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Midway Limited is an Australia-based company engaged in the purchasing, processing, marketing, and exporting of Woodfibre. The Company's segments include Woodfibre, Forestry Logistics, and Plantation Management. The Woodfibre segment includes primary operations whereby the Company purchases and sells both its own- and third-party wood. Its Forestry Logistics segment offers support services to third parties engaged in growing Woodfibre, including harvest, infield chipping, and haulage. Its Plantation Management segment offers provision of silviculture services, including on group-owned plantation land and trees. The Company has operations in Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory covering all stages of the wood chipping process from plantation to export. Its subsidiaries include Queensland Commodity Exports Pty Ltd, Plantation Management Partners Pty Ltd and others.


At this year's SIGCOMM's conference, Alibaba Group has shone as a beacon of research and innovation in the tech space.
Why you may ask? Well, among more than a couple hundred papers submitted, only around thirty papers for accepted to be presented at the main conference of this year's SIGCOMM. And among these few papers, two of Alibaba's papers were chosen and handpicked to be presented at the main conference. This is a big step for Alibaba Group. SIGCOMM is an important conference, with other competing institutions including world-class universities and other institutions of higher learning as well as major tech companies.
Interestingly, among its peers, Alibaba was not only the only Chinese company to publish papers at the SIGCOMM conference, but Alibaba also come out ahead of Google, Facebook, and Amazon.
The papers chosen were "HPCC: High Precision Congestion Control" and "Safely and Automatically Updating In-Network ACL Configurations with Intent Language". The two papers will be delivered at 1:30 pm on August 20 and 1:55 pm on 21 August respectively.
SIGCOMM is a world-renown conference for Internet and networking research and innovation. And over the past 30+ years, papers published at the SIGCOMM conference include ones from world-class institutions of higher learning and major tech companies. And as said previously, every year, SIGCOMM only accepts around thirty papers that present promise and perspectives for the entire field and that can potentially serve for practical contributions in the industry. Because papers accepted at the SIGCOMM conference are widely cited in the field, it is a great honor to many networking researchers to have their papers published at the SIGCOMM conference.
This year, the 2019 SIGCOMM conference was held in China, more specifically in Beijing. And on the day before the opening day of the conference, Alibaba also hosted a related Alibaba Networking Summit, named "Next-Generation High Performance Networking" to share Alibaba's prospects about future networking technologies as well as to discuss possible challenges with professors and students from world-leading institutions of higher learning in Asia, Europe and North America, as well as technical experts from Alibaba Group ecosystem partnership companies. Cai Yiqun vice president of the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence (pictured below) gave the opening speech "Why Networking Research Matters in Alibaba" to kick off the summit.
After that, Zhang Ming (pictured below), an Alibaba researcher and algorithm expert-and a contributor to the HPCC algorithm-presented a special report, named "The Thought Behind Alibaba Datacenter Networking Research" to share his thoughts on the direction of future networking research at Alibaba Group.
Lu Biao (pictured below), a senior technical expert at Alibaba Cloud Intelligence department, then give a report, titled "An Overview of Alibaba Networking Products," to describe the rich networking product offerings of Alibaba Cloud.
Alibaba's prowess in networking technology and clear direction for future research and development provoked strong resonance and much discussion among the attendees at the summit.
Other guests presented speeches on the next-generation of high-performance networking. Among whom were Princeton University Professor Jennifer Rexford, Tsinghua University Professor Li Xing, and Vice President of Broadcom Inc. Mohan Kalkunte. (Each of them are pictured below in the same order as they are listed here.)
As the last segment of the summit, Alibaba Senior Technical Expert Dr. Liu Hongqiang hosted a round-table forum, named "High-Performance Network Protocol Stack". During this segment this was much discussion between attendees on topics like high-performance networking, core technology challenges, and the technical directions of Alibaba Group.
Some extinguished guests active in these discussions include Cai Dezhong, Chief Network Architect of the Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, MIT Professor Manya Ghobadi, University of Califronia-San Diego Professor George Porter, and KAIST Professor KyoungSoo Park, and Mellanox's Chief Hardware Architect Idan Burstein.
The preceding summit and the presented by Alibaba Group at this year's SIGCOMM conference marks Alibaba as an important player in the Internet and networking field and industry, proving to be heralds among both tech companies and academic institutions alike.
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In Riverside Health System's 1989 growth paln, one venture stands out as the most challenging.
The Newport News-based health care group, which will open two fitness centers and two outpatient day-surgery cednters by December, hopes to buy Tidewater Memorial Hospital, a 100-bed acute-care facility whose future is being decided in a federal bankruptcy court.
Tidewater Memorial, in rural Essex County, last year defaulted twice on payments toward a $7.1 million bond issue, and it sought protection from creditors through Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code two days before a foreclosure auction was to take place on the steps of the county courthouse Aug. 1.
Nelson L. St. Clair Jr., Riverside president, said, "I don't think there's any question" that a proposal to buy the rural hospital for $8.8 million represents Riverside's riskiest venture.
Bankruptcy Judge Douglas O. Tice has set a confirmation hearing for the hospital's reorganization plan April 4. Though the hearing has been delayed once, St. Clair last week said he was "99 percent certain" Tice would approve the takeover plan.
Riverside has been managing Tidewater Memorial since November. Once Riverside gains formal control, St. Clair said, he expects Tidewater to be in the black within three years.
Turning the hospital around, though, presents problems. The first is to pay off its debts.
Bondholders are owed $7.47 million owed - including interest - for financing a full-scale hospital renovation in 1985.
The hospital also owes $508,000 to the Internal Revenue Service and $83,596 in back taxes to the state. According to bankruptcy court papers, Tidewater Memorial owes other secured claims - to banks, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and others - totaling $585,531.
Its unsecured creditors range from Essex Concrete of Tappahannock ($5) to Red Cross Blood ($36,833) to Copelco Leasing Corp. of New Jersey ($172,047.20). Together, the unsecured creditors are due $2,299,306.
The reorganization plans calls for Riverside to pay bondholders the interest they are due on the bonds, and then to take over the future payments.
"We're going to be servicing the debt," said Richard J. Pearce, Riverside's senior executive vice president.
The health care group also would have to pay $1.3 million to a Virginia-based commercial bank that would act in behalf of the former owner of Tidewater Memorial, California-based VersaCare Inc., and distribute the money among the remaining creditors. Unsecured suppliers and vendors with claims against the hospital of more than $1,000 will get 23 cents on the dollar, Pearce estimated.
Riverside would also continue to give the commercial bank 25 percent of operating revenues from Tidewater Memorial for five years. The money would go to the unsecured creditors.
The plan gives the Newport News association control of the hospital's aproximately $1.5 million in accounts receivable.
A lawyer familiar with the bankruptcy case said the cost to Riverside actually would be less than $8.8 million, because the health care group already owns approximately half the bonds. Riverside acquired most of the securities through a tender offer last summer. It paid bondholders 65.5 cents on the dollar.
The way the deal is structured, Riverside would just be paying off itself, the lawyer said, saving $200,000 in the short run and $1 million over the long run.
St. Clair said he wasn't "exactly sure how we'll handle those bonds."
Regardless, once any acquirer settles the previous owner's score, it still faces the challenge of operating the hospital at a profit. According to a spokeswoman at the Virginia Hospital Association, rural hospitals statewide are struggling.
Peggy Cooning, vice president for corporate communications of the trade group, said 45 percent of the 22 Virginia hospitals with fewer than 100 beds generally the ones in smaller communities - reported negative operating margins during 1987, the most recent year for which information is available. She said the average operating margin for the hospitals was $14,664, as compared with a statewide margin of $186,947. The small-hospital figure "doesn't even pay a registered nurse's salary," Cooning said.
Even more ominous, the spokeswoman said, were statistics that showed half of Virginia's small hospitals lost money on Medicare patients in 1987.
"If your biggest source of income doesn't cover its own costs, that indicates a problem," she said.
Stanley M. Grube, president of VersaCare, said changes in the way Medicare funds were distributed to hospitals were one of the main reasons Tidewater Memorial got into financial trouble.
The company bought the hospital in 1983, when Medicare money was paid based on the number of days a qualified patient was in the hospital, said Angela Martin, a rural health expert at Old Dominion University.
That same year, she said, the system was changed. The new method called for specific reimbursements to hospitals for specific procedures.
"Patients couldn't stay in the hospital but so many days," Martin said. "Hospitals had to get them out or face eating the bills."
What's more, the reimbursement amounts were set lower for rural hospitals because Congress assumed they were cheaper to operate than urban hospitals. Tidewater Memorial was profitable for two years after the Medicare changes, Grube said, but has been operating in the red since. He declined to give specific annual figures.
St. Clair said the rural health-care climate did not daunt him: "We're certainly aware of it, but we've operated a hospital in Gloucester for 12 years."
In Gloucester, the company operates the 71-bed Riverside Middle Peninsula Hospital, formerly known as Walter Reed Memorial Hospital.
The Riverside president went on to suggest that management - not just Medicare - probably is responsible for Tidewater Memorial's current condition. "I'll be honest - I think it has been poorly run," he said. "They've lost physicians, they can't recruit physicians."
Tidewater Memorial administrators in bankruptcy filings and published reports have partially blamed their plight on the loss of a physician who referred a major percentage of patients, and on the inability to find someone to fill the gap.
Another hospital administrator, who requested anonymity, also pointed to Tidewater Memorial management. He said that when examining why a hospital is not earning money, one of the first things to check is management's hiring practices, specifically the ratio of employees to patients.
The administrator said most hospitals averaged three workers for each patient. Tidewater Memorial, whose patient count has hovered between 35 and 40 since it filed for protection, has a staff of approximately 200.
The administrator also said an inefficiently run hospital will send its bills out late, conduct excessive tests, admit too many patients and then keep them too long. In an era of government cutbacks in Medicare, the extra costs can prove especially damaging.
Problems Tidewater Memorial ran into with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - the agency, which distributes Medicare, is owed $708,000 for overpayments - might have been prevented could the hospital have afforded to pay for a fully staffed, well-trained financial department, the administrator said.
"Fundamental changes need to be made," St. Clair said.
Riverside, its pockets lined with $15.5 million in net gain during 1988, is prepared to spend $3 million to $4 million over the next two years to make the changes, he said.
Should the bankruptcy court approve the buyout, the 3,300-employee operation will tap its current management talent to solve day-to-day problems and consolidate operations.
Glenn D. Waters, a vice president at the 641-bed Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, has been serving as acting administrator since the health care group started managing the Essex County hospital Nov. 16. He'll take over formally, contingent on Judge Tice's approval.
St. Clair said better management will be the basis for tackling the hospital challenge hardest to quantify: Restoring the community's respect.
"Year by year, Tidewater Memorial's image has deteriorated," he said.
Dr. Herbert L. Veney, former chief of staff at the hospital, said that not even the $7.1 million in renovations could alter the faltering public perception.
"If you take a broken toy and put it in a new box, after a child unwraps it and plays with it a few times, the thrill is gone and the child gets disappointed.
"If Riverside regains the community's confidence, people will come back." William Jacobs, president of the 340-bed Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, which made an offer to manage Tidewater Memorial last fall, said he believes enough support and real interest in a hospital exists in the community to make a turnaround possible.
"Tappahannock is not big, but the area is large enough to make a hospital succeed," Jacobs said. "Given proper management, Tidewater Memorial can be a viable institution."


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The investigational drug cabozantinib is showing promise against several types of advanced cancer, and may also reduce or eliminate bone metastases (cancer that has spread to the bone) in some patients. These results will be presented at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Metastatic cancer refers to cancer that has spread to distant sites in the body. Several types of cancer—including cancers of the prostate, lung, and breast—have a tendency to spread to the bone. Bone metastases can lead to serious problems such as fracture and spinal cord compression, and may require treatment with surgery or radiation therapy.
Cabozantinib is an investigational drug that targets two proteins—MET and VEGFR2—that play a role in the development and progression of many types of cancer.
To evaluate cabozantinib in the treatment of advanced cancer, researchers conducted a Phase II clinical trial among 398 patients. The nine types of cancer included in the study were breast, stomach/gastroesophageal junction, non-small cell lung, ovarian, pancreatic, hormone-refractory prostate, small cell lung, liver, and melanoma. At the start of the study, 39% of the patients had bone metastases.
Patients were initially treated with 12 weeks of cabozantinib. After 12 weeks, patients who had a partial response to treatment (a reduction in detectable cancer) remained on cabozantinib, patients with stable disease (no significant change in the cancer) were randomly assigned to either continue with cabozantinib or to take a placebo, and patients with progressive (worsening) cancer were withdrawn from the study.
In a prepared statement, the lead author of the study noted “Cabozantinib appears to have significant effects on several treatment-resistant tumors, as well as impressive effects on bone metastases. In addition, these effects are associated with rapid improvement in pain, a reduction in opiate narcotic requirements and improvement in anemia. The implications of these results are very exciting—it is unusual to find a targeted therapy, absent of a molecular mutation in tumors, that works in bony disease and has this activity.”
Research on cabozantinib continues.
Reference: Gordon MS, Vogelzang NJ, Schoffski P et al. Cabozantinib (XL184) has activity in both soft tissue and bone: Results of a phase II randomized discontinuation trial (RDT) in patients (pts) w/ advanced solid tumors. Paper presented at: 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; June 3-7, 2011; Chicago, IL. Abstract 3010.
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Kriston Capps is a staff writer for CityLab covering housing, architecture, and politics. He previously worked as a senior editor for Architect magazine.
Some of them even go so far as to poll people who have been arrested and ask, “were you treated fairly?”
On Tuesday, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary released its 2015 report on Police Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Legitimacy. It’s essentially an annual report card that measures the performance of every police department in England and Wales. This year it’s mostly decent news—5 “outstanding” grades, 29 “good” departments, 8 “requires improvement” scores—although it does include, for the first time, one “inadequate.” (Better pick it up, Humberside.)
One of the elements used to asses a police department’s PEEL performance comes from surveys routinely administered by police departments in the U.K. Turns out, British law-enforcement agencies are in the habit of regularly asking their communities, “How’s my policing?” Some departments even go so far as to poll people who have been arrested.
“They’re rung up and they’re asked about what’s happened, how they were treated, their views about the officers and the issues and things,” said Rob Beckley, deputy chief constable and chief operating officer for the College of Policing, during a session Tuesday at The Atlantic’s CityLab 2015 summit in London.
There are two categories of consumer surveys for police in the United Kindgom: confidence and satisfaction. Confidence surveys are run by the national Home Office, Beckley says. They’re statistically significant surveys of each of the 43 police departments in the U.K. (One reason such surveys are feasible: The U.K. has just 43 police departments, whereas the U.S. boasts some 16,000 police departments.)
Satisfaction surveys are different than confidence surveys. For satisfaction surveys, police departments ask a random sample of people who have had some kind of interaction with the police about their specific experience. “It brings out the issue of fairness,” Beckley says. “On the whole, if they’re treated fairly, they’ll say, ‘I was treated fairly.’ It’s very revealing, the stuff they’ll say about it.”
The surveys help police to standardize practices across rural, suburban, and metropolitan police departments. In some places, the scores can’t be helped: parts of “grimy Manchester” will always rate the police negatively, Beckley says. Nevertheless, departments use the surveys to better understand the pillars of consumer satisfaction and train officers on, well, customer service. One of the main things that police have discovered from surveys is that people really like when officers walk a community beat and really, really dislike when they don’t hear back from anyone after they issue a complaint.
“If you really work hard on your community policing, it makes a difference in the confidence people have,” Beckley says.
Beckley, who led the Avon and Somerset Constabulary's response to the riots in England in 2011, said that his department did implement a satisfaction survey of people who have been arrested. Not all departments do it, he notes. But the results can be surprising. People who have been arrested do not necessarily judge the performance of police more harshly than those who haven’t.
“They’ll say, ‘treated with respect,’ even if they deny the issue,” Beckley says. “I might deny that I did that offense. But at the end of the day, I don’t want to be treated—excuse my language—as if I’m an asshole.”


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At present, technology has become proficient at freezing sperm and embryos to be thawed for later use. However, because eggs and ovarian tissue (which contain many eggs) are extremely sensitive and delicate, they often cannot survive the methods used during traditional freezing and thawing. New breakthroughs in the field of freezing ovarian tissue and eggs are showing great promise. This is significant because it allows a woman to preserve her fertility for years to come.
Scientists in Japan have pioneered a revolutionary method called egg vitrification. The technique was initially used for female cancer patients, and the same principles are now being applied to preserve any woman's fertility. This new tech nique can be used on individual eggs or on a piece of ovarian tissue. Once perfected, the dreaded biological clock becomes a worry of the past.
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Manchester City are considering a move for RB Leipzig star Dani Olmo, claims Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio.
An unfortunate hamstring injury to star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has forced Man City to dip their toes in the transfer market for a new attacking midfielder.
Olmo has emerged as a potential target, but the Bundesliga giants are reluctant to sell him.
The Spaniard recently dominated the headlines following his stellar hat-trick against Bayern Munich in the DFL Supercup.
Olmo penned a new deal with Die Roten Bullen at the start of this month, but his heroics against Bayern have caught the attention of Premier League Champions.
Leipzig are unwilling to sell the former Dinamo Zagreb star as they consider him integral to their plans, but Man City are planning to test the waters by making an offer.
They are unlikely to meet Leipzig’s €80 million asking price, which will scupper their hopes of signing him.
They are focused on a deal for West Ham United’s Lucas Paqueta, while Rennes forward Jeremy Doku is another target.
Doku and Paqueta have given their green light for a move to the Etihad Stadium, and City are working towards finalising agreements with their respective clubs.
Aymeric Laporte is nearing the exit door at the Etihad Stadium, having accepted the proposal from Saudi giants Al-Nassr.
Man City are off to a flying start to the new season after thrashing Burnley 3-0 in their Premier League opener.
They are set to face Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup final tonight.
- Aston Villa mark European return with shocking 3-2 defeat to Legia Warszawa
- Nunez, Salah & Diaz secure Liverpool comeback win over LASK after early scare
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- Ineffective Man Utd star should be dropped for Burnley clash
- Daniel Levy open to selling Tottenham stake in Tottenham for ‘the right money’


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Re: Premier asks for expansion of road study (News, Nov. 22)
This route is the only major access point and connecting artery for the western communities of Sooke, Otter Point, Shirley, Jordan River and Port Renfrew along the Island’s southwest coast. It is heavily used by tourists, motorcyclists, commuters, public transit, logging and other industrial vehicles, as development continues to increase in this important social and economic region of south Vancouver Island.
We have been receiving ever-increasing concerns from within our communities on the issues of road safety, vehicle speedand increased volumes, which have hampered both the public road safety and the smooth movement of traffic along this important artery.
Based on statistics provided by the Shirley Fire Volunteer Fire Department, the number of vehicle accidents along this stretch of West Coast Road alone have ranged roughly between nine to 16 per year; and this past year has been particularly high with 16 incidents so far.
Half the callouts between 2013 to 2016 were related to motor vehicle incidents and 43 per cent of MVI callouts occurred in the Muir Creek area.
The statistics from Otter Point Volunteer Fire Department also indicate a similar accident rate and high number of MVIs in the Muir Creek Area.
Specific concerns include the following:
• Lack of safe pullouts along this artery for public transit and other slow-moving vehicles.
• Slow-moving vehicles causing long vehicle line-ups behind them.
• Reduced speed signage around dangerous corners.
• Unsafe shoulders and crumbling pavement along key areas of the route, creating hazards for cyclists and pedestrians.
• Industrial traffic and motorcycles travelling at unsafe speeds and creating excessive noise for residents at unacceptable times of the day.
• Inadequate resources for proper traffic enforcement by the RCMP, and increased MVIs that also halt traffic, sometimes for hours.
OPSRRA has collaborated with different community groups and agencies to address these problems of safety and noise..
OPSRRA commends the provincial government for recognizing the need to take action by conducting a full review of Highway 14 and we will continue our collaborative work with the Transportation Ministry and other agencies to ensure our roads become safe now and into the future.
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For anyone following the situation in Uganda, where the Parliament is considering an anti-gay bill that would criminalize homosexuality, this story in the Advocate is a must-read detailing the growing international pressure on Uganda to reverse course, including yesterday’s statement from the White House. The story and other posts, including this one, suggests the international opposition might be yielding some tentative results.
What does it mean when the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world sees prevalence of the virus rise? In South Africa, one of […]
For a decade and a half after the World Health Organization launched the expansion of directly observed treatment for tuberculosis, strides against the disease, highlighted by […]
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- Accounts can be maintained in Sri Lanka Rupees and foreign currency
- Accounts may be jointly opened with another eligible person
- Debit Card facility (on local currency accounts for residents)
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Barbara Brown Taylor is an ordained Episcopal priest who left the pulpit to become a professor of religion. She is also the author of a couple of best selling books. Her new book is about how teaching the religions of the world changed her understanding of her own faith, and how her Christian students responded when she took them to mosques, synagogues, and buddhist temples.
In his new novel, The Testament of Mary, Irish author Colm Toibin imagines Mary's life 20 years after the crucifixion, as she wonders what she might have done differently to ease her son's suffering. "I felt that I was Mary," he says. "I was her consciousness, watching the thing happening."
The author's What Happened to Sophie Wilder features a convert to Catholicism and another character who struggles to understand her faith. Beta talks about his Catholic upbringing, iron's place in fiction and literature's therapeutic aspects.
The evangelical radio host recently made national news for leading an attack against Mitt Romney's openly gay national security spokesman, who later resigned. But Fischer's viewpoints on abortion, gay marriage, education and taxes have been influencing his listeners long before this.
Investigative journalist Jeff Sharlet traveled to Uganda to meet with the man who wrote an anti-homosexuality bill that calls for life imprisonment and the death penalty for gay Ugandans. Sharlet explains how U.S. religious leaders have encouraged the anti-gay sentiment in Uganda.
Bob Hunter, a member of the secretive religious group The Family, responds to a November Fresh Air interview about the group's role in both U.S. and Ugandan politics. Hunter is credited as the liaison between the Family and leaders of the current Ugandan administration, which has proposed a brutal anti-gay law.
A secretive fellowship of powerful Christian politicians includes some names that have recently been prominent in the headlines: Sen. John Ensign, Rep. Bart Stuck and Rep. Joe Pitts. Writer Jeff Sharlet describes the men's involvement with the Family, and discusses recent developments within the group.
Can there be a middle ground in the debate about the separation of church and state? John DiIulio, Jr, a Democrat who spent seven months as the White House "faith czar" under George W. Bush, believes so.
Tammy Faye Messner, the onetime first lady of TV evangelism, died Friday at the age of 65; she had battled cancer for years. Terry Gross interviewed the former Tammy Faye Bakker on January 15, 2004, about the rise and fall of the ministry she led with ex-husband Jim Bakker, the puppet show that gave them their start, and her surprising later life as a gay icon.
Julia Sweeney is currently performing a one-woman show called "Letting Go of God" at the off-off-Broadway theater in Manhattan. A Saturday Night Live cast alum, Sweeney also wrote and performed the 1996 Broadway show "God Said, Ha!" Her films include Pulp Fiction, Clockstoppers and It's Pat, based on her gender-confused character on SNL.
H. James Towey is the former director of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He is David Kuo's former boss. He responds to Kuo's criticisms of the Bush administration's follow through on the initiatives. Towey is now president of the Benedictine Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Penn.
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AKC Registered Miniature Dachshund. 2 Black and tan males.
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Adorable eight week old Miniature poodle/Maltese (Maltipoo puppies)! One Male available and one female available, they have their Natural tails, gorgeous soft black coats, very sweet, ready to go eight weeks old, one is all black she is a female and one is a male all black ...
Hi I have 8 beautiful german shepherd puppies. They were born April 14th and will be ready for their new homes on June 9th. The have been bred for great temperments. The mother and father are the sweetest, friendliest, loyal dogs. The have beautiful black and red coats. They ...
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Litter of ten two girls & eight boys. AKC Championship bloodline! Sire weighs 115lbs and still growing. Dam weighs 80lbs AKC registered both Sire & Dam family raised since pups, great health, loyal, intelligent, great temperament excellent with ...
Rare Irish Doodles...DOB 4/30/15. Mom is AKC/CKC registered Irish Setter. Dad is AKC/CKC registered Red Standard Poodle. Both are family pets. Litter is CKC registered. They will have up to date shots, worming's, vet check, Florida Health Certificate and puppy pack to take ...
The Last puppy left to go is a Cream Smooth Coat runt with light color eyes his parents are here to see mom is 6lbs and dad is 41/2lbs he will be ready to go on Sunday June the 7th. He is sweet and playful eating solid food now and raised in our loving home he will come with ...
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When Queen was released, Kangana Ranaut didn’t only win hearts with her mind-blowing performance in the film but also awards. The actress became the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood with her film. Now, currently Deepika Padukone is riding high on her recently released film Piku’s success. Audiences loved Deepika’s character and performance in Piku. With Deepika’s Piku and Kangana’s Queen, people started to compare the two films together, as both the films are women centric films and show the female character in a whole new different light.
Kangana Ranaut, who is busy promoting her upcoming film Tanu Weds Manu Returns, reacted on the whole “comparing” business that’s been going around for a while now. Kangana said that she doesn’t understand how one can compare her film Queen with Deepika Paudkone starrer film Piku. “I don’t see how you can compare a big film like Piku to a small flick like Queen. Piku had all the big stars Amitabh Bachchan, Irrfan Khan and Deepika Padukone. While when I signed Queen, my position in the industry was not even secure. ”
Directed by Vikas Bahl, Queen happens to be a small budget film. The actress went further on and said that even though Vikas Bahl was a new director and big films did release the same year Queen was released, the film bagged all the awards and the director came to limelight through Queen. Kangana Ranaut also reminded everyone that because she always goes with her gut feeling and often chooses unconventional films, some of her films were marked as flops, while other did very well at the Box Office and were very successful.
Director Anand L. Rai’s Tanu Weds Manu Returns is all set to hit the theatres this week on Friday, May 22, 2015. The film stars Kangana Ranaut and R. Madhavan in the lead roles.

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I am an artist of many mediums, but digital art is sort of new for me. I will be going to Massachusetts College of Art and Design and as you know, it's pretty expensive, so I hope to put the money towards that if I were to win. I love animals and drawing so I figured this would be the perfect thing for me! I hope you guys like my designs!

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Least reliable vehicle I have ever experienced. Needs frequent, unscheduled visits to repair shop. A car's first priority should be quality and reliability. This car fails in that regard. 500 hp is irrelevant if the car is sitting once again in the dealer's repair shop.
I've always wanted a supercar, a 2-seater and a convertible. We got all three and got it in this car. I've always enjoyed driving, have favored Mercedes over other brands once I started buying them. I had Audi and BMW top line cars in the past and the final kicker than makes the Benz best for me (besides being able to handle my 1.97 m height)is superior quality and service. The M-B people have always taken exceptional care of my cars and I am a fussy one. Buying a 2004 model, the only real limitation I did not pay enough attention to was the dated transmission, it does not shift responsively enough with that motor and especially with the steering wheel buttons/early paddle shifters.
I have owned Ferrari, other AMG Mercedes, several SL500's, Corvette's, and I would divorce my wife before giving up this car for any reason. I can't wait to go to work in the morning to drive down the winding grade I live on top of, and going up is just as exhilarating. This is the best car I have ever owned. I also own the S550 and never drive it....why would I?
I absolutely love this car! Many times in the past year, I've hated it, too. I've had numerous dealer visits ranging from minor adjustments all the way up to replaced superchargers. My dealer always takes care of me! It's way over-engineered, but again that's what I thrive on as well. There's something great about driving literally the fastest, best handling car on the road, and then there's that level of AMG exclusivity too...I attended the Ultimate AMG Challenge Fall '04 in Germany and was fortunate to meet the one technician who assembled my car's engine.
The best combination of any car ever built. It's a sports car (use only the manual transmission and the steering wheel metal gear changers); it's a luxury car with a sports car or luxury car suspension; it can cruise mildly or attack corners; it's beautiful (silver ties whole car together); it's a hardtop for foul weather and winter and a convertible - incredible. There may be better cars for any one item but none with this combination at such a high level.


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Details on Marquette’s Participation in BSA’s “Define the Line” Program
By Eric Goldman
Back in May, I blogged about Marquette being the first participant in the Business Software Association’s “Define the Line” campaign against on-campus copyright infringement. The details were sketchy, but the Marquette Tribune student paper ran an article giving an update on the program.
The article answers the most obvious question, which is why Marquette joined the program in the first place. The school was introduced to the BSA by USG, a software vendor that made a $30M+ donation of software to Marquette.
The article lists some of the activities that Marquette has undertaken in connection with the campaign, including:
* distributing brochures and handouts during Preview weekends and Orientation
* placing posters in high-traffic areas
* discussing copyright infringement at a Campus Safety seminar
This latter venue seems like an interesting place to bring up the matter. I can imagine the discussion: “Don’t walk around alone at night…if someone strange is following you, pick up the blue phone…and don’t copy that floppy!”
Marquette has also issued a press release update about the program. Not surprisingly, the release is long on pro-copyright owner statements and short on details. Among other missing details, I still have not heard which other schools have joined the Define the Line program. Here’s the text of the release:
Marquette’s effort to “Define the Line” to stop illegal sharing, downloading continues this fall
Marquette’s participation in “Define the Line,” a national program aimed at discouraging illegal sharing and downloading of software, is continuing this fall. The program calls upon students, faculty and staff to ensure they are properly and legally sharing and downloading software and other digital copyrighted work including music and movies.
“Define the Line helps Marquette take a proactive stance on illegal downloading before it is becomes a problem,” says Kathy J. Lang, chief information officer. “It is especially important at a school like Marquette, where the computer system is an integral part of serving our students as well as employees. Define the Line will help our students as well as faculty and staff understand how illegal downloading has an impact on the lives of others. We feel it will set a standard.”
According to a study conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs, two-thirds of college and university students surveyed see nothing unethical about swapping or downloading digital copyrighted files (software, music and movies) without paying for them and more than half (52 percent) think it is also acceptable behavior in the workplace. The survey also reveals that 45 percent of students are using the campus networks for downloading activities, with 36 percent of them more likely to report increased downloading.
Marquette is one of the first universities in the country to implement this program. Define the Line is designed to educate students about using commercial software legally, respecting copyrighted works online, and understanding the impact of software theft. The Business Software Alliance (BSA), an organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world, sponsored the program to raise awareness about these important issues with university students, faculty and staff. Marquette will implement this program through a variety of outreach efforts.
“Education is critical in preparing a 21st century workforce, and we believe Define the Line to be a valuable educational resource in emphasizing to students the importance of being good cyber citizens,” says Diane Smiroldo, vice president, public affairs of BSA. “We believe Define the Line will help the Marquette University population realize the seriousness of illegal downloading and educate them about the importance of respecting creative works online.”


Thursday, November 11, 1999 Published at 10:38 GMT
Thai drive against illegal workers
Illegal workers are brought to the border from as far away as Bangkok
By BBC South East Asia correspondent Simon Ingram
Immigration police in Thailand are expelling hundreds of Burmese illegal workers in spite of protests from human rights groups and from the businessmen who employ them.
Each day for the past week more than 1,000 Burmese men, women and children have been packed onto boats and sent back to Burma across the river separating the two countries at the Thai border town of Mae Sot. And the operation shows no sign of flagging.
The human rights group Amnesty International says that the repatriations jeopardise the safety of thousands of people who fled persecution in Burma.
"Many with well founded fears of persecution in Burma are at risk of being returned with no opportunity to claim asylum," Amnesty said.
Rounded up and handcuffed
On Thursday morning truck-loads of men, women and children were arriving at the immigration headquarters here in Mae Sot.
Many had been rounded up at nearby factories, others, wearing handcuffs, had been brought in from as far away as Bangkok.
After having their fingerprints taken, the deportees were loaded up again, along with a few bags of possessions, and driven the short distance to the Moei river, where they were put on boats and ferried across to the Burmese side.
Reports of rape and corruption
This latest operation has gone smoothly but previous deportations have been marred by accidents and some reported incidents of violence.
The Thai government says it wants to expel some 700,000 illegal Burmese and other foreign workers and give their jobs to unemployed Thais.
But many farms and factories in Mae Sot and elsewhere have flourished using cheap imported labour and their owners say the crackdown is driving them to financial ruin.
On Wednesday about 500 employers rallied in Mae Sot to protest against the repatriations.
The vigour of the campaign is explained by the current political tensions between Thailand and Burma.
Rangoon closed its side of the border on 1 October in retaliation for Thailand's failure to detain a group of armed students who briefly seized control of the Burmese embassy in Bangkok.


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Marty Edwards has been entertaining fans since the early 1970's. He started his musical career as a lead vocalist and guitarist for a country band. He performed many popular Kenny Rogers songs of the time, but never consciously tried to imitate Kenny. It wasn't until 1998 that he thought about doing a tribute to Kenny Rogers.
It was while recording a "Marty Edwards" album at a studio that producer James Bowers observed that not only did Marty bear a striking resemblance to the country great, but he actually sounded like Kenny!
Marty also travels extensively fronting the Showband Marty Edwards and the Revival.
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|The Kent City of London Fringe Tiara (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Today in Windsor, one of the members of the Kent branch of the British royal family, Lady Gabriella Windsor, will marry her fiancé at St. George’s Chapel. In honor of her wedding day, we’ve got a look at the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara, a diamond tiara worn by two Kent brides, including Gabriella’s mother.
|The Kent City of London Fringe Tiara (Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy)
When Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark popped across the channel to marry the Duke of Kent in 1934, the wedding gifts were plentiful — after all, it wasn’t every day that a British prince married a real, honest-to-goodness princess. One of the sparkliest of those presents was the elegant Kent City of London Fringe Tiara. (Can you guess who was behind the gift? You’ve got it: it was the City of London!)
|Princess Marina on her wedding day, wearing a different fringe tiara, the Vladimir Fringe (Photo12 Archive/Alamy)
Some sources claim that Marina secured her bridal veil with the City of London Fringe Tiara, but Marina didn’t actually wear that particular tiara on her wedding day. She wore another very similar diamond fringe tiara: the Vladimir Fringe Tiara, which she borrowed from her mother, Princess Nicholas of Greece and Denmark. Marina’s father was a Greek prince, but her mother was a Russian grand duchess, and this fringe tiara was an inheritance from her mother, Grand Duchess Vladimir.
|Marina’s two fringe tiaras: the Vladimir Fringe Tiara (on Princess Nicholas of Greece), which she wore on her wedding day, and the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara (on Princess Michael of Kent), which she received as a wedding gift (Wikimedia Commons/Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy)
The composite image above shows both of the fringe tiaras side by side, so the differences between them are clearer. Both tiaras feature diamond fringes and spikes, but their profiles are slightly different, and the position of the spikes on the Vladimir Fringe makes it appear to have a more solid base than the City of London Fringe. The fringes of the Vladimir are also noticeably farther apart. (Learn more about the history of the Vladimir Fringe here!)
|Princess Marina wears the tiara in Ghana, February 1957 (Central Press/Getty Images)
After Marina’s wedding, the Vladimir Fringe Tiara was returned to her mother, and Marina began using her own fringe tiara regularly. Throughout her life as a royal duchess, Marina reached for the Kent City of London Tiara often for gala events. In February 1957, Marina wore the tiara as she read a speech from the Queen in the National Assembly, Ghana, granting Independence to the Gold Coast.
|Princess Marina and Princess Mary at the theater during the Greek state visit, July 1963 (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
And here, she wears the tiara during the Greek state visit to Britain in July 1963. On this occasion, she wore the tiara for a special performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Aldwych Theatre in London. You’ll also note that her sister-in-law, Princess Mary, is wearing her own diamond fringe tiara, which was sold after her death. (See more jewels from this state visit here!)
|Princess Marina wears the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara at the 1937 coronation (Paul Marotta/Getty Images)
Marina also wore the tiara to the coronation of her brother-in-law, King George VI, in 1937.
|Princess Alexandra wears the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara on her wedding day (PA Images/Alamy)
Thirty years after Marina’s wedding, the City of London Fringe Tiara finally got the chance to appear on a royal bride. Marina loaned the tiara to her daughter, Princess Alexandra, for her wedding in 1963. Alexandra married Angus Ogilvy, the second son of the 12th Earl of Airlie, in a grand ceremony full of royal guests at Westminster Abbey. Her appearance at the Abbey in a family fringe tiara echoed the bridal attire of her first cousin, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1947.
|Princess Michael wears the Kent City of London Fringe Tiara on her wedding day (Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy)
When Marina died in 1968, the tiara stayed with the Kents. The piece was inherited by her younger son, Prince Michael. Today, it’s his wife, Marie Christine, who wears the sparkler. Most notably, she wore it for the reception after their wedding in Vienna in 1978. (More on their wedding here!)
|Princess Michael wears the tiara with a fabric kokoshnik backing and a supplemental diamond riviere during a state visit from the Sultan of Brunei, November 1992 (Rebecca Naden/PA Images/Alamy)
Although this particular fringe tiara can’t be worn as a necklace, Princess Michael has played about with it a bit anyway, sometimes even adding a velvet backing and topping it with a diamond necklace to really reinforce the kokoshnik style of the piece.
|Lady Gabriella Kingston wears the Kent City of London Tiara on her wedding day, May 2019 (Victoria Jones – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
In May 2019, a new generation of the Kent family wore the City of London Fringe for the first time. Lady Gabriella Windsor (daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent) chose the tiara for her wedding to Thomas Kingston at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, pairing it with a veil and a dress by Luisa Beccaria. Predictably, a press release from Buckingham Palace on the wedding day mixed up Marina’s two fringes again, stating that Marina had worn the City of London Fringe Tiara for her own wedding. Thankfully, readers of The Court Jeweller, you know better!

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Total Sales of Connected Cars Projected to Reach 74 Million Units in 2025 as Companies Rush to Seize Commercial Opportunities in 5G V2X, Says TrendForce
The share of connected cars is steadily rising in the new car market, owing to the rapid development of V2X in recent years, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations. As well, 3GPP, the standards-setting organization for telecommunications protocols, announced on July 3rd that it had approved Stage 3 of 5G Release 16 (R16). This marks the completion of 5G Phase 2, after which the industry will see a rising number of supported 5G applications, including autonomous driving. This represents a further expansion of V2X applications. As such, the number of connected cars sold in the new car market is projected to reach about 74 million units in 2025, an 80% penetration rate.
TrendForce analyst Caroline Chen indicates that the rapid surge in the penetration rate of connected cars likely takes place because various governments are aligning V2X, connected cars, and smart vehicles as vital national development priorities by officially supporting the growth of the V2X industry. Another factor is that automakers, telecom operators, and third-party service providers have all set their sights on the potential profitability of the massive data and related commercial applications that accompany the widespread adoption of V2X.
Global auto sales volume is projected to plummet by 20.6% in 2020, with 5G V2X applications as a potential highlight for the industry
In addition to improving the V2X user experience, 5G integration also extends V2X functionalities from existing emergency assistance and media entertainment functions to driver safety. 5G-based V2X enables ADAS- and ADS-based driver safety by interconnecting various driving-related data points, including vehicle telemetry, road conditions, and driver conditions, with the cloud. Furthermore, self-driving logistics vehicles, which are highly dependent on long-range remote driving, and self-driving truck fleets can both enter commercial applications sooner than expected thanks to 5G-based V2X.
According to TrendForce, 5G is an indispensable part of smart vehicle development, as it serves as the main driver for commercial opportunities in the automotive software and hardware sectors, although practical issues, including infrastructure (such as base stations and RSU), cost, vehicle design, and testing/certification, still need to be resolved. Since the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to be successfully contained, global auto sales volume in 2020 is projected to decrease by a massive 20.6%. At the same time, the market is placing high hopes on 5G V2X. This technology, along with its emergent applications, will likely become the driving force revitalizing the automotive industry.


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Kyriakidou: Cyprus must have a position and an opinion on EU decisions
It is important that Cyprus is represented in the EU Councils of Ministers, said the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakidou
It is important that Cyprus is represented in the Councils of Ministers of the EU so that the views of the country are also heard, the Commissioner for Health and Food Safety of the EU, Stella Kyriakidou, said on Friday after her first meeting with the new President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulidis. at the Presidential Palace. The President of the Republic stated the will of the Cypriot Government for an active presence in the EU Institutions, said after the meeting, the Government Spokesman, Konstantinos Letypiotis.
In her statements, leaving the Presidential Palace, Mrs. Kyriakidou said that she had "a first meeting with the friendly new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Christodoulidis", and that they had the opportunity to touch on several issues concerning her own portfolio , and not only.
He also stated that he informed him about the issues he is dealing with in the coming months that also concern Cyprus, such as the presentation at the end of March of a new pharmaceutical strategy regarding the adequacy of medicines and equal access and the issues regarding the new legislation for animal welfare. At the same time, he added, they agreed with the President of the Republic that there will be a very close cooperation with her own team, "for our issues and the competent Ministers".
"I am sure that we will continue to have an excellent cooperation", she noted, wishing President Christodoulidis, "every success in the difficult task he has undertaken".
Asked about the President's instructions for a strong presence of the Ministers in the relevant EU institutions, Mrs. Kyriakidou noted that "it is absolutely correct".
"We must realize that Cyprus is a member state of the EU and that in the decisions made in the councils, we have a position and we must also have an opinion as a country," he added.
She noted that she, as a European Commissioner, is in the councils that concern the issues of her own portfolios, and is in close cooperation with all the Ministers of the member states, "but it is certainly important that our country is also represented in the councils so that our opinions can be heard". The final decisions which are then adopted in Cyprus as in all member states, "concern us and we must have a position and opinion", he concluded.
The Government Spokesperson in his statements to the journalists said that during the meeting Ms. Kyriakidou congratulated the President of the Republic on assuming his duties, while the President congratulated Ms. Kyriakidou on the valuable work she is doing at the EU level.
"The President of the Republic stated once again the will of the Cypriot Government for an active presence in the EU Institutions, and referred to the instructions he has given to the Ministers that all attend the Councils of Ministers of the EU and that Cyprus has a strong voice in the Councils , that the Council of Ministers be informed about the priorities of the EU and that Cyprus as a member state has interventions of substance in the EU, always taking into account the role that the EU can play in, beyond our great national problem, also in internal governance ", said Mr. Letympiotis.
He also said that the President of the Republic referred to the contacts he will have in the next period and developed his proposal for the more active involvement of the EU in terms of breaking the deadlock and the progress of the negotiations.
He also informed Mrs. Kyriakidou about the telephone communication she had with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel and about the topics on the agenda that will be at the European Council next March.


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In spite of a Friday afternoon scare, the Texas Longhorns are heading back to Omaha for the Men’s College World Series — trip No. 38 in the 75-year history of the event. Texas, in spite of troubles in the regular season, is exactly where everyone expected them to be, it just took a bit of a different journey to get there. Now they sit in a bracket with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who knocked off top-ranked Tennessee, as well as a pair of rivals — the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas A&M Aggies.
Texas also brought home a pair of second-place finishes at the track and field national championships, giving coach Edrick Floréal his fourth top-two finish in three seasons at the helm for the Longhorns as he continues to build that program back.

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Actor Sara Ali Khan has shared a throwback picture of herself clicked before her massive weight loss transformation. The actor looks very different from her glam movie star look and is posing with mother Amrita Singh.
Sharing the picture that shows the mother-daughter duo twinning in black, Sara wrote, “Throwback to when I couldn’t be thrown #beautyinblack. Reacting to the picture, her Love Aaj Kal sequel co-star and rumoured boyfriend Kartik Aaryan commented, “This girl looks like Sara Ali.”
Not only Kartik, all her fans were surprised to see the picture. A fan asked the actor about the secret behind her transformation. “So pretty! How much money, time and effort did it take to transform yourself? #askingforafriend,” she wrote. Another wrote, “Takes guts to do this when you are everything a majority wants to be – RESPECT.”
Sara reportedly weighed around 90 kilos before making her Bollywood debut with Kedarnath, opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. She has been dealing with PCOD (Polycystic ovary syndrome) and had told BBC in an interview about her struggles with the condition.
She said, “I went to Columbia for four years and at the end of the second year, I decided that I really want to act, like I said I have always known, but that realisation coincided with the weigh scale saying that I’m 96 kilos. So, it was a bit difficult. Then it was the senior year of college in America itself that I lost the weight.”
“I was a regular kid. It made it very hard for me to a. lose weight and b. the hormone level was very high. So, as you can see, there is a level of delusion that was in me…I was confident, I was delusional,” she added.
She further said, “Jahaan aapko pizza milta hain, wahin aapko protein milta hain. Jahaan pe chocolate milta hain, wahin aapko salad milta hain (On one hand you could eat a pizza and on the other you could have protein, on one hand you could get chocolate and on the other you could eat salad). That was it. So, I lost all the weight that I had gained there and lots more by working out and maintaining a disciplined life.”
While Kedarnath was delayed and released in December, 2018, she followed it up with her next film Simmba in the same month itself. Starring Ranveer Singh in the male lead, the film went on to become her first Rs 100 crore film. She has already wrapped up shooting for Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj Kal sequel and is currently working on Coolie No 1 remake starring Varun Dhawan.
Birthday Special: Take a look at Top 10 melodious tracks of KK
Krishnakumar Kunnath, famously known as KK, was among the best artists in the country. On May 31, the brilliant vocalist died following a cardiac arrest at his show in Kolkata. He was gifted with a disorderly yet smooth voice that will be recalled by his fans for a long time to come. On the event of his 54th birthday, have a look at his best 10 heartwarming tracks. <3
1. Aankhon Mein Teri Ajab Si.
2. Yaaro Dosti.
3. Tadap Tadap Ke.
4. Tu Aashiqui Hai.
5. Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai.
6. Khuda Jaane.
7. Zara Sa.
8. Dil Kyu Yeh Mera.
9. Hai Junoon.
10. Pyaar Ke Pal.
US woman’s bhangra performance wins hearts. Watch video
A US lady has left netizens stunned with her bhangra dance. The lady is seen killing the bhangra moves in a video shared on Instagram.
In the video, she is seen performing bhangra in her kitchen wearing a T-shirt and yoga pants. She effortlessly performs to the melody “Chidi Blauri”, sung by Mannat Noor and Ammy Virk, from 2018 film Laung Laachi. Happily, she grooves energetically, winning the hearts of netizens.
“Something delayed for now,” Omala, the Instagrammer captioned the post. The video has earned more than 1.2 million hits on Instagram.
One of her social media follower commented, “hell yes, you had the swag and attitude and perfectly done steps to traditional Bhangra! Whoot whoot.” Another client remarked, “What aa dance ????? amazing ?.”
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Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s wedding: Couple’s big day is finally here, the couple is set to tie the knot today
Finally, Ranbir and Alia are to tie the knot today. Ranbir Kapoor’s whole family is excited about it. Yesterday, the Yeh Jawani hai Deewani star held Mehendi and Haldi ceremonies at his Pali Hill residence Vastu. Apart from his family members, several other stars such as Karan Johar, etc were present at the rituals. Neetu Kapoor and Riddhima Kapoor have already confirmed with the paparazzi that Alia and Ranbir are tying the knot today i.e 14th April, some reports however suggest that the muhurat of Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt wedding is at 3:30 pm. In a recent interview, Shakti Kapoor said that Rishi Kapoor wanted to see Ranbir-Alia’s wedding with his own eyes and he is glad that Ranbir didn’t delay the wedding anymore.
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LEGOLAND Florida becomes first theme park in U.S. to run completely on renewable energy on Earth Day
The initiative marks the beginning of a new partnership with Tampa ElectricWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (April 22, 2014)– Today, LEGOLAND ® Florida and Tampa Electric will kick off a groundbreaking partnership by making the 150-acre theme park run completely on renewable energy for the day in celebration of Earth Day – the first theme park to do so in the United States. The celebration is part of existing and new conservation initiatives, including installations that will educate park guests about solar energy. As part of the partnership, LEGOLAND Florida will also permanently power a section of the park, Imagination Zone, on renewable energy. “This is a historic day for LEGOLAND Florida,” said LEGOLAND Florida General Manager Adrian Jones. “With our new partnership with Tampa Electric, we will give guests a whole new way to learn about renewable energy while also doing something that no other theme park in the U.S. has done before.” A celebratory moment will be held just prior to park opening Tuesday, at approximately 9:45 a.m., with both Jones and Bruce Narzissenfeld, vice president of Marketing, Customer Service, Business Development and Fuel Operations for Tampa Electric, proclaiming the partnership and special green initiative. The focal point centered around LEGOLAND Florida running on renewable energy for an entire day, with environmental savings equal to removing three cars from the road for one year or planting six acres of trees. The partnership also resulted in the installation of a 30-kilowatt solar panel array mounted atop the Imagination Zone attraction venue. Funded by Tampa Electric, the system supports Tampa Electric's Renewable Energy program that lets the company's customers purchase a portion of their electricity from renewable sources. “This is a partnership built on doing the right thing for the environment,” said Narzissenfeld. “Together, we’ll teach the next generation about the benefits of investing in renewable fuels like the sun to produce electricity. As part of the partnership, a new display will be placed inside the park starting in June, featuring an interactive 6-foot LEGO ® Earth model that educates guests on solar technologies. Located outside Imagination Zone, visitors will be able to affect the rate of LEGO Earth’s rotation with tactile solar panels. Guests will also enjoy an interactive zone that features LEGO mini model communities running on renewable energy inside the Imagination Zone. The new areas add to the multiple educational aspects already within LEGOLAND Florida. The park gives kids a chance to learn and play with STEM-based activities such as LEGO MINDSTORMS robots, Build & Test and Power Towers. LEGOLAND Florida has made a consistent effort for conservation since the park opened in 2011, including:
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Last week the SEC announced a settlement of fraud claims against the founder of Jumio, Inc, a private mobile payments company, for misstating the company’s financial results and using those financials to sell his company shares on the secondary market. This case is a reminder that privately negotiated securities transactions and private, VC-funded companies are not exempt from regulatory scrutiny. As we observed in a number of settlements last year, the SEC will pursue suspected investor fraud involving privately-held companies, whether in fundraising or sales by insiders, or even in disclosures to a company’s own employees in connection with stock options.
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Looking ahead, we see this type of case as a microcosm of what may be in store when the next economic downturn hits the current stable of unicorns. Misconduct involving privately held companies, or even exits that are below recent valuations, may give rise to similar disputes. Meanwhile, recent experience – most prominently with Theranos – suggests that the failure of one or more unicorns is likely to attract both regulatory scrutiny and private litigation.


What is the rebound hammer test?
The rebound hammer test is a non-destructive method of testing concrete and is used for the assessment of compressive strength, uniformity, and quality of elements of concrete.
With the help of suitable correlations between rebound index and compressive strength, the compressive strength of concrete is found. The test is mainly used to assess the uniformity of concrete in the structure and compare one concrete with another.
Rebound hammer test procedure
- A smooth, clean, and dry surface is selected for conducting the test. Rough surfaces should be avoided for the test.
- From any edge or shape discontinuity, the point of impact should be at least 20 mm away
- The rebound hammer should be held at right angles to the surface of the concrete member for taking measurements. On vertical surfaces, the test can be carried out horizontally, or vertically upwards or downwards on horizontal surfaces.
- The rebound hammer test is performed on a structural member around all sites of observation on all accessible sides.
- The concrete surface is cleaned before taking any measurement
- The apparatus must be kept at a place above the test specimen so that it can be allowed to drop freely
- The hammer is allowed to drop on the concrete surface, it rebounds back after it strikes the concrete surface and the raise of rebound is recorded
- Six readings of rebound indices are taken around each point of observation, and an average of these readings after deleting outliers as per IS: 8900-1978 becomes the rebound index for the point of observation.
- The value of compressive strength of concrete is obtained by doing a cube test of the test cube and the value of rebound and compressive strength is compared.
- The test is conducted in three positions vertical downward, vertical upward, and horizontally and graphs are drawn for each position.
Also read: Non-destructive testing methods of concrete
Rebound hammer test equipment
The apparatus required for the test are rebound hammer, anvil, test specimen. The hammer consists of a spring-controlled mass that slides on a plunger within a tubular housing.
For different applications the impact energy required for rebound hammers is different. The impact energy of 2.25 Nm for testing normal weight concrete, 0.75 Nm for light-weight concrete or small and impact sensitive parts of concrete, 2.25 Nm for testing mass concrete.
Rebound hammer test result
A suitable correlation between the rebound index and the compressive strength of concrete was established to provide a convenient and rapid indication of the compressive strength of concrete.
The rebound indices are indicative of the compressive strength of concrete to a limited depth from the surface. If the concrete in a particular member has internal micro cracking, flaws, or heterogeneity across the cross-section, the rebound hammer indices will not indicate the same.
The estimation of the strength of concrete by rebound hammer method cannot be held to be very accurate and the probable accuracy of prediction of concrete strength in a structure is ±25 percent.
Rebound hammer test result calculation
The result of the rebound hammer test is obtained by plotting a graph using the values obtained from the rebound hammer number and the compressive strength of the concrete.
The accuracy of the result may differ by ±25% to the compressive strength of the concrete.
|Date||Test Point||Crushing value in N/mm2||Rebound Number|
Average Rebound Number
|Quality of concrete|
|A very good hard layer|
30 to 40
20 to 30
Compressive strength rebound hammer test graph
Application of rebound hammer test
The test is used to investigate the hardness of the concrete. It is used to test the fresh concrete as well as the in situ concrete after the final set. To find the exact location of poor quality and deteriorated concrete rebound hammer test is used. The uniformity of the concrete can also be assessed using this test.
Advantages of rebound hammer test
The advantages of the rebound hammer test are the apparatus is easy to use and also the equipment is inexpensive. It determines the surface’s homogeneity properties and is also employed in the restoration of historic monuments.
Disadvantages of rebound hammer test
The disadvantages are that the results obtained are based on a local point and it is not directly related to the strength and the deformation property of the surface. The spring and probe arrangement will require regular cleaning and maintenance and the flaws cannot be detected with accuracy.
Also Read: Complete Guide on Grades of Concrete
Factors affecting rebound hammer test
The factors affecting the rebound hammer tests are the types of aggregate used in the test, the type of cement used, the surface and moisture condition of the concrete, the curing and age of the concrete, and the carbonation of the concrete surface.
FAQs on Rebound Hammer Test
Rebound hammer test is code
IS 13311(Part 2):1992
The rebound hammer test is used for calculating the
compressive strength of concrete without any damage.
Rebound hammer test gives us an idea of the
uniformity of concrete
Why rebound hammer test is done?
It is done to measure the uniformity and relative quality of concrete in a structure or the manufacture of several similar precast members.
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