The Role of Network Assurance in enhancing Performance and efficiency for Telecoms
In today’s interconnected telecom landscape, the reliability and security of networks are paramount for seamless service delivery. One of the critical tools for telecom companies is Network Assurance, a methodology ensuring networks operate optimally while adhering to stringent security standards.
Understanding Network Assurance
Defining Network Assurance
Network Assurance represents the bedrock of a well-functioning and strategically aligned network infrastructure within any organization. At its core, it encapsulates the systematic approach of validating and ensuring that the configurations, services, and operational behaviors of a network seamlessly converge with the defined business objectives.
Picture a control tower at an airport – just as it orchestrates the movements of planes to ensure safe and efficient travel, Network Assurance acts as the vigilant overseer, meticulously examining telemetry data and configurations. This scrutiny aims to pinpoint any deviations or irregularities that might veer the network away from its intended course of operation.
Challenges in Network Configuration
Navigating the labyrinth of transforming diverse business requirements into cohesive network policies poses significant challenges. It’s akin to crafting a complex mosaic where each piece, in the form of various configuration options, must fit harmoniously to create the desired picture – the network’s alignment with business needs.
The multifaceted nature of network configuration options often presents a maze-like challenge. Without a precise understanding and implementation of configurations that resonate with the company’s operational goals, there’s a risk of inadvertently creating network settings that fall short of serving the intended purpose.
The Significance of Network Assurance
Network Assurance stands as the guardian of network health, functionality, and optimization. It’s more than ensuring network uptime; it’s about crafting an environment where networks perform optimally within the pre-defined parameters set by the organization.
Imagine the ripple effect caused by a network disruption. It’s not just a momentary inconvenience; it has the potential to disrupt operations, compromise data security, and erode user experience. Network Assurance, in this context, becomes the proactive shield against such disruptions, safeguarding the network’s integrity and ensuring seamless operations.
Furthermore, in a sprawling network landscape where different segments often operate under disparate policies, Network Assurance plays the role of an integrator. By instituting standardized policies across the entire network infrastructure, it harmonizes the user experience. This consistency not only streamlines operations but also enhances user satisfaction by eliminating the dissonance that comes with varied network experiences.
Delving Deeper into Network Assurance’s Impact
Network Assurance doesn’t merely function as a reactive measure to ensure network stability; it’s a proactive strategy that significantly impacts an organization’s productivity and competitiveness.
- Optimized Performance: Network Assurance ensures that the network operates at peak performance levels, meeting the demands of the business operations. This optimization not only boosts efficiency but also enables the seamless execution of critical tasks and processes.
- Enhanced Security: With cyber threats evolving daily, maintaining robust network security is paramount. Network Assurance plays a pivotal role here by constantly monitoring the network for vulnerabilities, ensuring compliance with security protocols, and promptly addressing any potential risks or breaches.
- Improved Agility and Scalability: In the rapidly evolving business landscape, adaptability is key. Network Assurance enables organizations to scale their networks efficiently, accommodating growth while maintaining operational agility.
- Predictive Maintenance: Leveraging advanced analytics and AI-driven insights, Network Assurance predicts potential network issues before they materialize. This proactive approach to maintenance minimizes downtime, optimizing network reliability.
- Strategic Decision-Making: By providing comprehensive insights into network performance and user behavior, Network Assurance equips organizations with invaluable data for informed decision-making. It offers visibility into network trends, enabling strategic planning and resource allocation.
Leveraging Network Assurance Platforms
Automation for Efficiency: Network assurance platforms use automation, machine learning, and modeling to streamline administrative tasks. They monitor network behavior, proactively identify misconfigurations or deficiencies, and predict the impact of changes before implementation.
Benefits for Telecom Companies: These platforms facilitate a shift from reactive to proactive network management. They identify and rectify inconsistencies in real-time, mitigating issues before impacting business operations, enhancing uptime, and fortifying data security.
Network Assurance in Action: Real-Time Management
- End-to-End Performance Visibility: Network Assurance goes beyond conventional monitoring by offering comprehensive visibility into telecom networks, encompassing diverse elements such as routers, switches, and external services. This in-depth visibility allows for proactive identification of performance issues and potential bottlenecks across the entire network infrastructure.
- Proactive Issue Resolution: Unlike traditional monitoring methods that often react to issues after they occur, Network Assurance proactively identifies and addresses potential network inconsistencies or misconfigurations. By leveraging real-time data analysis and predictive models, telecom operators can anticipate and resolve network performance problems before they escalate, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.
- Optimizing External Environments: With the rising dependence on external services and cloud-based solutions in telecom networks, Network Assurance actively manages and optimizes these external environments. It ensures seamless integration of these services into the network fabric, minimizing disruptions and maintaining consistent performance standards.
- Holistic Network Management: Network Assurance takes a holistic approach to network management by considering not only the internal infrastructure but also external elements critical to service delivery. This broader perspective enables telecom organizations to address network issues comprehensively, ensuring a smooth end-to-end user experience.
- Empowering Proactive Network Governance: By actively managing service delivery chains and external environments, Network Assurance empowers telecom operators to govern their networks proactively. It allows for a shift from reactive problem-solving to proactive network management strategies, ensuring greater network reliability, security, and overall operational efficiency.
The Role of Network Assurance in Telecom Operations
- Comprehensive Network Monitoring: Network Assurance serves as the vigilant eyes and ears of telecom operations, continuously monitoring the entire network infrastructure. It offers a comprehensive view that encompasses various elements like routers, switches, servers, and applications. This extensive monitoring helps in early detection of anomalies, bottlenecks, or potential security threats, allowing for timely intervention and resolution.
- Predictive Analysis for Proactive Management: Beyond just observing ongoing operations, Network Assurance leverages predictive analytics. By analyzing historical data patterns and current network behavior, it forecasts potential issues or performance degradation. This proactive approach enables telecom operators to take preemptive measures, preventing possible service disruptions and ensuring consistent service quality for users.
- Automated Diagnostics and Remediation: Network Assurance platforms are equipped with automated diagnostic capabilities. When discrepancies or performance issues are detected, these tools swiftly pinpoint the root causes. Moreover, they provide intelligent recommendations or automated actions for issue resolution. This automation reduces manual intervention, accelerates troubleshooting, and minimizes downtime, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Integration and Collaboration: A key strength of Network Assurance lies in its ability to integrate seamlessly with diverse telecom technologies and systems. These platforms collaborate with existing tools, management systems, and APIs, fostering interoperability across the network infrastructure. Such integrations facilitate centralized management, streamline workflows, and create a unified ecosystem for efficient telecom operations.
- Continuous Improvement and Adaptation: Network Assurance is not a static process. It operates on a cycle of continuous improvement. By collecting real-time data, analyzing trends, and gathering insights, it enables telecom operators to refine network policies and configurations. This iterative approach fosters adaptive network management, ensuring networks evolve to meet the changing demands of users, technology advancements, and security requirements.
In essence, Network Assurance acts as the backbone of telecom operations, providing holistic visibility, predictive capabilities, automation, collaboration, and a framework for ongoing enhancement. This multifaceted role ensures that telecom networks operate at peak performance, delivering reliability, security, and seamless connectivity for end-users.
In today’s telecommunications landscape, the pillars of network reliability and security stand as indispensable cornerstones. Network Assurance emerges as a critical ally, not just a tool but a strategic imperative for telecom operations. Its proactive capabilities in managing networks, enforcing compliance, and swiftly addressing issues bolster its importance in upholding impeccable network performance and safeguarding sensitive data.
The essence of Network Assurance lies in its proactive approach—it’s not merely reactive but anticipates and mitigates potential pitfalls before they disrupt operations. For telecom companies navigating the intricate web of evolving technologies and digital complexities, embracing Network Assurance isn’t just beneficial; it’s essential. It ensures that networks remain resilient, adaptable, and robust in the face of emerging challenges and ever-evolving cyber threats.
Telecom operations hinge on seamless connectivity and unshakable security. Network Assurance stands at the forefront, offering a shield against potential disruptions and vulnerabilities. By integrating Network Assurance into their operational framework, telecom companies fortify their networks, ensuring reliability, security, and adaptability in an era where technological advancements and digital transformations redefine the very fabric of communication networks.
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We saw it yesterday evening and immediately thought this is a must-blog of the summer and a kind of milestone in Maaike's career. Milestone is definitely the right word as it always leaves the idea of something else coming in a near future while being a remarkable achievement in itself. This leads us to another interesting fact as most of times when you think of achievement in modeling you've got names like Vogue or any other famous magazine or label in mind and it quickly turns into an exercise of name-dropping for the sake of hype and popularity within the fashion/modeling field. Here you've got an achievement in terms of talent and skills which has more weight in our eyes than whatever big name to associate with Maaike's pictures. Of course, there is a certain dose of excitement around these pictures provided they are published on (and not in) NAAG Magazine, the online project of Agyness Deyn and Fiona Byrne but the support doesn't matter as much as the visuals in this precise case. We could even say the magazine will get its reputation from publishing stories like that while Maaike's book will mostly benefit from adding some of her strongest pictures ever. Kind of symbiosis between a new publication and a young lady on the rise. To start with names now, photographer is Willem Jaspert while stylist is no stranger to our columns: Sam Ranger, who offered our eyes a couple of priceless moments with many previous works (more to see on her blog, "Too Much Good Taste Can Be Boring").


Kyle Howard loved Lauren Conrad -- but apparently not "The Hills."
After the uber-private couple of three years announced the end of their relationship last Friday, insiders explain in the new Us Weekly (out now) that Conrad's reality roots irked the former "My Boys" actor.
"He saw the relationship as distracting from his goal of being the next Robert De Niro," a source close to the "My Boys" alum tells Us. "He wasn't supportive of her career."
Howard, 33, was usually a no-show at his 25-year-old girlfriend's business-related events -- and similarly avoided time with Conrad's friends."All of her friends can count on one hand the amount of times they've seen him," sniffs the insider.
"Lauren is heartbroken" by the breakup, the pal adds. "She wants to be married and have kids."
For more details on the couple's shocking split -- including how Howard was "selfish" and not "supportive," the final nail in the coffin and more -- pick up the new Us Weekly, out now.


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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Brings the Wizarding World to Life Like Never Before with Harry Potter(TM) for Kinect(TM)
Coming this Fall, You are Invited to Attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry through this Exclusive Game on Kinect
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2012--
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eurocom will cast a spell among Harry Potter fans of all ages this fall with the Harry Potter for Kinect videogame exclusively on Kinect(TM) for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
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Based on all eight Harry Potter films, Harry Potter for Kinect allows players to join Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger as they embark on an unforgettable journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and beyond. With Kinect's scanning technology, for the first time ever in a Harry Potter game, players will be able to scan in their own face to create a unique witch or wizard to journey through the adventures of the film.
In addition, Kinect's hands-free and voice recognition capabilities allow gamers to cast spells using physical maneuvers and by calling out spell names, offering an extraordinary, immersive Harry Potter experience.
"Harry Potter for Kinect will engage Harry Potter fans old and new by bringing them into the wizarding world as truly active participants," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Kids and parents will enjoy recreating their favorite Harry Potter adventures, from flying a broomstick in a Quidditch match, to battling pixies and duelling other wizards."
Harry Potter for Kinect gives players the opportunity to experience some of the films' most memorable moments, both as the relevant characters or as their own avatars, including visiting Ollivanders, choosing a house at Hogwarts, and confronting He Who Must Not Be Named in a climactic final battle. Players who master their lessons can also take on their opponents in competitive mini-games, or join forces with family and friends in co-op gameplay.
About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.
HARRY POTTER FOR KINECT software (c) 2012 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Developed by Eurocom Developments Ltd. Kinect, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies and are used under license from Microsoft. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
HARRY POTTER characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of and (c) Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Harry Potter Publishing Rights (c) JKR.
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I make pizza a lot…like almost every Friday a lot! It’s fun, it’s easy, you can customize any way you like and it’s extremely kid friendly! E loves to help!
I’ve been testing and experimenting and testing some more and I think I’ve finally found the perfect pizza dough recipe!! I love a thin chewy yet crispy crust, like what you’d find at a true pizzeria with a wood-stove oven even!! This is the closest I’ve gotten at home! The trick is to make the dough at least a day ahead! Just mix it up, put it in an air-tight container in your fridge and then take it out an hour an a half before you’re going to make it! Here’s the dough recipe:
- 2 cup flour
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp yeast
- a good glug of olive oil
Lastnight we made our pizza into a trio! A basic tomato, basil and mozzarella, pepperoni and mushroom, and then a pesto-based sweet potato, mushroom and feta one!
I just used plain canned crushed tomatoes for the sauce and dolloped it with some frozen basil pesto I had for one and sprinkled it with epicure pizza spice on the other.
This is our work of art right before we carefully transitioned it straight onto the rack of our 425* oven. (This is why we made it on parchment paper, the parchment serves as the pan in this case since I don’t have any pans big enough! I think it contributes to the crispiness of the crust too by not being on a pan!). I baked it until it was bubbly (and boy did we get some big bubbles this time!) and golden. Grab a couple cold ones and you have a fantastic Friday night in!

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Do you feel like you could use a break? Want to have a get-away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life? Would you like a full week devoted to discovering your ancestors? Then come join me at the Family History Expos Research Retreat at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.
From 12 April to 17 April 2010– I, me, moi, Arlene Eakle, will personally, take you by the hand and lead you to your hard-to-find ancestors.
A research retreat provides you with the opportunity to work on some of your own genealogy brick-walls and dead ends.
And you know how a dead-end on your pedigree gets there, don’t you? Incomplete, hurried, lazy, inherited genealogy work! What others give you always has to be worked on to prove the links to you and extend the dead ends. And to document the unsourced sections of your lineage.
I will be accompanied by Jimmy Parker and Judy Wight–two of the most knowledgeable researchers at the Family History Library. They both have worked for the FHL as consultants on the reference counters–something I have never done. And their skills and experiences are exclusively yours to use during the Retreat.
Register for your personal Genealogy Research Retreat–for this week of a lifetime–right now, before something else interfers, or diverts your attention to less significant matters–Retreat, April 12-17, 2010. Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle http://arleneeakle.com
PS Hurry, there isn’t much time. And I am giving three brand-NEW classes on tracing immigrant ancestors. Classes newly written for this Retreat, with your ancestors in mind. You won’t want to miss these. I am including all of my best, very best, immigration examples and all the newest books, internet sites, and special strategies that I have not shared before. My advice: sign-up and get access to this stuff!
PPS You can use part of your tax refund in a truly productive way. This FH EXPOS Research Retreat, 12-17 April 2010 is one of the best genealogy bargains available–three top, high-powered professional genealogists at your beck and call! For a whole week!

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Reform's City Council members are expected to get their feet wet in alcohol sales before taking the dive in Tuesday night's council meeting.
Copies of alcohol ordinances from Carollton, Aliceville and Fayette are expected to be distributed, which will be used as examples for members to use as they begin to write drafts for Reform's ordinance.
"As mayor, I'll definitely be respective of schools, churches and determining where alcohol and other alcoholic beverages can be sold," Mayor Bennie Harton said after the deciding vote.
Reform citizens can join the city council meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The mayor says it will likely take them a month to discuss and approve the rules and regulations concerning the city's alcohol ordinance.
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THE SOUND DEAF OF THE BATTLE
The detail and concrete narrative, carrying the reader in the fifteenth century Italian, but chapter after chapter details those same touch our daily lives. Leafing through the pages of this novel, we’ll discover what the advent of gunpowder had produced in the exercise of those distant years, but the twisting inner those who were accustomed to the sword and the bow will seem current – even in the folds of flesh penetrated without blades – why pikes and halberds seem less distant than five centuries of history there misting the noise and vigor of those who used those weapons.
The man born in Fivizzano in June of 1476, will be close to our emotions, and we will be able to look in his life, charmed by its ceremonial and its human weaknesses. Discovering, perhaps, that I am also a little ours.


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This manual provides hydraulic design methods for circular and rectangular culverts with improved inlets. Improved inlets are bevels, side-tapers, and slope-tapers which are modifications to the culvert entrance geometry . These improvements can greatly increase the performance of a culvert which is operating in inlet control. Design charts, tables and computation sheets are provided in the manual.
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Woven & felted plastic ground-cover
We use this 5 year woven & felted ground cloth in all raised beds that we install where root competition from preexisting trees in the yard may become an issue. While we consider sun exposure to be the number one consideration for placing your raised bed in your yard, root competition is a close number two, because tree and palm tree roots are very string and competitive and they can infest and ruin a garden in just one season. Adding a liner is a good option if you suspect root competition in your yard, as it will put up a good fight against invading tree roots from below, however it isnt a permanent solution. There isn't a permanent solution unfortunately (besides growing completely above ground in containers) but adding a very strong yet permeable ground cloth like this one will give you about 3 seasons worth of growing before you may have to dig up the soil, replace the barrier, and start again.
We cut our ground cloth to 6 x 10 foot to be used in a 4 x 8 foot raised bed with enough extra on all sides to be folded up the sides of the bed. We lay it out neatly and fold & staple the corners and put a few staples in each side just to keep it out of the way while we fill the bed with soil.
We cut our ground cloth to 6 x 6 for a 4 x 4 foot raised bed.

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After a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the state of Alaska, Bob C.’s SteelMaster workshop is still standing and has no damage.
An Alaska couple’s SteelMaster Quonset Hut was in perfect condition after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ripped through the state.
A Texas couple chose their SteelMaster Quonset Hut home due to the quality of the steel and stylish appearance of the metal arches.
Minneapolis-based architecture firm Kara Hill Studio created an award-winning Quonset Hut using locally sourced materials.
SteelMaster customer Linda C.’s fascination with erector sets and geometry growing up made purchasing a Quonset Hut shed an easy decision.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 SteelMaster Photo Contest!
Artist Tania Bruguera transformed a SteelMaster Quonset Hut to represent a Cuban military bunker in her piece Untitled (Havana, 2000).


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A selection of beautiful ladies I have had the pleasure to photograph.
An ongoing project to photograph the interiors of every Anglican Cathedral in England.
A porfolio of images from the "illumination" exhibition.
A porfolio of images from the "imagination" exhibition.
A porfolio of images from the "inspiration" exhibition.
A porfolio of images from the "interpretation" exhibition.
A porfolio of images from the North and South Island of New Zealand.
A porfolio of images from an area of beauty in the South East of Washington State.
A portfolio of images from Washington State.
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Have a few summer soirées on the calendar? Check out my post at Simply Stated: Celebrations today For some think-outside-the-bottle (of wine) ideas for saying thanks to your favorite hostess with the mostess – like the fabulous expandable vases by Jill-able pictured above – or to contribute some creative ideas of your own!
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At Hostess with the Mostess®, creativity is always the life of the party! Here, you'll find stylish entertaining ideas & resources for everyone from the first-time hostess to the seasoned pro. We share imaginative events, DIY tutorials, recipes products, and a passion for great design that also makes people happy. :)


(PatriotWise.com)- This week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government began targeting crowdfunding platforms and cryptocurrency transactions of the truckers Freedom Convoy by using Canada’s “terrorist financing” rules.
During a press conference on Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced that they were broadening the scope of Canada’s anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules to cover the crowdfunding platforms and payment service providers being used by the Freedom Convoy.
This action was taken as part of Trudeau invoking Canada’s Emergencies Act allowing the federal government to “override the provinces and authorize special temporary measures to ensure security during national emergencies,” according to Reuters.
“Special temporary measures.”
Note that word: Temporary.
On February 11, crowdfunding site GiveSendGo defied Canada’s attempt to freeze the money the Freedom Convoy raised on its platform after GoFundMe shut down its account.
Under the “temporary measures” of the Emergencies Act, that defiance will not be allowed.
Freeland explained on Monday that the “illegal blockades” highlighted that crowdfunding platforms and “some of the payment service providers they use” weren’t being captured under the “crime and terrorist financing act.”
But she was there to change that. Under the Emergencies Act, those crowdfunding platforms will be required by law to report “more payments than usual” to Canada’s Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC).
Now crowdfunding platforms like GiveSendGo will have to register with FINTRAC and must report “large and suspicious transactions to FINTRAC,” Freeland explained.
Freeland also threatened to freeze the corporate and personal bank accounts of the people involved in the truckers’ protest.
Then a few days later, Freeland seemed almost giddy when she announced that these regulatory restrictions on crowdfunding sites and payment service providers will remain “permanently in place.”
Trudeau’s deputy, Chrystia Freeland, who is also a director of Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum, says she plans to make her emergency powers permanent. pic.twitter.com/g8JTCwzmqX
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) February 19, 2022
The truth is, Canadians should’ve known on Monday that Freeland was planning to make this permanent when she pointed out that crowdfunding platforms weren’t included in the “crime and terrorist financing act.”
Freeland sees this as an oversight that needed to be addressed. And now she’s addressed it.


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General laboratory experiments can be performed using core functionalities offered by the PSLab hardware device like Programmable Voltage Sources, Programmable Current Source, Analog to Digital Converter, Frequency Counter, Function Generators, etc. In this post we will have a brief look on a general laboratory experiment and how we can perform it using the PSLab Android App and the PSLab hardware device.
We are going to take Zener I-V Characteristics Curve experiment as an example to understand how we can perform a general experiment using the PSLab device. First, we will look at the general laboratory experiment and it’s format. Then we will see how that experiment can be performed using the PSLab Android App and the PSLab Hardware Device.
Experiment Format of General Experiment in Laboratory
AIM: In this experiment, our aim is to observe the relation between the voltage and the corresponding current that was generated. We will then plot it to get the dependence.
- A Zener Diode
- A DC Voltage Supplier
- Bread Board
- 100 ohm resistor
- 2 multimeter for measuring current and voltages
- Connecting wires
Theory: A Zener Diode is constructed for operation in the reverse breakdown region.The relation between I-V is almost linear in this case, Vz = Vz0 + Iz * Rz , where Rz is the dynamic resistance of the zener at the operating point and Vz0 is the voltage at which the straight-line approximation of the I-V characteristic intersects the horizontal axis. After reaching a certain voltage, called the breakdown voltage, the current increases drastically even for a small change in voltage. However, there is no appreciable change in voltage accompanying this current change. So, when we plot the graph, we get a curve which is very near to the x-axis and nearly parallel to it until a particular potential value, called the Zener potential, is reached. After the Zener potential Vz value, there will be a sudden change and the graph becomes exponential.
Procedure: Construct the circuit as shown in figure below
Now, start increasing the voltage until a reading in the multimeter for current can be obtained. Note that reading. Now, start increasing the input voltage and take the corresponding current readings. Using the set of readings observed, construct a V vs I graph. This graph gives us the I-V characteristics. The slope of the curve at any point gives the dynamic resistance at that voltage.
Result: The Characteristic curve has been verified after plotting V-I data points on the graph.
Experiment format in PSLab Android App
We have a ViewPager that renders two fragments:
- Experiment Doc– It consists of information like the Aim of experiment, Schematic, Output screenshot that we will get after the experiment has been performed.
- Experiment Setup– It consists of the setup to configure the PSLab device. This fragment is analogous to the experiment apparatus of the laboratory.
Below is a gif showing the experiment doc of the Zener I-V experiment which is to be performed using the PSLab device. It consists of a schematic and a screenshot of the output that we get after performing the experiment.
Make the circuit connections on a breadboard as shown in the schematic. After the circuit is complete we need to configure experiment.
To configure the experiment, we give the initial voltage, the final voltage and the step size. After clicking on START EXPERIMENT, the voltage is varied on the PV1 channel from the initial voltage to final voltage by increasing the voltage in step size. At each variation of voltage, the current is calculated by dividing the voltage difference between resistor by its resistance value i.e
I = ( VPV1 - VCH1 ) / R
As soon as the initial voltage reaches the final voltage, the experiment stops and data points are plotted on the graph. From the graph we can see the change in the current through a zener diode when the voltage varies across it’s terminals.
The output that was obtained after the experiment is I-V characteristic curve for Zener Diode as shown in the image below.
It can be clearly seen that after the breakdown voltage (~0.7V) the current increases drastically with respect to the increase in the voltage. After this point, the voltage can be considered nearly constant unlike the current which varies exponentially.
In the PSLab Android App, there are read-back errors while reading bytes serially from the PSLab Hardware Device. As a result, the data points are not read accurately and an inaccurate plot is generated on the graph as shown in the image below.

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Jean Shepherd Remembered: Flick Lives
Everyone who has enjoyed the annual TV marathon showing of A Christmas Story
("You'll shoot your eye out, kid!") by Jean Shepherd will be delighted to know that many of his WOR New York radio shows are available on tape and such.
There are many fan sites to fill you in on the man behind the stories. And many of his stories are collected in his books. We reviewed a live show of his at the YM-YWHA on Northfield Road in West Orange, N.J., back in November 1975. On Christmas Eve that same year, we were helping Santa make his calls and had Shep on the radio, and heard him use our names in the story he was telling.
For More on Shep:
Shep's Army: Bummers, Blisters and Boondoggles By Jean Shepherd, Eugene B. Bergmann (Editor) August 2013
Excelsior, You Fathead!: The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd By Eugene B. Bergmann
Jean Shepherd Book & Tapes
Excelsior, You Fathead!: The Art and Enigma of Jean Shepherd by Eugene B. Bergmann
There was only one Jean Shepherd, but there are many sites to help remember him:
11/13/1975 - Dealing with a real pro - Jean
Shepherd talks /by Anthony Buccino and Dawn Vincenti -
Independent Press of Bloomfield/The Glen Ridge Paper
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New Jersey author Anthony Buccino's stories of the 1960s, transit coverage and other writings earned four Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism awards. The Pushcart Prize-nominated writer has been called ' “New Jersey’s ‘Garrison Keillor” or something to that effect.’
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Running back Arian Foster is indeed visiting the Dolphins on Tuesday. It would be a major surprise if he signs a contract then.
Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the goal of the visit is for the Dolphins to see where Foster currently is physically, as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon suffered during the 2015 season. The Dolphins also want to get to know him with the kind of slow pace that isn’t conducive when it comes to the guys who are signed right out of the gates in free agency.
Foster likewise is in no rush to agree to terms. He expects to be back to 100 percent in the summer, which means he’d have a hard time passing a physical in the near future.
The Dolphins have been searching for a complement to Jay Ajayi, a fifth-round pick in 2015 who currently is the best option on the roster. That could change via free agency, a trade, or the draft.

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Ever since Georgia implemented work requirements for certain food stamp recipients in three Atlanta area counties, the number of those people receiving the government benefit has dropped significantly.
Now Georgia plans to extend the work mandate from three counties to 24 across the state.
The work mandate affects able-bodied adults without children. Since the new rule started in Cobb, Gwinnett and Hall in January, the number of these people receiving food stamps has dropped by 60 percent.
The announced expansion has re-ignited a flame-throwing debate. Advocates see the mandate as pushing people, particularly lazy ones, into the work world. But opponents say it robs an essential safety net from people who can’t find a job.
- Parents charged after starving 7-year-old tried to sell his teddy bear so he could buy food
- Teen dead after confronting men about stolen bike
- Suspect in Eastman, Georgia officer killing arrested
Beginning in January, the mandate covers an additional 21 counties statewide. Several are in metro Atlanta, including Fayette, Forsyth, Paulding, Coweta and Bartow Counties.
"No one who is able-bodied and able to work should be drawing food stamps, period," State Rep. Greg Morris of Vidalia tells the AJC.
The expansion affects another 10,000 childless food stamp recipients. They must work at least 20 hours a week or participate in an approved job training or education course. There is also an option to volunteer at a state-sanctioned non-profit or charity.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports there is a right of appeal if food-stamp recipients believe they've been stricken from the program unfairly. Until a Marietta veteran's food stamps were restored, he had to rely on a food pantry for assistance.
Georgia provides food stamps to 1.7 million people. Of those, about 113,000 are classified as able-bodied adults without children.
Read the entire story and offer your opinion at MyAJC at http://www.myajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/state-plans-to-expand-food-stamp-work-requirements/nsFsq/
WSB Radio contributed to this story.

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The National Reserve of Gilé, one of the first protected areas of Mozambique, was established in 1932 and it covers 2100 km2 between the districts of Gilé and Pebane, in the eastern part of the province of Zambezia. Due to the indiscriminate exploitation of its resources, of some traditional practices (such as the use of fire) and poor management by the competent authorities, the reserve is now rapidly declining. The area, only officially protected, has an urgent need of actions to safeguard biodiversity.
The project “Community Management and Conservation of Natural Resources in the districts of Gilé and Pebane – Zambezia” was created to develop and promote a correct and sustainable use of natural resources, especially in the poorest and disadvantaged rural areas, and it sees the involvement of local communities in the development of real decision-making processes for the conservation of biodiversity.
In the Buffer Zone, located between an area totally lacking of regulation on natural resources management (outside the reserve) and an area where access to resources is prohibited (within the Reserve) environmental studies have been developed, specific training courses organized, sustainable economic activities activated and campaigns have been run.
Rangers and staff of the Department of Tourism (DPTZ) and the Reserve have been involved in courses on sustainable management, communities approached new techniques for biodiversity preservation and conservation agriculture, local farmers launched 120 experimental agricultural sites and professionals groups were born for sustainable fisheries, bee-keeping, carpentry and the reduction of man-animal conflict. Moreover, from awareness campaigns a program of exchange of instruments used for illegal hunting with farming tools has raised .. from old lance now fields of peppers, cabbage, onions and tomatoes are growing.


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How to Knit a Sweater from Stash in 8 Days
Sometimes you just want to make a sweater as quickly as possible. While packing for our upcoming trips to Los Angeles, Tahoe, and Colorado I realized that I really really wanted a red sweater for all of the holiday events we were going to be attending.
Imagine my dismay when I realized I did not own a single red sweater. It turns out that in my massive closet I only had one red garment - a red silk tank that I bought ages ago that’s not quite winter weather friendly. I could have rushed out to the store to try and find one that fit the outfit images in my head but I quickly reminded myself that I am a knitter and I can make exactly what I want! So I quickly got to work and thought it would be fun to share my journey to make this red sweater in only 8 days.
Yarn: Swans Island Colors 100% Merino Wool in #120 Garnet
Needles: Size 8 US (Body) and size 7 US (neckband, cuffs, hem)
Because I am knitting from stash I know two things before I even cast on: I want full length sleeves and I am going to need to work my sweater from the top down to maximize the yardage I have. I don’t like knitting set-in sleeves from the top down so I resorted to a mix of bottom up & top down construction techniques.
Day Zero - The Gauge Swatch
Every knitting project should start with a gauge swatch, and if you’re not doing that I’m definitely wagging my finger at you. This is the easiest way to ensure that your finished garment fits the way you are expecting yet so many knitters push it aside in order to “get started”. I challenge you to enjoy the swatching process, appreciate the yarn and listen to any clues it might be telling you. Once you have your gauge swatch (blocked & measured) you can do the math to determine the number of stitches you need to cast on for the body.
Day One - The Upper Body
I start with a provisional cast on, work a few rows and quickly begin my armhole & neck shaping. You can start with either the front or back depending on your personal preference. I start with the front based on a long standing habit. I’ll leave the provisional cast ons in place until I get to the lower body in Step Five.
Day Two - The Sleeves & Neckband
Next I made my sleeves because I wanted them to be long sleeves and I wasn’t sure how much yarn I was going to use up on the body. If you don’t have a sleeve length preference, you could leave the sleeves to the end. However, I tend to be a victim of sleeve island so I’m happy to knock them out as soon as possible.
You may be wondering why I chose to do the neckband next, instead of starting the lower body and finishing the neckband later. Essentially, I want to maximize every inch of this yarn and I know I’m going to need enough to complete the neckband. So I do that next and now I know that all the yarn I have left can go towards making the body the desired length (or as close as possible).
Days Three to Five - Lower Body
Finally, we’ve arrived at the meat of this sweater - the lower body. I unpick the provisional cast on’s from Step Two, join for working in the round, and knit knit knit.
Day Six - Blocking
Now that the sleeves & body are completed, it’s time to block everything. I’m a big fan of wet blocking and it always takes at least one day for a garment to fully dry. Normally when I have one garment blocking I start thinking about the next item I want to make. This is the time I use to swatch, sketch, and swatch some more.
Day Seven - Seaming & Finishing
Once all the pieces have been blocked it’s time to start seaming everything together. Since I used the top-down approach this really just means seaming the sleeves and setting them in to the armholes.
Day Eight - Photographs!
Now that my sweater is done it’s time to head outside and convince the husband to take a ton of photographs. I’m a terrible photo subject, so this can take awhile! I hope you enjoy this process, and keep an eye out for the finished pattern, launching on Valentine’s Day.


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The signals of the Russian space station Spektr-R on-board space observatory RadioAstron will now be taken yet another tracking station and receive information held by American Observatory Grinbenk. The document was signed by the representatives of these days Lebedev Physical Institute Astro Space Center — leading research organization RadioAstron project, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA Grinbenk (Green Bank, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, NRAO).
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To date scientific information from the Russian telescope could take only one tracking station, located in the suburban Pushchino. Therefore, since more than half the time RadioAstron is out of sight of the station, researchers can not use these periods for observation and the machine remains idle.
"The scientific data we can only accept live. Due to the fact that the station alone, the telescope is available to us only 40% of the time, This is quite enough to meet the challenges of our early research program. However, in mid-2013, we proceed to address key scientific challenges, and so at this point we desired to increase the amount of available observing time" — Yu.Kovalev said.
To this he added that at the design stage of the project foresaw the telescope guide that will be necessary to receive information stations outside Russian territory, and had already held talks with foreign counterparts.
The largest telescope observatory Grinbenk, located in the state of West Virginia, has an antenna diameter of 100 m, but the relationship with the other radio astronomer will keep the telescope — with a 43-meter antenna. American colleagues expect to begin receiving data from the Russian space telescope after the New Year.
According Yu.Kovaleva, in the United States need to send a Russian radio equipment that is identical to the one installed at the station in Pushchino. This equipment is — unique Russian design. Project participants RadioAstron expect in the near future to equip another tracking station — in South Africa.
On the received information, the test board to restore the transmitting antenna to the station RadioAstron Grinbenk and receiving its signal 43-meter antenna held since November 2012 year and are successful. This gives us confidence that the input of the station is realized fast enough.
Funding for tracking station Grinbenk carries Roscosmos.
/ 21.12.2012 / According to the materials ANI "LPI-Inform"


C8RR is how the widebody package is called. With the proper tires, wheels, and wheel spacers, the mid-engine sports car from Kentucky measures 6.0 inches more in width than the bone-stock Corvette Stingray. Unfortunately for prospective customers, the pictured vehicle doesn’t feature the suspension upgrade that the company intended to fit before the grand reveal.
Available in fiberglass, carbon fiber, and a mix of both, the kit starts with a hood that integrates McLaren 720S-inspired vents. The extended front lip, front- and rear-bumper extensions, splitter extensions, and fenders also need to be mentioned, together with the side-skit and side-splitter extensions, quarter panels, aerodynamic diffuser, rear winglets, and hi-rise wing.
The finishing touches come in the guise of the RR halo, roof, rear hatch extensions, and engine-cover vents. Optional extras such as the dual front-splitter kit and LED-augmented grille inserts need to be highlighted as well.
Now available to order with 50% down, the C8RR costs $10k more if you opt for carbon-fiber everything. Add the tires, wheels, spacers, and aftermarket suspension to the mix, and you’re looking at $35k if not more.
If you prefer your C8 stock, fret not because GM is currently working on a widebody Corvette of its own. Confirmed to premiere in the fall of 2021 as a 2023 model, the Z06 flexes a flat-plane crankshaft V8 derived from the C8.R endurance racer. LT6 is the codename for this engine, and hearsay suggests 617 horsepower. If the rumor turns out to be spot on, the all-new Z06 will be the production car with the most powerful N/A V8 in the world.


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Deep Silver isn’t as big of a player in the scene as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts and Activision are, but we still have to consider them as well. For this year’s E3, they are planning a „major announcement”.
Klemens Kundratitz, the CEO talked to MCV about the plans of his company. This spring will have the current-gen ports of Dead Island (and Riptide) as well as Homefront: The Revolution, and they also have the infamous Mighty No. 9 to publish somewhere in the future, too.
Kundratitz says that they also have multiple games in the pipeline (like Dead Island 2, which was confirmed to be in development at Sumo Digital after Yager was thrown out last summer). The major announcement won’t be the not-Castlevania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night either: it was already confirmed to be published by Deep Silver.
If we had to guess, Deep Silver will either announce a new Metro game or maybe Saints Row 5. Both would cause surprises.


Many riders want to extract as much juice as possible from the Honda machine, thus behold this list of the most common ways to increase the Ruckus speed. This list is ordered from easiest and cheapest to most difficult and expensive, and I’ve included links to more information where appropriate.
If speed is what you are after, an unmodified Ruckus is probably not the scooter for you unless you are willing to double down on your investment. The max speed of the Ruckus is right at the ceiling of what many state moped and scooter laws say is the upper limit of this type of vehicle.
Properly inflate the tires
Low tire pressure will dramatically affect the performance of any two-wheeled vehicle. Maintaining a suitable tire pressure in your Ruckus is easy.
Maintain the proper oil level
Over-filling the Ruckus engine oil will dampen the top end speed. Make sure you are using the right type of oil for the Ruckus and not pouring too much oil into the engine.
Clean the air filter
Help your motor breathe better and it will deliver superior performance. This is true of most engines. Drastic changes to the air intake on the Ruckus may require a jet adjustment in the carburetor, but maintaining a clean air box and filter will also promote air flow into the motor.
The Ruckus does have some non-essential parts that can be removed to shave its weight. As a rider, you can also lose weight for performance gains. The Ruckus weighs about 190 lbs. This means removing just 5 lbs from the scooter reduces its weight by almost 3%. Here are some parts to consider:
- A lead acid battery weighs 5 lbs. Lightweight batteries are available.
- The main floor plastics weigh 5 lbs.
- The stock exhaust weighs 8 lbs.
- The front headlights and rack weigh 5 lbs.
- Read more here.
Add a computer chip
A CDI (Capacitive Discharge Ignition) box is another easy modification that will modify the Ruckus ignition circuit. Some units will nullify the Ruckus computer’s rev limiter. This allows the engine to rev to a few RPMs higher than normal. CDI boxes like the Kitaco CDI can massage the entire power curve to provide better acceleration between 20 and 30 mph. A CDI box by itself will not increase the max speed of a 2006 or newer Ruckus.
Install an aftermarket variator
The Honda Ruckus clutch is a belt variator. Two cone shaped pieces of metal form a belt pulley that changes in size. The taper of these two pieces of the variator can change the drive train significantly. Some variators can make a larger diameter and force the belt to ride higher than the stock configuration, resulting in an increase in top speed. A CDI box is required for this upgrade to increase top speed.
Intake, carb and exhaust
The debates over aftermarket exhausts delivering a increase performance will wage on. The air box can be removed and replaced with some pod filters. A great TR thread describes the air box delete here. Upgrading just one of these three components may not increase performance at all. The combination of making the engine breathe better (with and intake and exhaust mod) and delivering more fuel (via a bigger carb) at the same time will.
Change the gearing
Changing the final drive gear (or all three gears) in the Ruckus transmission can result in a taller gear ratio, or a faster top speed at the sacrifice of acceleration. The Honda Metro gears are a great fit and there is a great right up right here.
Install a big bore piston kit
There is no replacement for displacement. A new piston and cylinder head can increase the Ruckus engine displacement to almost 60cc, and a bigger engine is faster.
Install a different motor
A motor swap is the by far the most expensive and most effective way to make the Ruckus go faster. The most popular motor swap is to a Chinese GY6 150cc scooter motor. If you don’t want to remove your Honda motor to replace with a Chinese scooter engine, you could consider the two-stroke Yamaha Zuma motor.
One thing to keep in mind with speed mods is to upgrade your brakes. If you make the Honda Ruckus faster than stock, the brakes are no longer designed to stop the scooter you are riding. Upgrade your brakes to match your speed, and make sure they are adjusted properly.As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases made after clicking Amazon links on this website.


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1 and 1/4cup+ 1 Tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
1/4cupRodelle Dutch processed cocoa
1/4cupheavy whipping cream
optional: 1/3 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and chopped chocolate, stirring frequently until completely smooth. Allow to cool for about 15 minutes.
Pour the cooled chocolate into a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer. Using a handheld mixer or the stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whisk the sugar into chocolate mixture until combined. Whisk in the vanilla. Add the cocoa powder and salt and whisk on low until completely combined.
Increase the mixer speed to medium-high, add the heavy cream, and whisk until everything is combined and mixture becomes a little fluffier. Allow dip to chill in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before serving. If refrigerating longer than 1 hour, allow dip to sit at room temperature for 15-20 minutes before serving. Leftovers can be kept in the refrigerator up to 1 week.

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is facing an online backlash after joking about the implications of repealing net neutrality.
Pai appeared in a video wielding a fidget spinner and performing the Harlem Shake just one day before a decisive vote is cast over whether to repeal net neutrality—the principle that internet service providers should treat all online traffic equally.
The video appeared on conservative news site The Daily Caller on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s vote by the FCC that is expected to reverse the Obama-era “Open Internet Order” regulations.
“Recently, there’s been quite a bit of conversation about my plan to restore internet freedom,” Pai said in the video’s introduction. “Here are just a few of the things you’ll still be able to do on the internet after these Obama-era regulations are repealed.”

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The mysterious figure who for decades had left a roses-and-cognac birthday tribute at the Baltimore grave of Edgar Allan Poe failed to show up for the third straight year Thursday. The absence prompted the spotters who look out for the so-called Poe Toaster each year to declare the tradition over.
"After three years I think it's fairly obvious: He's not coming," said Jeff Jerome, the leader of a clubby group of Poe fans who gathered each year inside the Westminster Hall and Burying Ground. Mr. Jerome began looking for the Toaster in 1977, after seeing a reference in the Baltimore Sun archives, and counts seeing the fleeting figure 32 times. The Toaster group was the subject of a page one story in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal.
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Pengaruh Variasi Volume Campuran Lumpur IPAL Sewon Terhadap Kuat Tekanan Batu B ata Produksi Desa Turi, Sumberagung, Sleman
The Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) at Sewon Bantul, produces sludge as the by-product. The sludge is usually dried in the sludge drying bed and only a small part of it is used as fertilizer. Each year the sludge can be yielded as much as 3300 m3 and may have negative impact i.e. supporting the existence of disease insect vector and other annoying animals. One effort for utilizing the sludge is use it as a mixture of red brick production. The aim of the study was to know the influence of the mixture variations between sludge and clay, i.e.3:1, 2:2, 1:3 and 0:4, on the pressure strength of the bricks by conducting an experiment using post-test with control group design. As the brick control were those made in Turi Village. From each mixture variation
and control, 10 bricks were measured for their pressure strength in the construction laboratory.
Descriptively, the control bricks had the highest pressure strength, meanwhile among the treatment groups, bricks made from mixture ratio of 3:1 were the highest but had 16,9 % reduction compared with the controls. The results of analysis by using independent t-test at 95 % significance level, showed that the pressure strength among bricks of four mixture variations were significantly different. However, the bigger the sludge was added the lower the pressure strength will be gained. Since the highest strength among the sludged bricks had not yet fulfilled the standard issued by SII-0021-78 i.e. 25 kg/cm2 , it is recommended that the bricks made of waste water sludge not to be used for heavy or high pressure building or dwelling construction.


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In today’s hectic and fast-paced world, finding comfort in food has become a common occurrence. Whether it’s a stressful day at work or a need for a mood boost, indulging in comfort food seems to be an easy solution. However, the downside to this is that most comfort foods are packed with calories, unhealthy fats, and sugar, leading to guilt and weight gain. But fear not – there is a comfort food revolution underway, offering lip-smacking makeovers that won’t ruin your diet.
Gone are the days when comfort food and unhealthy choices went hand in hand. Many chefs and food enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to reimagine classic comfort dishes, creating healthier versions that hit the spot just as well. These reinvented recipes incorporate nutritious ingredients, clever substitutions, and smart cooking techniques, achieving the same great taste without the dietary setbacks.
One example of a comfort food makeover is the transformation of macaroni and cheese, a classic dish loved by people of all ages. Traditionally prepared with a heavy load of cheddar cheese and butter, it’s no surprise that this nostalgic favorite often tops the list of foods to avoid if you’re watching your weight. However, with some simple tweaks, mac and cheese can become a guilt-free pleasure. Replacing full-fat cheese with reduced-fat varieties, using whole-grain pasta instead of the refined version, and adding some veggies like steamed broccoli or roasted butternut squash can make a significant difference in terms of both nutrition and flavor.
Another comfort food staple that has undergone a healthy makeover is fried chicken. The crispy, golden coating paired with succulent meat is hard to resist, but the deep-fried version is undoubtedly not a friend to any health-conscious individual. However, with the advent of air fryers and innovative cooking methods, indulging in delicious, guilt-free “fried” chicken is now a reality. By using skinless chicken breast, a light coating of whole-wheat breadcrumbs or crushed cornflakes, and air frying or baking instead of deep-frying, you can achieve that satisfying crunch without the added calories and fat.
Of course, we can’t discuss comfort food without mentioning dessert. A warm slice of apple pie or a gooey chocolate brownie are often associated with moments of pure bliss. But fear not, dessert lovers, there are plenty of makeover options for these beloved treats too. For those who can’t resist a slice of pie, using a whole-wheat crust, reducing the amount of added sugar, and incorporating a mix of apples and spices can result in a healthier yet equally tasty version. As for the chocolate lovers, swapping out butter for avocado or applesauce, substituting refined flour with almond or oat flour, and using dark chocolate instead of milk chocolate are just a few ways to satisfy your sweet tooth without the guilt.
The comfort food revolution is all about striking a balance between indulgence and health. It’s about satisfying cravings without sacrificing nutrition. These lip-smacking makeovers prove that comfort food can be just as enjoyable without being laden with unnecessary calories or unhealthy ingredients.
So, embrace the comfort food revolution and explore the world of healthier alternatives to your favorite dishes. From revamped mac and cheese to guilt-free fried chicken and desserts that won’t ruin your diet, there’s a world of possibilities waiting to be discovered. Remember, it’s all about making smart choices and enjoying every delicious bite guilt-free!


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ISIS Video Claims Beheading of U.S. Hostage; Defiant Obama Prepares Executive Action for Immigration
Aired November 16, 2014 - 08:30 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
JOHN KING, CNN HOST: Welcome to INSIDE POLITICS. I'm John King. Thanks for sharing your Sunday morning. And with us this morning to share their reporting and their insights the "Atlantic's" Molly Ball, Peter Baker of "The New York Times", Ed O'Keefe of the "Washington Post" and NPR's Tamara Keith.
There's breaking news this morning -- sad, breaking news: a claim by ISIS that it has beheaded a third American, aide worker Peter Kassig. The White House says it is analyzing the video released by ISIS and that if confirmed we are appalled by the brutal murder of an innocent American aide worker.
Kassig's parents said they're aware of the video and awaiting word from the government about its authenticity. And in a statement they urge news organizations not to broadcast the video or to publish images from it saying "We prefer our son is written and remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family, not in the manner the hostage takers would use to manipulate Americans and further their causes."
Peter Baker, as we dissect this, this morning and wait for authenticity but in the two further cases the videos turned out to be factual beheadings of American citizens, a reminder that ISIS is both a terrorist group and military organization taking land in Iraq, taking land in Syria and the question being raised in this town this morning, is the President's strategy working? Airstrikes alone is it working or is this further proof that he might have to do more?
PETER BAKER, "NEW YORK TIMES": Yes, you know, there's a lot of talk of that lately. Will he eventually have ground troops in there, he said no in the past, he was asked during his trip to Australia, you know, will that change as well? You can't rule anything out, you can hypotheticals, like what if ISIS were to have a nuclear device, which is a nice chilling thought for a Sunday morning.
It's early still, they didn't expect this campaign to turn things over, overnight but there's an impatience obviously that this latest incident, you know, underscores and how much longer can the President hold people together behind a strategy that hasn't yet seemed to produce the results that we want.
KING: Right. Peter made the point about what the President said. So let's go through this and let's start with General Dempsey. America's top general was before congress the other day. He's actually in Iraq right now having consultations with the Iraqi military and the Iraqi government about what to do next.
But Listen to General Dempsey before Congress. This is the second straight time he's gone before Congress. He knows the President has said no ground troops in Iraq. Listen to the General.
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GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: I'm not predicting at this point that I would recommend that those forces in Mosul and along the border would need to be accompanied by U.S. forces but we're certainly considering it.
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KING: "Certainly considering it", America's top general says, as Peter Baker just noted. Here is the President hours, just hours ago wrapping up a week-long trip in Asia. He's in Australia at a news conference before heading home.
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BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There are always circumstances in which the United States might need to deploy U.S. Ground troops. If we discovered that ISIL had gotten possession of a nuclear weapon, and we had to run an operation to get it out of their hands, then yes, you can anticipate that not only would Chairman Dempsey recommend me sending U.S. ground troops to get that weapon out of their hands but I would order it.
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KING: Molly Ball, the President talking about the specter of ISIS possibly getting a nuclear weapon is one thing. But I also take that as again a public rebuttal of the general who says we might need ground troops to help Iraqis up along the border, not a nuclear weapon confrontation. Do we have -- why do we have, I guess is the question, this public tension between the Pentagon and the President over whether ground troops might be necessary?
MOLLY BALL, "THE ATLANTIC": Well, and you think this is what the anti-interventionists are always warning about -- mission creep. The idea that you have a military whose job it is to fight wars and so that's always what they're going to want to do and in any situation where they're being sort of hemmed in as they may see it, that they're going to want to expand the mission to attack more forcefully because that is the way they feel they can be most effective.
So to those like the President himself, who want to limit the scope of this and make sure that it doesn't get out of hand and become another full-fledged conflict, it's very difficult to push back against that, because in any situation you're going to have setbacks like we are seeing today. It's going to be imperfect, it's going to be messy. It may not get the job done and then you're going to have to reconsider do we say oh, well, or do we expand the mission.
And since the day the President announced this action, a lot of people on Capitol Hill, mostly Republicans, have been urging him to expand the mandate and we're going to hear that more in this current session of Congress wanting to expand the scope of what the U.S. is doing against ISIS.
KING: And the question is, will the White House listen and how unified will that debate be, Ed, in the sense that as Molly notes some Republicans from the beginning have said you're going to need ground troops. And there's been reports in recent weeks about new alliances inside Egypt, inside and other countries that ISIS is making, apparently spreading its reach and spreading its power.
On Capitol Hill the Democrats don't want ground troops in Iraq, let alone anything broader in the Middle East but will the newly empowered Republicans be able to pressure the President?
ED O'KEEFE, "WASHINGTON POST": I think they will certainly force the debate and they'll continue to bring up guys like General Dempsey to discuss this and to create an even greater public schism between military leaders and the President.
Whether or not a debate actually gets held and when it would be held is still an open question. There's going to be a modest conversation about it, and I really only say conversation because they've got to do the defense policy bill by the end of this year and it's expected to sort of keep things as they are right now, with some expectation that at some point next year, there would be a bigger, broader debate about do we need ground troops, do we need to devote much more money and resources to this but there's no real groundswell of an appetite to do this.
I think the thing that finally does compel lawmakers to think about it more and to schedule time for debate is unfortunately what happened this morning. If it takes that, you know, you're hearing a lot of talk in Washington about immigration, about spending and about a new power structure. But it's this kind of thing that I think reminds Americans that Congress sometimes drops the ball and isn't willing to talk about these things. Lawmakers remember that and then they force a debate.
KING: And I guess that's the question, Tamara, does this change American public opinion? We did see during the campaign with the previous two beheadings the public opinion did change, that the American people became more open to military, using military force, more open to doing something but this is a president who was elected saying I'm going to get the Americans out of the Middle East. And now he's managing a military intervention that he says won't become a ground war but even he says is going to hand this off to his successor in some shape or form.
Will a third beheading create public impetus to do more? Or will the American people say no, keep it limited as the President wants.
TAMARA KEITH, NPR: I think it depends on which American person you're talking to. But I think there is a visceral reaction to these types of videos, this type of beheading. This is an innocent aide worker just trying to do good and that causes people to react. I don't know exactly what it does to the politics, though.
I do know that we haven't been talking about ISIS that much lately in the last few weeks. It's been Ebola, it's been China, it's been all kinds of other things but it hasn't been about ISIS. ISIS moves back to the front and gets a lot more attention and that puts it back in the political realm.
KING: When we see, Peter, the tension between the Pentagon and the White House, is that it or is there tension inside the White House? Is the President getting it from inside his inner circle saying Mr. President, you might need to be more aggressive, you might need to do more or is it just across the river?
BAKER: Well, this is an issue that has historically actually split this White House and it's understandable. Even people who are on one side or the other feel strongly, you know, that there are complicated dynamics involved and that the other side has a point. So from the beginning there's been how much do we intervene and how much do we want to involve ourselves in somebody else's civil war. And that really has taken three years until we have gotten to the point where we are involved more directly.
Still the President says we're not in there to get rid of President Bashar al Assad. We're there to fight ISIS or ISIL. But there is, what are the limits of what we want to do? How far do we want to go? I think what the military feels as, I'm only saying, is partly not just limits on what they do but partly limits on what they are saying they're going to do.
It's not just that they say I'm not going to put ground troops and then I want to put ground troops in that they don't have to either but the idea that we're ruling it out in a pre-ordained way without having, signaling that to the other side, they also object to.
KING: I should also note that we'll keep track of how this changes the debate here in Washington. Of course, we want to send our thoughts and prayers to the Kassig family as they await word from the government whether this sad news is indeed true.
Stay with us. Up next the President is on his way home from Asia, days away from executive action on immigration that some conservatives say would warrant impeachment.
KING: Welcome back.
Again, we're following breaking news this Sunday morning: the apparent beheading by ISIS of an American aide worker taken hostage in Syria. And as President Obama heads back to Washington from a week in Asia, we're also bracing for a major confrontation. The President is preparing executive actions that would protect nearly half of the estimated 11 million undocumented workers here in the United States. Now Republicans, fresh from their wins in the midterm elections, say that would be an abuse of power. But before boarding Air Force One for the journey home, listen here, the President was defiant. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
OBAMA: There is a very simple solution to this perception that somehow I'm exercising too much executive authority. Pass a bill I can sign on this issue. If Congress passes a law that solves our border problems, improves our legal immigration system and provides a pathway for the 11 million people who are here, working in our kitchens, working in farms, making beds in hotels -- everybody knows they're there, we're not going to deport all of them. Give me a bill that addresses those issues, I'll be the first one to sign it and metaphorically I'll crumple up whatever executive actions that we take and I'll toss them in the wastebasket.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: The President the in Australia just before heading home.
And back to the table here to share their reporting and their insights "The Atlantic's" Molly Ball, the "Washington Post's" Ed O'Keefe, NPR's Tamara Keith, and the "New York Times'" Peter Baker.
So the President's going to act Ed, he made it quite clear there. Republicans on Capitol Hill have urged him, both the Speaker and the incoming majority leader have said don't do this. But is the President just baiting the Republicans here? He's at 42 percent. He was just repudiated in the midterm election and you have some conservatives saying impeach him -- a very small number. But some conservatives say impeach him, others saying if he does this let's shut down the government if we have to. Deny government funding so he can't do this.
Is the President trying to bait the Republicans into overreacting?
O'KEEFE: I mean if he wasn't doing that this past week, he's certainly going to do it with immigration. And between all the things he did well in China and what he said about net neutrality and now this warning about immigration, absolutely. He's totally scrambled the well-laid plans of Republicans as they take control of Congress because now there's talk about passing just a short term spending agreement until maybe next spring instead of finishing it all the way through the fiscal year so that Congress can respond to whatever he does.
That's exactly what Mitch McConnell and John Boehner didn't want to have to do. They wanted to have the rest of this fiscal year to plan for the next fiscal year and try to restore regular order as they campaigned on. So if he goes out and does this, yes, you'll have small pockets of Republicans talking about impeachment, talking about cutting off funding to immigration agencies and just totally once again thrusting us into those kinds of weeks of uncertainty about when exactly spending bills will be completed and a lot of hot talk about, you know, this President being an imperial power and possibly a lot of Republicans worry some of their colleagues will start talking about immigrants in a way that will just continue to alienate themselves from the fast-growing Hispanic population. KING: So help the President rebound politically if they
overreact and perhaps deepen their crisis with Latino voters. Among the voices urging Republicans to chill -- my word, not his -- is Karl Rove. Listen to this from the "Wall Street Journal" on Thursday. "When making their case, Republicans must be firm but not angry and stop hot-tempered Republicans in Congress from demanding impeachment. Mr. Obama could win politically if Republicans become so enraged that they overreact."
But that seems to be, Tamara, the White House strategy, the base is overreacting.
KEITH: Yes, I think that the strategy here is Republicans have basically said if you do this thing, we will punch ourselves in the face. And he's saying go right ahead, punch yourselves in the face. You know, talking about shutting the government down, the impeachment word coming back up again, possibly dumbing up the system and if this, if all this fiscal stuff gets pushed into the New Year, then the new Republican Congress doesn't have this clean slate. They have the very thing they were hoping to avoid. And you know, from the President's perspective, that's good for Democrats.
KING: Is there a debate within the White House about whether he has the legal authority to do this? Politically he's promised Latinos since day one that he will deal with this. Both President Reagan and President George H.W. Bush took executive action. Not as sweeping as what it sounds like this president is planning on doing but to this point. To stop people from being deported, to effect essentially, use executive power on immigration policy, is there any debate that he has this power?
BAKER: Well, actually the debate has been between President Obama and President Obama. It was only a couple of years ago that President Obama was trying to pressure from immigration activists and from his left saying I don't have the power to do what you guys want me to do. And now he's coming around two or three years later. He got fresh legal opinions from the Justice Department saying actually I do have the power to do it and they're going to go forward.
I think at this point within the White House there's a consensus that he does have this power, obviously rejected by the Republicans and he's going to go ahead probably as early as this week.
KING: What does it say about the new Washington? You have a president who's going to do this by executive action. He's taking climate change, he just signed a deal with China that commits the United States to reductions and commits China to hopeful reductions or at least a peak down the road and Republicans say, you know, the President gave away a lot and got nothing.
The Keystone Pipeline vote is coming up. Is that something the President is also going to veto?
BALL: I have no idea whether the President is going to veto. No, I really don't think that we have gotten much of a signal about --
KING: We had an election right. We had an election that we were -- everybody said they wanted to get along.
BALL: Right. To the larger point, it is amazing how short this honeymoon has been -- right. It lasted just until we get to an actual issue. It was very easy for everyone to talk this happy talk about bipartisanship until they had to get to something they disagreed on. And then the same old dynamic has reasserted itself.
I do think that, you know, taking this executive action will not necessarily be good for Democrats or good for the President. I think it's possible that it will be a very unpopular thing but this President has nothing to lose. And that's what he's signaling to Republicans is that he has nothing to lose now and with the Democrats a very small minority in both Houses of Congress they don't have a lot to lose either. There's two years until the next election and they do think that this puts Republicans in a box.
Republicans wish this issue would go away. But you know, in the next two years there's going to be a lot more issues that the Republican Congress wishes would go away. And not it's going to be their job to deal with them and that does give the White House a little bit of juice to say, ok, it's on your guys.
O'KEEFE: If he vetoes it, nobody on Capitol Hill would be terribly upset about it because it creates political distance between those moderate Democrats who are upset with how things have been run in the past few years and put a little bit of the blame on the President and Republicans will love it because then next year, first thing they do, they can do it again. They can do it with an expanded majority and maybe even compel enough Democrats to get to a veto-proof majority, override the President and finally win.
KING: As we wait to see how this new Washington plays out, does the President have a different DNA in the final two years. Will he suddenly decide I want to be able to be LBJ or go Clinton and cut deals? We haven't seen that for six. I don't think we're going to see it in the final two.
McConnell and Boehner used to be dealmakers back in the day. But they both have short leashes because of the conservatives in their caucus. The Democrats, Tamara, in the Senate leadership have brought in Elizabeth Warren, a freshman senator. A lot of liberals would prefer that she run for president, not become a creature of the Senate leadership. But what does that say? Is she going to have an active role in shaping the agenda or is she there essentially to be the watchdog on the base to tell Harry Reid and the rest of the old guard leadership when the grassroots might be a little (inaudible).
KEITH: Well, I think Harry Reid had to do this. He had to bring her in. At the same time John Tester becomes the head of the DSCC. And so there you have the moderate side of the Democratic conference and you have the liberal side and he's trying to figure out to balance them. I think Senate Democrats are trying to figure out who they're going to be going forward.
KING: Does it definitively answer the question she's not running? BAKER: No. Never.
O'KEEFE: Because Hillary Clinton was given a similar role in 2002 before she ran in 2008. So, you know, it does leave the door open and they were, you know, liberals were overjoyed to see her finally getting a seat at the table.
Another thing to keep in mind, there are now four women in the Democratic leadership and four men and Reid brought some parity into that. I think that was also a signal to women voters that we're listening to you. There are a lot of you here in the Senate at least among Democrats and they're getting more of a say.
BAKER: The leaders in the Democratic Party in the House and the Senate are the exact same 70-something leaders who have been there now for years and years and years -- not exactly a fresh face after a bad election. It seems to me they chose to double down rather than make a change.
KING: You wonder why people out there don't like Washington and it continues to look the same. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see if it acts any differently.
Up next, tomorrow's news today, our reporters get you out ahead of the big political news just around the corner. Including this -- Democrats and Republicans in the senate could find a rare -- this would be very rare -- piece of common ground. Stay with us.
KING: Let's go around the INSIDE POLITICS table ask our great reporters for a sneak peek at some political news just ahead. Molly Ball.
BALL: Well we mentioned that the Keystone vote is coming up this week in the Senate. That is the brainchild of Mary Landrieu, who has been campaigning for it passionately. This is her sort of desperate last-ditch attempt to save her own runoff election. As you recall she still hasn't gone through her election yet. It's coming up on December 6, versus Bill Cassidy, member of the House, who also got a Keystone vote on the House side this past week.
Most people think that this is not going to be enough to save Mary Landrieu. She's a dead Democrat walking. The Tea Party candidate who came in third has endorsed Cassidy. Landrieu is thought to be behind by double digits. 90 percent of the advertising right now on the Louisiana air waves is in favor of Cassidy.
So unless we see a big change in the dynamic in that Louisiana race as a result of this Keystone vote, Mary Landrieu has a real tough fight.
KING: 90 percent -- ouch. Ed.
O'KEEFE: Staying on Capitol Hill John if last week was challenging for Harry Reid there's a bit of a test coming up for Nancy Pelosi this week. There's no doubt that she's going to be reelected as Democratic leader in the House, but there's sort of a proxy battle for the top Democratic job on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
It pits New Jersey Democrat Frank Pallone who has the seniority against California Democrat Anna Eshoo, who's a very good friend of Pelosi. She has been actively campaigning for Eshoo, twisting some arms, you know, refusing to allow people to vote by proxy from a distance if they're unable to be here. Generated a lot of bad blood and a few different rank and file members have said this is just a little too high school for them but it's a test of her continued leadership and whether or not she'll be able to continue to hold onto the caucus as strongly as she has in recent years.
KING: Just now members of congress saying it's a little too high school? Tamara/
KEITH: There's all of this talk of the President having to use his veto pen potentially more in the coming year. He's only used it twice in his entire presidency and the question now though to me is will he really have to use it all this much? The first big test is coming up this week with the Keystone XL Pipeline vote. The word is there are 59 votes and some optimism, maybe they'll get to 60 but maybe not.
My question is how soon will he really have to use that veto pen and how frequently, given the close balance in the Senate?
KING: They have to be able to pass things for him to be able to veto them, I guess.
KING: We'll watch that as well. Peter.
BAKER: We talk a lot about bipartisanship these days. Can these parties work together? One area you can look for a possible deal in the days and weeks to come on appointments. President Obama has a lot of nominations still sitting there languishing on the hill. He's working with Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell to get a package deal through, push a bunch through, mostly career ambassadors tossing over to the side some of the more controversial ones like his nominee for surgeon general and that guy who wants to be ambassador to Norway, which is never busy.
KING: So the President's doing some trading. That's actually unique for this president to see if he carries that one out.
I'll close with the local drama that proves the Tea Party Republican establishment intentions aren't just in Washington.
New Hampshire Republicans won back the State House of Representatives back on Election Day. That makes happy -- right. Well, a former house speaker Bill O'Brien wants his old job back. He wants the gavel back but he's viewed as a Tea Party lightning rod, a very conservative agenda when he was speaker in the past. So a remarkable array of powerful New Hampshire politicians is
trying to block him from getting his job back; they include former Governor John Sununu and the current U.S. Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte. She is up for reelection in 2016 and worries that Bill O'Brien will give Democrats an excuse to say Republicans are extremists. Kelly Ayotte knows she needs independents and moderates in 2016 which would be a presidential year. So watch that one play out in Concord.
That's it for INSIDE POLITICS. Thanks again for sharing your Sunday morning. We'll see you soon.
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South Carolina Democratic chairwoman Carol Fowler sharply attacked Sarah Palin today, saying John McCain had chosen a running mate "whose primary qualification seems to be that she hasn’t had an abortion."I read somewhere today speculation that the Democrats' internal polls show them in deep, deep trouble, maybe even checkmated, so long as Palin remains the GOP VP candidate.
They sure are going out whole hog to get her. It's almost like a high tech lynching, but they cannot find a tree strong enough to hold her.
Poor dumb bastards.


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Think I've finally figured out Jaimies Spider Tank walking mechanism, pretty cool. You have to picture the legs with your head tilted sideways at a 45 degree angle, while scratching your head and rubbing your stomach. I wonder if this is how Jaimie figured out the walking mechanism to start with. Think I'd like to build a small model with some hobby plastic bits to verify thoughts. May get a few model airplane hinges to build with, or just make some small hinge joints some way.