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Barton L. Weller Professor of Development Economics Alice Amsden taught in three South African cities this May with APORDE, the French Foreign Ministry's Organization for Alternative Approaches to Economic Development.
In April, Baktybek (Bakyt) Beshimov, a visiting researcher at CIS, lectured at the Monterey Institute of International Studies on “The Role of Culture, Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Nation Building Experiment in Kyrgyzstan”, and at the Naval Post-Graduate School on “Central Asian Security and the Role of Big Powers.” He also gave a speech in New York organized by the Institute of International Education.
Ph.D. Candidate Nathan Black was selected to be a 2011-2012 Predoctoral Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He also was awarded a Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship for 2011.
Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Post-doctoral Fellow and CIS Affiliate Sarah Zukerman Daly gave several recent talks: "State Strategies in Multiethnic Territories: Explaining 'Riotous Variation' in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc," at the Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention, New York, April 14, 2011; "Post-War Reintegration or Recidivism of Ex-Combatants," at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, March 31, 2011; and "Bankruptcy, Guns or Campaigns: Explaining Armed Organizations' Post-War Trajectories" for the International Politics Seminar, Columbia University, New York, NY, March 2011. She also attended a conference on "Organized Crime and State Capture," in Lima, Peru, and gave a talk to the Colombian Government and Organization of American States on "Ex-Combatant Recidivism," both this spring.
Ph.D. Candidate Kristen Fabbe was hired as an Assistant Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College, in Claremont, CA. She will take up her position in winter 2012.
During March, Ph.D. Candidate Keren Fraiman presented her paper “Not in Your Backyard: Coercion, Base States, and Violent Non-state Actors” on the panel “When Terror Works: Analyzing the Success and Failure of Terrorist Operations” at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, in Montreal, Quebec.
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science M. Taylor Fravel recently spoke on: "China's Strategy in the South China Sea" at the Center for Naval Analysis, Alexandria, VA, April 2011; "Explaining the Evolution of China's Military Strategy" at MIT, Stanford, and Ohio State this winter; and "Myths about China's Military Modernization and the Potential for US-China Conflict," Tobin Project Workshop on the Prudent Use of Force, December 2010.
Security Studies Program affiliate Jeanne Guillemin chaired the plenary session on "Biosecurity" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC, February 20, 2011. Panelists included Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Rita Colwell, former head of the National Science Foundation, Claire Fraser-Liggett, director of the Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and New Jersey U.S. Representative Rush Holt.
Annette M. Kim, Associate Professor in the International Development Group of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, was the POSCO visiting fellow at the East-West Center in January 2011 during which time she wrote and presented a working paper entitled, "The Ties that Bind: analysis of recent civilian economic activity in North Korea."
Ph.D. Candidate Peter Krause was hired as an Assistant Professor at Boston College starting in fall 2012. In 2011-2012 he will be a Junior Research Fellow at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University. In March he presented a paper "The Political Effectiveness of Non-State Violence: Paradox, Polarity, and the Pursuit of Power" at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec.
Ph.D. candidate Tara Maller was named a Visiting Scholar at the American Political Science Association Centennial Center in Washington, D.C.
Harlene Miller, an Administrative Assistant with the Security Studies Program, received a SHASS Infinite Mile Award in the category of "Unsung Hero." Miller has been with SSP for eleven years and was honored for being a valuable asset to the program, including taking on new challenges on short notice, and offering help and support to faculty, staff and students alike.
Ph.D. Candidate Reo Matsuzaki will be a Postdoctoral Fellow starting in September 2011, at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. This April, he presented his paper "Building Colonial Governance in Early Twentieth Century Taiwan and the Philippines: Similar Contexts, Different Outcomes," at Joint Conference of the Association for Asian Studies and the International Convention of Asia Scholars, Honolulu, Hawaii.
CIS Postdoctoral Fellow Gautum Mukunda accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School, starting fall 2011. He was also chosen as a White House Fellows Regional Finalist and received but declined a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowship.
Assistant Professor of Political Science Vipin Narangspoke on regional power deterrence at George Washington University (Jan 2011), University of Wisconsin-Madison (Feb 2011), and the University of Virginia (April 2011). He was also a panelist on the "Nuclear Risk Reduction in South Asia after Mumbai" session at the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference (March 2011).
Thomas Neff, Research Affiliate at CIS, has been advising Japanese authorities on initiatives to help resolve the Fukushima accident (one of his former students is Vice Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission). One of his comments to Reuters (also referring to CIS) went viral on the internet in March when he called the Japanese disaster "a slow-moving nightmare" resulting in more than a half million citations (Google: "Thomas Neff nightmare"). He continues to advise the Department of Energy on nuclear policy issues. He is architect of the U.S.-Russia Highly Enriched Uranium deal that has resulted, to date, in the destruction of more than 17,000 nuclear weapons, converting them to nuclear fuel that supplies 10 percent of U.S. electricity.
Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center's Security Studies Program Barry Posen was quoted extensively in "Stand Alone: the Case for a New Isolationism," Boston Globe, February 6, 2011. He was also quoted extensively, with SSP alumni Daryl Press and Alan Kuperman, in an April 4, 2011 NPR article titled "Can 'Limited' U.S. Engagement in Libya Stay Limited?" On April 12, 2011, he was a panelist at an event "After Libya—Revival of the Age of Intervention?" at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
Ph.D. Candidate Miranda Priebe was awarded a Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship for 2011.
Associate Professor of Law and Development and Director of the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice Balakrishnan Rajagopal delivered three lectures: Keynote Lecture at the Toronto Graduate Law Conference, York University, Canada, January 29, 2011; Valerie Gordon Human Rights Lecture, Northeastern University Law School, March 23, 2011; and the Keynote Lecture at the Institute for the Study of Political Economy and Law at the International University College of Turin (IUC), Italy, in May 2011. He was also appointed by the government of Turkey as a member of the International Academic Advisory Group for the UN Conference on Least Developed Countries, and will attend the conference in Ankara in May 2011. During his spring 2011 sabbatical, he is a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Hebrew University in Jerusaleml.
Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies Richard Samuels spoke on the Japanese earthquake and nuclear crisis in a variety of venues in March: a CIS Starr Forum; on CNN.com; and on National Public Radio's nationally syndicated program, "On Point."
CIS Affiliate Carol R. Saivetz has been invited to be a contributing guest editor of a special volume of the journal, Communist and Post-Communist Studies. The issue will deal with contemporary Russian foreign policy. This past year, she chaired a joint CIS/SSP seminar series "Central Asia in Global Affairs."
Ford International Professor of Political Science Ben Ross Schneider gave talks on: "Hierarchical Capitalism and Business Politics in Latin America," for the Danish Institute for International Studies, in Copenhagen, March 2011; "The Low Skill Trap and Hierarchical Capitalism in Latin America," at Georgetown University, January 2011; and "Labor Markets in Latin America: Informality, Inflexibility, and Other Complementarities," for the Conference on Reviving Political Economy, at the University of Coimbra, October 2010.
Associate Professor of Political Science David Andrew Singer presented a draft chapter of his manuscript, "Migration and Global Capital," to the Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security (PIPES) seminar at the University of Chicago, and at the Harvard Comparative Politics Seminar, both in April 2011. He also participated in a featured roundtable discussion on "The Future of Global Economic Governance" at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, March 2011.
Ph.D. Candidate Joshua Shifrinson was named a 2011-2012 Predoctoral Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He was awarded three research grants: a Title VIII Research Grant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; a Tobin Project National Security Fellowship; and a Graduate Dissertation Research Fellowship from Harvard's Center for European Studies.
Professor of Political Science Edward Steinfeld and CIS affiliate Peter Goodings Swartz have received research funding from the Indiana University Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business' "Initiative on China and Global Governance" for their proposal: "Making Markets both at Home and Abroad: The Evolution of China's Futures Exchange for Copper."
Ph.D. Candidate Caitlin Talmadge presented her paper “Explaining Military Effectiveness: Political Intervention and Iraqi Battlefield Performance, 1980-1988,” in March at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec. Also in March she joined a delegation of American academics, former government officials, and think tank scholars to Taiwan, led by former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
Professor of Political Economy in the International Development Group at DUSP,Judith Tendler, was honored at a Festschrift celebration co-hosted by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), the Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS), and the Political Science Department. Attending the Festschrift event were one hundred faculty, alumni, SPURS Fellows, and others from MIT and all over the world. The all-day session had four panels, with 12 Tendler ex-advisees presenting their current research. Following was a dinner, with guest speaker (Brazilian governor/senator Tasso Jereissati), in addition to lively and humorous toasts and dancing late into the evening.
Ph.D. Candidate Joseph Peter Torigian presented his paper "The Rhetoric of Rise" on the panel "Reassessing Power Transitions," in March at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec.
Associate Professor of Political Science Lily L. Tsai talked on “Exit as Voice: Regime-Reinforcing Noncompliance in Rural China” at Harvard University’s Harvard-Yenching Institute, in May; the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in May; and Yale University, in January. She also spoke about “Village Solidarity Groups in Rural China,” at the Conference on Civil Society and Nonprofits in China, Harvard University, in January.
Sarah Jane Vaughan joins CIS as an Administrative Assistant. She coordinates events for the Migration Seminar and the Program on Human Rights and Justice, supports the Wilhelm fellows, and serves as a faculty assistant to Professor Ken Oye. Prior to coming to MIT, she worked in student affairs at Harvard Law School and taught English in South Korea. Sarah Jane received her master's degree in English from Loyola Marymount University, and her bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo College.
Security Studies Program Research Associate Jim Walsh presented his paper, “The Additional Protocol in the Middle East and North Africa: Explaining Lag in Adoption,” at the DTRA Workshop on Nonproliferation Decision-making in February. Also in February, he gave a talk on North Korea for the Harvard Project on Asian and International Relations Conference; and two talks on Iran at the Tufts EPIIC Conference. In March, he made numerous media appearances on CNN to discuss the Japanese earthquake.
Ph.D. Candidate David Weinberg received a research grant award from the George C. Marshall Foundation/Baruch Fund for excellence in diplomatic or military history. His research focuses on intentional U.S. efforts to influence internal politics in the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
Principal Research Scientist Cindy Williams prepared a policy analysis for the German Ministry of Defense, March 2011, "Von der Wehrpflichtigen- zur Freiwilligenarmee: Erkentnisse aus verbündeten Staaten," with Bjoern H. Seibert. She also presented her paper "Regional Representation in the U.S. Military," at the conference "Defense and Its Realms," sponsored by ENSTA Bretagne, France, and the University of Western Brittany, Brest, France, April 15, 2011.
Alice Amsden in Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies?
Barton L. Weller Professor of Development Economics Alice Amsden, "Growth Identification and Facilitation: The Role of the State in the Dynamic of Structural Change," Development Policy Review, March 29, 2011 (debate with the Chief Economist of the World Bank, Justin Lin).
_______ "The WTO: A Sweet or Sour Chinese Banquet?," in Zdanek Drabek (ed.), Is the World Trade Organization Attractive Enough for Emerging Economies? Critical Essays on the Multilateral Trading System, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010.)
Visiting researcher at CIS, Baktybek (Bakyt) Beshimov, 1992-2008: A New Phase in the History of the Ferghana Valley,in S. Frederick Starr (ed.) Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia (New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2011) (with Pulat Shozimov and Murat Bakhadyrov).
Mellon Foundation/American Council of Learned Societies Post-doctoral Fellow and CIS Affiliate Sarah Zukerman Daly, "The Roots of Coercion and Insurgency: Exploiting the Counterfactual Case," Conflict, Security & Development, Vol. 11, No. 2, May 2011.
_______"Reintegration of Ex-Combatants" in Lavinia Stan and Nadya Nedelsky (eds.), Encyclopedia of Transitional Justice, (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011.)
Cecil and Ida Green Career Development Associate Professor of Political Science, M. Taylor Fravel, "International Relations Theory and China's Rise: Assessing China's Potential for Territorial Expansion," International Studies Review, Vol. 12, No. 4 (December 2010).
Ph.D. Candidate Benjamin Friedman, "Managing Fear: The Politics of Homeland Security," Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 126, No. 1 (Spring 2011).
_______"When Intervention Is Easy" Philadelphia Inquirer, April 8, 2011 (with Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Harvey Sapolsky).
_______“New Republicans, Same Old Militarism,” Philadelphia Inquirer, January 24, 2011.
_______"Overwrought on START,” National Interest (Online), December 1, 2010 (with Principal Research Scientist, Owen Cote, Jr.).
Ph.D. Candidate Lu Gao, “Achievements and Challenges: 30 Years of Housing Reforms in the People’s Republic of China,” Asian Development Bank Working Paper Series, No. 198, April 2010.
Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning Annette Kim, "Real Rights to the City: Cases of Property Rights Changes Towards Equity in Eastern Asia," Urban Studies, 48(3): 459-69, 2011.
_______"Talking Back: The Role of Narratives in Vietnam's Recent Land Compensation Changes," Urban Studies, 48(3): 493-508, 2011.
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Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for International Studies Richard Samuels, "Japan's Black Swan," Foreign Policy Magazine, March 16, 2011 (with Robert Madsen).
Ph.D. Candidates Joshua Shifrinson and Miranda Priebe, "A Crude Threat: The Limits of an Iranian Missile Campaign Against Saudi Arabian Oil," International Security Vol. 36, No. 1 (Summer 2011).
Ph.D. Candidate Tara Maller, "Diplomacy Derailed: The Consequences of Diplomatic Sanctions," Washington Quarterly, Volume 33, No. 3.
Associate Professor of Political Science Lily L. Tsai, "Friends or Foes? Nonstate Public Goods Providers and Local State Authorities in Nondemocratic and Transitional Systems," Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 46, No. 1 (Spring 2011).

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Menopause and pregnancy can cause thickening of the oils in the meibomian glands and cause them to block.
Prolonged computer use
Poor blinking and staring at screens and, in particular, digital devices like iPhones. This reduces our blink rate considerably and exposes the eyes.
This allows the air (especially in air-conditioning) to dehydrate the ocular surface.
Dry climates, pollution, wind and air conditioning or fans can all increase evaporation of tears from the ocular surface. Beware of moving air!
As we age, the eyelids can sag away from the eyeball, so the important oils from the meibomian glands can’t enter the tear film.
Certain systemic diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus can effect aqueous tear production. Sjogren Syndrome is an autoimmune disease that effects the aqueous tear glands as well as the salivary glands. Read more here.
Medications such as antidepressants and antihistamines can cause meibomian glands to block or aqueous tear production to be reduced (or both).
In this common disorder, the eyelids become inflamed and crusted. This impairs meibomian gland function by blocking the openings to the oil glands.
This is where the eyelids do not fully close during sleep, leading to an exposed ocular surface.
Contact lens wear
Lenses not only soak up available moisture in the eye, but also interfere with the tear film.
Meibomian gland dysfunction / MGD
Blocked oily tear glands are one of the most frequent causes of dry eye.

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As per all the latest reports, the UFC Fight Island is a real thing, and it is located in Abu Dhabi, in the Middle East. Dana White, President of UFC took to the First Take segment of ESPN to announce on Tuesday. He said that his mysterious and controversial Fight Island is on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. White adds that the reason for the revelation includes the fact that Yas Island will help promote some of the International athletes. They are now being unable to enter the USA borders due to the strict travel restrictions following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The UFC Fight Island is planning to host at least four events next month.
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The events will probably start on July 11 with a 251-pay-per-view. Later, fight night cards UFC is scheduled to take place on July 15, 18, and 25. According to President White, there will be around three championship bouts featuring in the UFC 251. However, the headline is already decided. It will be the welterweight title bout that will take place between champions Gilbert Burns and Kamaru Usman. Next, there will be a featherweight title rematch between Max Holloway and Alex Volkanovski. On the other hand, there will be a vacant bantamweight championship in which Petr Yan and Jose Aldo will fight against each other.
The grand plan also includes a designated area of the Yas Island that is going to serve as the Fight Island. The planning for this includes an arena, dining establishments, training facilities, and a grand hotel. Moreover, there will be a safety zone of 10 square miles here. It is where only athletes, UFC staff, and coaches will be allowed.
UFC and Yas Island relations
In Tuesday’s First Take segment, Dana White states that their only aim right now is to successfully finish the events. He says that the most difficult task at hand right now is to get all the athletes together. It is a difficult task given the strict travel restrictions around the world. White also says that bringing in people from around the world is important because UFC is a proper global business. Besides, they are the only ones who are trying to pull off such events right now. Plus, if the fights continue in the United States only, he is afraid that he will burn out all his fighting talent there. Therefore, Yas Island is now getting all geared up for the upcoming events.
In a previous interview with the ESPN, Dana White had given small pieces of information about the Fight Club. He said that there will be a training octagon. It will be set up on the beach before the upcoming events. UFC shares a strong bond with both Abi Dhabi and Yas Island. Their relationship goes back to the time when they hosted the first live UFC event back in 2010. Flash Entertainment is an entity from Abu Dhabi, and they were the 10% stakeholders of UFC too.

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The greatest challenge for the avocado (Persea americana Miller) industry is to maintain the quality of the fruit to meet consumer requirements. Anthracnose is considered the most important disease in this industry, and it is caused by different species of the genus Colletotrichum, although other pathogens can be equally important. The defense mechanisms that fruit naturally uses can be triggered in response to the attack of pathogenic microorganisms and also by the application of exogenous elicitors in the form of GRAS compounds. The elicitors are recognized by receptors called PRRs, which are proteins located on the avocado fruit cell surface that have high affinity and specificity for PAMPs, MAMPs, and DAMPs. The activation of defense-signaling pathways depends on ethylene, salicylic, and jasmonic acids, and it occurs hours or days after PTI activation. These defense mechanisms aim to drive the pathogen to death. The application of essential oils, antagonists, volatile compounds, chitosan and silicon has been documented in vitro and on avocado fruit, showing some of them to have elicitor and fungicidal effects that are reflected in the postharvest quality of the fruit and a lower incidence of diseases. The main focus of these studies has been on anthracnose diseases. This review presents the most relevant advances in the use of natural compounds with antifungal and elicitor effects in plant tissues.
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Food Systems in 2050: Visions for food systems that sustain people and planetDOWNLOAD
We report the findings of a survey distributed globally to a diverse set of food system actors to share their visions for a better food system. The impetus for the survey was a call for proposals released by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF) for projects that will “seek input from our vast and diverse networks across borders and disciplines to help craft innovative, inspiring, bold transformative visions for healthy, equitable, renewable, resilient, and culturally diverse” food futures.
Responses to this survey came from seventeen countries. Though most respondents work with particular elements of food systems on a daily basis, they are rarely asked to share their visions for better food systems and to describe, from their perspectives, the opportunities and obstacles that influence progress. The research team proposed to tap this rich resource in order to elicit and present diversely situated, well-positioned, and informed visions for food systems transformations.
The main points to emerge from the survey were:
- Majority agreement with the basic vision presented for reaction with suggestions for modification which are incorporated in a revised aspirational food system statement.
- A number of necessary transformations for this vision to become reality were cited including: policy/governance change, Infrastructure/connectivity, expansion of local systems, education/training/research, issues of social equity around food, natural resource conservation/restoration, health/nutrition, and changes to economic systems or markets.
- The top five environmental factors identified as most directly impeding their ability to move the food system toward their vision were:
- Ineffective government/policies,
- farm/agri-food system issues,
- lack of financial resources,
- lack of technology,
- non use of science/stakeholder participatory collaboration.
- The top five social factors identified as most directly impeding their ability to move the food system toward their vision were:
- lack of education/knowledge/information/awareness,
- consumer preferences/changes in lifestyles,
- mindset/traditional practices/culture, and
- land access.
- The top five political and economic factors identified as most directly impeding the ability to move the food system toward their vision were:
- high unemployment rate/poverty/inequality in access to resources,
- inadequate political will/policies,
- policy favoring big agricultural producers/unfavorable for small producers,
- poor infrastructure,
- concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few.
- The top five cultural and/or behavioral changes needed in societies were identified as:
- systems thinking/mindset change,
- establish more business mindset/capacity development,
- changes in consumption patterns/consumer preferences,
- education/knowledge, and
- policy change/regulations.
- Respondents identified sixteen areas of measurement to gauge improvement in the food system over time. The top five were:
- public health/food nutrition/food quality,
- household food access year-round/food availability,
- increase in local food production/processing/market transactions/profitability/incomes of local people,
- environmental quality/impact of food production on environment (e.g., air, water), and
- producers’ livelihoods/economic well-being.
The remainder of the report describes these reports in more detail and then provides a conclusion with an augmented aspirational narrative and summarizes key strategies and impediments identified by respondents.
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Environment – ccr rule compliance data and information
On April 17th, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule, 40 CFR Parts 257 and 261, entitled “Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals (CCRs) from Electric Utilities; Final Rule”. Portions of the rule were appealed, and on August 5, 2016, EPA issued revised rules and deadlines relating to inactive coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments. 81 Fed. Reg. 51,802 (Aug. 5, 2016).
Under Subpart D, Part 257, the rule pertains to the management and disposal of CCRs. It establishes minimum national criteria to evaluate operating conditions at existing and new CCR landfills and surface impoundments to ensure that these do not pose an unreasonable risk to the health and the environment of the community in which they are sited. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division, which administers solid waste management and disposal provisions in Georgia, is also developing regulations relating to CCR landfills, surface impoundments, and expansions which will be codified at Georgia Department of Natural Resources Rules, Section 391-3-4-.10 (“GDNR CCR Rule”). Those rules are expected to be finalized in October 2016.
Crisp County Power Commission (CCPC) has a small surface impoundment which received coal ash or coal combustion residuals infrequently from 1970s to early 2015. CCPC generates electricity with renewable hydropower, natural gas, and coal was utilized on an infrequent and as-needed bases. CCPC’s fossil generating plant is Plant Crisp, located in Warwick, Georgia, was constructed in 1957 and is a dual-fuel facility consisting of a 12.5 megawatt (MW) capacity coal and natural gas-fired plant and a 5 MW capacity natural gas combustion turbine.
Subpart D, Part 257 applies to owners and operators of new and existing CCR landfills and surface impoundments, including lateral expansions of such units that manage and dispose of solid waste that is the result of the combustion of coal in an electric utility boiler. CCPC’s ash pond is considered an ‘inactive surface impoundment’ under the EPA rules. Although some exclusions apply, this rule is applicable to Plant Crisp’s 6.1 acre ash pond that has been in operation since the 1970s.
The ash pond remains largely unused as the Plant Crisp boiler is a dual fuel (coal and/or natural gas) boiler and, for economic reasons, has been operating for the last several years using natural gas. Crisp County Power Commission plans to cease use of coal at Plant Crisp and has no coal remaining at the site. Plant Crisp repeatedly meets all air quality requirements dictated by federal and state regulations.
Each CCR unit subject to the final rule requirements will record compliance with these requirements in the facility’s operating record, notify the state of decisions and maintain a publically available website of compliance information. These requirements allow transparency to the community and to the regulatory authorities on a facility’s status with regard to the regulation.
Plant Crisp Ash Impoundment Compliance Information
CCPC has one inactive surface impoundment. 80 Fed. Reg. 21302, 21342 (Apr. 17, 2015) 40 C.F.R. § 257.53. An Inactive CCR surface impoundment means a CCR surface impoundment that no longer receives CCR on or after October 19, 2015 and still contains both CCR and liquids on or after October 19, 2015. 40 C.F.R. § 257.53; 80 Fed. Reg. 21302. The ash impoundment is not lined. The ash pond is not a new or existing CCR surface impoundment. However, CCPC has studied the issue of management of the ash pond, and has decided to close the ash pond. Although the existing impoundment was found to be “low risk” to the community, CCPC has developed a closure plan (see below) which calls for removal of CCR material and closure of the pond beginning in 2017. This means that CCPC will not generate power using coal at Plant Crisp following closure of the ash pond and as per EPA and EPD regulations. As the closure progresses, please visit this website for updates and status of various reporting items. The closure plan is available on this website.
The ash pond is located on a parcel of approximately 100 acres of CCPC property near Lake Blackshear and the Flint River. The ash pond itself is approximately 6.1 acres, with embankments on the western and partially southern and northern sides. The ash pond was inspected in 2014 and 2015. EPA contractor CDM Smith determined that the Plant Crisp ash pond was a low hazard unit during the EPA’s coal combustion residuals impoundment assessment, dated February 2014. CDM Smith. (2014). “Assessment of Dam Safety of Coal Combustion Surface Impoundments – Final Report: Crisp County Power Commission Plant Crisp Warwick, Georgia.” Prepared for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, D.C., Rev. 1, February 2014. The maximum embankment height is on the west end and is approximately 22 feet high. Rizzo Associates, 2015. Rizzo Associates. (2015). “Dam Safety Assessment Report Plant Crisp Coal Combustion Waste Impoundment.” Submitted to Crisp County Power Commission, 14-5232, Rev. 0, January 2015. Copies of these reports can be found here. Fluid levels in the ash pond are low due to evaporation and environmental factors. Geosyntec Consultants. (2016). “Fugitive Dust Control Plan Crisp Plant Crisp Ash Pond.” Prepared for Crisp County Power Commission, September 2016.
This website is maintained in accordance with 40 C.F.R. § 257.107. CCPC has developed this site and will maintain it through closure completion or at least five years as provided in 40 C.F.R. §257.107(c).
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Recent drunk driving sentence had ban was longer than the 12 months usually given to a first-time offender.
It seems drunk driving laws will always be a bone of contention for people. Make the laws to lax, and people worry about more vehicle-related deaths; make the laws too severe, and some drivers say their freedom is being taken away. A judge in Newfoundland & Labrador is firmly in the corner of toughening the limits, and after recently sentencing a drunk driver, suggested Canada's drunk driving laws should be harsher.
According to The Western Star website, Judge Catherine Allen-Westby sentenced Jillian Regular to an 18-month driving ban and a $1,000 fine, after Regular was caught driving erratically and going the wrong direction down a one-way street this past June. Breathalyzer tests found that Regular was well above the maximum .08 blood alcohol content (BAC) level allowed in Canada. The fine was the minimum allowed for the offense, but the ban was longer than the 12 months usually given to a first-time offender.
In Canada, certain adminstrative laws allow police to temporarily suspend licences if drivers have a BAC that's .05 percent or higher.
While sentencing, though, Allen-Westby noted that some countries around the world ban blood alcohol content of any kind in a person who is driving. In those cases, drivers could be convicted regardless if they had one drink or a dozen. "This judge in particular wonders if perhaps that shouldn't be the case in order to cut own on people taking the risk and driving once they consume," Allen-Westby told Regular, according to The Western Star.
While it's rare for a country to have a full zero percent BAC limit, some do have those laws in place, including Afghanistan, Romania, and Morocco. Other nations, such as Cuba and Australia, have a zero percent limit on young drivers and/or those with learner's permits.
In Canada, certain adminstrative laws allow police to temporarily suspend licences if drivers have a BAC that's .05 percent or higher. Vehicle impounding and education classes are also possible for repeat infractions.
This isn't the first time we'll hear these types of opinions from people - judges or otherwise - and it will be interesting to see what further limitations, if any, will be enacted in the future.


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Genetic affinities among the historical provinces of Romania and Central Europe as revealed by an mtDNA analysis
As a major crossroads between Asia and Europe, Romania has experienced continuous migration and invasion episodes. The precise routes may have been shaped by the topology of the territory and had diverse impac...
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Those of us without a direct link to immigrant experience inevitably underestimate the extent of our ignorance and the impact of our unexamined assumptions on what we see and what we expect to see. Lauren Yee’s new play, Young Americans, a co-production with Pittsburgh Public Theater that is enjoying its world premiere at Portland Center Stage, gently troubles our assumptions and, if we allow it, will awaken appropriate curiosity about what we don’t know.
The play’s structure is deceptively simple. Joe picks up his college-age daughter Lucy from an East Coast airport to surprise her with a road trip back to their home in Portland after her year abroad. As it turns out, he took this trip once before, with Jenny, Lucy’s mother, before they married. The play cuts back and forth in time between Joe’s road trips with Lucy and Jenny, revealing bits of the truth about each of its three characters.
We eventually gather that all three were born outside the U.S.—as Joe jokes, neither he nor his daughter can run for president—but the play doesn’t specify which country. And in small ways, each of these relatable characters defies our expectations in ways that might well provoke questions about why we have those expectations.
You might find yourself trying to place where they are “from,” particularly when Joe and Jenny are getting to know each other, or wondering why they left their home countries. Yet you might also notice that neither of them wants to go back; neither feels satisfied with their options there. Joe is constantly focused on what “people” or “they” say or what he has read, endlessly recounting advice from his many unnamed sources for how to fit in here. Jenny casts a more critical eye, noticing the contradictions and holes in Joe’s explanations for why things are the way they are in the U.S.; questioning the point of tipping service workers, for example, and the value of learning English. And you might find yourself momentarily distracted that neither Joe nor Jenny speaks with an accent when they converse with each other—but then realize that what you are seeing is a representation of how they sound to one another.
The play’s slight adjustments of expectations also shed different light on Joe’s choices and his relationship to his daughter than you might typically see. You might notice that the usual assumption would be that all of their differences boil down to old-country-vs.-new-country cultural norms—yet Joe is more complicated than that, and so is Lucy. The play opens up more possibilities for what drives Joe, and also for what drives his daughter’s struggles for identity.
Yee has noted that her plays reflect an interest in the “impossibility of knowing who your parents were before they had you.” In related ways, it may also be impossible for even loving parents to wholly know their child. The scrambling of time and setting here tenderly explores who each of the three characters is at their core, things they might sense about each other, especially across generations, but never see. And the decision to keep their origin country unnamed serves to take certain distractions off the table. It also makes room for different possibilities as other casts work with these characters.
This cast is strong. Danny Bernardo captures how Joe’s controlling instincts cover insecurity and an instinct to conform, what might attract him to a partner whose assurance comes from a different set of assumptions, and how he might manage to raise a daughter both loyal and capable of defiance. Marielle Young infuses Jenny with furious determination that resists the conformity we demand of women, and especially immigrant women; you might feel some appropriate sorrow that Lucy’s understandable resentments miss some information about her mother that she might admire. And Sammy Rat Rios holds with complexity the contradictions of a child navigating the differences in social location that so commonly challenge the children of immigrant parents. Their work reflects the humane instincts of director Desdemona Chiang, Yee’s frequent collaborator, an immigrant herself and, like Yee, a daughter of immigrants.
“Young Americans” means to challenge your sense of who might be included in that description, and succeeds by building empathy that leaves room for curiosity. It plays at Portland Center Stage through March 26.


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Yes, you can definitely freeze air into a liquid! Air is mostly nitrogen and oxygen which can be liquefied by compressing and cooling to extremely low temperatures. In this guide, let me walk you through the science behind liquefying gases, how liquid air is produced, its uses, supercool properties, and even tips to make your own liquid air at home.
The Concept of Liquefaction
Liquefaction or condensation refers to the phenomenon where a gas is converted into the liquid state. For this to happen, the gas particles need to lose enough kinetic energy so they can get close together and form molecular bonds characteristic of the liquid state.
There are two main ways to achieve liquefaction:
- Lowering the temperature of the gas close to its boiling point
- Increasing the pressure exerted on the gas
By combining temperature reduction and compression, all gases can theoretically be liquefied.
Critical Temperature and Pressure
Every gas has a critical point – the precise combination of temperature and pressure at which the gas transitions into liquid. For oxygen, this critical point is -118°C and 50 atmospheres pressure.
Once a gas is cooled below its critical temperature, applying additional pressure allows liquefaction to occur at higher temperatures. This is how gases are liquefied on an industrial scale.
The Composition of Air
Air is primarily composed of:
- Nitrogen – 78.1%
- Oxygen – 20.9%
- Argon – 0.93%
- Carbon dioxide – 0.04%
There are also trace amounts of neon, helium, methane and hydrogen.
To understand how air can be liquefied, let‘s look at the boiling points of its main components at atmospheric pressure:
|Boiling Point (°C)
As you can see, all these gases transition to liquid states at extremely low temperatures.
The Process of Liquefying Air
The key steps in liquefying air are:
- Purification – Removal of CO2, H2O, and hydrocarbons
- Compression – Typically to around 20-30 bars pressure
- Cooling – Using heat exchangers to lower temperature incrementally
- Expansion – Throttling pressure to complete liquefaction
- Storage – In insulated vessels to maintain liquid state
Modern liquefaction plants can produce over 300 tons of liquid air per day! The compression is done using multi-stage compressors and cooling by circulating cold gaseous nitrogen in the heat exchangers.
Let me walk you through a typical industrial process for air liquefaction:
The air is pressurized to around 20 bars using a compressor. This raises the temperature to around 200°C. Additional stages of compression with intercooling can further increase the pressure.
The compressed air passes through beds of adsorbent materials like silica gel and activated alumina to remove water, CO2 and hydrocarbons.
The air then passes through a series of heat exchangers. First it is cooled to ambient temperatures using cooling water. Then it enters heat exchangers to bring it down to cryogenic temperatures around -170°C to -190°C using cold recycled nitrogen gas.
The high-pressure cold air is then throttled through an expansion valve to lower the pressure. This sudden expansion causes flash evaporation, rapidly cooling the air and condensing around 20% of it into liquid.
The liquid/gas mixture is put through a separator where the liquid air collects at the bottom and cold nitrogen vapor leaves from the top. This cold nitrogen gas is recycled and used to cool the incoming air.
The liquid air is finally stored in special double-walled vacuum flasks called Dewar vessels to keep it at supercold temperatures.
This entire process requires enormous amounts of compression energy and complex heat exchange systems. Therefore, liquid air production is quite energy-intensive and needs massive industrial facilities.
Applications of Liquid Air
Some uses of liquid air:
The ultracold temperature of liquid air makes it ideal for cooling applications. It can maintain refrigerated trucks and railroad cars at subzero temperatures for transporting frozen foods and perishable items.
Liquid air‘s low temperature can freeze foods like fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables very rapidly. This quick freezing prevents ice crystal formation and maintains food quality.
Liquid oxygen as an oxidizer leads to more energetic combustion when combined with fuels. This property is harnessed as rocket propellants in spacecraft.
Biological samples like reproductive cells, viruses, and even organs can be preserved viable for years using liquid air‘s cryogenic temperatures.
The high purity oxygen separated from liquid air helps produce clean, precision welds for metals. This includes applications like nuclear reactor components.
Reactions between gases are enhanced at the low temperatures achievable with liquid air. These are used to produce chemicals like nitric acid and methanol.
From studying material properties at supercold temperatures to visualizing complex physics concepts, liquid air has a range of uses in lab experiments and science demonstrations.
The global market for liquid air was over $13 billion in 2019 driven by surging demand from healthcare, mining, construction, and other industries.
Properties of Liquid Air
Let‘s look at some of the remarkable properties of liquid air:
- Pale blue translucent color
- Density around 0.9 g/ml
- Extremely cold temperature of -194°C
- Viscosity around liquid water
- Boils vigorously at atmospheric pressure
- Freezes alcohol, mercury, rubber etc instantly
- Non-toxic but can cause frostbite on contact
When exposed to ambient air, liquid air undergoes rapid boiling and produces an intense fog as water condenses from the atmosphere. Just 1 liter of liquid air evaporates and produces around 700 liters of gas!
Liquid oxygen obtained from separating air has an even lower boiling point of -183°C. It is paramagnetic and exhibits a slight pale blue color. Liquid oxygen is a powerful oxidizer and needs careful handling since it can vigorously burn organic materials.
Cool Physics Experiments
Now that you understand the science behind it, let‘s do some supercool physics experiments with liquid air!
Frozen Balloon Hammer
Blow up a balloon and freeze it in liquid air. Once frozen solid, it becomes as hard as a hammer head and can be used to drive nails into wood! The balloon shatters upon impact revealing how brittle materials become at low temperatures.
Freeze a banana in liquid air and use it as a hammer to drive nails! The frozen banana is temporarily hard enough to hammer nails before disintegrating.
Bouncing Rubber Ball
A rubber ball becomes completely rigid upon freezing in liquid air. When dropped, it bounces like crazy all over the place instead of absorbing impact. This demonstrates loss of elasticity at low temperatures.
A beautiful red rose plunged into liquid air instantly freezes. Lifting it out causes the brittle frozen rose to disintegrate into fragments – a vivid visualization of cryogenic freezing.
These are just a few examples of how liquid air can inspire creative experiments to learn physics concepts. Feel free to explore ideas like magnetic levitation, freezing alcohol into solid blocks, and more!
Liquefying Air at Home
While large-scale liquefaction requires complex industrial facilities, you can liquefy a tiny amount of air at home with basic DIY tools:
What You Need
- Bicycle pump or small air compressor
- Pressure cooker
- Insulated thermos containing isopropyl alcohol and dry ice
- Funnel and jar
- Protective gloves and goggles
- Fill the thermos with isopropyl alcohol and add dry ice. This will cool to around -70°C.
- Use the compressor or pump to pressurize air to 120 psi in the pressure cooker.
- Attach a funnel from the pressure cooker to the thermos. Open the valves to allow pressurized air to bubble through the alcohol-dry ice mixture.
- Collect the drips of liquid air from the funnel outlet in an insulated jar.
This simple process can condense a tiny amount of liquid air. While limited, it demonstrates the underlying science and is fun to try out at home.
Remember to take all necessary safety precautions when experimenting with dry ice and pressurized systems.
So in summary, yes air can be liquefied through sufficient cooling and pressurization into an amazing cryogenic liquid with unique properties! I hope you enjoyed learning about the science of freezing air and its supercool applications through my guide. Feel free to connect with me about any questions you have!


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Mom has been crying for 2 days. She just stopped crying about Ollie passing and now she is crying cause Honey and Deedee and going to their new forever home today. She is so heart broken. OH they have a great new home. It's just MOM! She has a hard time letting go of any of us. I wonder if she will cry and be sad when I get adopted. I'm afraid she will. Poor Mom.
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Miss Cookie...Just get up there in Momma's face, the way doxies do.... give her some extra loving,sweetie! hugs,mazy
Oh Cookie...it's not good when our Mum's are sad. Mum tells me when she misses My George she closes her eyes and thinks of happy times with him, and that there is a Very Special place in her heart for him and all the others who have gone to The Bridge before me....
When you may be adopted I'm sure your Mum will have some Happy & Sad tears....but for now just keep giving lots of love and she will be Happy....
You have some work to do to help her through the sadness. Be a sweet girl and show her how much you love her so she'll feel better.
But Cookie that is so exciting! Your mama has worked so hard getting them a Forever Home. We hope their new mama will take the time to learn how to care for them properly. Some people think we are "just dogs."

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On April 12, 2000, UPMC Health Plan submitted a filing under section 1202(c)(2) of the Uniform Health Insurance Claim Form Act of 1992 (40 P. S. §§ 991.1201 et seq.) requesting the ability to use a blank space on the UB-92 claim form to gather additional claim information. This filing would allow UPMC providers the ability to enter fund code data into Box 49 of the UB-92 claim form. This request shall be deemed approved by the Department if not disapproved within 60 days after the receipt of the filing.
Copies of the filing are available for public inspection during normal working hours, by appointment, at the Insurance Department's office in Harrisburg.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, suggestions or objections to Yen Lucas, Office of Rate and Policy Regulation, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120, within 15 days after publication of this notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
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Today we’d like to introduce you to Ryah Jay.
Ryah, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
I’ve always loved beauty and the art of it. My true love was makeup and I would always do my mom’s makeup before she went out with her friends. As I got older I realized I was also in love with skincare! I decided to go to school to become an Esthetician. While in school my teacher told me she’d think I’d make a great lash artist. I looked at her like she was crazy not knowing the next 3 years it would become something I was really good at. I moved to Los Angeles and serviced my first celebrity clientele. After getting pregnant with my son I moved back to Kansas City where I’ve serviced over 200 clients and mentored other lash artists in the area.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Oh yes. Motherhood is a big part of my entrepreneurial journey. When I first started esthetics school I found out I was 8 weeks pregnant with my first baby. Unfortunately, a few weeks later I miscarried. I didn’t want to fall into my depression even though I was grieving. I finished school and later that next year became pregnant again. This was at the mid part of my lash career. I was excited and carried all the way to 5 months and lost my second baby. So having my son and my career peak at the same time has been a beautiful journey. Though not smooth I wouldn’t change a thing about it.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I specialize in everything beauty. In 2021 I made MHLF (Milf) Beauty an LLC. Standing for makeup, hair removal, lashes & facials I love to provide the Ultimate experience. I do makeup, waxing, facials and I’m known as the Fairy Lash Muva. You love bold, volume lashes? I’m your girl! I am most proud of my clean lash line and styles. What sets me apart is my energy! It’s important my clients leave relaxed and confident. Currently I added healing work to my lash sessions. Starting a new business with my son as part owner Herbs N’ Harlem is a healing salt business that promotes relaxation and helps ease anxiety.
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WOW! What an eye opener. On every page something popped out and made me think about myself and how I react to events around me.
Thirty three year old, Lorna Crawford is realizing she wants and deserves more then what life is giving her right now. While struggling to find her spiritual side, she attends a silent retreat and ends up making friends that have similar goals. After the retreat, Lorna returns to the “real world” having to find a way to live with the negativity of her co-workers, her boyfriend’s difference in goals, and the relationship with her mother. She works hard to stay positive and often helps others around her become positive.
Lorna is definitely a character I can relate to. Although I am not overly spiritual, I love the calm and positive ways she dealt with the world around her. The negativeness of the world around her gets her down, but she manages to turn it around into a positive. I found myself learning by her examples. Smiling at strangers, changing a negative thought into a positive thought, or just sitting and listening to myself.
Downward Dog Upward Fog is a definite good read. Even if a person is not spiritual or into yoga, they would thoroughly enjoy this book. This book is not just about spirituality, it is a book about relationships with your mother, boyfriend, co-workers, and yourself.
Unique Spiritual/Yoga Women's Novel a Book-of-the-Year Finalist
The most prestigious small-press book-of-the-year award, sponsored by the industry publication Foreword Reviews, just released its list of finalists for its book of the year contest, and Meryl Davids Landau's unique women's novel, Downward Dog, Upward Fog, is on the short list in the general fiction category.
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Björn Ulvaeusis best known as one of four members of 1970s Swedish pop sensation ABBA.
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Born in Gothenberg, Sweden, Björn Ulvaeus frist gained recognition in the 1960s in Sweden as part of pop group the Hootenanny Singers. After Ulvaeus met fellow musician Benny Andresson, the two teamed up with vocalists Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad to form ABBA. The group became a major international hit with songs like "Dancing Queen," "Fernando,
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Musician. Björn Ulvaeus was born on April 25, 1945, in Gothenburg, a city on the west coast of Sweden. His family moved to the small eastern town of Vastervik in 1951, and it was there that Ulvaeus spent the rest of childhood. His parents, Aina and Gunnar Ulvaeus, were both passionate music lovers, and they bought Ulvaeus his first guitar for his 11th birthday. Under the tutelage of an older cousin, Jon Ulfsater, a folk and jazz guitarist, Ulvaeus showed rare talent and promise. As a teenager, he became enamored with rock 'n' roll and skiffle music.
Ulvaeus was also a gifted student, attending Lund University to study business law. At Lund he befriended three other aspiring musicians—Tony Rooth, Hansi Schwarz and Johan Karlberg—and, at the encouragement at one of the school's music teachers, formed a group named the West Bay Singers.
Playing a mix of folk and Dixieland jazz, the West Bay Singers competed in amateur singing competitions, soon developing a strong local following in the Vastervik area. In 1963, the foursome took a hiatus from school, borrowed an old Volvo and set out to tour across Europe. While the tour did not achieve staggering success, the band's gigs earned enough money to cover food, gas and hotel lodging, and by all accounts the group had the time of their lives. Returning to Sweden later that year, they learned that Ulvaeus' mother had entered them in a national talent show whose Swedish name translates to Place on the Stage. "I wanted to cancel our appearance straight away," Ulvaeus recalled, "because I thought that we weren't ready. And then finally, after some thought, I told myself that maybe we had a chance." The West Bay Singers reached the contest finals in Norrkoping, and although they did not place, they attracted the attention of music producer Stig Andersson, who signed them to a recording contract. He recalled, "I must confess that when I saw Björn singing and playing, I had a feeling that he had enormous potential. They were a good group, of course, but Björn stood out from the others."
Changing the band's name to the Hootenanny Singers and deciding to sing mostly in Swedish, which was very uncommon for Swedish commercial pop music at that time, the group released a debut single in early 1964. It skyrocketed to the top of the Swedish pop charts. They released their first album, which contained six Swedish and six English songs, later that year. Meanwhile Ulvaeus, who had kept up his studies while touring and recording, passed his exams to graduate from Lund University.
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Plano boasts everything from mouth-watering Texan smokehouses and BBQ joints to fascinating heritage museums that reveal secrets of the railroad and agricultural stories of this section of the south. Add to that a clutch of beautiful parks, a multicultural medley of eateries that tout crusty Italian pizzas and craft beers alike, some great art house cinemas, walking trails and top-quality shopping, and it’s easy to see how Plano, the little sister of Dallas, is worth the visit! Here are the best things to do in Plano.
This city creates a beautiful marriage of modern amenities and attractions with rustic Southern charm. Whether you like to hit the clubs on Saturday nights and dance to the latest tunes or enjoy quiet Sunday brunch buffets, whether you love exploring the history of places in museums or fancy going on long shopping sprees, there is something for you in Plano. This city is famous for being voted as the “safest city in America,” so you can have peace of mind while here, even if you are a single woman on a solo trip. So if you find yourself in this charming yet modern city and are looking for fun things to do, read on as we explore the best things to do in Plano, TX.
Visit the Heritage Farmstead Museum
The ancestral home of the Farrell clan is now one of the most enthralling museums in all of Plano. Billed as a living museum for its dedication to preserving every minutia of the day-to-day lives of its former early 20th-century inhabitants, the site reveals the ins and outs of sheep and wheat farming on the backcountry prairies of Texas during the period from 1890 to 1930. Today, visitors can explore the old outhouses that were raised by the Farrell family, see the single-room school house that one taught the country children of North Texas, and unravel stories of the scouts, local firefighters and more in the various temporary exhibits.
Experience Historic Downtown Plano
Historic Downtown Plano is still comprised of many of the city’s earliest buildings, which date back to 1896. If you are wondering what to do in Plano today, this is a great place to start exploring. Today, the historic area, which covers six city blocks, is an urbanized space, and various restaurants, shops, downtown housing, bars, cafes, and offices are housed in the restored and preserved buildings. The lively district is the epicenter of Plano’s cultural events, and it frequently hosts street events, block parties, art festivals, and other exciting activities.
Appreciate some art at the ArtCentre of Plano
The ArtCentre of Plano is a non-profit art exhibition center located in Plano’s downtown historic area. It is housed in a grand early 20th century Victorian mansion that was once the home of the Harrington Furniture Store. The ArtCentre is host to a variety of exhibits throughout the year, and it is dedicated to supporting the development and growth of independent and emerging artists within the community. The centre also offers a variety of classes, including performing and visual arts classes along with music lessons. Throughout the year, the centre is host to various cultural events, meetings, and lectures, all of which are listed on the centre’s online calendar.
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Rocket League can be challenging, especially for new players. The game has a lot of mechanics and nuances that can be difficult to master, such as ball physics, boost management, and proper shot execution. Learning these skills and becoming proficient at the game can take time and practice.
If you’re looking to become a professional Rocket League player, there are several things you can do to increase your chances of success. In this article, we’ll go over ten tips and strategies to tell you how to get better at Rocket League.
- Practice, practice, practice – The more you play, the better you’ll get. Try to play as often as possible and against higher-skilled opponents; doing so will help you learn new skills and techniques and adapt to different playstyles.
- Learn the mechanics – Rocket League has a lot of mechanics and nuances that can be difficult to master. Try to learn about ball physics, boost management, and how to execute different shots and passes appropriately. Some many online tutorials and guides can help you understand these mechanics, so take advantage of them.
- Work on your positioning – Proper positioning is critical in Rocket League. Make an effort to position yourself in the best possible place on the field; doing so will allow you to make plays on the ball and defend against opponents more effectively.
- Learn the different game modes – Rocket League has several different game modes, each with its own rules and strategies. Try to learn and understand the other methods, which will help you adapt to different situations and scenarios.
- Communicate with your team – Communication is crucial in Rocket League, especially in team-based modes. Make an effort to communicate with your teammates, letting them know where you are on the field and what you plan to do with the ball; doing so will help you coordinate your efforts and work together more effectively.
- Watch and learn from other players – One of the best ways to improve at Rocket League is to watch and learn from other players. Try to find streams or videos of high-level players and pay attention to how they play the game. You can learn a lot by watching how they approach different situations and how they execute shots and passes.
- Keep going – Improving at Rocket League can be challenging, and it’s natural to get frustrated or discouraged sometimes. Don’t let setbacks get you down; remember that everyone has to start somewhere. Keep practicing and working hard, and you’ll eventually see improvement.
- Reward yourself for improvement – One way to stay motivated and improve at Rocket League is to reward yourself for small victories and improvements. This could be simple, like treating yourself to a snack after a perfect game or setting a goal for yourself and rewarding yourself with a new rocket league item once you reach it.
- Use training packs to practice specific skills – Training packs are unique game modes in Rocket League that allow you to practice specific skills and techniques. These can be a great way to focus on a particular game aspect and improve more quickly.
- Play with a consistent team – Playing with a consistent team can help you improve in several ways:
- It allows you to develop chemistry and communication with your teammates, which can be crucial in team-based modes.
- It allows you to develop strategies and tactics specific to your team, giving you an edge in matches.
- It allows you to get used to playing with the same group of people, which can help you adapt to different playstyles more easily.
In conclusion, if you want to get better at Rocket League, it’s important to practice often, learn the mechanics, work on your positioning, learn the different game modes, communicate with your team, and watch and learn from other players. With dedication and hard work, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a top-level Rocket League player.

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Urgent action is needed to address preterm birth given that the first country-level estimates show that globally 15 million babies are born too soon and rates are increasing in most countries with reliable time trend data. As the first in a supplement entitled Born Too Soon, this paper focuses on the global policy context. Preterm birth is critical for progress on Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG) for child survival by 2015 and beyond, and gives added value to maternal health (MDG 5) investments also linking to non-communicable diseases. For preterm babies who survive, the additional burden of prematurity-related disability may affect families and health systems. Prematurity is an explicit priority in many high-income settings; however, more attention is needed especially in low- and middle-income countries where the invisibility of preterm birth as well as its myths and misconceptions have slowed action on prevention and care. Recent global attention to preterm birth hit a tipping point in 2012, with the May 2 publication of Born Too Soon: The Global Action Report on Preterm Birth and with the 2§ssup§nd §esup§annual World Prematurity Day on November 17 which mobilised the actions of partners in many countries to address preterm birth and newborn health. Interventions to strengthen preterm birth prevention and care span the continuum of care for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health. Both prevention of preterm birth and implementation of care of premature babies require more research, as well as more policy attention and programmatic investment. Declaration. This article is part of a supplement jointly funded by Save the Children's Saving Newborn Lives programme through a grant from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and March of Dimes Foundation and published in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO). The original article was published in PDF format in the WHO Report Born Too Soon: the global action report on preterm birth (ISBN 978 92 4 150343 30). The article has been reformatted for journal publication and has undergone peer review according to Reproductive Health's standard process for supplements and may feature some variations in content when compared to the original report. This co-publication makes the article available to the community in a full-text format. © 2013 Howson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Howson, C. P., Kinney, M. V., McDougall, L., & Lawn, J. E. (2013). Born Toon Soon: Preterm birth matters. Reproductive Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-4755-10-S1-S1


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Deryn Trainer on the Roland Jupiter-50 Synth
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A professional pianist and music director for more than 20 years, Deryn has worked with some of the biggest and best entertainers from around the world and in New Zealand, including Kamahl, Sir Howard Morrison, Russell Watson, among others. Deryn was the winner of NZ’s ‘Stars intheir Eyes’ as the pianoman, Billy Joel.
What was immediately useful on the Jupiter-50?
For me it was the layout of the keyboard. Everything is where you would expect it to be.
How did you find the key-bed? Is it responsive enough for a
I have found the key-bed on the JP-50 to be light and very responsive.
No chance of worsening your RSI with this action! I especially like the touch sensitivity on different sounds – the best example of this is the acoustic/flamenco guitars. Being able to realistically recreate a strumming action and note-bending without using the pitch bender – just the way you play the note. (It’s a real pleasure to play ‘Hotel California’ without the need for a guitarist - only keyboard players will understand this.) The same applies to the acoustic/electric bass sounds which have string and fret noise embedded in them depending on the pressure applied to the key-bed.
Does the main tone selections on board the JP-50 suit the music genres you play?
Yes! It’s all there. The main sounds I look for are good Pianos, EPs, Organs, Strings and Brass. The SuperNATURAL acoustic tones have an amazing sound and authenticity to them and they are all there at the touch of a button. Even easier to layer or save in the Live Sets memory for quick and easy recall when on stage. I really like the older Roland synth sounds, which are all there too. Great pads and leads that are faithful to the vintage analogue synths.
Is the layout of the keyboard easy and user-friendly to negotiate when playing live?
Make no bones about it, Roland got this exactly right. The JP-50 is an incredibly user-friendly board. Within 90-120 seconds of turning this beasty on, I had all I needed to perform a live gig using it as a main keyboard as a soloist, or 2nd keyboard in a 2-tier rig for a band gig. I work a lot with drummer and fellow Roland endorsee Patrick Khutze. Within that 2-minute time period having never seen the JP-50 before, I had sorted my sounds, split the keyboard to play Bass with my left hand and we were playing live at an Expo. I was amazed at how easy it was.
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UK melodic prog artist Kite Parade, the solo vehicle for Somerset based musician Andy Foster, have returned with a video for their brand new sing Retro, which you can watch below.
Retro is the title track to the second album from Kite Parade,, which will be released through Whte Knight Records on March 28. Once again Foster has collaborated with Big Big Train drummer Nick D'Virgilio and Wishbone Ash's Joe Crabtree while Steve Thorne again provides lyrics and Big Big Train producer Rob Aubrey has mixed and mastered the new album.
“In some ways ‘Retro’ carries on in the same vein as ‘The Way Home’, as a couple of the tracks were written around that same time period and of course I’m once again blessed with my genius dream team of Nick D’Virgilio and Joe Crabtree on drums and Rob Aubrey at the helm for mixing and mastering.
"Stylistically, I think we’re on familiar territory but maybe Retro has an ever so slightly darker feel. I can’t wait for everyone to listen to the album. After starting out as a studio based project, I'm happy to announce that I’m in the process of putting a band together to get Kite Parade out there playing live at festivals and support slots. Exciting times ahead!"
You can view the new album artwork and tracklisitng below.
Kite Parade: Retro
2. Speed Of Light
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5. Under The Same Sun


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Odessa is a wonderful place to live, work and visit. With a population over 100,000, the city offers a variety of recreational activities, shopping and entertainment. Located in the Permian Basin, Odessa was founded in 1881 as a water stop and cattle-shipping point on the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Odessa is known for its cowboy culture, the legion of oil rigs that stand on top of dusty plains, and Friday Night Lights, a book and film based on one of the town’s high school football teams. Yet there’s more to this West Texas town than meets the eye. Spend some time here and you'll discover more than a few surprises, such as a working recreation of William Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, a replica of Stonehenge, and second largest meteor crater in the United States. Not only that, but the Midland-Odessa area also has a thriving arts scene with top-class performers and a world-class performing arts center.


Smok Novo 2
The Smok Novo 2 is a new e-pen which is often used for several purposes. The initial Smok Novo was created as a single use device, which was made to be utilized while your hand was on trips. The Smok Novo II is a rechargeable battery e-pens which you can use on any type of digital camera. When you have to travel or are going from the town, it is highly recommended that you purchase the product because you will never be without electricity. The Smok Novo II has a battery life of over five hours, that is twice as long as the original Smok Novo.
The largest difference between the two may be the large improvement in battery life, now from the initial 450 mah battery the Novo II comes with over twice that at 800 mah. Double the battery living means twice the battery moment. This battery has a built in charger that provides easy charging. It has two independent pod options, one is really a conventional quick discharge pod and the other being a unique micro-SD pod option. Whatever your specific intentions for these devices I am sure you can get something compatible.
Smok Novo 2 Kits is quite popular and extremely well built electronic devices that basically do set a new bar for the vaporizer market. The vaporizer kits that Smok manufactures involve some pretty incredible features that produce vaporizing with them easier than ever before. With a Smok Novo 2 Kit you can enjoy superior flavor and benefits from your electronic devices. A huge benefit to Smok Novo 2 Kits is they are much easier to completely clean than most of the other vaporizers in the marketplace. You do not have to worry about soap build-up or even metal bowls anymore.
You can find two different varieties of Smok Novo Kits. The first is called the deluxe kit. This is basically the same basic product because the standard but with some extra characteristics and a fresh look. The deluxe kit carries a mouthpiece, atomizer, replacement atomizers, substitution glass and a drip tray. The only extra things that include this vaporizer are the instructional products and the noVo logo design on the cartridge.
Another kit that Smok manufactures may be the Smok Novo 2 Deluxe Plus Kit. This is the bit more advanced compared to the deluxe because it also has a battery life of eight hours, includes a larger mouth piece, and comes with two extra pods. It also has an instructional booklet that provides you a step by step guide on using your Smok. This kit also offers a warranty which should last you anywhere from one to three years depending on brand of love that you purchase.
The Smok Novo 2 also offers a unique feature that most other devices do not have. A blue LED indicator light source is built into the heating chamber, so that you know when it’s time and energy to change out the batteries or modify the heater. You will find a built-in safety sensor that prevents these devices from accidentally warming up and melting the lips of one’s fingers. The Smok Novo 2 even includes a digital LED display that tells you the temperature of the heating system chamber as well as the battery life staying.
Exactly why Smok wants to get this to product is because it really is so much easier to utilize compared to the old model. The starter system for the Smok Novo 2 is manufactured out of stainless steel that makes it easy to clean and keep clean. The device also has a front door that makes it an easy task to open up for airflow. You can find two heaters on the sides of these devices that allows you to heat your chest part and your finger. On the back of the device you will discover the rechargeable nic-salt battery. It is simple to overcome ten hours of battery existence with all the Smok Novo 2.
Most vaporizers on the market today use the Smok Novo 2 as a base, but many other companies are now making their own little unique combo device to go along with the Smok Novo 2. Some people like to use the Smok Novo 2 plus a Smok Vaporizer USB, but unless you have a USB port then your Smok Novo 2 can be used with any USB port. As well, the two heaters on the sides enable you to change the temperature with an individual button click. The Smok Novo 2 has set the bar high in terms of love systems.


Canon inkjet printers and multifunctional devices control the level of ink consumed in cartridges. Every time the printer is turned on or the cartridges are cleaned, the waste paint is absorbed into the maintenance box. This is a specially designed container located under the parking area of the cartridge carriage. It is a very convenient tool that facilitates the life of modern man.
Printer itself does not have the ability to control the ink level in this tool. This is the reason why Canon engineers have decided to track what they can control. We mean the estimated amount of waste paint. And once its level reaches critical levels, the printer is blocked and “requires” the user to take it to the service centre. But, you will certainly spend a lot of money and time. In such a procedure to avoid this, you can make these steps yourself. In particular, there is no complexity in this primitive procedure.
Purpose of Maintenance Box replacement
You should not forget that between the purchase of the printer and the moment of filling the Maintenance Box, there is a long period of time during which you will be able to print many pictures or photos. But, sooner or later, this sad moment will come, and we should not panic as you will always be able to easily fix this problem and reset the metres so that the system starts to count the amount of spent ink.
Also, you should remember that on some Canon models, you will only be able to reset the counters before the printer “demands” you to repair it at the service centre. However, the Canon Service Tool is a useful tool to help you with this process. It shows you how the system tracks the overflow of the Maintenance Box. This is the reason why it is easy for the user to reset the parameters in a timely manner.
As for the Maintenance Box, the best option is to remove it and throw it away for good, and the hose on which the paint flows, you should take out of the shell and lower it into some jar. You can even use a can of ink for this purpose if you make a small hole in the lid with a needle or a nail. After that, you can forget about the Maintenance Box and not worry about its repair. Otherwise, the Canon Service Tool will help you.
How to activate service mode for resetting counters:
- First, you should turn the printer off the electricity. Just turning it off won’t help you.
- Next, you should click on the «Enable» button. As a result, this inclusion attempt will help to reset memory.
- After that, you should plug the power cord back into the socket.
- Click on the «Cancel» button and on the «Include» one.
- Next, without releasing the on button, you should press the «Cancel» button several times. The Canon printer model will affect the duration of this process. Each push is fixed by a change of shades. So, instead of the yellow one, there’s the green one, and then the yellow one again.
- When you do everything correctly, you should remove your finger from the button and watch the light. It should glow a couple of times green, and then it should glow. If the user sees the indicator lights green, it means that the printer has switched to service mode. If the indicator continues to blink or another colour is on fire, it means that you have done something wrong.
Resources for searching computer programs
Today, there are many useful tools on the Internet on special sites where you can download new apps. There are some Windows download programs too, including the Canon Service Tool.
When downloading a diaper reset program, you should consider that the newer printer model, the newer version of this program should be. As a rule, when describing the program update, the full list of supported series and printer models is specified there. This is why you should check the list beforehand so you can find or detect the missing model and make a correct decision on whether to download a particular version of this program.


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It may only be a few months after Jamie Vardy's breakthrough season for Leicester City - in which his 24 league goals helped his club to the title - but according to The Sun, scouts have identified Brentford forward Scott Hogan as another possible star to emerge from non-league football.
The 24-year-old impressed towards the end of last season after recovering from injury to score seven goals in as many appearances.
He was released by Rochdale at the end of the 2009/10 season, and dropped into non-league football with Woodley Sports in Stockport where he scored 21 goals.
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The striker's story certainly has similarities to that of Vardy. The 29-year-old was playing for Fleetwood Town as recently as 2012, and he scored 31 goals in a season before getting a move to Leicester.
Since then his career has had an incredible trajectory, with his work-rate, pace and willingness to run beyond any defence meaning that he has become one of the most feared forwards in the Premier League.
His goals were key to the Foxes' Premier League title win, and whilst other key players such as N'Golo Kante have since left the club, Vardy has committed his long-term future to the side by signing a new contract and rejecting overtures from Arsenal, who were willing to meet his buyout clause.
Such an incredible story has not gone unnoticed by film companies and Vardy has agreed to have a biopic made about him. This comes after he has broken into the England squad and scored against Wales at Euro 2016.


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The Organizational Culture Inventory® (OCI) is a diagnostic tool developed by Human Synergistics International to assess and measure the culture within organizations. It provides valuable insights into the prevailing culture, norms, and behaviors within an organization, and helps leaders and teams understand the impact of the culture on various aspects of organizational performance.
The OCI focuses on three fundamental dimensions of organizational culture:
- Constructive Styles: This dimension represents behaviors and norms that foster a positive and constructive work environment. It includes styles such as Achievement, Self-Actualizing, Humanistic-Encouraging, and Affiliative. These are measures of satisfaction.
- Passive/Defensive Styles: This dimension reflects behaviors and norms that inhibit performance and collaboration. It includes styles such as Approval, Conventional, Dependent, and Avoidance. These are measures of security.
- Aggressive/Defensive Styles: This dimension represents behaviors and norms that are competitive, controlling, and often lead to conflict. It includes styles such as Oppositional, Power, Competitive, and Perfectionistic. These are measures of security.
By assessing the cultural norms within an organization, the OCI helps leaders and teams understand the strengths and weaknesses of their culture. It provides insights into how the current culture may impact employee satisfaction, teamwork, decision-making, communication, and overall organizational effectiveness. This understanding allows organizations to target areas for improvement. It helps to develop strategies for cultural change, and create a more positive and productive work environment. Karl Perry uses the OCI is for organizational development, culture change initiatives, and leadership development programs.
Make the Organizational Culture Inventory® (OCI®) part of your change initiative.

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