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I picked up Petra’s card from a Gym in Brooklyn and placed it in my briefcase. When I got home, I placed it on my desk and proceeded to work. My assistant saw it and suggested that given that as the custom goes, I was to give my husband to be a wedding gift, the gift could be a series of sexy pictures of myself in the form of a book.
I sent Petra an Email, to which she responded promptly. We set up an appointment to accommodate my busy schedule on a Sunday. I did not think about it until the week prior to the session. I panicked. I had not bought anything, not the shoes, not the clothes and felt absolutely unprepared for the session. Petra reassured me and together we put together a few outfits.
The session went smoothly. The make-up artist listened to my concerns about looking natural, and did a beautiful job. Petra was comforting and eased my anxiety about posing by assuring me that she would not print anything unflattering.
I came in anxious and left feeling lighthearted and sexy.
She followed up with a meeting during which pictures were chosen and the book prepared.
The pictures were perfect. My husband to be loved the pictures.
The pictures represent what I do not see. They represent what I should see. Now when I do not feel sexy or beautiful, I look at the pictures and I am reminded that I do not always look like I feel.
Petra was instrumental in realizing this. While crafted and creative, she was able to put me at ease and allow my sexuality to shine through.
I recommend her wholeheartedly to anyone woman or man, who wants to take a look at themselves from the outside in. A prospective needs to have in order to see the whole person.
Irene G., Queens, NY, boudoir client
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As a model, I love going into shoots to discover, explore, and learn. After meeting Petra, I was so excited because I knew we would have a great deal of fun! I was so comfortable the entire shoot and I remember not wanting it to end! It was so relaxed and I felt like I was just hanging out with a friend. I love that I was able to work with a photographer that was so friendly but still focused. By the end of the shoot we had gotten so many shots beyond what we were looking for! Looking back at those pictures makes me so proud! It was a joy!
Chris S., Manhattan, NY, headshot client
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This is my second time working with Petra and I definitely recommend her! First of all she’s really fun to work with, and even though we hadn’t seen each other in a long time, it was like no time had passed. She’s really good at giving direction and her studio is gorgeous! Also the photos come out sooo good. Just really soft, flawless retouching. You can tell that she’s not only skilled but that she also puts in the time to make sure your photos com out really well and natural looking. I love working with Petra! I’m always pleased with the results.
Azia L., Brooklyn, NY, boudoir client
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It is hard to find a photographer that you can completely be yourself in front of. Even as a professional actress and dancer, it’s still never easy letting your guard down to let your inner light shine through. Petra was so fantastic and put me at ease and seemed to know every story I wanted to portray, without me even knowing what exactly I wanted, lol. All I knew was that I wanted to look and feel my best and that is how I walked away from her shoot feeling. From fitness shots, to dance and boudoir, Petra captured a side of me I didn’t even know existed! I definitely plan to keep using her as my photographer; personally and professionally. I highly recommend her work, as I’ve worked with many photographers who do not seem to do justice to individuality like her. Thank you Petra!!
Ashley G., Brooklyn, NY, contemporary portrait client
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Lee G., NYC, headshot client
My biggest concern (before the photo shoot) was that I wouldn’t feel comfortable in the shoot or wouldn’t know what to do. I was also excited about it bc I’ve always wanted to be in a photoshoot. My favorite part of the session was the part where we put the fan on; because I was wearing my favorite outfit and bc I was encouraged to model a bit for the camera. I would say: Petra is a very friendly person who makes the environment very comfortable. She knows how to make a person in front of the camera comfortable in a very casual way. From the start to the end Petra will help you relax. Also the photos come out spectacular. She is a great photographer.
Eva Z., Brooklyn, NY, glamour portrait client
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Working with Petra Romano for the first time was a amazing experience. She meet with me prior to the shoot, to discuss the concepts, outfits, and details for the shoot, which allowed me to be fully prepared. During the shoot she was kind, gave clear instructions, and made the shoot so much fun. The photos came out beautiful and I am so glad I worked with her.
Kalin B., Yonkers, NY, contemporary portrait client
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I definitely don’t enjoy being the center of attention, and posing in front of a camera would be the last thing that comes to my mind when thinking about something fun to do. I was not thrilled about this photo shoot idea but I was tempted just to have this experience with my daughter, so I thought to myself: “oh well, I will just try to go with the flow, and since I don’t have great expectations, I won’t have any regrets, except maybe being caught on camera ;o)”. I could not have been further from the truth!
The session started for me first just by watching my daughter having fun in front of a camera. She was posing like she was born to do it. I was mesmerized. My daughter and Petra worked together so great, it felt like they already rehearsed days before. Then it became absolutely addicting. I felt like I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and join the fun. I was hesitant at first, but Petra was so awesome giving instructions, then everything just happened so fast. There was no time to overthink anything anymore. We had great conversations before, during & after the photo shoot, yet at the end I realized, it was a clever technique Petra used to get me to relax and stop thinking, but at the same time, our conversations felt very genuine. I felt like Petra cared how I look and how I felt, and she definitely wanted me to have fun and love my pictures. She took such awesome pictures, even when I was completely unaware, by getting me involved in conversation rather than which pose to strike.
At the beginning of our session, I already knew that I would probably end up not keeping pictures of myself and would get only pictures of my daughter, maybe a few of us together to refresh my memories when I would look back at them. Once again, I could not have been further from the truth! When I saw my pictures I was speechless. They seemed so genuine, no smile or pose was forced or awkward. I didn’t even know I was capable of so many facial expressions ;o). I was totally stunned by Petra’s job! The only problem I had was choosing the best pictures from the best. I just wanted them all because each picture had something unique. If it was not a facial expression then it was the scenery; if it was not the scenery then it was my hair ;o). Each picture captured my attention in a different way and the process of elimination was almost impossible.
I would recommend Petra in a heartbeat. The photo shoot experience was worth it, and the quality of her work is stunning. She treated my daughter and I as if we were her only clients, and she kept retaking the pictures until she was satisfied with the results. She indeed gave us all she had to offer. The only regret I have is that she lives so far away, but I will find a reason to visit NYC again because it was totally worth it!
Jana W., Cincinnati, OH, glamour mother-daughter portrait client
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One of my biggest concern (before the photo shoot) was to have fun!!! And I did have fun! In fact it felt so good to spend time just for myself! When you have kids you not always feel yourself as a woman, more like a mom,wife…but very rarely as a woman…sexy and attractive. My best part was the entire shoot. The beginning, the middle of it and the end. I felt free…. I would recommend Petra as a photographer, just because I can not find the reason why not! Very easy and friendly atmosphere…while client relaxing and just enjoying, the professional freezes these moments forever into beautiful photo!
Ilona B., Brooklyn, NY, glamour/boudoir client
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I would like to say thank you to Petra for photo sessions she did for me and my family. She was so professional and well-prepared. Petra’s beautiful photography captured our family in moments of tenderness, warmth, and joy. Her patience and creativity did amazing memories for our family.
We had our first photo sessions with her for our kids and we were surprised how beautiful photos were done. Her work with kids gave us the special memory of our children we will have for a lifetime.
Next was family photo session. These were the most amazing pictures of our family I have ever seen. Petra has a gift for capturing beauty in every shot she takes. She has created the most beautiful and heart-warming pictures that tell a wonderful story of our family.
Then I had an unforgettable time and experience during my beauty photo shoot. She made me feel completely at ease and beautiful. Petra’s warm personality made the whole photo shoot experience relaxed and fun. I was surprised at how great the photos turned out.
I appreciated her patience and enthusiasm for her work. Thanks again Petra.
Ivanna P., Brooklyn, NY, glamour mother-daughter portrait client

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I made this dust collector (for only a couple bucks) mostly out of MDF, based on some rough plans I found here.
I used a 7 gallon pail as the base, only because it gave me a bit more room for collecting, and I didn’t have to pay for it!
I cut the circles using my tablesaw (yes, my table saw) using a homemade circle cutting jig like the one here. I routed out a rabbet around the lid so it would create a snug fitting “seat” to sit on top of the bucket. For the baffle’s shape, I used my table saw again to cut out about 1-1/4” from about 2/3 of the circle. Confused yet? A little math comes in handy here.
I used some 6” length 7/16” dowels to create the space between the lid and the baffle. Use a drill press to make sure your holes line up perfectly and make sure you label them 1, 2 & 3 just in case your measurements aren’t dead on (mine never seem to be on projects like this).
My shop vac hose is 1-1/4” so an ABS pipe of this size fits the hose perfectly. I used a forstner bit to drill the hole for the pipe but then had to nibble away a bit more MDF from the hole using a spindle sander.
This separator creates a cyclone inside the bucket and I was very surprised at how well it works!
Things I would do differently next time:
1. Use a drill press to make sure the holes are dead on. I didn’t do that.
2. Make the dowels a bit shorter. Maybe 4 or 4-1/2”.
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Aflatoxin-producing fungi associated with pre-harvest maize contamination in Uganda.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Maize is an important staple crop for the majority of the population in Uganda. However, in tropical and subtropical climates, maize is frequently contaminated with aflatoxins, a group of cancer-causing and immuno-suppressive ...

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Bitcoin, months after it became a legal tender in El Salvador?
Bitcoin after being pariah to nations for many years was adopted on 5 June 2021 by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who declared it as a legal tender.
Since El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele made the announcement, Bitcoin prices have fluctuated quite a bit.
The Bitcoin price was $37,689 when the announcement was made, and it was $46,810 by the time the law was passed in El Salvador on 7 September 2021.
Ahead of the launch, El Salvador bought 400 bitcoins worth around $20 million. Like all innovations, El Salvador's Bitcoin process has a learning curve," Bukele said in a tweet. "Not everything will be achieved in a day, or in a month."
Lawmakers in the Central American country’s Congress voted by a supermajority in favor of the Bitcoin Law, receiving 62 out of 84 of the legislature’s vote.
Despite this, it wasn't easy for the president to declare the adoption of a cryptocurrency. Many experts believe that it was adopted because El Salvador doesn't have their own currency, and looking at the popularity, the president has decided to take this step.
Another important issue that Bitcoin adoption will solve is that over 70% of El Salvador who do not have access to traditional financial services will now be included in it. To make it successful, the president also provided all users with $30 of Bitcoin.
El Salvador, which gets a lot of remittances from other countries, believes that it can save over $400 million in remittance charges after implementing Bitcoin Law.
After the El Salvador decision, many small nations are now working towards adopting Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies as legal tender. But, international organizations, like the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank have been cautioning them to choose this route.
Things have now somehow slowed down, as the price of Bitcoin has too increased to over $68,000 on 11 November 2021, before stabilizing to $56,300.
To issue $1 BN Bitcoin Bond
In order to take things forward, very recently at Bitcoin Week, the president made an announcement of issuing a $1 bn Bitcoin Bond and using that fund to build a Bitcoin city near a volcanic island in the eastern region of La Union.
The $1 billion USD will be split between a $500M allocation in Bitcoin (BTC) and a $500M spend for building out energy and Bitcoin mining infrastructure in the region.
The first 10-year issue El Salvadoran Bitcoin Bond would be worth $1 billion, backed by Bitcoin and carrying a coupon of 6.5%, roughly half the weighted coupon of El Salvador’s long-duration sovereign debt.
El Salvador also aims to create a government securities law and grant a license to Bitfinex Securities to process and list the bond issuance. This could pave the way for other Liquid security tokens like the Blockstream Mining Note (BMN) or Exordium (EXO) token to be listed on a regulated El Salvadorian securities exchange.
The architect of the Bitcoin Bond is Blockstream CSO Samson Mow and designed with Blockstream VP of Financial Products Jesse Knutson, in collaboration with the government of El Salvador said, "This is the new dawn of digital capital markets.”
The demand for liquid assets with low volatility and low friction is strong and growing. Tokenized sovereign debt should be seen as an attractive third option for investors looking to allocate money or to take profit into.
Days after El Salvador declared Bitcoin legal, China on the other hand completely banned cryptocurrencies on 24 September 2021. Even though trading has officially been banned in China since 2019, it has continued online through foreign exchanges.
Apart from this, there were some media reports that the Indian government will be banning crypto, but the Indian finance ministry has said that only private cryptocurrencies will be banned and the bill in this regard will be presented in the winter session of the Indian parliament that is going to be held from 29 November 2021to 23 December 2021.
However, the government has yet not defined private crypto; many crypto experts, crypto exchanges have given their representation to the finance ministry in this regard and asked the government to come up with a regulatory authority, rather than banning it completely.
As a result, it seems that the fire started in El Salvador has spread worldwide, and every country wants to deal with cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology.
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Aquaponics & Cannabis: 3 Major Obstacles
In order to get high yields with aquaponics, a cannabis grower needs to familiarize themselves with the basics of how an aquaponic system works. To grow cannabis successfully in aquaponics, the system must be configured to produce the high levels of nutrients needed by a plant like marijuana, and that takes a little extra know-how!
Aquaponics is the art of combining aquaculture (growing fish in tanks) with hydroponics (growing plants in water). It’s sort of like organic hydroponics!
In an aquaponic growing system, fish are raised in a tank and the nutrients they produce (contained in their poop and produced by their gills) gets converted by bacteria into nutrients for the plants. The plant roots help clean the water before it is re-circulated back to the fish tank, completing the cycle.
Aquaponics creates a tiny ecosystem – fish make nutrients for cannabis while cannabis cleans the water for the fish!
Although fish are the most common species used for aquaponics, other aquatic creatures like shrimp, crayfish or prawns can also be used. Both edible fish and ornamental fish can be used successfully in an aquaponic system. Generally you want to pick a species that is hardy and can tolerate crowding. Tilapia is an edible fish that adapt very well to aquaponics, and koi or goldfish are great choices for ornamental fish since they are nice to look at and can thrive in sub-optimal environments.
Aquaponics may be the most efficient way there is to cultivate both fish and plants at the same time because combining them together reduces the cost of farming each one individually! In big commercial operations, aquaponics is used to produce profitable combinations like tilapia fish and lettuce. In smaller setups, aquaponics is a sustainable, low-technology and efficient way to create food even with infertile land and low resources – aquaponics dramatically reduces the amount of water needed for raising fish, while producing high-nutrient plants at the same time!
You feed the fish, they feed the cannabis!
When it comes to growing cannabis in aquaponics, one of the big goals is to set up a system that produces high levels of available nutrients. Growing cannabis plants gobble up nutrients, especially in the flowering stage, so you need to ramp up an aquaponics system to optimize it for high nutrient output! That means that you need to make sure you have a high density of fish, as well as a really great bacterial colony to convert all that fish poop into nutrients for your plants!
Life Cycle Inside a Cannabis Aquaponics System
The Rearing Tank / Aquarium is where the fish or other aquatic creatures live. These creatures produce waste containing nutrients that are vital for plant growth. Common fish used in aquaponics include tilapia, koi and goldfish, but there are many other hardy species that can adapt to an aquaponic environment including blue gill and catfish.
Your system will have a Hydroponic Sub-System, which is basically the tank or reservoir where cannabis plants grow with their roots in the water. In many ways, you grow your cannabis plants in aquaponics just like you would with a traditional DWC/hydro setup. The main difference is the fish produce nutrients instead of you having to add them!
Bacteria make up your Biofilter, the “heart” of your aquaponics system. The bacteria biofilter is the missing piece that allows you to run a symbiotic relationship between the fish and the plants like in nature. When you create a nice home for the bacteria, they work hard to convert fish waste into usable nutrients for the plants. The biofilter can be its own separate component in the system, or you can cultivate a biofilm of bacteria inside the actual fish tanks and hydroponic reservoirs. Without a colony of bacteria, your plants will be unable to use the nutrients in the water from the fish (and fish will die from too-high levels of ammonia)!
The Secret to Success with Marijuana & Aquaponics is Patience
The secret to any successful aquaponics system is patience! You need to create a balance between the fish, bacteria and plants, and this takes time. Unfortunately, there’s not necessarily a lot of ways to speed things up while your bacteria is being colonized.
It’s like growing a cannabis plant in a way, you can do things to get the plant to grow faster, but no matter what you’re still going to have to wait for the plant to grow until you get to harvest. You can help your bacteria grow, but they need time to build up their numbers and form a robust colony.
That means in a young/new aquaponics tank you have to spend time cultivating your bacteria, and in the meantime you may have a lot of adjusting to do to maintain a balance that will keep both plants and fish alive: adding nutrients, changing the water, testing nutrient levels, managing pH and possibly adding/removing fish.
But as you create more of a balance, and your tank becomes more mature, you will have a lot less to do. In fact, over time you can set the system to do most of the maintenance by itself!
3 Major Obstacles to Growing Cannabis in Aquaponics
1.) Cannabis Has High Nutrient Needs
Growing cannabis in aquaponics is similar to hydroponics, except fish and bacteria make the food! Your plants can’t use nutrients directly from the fish. Fish waste actually has to be converted to a usable form by the bacteria in your biofilter. Building a robust colony of bacteria for your biofilter can take 6 months or more, which means that additional nutrient supplementation by natural sources will likely be needed to grow a cannabis plant in aquaponics for the first few months.
The appetite of a cannabis plant for nutrients is especially voracious during the budding/flowering stage. When your plant is making buds, it’s sucking up nutrients like there’s no tomorrow! Fruiting plants with similarly high nutrient needs to cannabis (like tomatoes) have been successfully grown in aquaponics, but it’s much less common than growing something with simple and low nutrient needs like lettuce or herbs.
While “getting your feet wet” with aquaponics, don’t beat yourself up if you run into nutrient problems!
2.) May Need Separate Vegetative & Flowering Chambers
Vegetative and flowering cannabis have different nutrient needs for the best growth. So in order to completely optimize an aquaponic system for cannabis it may be necessary to maintain different tanks.
It may be possible to simply supplement your tank with extra nutrients during the flowering stage, but it can be harmful to fish to add an excessive amount of extra nutrients unless the plants use most of it up before the water is re-circulated back to the rearing tank! Extra planning and water testing may be needed to manage which nutrients are currently available.
3.) What to Do with Extra Fish
Aquaponics is spectacular at producing fish and plants at the same time. If a cannabis grower would like a constant supply of fish to eat or sell, an aquaponic system simply can’t be beat!
But if a cannabis grower does not want to actually harvest their fish, they need to plan on what to do with the extra fish as they die and need to be replaced. In order to maintain the equilibrium of your aquaponics system, it’s a good idea to regularly be adding new young fish as old ones mature and die.
Tactics for Growing Marijuana with Aquaponics
How to Produce the Nutrients Needed by Cannabis
Even after your biofilter is established, you may still need to supplement with extra calcium, iron, potassium and possibly phosphorus to keep up with the needs of your cannabis, especially during the flowering stage.
Luckily there are natural sources to get extra nutrient supplementation without seriously affecting your fish. For example Maxicrop is a common nutrient additive made out of seaweed that works well in an aquaponics system to add potassium and trace minerals without hurting your fish.
Other common additives include cycling calcium hydroxide (hydrated lime or builder’s lime) and potassium carbonate (bicarbonate), which add calcium and potassium to the system while also raising the pH (since low pH is common in an aquaponics system that’s not well-established).
No matter what, when dialing in your aquaponic system it’s important to test your water throughout the process to see what nutrients are currently available. This lets you know where you’re running into nutrient problems, and also will help you know what to do to fix it. Not only will this help you take better care of your plants, it will also help you take better care of your fish!
Want to create a complete ecosystem with basically no input from you?
Some growers will introduce a worm farm (vermicompost) to the system to supplement nutrients naturally while breaking down the solid waste from fish which can’t be processed by bacteria. This is one way to actually “complete” the cycle inside the system.
Normally in aquaponics, these extra solids are filtered out and thrown away, but worms can liquefy it while providing an extra source of nutrients that can help bridge the nutrient gap and make sure cannabis is getting everything it needs without any extra supplementation.
At this point your main input into the system would just be fish feed. If you want to get even more sustainable, you could grow duckweed or another plant that fish eat and you wouldn’t even have to buy fish feed anymore! As the system gets more and more balanced, nearly all the energy input to the system can come from the sun or grow lights, producing a food/plant generating machine!
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By following the tutorials and setting up your system to grow high-nutrient, flowering plants plants like tomatoes or corn, you will be giving your cannabis plants everything they need to succeed!
Aquaponics, what is it and can it work for weed?
Aquaponics is similar to hydroponics in the way that marijuana grown in an aquaponics system are grown in water. However, with hydroponics you really only have two components – the water, which carries the nutrients, and the plants. When aquaponics are used for growing cannabis, you’re actually creating an entire ecosystem, one in which many different components – fish, plants, waste, and nutrients – all work together to better the health of the entire system, and everything within it.
How does aquaponics work?
Aquaponics works very similarly to hydroponics. The plants sit just above the water with their roots dangling into the water so that they can absorb the nutrients that pass through the water. With aquaponics however, that water below also contains fish, and it’s all contained in an aquarium or other appropriate container.
Aquaponics all starts with the fish. You feed the fish, and they turn that food into waste, which is actually microbes and worms that serve as the perfect nutrients for the cannabis plants. The plants will also absorb microbe nutrients from any uneaten food that is missed by the fish and left in the tank. The plants also filter the water, providing cleaner and healthier water for the fish to live in. Aquaponics is a basic system, but one in which every component is dependent on the other to ensure success.
This setup is not only unique; it’s also much cheaper and lower-maintenance than using a hydroponics system alone. When you first build an aquaponics system, it is likely that you’ll need to add extra nutrients for your plant’s health. However, after a little time, the bacteria and microbes of the system will have built up enough that the entire system should pretty much run itself. Of course, plants will still need maintenance other than simply being given nutrients and the fish will need to be fed regularly. However, you won’t need to invest nearly as much time in an aquaponics system as you would a hydroponic system, or a standard indoor/outdoor grow site.
Aquaponics systems are good for either small or large operations, but you’ll find that even small operations might turn out to be larger than you thought. With aquaponics, plants can be kept much closer together than they typically can, so even small scale systems can provide a plentiful yield.
The Pros and Cons of Growing Cannabis Using Aquaponics
Seasoned cannabis cultivators looking for large yields and a quick growth cycle might want to consider aquaponics. Chris Bond examines the good and bad when it comes to growing marijuana in an aquaponic setup.
How to grow cannabis hydroponically is well documented at this point. There are hundreds (if not more) of resources, articles, and how-to manuals on growing marijuana with a hydro system; not so for aquaponics. The difference between a hydroponic system and an aquaponic system may seem like only a matter of degree, but there are some definitive differences to consider.
Aquaponics is the marriage of two distinct farming or production systems combining fish farming with plant production. When it works, the results can be amazing; if it doesn’t go well, you lose two potential crops, not just one. It is not something necessarily advised for the novice cannabis grower, but may provide a fun and unique challenge to one who has already mastered some of the finer points of hydroponic cannabis production.
The Basics of Aquaponics
In almost all aquaponics systems, water circulates between the section where plants are being grown and a separate section where fish are being raised. There are numerous configurations to achieve this. Some setups have the plants directly above the fish, and some have the two systems separated in different rooms but are attached by an intake pipe and a return pipe, ensuring that the water continuously cycles between the plant roots and the fish tank.
Any plant that can be grown hydroponically should be able to be grown aquaponically (I say “should” as I cannot find any verification that all such plants have indeed been tested in an aquaponic system). The choice of fish breed, however, is somewhat limited to those that can be raised in such tight quarters in water appropriate for hydroponic plant production. Overwhelmingly, the fish species selected are one of three: tilapia, perch, or trout. Those with larger tanks can try catfish and those who are not interested in consuming the fish can raise goldfish in an aquaponic assembly.
In any healthy, balanced aquaponic system cannabis plants enjoy a continual supply of nitrogen created by the fish waste. These flow from the fish tank and can be absorbed by the plant’s roots. The plants will also get some lesser micronutrients as a side benefit, but overwhelmingly they get nitrogen. The fish get clean water as it is oxygenated and purified by the plant roots. In most systems, fish food will need to be added as well. When your cannabis plants need additional nutrients, they can be applied directly to the plants without entering the recycled water supply when a “double root zone” system is employed.
This involves creating a physical barrier between the top portion of the roots and the section that is submerged in the water. Many creative solutions and media are used for this, including various types of mesh or burlap (untreated) along with soil or other media with nutrient-holding capacity. This allows for targeted applications of nutrients such as phosphorus and potassium to the root zone, while staying out of the water supply. Foliar feeding of nutrients can also be performed if the double root zone method is not utilized.
The Pros of Growing Marijuana via Aquaponics
Most successful aquaponic cannabis producers cite the main reason for using this production method (besides producing fish as well) is that their plants can often be harvested an average of about 10 days sooner than by utilizing other growing methods. If your goal is a quick turn-around, aquaponics is certainly a cannabis growing method to consider. It is also thought to contribute to higher yields when compared to other growing methods.
Other growers cite environmental concerns.
Growing any crop with aquaponics saves water. Less water is used compared to those plants needing constant irrigation. Less water is also used because it is serving “double-duty” by keeping two separate crops alive and sated. Other growers like that it is a way to grow cannabis organically as the main fertilizer for their plants comes directly from fish. At the time of this writing, there are no recognized certifiers for organic aquaculture of cannabis; it can still be grown without using any artificial chemicals. This also results in organically raised fish for your table or to sell as an added bonus.
Regardless of the reasons for choosing aquaponics for your cannabis production, there are some very real considerations to make before jumping in.
Aquaponic systems are neither cheap nor easy to operate. They may be comparable in cost and only slightly more complicated than most hydroponic systems, but nonetheless they still cost more to set up than most soil-grown cannabis operations. It is likely additional filters will need to be set up, plus bigger pumps and larger tanks than are needed to grow a comparable amount of cannabis using only hydroponics. They are also significantly more complicated.
A successful aquaponic cannabis grower must be in tune not only to the needs of one crop and growing system, but essentially two. The grower must understand not only the needs of cannabis plants need at any given time, but must be aware of the state of the environment the fish are living in as well. It is even more vital than with a hydroponic system that the pH, temperature and electrical conductivity levels are constantly monitored. If one is out of balance, the whole system can collapse faster than more simple growing systems. This typically requires more time spent tending to an aquaponic system than any other growing method. To further complicate matters, the time required to go from seed to harvest is considerably less than it takes to go from a fingerling (the term used for many young fish) to the frying pan.
Expect the fish to take several months longer, meaning that you may be halfway through the cycle of a second crop of cannabis when you need to harvest the fish and add new ones to the system, all while trying to maintain proper levels.
Producing cannabis aquaponically is not a method generally recommended for those just dabbling in production or those who are just starting out as hobbyists. It is a step best undertaken by those who have graduated from successfully growing in soil or soilless mediums, and are ready to challenge themselves. Mastering hydroponic cannabis production, while not a prerequisite, will give the aquaponic cannabis grower a leg-up when attempting to set up and operate a viable and high-yielding aquaponics system. Once you have mastered this level of dominion over both flora and fauna, you can take pride knowing that you have reached one of the higher echelons of cannabis production.
If nothing else, fish can be a whole lot more interesting to watch while they are swimming around as you enjoy some of your aquaponically-grown bud.

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How can one think about people’s welfare by filing cases against those who pray for people’s welfare ? Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013 law is being used as a weapon to attack Hindu Dharma. The Government should foil the conspiracy of MANiS and repeal this Act. Read more »
In Bharat, calling Martand Temple ‘Shaitan ki gufa’ & shooting dance for the film Maqbool is ok but doing Hindu rituals there is not. This is what this pseudo-secularism has done to Bharat. Read more »
The Odisha state cabinet approved amendments to the Sri Jagannath Temple Act of 1954, simplifying issues pertaining to land owned by the temple. Read more »
Several superstitious practices, including made snana, astrology and animal sacrifices would be dropped from the draft Bill, according to Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa. Read more »
Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has been meeting MLAs and submitting representations to them for opposing to the proposed Bill on anti-superstitions Act. Read more »
HJS submitted a representation to Shiv Sena’s MLA demanding appointment of Administrator on Andha-shraddha Nirmulan Samiti (ANiS) which is involved in financial scam with the funds obtained by way of donations from India as well as from other countries. Read more »
HJS submits representations to MLAs from various parties demanding cancellation of proposed Bill of anti-Superstitions Act and imposition of ban on ‘Popular Front of India’ ! Read more »
Shri. Mohan Gowda, Shri. Kashinath Shetty, advocate Chetan Manerikar and Sou. Vidula Haldipur met the State Energy Minister D. K. Shivkumar of Karnataka State Read more »
Recently local ‘Hindutvavadis’ staged demonstrations at the famous Rayanna Chowk to oppose passing of anti-superstitions Act. Read more »
Press conference held by Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) to oppose ‘the Anti-superstitions Act , 2016’ proposed to be passed by the Karnataka Government Read more »
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Editor's note: This piece was originally published in French on Medium and was translated by OkayAfrica contributor, Audrey Lang.
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Dear subscribers, partners, entrepreneurs and friends,
On September 13, 2017, almost two years after the launch of the Afrostream video-on-demand service, we are stopping the addition of subscriptions. The service is closing in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and in 24 African countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Togo. Thank you to the thousands of subscribers who have trusted us and the hundreds of thousands of fans who have followed us on social networks.
Entrepreneurship is a piecemeal game, you just have to miss once for everything to stop.
This is the end of a great entrepreneurial adventure that began in November 2013, almost four years ago. The closing of a company is always a shock for an entrepreneur, but it is also an experience and lesson that will be a precious reminder for other projects as well as a reserve of knowledge and best practices that I will be delighted to share with other entrepreneurs.
I have led Afrostream here but it is possible to go even further.
Many people will be filled with sadness upon receiving word of the announcement of this closure. Some are already speculating as to what led us to this premature end. I would like to step back and share with you the story of the birth, growth and then closure of Afrostream in France.
A UFO in the Audiovisual Landscape
Afrostream was born from a simple observation: African, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-American films and series deserve to have wider dissemination. A public in search of representation or discoveries does not always have easy and legal access to aspirational content. The solution we provided was a legal subscription streaming service offering more than 2000 hours of content available on computers, phones, tablets and since the summer of 2016, on the boxes of more than 12 million homes in France on either a Bouygues Telecom or Orange TV offer.
An Impossible Mission
Launching a digital media company requiring the legal acquisition of film and series rights from major Hollywood studios, American chains and more than 100 African producers seemed to be an impossible task when starting the project alone. The fact that Afrostream existed is a small miracle in the media industry in Europe and particularly in France.
To realize this vision, I began by surrounding myself with a talented team. A team specialized in media, whose members went through M6, the Lagardère Group and Molotov. I was accompanied and trained in the ecosystem of startups with TheFamily and their training Koudetat and Koudetat fundraising, I benefited from the training to Entrepreneurship of Cantillon and the start-up incubator Orange Fab.
At the time, on the Afrostream Facebook page, the 50,000 fans who were following the genesis of the project imagined that Afrostream was already a big company with strong kidneys when we were only comprised of 2 people, my co-founder and I.


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INA -- The Marion Junior High School boys basketball team overcame a 14-point deficit and rallied past Benton Middle School, 47-43, Thursday night in the third-place game of the SIJHSAA Class L state tournament at Rend Lake College's Waugh Gymnasium.
Rayzhaun Bardo hit a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left that gave Marion the ninth lead change of the game and proved to the be the winning basket after the Rangers turned the ball over and Bardo tacked on two free throws with 16.6 ticks left. Benton couldn't convert and Marion was able to run out the clock.
"I thought our defensive effort was phenomenal," said MJHS head coach Bradley Griffith. "We played hard and harassed Benton the entire second half and that's what won us the game."
After a scoreless opening stretch, the points came fast and furious.
Benton scored the first five points with a basket from Landon Bolen and a triple by Reid Baumgarte, then Marion scored the next eight points starting with a three-point play by Deavon Margrum and four straight from Tariq Sanders.
Then the Rangers went on a 15-0 run with treys from Baumgarte and Tyler Chamness and a 35-foot banked-in buzzer-beater by Keegan Glover at the end of the first quarter. The run continued in the second with layups by Baumgarte and Chase Owens.
Bolen joined the long-range club with a 3-pointer of his own and when Baumgarte knocked down his third, the Rangers suddenly had a 28-14 lead with 2:19 still left in the first half.
But the Wildcats took some serious momentum into the locker room when Bardo hit a halfcourt shot to end the half. It not only cut Benton's lead to 30-23 but started what would eventually be a 10-0 lead-swinging run in the third quarter.
"Benton came out a lot hungrier than we did and put us in a hole," Griffith said. "We could've very easily folded and conceded third place to them, but our guys responded and went out fighting."
During the regular season, Benton led the first meeting at the half and the second game was tied at the break. In both games, Marion went on a big run in the third quarter. While that trend continued in the third matchup, the Wildcats didn't run away this time.
But they did take the lead in the third quarter as Sanders, Devyn Wright and Isaiah McLorn provided points to put Marion ahead 33-30 with five minutes left in the third quarter. It went back and forth from there.
The Rangers went in front 37-35 when Baumgarte made his fourth 3-pointer of the night. Sanders scored to send the game into the fourth quarter tied at 37.
Benton was clinging to a 41-40 lead when Marion's Venson Newsom was fouled and split two free throws but DaMareon Cooper got the rebound and McLorn scored to put the Wildcats in front.
Both teams missed valuable bonus free throws after that and Benton went ahead for the last time at 43-42 on a basket from Owens before Bardo drilled his 3-pointer with 45 seconds left.
"Ray Bardo made a couple huge shots and Tariq Sanders had his best game of the season," Griffith said. "They made the plays when we needed them."
Sanders finished with a game-high 18 points, McLorn had 12 and Bardo put in nine for the Wildcats.
Baumgarte led the Rangers with 16 points and Bolen had 11. Chamness added seven and Glover had five.
Marion's season ended with a 23-2 record.
"It was a great ending to an awesome season," Griffith said. "My number one hope is that our players will be able to look back at this year for the rest of their lives and remember it as a fun experience and be proud of their accomplishments."
NOTES: In the article about Marion's semifinal loss to Centralia, it was incorrectly stated that it was their first meeting of the season. Way back on Nov. 20, the Wildcats rolled to an 80-27 win over a shorthanded Centralia squad in Marion. Another scheduled game in Centralia on Jan. 16 was canceled by icy weather. ... In the championship game Thursday night, Collinsville defeated Centralia, 34-32, on a basket in the final seconds. ... Marion's only other loss of the season came out of state against Murray Middle School in a tournament at North Marshall Middle School in Kentucky.

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Ireland 4 Germany 3
1st End – A bit of slack play with Ireland not getting the results asked for. Pete tries to lift a treble with his first stone, managed to clear 2. Hit and stick with his second after being forced to take 1. 1-0.
2nd End – A bit of a hitting end, PJ played excellent double to clear the house. Both skips play hits for the blank . 1-0
3rd End – Ireland lying 2, forcing Germany to take their 1. 1-1. Quick end with both teams being defensive.
4the End – Ross going against 3 and lifted a nice double. PJ also lifted a double to lie 1. Lots of good hits by team Ireland. End blanked. 1-1.
5th End – Good end for Ireland. Pete looking at split for three, decided against it and had a draw for 2. 3-1.
6th End – Not quite getting our hits and rolls this end. Pete hits to lie 2, forcing Germany to take 1. 3-2
7th End – More stones in play in this end, with both teams having to observe the situation carefully. Pete looking for a hit a roll behind a guard and makes it, Ireland lying 1 with 2 stones to come. German skip Uwe Saile draws behind the tee, Pete has to follow but doesn’t make it. 3-3
8th End – 3-3 in the last end with the hammer. 7 stones to come and Ireland are lying 2 and open. Good tactical end, making Germany think their next shot. Two guards out front that fail to be removed, German skip draws round to lie second shot. Pete tries to remove the guard but can’t but Uwe Saile with his last draw wrecks on the guard. 4-3
Ireland into 1/4 finals!

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The Toyota GR Corolla's safety should be beyond reproach and although the NHTSA has not tested this specific model, the GR shares its structure with the normal 2023 Corolla Hatch, which has achieved a five-star overall crash-test rating at the NHTSA. Similarly, the IIHS gave the 2022 Corolla Hatch a Top Safety Pick+ award, which is the agency's highest accolade, which will likely apply to 2023 models as well.
NHTSA safety ratings are not available at this time.
The Toyota GR Corolla's safety features lack for nothing and start with ABS, stability control, tire-pressure monitoring, the obligatory backup camera, and no fewer than ten airbags (eight on the Morizo Edition). It comes as standard with the TSS 3.0 safety suite and trims have automatic LED headlights with automatic high beams, adaptive cruise control, pedestrian detection, lane-departure warning, lane-keep assist, lane tracing, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and road-sign assist.
The 2023 Toyota GR Corolla's reliability has not been rated by J.D. Power, but it should uphold its automaker's sound reputation. The normal 2023 Corolla hatch gets an overall J.D. Power rating of 81 out of 100, with 85 for the quality and reliability evaluation. It's further underscored by the fact that, at the time of writing, there have been no recalls for the 2023 GR Corolla. In fact, the Corolla lineup as a whole hasn't suffered any recalls in the last three years.
The 2023 Toyota GR Corolla's warranty gives you three years/36,000 miles of cover. The powertrain is covered for three years/60,000 miles, and the corrosion perforation warranty runs for five years/unlimited mileage.
The GR Corolla shares its structure with the normal Corolla Hatch, which has achieved a five-star NHTSA safety rating and a 2022 IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award. It's safe to say the GR Corolla is a safe car.
The GR Corolla has ten airbags. The front-seat occupants each get a frontal, knee, and side airbag and the rear-seat passengers have seat-mounted side airbags as well. Finally, full-length curtain head airbags cover both rows. The Morizo edition has eight airbags because it lacks the rear side airbags due to the fact that it has no rear seat.


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“Members of Congress have not had a pay raise since 2009. Long overdue.” — The Atlantic’s David Frum.
“Heard the other day about a kid who was asked by a parent what she was learning at her top 5 university. She answered, ‘I’m learning what you can’t say.’” — County Highway editor Walter Kirn.
“Per CBP sources, initial data for September shows there were over 260,000 migrant encounters at the border, making it the highest single month ever recorded.” — Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin.
“We had to create the time and space for every member of Congress to read the bill.” — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Jamaal Bowman is still claiming that he didn’t mean to set off the fire alarm, but it’s obvious he pulled it because Democrats wanted more time to read the temporary spending bill. No consequences.
“Republicans need to instead focus their energy on the Nazi members of their party before anything else.” — A suggested talking point/refutation sent out in a memo to House Democrats by Jamaal Bowman’s office.
“The attack on January 6 was more severe also than the attack on Pearl Harbor.” — Lincoln Project founder Steve Schmidt, during an interview with the Patrick Bet David Podcast. Schmidt also claimed that Jan. 6 was worse than 9/11.
“It’s almost like leftists will support insane bullshit right up until the point when it affects them personally.” — Matt Walsh, regarding the uproar over males who took over the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference by registering as non-binary.
“‘Misinformation’ was something I dealt with a lot inside the agency. The context in which it’s being used today is, it has a very simple meaning, it means ‘shut up, peasant.’” — Former CIA analyst Martin Gurri.
“When I left the Senate, I was able to convince Strom Thurmond to vote for the Voting Rights Act.” — President Joe Biden, in an interview with ProPublica. Strom Thurmond died in 2003, and Biden didn’t leave the Senate until 2009. The Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, before Biden was in office.
“Adults shouting at children can be as harmful as sexual or physical abuse, study finds.” — Headline from CNN. The actual study claims that verbal abuse should be considered a real form of abuse and taken seriously. It does not suggest that yelling at a child is as damaging as sexually assaulting them.
“There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the United States in order to prevent unlawful entries into the United States in the project areas.” — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The Biden administration is waiving 26 federal laws to allow border wall construction in South Texas. It’s absolutely amazing how Democrats’ immigration views and rhetoric changed the second that undocumented migrants started arriving in Blue cities.
“Trump’s running on white grievance… all it is is white grievance. Without racism, Trump is just a dumber Chris Christie.” — Elie Mystal, during a segment with MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan.
“We will look carefully to see if this is a one-off situation and if they're fundamentally law-abiding people.” — Soros-funded progressive Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, who is going soft on the rioters and looters who turned over the city last week.
“It is too open right now. People coming from all over the world are finding their way through simply saying they need asylum and the majority of them seem to be ending up in the streets of New York.” — New York Governor Kathy Hochul, in an interview with CBS News. Two years ago, Hochul explicitly invited all migrants to come to New York: “Our message to the world is send us your people and send us those who need our cloak of comfort.”
“Planned Parenthood is giving cross-sex hormones to teenagers—including those with special needs—after just a 30 minute consult.” — The Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium.
“The pattern’s obvious.” — Bill Hemmer of Fox News, pointing out that in 2019 there were 0 suspected terrorists arrested at the border; in 2020 there were 3; and this year there have been 151.
“In other words, the Party whose leaders and followers constantly and shrilly insist that voting for them is morally imperative to stop fascism are aggressive advocates of fascims' [sic] defining hallmarks, starting with unifying state and corporate power to forcibly silent dissent.” — Glenn Greenwald.
“California’s Proposition 47 reduces certain theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. Shoplifting items worth less than $950 won’t result in a felony charge, making life a little less stressful.” — A bullet point in pamphlets encouraging illegal migrants to go to San Francisco. The pamphlets are being distributed in Eagle Pass, Texas.
“And concerns tonight about the lack of vaccines for young children. Some parents say pharmacies will not vaccinate kids under age six, even though studies show that age group is at highest risk for the virus.” — NY1 Spectrum News. This is straight up “misinformation.” The risk of severe illness from covid increases with age.
“I follow lots of undocumented immigrants on TikTok taping their journey to America. Usually follows a pattern where they’re stuck at the border for awhile, eventually get in and become DoorDash drivers, and then make videos warning people back home how dangerous U.S. is for crime.” — The Intercept’s Murtaza Hussain.
A Washington Post piece on how thousands of teen boys are being extorted in sexting scams.
“The Disadvantages of an Elite Education,” from the American Scholar.
“Inside Sam Bankman-Fried’s Family Bubble,” from the New Yorker.
A Newsweek piece on how the FBI is targeting Trump supporters ahead of the 2024 election.
Simulation Commander: “The Walls Are Closing In — Around Free Speech.”
“The New Push for Censorship Under the Guise of Combating Hate,” from Tablet.
The Wall Street Journal: “How ‘Preapproved Narratives’ Corrupt Science.”
“The Covid Cover-up,” from City Journal.

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Bengaluru– IT giant Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy said on Wednesday that the company aims to create an India which would be different from the 20th century model.
Speaking on the occasion to mark the completion of 40 years of Infosys, Murthy said: “When you build an organisation, you are building industry and also building a country. We wanted to create unique opportunities for the middle class.
“There are issues of climate change, inequality, affordability and innovations are only centred on catering to 10 per cent of the population. Ours is a different experiment and different model,” he said.
Murthy said “we want to be a company that moves on to 100 years. The oldest company in the world is about 215 years old. Infosys has to flourish for at least 100 years”.
Talking about the current challenges, Murthy stated the present leadership of Infosys will face a big dilemma, a big question of corporate life.
“They will have to think whether their decisions are going to make their grandchildren proud? Will I be able to earn the respect of all stakeholders… 20 to 30 years down the lane?”
Talking about the crisis and the way ahead for Infosys, Murthy said: “During the challenging times, your aspiration and determination will be tested. You think of 350,000 jobs, their families, children, those are the issues which give strength to face challenges.”
“I never participated in religious rituals during work. At home, I am a religious person. There is a realm of logic. I realise there is a realm of faith which transcends logic. In certain situations, the realm of faith gives confidence and it is much more important,” he said. (IANS)

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CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pitch Slam at the Good Food Financing & Innovation Conference — November 6, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago — will feature 11 emerging entrepreneurs selected from a pool of 82 applicants.
These companies will deliver pitches to industry investors, venture capitalists, lenders, CEOs, and other potential partners. Winners will benefit from a package of in-kind services and cash valued at more than $100,000. All will benefit from the opportunity to elevate their businesses before leaders in the Good Food sector.
The contestants are Blake's Seed Based (allergy-friendly seed + fruit bars), Brass Roots (familiar snacks with nutritionally superior ingredients), Parks & Nash (healthy bone broth instant soups), Petal (organic-certified beverage brand dedicated to sparkling botanicals), Poppilu (antioxidant-rich lemonade with aronia berries), Sacred Serve (plant-based gelato), Skinny Souping (healthy drinkable soups), Tempo (tea-infused sparkling drinks and CBD wellness shots), The Cider Farm (cider and brandy from rare organic apples), The Worthy Company (plant-based snack bowls), and Within/Without (grain-free, low-glycemic granola).
The industry leaders on the Judges panel are Jean-Pierre Comte (Barilla), Ashley Hartman (Bluestein & Associates), Tera Johnson (Tera's Whey), Michael Lavin (Germin8 Ventures), Ryan Pintado-Vertner (Smoketown LLC), Mark Retzloff (founder of Horizon Organic Dairy), and Jeffrey Sanfilippo (John B. Sanfilippo and Son).
The generous prize contributors are New Hope Network, CPG.IO, SRW Agency, sgsco, Whole Brain Consulting, Smoketown LLC, SPINS, Polsinelli, Accelerated Growth, NewPoint Marketing, Creative Alignments, Makeena and Pod Foods.
For full Pitch Slam information, visit https://goodfoodfinancing.org/pitch-slam/.
The Pitch Slam is part of an outstanding program that includes industry titans such as Beyond Meat Executive Chair Seth Goldman and entrepreneur Kimbal Musk; local stars including Katlin Smith of Simple Mills, Kurt Seidensticker of Vital Proteins, and Stephanie Morimoto of Asutra; and the Financing Fair, where brands and investors connect.
There is also a separately ticketed Chefs for Change Reception immediately following the Conference. The Reception features delicious food from renowned Chicago chefs and a Successful Exits panel of entrepreneurs who made lucrative deals to sell their start-ups to bigger food companies. This fundraiser benefits groundbreaking programs of Naturally Chicago and the Good Food Accelerator.
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03 Mar Manchester Road Works – The Low Down
It is hard not to notice the extensive amount of road works happening in Manchester city centre. Every week it seems like another street is closed and another hole has been dug. When you’re stuck in a traffic jam or having to take a detour it can be very frustrating, particularly if you don’t know what the road works are in aid of.
So the pleasing news is that these disruptions are happening for a good reason and once they’re completed traffic movement throughout the city will be much smoother. Here are two of the biggest projects currently being undertaken that are currently causing a few headaches for commuters.
Oxford Road Bus Priority Lane
Oxford Road is the busiest bus corridor in Europe and so a bus priority lane is finally being installed to move traffic south of Manchester. There will also be a ‘dutch style’ bike lane as Oxford Road is a popular cycle route with students and commuters. These updates will also include changes to access between Hathersage Road and Grosvenor Street which will be prohibited to general traffic between 6am and 9pm, 7-days a week.
For more information, visit the TFGM website.
Metrolink Second City Crossing
Updates to the Metrolink lines will now include a faster route connecting St Peter’s Square with Victoria Station. The new line goes along Cross Street and there will be two new stations built at Exchange Square and Peter Street.
There are also plans to extend the Metrolink line to the Trafford Centre, which will be finalised later this year.
For more information about the Metrolink Second City Crossing, visit the Metrolink website.
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INFOSYS-RESULTS-MARGIN:India's Infosys says Q1 margin seen down 2 pct q/q
Margins would be hit by staff hiring charges and visa-related costs, V. Balakrishnan told reporters.
Bangalore-based Infosys posted a 27.4 percent rise in quarterly profit on Friday, but forecast lower-than-expected revenue growth for the current fiscal year due to an uncertain global economy and currency volatility.
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Light Multi-purpose Aircraft carrier - globalsecurity.org
LMA - Light Multipurpose Aircraft Carrier
The 44,000 ton Light Multi-purpose Aircraft carrier [LMA] design provides a flight deck equivalent to a much larger carrier with a displacement of over 60,000 tons. The innovation of the LMA is that the hangar below the flight deck is used for aircraft maintenance, rather than storage. The result is a rather large flight deck on a relatively small hull. The LMA is a "fair weather" carrier for which the default location of the air wing is on the flight deck, rather than below on the hangar deck. Aircraft are transported between the decks by relatively small elevators along the flight deck center-line, rather than large elevators on the edges of the flight deck. Naval architects note that steel is cheap and air is free, but this evidently is not strictly true. A radical reduction in the functionality and volume of the hangar deck results in a substantial reduction in total displacement, and project cost. This is the most significant innovation in aircraft carrie design since the twin island design of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class.
The Krylov State Research Center (KGNC) presented the model of a Light Multi-purpose Aircraft carrier [Legkii Mnogocelevoi Avianosec / Legkogo Mnogocelevogo Avianosca] at the Army-2018 International Military-Technical Forum for the first time in August 2018. The original configuration of the hull made it possible to make a huge deck and place on the aircraft carrier a full displacement of 44,000 tons to 46 aircraft, including heavy and light fighters, various helicopters and long-range radar surveillance aircraft. For comparison, on a heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov with a displacement of 60,000 tons, the project provides for the deployment of 50 aircraft and helicopters, in reality they were always much less.
The design maximizes the area of the deck used for the storage and maintenance of aircraft, with a minimum hangar, mainly for aircraft repair. There are three narrow elevators, along the centerline of the flightdeck, rather than on the edges as is normal practice. "The light multipurpose aircraft carrier is designed to ensure combat sustainability of the fleet’s forces and weapons which are engaged in hostilities in blue and green waters by fulfilling anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense tasks as well as by destroying air, surface, underwater and onshore targets," KGCN said in its documents. There are no exhaust stacks, the "exhaust" will be drained down along the sides. This, in particular, will also reduce the visibility of the ship.
According to the representative of KGNC, the project was developed for export, including to Latin America and South-East Asia, which are not regional superpowers. Compared with the full-size aircraft carrier, the new ship turned out to be cheaper to create and operate. The closest analogue is the Indian light aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya".
According to the head of the center, Vladimir Nikitin, the air wing of the novelty is identical to the heavy aircraft carriers. "This aircraft carrier is different in that it has a high-quality air wing the same as a heavy aircraft carrier. These are heavy Su-33 fighters, light MiG-29K fighters, multipurpose and rescue helicopters, four radar patrol aircraft, and only 46 aircraft." Nikitin also noted that the cost of a new ship could be several hundred billion rubles, that is, almost half as much as a full-sized one.
Most likely, the new ship will accommodate the new generation aircraft, based on the Su-35. In this case, light fighters are likely to remain in the same version - the MiG-29K, since this aircraft is "developed and serially produced." "Such a nomenclature ensures high-quality performance of any tasks," Nikitin stressed.
Among the shortcomings of the ship, the creators note restrictions on the stock of aircraft fuel and aircraft ammunition, which reduces the intensity of combat operations of the aircraft carrier. However, this problem is solved by using a complex supply ship, which will replenish the aircraft carrier with ammunition and fuel. As a result, the new aircraft carrier received full functionality: the ship can carry out air defense, strike, search for submarines and effectively deal with them, but it must always be supplied and transported, said Sudostroenie.info from KGNC.
According to the information provided by the "Krylovians", the LMA is designed to ensure the combat stability of the grouping of forces and equipment of the fleet when it performs combat operations in the far sea and ocean areas by solving air defense, air, surface, underwater and coastal targets. The main dimensions of the light multi-purpose aircraft carrier (on the constructive waterline) are 304 (260) meters x 78 (38) meters x 23 (8.5) meters. LMA is supposed to be equipped with a gas turbine main power plant of four turbines with a total design capacity of 81,000 kW. According to the developers, this will give an opportunity to develop a course of 28 knots. The autonomy of the LMA for provisions should be 60 days. Its deck aviation will be able to carry out take-off and landing operations at roughness up to 7 points.
Ship borne arms include four Pantsyr-ME anti-aircraft missile gun systems with target detection units. The Paket complexes comprising four 324 mm torpedo launchers ensure protection against torpedoes. Four rocket-assisted bomb throwers as well as active and passive electronic warfare systems can be deployed on the ship. Air-launched weapons stock is up to 600 tons; Aviation kerosene stock is up to 2,000 tons.
As for the current stage of the creation of the ship, the conceptual design was completed in 2017. At present, the technical feasibility of the project has been confirmed, estimates of the cost and location of construction have been carried out (the most likely candidate is Sevmash). Everything is ready for further design, add in the Krylov SRC.
The question of the possibility of building an aircraft of the "aircraft carrier" class in modern Russia, as well as the very demand for such a ship in the Russian Navy, are extremely polemical topics. Among other things, this is proved by the practice in the domestic defense industry, in which public statements by representatives of the country's military and political leadership on the need to build aircraft carriers do not lead to the beginning of the relevant design work.
It is not for nothing that recently the Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov correctly informed that issues related to the construction of an aircraft carrier for the Russian Navy are under discussion. In addition, the minister was able to "accurately say that helicopter carriers in the pure sense of the word will not be built."
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Russia future aircraft carrier "Storm" Project 23000 can dramatically change the balance in three regions of the world
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The game, which is titled Deathloop, is being developed by Arkane’s studio in Lyon, France. It follows two assassins locked in a neverending battle, in a place where death is more of a learning experience than the end of their existence.
Continue below for an official description of Deathloop and to check out the world premiere trailer.
“DEATHLOOP” transports players to the lawless island of Blackreef in an eternal struggle between two extraordinary assassins. Explore stunning environments and meticulously designed levels in an immersive gameplay experience that lets you approach every situation any way you like. Hunt down targets all over the island in an effort to put an end to the cycle once and for all, and remember, if at first you don’t succeed”¦ die, die again.
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Announced at the 2019 Bethesda Showcase, watch the announcement teaser for “DEATHLOOP,” a first-person action game from Arkane Lyon.
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WE OFTEN TAKE for granted the network of roads and rails, water and sewer lines, and the green infrastructure of open spaces, flood defenses, and a clean electric grid. These features form the structural framework that makes our society work, but they’re not working so well in Boston, and the city can do more to address the problem.
Boston’s infrastructure needs have been clearly identified in recent plans focusing on mobility (Go Boston), climate resilience (Climate Ready Boston), schools (Build BPS), and the meta-plan, Imagine Boston 2030. These plans identify a host of physical improvements the city needs to address its 21st century challenges, from encouraging housing production and improving transit to creating new open space resources and “smart city” infrastructure.
These initiatives do not have to rely exclusively on public investment; local park or transit station improvements can be attached to private development projects. Taking this a step further, the city has issued a request for ideas on how private investment can rebuild outmoded fire stations and libraries to include housing.
Private philanthropy is also playing an increasing role. Open-space organizations like the Trustees of Reservations are pursuing major parks, and the city is exploring how to create an independent investment vehicle to garner charitable donations for affordable housing and small-business development.
However, many needed physical improvements require direct public investment. Private parties can’t be expected to make neighborhood main streets pedestrian- and bike-friendly or construct regional flood protection barriers, not to mention to provide the full complement of affordable housing, commercial, civic, and cultural space the city needs to grow in an equitable way.
How much should the city spend to implement the planning ideas it has so carefully identified? This question is acutely important, because there is no meaningful federal urban policy, and state aid to Boston has been relatively level-funded.
Boston is mostly on its own to address its needs. Fortunately, Mayor Marty Walsh has continued the fiscally responsible budgeting of his predecessor; Boston has a AAA bond rating from the two major rating agencies. Boston should use its supreme credit-worthiness to spend more on its future.
As a rule of thumb, rating agencies prefer borrowing costs to constitute not more than 7 to 9 percent of a city’s operating budget. This fiscal year, Boston has devoted a modest 5.8 percent of its operating budget to debt service. Walsh will submit his budget to the City Council this week for the fiscal year that begins on July 1. If the budget assumes borrowing costs of even 7 percent, the low end of the accepted range, the city could increase its debt service costs by approximately $30 million, even assuming a slight increase in historically low interest rates, to support greater borrowing for the planning imperatives it has identified.
The city can prioritize improvements in neighborhoods less likely to reap the rewards of private investments and those that serve multiple purposes, like completing the Emerald Necklace along Columbia Road — another initiative highlighted in the Imagine Boston plan. In addition to the social returns of improving access to housing and parks and protecting residents from climate volatility, these public investments will create jobs, stimulate private investment, and raise additional tax revenue over time.
Of course the city would need to take the additional dollars spent on debt service from somewhere else in the budget. But in addition to possibly capturing revenue through district improvement financing or user fees, the city will reap increased real estate tax revenue from prudent planning investments that will increase its debt service capacity.
The city has taken important steps to plan its future. Infrastructure spending is a down payment on that future that will pay literal and figurative dividends. Let’s hope the upcoming city budget takes the long view too.
Matthew Kiefer, a Boston land-use attorney, is a director of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. Sam Tyler is president of the Research Bureau.


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