If you are noticing the performance of your car going down with time, you need to check the exhaust system. Over time, due to impurities in the fuel, various residues accumulate in the entire exhaust system and especially in the catalytic converter. That is where catalytic converter cleaners are mandatory as they help to recover the engine performance, increase fuel efficiency and most importantly, reduce harmful exhaust gases. Check out the top 5 best catalytic converter cleaners [2023.
List of The Best Catalytic Converter Cleaner [2023
1. Cataclean Engine and Catalytic Converter
With an ability to lower the hydrocarbon emission, this cleaner provides enhanced fuel efficiency. This can reduce the build-up of carbon from cylinder heads, oxygen sensors, and fuel injectors. On top of that, this will improve the overall performance of your vehicle and takes care of various issues like low fuel economy, power reduction, hard starts, and hesitation.
Besides, this is very suitable for flex-fuel and hybrid vehicles having gasoline and diesel engines. The product will reduce emissions and improves MPG. Apart from cleaning, this will protect the catalytic converter and is in a size of 473 ml. This is easy to use and provides the desired chemical reaction.
- Easy to use and powerful performance.
- Reduces hydrocarbon emissions and multiple applications.
- Improves vehicle performance and fuel efficiency.
- The average rating is on the lower side.
2. Solder-It Catalytic Converter
If you are looking for a product that may help in the passing of emission control test, then this could work for you. The cleaner helps to clean the oxygen sensor and eliminates the odor of rotten egg. Moreover, this comes in a size of 16 ounces and is suitable for different types of vehicles.
This is easy to use and acts as a deodorizer. On the other hand, this has additive gas and stretches the time between tune-ups. This will clean out the exhaust system and can make your cars pass the inspection. This will enhance the performance of your engine and sets the emissions.
- Easy to use and helps to pass emission test.
- Deodorizes and removes rotten egg smell.
- Cleans the entire exhaust system.
- It has limited applicable and works for selected vehicles.
3. OXICAT Catalytic Converter Cleaner
This is a multipurpose catalytic converter cleaner and is safe for different types of engines. This will go with gasoline and diesel engines of hybrid vehicles and has effective performance. With regular use, it will clean the entire exhaust system. Apart from that, this automatically activates and maintains the optimum temperature to perform.
It comes in a size of 250 ml and is also an oxygen sensor cleaner. Furthermore, this will dissolve the carbon deposits and prevents the buildup of toxic residue. This exceeds the environmental standards and is safe for your vehicle. This will optimize the performance of your vehicle and extend the life of the engine.
- Improves engine performance and safe to use.
- Suitable for different types of engines.
- Prevents noxious residue and cleans oxygen sensor.
- The improvements may be slow to notice.
4. Mr Gasket Exhaust System Cleaner
Wanting to remove the hydrocarbon emissions from your vehicle’s engine, then this will serve as the best for you. The cleaner is very simple to use, and you will only have to pour and go. Additionally, this will maintain the efficiency of the catalytic converter and is safe for gasoline and diesel engines.
You can also use it for hybrid engines and is in a size of 16 fl oz. It will work great and will deliver professional results. This will give noticeable change and also works on fuel injectors, cylinder head chambers, and oxygen sensors.
- Easy to apply and effective performance.
- Maintains efficiency and wide compatibility.
- Multipurpose uses and safe for different engines.
- May not always work for all vehicles.
5. MotorPower Care Catalytic Converter Cleaner
This catalytic converter cleaner has high performance and can effectively remove carbon deposits. This will give good protection from renewed contamination and increase fuel efficiency. It will also optimize the performance of your engine and improves the catalyst functioning. Moreover, this will eliminate the problems and is suitable for hybrid vehicles with diesel and petrol engines.
Additionally, this can remove the existing deposits and is easy to apply. You can mix it in the ration of 1:300 of fuel and is very reliable. Besides, the regular use of this cleaner will give protection from heavy dirt. This is safe to use and comes in a size of 250 ml.
- High capacity and effective cleaning.
- Protects from soiling and improves fuel efficiency.
- Removes carbon residue and optimizes engine performance.
- It is a relatively new product to judge.
Catalytic Converter Cleaner Buying Guide
In order to buy the best catalytic converter cleaner for your car, keep the following points in mind while purchasing.
Performance is the ideal thing that you will have to look out for when you decide to get a catalytic converter cleaner. It has many advantages for your vehicle and can improve the performance of your engine. It can lower the emission level and brings it to satisfactory levels. Besides, it can deodorize and eliminate the smell of rotten egg. Above all, it will save your money by lowering the maintenance cost.
Most of the catalytic converter cleaners go with different types of engines. They are compatible with gasoline, diesel, or 2-stroke engines. However, some may not go with certain types of engines. It depends on what type of engine does your vehicle have so that you can select the one that is compatible with your engine. Take a close look at the instructions before you make a buy.
Safe to Use
Check if the cleaner meets the standards of Volatile Organic Compound as well as OTC regulations, which will make sure that it is safe for your engine. Since most of the catalytic converter cleaner have chemicals, it becomes important to know if it is safe for the environment. You can also look out for other requirements like low sulfur content.
Quantity is something that will directly affect your pocket. The more the quantity will be, the better it will be for you. You must know that you will have to use a catalytic converter cleaner quite often and is not a one-time task. You will have to perform it from time to time. See if the quantity is more and check if it comes in packages so that you can get a discount by buying in volume.
Brand is something that will always matter to see the effectiveness of the product. Popular brands manufacture good products that deliver better performance. However, there are also other brands that can perform relatively well. It is always advisable to go for a brand that will deliver good results and give effective cleaning.
How to Use Catalytic Converter Cleaner
Check the Spark Plugs
One of the primary things that you need to do is to check the spark plugs. It is advisable to change the spark plugs from time to time so that it can perform well. A good spark plug will minimize the carbon buildup and burn up the available fuel.
To Empty the Bottle
You will have to empty the bottle by pouring in the gas tank of the vehicle. You will only have to open the tank and pour it directly. However, it is important to read the instructions before you make an attempt.
Filling the Tank
The third step will be to fill the tank of the vehicle. It can either be with ten gallons or you can make it full.
To Drive Around till Empty
You will have to drive for at least 50 miles to get the best of the cleaning process. You need to attempt to drive your car until you empty the tank. This will deliver better results and lets you see the effective performance.
Engine Light Check
At this time, the engine light of your car will go off. You can also repeat the above process to see better performance. However, if you have received any alert regarding any error codes by the catalytic cleaner, then you will have to remove the codes. In this regard, you will have to see the instruction of your vehicle’s manual to clear the codes. It can vary from each car and can also be automatic.
To Refill the Tank
The last step of using a catalytic converter cleaner is to refill the tank and continue with the daily activities. Following this, you can go and check the emission levels of the car, and it should have a good cleanse. It is important that you should repeat the process from time to time. The effectiveness of a catalytic converter cleaner will last to up to 3-4 months but can also vary upon the usage of your vehicle.
If you want to elongate the lifetime of your engine and contribute to the environment by not emitting any harmful gases, a catalytic converter cleaner is a must. There are too many cheap-quality cleaners available, and that is why our team has handpicked the best ones for you to purchase online. It is time to make your vehicle shine from within as much as it is from the outside. Such a cleaner can also reduce your spending on maintenance significantly in the long run.


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Wendy's Chili: Remember when he tried to get the Olympics to come to the U.S. and Republicans cheered when it went to Brazil?Good times.
JerseyTim: The fact that the United States dominated the Olympics goes to show just how correct President Obama was when he talked about the the need for a strong infrastructure provided by a stable government in what Republicans have called his "You didn't build that" speech. The United States Olympic Committee provides the foundation which allows our athletes to train their hardest and give it their maximum personal effort to win gold.
kxs401: I guess that's why socialism-hating China came in second, eh?
Satanic_Hamster: Wait. I thought Obama ruined the Olympics buy not allowing the athletes to wear American flags and all the athletes hated America for going along with it.
Cinaed: So there's no room for higher education, NCAA and title 9, athletic scholarships, etc being the cause for the skill and aptitude of those athletes wearing our colors?
Bob16: As Chomsky brilliantly noted sports are a way of conditioning the population to accept unquestioning loyalty to group think.
PrettyImportant2: The United States of Europe dominated the Olympics a bit more:http://www.medaltracker.eu/
ChimpMitten: Average medals per Olympics under Bush: 67.25Average medals per Olympics under Obama: 70.5Obama wins that competition.
baka-san: What the fark did I just read?
coeyagi: ChimpMitten: Average medals per Olympics under Bush: 67.25Average medals per Olympics under Obama: 70.5Obama wins that competition.Maybe because Obama expanded the role of the Olympics and now, through the wizardry of socialism, there are more medal-bearing events? Just spitballing, there can't be any solution that doesn't spring from his being history's greatest monster.
Trapper439: PrettyImportant2: The United States of Europe dominated the Olympics a bit more:http://www.medaltracker.eu/Good find.From that link:European Union (population 503 million): 306 medals (92 Gold, 104 Silver, 110 Bronze)United States (population 314 million) : 104 medals (46 Gold, 29 Silver, 29 Bronze)
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Today’s photo is for my wife (and a bit for me).
I bought a LCD TV for the bedroom craft area. This way we can scrapbook and watch a movie at the same time (My Apple TV is literally on the otherside of the wall, so we drilled a small hole for the cable to go through. We can then control it with our iPhones.).
We’re sitting in here now, before bed, watching Burn Notice Season 3.

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the sumptuous silk chiffon sari
is hand-gathered into even pleats,
likened to the petals of a flower,
and is tucked bewitchingly below the navel
baring the midriff alluringly.
The loose-end Pallu, crosses over
a sleeveless bosom-hugging choli
and is draped caressingly over the shoulder.
As she bends over to fix the hem of her sari
one gets to sneak a peek at her cleavage
before she clutches the gliding Pallu.
Ha, the vision of the divine!
like catching a glimpse of heaven
before the Pearly Gates slam in your face.
A symbol of fragility and femininity,
Sari is the embodiment of elegance and grace
An outfit for the Apsara—
At once demure and saucy!
(Pallu: loose end of a sari; Choli: a blouse; Apsara: A celestial Nymph)
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Both were dressed in all black. However, Ohanian was a bit less dressed to impress than Williams, who was sporting a lace turtleneck paired with a knee-length pencil skirt and sneakers.
Her hubby can be seen wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a baseball hat, and matching Black crocs.
“Gotta love Date night,” Williams captioned the post.
Fans in her comment section chimed in, and while many loved Williams’ ensemble, others quickly called out the 40-year-old Reddit co-founder for his humble attire.
One fan noted, “Y’all dressed to go two different places,” along with two laughing-crying emojis and a blue heart emoji. The response prompted several users to reply, “lmao” or ‘lol!”
“Wealthy enough to wear the finest fashions and choose to dress comfortably, love it,” added another.
Other fans focused on Williams’ megawatt smile and how happy the couple looked.
“He brings the biggest smile out of her, every time. I love this couple.”
“Love y’all!! Such a beautiful couple!
Williams and Ohanian are currently expecting their second child. They married in 2017 before welcoming their daughter, 5-year-old Alexis Olympia. But this isn’t her first time falling asleep on date night.
Days before revealing their second pregnancy on the red carpet at the 2023 Met Gala, the 41-year-old’s husband shared a photo of the two attending an NBA game between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks in Miami.
Ohanian can be seen making a funny face while many zoomed in on Williams, who had her eyes closed shut, seemingly in a deep sleep.
But she hasn’t stopped working quite just yet. Williams recently executive produced a sports documentary with her Olympic gold medalist sister, Venus Williams, and actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, titled “COPA 71.”
It details the 1971 Women’s World Cup of soccer in Mexico City, which drew more than 100,000 fans before being written out of sports history, and is expected to be released later this year.

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Naive Vs Memory T Cells
Phenotypic differences between naÏve and memory T CELLS The supposition that naïve and memory T cells can be distinguished phenotypically is based on the notion that memory T cells retain a permanent imprint of having responded to antigen.
Naive vs memory t cells. T cell responses are downregulated by CTLA-4 and Fas. The resolution of the response produces a pool of memory T cells that possess phenotypes and functions tailored to respond to reinfection. In secondary lymphoid organs naïve T cells are activated by mature dendritic cells.
The CD8 RA cells constitute a majority of the CD57 and CD28- CD8 T cells. Naïve CD4 and CD8 T cells are CD45RA CD45RO CCR7 CD62L B F central memory T cells are CD45RA- CD45RA CD45RO CCR7 CD62L A E effector memory T cells are CD45RA CD45RO CCR7 CD62L C G and effector cells are CD45RA CD45RO CCR7 CD62L D H. Effectors are best defined as short-lived cells which arise from either naive or memory cells several days after stimulation.
You can use naïve T cells to develop T regulatory cells or skew cytokine expression patterns to TH1 or TH2 types. Since memory T cells have shorter half-lives than naïve T cells do continuous replication and replacement of old cells is likely involved in the maintenance process. This Is The New eBay.
Currently the mechanism behind memory T cell maintenance is not fully understood. Im currently having some issues with flow cytometric analysis of T Cell subsets naive vs memory. Regardless of their specific phenotype ie T CM T EM etc the pool of memory cells differs from naïve cells in three important parameters Fig.
Effector cells like memory cells are also antigen-experienced but tarry out the specialized functions of T cells eg. With anti-CD3 alone naive cells proliferated slightly but produced no detectable IL-2 whereas memory cells proliferated well with significant IL-2 production. Alternatively naive cells express dim levels of CD11a memory cells are bright for CD11a.
Some T lymphocytes are present even after removing a pathogen. Precise identification of memory T cells however remains problematic. Memory T cells are also released directly from the thymus after maturity but these cells recognize and respond to antigens the immune system has previously encountered.
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Coming Together, Understanding Each Other
The Naadaleela Ensemble at the Indian Summer Fest 2021
By Gabrielle Morin, Production Liaison at ISF
On filming day for the Naadaleela Ensemble, getting started takes time-locked entrances, obligatory covid screenings and cumbersome musical instruments fitted through narrow doors make for a staggered entrance. The morale is great, nonetheless. The joy of being together and the excitement of performing draws smiles on faces one must picture behind masks. On stage, Curtis Andrews checks in with artists and crew, ensuring everything is just so. Jared Burrows quietly tunes his headless electric guitar, sitting cross-legged on a raised platform covered in a richly adorned Indian carpet. Vidyasagar Vankayala, not too far, diligently organizes musical partitions. Calm and composed, Lan Tung waits patiently, her erhu resting on her thigh. Dailin Hsieh is warming up; her fingers run across the Zheng, notes cascading off her instrument and into the empty hall. Jonathan Bernard unfolds his percussion apparatus, the skins, gongs, and mallets multiplying as more cases are brought in. In a nook at the back of the theatre, Amir Eslami warms up, producing faint Ney melodies buried under shouted directives between crew members. Together, they form the Naadaleela Ensemble, whose music lives at the intersection of Hindustani, Chinese, and Persian traditions.
Once cameras and microphones are in place, the musicians reverently sit in a circle on stage, facing each other, ready to start. After a shared silence and an inward breath, they start playing – the notes merge and bounce, flow and halt. The musicians speak different musical languages, but there is shared ground. And where there isn’t complete understanding, there is profound respect and admiration. There is a communal, almost culinary quality to the way the sounds blend – as every virtuoso brings their own flavour to the rich, fragrant, and refreshing sonic creation.
Perhaps it won’t come as a surprise then that the project originated in a restaurant, as Curtis and Jonathan talked over a dosa meal. Long-time friends, the two were discussing a collaboration about a group of “dream players”, in the words of Jonathan. ISF couldn’t be prouder to be the home for their first work together. A few weeks after the filming of the show, the premiere of which is to air on Saturday, July 17th, we met with some members of the Naadaleela Ensemble to learn more about their experience performing at the Orpheum for the Indian Summer Festival 2021.
A Bite or Two of the Interview
On beginnings and communal sharing – of food, or music…
Curtis: I guess first, there was a meeting over food, I remember, at the Dosa Factory, with me and Jonathan. He mentioned the possibility of doing some kind of collaboration with the Orchid Ensemble, myself, and possibly some other musicians. Something that would involve South Indian or Indian music.
Sirish: This was the dosa talking.
Curtis: Then I suggested a couple of other musicians to expand it, Vidya, Amir, Jared. It was all a process. We have had rehearsals since February, we’d meet twice a month, two days consecutively, and traverse the musical peaks and valleys.
Jonathan: It was the best way to start. Curtis was the first choice. Curtis is always someone we want to work with more, and admire greatly, so it was just natural. Even at the first rehearsal, it was sounding great. I think we all sensed that this was not gonna be like a one-off. We knew immediately, “this is a new band”. There’s a bright future.
On music as language…
Lan: Instead of some collaboration where people meet for a short time, we really wanted to learn from each other. We were interested in making this process longer, so we could meet regularly. I’m very happy that’s how we did it because, in this kind of musical exchange, it’s most beneficial to spend time together and figure out how the instruments work together and have individual voices in the creative process.
Jonathan: It is a great pleasure not to have to cram it in and do it over a long period of time, but I’ll also add that certainly with the Carnatic tradition, this is necessary. It’s not only a pleasure, it’s necessary, it is a language. You have to become fluent in it. You sense the fluency because we took the time.
Lan: Of course, our musical traditions are quite different. I am interested in how different styles and traditions can mix within one musical piece, instead of one piece Indian style, one-piece Chinese, one-piece Persian, as you see very often in this kind of collaboration. To be able to do that, you need to allow time and allow space for each other.
Amir: People all around the world need to talk to each other, but the major issue is that we don’t have a common language. The only common language is music. Music helps people to have a dialogue about their cultures.
On playing at the Orpheum…
Jonathan: The Orpheum is kind of a sacred space, in a secular sense. It’s the hall in Vancouver – it’s so beautiful. The historic, the aesthetic, and all the experiences we’ve had there. Lan performed with the Dalai Lama there. I also had great experiences playing with orchestras over the years.
Lan: That’s where you saw me for the first time, at the Orpheum!
Jonathan: Oh yeah, Lan was on stage, performing Carmina Burana. So I guess that was the first time I saw her! Maybe that was the first time we were in the same room together.
Curtis: That adds sacredness to your Orpheum experience. I think because we were set up the way we were set up, in a circle, we were focussed on each other, it was almost like we were playing for ourselves as opposed to everyone in a line, facing an empty room, or empty chairs. We were facing each other so it wasn’t like it was going nowhere, the musical energy was going towards the other musicians, coming back to us. So, it was like our own little, you know, force field of musical joy. And the crew! We knew the crew was there.
Even if the Naadaleela Ensemble found pleasure in playing for each other in an empty hall, they are excited to play their newly arranged pieces for a live audience. Make sure to catch their concert during the Night at the Orpheum Finale, this upcoming Saturday, July 17th, 2021.
Link for more details about the upcoming Finale: https://indiansummerfest.ca/isfevents/isf2021-closing-party-orpheum


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In one Chinese city, costly streetlights could soon be a thing of the past.
By 2020, the Tian Fu New Area Science Society plans to launch an artificial moon to light up the night sky. If the plan goes through, the so-called “illumination satellite” would orbit above the Chinese city of Chengdu and glow in conjunction with the actual moon, but shine eight times brighter. The organization says it will launch three more satellites in 2022 — potentially replacing streetlights in urban areas. The plans were announced by Wu Chunfeng, head of the society, at an innovation conference in Chengdu on October 10.
Will it actually work, though? Discover takes a look at the science.
Chunfeng told China Daily that the satellite, launching from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, will orbit about 300 miles (500 kilometers) above the city and use its mirror-like coating to reflect sunlight down to Earth.
Despite shining light in a similar way, the satellite boasts one advantage that the moon doesn’t — human control. Chunfeng says that both the location and brightness of the human-made moon can be changed, and that it can be completely shut off if necessary. And since the satellite is mobile, it can assist in disaster relief by beaming light on areas that lost power.
The lunar project aims to cut down on costly streetlights in China’s bustling cities. By lighting up just 20 square miles (50 square kilometers) of Chengdu’s night sky, the mini-moon could save the city an estimated 1.2 billion yuan ($174 million) each year.
The three follow-up moons, though, will be able to cover much more ground. The trio will take turns, based on who’s facing the Sun, beaming light on the city streets. Working together, they’ll be able to illuminate 2,000 to 4,000 square miles (3,600 to 6,400 square kilometers) for up to 24 hours.
Plans this big are bound to be met with some apprehension, and the mini-moons are no exception.
In the 1990s, an unsuccessful attempt was made by the Russian Federal Space Agency to launch similar reflective orbiters. After one of their satellites failed during deployment, they ended up scrapping the project.
Chunfeng also said that people have concerns about the moons’ impact on the sleep patterns of humans and animals, but from the sounds of it, the group thinks that the burden will be minimal.
“We will only conduct our tests in an uninhabited desert, so our light beams will not interfere with any people or Earth-based space observation equipment,” Chunfeng told China Daily. “When the satellite is in operation, people will see only a bright star above, and not a giant moon as imagined.”
Apprehension aside, the mission could pioneer a new wave of space energy usage if it ends up being successful. And if not, we’ll at least have a few extra moons to gaze up at.

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Backgroundchecks.org, the free online directory and portal dedicated to helping people find online public records and run an online background check, recently released analysis of all cities in California found that Monrovia was the 39th safest city in the state. This makes Monrovia the fifth safest city in the San Gabriel Valley, ranking behind Sierra Madre (7th), San Marino (12th), South Pasadena (24th), and Glendale (32nd).
The site used the most recent FBI crime statistics to create state rankings. There were initially 7,430 cities in the data set. After filtering out the cities with populations of less than 10,000, 2,929 cities remained. Violent crime rates and property crime rates were then calculated by dividing the crime numbers by the population to get rates per 1,000. They also calculated the ratio of law enforcement workers to per 1,000. These were weighted with -50% for the violent crime rate, -25% for the property crime rate, and +25% for the law enforcement rate. The resulting metric is the safety index score. The higher the number, the safer the city.


After a brief recall of the main features of the laser produced plasmas and the problems involved on the production of nuclear DD reactions, we deal with the fundamental data upon heating mechanisms. The experimental results and heating limitations are then developed. We conclude by a review of present and future feasabilities both for lasers and plasma parameters.
Reversible electrical and optical memory effects in amorphous semiconductors are reviewed. General discussions of the bistable memory and switching phenomena are given by using a transition theory in a system having two energy states. The structral phase transformation of amorphous semiconductors from the amorphous to crystallized states, and behaviors of physical properties both in the individual state are demonstrated. A model for the explanation of “light induced nucleation”, which attains lowering the transition temperature and the high speed crystallization, is discussed by the influence of an excess electron-hole pair injection. Clear changes in the electrical and optical properties by the phase transition can be used for binary storage and read-out purpose in the information processing. Some current topics for this purpose in the application field are also introduced.
The radial distribution curves for As2(Se1-xTex)3 were obtained and the atomic structure and the co-ordination number was investigated on the vitreous state and on the crystallization process at 150°C. In the vitreous state for a composition range X=1/2_??_4/5, the radial distribution curves showed peaks at the following atomic distances. the first peak γ1=2.60±0.05Å the second peak γ2=3.95±0.05Å the third peak (shoulder) γ3=5.0_??_5.3Å These values were independent of the cooling conditions in the sample preparation and manifested no change on crystallization. The mean number of the nearest-neighbour anion atoms surrounding the As atom, as estimated from the area under the first peak, changed remarkably from 3.40±0.2 in the vitreous state to 3.8±0.2 after 4 hr, 4.0±0.2 after 8 hr, 4.4±0.2 after 10 hr on crystallization at 150°C. The value 4.4±0.2 was equal to the mean co-ordination number of the Te atoms surrounding the As atoms in crystalline As2Te3.
Polycrystalline films of tin oxide doped with antimony are prepared on the substrate of polished Pyrex glass plates by CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) method. Their electrical properties and structures are investigated in relation to the surface temperature of the substrate and of the impurity concentration in films. In the films, only SnO2 is detected as crystals, whose (200) and (301) planes are oriented parallel to the surface of the substrate and though their crystal size is influenced by the surface temperature, the impurity concentration seems to have no effect. The films are assigned to be n-type semiconductors. The range of the carrier densities lies between 2×1019 and 5×1020/cm3 and that of mobilities between 18 and 35cm2/V•sec. The carrier density depends upon the antimony content and the surface temperature at the time of making samples. It is assumed that the mobility is influenced by the amount of the scattering due to ionized antimony and the boundary of agglomerated crystals.
After effects in GM counters of organic and halogen quenched types were studied by the use of low energy X-ray bursts from a pulsed X-ray generator. From the experimental results, it is shown that the probability of an after pulse occuring in the irradiation of low energy X-ray bursts is much smaller than that obtained with_??_1 MeV X-ray bursts. It was found that after pulses are not associated directly with the main pulse, and the probability of their appea-rance depends on the intensity of the X-ray burst and the position of the irradiation. Especially when the vicinity of the cathode was irradiated, a considerable increase in the number of after pulses was observed. As for the time distribution of after pulses, the experimental results were similar to those obtained with_??_1 MeV X-ray bursts.
Electric vacuum arcs are stable in a low vacuum, whereas fine evaporated films are formed in a high vacuum. To obtain fine evaporated films two electrodes are put in a small glass chamber, into which Ar gas is leaked, and maintained at a low vacuum and the chamber is placed in a large bell jar evacuated to a high vacuum. Arcs are initiated and maintained in a mixture of Ar gas and vapour of metal evaporated continuously from the electrodes. Metal vapour jetting out through a small hole bored in the wall of the glass chamber condenses on glass plates placed in the jar. Cd and Zn arcs are stable with a small current of about 3 amperes, and produce fine speculum films on the substrate glass plates. Evaporated films of other metals are expected to be produced, when the arc current is increased to values ranging between 10 and 20 amperes.


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As a church we support international and holistic relief efforts such as a literacy, poverty eradication, and education. Within our congregation there are members who take this task upon themselves wholeheartedly and we welcome you to join us in these efforts.
Our church has developed a connection with a sister church in Sierra Leone which is led by Pastor Daniel Sawaneh. The Alikalia church regularly prays for our church, and we regularly pray for their ministry.
Our denomination supports work in Sierra Leone through CRWM (Christian Reformed World Missions). For further details about the work of CRWM in Sierra Leone one can also read the blog of Rev. Istifanus Bahago, the CRWM/CRC Sierre Leone Leadership Consultant.

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- To understand and configure the essential features of a next-generation firewall (NGFW) within a corporate environment.
- To identify and prevent sophisticated cyber threats using the NGFW’s advanced inspection capabilities.
- To ensure business continuity by protecting network infrastructure against attacks on multiple vectors.
- To exercise and validate the incident response protocols when facing a complex, multi-layered attack scenario.
- To enhance the security team’s ability to quickly and effectively deploy security policies to counteract emerging threats.
GlobalTech Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of cloud infrastructure and enterprise IT solutions, has been observing a surge in cyber threats targeting their network. The company’s Security Operations Center (SOC) recently reported an advanced persistent threat (APT) campaign designed to infiltrate the corporate network, exfiltrate sensitive data, and compromise their high-value cloud services. Cybersecurity analysts have noticed that adversaries are using highly sophisticated malware with evasion techniques that can bypass traditional security measures.
The current challenge for GlobalTech Solutions is to reinforce their defense mechanisms to counter the emerging threats. The CEO, Alice Johnson, and CISO, Michael Carter, jointly agree upon the need for a robust, state-of-the-art security posture. They decide to undertake the deployment of a Next-Generation Firewall as part of their strategic security enhancement initiative. The NGFW is expected to offer features such as application awareness, integrated intrusion prevention systems (IPS), advanced threat protection, and threat intelligence integration.
Network architect, Omar Singh, proposes the cyber range exercise to not only configure and fine-tune the NGFW but also to simulate actual cyber-attack scenarios that the SOC team might face. The company’s primary data center, with an array of servers hosting critical applications and its network topology, will serve as the environment for this exercise. GlobalTech is aiming to secure its intellectual property, protect customer data, and maintain a resilient network that responds dynamically to potential threats.
- Network Security
- Firewall Implementation and Management
- Incident Response
Exercise Attack Steps
- Begin with pre-attack surveillance where the threat actor performs reconnaissance to discover network resources, network topology, and potential vulnerabilities in GlobalTech’s infrastructure.
- Move on to the initial exploitation phase where the adversary launches a phishing campaign. Simulate the delivery of spear-phishing emails to specific employees with tailored social engineering content designed to lure them into compromising their credentials.
- Upon a successful breach, simulate the lateral movement of the adversary within the network, targeting sensitive servers containing intellectual property.
- Include the exfiltration step where stolen data packets are prepared to be sent to an external command and control server.
- At the climax of the exercise, simulate the adversary attempting to deploy ransomware to encrypt critical systems, threatening the availability of services.
- Transition into the detection phase, where the SOC team uses the NGFW’s IPS features to identify malicious traffic and abnormal patterns that indicate a breach.
- Follow with a containment strategy where the SOC team utilizes the NGFW to isolate compromised systems by dynamically changing security policies.
- Proceed with incident response where the team engages their playbook to eradicate the threat actor’s presence, restore services, and bolster defenses.
- Move to the post-incident phase where lessons learned are reviewed, configurations adjusted, and policies updated to prevent similar attacks in the future.
The cyber range exercise concludes with a debrief session led by Michael Carter, where the SOC team discusses the efficacy of the NGFW features, the need for continuous staff training, and the establishment of a feedback loop to incorporate exercise learnings into their daily operational practices. This live simulation proves to be invaluable for GlobalTech Solutions to prepare and protect against sophisticated cyber threats while providing a practical, hands-on environment for security professionals to refine their skills.


Sussex has a higher than average proportion of transgender people with an estimated 2700+ trans people living in Brighton and Hove. Brighton & Hove has plays host to the annual Trans Pride in July as well as a thriving community of peer support and social groups.
We recognise the transgender community includes people with a variety of gender identities and presentations. Whilst we may use the words transgender, or trans for short, we use this term broadly to include anyone who’s gender identity differs from the gender assigned at birth.
During significant days in the Trans community calendar we fly the Trans flag at Police premises across Sussex, including Brighton Police Station and at our headquarters in Lewes.
Hate crimes and incidents are taken to mean any crime or incident where the perpetrator’s hostility or prejudice against an identifiable group of people is a factor in determining who is victimised.
This is a broad and inclusive definition. A victim does not have to be a member of the group. In fact, anyone could be a victim of a hate crime. For example, if someone shouts transphobic abuse at you, you are still the victim of a transphobic hate crime, whatever your gender identity.
The government currently asks police forces to monitor and record five strands of hate motivation, which include transgender identity.
We believe that every member of the community has the right to live without fear of harassment and abuse. If you are a victim transphobic hate crime, you can report it:
Sussex Police work closely with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) communities to promote equality and encourage the reporting of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic related hate crime.
We have a network of CEAs throughout the districts of Sussex so there are points of contact locally. For more information head to our LGBT+ page.
Brighton & Hove have a dedicated CEA team who focus on this specific part of the community. As a team they build links with local trans organisations and take part in trans community events, including Trans Pride and Trans Day of Remembrance, as well as providing all year round links with Sussex Police. Within Sussex Police, the team provide support to colleagues throughout the organisation in understanding the specific needs of trans people.
You can keep in touch with Brighton & Hove's dedicated LGBT CEA team via social media.
Support groups for transgender, non-binary and gender questioning people in Sussex.
Peer support groups include:
Clare Project is a self supporting group based in Brighton and Hove open to anyone wishing to explore issues around gender identity.
FTMB is a group for transgender men, trans masculine people, genderqueer people, non-binary people, those assigned intersex and/or female at birth that that fit somewhere else on or off the spectrum or those who are questioning their gender identity.
Support for victims of crime, people affected by transphobia or trans specific services in Sussex:
LGBT Switchboard provides services including a helpline listening service, face to face counselling, information and signposting.
MindOut provides services including trans advocacy.
RISE has a specialist service which supports all LGB&T* people affected by domestic abuse.
Galop is the leading LGBT anti-violence & abuse charity.
Gendered Intelligence is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company, working predominantly with the trans community and those who impact on trans lives; particularly specialising in supporting young trans people aged 8-25.
GIRES is a volunteer operated membership charity that, in collaboration with the other groups in its field, hears, helps, empowers and gives a voice to trans and gender non-conforming individuals, including those who are non-binary and non-gender, as well as their families.
Equality and Human Rights Commission is Britain's national equality body. Their job is to help make Britain fairer. They do this by safeguarding and enforcing the laws that protect people’s rights to fairness, dignity and respect.
The police, your rights and the law
Galop the LGBT+ anti-violence charity provide more information on a variety of topics relating to the above.


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We have been in the house for three weeks now and most (maybe that is a little optimistic) of the boxes are gone. There is still a lot of sorting out to do, but hopefully the worst is over and the admin stuff is on the way too. I can say categorically that 'I AM NEVER MOVING AGAIN!' I have such itchy fingers to get back to my sewing though, that today I began thinking about the curtains and what I need to make. We are lucky - the house doesn't need any urgent decorating or remodelling, so we can take our time with it all. After living in rented houses in foreign countries since 2002, the idea of choosing paint colours and fabrics for our home is somewhat 'overwhelming'. What fun!!!
The only room I actually have curtains for is the dining room. I did make these curtains for the house in Sweden after being swept up with an idea from Clare Young's wonderful book 'Scandinavian Needlecraft'.
In the book there is a lovely tote bag featuring a scandinavian house design, outlined on the machine - I was completely taken up with this idea and as usual, got rather carried away. It is suprisingly simple to do - most of the outlining is a simple close zig-zag stitch. You simply draw your outline onto your fabric using a fabric pencil and stitch around. I began experimenting with the technique, but using some of the decorative stitches on my machine. It's a great way to try out all those sitches on your machine that you never think you will use. I made a few more bags, including this one for my sister.
There was only one area that needed curtains in the house in Stockholm and I thought, why not use this idea for my curtains.? I had a box full of linen that I had bought cheaply in Russia and so I set to work. Once I felt confident with the way it was going, I began to be braver - introuding some of my own ideas including sailboats and even the palace at Drottingham. I was so delighted with the results that I new I had made something that would be great to have in our home one day when we returned to England... and so it is. They are perfect in our dining room here and because of the white linen, they add lightness and brightness to the room. I think you could stitch almost anything using this technique - a London skyline.... the eiffel tower.... OK STOP...STOP.... I have alot of curtains to do - I need to NOT get carried away...
So with one room done already - the next room to tackle is my sewing room. This is a bit of a mess at the moment as I don't have any shelves up yet, so everything is in enormous piles everywhere. What I do have (of course) is fabric and it couldn't be more perfect. I bought this in Montmartre about 5 years ago -how could I have known that the walls in my sewing room would be ruby red (lol!). What do you think?
So now to make curtains and I confess I am a little out of practice. Having laid out all the fabric I've made my first mistake already - pattern matching. I need one and half widths in each curtain and if I want to match the seams its going to be tight.....time to put the tea on and ponder..... Ruby x


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Austin, Texas, July 10, 2018 — Pivot3, the hyperconverged infrastructure performance and technology leader, today announced Caesars Entertainment EMEA has deployed Pivot3 HCI to ensure robust protection of critical video surveillance data, and to future-proof its IT infrastructure to support a wider range of workloads.
Pivot3 unifies storage, compute and virtualization resources into a powerful, easy-to-deploy solution that reduces cost, IT complexity and organizational risk. With Pivot3, Caesars can now support multiple mission-critical workloads, including video surveillance, on a single high-performance and cost-effective infrastructure platform.
“We selected Pivot3 because we have complete confidence that its highly-resilient HCI technology will protect our video data,” said Charles Rayer, IT director, Caesars Entertainment EMEA. “In today’s sophisticated gaming environment, it’s critical that video data is protected, always available and easily accessible at any time, from any device or location. Pivot3 supports our broader roadmap initiatives with the opportunity to expand hyperconverged to our datacenter and enterprise computing applications, which helps future-proof our investment and drive additional value across our organization.”
Caesars Entertainment is one of the most established and innovative brands in the global gaming industry. Its EMEA division has a diverse portfolio of gaming, entertainment, restaurants and bars at locations throughout the United Kingdom, South Africa and Egypt. The organization relies on highly-integrated video surveillance solutions to capture the data that drives business intelligence and ensures compliance and continuous operations. The addition of Pivot3 to its ecosystem helps protect against system failures, operational interruptions and lost revenues, which cannot be tolerated in strict regulatory environments such as gaming.
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Upcoming performances at Atlantic City Tropicana include Cindi Lauper and Hoff, Longoria, Reichard, and Spencer. These world class performances will be held in Atlantic City Tropicana’s Showroom.
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Cindi Lauper achieved success in the 1980s with the release of her album, She’s So Unusual. After this popular release, Lauper became the first female singer to have four to-five singles released on one album. Popular Lauper songs include “Time After Time,” “Money Changes Everything,”
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The Showroom at Atlantic City Tropicana has hosted popular stars in the past including Vanessa Williams, the Doobie Brothers, and Bret Michaels.
The Showroom at Atlantic City Tropicana Resort is one of the best places in New Jersey to attend a concert. One of the leading places to see a show and spend the night in AC, the Showroom at Atlantic City Tropicana offers concert goers everything they could ask for a night in AC. With a great list of upcoming shows, the best time to see Tropicana shows is before the end of the year.
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I have read and owned every issue of The Question. To me, it epitomizes the best of the “grim ’n gritty” comics of the '80s. The Question, as written by Denny O’Neil, pondered the complexities of morality and humanity while beating up bad guys. Even the ideas of “good guys” and “bad guys” were challenged. Battles often ended without a clear victory. The Questions continuing attempts to save his city from decay and corruption ultimately failed, as the series ended with his home town literally in flames. The artwork of Denys Cowan and Rick Magyar created a world with hard, dirty edges populated by flesh and blood humans. Together, these three men created a series that was violent, dark, and sometimes hopeless. And yet, there were small triumphs, moments of hope that reminded us that human nature was capable of overcoming its own flaws. The stories ultimately weren’t about a noble hero fighting villains. They were about people trying to find their way through life. The Question looked at the questions raised by living and rarely found answers.
This issue continues the series' legacy of complex characterization and unconventional storytelling. The doesn’t begin with Victor Sage, the first Question, rising from his grave as a Black Lantern like all the other tie-ins. His body isn’t even resurrected--it’s recreated by a black ring. Aristotle Rodor, Sage’s friend and mentor, deliberately attracts the ring hoping to revive Sage. Why? To answer the ultimate questions about life and death. Meanwhile, Lady Shiva, deadly assassin, comes to challenge Renee Montoya, Sage’s successor, to physical combat. Shiva had put Sage on the path to self-awareness and now she seeks the same with Montoya. All three characters confront the Black Lantern Question--and find a way to defeat him.
Emotions are the core of this story, more so than in Geoff Johns’ vision of the Rainbow Lantern corps. Tot’s curiosity overrides his common sense. Shiva comes to play the role she played before. But she is not the grinning femme fatale of old. Her expressionless face reflects her empty heart. And it is she who discovers a way to defeat a Black Lantern. This discovery could have a significant impact on the Blackest Night crossover. That is, if the core story’s writers and editors are smart enough to follow up on this plot point.
Seeing Cowan team up with Sienkiewicz was a real treat. They recapture the look and feel of the original series. Not only has the familiar grit returned, but the fighting too. The Question was known for its fast paced fight scenes. With O’Neil co-scripting, this issue felt like a passing of the torch to Greg Rucka. I’m more anxious than ever to see a new monthly Question series starring Montoya. The back-up feature in Detective Comics just isn’t cutting it.
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Swine Flu (H1N1) Experts and Bill Maher on the Vaccine and Managing Your Risk
The comedian Bill Maher sent a Tweet to his 59,001 Twitter followers, “If u get a swine flu shot ur an idiot” (Sept 26). 140 characters wasn’t enough to explain his logic, but the message is clear enough and echoes public skepticism in the United States about vaccines, pharmaceutical companies and government programs.
The CDC, on the other hand, has jumped to action, calling the spread of the virus a pandemic and initiating a series of dramatic steps to slow its spread, track its impact, and prepare for a mass immunization campaign.
In fact, if Maher, who is 52, takes his own advice, skipping the vaccine, he is not likely to suffer grave consequences from a bout of H1N1, provided he is otherwise in good health.
Still, the small risk of death from the flu can be avoided by getting vaccinated. It’s a little bit like wearing a seat belt. It doesn’t look like you will need it for any particular day, but someone is going to be at risk of a fatal accident each day, and seat belts significantly lower that risk.
The simplest thinking about whether to get the shot is something like, “What are the odds that I am going to die of the flu?” For some, like Maher, “not likely” is enough, and the rest of the story about Swine Flu (H1N1) looks like hype.
Here’s why it’s not that simple:
1. Medical experts are concerned about the increased risk of severe complications and death in pregnant women, fetuses, infants, children and persons with preexisting illness. The virus has only been tracked since April 2009, and there is not enough data available for doctors to quantify the risks, but deaths in the United States attributable to H1N1 have occurred in otherwise healthy pregnant women. All common flu strains are responsible for some deaths and severe complications, but doctors are concerned that pregnant women may be at increased risk.
Pregnant women can get the “Inactivated flu shot vaccine” (there are two versions of vaccine becoming available this month, but the other, the “Live, Attenuated nasal spray vaccine” is not for pregnant women). Obstetricians are recommending this vaccine and it is being provided for free starting in mid-October.
Similarly, the CDC is recommending that healthy children from six months to 24 years of age, those who live with infants, health care professionals, as well as people with vulnerable immune systems, who are between the ages of 25 and 64, get vaccinated quickly.
2. Some people who are not in the most vulnerable categories may have other reasons to get vaccinated, as the CDC recommends. For example, if you live with an infant less than six months of age, getting vaccinated yourself may help your infant avoid getting sick. The vaccine has not been approved for infants less than six months of age. So they will remain vulnerable to H1N1 until they reach six months and are vaccinated. But if family members and people living with a young infant are vaccinated, then they will not become contagious themselves, lowering the risk of infection of the infant.
3. In a typical year, 30,000+ Americans die from the flu and its complications. The Swine flu numbers may be higher, if infection rates are higher, as predicted, and depending on how many people get vacinated. But there is also a small risk that the lethality of H1N1 will change. The virus could mutate such that instead of death and complications being rare, they could be more common. At that moment, the fast availability of the vaccine could be crucial to avoid catastrophe. The risk is small, but so was the risk of failure from the levees in New Orleans.
Recent observations of little flu activity in places where the flu spread fastest in the spring, such as New York City, suggest that the population may already be building up substantial immunity to the virus. If this proves true, it will diminish further concerns over the overall number of people expected to become ill and could change the calculation on whether to get a vaccine, depending in part on whether you live in an area that has already experienced an H1N1 outbreak.
The government risks embarrassent expending public resources, to protect against risk, when a calamity does not ocurr. But criticism that H1N1 is all hype is misplaced. The CDC is not claiming that H1N1 is akin to The Plague. It is taking prudent steps to protect citizens and to be informed and prepared as the virus spreads. Every life counts.
I seem to remember Bill Marher having a lot to say about the Bush administration’s failure to protect citizens during Huricane Katrina. But who would have expected a once-in century Hurricane, eh Bill?
Evaluating risk is tricky business. When you get in your car today, ask yourself if you are going to get into an accident. Then ask yourself whether you should wear your seat belt, despite your previous answer.
There is some fear of vaccines, and there have been rare mishaps with vaccines in the past. However, medical professionals have a great deal of experience with flu vaccines and incidents are rare — far more rare than the number of deaths that will occur in those who do not get the vaccine. There are claims that elements in some vaccines, including H1N1 vaccines, are harmful. (Some H1N1 vaccines are available without Thimerosal, some are not). However, there is no scientific evidence to support such claims. On the other hand, there is abundent evidence that H1N1 and other flues cause a substantial number of deaths and that vaccines are effective protection against these flues.
The CDC tear sheets on each type of H1N1 vaccine are excellent and include clear details on priority populations and the side effects. To see them, click here and scroll down to the box that says “Materials for Distribution.” They download in pdf form.
UPDATE October 14, 2009: CNN AC360 Dr. Sanjay Gupta briefly discusses some of the rumors about the H1N1 virus. (PODCAST about 24 minutes into the broadcast.)
UPDATE October 16, 2009: NPR’s October 12, 2009 podcast of Talk of the Nation, available on Itunes and NPR’s website has an interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, discusses Swine flu vulnerabilities. Click and scroll down to Tips For Staying Healthy During Flu Season.
UPDATE OCTOBER 24, 2009: The vaccine is likely to be in short supply as production is slower than hoped.
UPDATE November 5, 2009: Distribution success stories: Texas
UPDATE November 15, 2009: New statistics and a new blog — Click here.
Marc Seltzer blogs at Marc Seltzer’s Perspective: Strategic Insights, not Simplistic Attacks
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Grassy and Vegetal are definitely two of the words that can be used to describe this tea.
One of my favorites, I like to steep it for either 45 seconds, or 2 minutes using 175 degree Fahrenheit water. Interestingly enough, if you steep the Gyokuro for 45 seconds, it manages to produce a strong flavor, while keeping the bitter qualities of tannin’s completely out of the mixture. Any longer than 45 seconds, and the tannin’s flavor is obvious; however, at 2 minutes, the bitterness once again diminishes and you are left with an even stronger flavor than with 45 seconds, while still managing to escape the tannin’s flavor. I have also tried Gyokuro iced, though I much prefer the traditional flavors hot.
Gyokuro is a lovely escape into a grassy field on a dew filled morning. I would highly recommend this tea to any green tea lover, with a special spot for Vegetation. I also believe that Matcha powder is made from crushed young Gyokuro leaves.

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VIENTIANE, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Beijing has sponsored 11 minibuses for the Lao capital of Vientiane which will be used during the fourth ASEAN Mayors Forum to be held here later this year.
Speaking at a handover ceremony here on Monday, Sinlavong Khoutphaythoune, member of the Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and Vientiane Mayor, spoke highly of the assistance.
The support reflects the friendship between Vientiane and Beijing, and will make contributions to the organization of the forum in Vientiane, Sinlavong said, adding that it reflects the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between Laos and China.
Chinese Ambassador to Laos Guan Huabing, for his part, said China and Laos are good neighbors, good friends, good comrades and good partners, and friendship between the peoples of the two countries and exchanges between localities have been enjoying development.
After setting the status of friendly cities, the relations between Beijing and Vientiane have been strengthened, Guan said.
The ambassador also noted that China highly appreciates the successful organization of a series of ASEAN and East Asia leaders' meetings by Laos as rotating ASEAN chair, which has contributed to promoting regional cooperation and development.

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Amsterdam with kids
By Holly Rosen Fink
Amsterdam is a fantastic city to visit with kids. (Flickr: Moyan Brenn)
Amsterdam is a city that demands to be explored by children and adults alike. Don’t let its reputation for drugs and red light district fool you. It’s a city full of unique architecture, canals, windmills and contemporary structures. All of these make the city both historic and new at the same time, simply stunning, and best of all, kid-friendly.
There are so many ways to while the days away with kids in tow, both indoors and out. There are kid-friendly treasures to be found all over, from art museums, historical monuments and classical concerts to markets that last all year long, pancake restaurants and a floating flower market. The city is also easy to get around with its lack of traffic especially in good weather, which is typical between the months April, when its famous tulips bloom, to November.
Spend 24 hours in Amsterdam with some of the recommendations below.
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Amsterdam is a walking and bike friendly city. (Photo: Giorgio Fochesato)
The canals turn the city into a gigantic playground. A great orientation to Amsterdam is to start with a canal ride. Often called the ‘Venice of the North’, Amsterdam has over one hundred kilometers of canals and over 1,500 bridges. Blue Boat Company takes visitors on 75-minute, kid-friendly rides under picturesque bridges and past 17th-century buildings, providing an audio tour through headphones in 17 languages. Another great way to get around is by bicycles. Amsterdam has to be one of the best cities to bike around in the world—it’s flat and has little traffic. It’s the best way to truly take in the dramatic scenery. Pick up bikes at Mike’s Bike Tours, a great resource for where to ride and what to see. The bikes are reasonably priced and top quality, but note that they do not offer kid seats or tandem bikes. Of course if your kids are walkers, just take a stroll across the bridges and along the city’s canals.
What to See
Rijksmuseum is a must visit museum when visiting the city with kids. (Photo: rijksmuseum)
A trip to Amsterdam wouldn’t be complete without visiting the city’s world-famous, kid-friendly museums. Most of its major museums offer a children’s tour. The Rijksmuseum is free for kids under 18, and features Rembrandts, Vermeers and 7500 other masterpieces across 1.5 km of galleries. If you’re trying to save time, book tickets online or go late in an afternoon to avoid long lines. Do the same at the Van Gogh Museum, and be sure to purchase the interactive audio tour for everyone. Don’t miss the Anne Frank House, which children old enough to read will appreciate. Walk through the house where Anne Frank and her family hid during the Holocaust, and glance at her original diary. At the city’s Jewish Historical Museum, kids can learn about Jewish tradition with Max the Matzo as their guide in the children’s wing.
The Floating Flower Market is also a great, kid-friendly attraction. (Photo: amsterdamsights)
The Royal Concertgebouw (Royal Concert Hall), one of the world’s renowned concert venues, is known for its excellent acoustics and dazzling interiors. Kids over 6 years old can attend their nighttime concerts or one of their special children’s events. Don’t miss the Floating Flower Market, where you will find all kinds of tulips, narcissus, and other bulbs and flowers. Also visit Waterlooplein, where you can shop and taste Dutch delicacies such as herring and cheese.
Where to Eat
Kids will love getting sweet or savory pancakes at Pancake Bakery on Prinsengracht, a Dutch delicacy, or you can even find a pancake boat. Check out the Jordaan neighborhood for good Surinamese food, like at local favorite Swieti Sranang. Nearby Café Papeneiland offers authentic apple pie. Popular Bakers & Roasters on Campenstraat offers brunch with options for kids of all ages.
(MORE: 5 Affordable Amsterdam Hotels)
Where to Stay
For Sophisticated Kids: The Conservatorium Hotel
The Conservatorium Hotel is a sophisticated yet family-friendly hotel. (Courtesy The Conservatorium Hotel)
Built in 1897, the Conservatorium Hotel is situated in a beautiful Neo-Gothic building that was originally the Sweelinck Conservatory of Music. In 2011, it was transformed into a deluxe hotel brand. It’s the first member of The Set, a collection of of hotels for sophisticated, design, literary travelers in the 21st century. However, the hotel is also very family-friendly, offering bike rentals, so kids, if they are big enough, can go cruising around town. They have swimming pools in the spa/wellness area. Basically, all of Amsterdam is at a child’s disposal with the hotel’s central location, and they offer exceptional onsite dining.
For Budget Travelers: Hampshire Hotel – Amsterdam American
Amsterdam isn’t a budget town, but the American is relatively affordable in comparison to others. Room, decorated in a retro, nostalgic style, range in size and budget, from classic to deluxe. All are spacious, comfortable and family-friendly. They offer great amenities as well, including a coffeemaker, flat screened TV and free Wi-Fi. It’s right near Vondelpark, a park with greenery and space to run around. Older kids will love the fact that it was a locale in the motion picture Fault in Our Stars.

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was an army officer, statesman and the first President of Turkey.|
Morgan Freeman is an Academy Award winning actor known for his work in movies like ‘Street Smart’, ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’.
Lawrence Alma-Tadema was one of the foremost classical painters of his time.
Jonas Žemaitis was the Chairman of the Lithuanian Movement for Freedom, posthumously recognized as the President of Lithuania.
Jason Bateman is an American actor, director and film producer.
George Foreman is a former World Heavy Weight Champion, Olympic gold medalist, a pitch man, an entrepreneur and an author.
Erich Maria Remarque was a German writer best known for his novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front.
Emanuel Vidović was a Croatian painter and graphic artist.
Daniel Kahneman was a Nobel Memorial prize recipient, has made notable contribution in psychology and economics.
Curtis Lemay was one of the greatest generals in the United States Air Force.
Charlemagne was a medieval ruler, who once ruled many parts of Western Europe.
Cathy Freeman is a former Australian 400 meters sprinter.
Bernhard Riemann Biography was an exceptional German mathematician who gifted the world with some of his eternal contributions.
Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who was elected as the Governor of New York for four times.


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With summer in full swing, so are your cookouts. While beef and chicken may be a staple on grills everywhere, have you ever considered trying bison meat? Bison is native to North and South America as well as Europe. Traditionally, bison was an essential part of the Native American diet in the Wild West.
Myth: Bison meat is unhealthy.
Fact: Bison is rich in flavor, low in fat and high in protein. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, bison is lower in calories and cholesterol than beef, pork, turkey and skinless chicken. Bison also contains higher amounts of protein, iron and vitamin B-12 than beef, pork, chicken and salmon. Several university studies have shown that bison has an excellent ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 fatty acids and contains more conjugated linoleic acid than previously known.
Myth: Bison contains added substances that could be harmful.
Fact: Bison meat is 100 percent grass-fed, meaning they spend their lives on grass and very little time in the feedlot. The National Bison Association strongly opposes the use of questionable drugs, chemicals and hormones, creating bylaws to protect the use of substances in the production of bison meat.
Myth: Bison meat doesn’t taste good.
Fact: Bison meat tastes similar to high-quality cattle beef. The taste is often slightly sweeter and more tender than other types of red meat. Bison is cooked similar to beef, however, due to the lower fat content, bison cooks faster with less shrinking compared to beef.
Myth: I can only buy bison in the western part of the United States.
Fact: Bison meat can be found anywhere in the U.S. Many local grocery stores in Jacksonville stock fresh and frozen bison meat daily. You may also purchase bison meat online through many bison farms across the country. For a complete list of bison online retailers, visit www.bisoncentral.com/buying-bison-item/online-retailers/.
Myth: Bison meat is too expensive.
Fact: On average, bison meat will cost more per pound than cattle beef. However, when comparing nutritional profiles between bison, beef and poultry, you’ll find that you’re getting more nutrition per pound with bison. Since bison doesn’t shrink during the cooking process, you end up with more product for consumption.
The Goods is a monthly column about food myths and facts by faculty members in the University of North Florida’s Nutrition and Dietetics Flagship Program. Have a question about bison meat? Contact Snyder at [email protected]


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SOCHI, January 5 (Itar-Tass) —— Problems in organisation of test competitions at Sochi’s Olympic facilities may arise at bobsleigh/luge tracks and ski jumps, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said on Thursday.
“Our general forecast is that all test competitions will have no problems,” he told reporters following a meeting headed by President Dmitry Medvedev. The meeting was devoted to preparations of the Olympic facilities and to test competitions. “As yet, at risk are two facilities most complicated from the technical point of view – ski jumps and bobsleigh/luge tracks,” Kozak said.
He assured the media that the government will do everything possible to prepare the facilities for the test competitions in time.
“It is very important to test all these complicated facilities before the Games several times during national and international competitions,” he said.
Kozak named among the problems possible drawbacks in projecting and geological aspects.
“No doubt, they are the risk zone of the year, but we are sure that by 2012 – early 2013 there are no risks,” the deputy prime minister said. “Anyway, we shall cope with the current tasks.”
Russia’s commission on test competitions will have a meeting in the second part of January, and it will discuss necessary action both at the mountain and the sea-side clusters. Kozak said that the upcoming test competitions are expected to feature 1,700 athletes and up to six thousand audience.
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev ordered obligatory testing of all facilities which are being constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
At the meeting devoted to test competitions of the 2012 winter-spring season, the president stressed that many sports facilities are becoming arenas for sports events.
“In compliance with the existing international practice all new facilities should undergo testing before opening of the Games,” he said on Thursday. “I am drawing your attention that this must be done.”
According to the report, the president has, 83 facilities are finished, and certain stages are finalised at 26 facilities.


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Tutorial - What is a HSM?
Using debit cards at a self-service terminal means that you'll be sending encypted pin data somewhere to be decoded/transacted. At that server enpoint will sit the HSM which will do that. ATM people know it well. Kiosk people are just beginning to learn about it.
A Hardware Security Module (often abbreviated to HSM, also often called a Host Security Module) is a plug-in card (PCI) or external device (RS232/SCSI/IP/USB/PCMCIA) for a general purpose computer and may even be an embedded system itself.
The job of the HSM is to securely generate and/or store long term secrets for use in cryptography and physically protect the access to and use of those secrets over time. Generally these are private keys used in Public-key cryptography; some HSMs also allow for hardware protection of symmetric keys.
Many HSM systems have a means to securely backup the keys either in a wrapped form via the computer's operating system or externally using a smartcard or some other USB token. The most robust HSM systems are those when secrets are not exported even when migrating between HSMs or performing backup operations.
Most HSM systems are also hardware cryptographic accelerators. Since they do not allow the keys to be removed from the device in an unencrypted form, they must be able to perform the common cryptographic operations, as a happy consequence these HSMs will accelerate the intense maths (especially the case in Public-key cryptography) and provide better performance than a normal software based crypto system.
It is important to note that keys protected by HSM are only truly 'hardware protected' if they were generated inside the hardware itself, importing a standard software protected key into an HSM will still mean that a non-hardware protected copy of the key material might still exist on old backups.
The physical security of the HSM is usually assigned as a level of the FIPS 140-2 validation, being FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and the recent FIPS 140-2 Level 4 the ones preferred by customers, since they assure high physical security.
HSM Software APIs
Ingrian Networks, RSA, Sun/IBM Java, Microsoft and OpenSSL all provide or implement API level hooks that allow software to make use of a HSM. Below is a list of popular cryptography APIs that can be used with hardware modules from different vendors.
* PKCS#11 - RSA's API, designed to be platform independent, defining a generic interface to HSMs. Also known as 'cryptoki'


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The last round saw Nabokov's Pale fire triumph over Vonnegut's breakfast of Champions. Who will be next to make it through to the next round?
This battle was The Road versus the road almost not taken. John Fante was nearly the forgotten man of American literature and may have been lost forever if it wasn't for his championing by the grizzled barfly, Charles Bukowski. As a fan of Bukowski and his hard-living alter-ego Henry Chinaski, I was intrigued to discover his major influence. Wait for Spring, Bandini, like Bukowski's Ham on Rye is based on the author's early life. It tells the story of an Italian immigrant family paying particular attention to the relationship and differences between a father Svevo and his more naturalised son, Arturo. It is like a mineral pool: cold and refreshing. It manages to depict the harsh reality of grinding poverty without resorting to miserable self-indulgence and Fante captures the underdog mentality of the maligned minorities that is such an important part of the American identity. He does it with humour and artful self-awareness and with a winning, natural style that is a pleasure to behold.
Whereas Fante's title suggests an end to the misery, there will never be relief in McCarthy's post-apocalyptic world: 'Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world.' The unnamed man and his son, 'like pilgrims in a fable', must travel south in the hope that the winters will be warmer and therefore more survivable. He scavenges for food in abandoned buildings and dwellings ever watchful for traps and bands of marauding cannibals. This novel is a grey suppurating wound. It is frightening and a warning to us all that unsettles and shatters and amazes in equal measure. McCarthy insists that it is a paean to the father and son relationship.
The boy is cast as a redemptive figure, he carries the figurative light of the world. He is forgiving and hopeful and the father is beautifully indulgent of him because he knows that their lives are extremely temporary. These touching moments are interspersed with fraught episodes of jeopardy and shocking violence. There are many references to religion in this hellish world, and to a God that has surely forsaken them, perhaps typical of this southern writer whose style is second to none: part Gothic, part future modern, part Shakespeare (although he does have the punctuation skills of my 5 year-old). Every set piece is brilliant and can be read in isolation like a piece of brutal poetry. 'He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke.' Mccarthy tells us, we must carry on along the road and protect the feeble spark of life that has roiled and rolled through the millennia.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini was a revelation but The Road is a masterpiece, the black yardstick by which every experience, let alone novel, needs to be measured.
Winner: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Next time: Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye vs William Styron's Set This House on Fire.


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About 83 percent of pornography addicts are men, and one in three is a woman. The largest users of online pornography are 12 to 17-year-olds. Teenagers. Fifty-six percent of divorces involve one spouse with a pornography addiction (mind-armor.com). Yes, addiction—not just viewing for recreational pleasure, but viewing it because it becomes a compulsion and the addict can’t think of or do anything else.
Do you think you, your spouse, or someone else you know might be addicted to pornography? Following are the five stages of a pornography addiction:
Acting out sexually
A pornography addiction is about selfishness—getting, taking—not giving, as it would be in a normal intimate relationship with a spouse. The addiction makes it impossible for any emotional or marital familiarity, closeness or love.