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From NPR: The Swiss are voting on a proposal Sunday that would prohibit corporate executives from making more than 12 times what their companies' lowest-paid workers make. Opponents warn it would drive companies and jobs out of Switzerland, and opinion polls show the measure lagging. But there is a growing mood across Europe in favor of leveling pay scales
Kentucky: The Transportation Cabinet is warning drivers to wear their seatbelts over the holiday season. A call for a smoking ban inside Kentucky’s workplaces and public buildings has the support of the state’s largest business organization. The Murray State University presidential search committee will begin receiving applications in the next few days.
Illinois: The annual firearm deer hunting season starts Friday and runs through Sunday. Legislative leaders discussed a developing plan to deal with Illinois' $100 billion pension crisis as the state's biggest employee unions planned a lobbying push to oppose it.

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John, S. N. and Okonigene, R. E. and Matthews, V. O. and Kasali, I. G. Controlling Link Congestion on Complex Network. Unpublished. (Unpublished)
We studied the impact of bandwidth utilization factor on converged network of Zain Contact Centre which is a complex network environment in Nigeria. Some congestion control techniques were reviewed. Experiments were carried out on the real network, a legacy network and an integrated converged network considering the same number of users. The corresponding packets were compared. As a result, higher throughput and minimal packet loss were achieved at lower bandwidth utilization and better than what was obtained at higher utilization using the same parameters.
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Poppy Lozoff, the Operations Project Manager for the Coyote Valley Dam and Lake Mendocino Army Corps of Engineers, told us September 25 was an important holiday for her team–National Public Lands Day. On that day, Lozoff explained, citizens and stewards alike are tasked with recognizing “the importance of public lands through community-based, environmentally friendly projects.”
The drought’s exposure of Lake Mendocino’s bottom was seen as an opportunity to remove debris from the exposed bed. Lozoff said a staff member devised a plan to clear the lakebed of trash. Though successful in their efforts to remove refuse, as Lozoff put it, the “truck was not the right tool for the job” and it became stuck in the deep mud hidden underneath the lakebed’s cracked surface.
Lozoff said the conditions of the lakebed proved “different than projected.” The partially submerged truck was freed after a group effort of “laborious hours of shoveling and the help of a winch from a support truck.”
The initial plans to retrieve refuse emphasized minimizing the impact on the lakebed. But, as Robert Burns said in his poem “To a Mouse”, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley [go often astray].”
Lozoff described her staff as “dedicated” people who “truly want to make Lake Mendocino a place the community enjoys and respects.” She emphasized the importance of acknowledging that “lessons were learned and there is room to grow from this incident.”


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My main problem is getting the gun to a high enough velocity, the highest I've seen is 274, and the gun fluctuates from 245,256,263,270,262, currently I can't get the gun above 230, I've tried sweetspotting the reg, adjusting the LPR, I apparently don't know what I'm doing.
The gun was running somewhat consistent, just low velocities, but I started to jack with it at D'day this year and now it's really out of whack. A guy at D'dday who appeared to know what he was doing adjusted several different E2 modes, dwell settings, LPR changes, and the highest he could get it was 262, and then it would drop to the 240 range.
The guy said the reg is either wrong for the gun, or that it needs a stronger spring which I assume he's talking about the one in front of the IVG valve.
What should I buy/do to get higher velocities on the gun? Is this CP reg a bad combo for this autococker?
Upon resolving the velocity issue, I would like to get some QEV's installed on the gun, and have looked into lower tube kits like this
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What would this kit benefit, would I be better off with a whole lower tube internals kit?
Would a lower pressure internals kit help instead?
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Peter Gabriel: Possibility of Genesis Reunion Is Slim
Peter Gabriel is a man who does things on his own schedule. He’s only released three studio albums of new material since 1982’s Peter Gabriel IV, and he’s resisted the immense pressure to reunite with Genesis for a brief (and highly lucrative) reunion tour. He did call a band meeting in 2005 to talk about it, but quickly changed his mind. Two weeks ago we sat down with Gabriel to talk about his new LP New Blood, but we couldn’t resist grillinmg him about Genesis. Later this week, we’ll post the portions of the Q&A about New Blood, future albums and tours, his love of Bruce Springsteen and the overuse of “Solsbury Hill” in movie trailers. In the meantime, here’s our extended interrogation about Genesis.
Is there part of you that thinks it might be fun to do a few Genesis concerts? Wouldn’t it be a great way to end the band and bring your career full circle?
I did talk to those guys about it on this last round. And then it was growing into this bigger thing and I had all these other ideas that I wanted to do, and I just thought it was becoming . . . I could feel the suction of the black hole. I get on pretty well with everybody – it wasn’t personal issues – I just didn’t want to lose that sort of light-footedness that I enjoy now. And I don’t know what the others would want to do. Phil [Collins] has had a lot of physical troubles recently, back problems that have restricted his drum playing, so there may be other reasons that would make it difficult now. So I assume we won’t lose any sleep if we don’t do more. You know, we had a great run. They did way better after I left anyway. So I don’t think anyone has anything to complain about.
True. But there’s a huge fan base that’s just dying to see you guys onstage one more time. What happens in a few years if Phil’s condition improves?
Oh, I guess, you know if Phil was . . . Who knows. I mean, I did enjoy the Led Zeppelin one for example. I went to that gig, and they certainly worked their assess off rehearsing. The only time I’ve ever had a reunion with Genesis is when they very generously agreed to play the Womad music festival [in 1982], which had lost lots of money at the first outing. And because they were on tour, we didn’t get to rehearse much. And I said, “If we ever do this again, I really want to get it right.”
So never say never?
I won’t say never ever, but it’s in the outside department of the betting shop.
Do you still have all the masks from your time in Genesis?
No. I mean, the flower is all rotted. There was another version of the flower mask somebody made for me a while back, but I think some of those things would need to be remade.
How about the old man mask and the bat wings?
Well, the old man mask was commercially available. With the bat wings . . . most of the stuff wasn’t looked after very well. So, there’s still one or two bits and pieces. But they’d need to be reinvented.
Have you ever thought about singing Genesis songs at your solo shows like you used to do in the late 1970s?
I did actually. I was thinking about doing “Supper’s Ready” for a while and I did talk to the band about it, but I think it was a lot of work for them and we were already on the road and I couldn’t really raise much enthusiasm.
And then Phish – they do these projects where they take an old record and do it. I had a conversation about The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway with them at one point.
Wow. They wanted you to sing it with them?
Yeah. They were thinking about it. That didn’t go anywhere, but those were the only times I sort of thought about it.
On your next solo tour, might you do some Genesis songs?
I haven’t thought about it. Well, at one point I was thinking about doing “Carpet Crawlers” as a solo piano piece. There’s no hard and fast rules, you know? If it feels good and it sounds good, why not?
You’ve sort of taken the same stance as Robert Plant and David Gilmour. All three of you have the chance to reunite with your old bands and play to huge crowds, but it clearly just doesn’t hold any interest with you.
I think if you stick with the stuff that nourishes you the most then you’ll probably be the happiest.
At the same time, a lot of hardcore prog fans are very frustrated at your refusal to do it.
Is that right? Well, I understand. I mean, if it was a band that I was a fan of I’d probably feel the same way. But in a way, you want to hang on to a moment that has come and gone. And you may be able to bring back a lot of memories of that moment, but you are no longer in that moment – and nor are the other ones.
Right, but Led Zeppelin did one final concert and they ended the band on such a high note.
Yeah, I was at that show and I was enormously impressed with what Jason Bonham was doing, so I can see the argument. But I don’t know.
Sorry to keep harping on this one point. People are just so interested in it.
Well, it’s nice that they are. Prog was the most reviled thing in music for many years.
As I’m sure you know, the tribute band The Musical Box recreates 1970s Genesis shows and plays to gigantic crowds.
I know. It’s amazing. They’re probably making more money from it than we did at the time.
Fans are always debating whether or not a film of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour exists.
It does not exist. I think it’s largely my fault. I was a major film obsessive and I had dreams of trying to do things properly, so I wouldn’t allow it. There’s footage of us on an earlier tour at Shepperton Studios. I was promised at the time that it wouldn’t get seen anywhere if I didn’t like it. And I didn’t like it, and it still got used.
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao formally launched the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority’s (HMDA) clay Ganesh idols here on Friday.
Each idol is of eight inches in height. HMDA is distributing 50000 clay idols for free to residents at 32 centres across its limits.
HMDA has been distributing the clay idols since the last eight years as a means to promote ecofriendly celebrations and reduce pollution in the Hussain Sagar due to immersion of conventional Plaster of Paris idols.
The Minister handed over the first idol to Mayor Bonthu Rammohan.
In view of the corona pandemic, the Minister appealed to the citizens to celebrate Ganesh festivities at their houses and help in containing the spread of the coronavirus.
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InterContinental Hotels Group stock opened at $63.19 on Thursday. InterContinental Hotels Group has a 1-year low of $49.03 and a 1-year high of $69.23. The company has a current ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 0.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -2.22.
A number of brokerages have weighed in on IHG. SunTrust Banks increased their price target on shares of InterContinental Hotels Group to $66.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 27th. ValuEngine raised shares of InterContinental Hotels Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 9th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of InterContinental Hotels Group from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $73.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, February 23rd. Goldman Sachs raised shares of InterContinental Hotels Group from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 19th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised shares of InterContinental Hotels Group from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. The company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $67.13.
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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC is a hotel company. The Company franchises its brands to, and manages hotels on behalf of, third-party hotel owners. Its segments include The Americas; Europe; Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA); Greater China, and Central. It operates a portfolio of hotel brands, including InterContinental, HUALUXE, Kimpton, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, EVEN Hotels, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites Hotels, Holiday Inn Resort, Holiday Inn Club Vacations and Candlewood Suites Hotels.
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Senior Academy had great fun at Edenvilla Park. They walked through the secret garden and talked about the different animals, creatures and plants that they saw.
They spotted big mushrooms , everyone was very curious about their size, shape and colour. The children collected all sorts of leaves that they will turn into Pictures. Everyone enjoyed being out and about.


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The journey to transfer and graduation is filled with many challenges, especially for undocumented and immigrant students. Last spring, Skyline College, College of San Mateo, and Cañada College partnered up to create SMCCCD’s first ever Migration Celebration, which aimed to celebrate the journeys, families, and achievements of undocumented and immigrant student graduates.
The Migration Celebration featured student leader speakers from each campus who shared their stories, experiences at SMCCD, and words of inspiration for their graduating cohort. The ceremony recognized a total of 18 students who had earned a certificate, Associate’s degree, or were transferring to a 4-year institution. The students expressed excitement about being a part of the first Migration Celebrtaion Cohort and stressed the importance of these events in inspiring other students to persist through their college journeys.
The three District Dream Centers are excited to continue this collaboration for years to come. If you are interested in participating or volunteering at this year’s Migration Celebration please visit the Skyline College Dream Center.
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text: Come on a jungle safari, who knows what you’ll see? Could it be a lion or a monkey in the tree? No, it’s the giraffe who stretches his neck to see, or the elephant, who waves his trunk with glee. Make your next baby shower zoo-tastic with this adorable flat card, which features baby animals from the safari and jungle. The cast of cute characters are congregated at the bottom of the card among some green foliage and includes a yellow giraffe, a blue elephant, an orange lion, a purple hippo, a brown monkey (who’s sitting on the hippo’s back), and a pink bird (who’s sitting on the monkey’s head). A brown coconut tree frames the left side of the card, which is filled with a green background. Your personalized text is printed in the green area above the animals. Blank (unpersonalized) card is available and compatible with most desktop printers, so you can choose to print it yourself at home or have us custom print it for you. Perfect for baby shower invitation.

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LAS VEGAS -- USF will host LSU at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a first-round National Invitation Tournament game.
The winner of the game between the Dons (21-11) and LSU (19-13) will play the winner of a game matching UC Irvine and SMU in the second round.
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The Mariners and the Public Facilities District agreed in May on terms for a 25-year extension to the team’s lease at the stadium. But the deal is contingent on the county council a proposal to send $180 million in hotel-motel tax revenue toward capital projects at Safeco.Burberry Black Nova Check Wedges 1buj112 Sandals,
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The Mariners and the Public Facilities District that oversees the ballpark had agreed in May on terms for a potential 25-year extension to the team’s lease at the stadium, which expires at the end of this year. But the deal is contingent on the county council approving Executive Dow Constantine’s proposal to send $180 million in hotel and motel tax revenue toward capital projects at Safeco.
The council had its first opportunity to publicly vet the plan Monday ahead of a committee vote that could happen as soon as Aug. 29 — and a full council vote in September.
Stuart Weitzman Tan Leather Suede Slipon Sandals,The council framed the issue largely as a choice between giving the money toward the stadium or using it to build affordable housing. Under state law, 75 percent of the lodging tax revenues in question will go toward housing and the arts — split evenly between the two categories — and the remaining 25 percent can go toward promoting tourism, such as the Mariners’ ballpark, or something else such as housing.
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But the most heated part of the meeting came when council member Dave Upthegrove, who is leading the charge against the stadium financing, got a chance to question Mariners executive Fred Rivera.
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Von Reichbauer noted that local officials had to battle to make sure the Mariners didn’t move away before Safeco Field was built and added that he didn’t want another “nose-to-nose battle.” He said he wanted to “publicly thank the Seattle Mariners for providing” what he said was one of the the last family friendly destinations in the region and brought up the MLB attendance decline multiple times.Tory Burch White Leather Logo Jeweled Embellished Slide Sandals,
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The Mariners have said if the county rejects the funding, it would sign a short-term lease to stay at Safeco for up to five years, then go back to the drawing board to negotiate a long-term lease.
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- BBNaija Pepper Dem star Gedoni and Khafi have reacted to the news that nuptials tied at the Ikoyi registry are invalid
- Khafi took to her social media page to let her fans and followers know that she is one of the people that got married at the venue
- The mother of one then shared the conversation she had with her man over the news and it got her followers talking
BBNaija star Khafi took to her Instagram page to share photos of her and her man Gedoni getting married at the Ikoyi registry.
Khafi and Gedoni's hands were raised as they took their oath, promising to love each other till death did them apart.
After the news that marriages held at the registry were invalid, Khafi said she asked her husband if they are still married.
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According to her, Gedoni replied that they would have to go and ask the judge.
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"Me I don't even know how to tell my husband that they said we are not married yet."
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"Marriage is all about d feeling of d heart not on papers."
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"What God has joined together no court or judge can put asunder."
"Don’t mind those crase people enjoy your marriage guys."
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Nigerian singer, Banky W, legally married his actress wife, Adesua Etomi, at the Ikoyi registry and he took to his Twitter page to react to the news.
The Jo crooner, who found the post both funny and ridiculous noted that in the light of the new development, his wife who he has a son with is now just his baby mama.
The actress also replied to her singer husband as she called him baby daddy.


By Krishna Deepak Maram | MA Student | Cornell Tech
Timnit Gebru (pictured above) recently gave a talk at the DLI seminar titled “Limits of AI”. A constant underlying theme of the talk was about how her life experiences shaped her work. She currently works at the Ethical AI team at Google AI. As a cofounder of Black in AI, she promotes for diversity in the field.
AI is everywhere
Artificial Intelligence is already being used in automated decision-making tools. For example, face recognition is being used to automate the hiring process. In one such tool, video recording of the interviewee is fed into a machine learning tool to automate the assessment of the interviewee. Another example is a natural language processing tool that automates the process of reviewing applicant’s resumes. AI is also being used in a wide range of fields such as power and water grids, banking, financial sector etc.
Despite the high impact of the decisions made by AI tools, there are no testing requirements to determine the suitability of such tools. In 2016, a ProPublica article found that the software used to predict future criminals is biased against black people. More recently, Amazon scrapped a recruiting tool that showed bias against women. The speaker points out that the frequency of such events has increased dramatically.
Why is it happening?
The speaker presents some of her recent work showing the gender and skin tone bias present in commercial face detection systems. The authors find that the standard training datasets encode such biases which end up in the resulting machine learning models. For example, facial analysis datasets are overwhelmingly composed of lighter-skinned subjects (79.6% for IJB-A and 86.2% for Adience) leading to an unfair bias towards darker-skinned females. The important takeaway from this work is the need for diversity to build a fair and transparent ML tools. The speaker also points out to the lack of gender/racial diversity in the current tech community as a possible reason for this.
Solution: AI Datasheets
“All is not lost” – The speaker points out that the AI community can take inspiration from other ‘developed’ industries. For example, in the hardware industry, each capacitor is accompanied by a datasheet describing its properties in excruciating detail. Taking inspiration from it, the speaker points out to the need for a Datasheet for Datasets. There is a need for standards and documentation about the machine learning models being used. For example, information about the training data, the standard operating procedure under which the tool can be used will improve transparency. The speaker ends the talk by calling for an increase in fairness studies to improve the accountability and transparency of machine learning systems.


Let’s analyze in detail design of reactor Unit on the example of CTU-1 unit, one of the first implemented on the factory “Gasprom neftekhim Salavat”. Design of other reactor units is given in the section “Laboratory catalytic units for petrochemistry”.
Reactor units represents complicated equipment, it consists of several systems and units which interact with each other:
- System of automatic formation of dosed gas flows
- System of automatic formation of dosed liquid flows
- Temperature-controlled mixer
- Temperature-controlled reactor
- System of automatic pressure maintenance
- System of automatic control and protection from excess pressure in the unit
- System of automatic formation of dosed gas flows (possible quantity of channels – up to four). System control and setting of working modes is done with the help of microprocessor, data is displayed on PC monitor. Pressure ranges and working flow rates and also list of gases you need to specify during preorder. Every gas line is equipped with manometer and manual ball valve. Needle valve is installed in parallel to one of electronic flow regulators, filling of reactor unit by working gas and its purge is done with the help of that valve.
- System of automatic formation of dosed liquid flows. High pressure pumps are used in this unit (possible quantity of channels – two). Pressure and flow rate ranges, and also type of the used liquid you should specify during preorder.
- Thermostated mixer.This element of reactor unit is responsible for evaporation of incoming liquids, formation of steam-gas mixture and warming-up of gases. Mixer control is done by microprocessor, working modes and their formation are displayed on PC screen. PTFE 12×18Н10Т. is used as manufacture material of mixer. Temperatures from50 to600 °Сand working pressure up to 10MPa are maintained in the mixer.
- Thermostated reactor. Heating of unit’s reactor is done in temperature ranges from 50 to600 °Сwith two-sectional heater of sliding type. Every section is equipped with individual temperature sensor and heater. Control of thermostat work is done by microprocessor. And working modes and their formation are displayed on PC screen. Reactor is equipped with
filter-mixermixer of input and output types, which are produced from silica sand ( filter-mixersmixers are placed in separate corpuses). Stainless still 12x18H10T is used as material of manufacture of thermostated reactor. Overall dimensions and volume of reactor should be specified during preorder. Now reactor is manufactured in two designs:
- Without temperature sensor.
- With temperature sensor in reactor, location of which will be determined by operator. Operator can change the location of sensor at his discretion, and also during conduction of experiment (constant time value of temperature sensor is 1-2 sec).
Reactor corpus is done in the form of hexagon to provide maximal comfort during sealing. Type of seal is chosen depending on customer’s order:
- Graflex (pressure up to 10 MPa, temperature modes – up to 800°С).
- Paronite (pressure up to MPa, temperature modes – up to 300°С).
- Metal on metal (stainless still, brass, copper, aluminum).
- Refrigerator. . This device is integral part of reactor unit and represents a volume in the form of spiral , which is located in the casing with cooling liquid (antifreeze, water, etc.). Refrigerator can work at pressure up to 10 MPa. Closed circuit cooling system contains cooling radiator with a fan and a pump. To achieve negative temperatures in the fridge it is possible to install cooling unit with heat exchanger. Refrigerators can be one-stage and two-stage. At that second stage is responsible for increase of productivity of the unit (increase of productivity is achieved by means of series connection) and for separation of light boiling fraction.
Between refrigerator stages there is connection tube with built-in temperature sensor. This helps to set necessary refrigerator temperature and flow rate of coolant that goes through every cooling casing is controlled by needle valve. Refrigerator output is equipped with needle and plug valves. Plug valve performs the function of connecting link between refrigerator output and container where all reaction products go to. Container is equipped with specific valve for liquid drain and with level sensor (data about the sensor is transferred to PC). Needle valve is needed for sampling at the output and for sample analysis with working pressure 10MPa.
- System of automatic pressure maintaining.. System maintains the pressure in the range of 0 to 5 MPa. Constant power is maintained automatically by means of partial discharge of gas fraction (as a a rule pairs of mixture components or inert gas) into the atmosphere or gas meter (not included in the package).
- System of automatic control and protection from overpressure in the plant. In the system configuration there are electronic pressure transducers, that are located before and after reactor, and also protective safety valves of mechanical type. Valves are set on 0,5 MPa higher than working pressure in the system. If safety valves are activated steam-gas mixtures are discharged into drainage system, outlet port of which is connected either with recycling tank or with atmosphere. All data from electronic transducers is transferred to PC and is identified on the screen. If preset thresholds are exceeded than liquids and gases automatically stop coming to the unit, formation of flows is done by flow regulators and by the pumps.
|Seal of reactor unit by customer ‘s order
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|Up to 800°С
|Up to 300°С
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Additional possibilities of reactor unit
Gas-liquid separator of low pressure with automatic maintenance of the set temperature mode in thermostatic casing can be installed into the system if necessary. Diversion of gas component is done under atmospheric pressure through gas line, while condensed liquid goes to bulb receiver. For examination of steam-gas mixture, discharged liquids and gases, system must be equipped with gas chromatograph.
Peculiarities of reactor unit
Reactor unit works from electric network with voltage 220 V, frequency 50 Hz. Maximum power consumption – 1,5 kW. Generation and storage of reports with data chosen by operator is done by computer program. Thus necessary information about actual temperatures, pressures and flow rates during experiments can be stored in the unit memory. Detailed control of the process is also done by the program that records and saves to archive all deviations from the maintained values. Value of parameters and possible deviations are set by operator. Design of reactor unit does not include explosion-proof characteristic. Product warranty – 12 months.
How to buy reactor unit?
Applications for purchase are received by telephone number


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National Taco Day is Oct. 4 and Taco Bell is wasting no time getting the shell-ebrations started by announcing a $5 Taco Gift Set!
With National Taco Day (the best foodie holiday, if you ask me) fast approaching, it’s only natural for Taco Bell to unveil their plans for the big day. So what does the fast food taco restaurant have waiting for us Oct. 4? They are bringing back the very cool National Taco Day $5 Gift Set that includes the taco shops most iconic tacos!
In this $5 set, you’ll find two Crunchy Tacos (classics) and two Nacho Cheese Doritos Locos Tacos (of course)! All four tacos for the price of, you guessed it, $5! Please note that this awesome deal is only available on Oct. 4.
Want more? How about the gift that keeps on giving? Taco Bell has also launched a site where you can buy $5 gift cards and have them emailed to any family or friend, near or far, for them to spend on this upcoming National Taco Day $5 Gift Set. They’ll love you forever! Place your Digital Gift Card order here.
We’re not going to lie, it wasn’t that long ago that we weren’t too happy with Taco Bell. Can you blame us? The fast food joint got rid of not one, not two, but nine menu items! And sure, they replaced it with the most cheesiest chalupa, but even we have to draw the cheesy line somewhere. This National Taco Day deal, however, more than makes up for it.
We can’t wait for National Taco Day to arrive as we’ll definitely be taking advantage of this sweet and savory deal! What are your plans for the upcoming food holiday Is there something happening at your local restaurant we should know about? Share with us!

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But no, no, NO ... these are roasted carrots tossed in fresh dill .. so as summery as can be!
NUTRITION NOTES ... Roasted carrots shrink up to feel kinda skimpy. What you see in the picture is supposed to be four servings ... but is four smallish servings. Make sure that there's another vegetable or a big salad to fill hungry tummies.
NEXT TIME ... I want to experiment to see how more / less fat affects the roasting time. The recipe I used said 20 - 30 minutes, these roasted for 45 and still weren't quite done. (And of COURSE I dropped the fat.)
FOR THE RECORD ...
- This is another contribution to ARF Tuesday at Sweetnicks.
- This is the first time to use a Y-shaped carrot peeler from Kuhn Rikon. It is small and compact -- that I like -- but otherwise I'm unimpressed.
- The info on Amazon says it's not dishwasher safe. The packaging failed to mention that -- and with just one round through the dishwasher, the blade is rusting.
- It cuts deep -- more like a ribbon than a peel.
- I'm going back to the $.99 cent one from the supermarket.
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Hands-on time: 15 minutes
Time to table: 60 minutes
1 pound carrots, peeled and sliced in one-inch lengths
1 tablespoon olive oil
Salt & pepper to taste
Fresh dill, chopped
Preheat oven to 400F. (Next time I'll try 450F to shorten the roasting time.) Toss the carrots in the olive oil -- it takes a few times to coat the carrot chunks with only a tablespoon of oil. Season generously with salt and pepper. Roast for 20 - 30 - 45 minutes or until soft through the middle and beginning to brown. Toss with fresh dill, serve and enjoy!
Per Serving: 76 Cal (41% from Fat, 5% from Protein, 54% from Carb); 1 g Protein; 4 g Tot Fat; 0 g Sat Fat; 11 g Carb; 3 g Fiber; NetCarb8; 38 mg Calcium; 0 mg Iron; 79 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers 1.5 points
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The Smithsonian announced today that it will launch a major long-term project to study coastal marine biodiversity and ecosystems around the globe. The project is made possible by a $10 million donation from Suzanne and Michael Tennenbaum, senior managing partner of Los Angeles-based Tennenbaum Capital Partners and philanthropist. The goal of the projectSmithsonian's Tennenbaum Marine Observatoriesis to monitor the ocean's coastal ecosystems over a long period of time.
The Tennenbaum Marine Observatories will be the first worldwide network of coastal ecological field sites, standardizing measurements of biological change. By studying sites with Smithsonian experts in biology, ecology and anthropology, and using technologies like DNA sequencing, the project will provide an unprecedented understanding of how marine biodiversity is affected by local human activities and global change, such as ocean warming, acidification and rising sea levels.
"As our coasts undergo accelerating change due to human activity and the effects of climate change, it is more important than ever to monitor and understand the ocean's biodiversity," said Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough. "We are grateful to Michael and Suzanne for this donation, which allows the Smithsonian to focus its unique expertise and strength in long-term research."
The project will have five field sites: the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md., on the Chesapeake Bay, the Institution's marine station at Fort Pierce, Fla., Carrie Bow Cay in Belize and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's two locations in PanamaBocas Del Toro on the Caribbean and Naos station on the Pacific. As the project grows, the Smithsonian will establish additional research sites with collaborators around the globe to monitor coastal ocean health, with the goal of at least 10 new sites within the next decade.
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Electrochemical Alloying of Lead in Potassium-Ion Batteries
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Design and Evaluation of a Hand Hygiene Prompting System for Use in the Home
Regular hand hygiene is linked to the reduction of infectious disease transmission but can be overlooked or forgotten – especially at home. Automated prompting systems have been shown to improve hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments, but this approach has never been investigated in private residences, as far as we are aware. The objective of this project is to design and evaluate a hand hygiene prompting system for use in the home.
Hand hygiene is a simple, essential strategy for reducing the risk of infection that has gained importance with COVID-19  . However, it is surprisingly difficult to get people to wash their hands. Studies within healthcare settings have reported hand hygiene compliance rates as low as 3% within the ICU  with average rates in the range of 25%. Recently, hand hygiene prompting systems have shown that hand hygiene compliance can be quickly doubled in various healthcare settings.
A commonly implemented method of recording and promoting hand hygiene in a hospital setting is through direct observation oh HW activities . This method is impractical within a home setting as it requires a trained observer to be present. Technologies which measure the amount of product used or on the surface of the hands are also used . The measurement of product used from the system is inaccurate since it does not account for spillage, while product detection/hand wash sensors have proven to be somewhat effective in quantifying and promoting hand hygiene – but are typically separate systems attached to the user’s hands. The most effective technological methods are RFID sensor nodes, communicating with RFID tags in real time accurately determining the position of individuals . A similar technology developed and evaluated by Pong et al. was able to track participants and prompt the users to wash their hands if a HW opportunity was missed [Pong – ref]. This system showed great promise as the prompting system resulted in a 67% compliance rate compared to the 9% baseline observed in other studies .
However, to the best of our knowledge, no one has investigated the use of a hand hygiene prompting system for at entrances to private residences. Such a system could ensure that infectious diseases are unable to enter the home on an individual’s hands and reduce the chances of infection to all residents in the home.
The objective of this project is to design and evaluate a home hand hygiene prompting system for use in the entrances of private residences to determine if it can improve the proportion of time individuals sanitize their hands when entering the home.
We expect to find significant differences for hand hygiene rates between Baseline and Prompting period for the Intervention group but not for the Control group. We also expect to find a significant main effect for group. This would indicate the hand hygiene prompting system was able to improve compliance and that a system like this may be beneficial for reducing the risk of transmitting infectious diseases like COVID-19 within the home.
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I'm in Montreal (Qc) Canada and our healthcare system is way different than you US peeps. I was wondering when is your first doctor visit and how many ultrasounds do you get throughout your pregnancy.
Us, we only see the doctor at 13 weeks. (because there are a lack of doctors and they want to eliminate any miscarriage possibilities prior to the 13 weeks)
We also only have 2 ultrasounds. Well, basically only 1. At 12 weeks, you can choose to test to see if the baby has down syndrome and a few other tests. This isn't obiligatory on our end because it costs us money (our healthcare is basically free)
If you opt for this choice (which we did for Mavrick) then we had our first ultrasound at that moment.
Then you have the other ultrasound at 5 months. The gender reveal ultrasound (if you want to know the sex of the baby) but that's it. If you don't pay for the first ultrasound then you only have the 5month one. We do hear the heartbeat at every doctor appointment but thats only on a monthly basis until you hit the 7 month mark.
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‘Rumors’ lead to show of support for Danville superintendent
Parents and staff of the Danville Independent School District were on hand Monday night to show support for Superintendent Keith Look, whose contract is up at the end of June. But it’s not clear what caused them to believe the superintendent is in trouble.
“I sit before you tonight because of rumors,” said Jaymie Ross, a second-grade teacher at Jennie Rogers Elementary School and the parent of a fourth-grader. “We all know Danville’s a small town and rumors spread quickly. Some of these rumors are positive and some, not so much.”
Ross, the first of several to speak in support of Look, said she had heard that the board was “dissatisfied with Dr. Look.”
Ross admitted there had been times when she didn’t see eye-to-eye with him, but said she always felt that Look listened to her concerns.
“It didn’t mean everything changed or went the way I wanted it to, but I knew that he listened and reflected on my thoughts,” Ross said. “Dr. Look makes that effort with the parents in our district.”
Ross pointed to the more than 20 people there in support of Look.
“I implore you to look at all of the people here tonight to support Dr. Look,” she said. “While we are a small town and we know that rumors do spread like wildfire, we as a community must implement our great state’s motto, which started right here in Danville, ‘Together we stand, Divided we fall.’”
The board did not address the concerns during the meeting. After the meeting, board Chair Paige Matthews said she believed it was a misunderstanding, because the agenda included an executive session discussion about Look’s upcoming evaluation.
The evaluation is a yearly requirement by the Kentucky Department of Education.
However, Look’s contract does expire on June 30.
“There hasn’t been, as of yet, but I feel like there will be discussions (of the contract),” Matthews said. “Tonight was just us wanting to figure out how we want to handle the evaluation.”
Look said he didn’t want to say a lot about the comments.
“The greatest honor in any professional work is earning the respect of your colleagues, especially around a cause, like the right to an excellent public education,” Look said. “I think that’s as much as I’d like to comment — I’m really honored to have earned the respect of my colleagues around providing public education for all kids.”
Judy Spellacy, 15-year principal at Toliver Elementary School and recently retired elementary education director for the district, said on Tuesday that she understood the rumors that his contract could be in jeopardy began on Facebook, although she couldn’t confirm the exact source.
“Several in the district had texted and asked if I would speak,” Spellacy said. She consented, speaking before the board Monday night. “I didn’t hesitate. I enjoyed working with him and for him. He needs a chance to continue building the district he’s trying to build.”
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The appellant, Timothy Shropshire, was convicted of four counts of rape, four counts of incest, five counts of aggravated child sodomy, three counts of aggravated child molestation, four counts of child molestation, and two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, with all offenses involving his two stepdaughters. This appeal follows the denial of Shropshire's motion for new trial.
Both victims, who were ten and eleven years old at the time of the trial, testified in graphic detail about numerous sexual encounters with Shropshire. It was not until the younger victim developed a vaginal discharge and reported it to her mother, that Shropshire's actions were revealed. Both children were subsequently examined by a physician, during which they related episodes of sexual activity with Shropshire. Vaginal and rectal swabs from each child were positive for gonorrhea, which was "absolutely indicative of abuse," in the examining physician's opinion. The victims' mother testified that she also had to be treated for gonorrhea, and that about one week before her daughter divulged the sexual abuse, Shropshire had gone to the health department for something, but she did not know what.
1. Shropshire is black and his two stepdaughters are white. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in restricting his defense that the allegations against him were fabrications, motivated out of racial animosity felt by the victims' paternal family.
Upon cross-examination, the victims' mother acknowledged that she had experienced some problems with her ex-husband (the father of the victims) over her interracial marriage with Shropshire. When defense counsel attempted to elicit her testimony about racial animosity held by the ex-husband and his family against Shropshire, the state objected on the grounds of relevancy. Outside the presence of the jury, the trial court allowed defense counsel to question the witness, who stated that the paternal family disapproved of the marriage but never, to her knowledge, communicated such to the two children. In light of that absence of any factual basis for the defense theory asserted, the trial court then sustained the state's objection.
Both victims testified later in the proceeding, but defense counsel made no inquiry as to any racial bias, influence or pressure on the part of any paternal family member. Shropshire also testified at trial, but was not allowed to recount either the stepdaughters' remark that their daddy called him a "nigger," or what his ex-wife had told him other family members had said about him, on the grounds that such testimony would deliberately interject racial bias in the trial.
"A defendant is entitled to a thorough and sifting cross-examination of the witnesses called against him. However, evidence must relate to the questions being tried by the jury and bear upon them either directly or indirectly. Irrelevant matter should be excluded. The right of cross-examination is not abridged where the examination is limited by the trial court to relevant matters by proper questioning. The trial court has a wide range of discretion in the control of cross-examination. That discretion will not be limited in the absence of obvious abuse." (Citations and punctuation omitted.) Mitchell t. State, 200 Ga. App. 146
, 148 (407 SE2d 115
In the instant case, the trial court disallowed defense counsel's cross-examination of the mother of the victims regarding the racial animosity felt by the father of the children and his family, after determining outside the presence of the jury that the witness had no knowledge of such racial bias having been impressed upon the children. Under these circumstances, the trial court's restriction of the cross-examination did not constitute an abuse of discretion.
Similarly, the trial court's limitation on Shropshire's testimony was not an abuse of discretion, particularly where Shropshire failed to raise the inquiry of racial animosity during cross-examination of the victims. Allowing Shropshire's proffered testimony recalling the remarks of the two victims and their mother would have served no purpose other than to interject racial bias into the proceeding. Matters which tend to destroy the impartiality of the jury are properly discountenanced. Teasley c. State, 177 Ga. App. 554 (2) (340 SE2d 32) (1986)
2. Shropshire also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial based upon the improper placement of his character in issue when a sheriff's department detective testified about the older victim's speculation that Shropshire devised his plan to molest her when he was in jail. Although the trial court denied Shropshire's motion for mistrial, it instructed the witness not to repeat what the children said relative to Shropshire having been in jail, and offered to give curative instructions to the jury (which defense counsel declined).
Earlier in the proceeding, the same witness similarly testified about the younger victim's statement that Shropshire told her that if she ever revealed what he had done, he would be in big trouble and would have to go back to prison, and also about that child's remark that Shropshire "should get in prison for the rest of his life." However, Shropshire raised no objection to that earlier testimony.
The testimony which ultimately prompted Shropshire's objection was delivered in a narrative form, and was not solicited by the state, and arguably that testimony did not place Shropshire's character in issue under OCGA 24-9-20
(b). See Nelson v. State, 204 Ga. App. 409 (419 SE2d 502) (1992)
. However, even if it did, the decision whether the statement was so prejudicial as to warrant a mistrial lies within the discretion of the trial court. " '(Appellate courts) will look at the relevant circumstances to determine if the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion for mistrial. Some of the factors and circumstances to be reviewed include the nature of the statement, the other evidence in the case, and the action taken by the court and counsel concerning the impropriety.' . . . [Cit.]" Id. at 410.
In the instant case, considering the earlier testimony without objection by the same witness relating essentially the same statements made by the other victim, the trial court's instruction to the witness to refrain from further repeating such statements, and the overwhelming evidence of Shropshire's guilt, we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's denial of Shropshire's motion for mistrial.
Katrina L. Breeding, August F. Siemon III, for appellant.

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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Lansing Board of Water & Light, in partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, banded four new baby peregrine falcons Wednesday.
It is the first year BWL has banded peregrine falcons at the Erickson Power Station. The four babies were born to an unbanded female falcon, Ericka, and a banded male falcon, Eckert.
The falcon chicks were named Icon, Flash, Turbo and Artemis.
Banding is a process where a small band is wrapped around a falcon’s leg, which allows for nature researchers to track its migration patterns.
Last week, three male falcons, Thomas, Fred and Sailor, and one female falcon, Sarah, were also banded at the station.
They were born to mother falcon, Millie, a female that was originally banded in Chicago’s Millennium Park in 2019, and father falcon, Newman, an unbanded male.
This is the first year this pair of falcons have mated.
Since 2004, BWL has hosted a nesting site atop the Eckert Power Station to help endangered peregrine falcons.
In 2022, a new camera was installed at the station, when a second paid of peregrines successfully had a clutch. Since the project began, nearly 80 eggs have been hatched.
The peregrine flacon is world renowned for its high speeds, reaching more 200 mph during its characteristic hunting dive. It is one of the fastest members of the animal kingdom, and resides on the list of Michigan’s endangered species.
The public can watch a 24-hour livestream inside both BWL falcon nests by visiting the camera’s official website.
A similar falcon nest is in operation on top of Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

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