherwise print disabled (VIPs).
It addresses the "book famine" by requiring its contracting parties to adopt national law provisions that permit the reproduction, distribution and making available of published works in accessible formats – such as Braille – to VIPs and to permit exchange of these works across borders by organizations that serve those beneficiaries.
According to the World Health Organisation, some 285 million people worldwide live with visual impairments. Meanwhile, the World Blind Union estimates that children who are blind have a less than 10 per cent chance of going to school — a situation that could be improved if schools had ready access to texts adapted for use by visually impaired children.
It will facilitate access to published works for the millions of blind, visually impaired and otherwise print disabled persons in India.
It would go a long way in establishing equal rights and opportunities for education and employment for them.
India and Marrakesh Treaty
India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print disabled on 30th June, 2014.
As mentioned above, the Treaty will facilitate import of accessible format copies from the member states by the Indian authorized entities such as educational institutions, libraries and other such institutions working for the benefit of visually impaired persons.
This will also facilitate translation of imported accessible format copies and export of accessible format copies in Indian languages.
The Indian Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 is in harmony with the Marrakesh Treaty.
With access to information and educational materials, blindness need no longer be a barrier to learning, employment and full participation in society.
India has not delayed in readying itself to ensure the Marrakesh Treaty benefits its people.
For example, the 'Accessible India Campaign' has provided a nationwide flagship campaign for universal access for people with disabilities.
And India has begun implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty through a multi-stakeholder approach, which includes collaboration among key players such as government ministries, local champions like the DAISY Forum of India, and the private sector.
This led to the launch in August of India's largest collection of online accessible books called "Sugamya Pustakalaya", which counts 2,00,000 volumes.
Accessible Books Consortium (ABC)
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), a United Nations organisation based in Geneva, administers the Marrakesh Treaty and leads an alliance of private and public partners known as the Accessible Books Consortium (ABC), which was established in June 2014 to support the goals of the treaty.
The ABC has established a centralised electronic multilingual catalogue of accessible books produced by libraries for the blind around the world. Through the ABC Book Service, which is free, organisations serving the print-disabled can supplement their collections of accessible books from their counterparts in other countries.
The ABC Book Service can assist in preventing the same book from being produced in accessible formats by more than one library, thereby avoiding duplication.
It is hoped that Sugamya Pustakalaya will soon become a member of the ABC Book Service, thereby joining an international library-to-library service managed by WIPO in Geneva.
ABC is continuing to establish projects in India, including by training publishers, libraries and NGOs in the production of accessible books, as well as providing funding to produce educational materials in accessible formats. Without these materials, students either cannot access their curriculum or are dependent on books being read aloud to them.
ABC has also established training and technical assistance projects in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
ABC plans to extend its capacity-building programmes to Africa and Latin America, helping ensure that these transformative uses of technology can boost access to books for people who are blind or print-disabled around the world.
Today, as the Marrakesh Treaty takes effect in India and elsewhere, India's multi-stakeholder approach provides an excellent model for other countries to follow.
So far, 22 countries have joined the Marrakesh Treaty, but many more are needed: each new nation that joins brings along not only a population in need, but a wealth of printed matter that can more easily be made accessible in other countries.
WIPO looks forward to many more countries implementing the Marrakesh Treaty so that print-disabled people around the world can benefit from the new avenues to access now available to Indians.
Discuss the significance and objectives of the Marrakesh VIP Treaty. Examine why India's role in its implementation is hailed as model for other countries to follow.
List the salient features of Marrakesh treaty for visually challenged. Examine the role of Accessible Books Consortium (ABC).
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For my role I get the opportunity to undertake a number of different jobs across the Aerospace sector as part of a year and a half graduate scheme. This allows me to try lots of new things, learn about different areas of the company, and find what it is I'm really interested in.
The beauty of the graduate scheme is that I get to explore lots of different areas of the company. I have had jobs which have allowed me to work with company leaders, visiting customers, and helping them make the big decisions for the company. Other roles I have had to use my engineering skills to perform technical analysis in areas such as such as design, aerodynamics, thermals and stress to produce new and improved components for the next generation of airplane engines.
Each day, thousands of people fly on airplanes that are powered by our RR engines. They are the heart of the aircraft, and allow us to explore all across the world.
…Now imagine how you would feel knowing you played a part in designing it.
From very young I always had a fascination to find out how things worked, which would often lead to me taking things apart or experimenting. Things like steam trains, and airplanes always fascinated me. So the engineering seed what planted at a young age. This being said, it wasn't until my later teen years where I started to take an interest in physics and maths that I decided exactly which path I wanted to take, and which engineering discipline interested me the most.
After school, I chose to stay on to study maths and physics at A-Level, as I was keen to understand the deeper knowledge of the two disciplines that academia could give me. With the success of my A-Levels I was able to attend University where I gained a Master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
Although there are many routes into engineering, I felt my degree allowed me to gain a broad knowledge of a number of different disciplines, such as aerodynamics, noise control, mechanics, which would give me the technical understanding to choose a career in any of this broad range of subjects. Alongside this being involved with research and getting to work with brand new cutting edge technologies was fascinating, and gave me a strong passion for engineering innovation.
Maths and physics for me came in extremely useful, and without them I wouldn't be able to perform the job I have now. At school these subjects seemed almost pointless and sometimes difficult to understand. It wasn't until I studied them further and learnt to apply them that I realised just how much everything in our lives relies on them; everything from the cars we drive to the readily available supply of electricity in our homes.
There is a common misconception that engineering just involves getting covered in grease and hitting things with spanners. This couldn't be any further from the case, with most high tech engineering work, and big decisions taking place in offices and meeting rooms.
The opportunities within engineering are limitless, and extremely rewarding to all people regardless of gender. One of the best things about working for a company like Rolls-Royce is that it has a very diverse work force, where people are judged by the quality of their engineering, and not by gender or background. I work with woman that are world leading experts in their field, and looked to for advice and decision making from across the company. My colleagues are the perfect role models and show why girls should aspire to become anything they want.
Being at the forefront of technology, and being able to solve deep and technical problems.
In my spare time I enjoy keeping active, and I enjoy going to the gym and playing sports. I am also in a band so between practices and weekend gigs it keeps me busy.
Having an open and curious mind. Retaining a passion for the area of engineering you are in, and working well with other engineers to deliver excellent products.
For me it would have to the first aircraft. The Wright Brothers created something that people said could not be done, and were the first ones to ever experience what it feels like to fly.
Research what careers are available in engineering, and apply for work experience in a few companies. Not only will this give you an idea of what an engineering career would look like, it will also speak volumes when you apply for jobs in future. Good Luck!


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Film Review: The Story of Plastic
By Tamanna Mohapatra
This documentary is in the same vein as the other popular "The Story Of…" series that first came to the public's attention from founder Annie Leonard in 2007. I remember being very influenced by 'The Story of Stuff'." This movie is no different. The opening scene is a bit jarring yet somehow familiar…islands of dirty plastic with people swarming through it. The folks handling the heaps of plastic seem somewhat resigned to this fate.
What is the Story of Plastic? Where does it come from? Why is it so ubiquitous? What, if anything, can we do about it? These are some of the questions this documentary explores in some urgent depth.
For most of us who know the implications of too much plastic in our lives, this movie is a great reminder of why we should keep at the fight, even if it is as the movie describes, "trying to remove water one teaspoon at a time while the tub is being filled with the tap fully open." However, the main audience for this movie are people who are uncertain about whether and how they can change. For them, the film drives home how out of control the production, use and disposal of plastic has become on our planet, and that NOW is the time to act in some capacity to change this story.
The movie covers the production of plastic and how it was initially a waste product of petroleum production. Besides being extremely cheap to produce, its durability is also what makes it bad for the environment. Think of it as a double whammy leading to the omnipresence of plastic in our lives and in our world. Plastic production started at zero tons in the 1950s and was at 400 million metric tons by 2015. 91% of the plastic ever produced has NEVER been recycled. A sobering fact.
What is it about plastic that makes it so bad? In a word, single-use; we use an item only once, but it stays forever because it's not biodegradable. Not being biodegradable means plastic creates havoc in our oceans, on our land, and in our bodies. In terms of climate change, the 7 most used and produced types of plastic produce GHGs. In addition to the production process, burning plastic in incinerators releases toxins (such as fly ash). Incinerators were once hailed as a good thing, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak. Get rid of plastic and generate energy. But in reality, even recyclable plastics are getting burnt.
The film also reveals the ugly fact of subsidized plastic production in the US. The cost to produce fossil fuel based plastic is kept artificially low with oil and gas subsidies—$5.2 trillion annually—thus disincentivizing use of recycled and other alternatives. This has to stop. The US shale industry creates a lot of raw materials for plastic production, which has so far also gotten plenty of government support.
One solution the movie presents is a concept known as EPR, Extended Producer Responsibility. For example, in India companies like Unilever and Nestle introduced the sachet concept of one-time use, very cheap, and very disposable plastic containers. But environmentalists in India are trying to end this practice. They want companies to stop treating plastic in different ways in different parts of the world.
Yet with all this, the movie ends on hope. There's a lot that can be done to curb both plastic production and usage. Obviously, a problem as big as plastic needs a multi-pronged solution. Recycling is no longer a great solution because there are no permanent recycling markets for us to send all our plastic to. Reduce and Reuse and, most importantly, Avoid plastic are much better and longer term solutions.
The key lesson the movie stresses is that plastic usage is driven by supply not by demand. Yet consumer behavior has its place in the list of solutions. Zero waste, where all materials are either composted or recycled, is a behavior that's slowly catching on. Demanding that companies replace plastic that can't be recycled with biodegradable and bio-based materials could also be on the spectrum of future solutions.
After spending two thirds of the movie losing hope in the state of the world, I ultimately found some cause for optimism. The solutions the movie presents to abate the crisis, although not immediate, are still promising enough to make this a movie worth watching. In the end, plastics are a human-created problem and will need a human-centric solution, something we can work towards. One step in the right direction is doing our part and sharing this movie with others who can take an active role too.
"The Story of Plastic" —8.0 stars on IMDB
Running time: 1hr:35minutes
Where to watch: https://www.storyofplastic.org/watch
You can also catch it on Amazon Prime for $2.99.
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Changes to TV ads are a political necessity but what that means, we don't yet know
by Tim Lefroy July 12, 2016
Change4Life: Sugar Smart app encourages healthy eating
For all the heat on our sector and childhood obesity, it boils down to a fundamental debate about the role of advertising, our responsibility to society and being trusted to regulate our own activities, writes the chief executive of the Advertising Association.
When The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) – the government's nutrition advisors – announced last summer that the nation should cut down on the sweet stuff, it was sugar-rush time for campaigners and their set-menu of taxes and ad bans.
David Cameron's 2015 election manifesto had promised a new childhood obesity strategy, by all accounts he was taking it personally and Number 10 have made it clear that advertising is under close scrutiny. That's understandable. We are industry at its most visible and like everyone else, have a part to play in tackling what has become a serious threat to the nation's health.
Thanks to the leadership of AA president Andy Duncan, the industry was already on the front foot. Challenged by Richard Eyre at LEAD 2015 and through an initiative led by ISBA at the AA Council, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) had already been asked whether, in light of children's changing media habits, it was time to look again at the rules.
We are industry at its most visible and like everyone else, have a part to play in tackling what has become a serious threat to the nation's health.
The result was a CAP consultation, which closes on 22 July, on new rules to restrict HFSS advertising in non-broadcast media popular with children.
This aligns with rules already in place by the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) and shows our self-regulatory system, once again proving effective and quick to respond to challenges.
In parallel, last year advertising's leaders went further with an offer to government to embrace Big Society and work with brands, agencies and media to change the national conversation about healthy lives.
This "coalition of the willing" was dealt a blow with the surprise sugar tax announcement earlier in the year. With their number one policy in the bag, campaigners turned their lobbying towards a 9pm watershed for "high in fat, salt or sugar" (HFSS) TV ads, with public warnings that ignoring the issue will damn the prime minister's strategy as "caving to industry".
The AA's response, as ever, has been to point to the evidence. Experts agree that advertising's link to child obesity, if any, is at the very margins. Economists know that in mature markets, advertising's main function is to support price premiums, brand preference and loyalty.
On top of that comes Brexit and an imperative to build advertiser confidence, not undermine it further with arbitrary bans.
The essence of the debate is balance. We must use evidence to guide how we protect the most vulnerable in society from the undoubted influence of advertising. But at the same time, we must guard against gesture politics and create a predictable environment for advertisers.
With a new Conservative leader arriving sooner, not later, nothing is certain. The signals are that changes to TV advertising are considered a political necessity – but precisely what that means, we don't yet know.
So when the strategy is finally published, look out for more consultation on advertising. The AA will continue to advocate for the right balance between effective, proportionate rules and the advertising freedoms that allow brands, agencies and media to thrive and compete.
Tim Lefroy is the chief executive of the Advertising Association
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Thoughtworks Announces Go Continuous Delivery Platform Now Available as Free Open Source
February 25, 2014 - Chicago, IL
Empowering Software Teams to Become Lean, Agile and Innovative
Thoughtworks, a global technology company, today announced that Go™ software will now be freely available under the Apache 2.0 open source license. Go enables continuous delivery, making it possible for organizations to get ahead of the competition and make the software release process a business advantage.
Today's announcement builds upon Thoughtworks' commitment to helping organizations continuously improve and deliver quality software. Today's hypercompetitive business environment requires rapid innovation and maintaining a steady flow of the most important work between all roles. One of the toughest delivery obstacles is the ubiquitous silo. Go breaks down these silos, providing all teams a clear view of the delivery pipeline, slashing inefficiencies and redundancy.
"I'm delighted that Thoughtworks is releasing Go as free, open source software," said Jez Humble, Principal Consultant at Thoughtworks and co-author of Continuous Delivery. "Our intent is that Go becomes part of the standard open source devops toolchain. This will serve our wider goal here at Thoughtworks of making continuous delivery standard practice across the industry."
"Thoughtworks' Go is the heart of our continuous delivery platform. Go is the central tool that integrates our continuous delivery pipeline into one cohesive visualization. It allows us to see the progression and status of our artifacts from check-in to deployment. Go is an exceptional continuous delivery tool and we are excited about this new chapter for Thoughtworks and the open source community," said John Esser, Director of Engineering Productivity at Ancestry.com. "Go becoming open source will allow many to contribute to the platform and offer the ability to supply more concrete suggestions in the way of features and functionality. I am excited by the evolution of Go and to see how the larger community can leverage the best ideas and create a more robust continuous delivery platform."
Continuous delivery focuses on accelerating the rate at which we can learn from each other - and from our customers. At Thoughtworks we believe in sharing what we learn to help our industry improve.
Go™ will be available as an open source project very soon. In the meantime you can download and use it for free.


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At Bray's - we were there and now we come close to being there again. Now instead of car hops, we have drive thru's. Family affairs with their kids is a popular in thing of the 21st century. Our hamburgers are still priced to beat all, our breakfast is the best and we have the BellyBusters, Combo Meals, Great Breakfast Sandwiches, and we all still dream of the 50's.
Are you really hungry? Are you buying for the family, friends or the team? The Bray's 10-Pack will satisfy the hunger in everyone.
Did you know at Bray's Hamburgers we make our own Potato Chips? You have to try them. And they are truly fresh.
Now that we made you hungry, today is the day to stop by Bray's Hamburgers located in Westland, Michigan for our famous burgers, cheeseburgers, delicious sliders, french fries and Fresh Cooked Potato Chips. And our breakfast keeps making you come back for more.
Gordon and Roy Bray started their first Hamburger stand in 1950.
After an extensive investigation of all business opportunities available at the time, Gordon said to Roy "Man, I'm tired of being broke, we got a bunch of those little rugrats at home to feed, Why don't we find somewhere we can try and sell Coffee, Donuts and Hamburgers like they do downtown at whatchamacallit's restaurant." So they did.
What a great gift idea! A Bray's Hamburgers gift certificate. The perfect place to stop after the prom, the movies or any occasion. Comes in all denominations. Bray's Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Fries, and a nice cold Soda Pop. The Perfect Combination for lunch or dinner.
Lettuce, Tomato & Onions with our Special Bray's Sauce. Add $0.20 for Cheese.
Meet the Famous "Buster" the Donkey.
Delicious with it's grilled onions and cheese!! I've been eating them for over 20 years and they rarely disappoint!!!
There are hamburgers and then there are Brays... always classic and I am speechless after eating one.
Two hungry people can eat here for under $10 and they are open all night.
Bray's sliders... is there anything else as hot and greasy good? No, I don't think so.
The menu is simple and everything is good and the service is fast even through the drive thru.
Cheap eats, a lively staff, and in and out in 25 minutes... perfect for a quick bite before catching a flick!
After sampling nearly all the sliders Detroit has to offer, I rank Bray's the highest for it's pickles and convenience.
Brays ohhhh Brays how I love you. If you want an official greasy burger topped with grilled onions then look no further.
I had two cheese burgers and fries...place is awesome! Staff is nice and very outgoing.
Great fast burgers. Yummy shakes. A great late night stop. Friendly staff, clean and warm.
The food was fast, tasty and the prices were fantastic. I'll have to try a shake when I go back next time.
Interested in joining the Bray's family? Download, fill out and bring the work application (found below) to our location.


In this post, I have described a very strong Sarvajan orTrilok Vashikaran Beej Mantra that is said to be so potent and powerful that even gods and demons cannot escape from the immense energy and power generated by the chanting of this Vashikaran Mantra.
This Sarvajan Vashikaran Mantra makes the use of a very unique combination of Beej Mantras that combine to generate the immense energy mentioned above.
The best thing about this Sarvajan Vashikaran Mantra is that unlike most Vashikaran Mantras it is a Siddh Mantra that does not need to be chanted for a fixed number of Mantra Chants in order to make it work.
Another good thing about this Akarshan Mantra is that it is an independently operating Mantra and is free from any kind of rules and regulations and all that is needed is the regular chanting of the Mantra.
The Mantra Chanting can be commenced on any day and there is no need to wait for any auspicious Tithi or Shubh Muhurat to start the Mantra Sadhana.
The practitioner has to chant the Vashikaran Mantra given below for 1 Mala or 108 Mantra Chants daily, using any kind of counting rosary to count the number of Mantra Chants. The Mantra Chanting can be done either in the morning or evening.
The Vashikaran Mantra will start generating energy from the first day itself and the attraction powers of the practitioner will start increasing with every passing day of the Mantra Sadhana.
This is a Satvik Vashikaran Mantra that should not be used for nefarious purposes or to cast a Vashikaran Spell any man or woman against his or her own free will.
Note- The information about this Trilok or Sarvajan Vashikaran Mantra given in this post is based upon an authentic Vashikaran Tantra. However, this site cannot guarantee the success or failure of these Tantras.
See the video of this Vashikaran Mantra, the link in given above in the post.
thank you sir for replying.anyway i really feel stupid for not reading your article in full and for not realizing that u have given the u tube link to its pronunciation.
can i read it before sleeping and at night?
and while on my bed?
It is better to chant the Mantra in the morning or evening as mentioned in the post.
What if the demons get attracted by this mantra chant. Is there any danger. Will they cause harm?
Sir can I use this mantra on my daughter?
प्रणव मन्त्र त्रिदेव -ब्रह्मा,विष्णु,महेश -का द्योतक है ,"ह्रीं "दो बार प्रयुक्त हुआ है .


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Citi Philippines, Gawad Kalinga lead harvest festival with 70 farmer-partners
[Date Created: April 2, 2012]
Citi Foundation-funded GK BayanAnihan program will provide
sustainable livelihood for Davao farming community
Citi Philippines together with Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation Inc. (GK) recently held a harvest festival at the GK Pueblo Antonio Village in Catigan, Davao City. Over 100 GK beneficiaries, including GK workers, local corporate partners, local government officials and Citi volunteers celebrated the harvest of the community's yam (ube) crops that will serve as a source of sustainable livelihood for the GK community.
GK BayanAnihan's Tante Adalla and Citibank Davao's Nilo Cubala show the yam harvest that was a result of Citi Philippines' and Citi Foundation's support of GK's livelihood program.
The yam harvest marks the culminating activity of Citi Philippines' support of GK's BayanAnihan program, which aims to provide GK residents based in rural areas a sustainable source of livelihood through value-chain enterprise development. Funded by Citi Foundation, the Citi-BayanAnihan program in Davao taught commercial farming techniques and the basics of entrepreneurship to 70 beneficiary families. A portion of the harvest yield was then sold to a processing plant that will transform the harvest into inputs for yam flavored ice cream.
"This harvest is a celebration of Citi's commitment to helping grassroots communities grow through sustainable sources of livelihood. We are pleased to see that through the contributions from Citi Foundation and Citi Philippines, the families in the GK Pueblo Antonio Village will be able to earn livelihood by planting, growing, and selling high value crops for ready buyers and markets. This is truly a "social investment" that we hope will continue to grow and yield returns to the community." said Sanjiv Vohra, Citi Country Officer for the Philippines.
The harvest was able to fetch over Php100,000 worth of yield for the community, which they will use to invest in additional seedlings that will be planted in four hectares of land adjacent to the Community. Half of the harvest was sold to an ice cream company. In addition, the trained farmers have started to plant other crops.
A closer look at the yam harvest
"This project is all about sustainability. We are encouraging our farmers to reinvest their income into purchasing additional seedlings so that they can continue to increase income. GK staff hand holds them in the beginning, but eventually we hope that they will be able to run and sustain this project on their own," said Tante Adalla, Commercial Farming Coordinator of GK BayanAnihan.
Mr. Adalla's wife, Dr. Candida Adalla was also present at the launch. Dr. Adalla who is the Former Dean of Agriculture at the University of the Philippines – Los Baños and Director of the Department of Agriculture's Biotechnology Program served as lead consultant on the project. She said: "We are grateful that Citi Foundation and Citi Philippines supported this project, and we hope that their social investment will bring good returns to the community. Based on our measurements, the community, which had no knowledge of farming and business less than a year ago, was able to plant and harvest almost 6 tons of yam which sells for Php18 per kilo in today's market. Hopefully this will motivate them to grow this project into a full-fledged enterprise."
In October 2011, Citi employees from Davao spent their Global Community Day with the same community, building farms and planting the Citi-sponsored yam seedlings.
Vohra remarked that the "harvest is also a celebration of Citi Philippines long-standing friendship with GK that started in 2004. Together we have built over 200 houses as well as learning centers and schools across the country. We are both proud and happy to take the next step in GK's development model with this community - which is building sustainable livelihood."
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When in Doubt Yahoo is the Answer!!
Since you enjoyed the hilarious quips and quirks from the last Yahoo Answers post,presented in this post are even more insane answers!!!
To the guy making out with my wife!!
What would you do if you found out that a guy was making out with your wife behind your back.Well whatever your reaction would be trust me it is never going to be anything like the one you come across in this note which a husband writes for the guy who is doing his wife.
1. Please stop leaving the seat up, I keep getting blamed .
6. Please do not tell my children that you are their uncle, they are young not retarded.
7. Please stop turning the heat up, you pay nothing and you are screwing me, my wife may like it but I think it hurts.
Lastly I would like thank you for taking her to lunch on Valentine's Day. She was not as hungry as usual and only ordered one meal. I may be able to use the money I saved to take the children to a movie. I hope you can help me with these items, it may become awkward if I have to confront her. If you can do this for me I will give you a heads up on when I will be gone and for how long so that you don't feel rushed.
P.S. I am going to take the kids to the camping for two days, this Tuesday; I have a bottle of vodka above the fridge if you find yourself low on beer.
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Should all obese people lose weight?
As obesity is a well-known risk factor for diseases like diabetes, heart diseases and for some cancers. Why not all obese suffer from all these diseases? Should all obese people lose weight?
Why are they "metabolically healthy"?
It is explained on the basis of Inflammation. It means your immune system has sensed a threat and is mobilizing to respond to it.
Chronic or systemic inflammation is when the "protect me" signal misfires. "Essentially, white blood cells inappropriately move into tissues, causing destruction," explains Floyd Chilton, Ph.D., director of the NIH-sponsored Center for Botanical Lipids and Inflammatory Disease Prevention at Wake Forest Baptist Health School of Medicine in North Carolina. This reaction can happen anywhere in your body. "If it happens in the heart, you wind up with heart disease; if in the joint, it's arthritis; in the brain, it might be dementia," Chilton says.
The new research, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, is based on data from 2,040 people between the ages of 50 and 69 who were part of the Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study, Phase II., between 2010 and 2011. All the study participants were interviewed about their lifestyle habits. They also underwent testing on their body mass indexes, inflammatory markers, and metabolic profiles.Researchers found an association between inflammatory markers and metabolic health of the study participants only, no matter their weight. The low levels of white blood cells and acute-phase response proteins (which grow in number during inflammation) indicates the metabolically healthy condition , as well as higher levels of the anti-inflammatory hormone adiponectin.
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Want to go out for dinner?
Like so many food allergy sufferers, it is a tough choice. Yes, I'd love the night off...no cooking, no cleaning up afterwards. However, there is danger lurking in those restaurants! So many times, I have spoken to the server at a restaurant about my allergy to gluten (wheat) only to receive food that has been breaded! Clearly, there is a disconnect here. It is scary to think about the hidden dangers...the ones I could miss by just looking at the food. Sometimes it comes down to...cook at home and be safe, or eat out and risk becoming violently ill.
No place is 100% safe. However, I feel just as at ease eating out in Walt Disney World as I do my own kitchen. Yes, the risk is still there, but I know they take every precaution and take my health very seriously.
So what do you do if you have a food allergy and eat in Disney? It's simple really. You speak to the chef. Don't be afraid to speak up and voice your concerns. They are used to this and would much rather take a few moments to explain to you what is safe, than to have you spend your vacation sick...or even hospitalized! Don't risk it!
Every food establishment, from sit down restaurants to food courts, will have someone on hand to take care of you, walk you through the menu or the buffet, and assure you what is safe. They will even custom make your meal if that is necessary.
If you are making a reservation ahead of time, either by phone or online, make sure your allergy is noted on the reservation. A chef will come to your table almost as soon as you are seated. If you don't note it in advance or you are dining at a counter service restaurant, just let your server know up front. No hassles!
Then relax, enjoy your meal and have a magical vacation!


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Châteaux des langues > Adult Immersions > English level test
This test has 50 questions, some of which can seem long, however it is for us to evaluate your broad level of English and allows us to help you better. We don't use QCM because it doesn't really represent your actual level, there is always luck involved.
If you don't know an answer, don't worry, leave the box blank. Try to complete the whole test without stopping as there is no way to save the test.
Ce test est composé de 50 questions, ce qui peut sembler long, cependant ceci nous permettra d'évaluer votre niveau global et de mieux vous aider. Nous n'utilisons pas des « QCM » parce qu'ils ne représentent pas le vrai niveau, il y a toujours un élément de hasard qui joue. Si vous ne connaissez pas une réponse, ne vous inquiétez pas, laissez la case vide. Veuillez compléter le test entier sans vous arrêter, il n'y a pas moyen de le sauvegarder.
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Vous venez de finir votre test écrit qui est la première partie de l'évaluation de votre niveau d'anglais.
Dans une seconde partie, vous allez être testé sur votre niveau oral en anglais. Cet échange téléphonique avec l'un de nos formateurs anglais dure environ 30 minutes.
Merci de choisir le créneau horaire qui vous convient :
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Fill in the blank if necessary. If nothing is required, please put an x.
I hate doing (x) paperwork.
Fill in the blank with the translation of "la plupart de."
(Most of, most of) my friends have never been prosecuted.
Fill in the blank with the translation of "quelques."
You've written (some, a few) letters but I haven't had time to write mine.
Fill in the blank with the translation of "peu de."
(Few, few) people have presented their ideas up to now.
Put the words in the correct order.
Reply using a pronoun and a reflexive pronoun.
Did your accountant do your tax return? No, I (did it myself, did it by myself, did it myself., did it by myself.) (moi-même).
Fill in the blank with an article if necessary. If nothing is required, please put an x.
(An, an) honest colleague is pleasant to work with.
Fill in the blank to complete another expression for 'one of her colleagues'.
She saw a co-worker of (hers) in Paris.
Reformulate the sentence with a different negative verb structure without changing the meaning.
He last made a sale a fortnight ago. He (has not made a sale, hasn't made a sale) for a fortnight.
I am paid by (the) hour.
Fill in the blank with the translation of "nulle part."
I can't find my pay slip (anywhere). Has anyone seen it?
Fill in the blank with the translation of "beaucoup."
We don't have (much, a lot of) money to invest in our joint venture.
Fill in the blank with the translation of "un peu de."
Would you like (a little, some) help with all that paperwork?
Rephrase the sentence using a composed adjective: "He only employs people whose minds are open."
He only employs (open minded people, open-minded people, open minded people., open-minded people.)
Fill in the blank using the correct form of "long."
That's the (longest) testament I've ever read.
Fill in the blank using the correct form of "bad."
Actually, my Arabic is (worse) than my French.
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The quicker she does it, the (happier) she will feel.
Fill in the blank with a pronoun.
That's Mary, (her) brother is my accountant.
Fill in the blank with a pronoun to replace "my insurance."
Bill's insurance policy is less comprehensive than (mine, mine.).
Peter, (whose) office is on the fifth floor, is waiting for us.
Fill in the blank using the correct form of "slow."
The photocopier is working very (slowly) today.
Complete the reply.
Have you ever received unemployment benefits? No, I (have never received unemployment benefits., have never received unemployment benefits, haven't, have not).
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "not to react."
If the customer had known this before he (wouldn't have reacted, would not have reacted) that way.
Fill in the blank with the conditional form of "to go."
If it was possible, I (would go) and speak to the production director about it.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "can + to write."
Cathleen said that she (could write) the headlines for us.
Rephrase in the exclamative form using "how" or "what."
Their office was dirty. (How dirty their office was, What a dirty office, What a dirty office theirs was, How dirty their office was!, What a dirty office!, What a dirty office theirs was!, How dirty their office was., How dirty their office was!, What a dirty office., What a dirty office theirs was.)!
Rephrase in the exclamative form using "so" or "such."
She is having a hard time finding work. (She is having such a hard time finding work, She's having such a hard time finding work)!
Fill in the blank with the correct verb.
He (had) his car repaired yesterday.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb "to come" and add "definitely" in the correct place.
We have received confirmation, they (are definitely coming) to the meeting tomorrow.
Fill in the blank with the correct verb to make a proposal.
(Shall, shall) I take you to Human Resources?
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to be."
Do you think there (will be) a vacancy in the company next month?
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to have."
When he (has) enough money, he will buy new computers.
Fill in the blank to indicate possibility.
I (can) come today if you want.
Fill in the blank to indicate obligation.
I (had to) work overtime last night.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "can."
If they wanted they (could) come and visit us.
Rewrite the sentence in the passive continuous form.
They were pulling down the warehouse. (The warehouse was being pulled down by them, The warehouse was being pulled down, The warehouse was being pulled down by them., The warehouse was being pulled down.).
Write the sentence in the passive form.
Someone told Peter to wait a few minutes. (Peter was told to wait a few minutes, Peter was told to wait a few minutes by someone, Peter was told to wait a few minutes., Peter was told to wait a few minutes by someone.).
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to hear and add already in the correct place."
When I met her yesterday I asked if she (had already heard) about it.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to proofread."
Where is John? He's in the office (proofreading) the papers.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to adapt."
He (adapts) the prototypes each time we launch new products.
Transform the sentence into the interrogative form.
You produce statistics every week. (Do you produce statistics every week, Do you produce statistics every week?)?
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "not to finish."
She (has not finished, hasn't finished) negotiating yet.
Rewrite the sentence using the word "ever."
Did you go to the United States? (Have you ever gone to the United States, Have you ever been to the United States, Have you ever gone to the United States., Have you ever been to the United States., Have you ever gone to the United States?, Have you ever been to the United States?)?
I thought she (was) dismissed two months ago.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "to come up with."
She (came up with) some very good ideas in the last meeting.
Sheila forgot her cheque book. (Did Sheila forget her cheque book, Did Sheila forget her cheque book?)?
Fill in the blank with a question tag.
You've had no time off this week, (have you)?
The house (that, which) they built a year ago is really beautiful.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of "hard."
Our manager talks in such a quiet voice that I can (hardly) hear him.
We (were) working when he arrived.


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Q: Camera2 image ghosting When using low exposure times (250 µs) for a image processing project I am working on,  I experience ghosting between individual frames.
I can clearly see the previous frame, and sometimes the frame before that in the images.
Here are my camera settings (which are supported by the camera, I have checked) :
'''
    Long exposureTime = 250000L;
    int sensorSensitivity = 5699;

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_CAPTURE_INTENT, CaptureRequest.CONTROL_CAPTURE_INTENT_STILL_CAPTURE);

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_ENABLE_ZSL, false);
    }

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.NOISE_REDUCTION_MODE, 0);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.EDGE_MODE,0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.LENS_OPTICAL_STABILIZATION_MODE, 0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AF_MODE, 0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AF_TRIGGER, 0);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.BLACK_LEVEL_LOCK, false);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.COLOR_CORRECTION_MODE, CaptureRequest.COLOR_CORRECTION_ABERRATION_MODE_OFF);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.COLOR_CORRECTION_ABERRATION_MODE, CaptureRequest.COLOR_CORRECTION_ABERRATION_MODE_OFF);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_SCENE_MODE, 0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AE_ANTIBANDING_MODE, CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AE_ANTIBANDING_MODE_OFF);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AE_LOCK, false);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AE_PRECAPTURE_TRIGGER,0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.LENS_FOCUS_DISTANCE, 0f);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.SHADING_MODE, 0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AWB_MODE, CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AWB_MODE_OFF);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.CONTROL_AE_MODE, 0);

    builder.set(CaptureRequest.SENSOR_EXPOSURE_TIME, exposureTime);
    builder.set(CaptureRequest.SENSOR_SENSITIVITY, sensorSensitivity);

'''
Initial threads and callbacks are all set up in the same way other camera2 projects that I have found online.
Are there any other settings I need to apply to remove this ghosting affect ? I know the device is capable of doing this without ghosting issues as I have another camera app (not created by me) that can produce the images I need without issue. Looking at the source code of the other app I can't find anything that obviously sticks out that I am doing differently
Thanks