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Bayern Munich have the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben, Thomas Muller and Douglas Costa to spearhead their attacking threat regularly, but it was Franck Ribery who stepped up when he scored the sole goal in his side’s win over Frankfurt two days ago.
The French international scored an awesome bicycle kick on the 20th minute of the Bundesliga tie to score the winning goal and earn three important points for his team.
Franck Ribery has struggled to make a mark this season as he has been plagued by injuries for more than a year. He has featured in less than ten matches in the Bundesliga in the 2015/16 campaign but his goal against Niko Kovac’s men definitely alerted Pep Guardiola.
Here’s the 32 year-old’s second goal of the season:


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Monday, June 29, 2009
A partridge in a pear tree
This is my December bj piece. One of my favorite Christmas songs is Partridge in a Pear Tree. I posted it earlier but it was on its side and I had to wait till Danielle (my granddaughter who is 13) to come and help me. Now you know what it is!!!

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The former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in the 2019 general elections, Mr Kassim Afebgua, has reacted to the rift between the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr Babagana Monguno and the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari.
In a leaked memo dated December 2019 and published by an online website, Premium Times, Monguno accused Kyari of usurping the powers of President Muhammadu Buhari and interfering on issues of national security.
The leaked memo was sent to the service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, with the President and the Chief of Staff as well as some ministers in the copy.
READ ALSO: Presidency Keeps Mum Over Kyari, Monguno Dispute
Reacting during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Afebgua said the dispute confirms the existence of many cabals in the presidency.
“The fact that a memo or letter written by the National Security Adviser is being leaked to the public means that there is no coordination, there is no sense of organization in the presidency.
“By extension, it confirms the public perception that there are too many power blocs in the presidency, they call it cabal. Within the cabal, there are various categories. We have the one represented by the President’s uncle.
“We have the one represented by friends of the President, we have the one represented by the Chief of Staff and by this memo now, the one represented by the NSA,” he said.
According to him, it is disappointing to realize that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration is not coordinated.
He recalled that when the farmers and herders clashes were rampant in Benue State, four different camps from the NSA, Mansur Dan-Ali, former Defence Minister, Ibrahim Idris, the former Inspector General of Police and Mr Abubakar Malami, the Justice Minister, gave different reasons why the conflicts occurred.
Speaking further, Afegbua explained that the varying stance on the crisis rocking the north-central states shows that “there is no synergy among the different agencies and segments within the presidency and it is like they are just fooling us.”

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For children sleeping early is essential for growth (due to the elimination of the growth hormone, GH occurs in precisely this first sleep cycle at night) and for their healthy development. Sleeping the number of hours necessary for each age is what keeps the human being physically and emotionally healthy (considering that the first and second part of the night perform different functions for our body and losing any of them can lead to various problems for our health and quality of life).
The ideal time to sleep at night
The appropriate time for babies and children up to 5 years of age to sleep is from 19:00 to 20:00 at the most and after 6 to 13 years of age (reducing the time of night sleep by 1 or 2 hours) from 20:00 to 21:30 (considering school hours, but in some cases even earlier).
Children’s sleep will approach adult sleep between 3 and 5 years of age, moving to single-phase, concentrated sleep during the night, without napping during the day. However, the same pattern is only achieved when the adult is 20 years old (when we spend 20% of our time sleeping in REM sleep – restless, sleepy sleep – and 80% in NREM sleep – deep sleep). Before that age, we work on the issues surrounding the sleep of babies, children, and adolescents in different ways than adults (so never rely on your experiences to assess and work on your son/daughter’s sleep).
Observations (about children sleeping in the dark)
The naps of the day need to take place according to the age of the child and biological rhythm. The time between each one also, that is, a child that is already 5 hours awake (which happens after 1 and a half years) needs to wake up from his nap at the latest by 14:00 to sleep at 19:00. Then, sleep day and night need to be in sync to occur correctly.
If your child does not want to sleep at this time something is not suitable or not working in your routine. All children are able, feel better, sleep more deeply and sleep longer at the correct time (but there are several details and explanations on this that will remain for another post).
A great myth is that babies who suckle at the breast sleep worse. The detail is that many babies develop habits during breastfeeding which disturb their sleep. Breast milk actually helps babies sleep, as at night the highest concentration of Melatonin in breast milk occurs. In other words, babies are in sync with their mother and sleep more deeply and better during the night.
If this does not happen or happened to you it is not your milk’s fault (remembering that each case is a case) but the habits that your baby has developed (or rather, that you have somehow taught him). Breast milk helps to regularise sleep in the first few months, such as “sunbathing” and various good habits that we teach babies from birth. Everything is a construction of knowledge!

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DC Comics has sent Major Spoilers the cover images and solicitation information for titles arriving in December 2008. TRINITY #27-31 Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza Art by Mark Bagley & Art Thibert, Scott McDaniel & Andy Owens, Tom Derenick & Wayne Faucher and Mike Norton Covers by Jim Lee & Scott Williams and Carlos Pacheco & Jesus Merino The Dark Trinity, having revealed a traitor in their midst, attempts to take the newly ordered world by storm with a new recruit by their side! Meanwhile, find out exactly where the original Trinity â€“ Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman
Conspiracy Theory meets Lethal Weapon meets Boom! Studios If you missed the Major Spoilers review of the first two issues of The Foundation from Boom! Studios, check it out in the podcast. If you want to skip it, thatâ€™s fine – in a nutshell, the series is off to a great start, and after reading issue three, Iâ€™m upset this title only comes out once a month.


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I don't know why or if it's just that Ive been here quite some time but in the past two months...many people have left! some have said bc of family others on better careers. i thought we were getting more contracts??
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i know of several colleagues, many of whom ive worked with for years, with new jobs lined up - just waiting for the pandemic to end
you think it's bad now? see in 2 months, a LOT of people are going to leave
There will be more people leaving when they are forced to return to work on site. A lot of people don't feel safe on site yet.
I was hoping they would lay me off in January because I didn't want to work there anymore anyway. And it didn't happen. I suspect there will be more lay off's at some point, but meanwhile, I see a lot of people leaving for other jobs voluntarily. I just left there after many years and was so glad to do so.
GA has always had a high turnover rate - so this is nothing new.... when people that have been there for 10 years start leaving with no skill set .... that will be new!
Gee, I can't imagine why anyone would want to leave an underpaid, underappreciated job with high likelihood of a mass layoff...
There have been multiple Pilots and aircrew that I know that have left recently. To that I say good. Just more of a likelihood that we won't have another layoff.

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When are the Scottish Government's health and sports strategies due?
The health and sport related strategies the Scottish Government intends to publish in 2017
Shona Robison - Scottish Government
In response to a request from the Health and Sport Committee, Health Secretary Shona Robison has confirmed the expected timescale for all the strategies and action plans underway by the Scottish Government.
They are as follows:
|Mental Health Strategy||Near future|
|Realising Realistic Medicine||Spring 2017|
|National Dementia Strategy||Spring 2017|
|Review of targets and indicators initial report||Spring 2017|
|National health and social care workforce plan||Spring 2017|
|Active and Independent Living Programme||Spring 2017|
|Refreshed alcohol framework||Summer 2017|
|Vision for Nursing 2030||Summer 2017|
|Child and Adolescent Wellbeing Strategy||Autumn 2017|
|Digital Health and Social Care Strategy (2017-2022)||Autumn 2017|
|Suicide Prevention Strategy||Autumn 2017|
|Carers Act regulations||Winter 2017|
|Oral Health plan||Winter 2017|
|Diet and Obesity Strategy||Winter 2017|
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Relativity Media is an American media company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, founded in 2004 by Lynwood Spinks and Ryan Kavanaugh. The studio was the third largest mini-major globally until bankruptcy in 2015.
On July 30, 2015, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York after lawsuits and missing loan payments. As a result, the company began selling off previously acquired films. The company reorganized and emerged from the bankruptcy in March 2016, but in May 2018 it filed for bankruptcy once again. The studio is now being operated by its new parent company UltraV Holdings.

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There were no significant differences between the suspected malingerers SM and the directed malingerers DMAL when demographic differences were controlled. Computerized tests like CNS VS allow clinicians the advantage of precise neurocognitive measurement in the service of diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
This is the first study of which we are aware to systematically evaluate the problem of invalid response patterns in a computerized test battery CNT that is widely used in research and clinical practice. Computerized Neurocognitive Testing CNT has the potential to administer tests of multiple cognitive domains, inexpensively, and in a short time.
An outpatient neuropsychiatry clinic. Mild Cognitive Impairment MCI is an abnormal, state of cognitive impairment intermediate between normal ageing and very early dementia. Tests of memory, processing speed and cognitive flexibility were the most cogent discriminators between normals and MCI patients, and between MCI patients and patients with mild dementia.
Long before any clinical signs are apparent, there are signs of cognitive weakness in various cognitive areas. In a diverse group of MCI and MD patients, impairments in memory, processing speed and cognitive flexibility were the most prominent deficits.
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Neuropsych Questionnaire (NPQ) Home; Test; NPQ; Overview.
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Samsung has a 17 percent share globally from the pill, monitoring Apple. Based on reports from this calendar year, Samsung possesses a 32 percent share of the Australian smartphone marketplace and a 24.6percent share of the smartphone marketplace globally. Also, we have accessories for the Samsung Galaxy Tab. These accessories include car chargers, monitor guards, USB wires, mains chargers, antennas, patch leads, memory cards, and much more. Fast track to the 1990s, in which Samsung began to turn into a digital powerhouse, getting synonymous with LCDs, memory processors, and, yes, even cellular phones. From 2008 Samsung was publishing complete touch screen versions; in 2010 that the flagship Galaxy S has been surfaced. If you seek to streamline exactly what you carry around daily or have complete coverage all around your mobile, an iPhone wallet instance is a superb purchase.
The Galaxy S has become the darling of all Samsung’s catalog and began the popular Galaxy series. Even the Galaxy series is very popular in Australia, from company use using all the Galaxy S20, to at the house and the Galaxy Tabs, to children using all the Galaxy Young series. Additionally, in 2010, Samsung introduced its initial tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which was also Campad Electronics smartphone chargers the first tablet to operate an Android working system. Samsung began in 1938 in Seoul, as a trading firm, before diversifying into other areas such as retail and textiles. The early 2000s watched a burst of expansion to the business, starting their CDMA system and China Unicorn, the first CDMA phone with a detachable SIM and usually pioneering the CDMA area.
They also introduced their very first foray into the smartphone and 3G marketplace using all the SCH-i600. Their initial cell phone version, the SH-100, premiered in 1988 and marketed about 2000 units. Touch ID safety was utilized on this version, and this provides security by letting you utilize your fingerprint as an ideal password to unlock your mobile cell phone. Back in 2003, the SPH A500 reverse phone premiered and massive success with clients globally. Their main success was to come. The pills have 3G, 4G, or wifi providers, based upon the version. Catch one for the iPhone version newer or 6. Ensure assessing if the charging interface is a quad version or the prior 30 pin version.


“[Henry] Dreyfuss‘s Honeywell Round, introduced in 1953 after ten years of development, remains the most widely used thermostat on the planet. A thermostat is pure interface: it is a switch for turning a system on and off, and it is a display that communicates the system’s current and future state. Users operate the Honeywell Round with a simple twist of the dial, and they can intuitively compare the set temperature and the room temperature. The Honeywell Round replaced clunky boxes that users often mounted crookedly on the wall. Dreyfuss reinvented the lowly thermostat—produced with little consideration for users—by subjecting it to his process of designing for people.”
—Ellen Lupton, senior curator of contemporary design at the Cooper Hewitt, in Beautiful Users: Designing for People (Princeton Architectural Press), a companion to the exhibition opening December 12 along with the new Cooper Hewitt.


text: Crystal structures of recombinant Lactococcus lactis 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (LlPDH) in complex with substrate, cofactor, product and inhibitors have been determined. LlPDH shares significant sequence identity with the enzymes from sheep liver and the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei for which structures have been reported. Comparisons indicate that the key residues in the active site are highly conserved, as are the interactions with the cofactor and the product ribulose 5-phosphate. However, there are differences in the conformation of the substrate 6-phosphogluconate which may reflect distinct states relevant to catalysis. Analysis of the complex formed with the potent inhibitor 4-phospho-D-erythronohydroxamic acid, suggests that this molecule does indeed mimic the high-energy intermediate state that it was designed to. The analysis also identified, as a contaminant by-product of the inhibitor synthesis, 4-phospho-D-erythronamide, which binds in similar fashion. LlPDH can now serve as a model system for structure-based inhibitor design targeting the enzyme from Trypanosoma species.

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Photo: video Screenshot off the coast of the UAE is burning oil tanker
The ship was not loaded with oil. According to preliminary data, the fire caused an error during maintenance of the vessel.
Off the coast of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates broke out a massive fire on Board an oil tanker. On 29 January, reported Reuters.
It is noted that the tanker is approximately 35 km from the coast.
The Federal Department of transport UAE said that the work on elimination of a fire on the ship. Later, the Agency confirmed that the tanker was not loaded with oil and the incident may be related to error during maintenance.
According to FleetMon, the fire broke out on the tanker VLCC ZOYA 1, which is operated by the company from the UAE.
The ship is anchored at least 2018 due to financial and legal problems, including unpaid wages to the crew.
According to preliminary data, on Board the tanker was not one of the crew members. A fire could break out because of a gas fire in one of the tanks.
#Update: An oil tanker is on fire off the coast of #Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (#UAE).#The middle East #MENA #Iranpic.twitter.com/jLLivhTYZH
— ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) January 29, 2020
Federal Transport Authority – Land & Maritime (FTA) stated that the UAE authorities are working to put out a fire that broke out aboard an oil tanker 21 miles off the cost of Sharjah after receiving a distress message. A proper investigation is in progress. pic.twitter.com/HE5pEDrUyj
— Jaber Al Lamki (@jallamki) January 29, 2020
We will remind, in the summer of last year to the Turkish port of Aliaga, an explosion occurred on the Italian tanker Synzania, resulting in one person died and 15 were injured.
In Kerch extinguished the fire on one of the tankers burned for more than a month
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Krapina-Zagorje County (pronounced [krâpina zǎːɡɔːrje], Croatian: Krapinsko-zagorska županija) is a county in northern Croatia, bordering Slovenia. It encompasses most of the historic region called Hrvatsko Zagorje.
|• Župan||Željko Kolar (SDP)|
|• Total||1,229 km2 (475 sq mi)|
|• Density||110/km2 (280/sq mi)|
|ISO 3166 code||HR-02|
very high · 15th
The area contains the excavation site of a 100,000-year-old Neanderthal man in caves near the central town of Krapina. The existence of Krapina itself has been verified since 1193, and it has been a common site for castles and other country houses of Croatian, Austrian and Hungarian rulers.
Other towns of the county are Zabok, Pregrada, Zlatar, Oroslavje, Donja Stubica, Klanjec. The town of Stubica features another thermal spring, the Stubičke spa. Also in the area are the medieval castles Veliki Tabor, Miljana, Bežanec, Hellenbach, Milengrad etc.
The Krapina-Zagorje County borders on the Varaždin County in the northwest, Zagreb County in the southwest and southeast, and the city of Zagreb in the south. The county contains many vineyards. 15% of the year, fog significantly lowers visibility in the area.
Krapina-Zagorje County is divided into 7 towns or cities, 25 municipalities and 422 settlements:
- Town of Krapina (county seat)
- Town of Donja Stubica
- Town of Klanjec
- Town of Oroslavje
- Town of Pregrada
- Town of Zabok
- Town of Zlatar
- Municipality of Bedekovčina
- Municipality of Budinšćina
- Municipality of Desinić
- Municipality of Đurmanec
- Municipality of Gornja Stubica
- Municipality of Hrašćina
- Municipality of Hum na Sutli
- Municipality of Jesenje
- Municipality of Kraljevec na Sutli
- Municipality of Krapinske Toplice
- Municipality of Konjščina
- Municipality of Kumrovec
- Municipality of Marija Bistrica
- Municipality of Lobor
- Municipality of Mače
- Municipality of Mihovljan
- Municipality of Novi Golubovec
- Municipality of Petrovsko
- Municipality of Radoboj
- Municipality of Sveti Križ Začretje
- Municipality of Stubičke Toplice
- Municipality of Tuhelj
- Municipality of Veliko Trgovišće
- Municipality of Zagorska Sela
- Municipality of Zlatar Bistrica
|Source: Naselja i stanovništvo Republike Hrvatske 1857–2001, Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Zagreb, 2005|
Since the late 1940s the county's population has been slowly shrinking. As of the 2011 census, the county had 132,892 residents. The population density is 110 people per km². Of the 132,892 residents, 68,243 (or 51.35%) were female and 64,649 (or 48.65%) were male. The average age of the population is 41.7 year. The average age of female residents is, at 43.7 years, higher than that of male residents, at 39.6 years.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2011)
- Ostroški, Ljiljana, ed. (December 2015). Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2015 [Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2015] (PDF). Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia (in Croatian and English). Vol. 47. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. p. 62. ISSN 1333-3305. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: County of Krapina-Zagorje". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- "2-2. Županije, površina, stanovništvo, gradovi, općine i naselja (teritorijalni ustroj prema stanju 31. prosinca 2017.) - Statistički ljetopis Republike Hrvatske 2018" [2-2. Counties, surface area, population, towns, municipalities and settlements (territorial constitution with situation as on 31 December 2017) - Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Croatia 2018] (PDF). Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "1. Kontingenti stanovništva po gradovima/općinama, popis 2011" [1. Contingents of the population by cities/municipalities, Census 2011]. Croatian Bureau of Statistics (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti po gradovima/općinama, Popis 2011". Croatian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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- Official website (in Croatian)

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The poem I read for this audio was “With Whom, Then, Should I Sleep?” by George Ives. George Ives is really underrated, as historical figures go. He was a huge social rights activist, a scholar, and a poet (though I’ll be the first to admit his poetry is…lacking, in a lot of ways). However, all anyone seems to remember him for is his association with Oscar Wilde. With this assignment, I wanted to pay tribute to George Ives, and bring some attention to his accomplishments. I chose this poem because I think at it’s essence, it sums up a lot of Ives’s character. He was lonely, and very concerned with death, but pushed through and did his best to change society anyway. The track I put under the audio was from the instrumental version of ‘Fools’, by Troye Sivan. Ives was both gay and a huge proponent for equal rights, so I definitely wanted to use a gay musician’s song underneath my reading.
To create this audio, I decided to use Audacity.
Once I’d opened the application, I sat down to record myself reading the poem. I read it off of poetrynook, the literal only place I could find this poem online.
The next step was to go up to ‘Tracks’, hover the mouse over ‘Add New’, and then click ‘Stereo Track’. On a Stereo Track, I could copy and paste the audio of the song that would play underneath the poem. I went ahead and downloaded the sound file for Troye Sivan’s “Fools” off of Youtube, opened it in Audacity, and highlighted the softer piano part near the beginning. The rest of the song is pretty loud, and I just wanted to use that quiet piano part so that it wouldn’t be too distracting from the words I was reading.
After I clicked ‘Edit’, then ‘Copy’, I went back over to my poem file and pasted the piano on the blank Stereo Track.
However, at this point, I was still not done. I first adjusted the volume of each track to make sure the piano wasn’t overwhelming my voice. I did this by adjusting the +/- dial next to each track.
Then, I needed to pay attention to the length of the piano instrumental. It was around 30 seconds, while my reading was around 50 seconds. To fix this, I pasted the 30 second piano track again at the end of the bottom Stereo Track. I deleted individual piano notes until the piano track, too, was at around 50 seconds. To signal the end of the poem, I made sure the final note of the piano track coincided with the final lines of the poem.
Finally, my recording was done. I exported my audio as a .WAV file and uploaded it to Soundcloud. Shout out to you, George Ives! Just for fun, here’s an outtake from my recording (don’t listen if you don’t wanna hear me cuss, sorry!):
Guidelines for this assignment can be found here.


There are many articles and reports from Newsweek or other media sources that complain that the US military is behind China and Russia on hypersonic weapons. This is because Russia and China have rushed to deploy some hypersonic warheads boosted on regular rockets.
China and Russia each have some hypersonic glide missiles. The warheads are tiny and most are just slightly faster conventional rockets.
The US has been testing more advanced hypersonic missiles with scramjet engines but has not deployed them.
However, there is a US hypersonic bomber that is in development that outclasses all of the other hypersonic weapon systems. It can travel up to 20 times the speed of sound and will have a range of 8000 miles. It will be able to start and restart its engines to change direction or increase speed. It will have a payload of up to 200-350 tons. This weapons payload is up to ten times the 35 ton payload of the B-52. This US future hypersonic bomber is the SpaceX Starship. This is just the upper stage of the Super heavy starship.
The hypersonic SpaceX Starship will be about 2 to four times faster than the hypersonic missiles, which fly at about Mach 5 to 6.
The China DF-21 missiles cost about $10 million each. The SpaceX Starship has six engines that each cost about $250,000 to $500,000. The Starship is made of stainless steel. A mass produced SpaceX Starship can cost $10 million each.
Most of the hypersonic missiles have warheads that weigh 350 kilograms or less. The 200 to 350 ton payload of SpaceX Starship will enable about 1000 times the weapons capacity of the hypersonic missiles.
The SpaceX Starship can just be filled with metal objects like large ball bearings. The kinetic energy from the mass of something moving at 20 times the speed of sound is over 4 times the mass in TNT. This means the 1200 tons of propellant accelerates 200-350 tons of payload to very high kinetic energy. The Starship will be fully reusable. It can refueled and reloaded with more metal projectiles that have no chemical explosives. The objects for kinetic energy weapons can have some guidance systems for guide to precise targets.
China and Russia Hypersonic Missiles
China DF-ZF (developed and deployed) / Mach 5-10 [probably 100-400 kilogram warhead]
Russia Avangard (developed and deployed) / Mach 20–27
Russia has some air launched hypersonic weapons : Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (probably a 400 kilogram warhead)
3M22 Zircon (hypersonic cruise missile with a scramjet engine, boosted with a regular rocket fired from navy ships, 300-400 kilogram warhead)
R-37 (an air to air missile that can reach mach 5-6, 60 kilogram warhead)
France Hypersonic weapon development
VERAS (program launched in 1965 and cancelled in 1971)
VMaX (first flight test took place on June 26, 2023 from the DGA’s site in Biscarrosse and was successful)
VMaX-2 (under development; first flight test expected in 2024 or 2025)
India HGV-202F (under development)
Japan Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) (under development)
North Korea Hwasong-8 (under development)
Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (experimental)
OpFires (under development)
Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) (in development for US Army (LRHW) and US Navy Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS))
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.
A frequent speaker at corporations, he has been a TEDx speaker, a Singularity University speaker and guest at numerous interviews for radio and podcasts. He is open to public speaking and advising engagements.


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"Offers background information, methods of characterization, and applications for electrical and optical polymers, including biopolymers, and tutorial sections that explain how to use the techniques."
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Part 1 Conductive polymers: polyanaline as a corrosion barrier; optimization of electrical and redox properties of electrogenerated polypyroles; heterocycle-based electroconductive polymers; electrochemical characteristics of conducting polymers; anisotropy in electrically conducting polymers; basic methods of synthesis and characterization of electronically conducting polymers. Part 2 Nonlinear optical polymers: nonlinear optical characterization of polymers; conjugated polynitriles - a novel class of nonlinear optical and electric functional polymers; second harmonic generation in poled polymer waveguides using co-propagating geometries; design and fabrication of nonlinear polymer integrated optic devices; fabrication and characterization of electrooptic polymer waveguide modulator for photonic applications. Part 3 Advances in electrical and optical polymer systems: optical and spectroscopic investigations on the supramolecular assemblies of optoelectronic materials; towards organic functional devices using ionized cluster beam deposition method; electrochemical synthesis and characterization of conjugated polymers; optically active conjugated polymers with main chain chirality; coordination polymers - infinite 1-D, 2-D and 3-D frameworks based upon transition metals and polyfunctional ligands; interfacial aspects in the manufacture of soft contact. Part 4 Dielectric and field responsive materials: electrical responses of polymer gels; electric field alignment of polymer materials exhibiting long-range order; ferroelectric liquid crystalline polymers; electrical impedance properties of chemically responsive hydrogels; ferroelectricity and peizoelectric biopolymers. (Part contents).
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Sachdeva B, Puri S, Aeri BT. Environmental imprints of agricultural and livestock produce: a scoping review from South Asian countries. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2023: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.1323 (pay wall)
Medical professionals, nutrition experts, chefs, foodservice procurement
The present study explored the role of South Asian food crops and livestock in environmental degradation.
Bottom line for nutrition practice:
- A prerequisite for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is the sustainable food production. Many foods that are healthy for people are healthy for the environment, too. Trained medical professionals and nutrition experts encourage healthy eating. According to the research, nutrition experts in South Asian nations do possess enough understanding about sustainable food systems. Thus, in addition to nutrition education, they can spread the knowledge about food sustainability as well.
- At the public level, concept of food sustainability can be promoted by chefs or nutritionists who oversee large food establishments and serve maximum population. Providing plant-based, seasonal, varied, and traditional menus, along with reduced portion sizes, could be easy yet effective ways to encourage sustainable diets and decrease food waste.
- Background: Global agricultural activities in 2020 produced 5.5 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent, and this amount is projected to increase since 70% more food would need to be produced in 2050 to feed the world’s population. Food security in South Asian countries is expected to rise due to increased agricultural output, yet it is unclear how their livestock and food crops will affect the environment. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the environmental effects of agricultural activities (pre and post-production) associated with edible food crops and livestock products consumed in eight South Asian nations.
- Methods: Three databases—PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct—were used to find the studies between 2011 and 2022. There was no registered protocol for this scoping review.
- Results: The criteria for inclusion were met by twenty-seven studies. Most of the research was done in India. The assessment of greenhouse gas emissions was reported in twenty-four papers followed by water footprints (n = 5), emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus (n = 4), and land requirements (n = 4).A major source of greenhouse gas emissions has been found to be the cultivation of wheat and rice. It has been reported that the production of livestock (meat, dairy, prawns, and bovine) in Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka has also a negative impact on the environmental. For other environment variables, inconclusive data were obtained.
- Conclusions: Growing more coarse cereals (millets) and diversifying the food production are the requisite steps to reduce the GHG emissions. However, to corroborate the current analysis, further long-term studies for South Asian nations are necessary.
Details of results:
- A total of twenty-seven screened studies met the scoping review’s eligibility and were included in the final analysis. Selected research articles discussed the impact of livestock and/or food production on various environmental parameters.
- With the help of this review, information about various environmental effects of pre- and post-production activities pertaining to food crops and livestock products in South Asian nations was gathered. In accordance with the World Bank’s classification, eight South Asian nations—India, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan—were taken into consideration.
- It was observed that greenhouse gas emissions were the most often researched environmental impact worldwide. Retrieved data on land requirements, water footprints, and nitrogen.
- Understanding a nation’s food production and consumption pattern is essential to ensure food sustainability. Research indicates that due to globalisation there has been a nutrition transition in South Asian countries.
- Refined products, high fat, high sugar and animal-based food which are consumed more frequently are considered harmful for the environment. Diversifying one’s diet is recommended at the individual level in all six countries. This includes consuming a range of grains and substituting millets (bajra, ragi, and sorghum) for rice/wheat and plant based milk (almond milk for dairy or animal products.
Of additional interest:
- Sustainable food choices: Key lessons from Quality Schemes, Public Procurement and Short Supply Chains (MOOC)
- Sustainable Institutional Food Procurement Insights, lessons, and recommendations from a Churchill Fellowship (2022)
- StratKIT Platform – Sustainable public procurement and catering network & Sustainable Public Meal Toolkit (website)
Conflict of interest/ Funding:
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
Seema Puri, Department of Food and Nutrition, Institute of Home Economics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, email@example.com

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Just got through reading. Should be posted as a YA book, but nice twist. Fans of Turgeon will like it. Good price and fast shipping.Published 11 months ago by Tonya Morgan
My daughter is an avid reader.
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I didn't realize upon ordering this book that it was geared towards middle schoolers. It is a fine book, just not what I, as an adult, expected. Read morePublished 15 months ago by Brian
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needs more pages was shocked about the end i think there needs to be more of the story.otherwise it was goodPublished on February 24, 2013 by Dakota Monfette
Ava Lewis is just about to turn 13 and school is almost out for the summer. One trip to the lake with her best friend Morgan and her crush Jeff Jackson changed her whole world. Read morePublished on September 24, 2012 by T. Dellinger

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Convergence problem when use gravity
I have a model with gravity and the boundaries should have constant static pressure (not considering the gravity body force). I am trying to model a flow field with specific static pressure boundary faces and gravity. existance of gravity (as a body force) should affect the flow.
I tried both "Stagnation Inlet" and "Pressure Outlet" and I used field function below for boundary condition as total pressure.
(I should say, I used the correct syntax, I am just explaining the concept here)
"static pressure inlet"+ 0.5*Density*V^2 + Density * gravity * distance
"static pressure outlet"+ 0.5*Density*V^2 - Density * gravity * distance
in all cases that I have the "gravity" term, my simulation is not getting converge.
I really do not know what else should I try.
I aapreciate it if anybody can help.
Please post a picture of your domain with some explanations. I have a quite similar problem (in Fluent)...
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DNA is a natural polymer present in the nucleus of cells of all living things, and the origin of the genetic code. Its therapeutic effects increase with the size of the DNA chain since high polymerization makes the product more active and enhance tissue penetration. It has been observed that DNA has the power to restore necrotic cells and reconstitute a new stimulating tissue healing processes. Histologically, the DNA may delay the destruction of proteins (primarily collagen), blood cells, immuno-competitive structures and restore processes ischemic injury. With its restructuring effects on proteins, DNA combat collagen destruction caused by sun rays, oxidative stress and snuff (free radical damage). It has a synergistic action with vitamin E.
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Boss offers free tattoo to employee who caught him recording naked videos of him since he was 13 years oldBy Mason White 5:58 PM September 25, 2016
By: Feng Qian
(Scroll down for video) An employee was shocked to find naked videos of himself from when he was a young child on his boss’ computer, according to police in Michigan.
Warren police said that they have arrested 58-year-old Timothy Decker, after being accused of producing child pornography.
Decker was charged with two counts of producing child pornography. He was booked into jail, and he was denied bail.
According to the criminal complaint, the 20-year-old victim told police that he had worked for Warren’s party rental company since he was 13 years old.
While working at the home of Decker, the victim found videos of himself sleeping naked between the ages of 13 and 20.
Over the years, the victim and Decker went on business trips, boat cruises and holidays, where the suspect recorded the victim naked.
He also recorded the victim while he was changing in a locker room. Decker has worked as a janitor in the Royal Oak Public Schools for 30 years.
He has also worked as a bus driver and an umpire. Decker did volunteer work for the Boy Scouts.
When the 20-year-old employee confronted Decker, the suspect promised to pay his mobile phone bills and for a tattoo if he agreed not to contact the police.


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Fresh out of his residency training in family medicine, Jerad Widman hung out his shingle in Spring Hill and prayed for patients.
By ALAN BAVLEY
The Kansas City Star
Two came through his door that first day back in March 2005. Widman now sees two dozen or more patients each day. Hes the only doctor in this town of 5,600 about 11 miles south of Olathe.
But Widman, 40, is barely treading water financially.
The system is stacked against me, he said.
Making it today as an independent primary care doctor is tough enough. For the dwindling number of doctors like Widman who practice solo, it has become a constant struggle.
Thirty years ago, more than 40 percent of all physicians were in solo practices, according to the American Medical Association. By last year, it was down to 18 percent.
Just 1 percent of doctors in their final year of training say they want to go into a practice on their own, a survey by the Merritt Hawkins recruiting firm found.
Widman said he lost money the first five years he was in business. Hes breaking even now but is saddled with debt.
He puts in 60-hour weeks but brings home significantly less than the $175,000 income of the average family medicine doctor.
Medicare reimbursements havent kept up with the costs of running a practice. And commercial insurance payments for many of the services that primary care doctors offer have actually been shrinking.
Insurance companies last year paid about $70 for a common type of routine office visit to a primary care doctor. Thats down from $92 the year before and just 56 percent of what they paid in 2006, according to annual surveys by the Physicians Practice website.
Solo doctors have to bear all the overhead costs of their practice alone; large physician practices share the expenses. Employed doctors can rely on their hospitals to pick up the tab.
Widman has thought about selling his practice.
Ive run my numbers doing the same work for a hospital system, he said, and I would have doubled my income.
Almost all the primary care practices near Widman are owned by hospitals.
Olathe Medical Center alone has more than 60 physicians staffing 18 primary care and pediatric practices. Shawnee Mission Medical Center also owns primary care practices in Johnson County.
So does HCA Midwest, which operates Menorah Medical Center and Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Johnson County. A year ago, HCA bought College Park Family Care Center. With 60 physicians, it was one of the regions largest independent primary care practices.
Widman wants to remain independent. He considers medicine his calling. Keeping his patients healthy and out of the hospital is his goal.
Patients come in, and I listen, but Im looking below the surface for reasons why theyre in here, he said.
A patient with sinus infections, say, may need antibiotics right away, but getting their allergies under better control may stop the infections from recurring. Widman said he takes the time to explain this connection and how to use a nasal spray for allergy symptoms.
That extra time with patients is something that Widman wasnt sure he would get as a hospital employee.
In a hospital setting, there are top-down encouragements to see a certain number of patients a day, he said.
Although employed physicians may have fewer administrative aggravations, they also have less autonomy, said Jeffrey Cain, board chairman of the Leawood-based American Academy of Family Physicians.
Systems make systems-based decisions, Cain said.
Small practices see the same patients over and over, and are more likely than large employed groups to foster long-term doctor-patient relationships, he said.
They also have more leeway to adjust their charges for uninsured patients, Cain said. Theres more charity care among independent than employed doctors.
For Widman, established doctor-patient relationships are one of the great joys of practicing medicine. Most of his patients have been with him four or five years. One of the patients he saw the day he opened his practice still comes to him.
When patients have trouble paying their bills, he said, we do what we can to help out.
Solo practitioners are looking to different business models to survive.
Some are switching to concierge practices: Patients pay subscription fees, usually about $150 a month, to get same-day appointments and longer visits with their doctor. Other plans that can cost $15,000 or more a year may provide the doctors cellphone number and 24-hour access, along with executive-level physical exams and wellness programs in spa-like settings.
Widman is taking a different tack. He recently opened a small urgent care center wedged between a Chinese restaurant and a Pizza Hut down the street from his office. A newly hired physician assistant sees walk-in patients for cuts, scrapes and colds for double the profit margin of his regular practice.
Widman is banking on this service to bring in the added revenue he needs to continue caring for his patients in the way he thinks best.
My approach has been the right thing for my patients, he said. Is it financially feasible? Ask me in a year.


A few days ago I did some temperature measurements with my zz9000 graphics card from MNT GmbH in Germany, which turned out to be surprisingly hot. It started out as a test of the CPU temperature of my freshly overclocked MC68060RC50 (rev6) running at 100MHz, when I noticed that the graphics card seemed to run hotter than the CPU.
Particularly the FPGA and the two capacitors C154 and C155 were transforming a lot of electricity into hot air.
One day later, after installing Linux/m68k from scratch over night, the Amiga 4000 didn’t boot anymore. Of course I thought that I killed the CPU. 100% overclocking can’t be good, right?


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- XRP price had a good run this weekend, coming off the low of $0.627 from Friday.
- The negative turn this morning bounced off a multi-week descending trend line.
- With another triangle formation, Ripple is made or break for the run higher toward $0.784.
XRP price was blessed as well this weekend with the overall positive recovery in cryptocurrencies. The majors like Bitcoin and Ethereum made solid profits, but sentiment shifted on with profit-taking that erased the gains from the past weekend.
XRP price still has a chance to shoot higher
Ripple made a solid recovery this weekend, coming from $0.626 toward $0.707, a 13% move to the upside that got squared during the Asian session on Monday. The top cryptocurrencies could not hold their gains and dragged the rest of the market with them to the downside, pairing losses.
That does not mean there is not more upside though. The trend broke lower when XRP price broke the symmetrical triangle to the downside, testing $0.626. Ripple moved higher after a bounce off that level toward $0.708, which looks to fall in line with the high of the candle that caused the break to the downside out of the extensive triangle formation from last week.
In the meantime, it seems like this weekend XRP price entered a new triangle that is squeezing it into a smaller range with higher lows and lower highs. Again a break to the downside looks set, but a test at $0.626 should be a signal for buyers to come back in.
The reason for buyers to step in is the fact that nothing fundamental has changed to the markets. Overall risk-on sentiment in markets globally is still present, and negative news surrounding cryptocurrencies and legislation is falling into the background.
XRP/USD daily chart
The break to the downside in XRP price out of the smaller triangle should not be a red flag for buyers. Just below, Ripple has the $0.626 level that held during the weekend to the downside. Should Ripple break lower, look for the $0.50 marker as an excellent position to buy the dip.


[Seaside] Serving non-html dynamically
Sven Van Caekenberghe
sven at beta9.be
Fri Jul 2 21:00:47 UTC 2010
Thanks a lot: this works like a charm!
I just tested with this example:
self requestContext respond: [ :response |
document: self getPdfBytes mimeType: 'application/pdf' fileName: 'seaside-test.pdf';
I was indeed working in Seaside 3.0.
It keeps on amazing me how deep Seaside really is !
Have a nice weekend.
On 02 Jul 2010, at 20:20, Julian Fitzell wrote:
> Note that's 2.8. In 3.0 you would call "self requestContext response"
> to get a response object and then use instance-side methods to set it
> up as you want. Or
> self requestContext respond: [ :response | "set up your response here" ]
> You might also like to create a RequestHandler subclass if you are
> doing a lot of this and the URLs are more "REST-like" (rather than
> doing this in a component).
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:24 PM, James Foster <Smalltalk at jgfoster.net> wrote:
>> Hi Sven,
>> I have occasion to return dynamically generated documents that open in Excel. The following gives the general approach (where 'self returnCSV' is in an anchor callback block):
>> | response |
>> response := WAResponse
>> document: self asCSV
>> mimeType: (WAFileLibrary mimetypeFor: 'csv')
>> fileName: self caption , ' (' , DateAndTime now printString , ').csv'.
>> response doNotCache.
>> self session returnResponse: response.
>> On Jul 2, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
>>> Does anybody know or can point me to a simple/elegant solution to serving non text/html content dynamically using Seaside ?
>>> Say you have a Seaside app that generates dynamic reports in formats like PDF or XLS, how to you generate such an answers ? Serving dynamically generated images like graphs would be another use case.
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The seminar hall in the Electrical Engineering Department is being used for department-level meetings, Invited talks, Ph.D. student’s seminar presentations, and other student-related activities. It is located at First Floor, Dept of Electrical Engineering at ESB Building.
Area in Square Feet would be 839.28 and can seat about 60 students. This is an important infrastructure for the Department.
The Seminar Hall needs periodic upgradation for facilities like Interiors, air-conditioning facilities, Projection system, Audio Video system, microphones, and seating systems.
The department is seeking funds of Rs. 25 lakhs for the above as a one-off expenditure.
Alternatively, we can accept an endowment of Rs. 105 Lakhs, wherein the immediate repair and maintenance can be done for 25 lakhs and the remaining 80 Lakhs can be an endowment, and the returns arising out of the endowment can be used for periodic maintenance and up-gradation.
IIT Madras would be pleased to recognise the donor for the endowment contributions by appropriately naming the hall.
Donations given to IIT Madras are eligible for 100 % tax deductions under section 80 G of IT act.
Contributions given to IIT Madras to support education can qualify as CSR spend under schedule VII of companies act.
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Raytheon directed energy systems down multiple drones in US Air Force exercise
Speed-of-light technologies will protect ground troops
WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., April 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) advanced high power microwave and mobile high energy laser systems engaged and defeated multiple unmanned aerial system targets during a U.S. Air Force demonstration. The mature HPM and HEL technologies offer an affordable solution to the growing UAS threat.
The HEL system, paired with Raytheon's Multi-spectral Targeting System, uses invisible beams of light to defeat hostile UASs. Mounted on a Polaris MRZR all-terrain vehicle, the system detects, identifies, tracks and engages drones.
"Countering the drone threat requires diverse solutions," said Stefan Baur, Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems vice president. "HEL and HPM give frontline operators options for protecting critical infrastructure, convoys and personnel."
Raytheon's HPM uses microwave energy to disrupt drone guidance systems. High power microwave operators can focus the beam to target and instantly defeat drone swarms. With a consistent power supply, an HPM system can provide virtually unlimited protection.
"After decades of research and investment, we believe these advanced directed energy applications will soon be ready for the battlefield to help protect people, assets and infrastructure," said Dr. Thomas Bussing, Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems vice president.
Raytheon's HEL and HPM were the only directed energy systems that participated in this Air Force experimentation demonstration. The event expanded on previous directed energy demonstrations such as a U.S. Army directed energy exercise held in 2017.
Raytheon Company, with 2018 sales of $27 billion and 67,000 employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 97 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, C5I® products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on Twitter.
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Although lanthanide complexes have distinct advantages for use as light-emitting materials, such as sharp emission bands and 100% quantum efficiency theoretically, their performance was far below what is expected. A new terbium complex was designed and synthesized. Devices using it as an emitter present satisfactory performance, with the highest brightness of 12 000 cd/m2 and power efficiency of 11.3 lm/W, which is nearly 1 order of magnitude higher than what was reported previously. Comparison with analogous complexes indicated that this result originated from the terbium complex's well-balanced charge-transport properties.


Cellist Michael Wager performs Frederic Chopin’s memorial Cello Sonata in G minor. The SUU student also plays with OSU. He is accompanied by pianist Charity Whitaker.
Chopin is represented again as pianists Tasha Seegmiller and Diane Decker play Rondo for Two Pianos. Both teach private piano lessons and Seegmiller also teaches English at Cedar High School. Pianist Sara Sun also performs Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (1834). She recently won the Cedar City Has Talent Competition in her age group at the Family Festival.
The Southern Utah Quintet presents Quintet in A Major, Op 18, Allegro, ma non tanto by Antonin Dvorak. The Southern Utah Quintet is comprised of violinists Patty Walser and Suzanne Stewart, violist Sara Penny, cellist Leah Brown and pianist Teri Kenney. The string players also perform in the OSU and teach private music lessons.
David Sun performs Etude Op. 27 No. 8 by Dmitri Kabalevsky. He is a student at East Elementary and studies piano with Irene Peery.
The Orchestra of Southern Utah Fall Romantic Era Recital is held at the St. Jude’s Episcopal Church (70 North 200 West) in Cedar City. The recital begins at 7:30pm. There is a suggested $5 donation for adults and $3 for students. Children over the age of six are welcome at all the recitals with adult supervision. OSU requests that babies and children less than six years old not attend as recitals are recorded.
The OSU Recital Series concludes on October 2 with this Finale.
For more information on OSU recitals call Sara Penny at (435) 586-2286.


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On a recent Sunday afternoon, my husband and I toured Coastal Roots Farm, a local farm that is unique to our area along the southern California coastline. According to their vision statement they “envision a world in which every community comes together to grow and share healthy food, care for the land, help their neighbors, and strengthen the connections they have with each other.”
Coastal Roots Farm is inspired by ancient Jewish traditions that connect people to community, food, the land, and social justice. They donate 70% of all that is grown to feed those in need in the community and sell the remaining 30% at their local farmstand.
During the tour we learned about the concept of “orlah” which means “leaving fruits of young trees.” Orlah requires waiting to harvest fruit for a tree’s first three years, and donating the harvest in the fourth year. In ancient Judaism, the fourth year’s fruits were considered holy and designated for those who were landless and social or religious servants. Orlah teaches us to care for the trees and allow them to establish deep roots before concentrating on production. It encourages farmers to value trees as more than a means to an end of consumption. The farm recently produced its fourth year of grapes from the vineyard and donated it to a local winery to share in community events. Next year is their fifth year growing and they will cultivate and sell the fruit for the first time.
Especially at this time of year, it is a good reminder of giving back to the earth to nourish the soil, being grateful for the bountiful harvest and sharing with those less fortunate.
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Polstead Country Park is a beautiful Adults Only park situated in the heart of the Suffolk countryside, but within easy reach of plenty of coastal areas, too. The park sits on the edge of a local conservation site and has 60 pitches available, welcoming motorhomes, tents, and touring campers onto site. We are open all year round.
Well behaved dogs are welcome and we have a lovely dog walking lane just off the park. We also welcome caravan rallies and host several events throughout the year; check dates before you book with us if you want to be involved yourself.
Our pitches are conveniently set up with access to electric hook-ups, while Wi-Fi internet is available for all guests to use during their stay. We have an excellent motorhome service point and also provide useful facilities for washing up and chemical waste disposal, while our on-site shop means you can keep stocked up on your essentials without ever having to leave if you don’t wish to do so. Our toilet and shower facilities are modern and have underfloor heating so are always warm and comfortable to use.
The picturesque village of Polstead is found only a mile away from the site, where you’ll find a range of outdoor activities including a fishing pond surrounded by footpaths and cycling trails for everyone to enjoy. Footpaths head out from Polstead and further into the heart of Suffolk, where you’ll find ancient woodland, and several green sites that are open for exploration throughout the year. You can also jump in the car to explore country villages and the churches and other unique examples of architecture that fill them. Dollops Wood is a lovely walk between the park and Polstead and in early May is filled with beautiful bluebells!
The famous port town of Felixstowe is a short drive from our site, and although a major cargo terminal also offers passenger ferry services across to the Netherlands should you wish to explore beyond Suffolk. A drive into Essex is also worth it, with Colchester Zoo one of the most popular in the United Kingdom and the seaside resort of Clacton-on-Sea easy to drive to within the hour.
You can also drive to the northwest and take in the pretty university city of Cambridge, while sticking to the coast offers access to Lowestoft, Norwich, and the famous Norfolk Broads area.


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... Sean assured me this is just a regular day down here. After staying down there for about halfa, we headed up to Ocean Drive, and had a look around the shops. By this time, time had gotten away from us and before we knew it, our parking ticket was about to expire. As a result Sean ran about 3km to our car, while Shiri and I walked back. Luckily, we didn't get a ticket but Sean was sweating like a pedophile at a wiggles concert, when he picked us up. On the way home, Sean pointed ...
... go to Puerto Rico, where we might get a chance to practise our Spanish. From there, we'll go to the island of Sint Maarten, a wonderful little Caribbean dot on the map that's ruled by both the Dutch and French in far off Europe. After that it will be several days at sea.
Dakujem, that means 'thank you' in Slovak. Or does it mean 'Good morning'? I'm never quite sure.
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deciphering the phonetic sounds of the Chinese words.., while my student
translators exaggerated these in slow repetition…, I am not sure if they
understood everything I said.., but I did receive standing ovations.
W.C. (Water Closet)
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... to witness the “cool room” as they called it.
Rocky’s room had a 60ft. pine tree growing out of the center of the roof, with a plantar down below to catch the rain.
The walls were made of colorful wine bottles cemented together, but it was the A.C. unit he installed that really made it cool.
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- Continental Breakfast
- Shuttle bus service
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
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Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is a digital card game that has managed to combine the best elements of traditional and digital gaming and come up with an exciting game that will definitely keep you glued to the screen of your choice for ages as you seek to defeat your opponents and develop your skill set.
The goal of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is deceptively simple. All you have to do is deplete your opponent’s supply of 30 life points, thus effectively defeating them. You will accomplish this objective by attacking them with spells and creatures called minions. However, you should note that every action in the game has a cost associated with it, which is measured in mana crystals. You start with one crystal and more are added as the game proceeds. No one should have to tell you to be careful in how you choose your cards!
In order for you to be able to play Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, you will need to have a Battle.net account. New players will have to set up an account with Blizzard, go through a lengthy though rewarding tutorial before being given the power to play the game.
It is important to note that game play requires a strong internet connection, seeing that there is no offline play. Downloading the game may take some time, with regular updates taking up to ten minutes and more to download. All this intimates that using Wi-Fi is the natural way to connect and interact with this game.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is available on multiple platforms, from PC, Mac to iOS and Android devices. Game play is excellent and intuitive, even on smaller screens, which means that you should not be troubled with the prospect of playing the game on a small screen.
The game is quick to play, although it still has an element of strategy to it that makes it insanely rewarding to players. It is also important to note that the game is constantly expanded and updated with new changes, especially to the playing cards. This is in a bid to make the game fairer and more enjoyable. In this respect, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft is better than physical card games due to this ability to tweak and change things for all players at the same time.
There are options for creating your own deck of cards, playing with all cards ever released or only sticking to basic and classic cards. There are comprehensive tutorials that will help you perform this task of designing your own deck, seeing that this will determine whether you live or die in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft.

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Football is no longer stuck on the back pages. Players, transfers, intrigues are just as likely to be splashed across the front of your paper accompanied by daily supplements full of football news while entire TV and radio stations are dedicated to the game.
Football has never been bigger and this has been accompanied by what academic Steve Redhead describes as ‘post-fandom’. It’s a process that has helped the game become more inclusive. Watching the game from the sofa, or on a big screen down the pub, almost anywhere in the world, has vastly expanded football’s audience. Redhead describes this new relationship to football as ‘an ambivalent condition, which has become more and more pervasive’.
This ambivalence is breaking the traditional link between clubs and the places they are named after. (Question: Which is the only one league club not named after a place? Answer at the end of this piece.) And the process is increasing the commodification of fandom, seeking to turn fans into something most of them would never aspire to becoming: customers.
This is the state of modern football. But there exists a counterculture among the fans that, while not political in a conventional sense, and certainly not taking the shape of an organised campaign, is nevertheless clinging to a set of ideals in stark contrast to the corporate power seeking to control their game.
At its best, this counterculture of writing, the visual arts, t-shirts and more embraces inclusion as a central value of fandom, welcoming the new fans swept up by the game’s excitement and emotion, while laying claim to the tradition of the people’s game. No one ever said this was a match that would be won or lost in 90 minutes, but it’s a pitch battle that the corporations are certainly no longer having all their own way.
When Saturday Comes (WSC) was founded in 1986 as a photocopied
fanzine. Ken Bates, then the owner of Chelsea FC, which he’d bought for £1 in 1982, was the fanzine’s first target, and 21 years later he’s still
plunging a club he owns towards financial ruin. From its earliest editions WSC helped put those opposed to the ruination of their clubs in touch with one another; in effect, it established a community of interest among an impressive number of fans. It now sells about 21,000 copies monthly and has a readership of some 100,000.
The magazine’s publisher, Richard Guy, is convinced that the reason for its success is the stance the magazine took, and has continued to take. While WSC has thrived, football magazines from the major publishers IPC’s Goal, Future’s Total Football and BBC Worldwide’s Match of the Day have failed and been forced to close. In contrast to them, WSC has remained resolutely anti-establishment. Its illustrations and cartoons are wickedly funny, while the photography is not only high quality but mostly original too.
WSC began in an era of fans producing self-published magazines – fanzines. Most of them have now gone, but Richard Guy says they have reappeared in another form: ‘They migrated to online – the skills that produced the best of the fanzines were easily transferable to websites. The big difference is that now they are two-way – forums and messageboards are central to all of them, communication is becoming democratised.’
WSC has a web presence too, which Guy believes will increasingly complement the magazine’s content while helping it to reach a new generation of fans. But the fact that in almost any large newsagent the passion and humour of fans who haven’t surrendered to the monopoly game is poking out from among all the other magazines is testament to the imagination and enterprise of When Saturday Comes.
When Saturday Comes is available from W H Smith, published on the first Wednesday of every month, www.wsc.co.uk
The range of writing about football that followed the success of Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch includes a clutch of unashamedly internationalist books. These provide a cosmopolitan sense of what it means to be a football fan and stretch the footballing imagination way beyond the sometimes limiting parochialism of club and country.
David Winner’s Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football is regarded as one of the finest of its kind. ‘I was inspired by the second generation of Dutch Total Football, Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit,’ he says. His aim was ‘to find a completely different way to write about football, mixing game and players up with subjects ranging from art to architecture.’ Using football, he provided an insightful, and richly amusing look at what it means to be Dutch.
Winner is convinced that the cultural changes represented by football deserve to be taken seriously. ‘We need to examine why it is so powerful culturally,’ he says. ‘It provides a drama and a poetry hardly anything else can match. Football is the number one global form of communication, something now shared right across the planet.’ Yet beyond the coterie of football sociologists and anthropologists the
magnitude of the worldwide cultural importance of football scarcely attracts any serious comment. Just a game? It’s certainly more important than that.
Picturing the game
Homes of Football is a photographic project Stuart Clarke describes as ’emerging out of the rubble of 1980s football.’ The 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans lost their lives, was one of a series of tragic low points that affected the game in the decade. Clarke’s response involved photos focusing on the sense of locality that made football so special and that both the tragedies and the responses to
them now endangered.
‘I called it Homes because it’s always got to be plural, about clubs big and small, fans who share the same feelings, follow the same match day rituals,’ says Clarke. Collected together in a series of books, postcards, a travelling exhibition and Clarke’s own gallery in Ambleside, Homes of Football (www.homesoffootball.co.uk) has become incredibly popular amongst supporters.
‘Of course not all fans are the same, but our histories are linked whoever we follow. It’s a kind of elementary socialism, all having a stake in this game together,’ says Clarke.
The shirt off your back
Hugh Tisdale is the designer behind Philosophy Football (www.philosophyfootball.com), the t-shirt company he co-founded with Mark Perryman, one of the authors of this article. The designs feature quotes from the great philosophers, such as Camus, Sartre and Nietzsche, with similarly wise words from the best players, such as Pele, Cruyff and Cantona.
Tisdale explains his ambition: ‘I’m more interested in reaching
1,000 people with ten words on a t-shirt, than ten people with a 1,000-
word essay.’ His favourites? ‘Baudrillard, Hobsbawm, George Weah, our Palestine shirt.’ Not the sort of line-up usually associated with football and Hugh admits the shirts are unlikely to be worn by supporters attracted to the dubious fashion qualities of bri-nylon. ‘Not many would buy one of ours and a club shirt. But look at how awful most of those are. They should come with a free full-length mirror to show
how bad you will look in it.’
Instead Hugh prefers the everlasting qualities of a classic club kit:
‘The club’s name, its colours, its achievements – that’s what a shirt should represent.’ Strewn with sponsor’s logos, it’s another tradition gone, but not forgotten. Hugh has one set of images he’ll always cherish: ‘All those pictures of George Best in a red United shirt. At least he never had to play with Bargain Booze Drinks plastered across it.’
Which is the only league club not named after a place? Port Vale FC. Arsenal doesn’t count: as any Spurs fan will tell you, the club is named after its true home, Woolwich Arsenal, and has no business relocating to north London
Anne Coddington is the author of One of the Lads: Women who Follow Football and a senior lecturer in sport journalism at the London College of Communications. Mark Perryman is the author of Ingerland: Travels with a Football Nation and lecturer in sport journalism at the University of Brighton
'Docs Not Cops' write that we must resist attempts to make our NHS any less universal
Louis Mendee explains the real human costs of climate change for the global south.
From climate change to automation to demographic shifts, Mathew Lawrence explains the challenges our economy will face in the coming decade.
Fifty years after the Abortion Act, women are still dying from being denied basic services, write activists from Feminist Fightback
We need to tackle the patronising ideology that lets Tory think-tanks sneer at social tenants, writes Emma Dent Coad
Acid Corbynism allows people to imagine a future beyond the paltry offerings of capitalism, writes Keir Milburn
'We wanted to use a shared love of the beautiful game to stand in solidarity with those living under occupation', writes Kate Hadley.
Priti Patel's shady deals are business as usual. Enough is enough, writes Eleanor Penny
Boris Johnson is a local disaster and a national embarrassment. He must go, writes James Clouting
The global elite have been stealing from society on an unprecedented scale, writes Tom Walker
Labour Party laws are being used to quash dissent
Richard Kuper writes that Labour's authorities are more concerned with suppressing pro-Palestine activism than with actually tackling antisemitism
Catalan independence is not just ‘nationalism’ – it’s a rebellion against nationalism
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte argue that Catalonia's independence movement is driven by solidarity – and resistance to far-right Spanish nationalists
Tabloids do not represent the working class
The tabloid press claims to be an authentic voice of the working class - but it's run by and for the elites, writes Matt Thompson
As London City Airport turns 30, let’s imagine a world without it
London City Airport has faced resistance for its entire lifetime, writes Ali Tamlit – and some day soon we will win
The first world war sowed the seeds of the Russian revolution
An excerpt from 'October', China Mieville's book revisiting the story of the Russian Revolution
Academies run ‘on the basis of fear’
Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) was described in a damning report as an organisation run 'on the basis of fear'. Jon Trickett MP examines an education system in crisis.
‘There is no turning back to a time when there wasn’t migration to Britain’
David Renton reviews the Migration Museum's latest exhibition
#MeToo is necessary – but I’m sick of having to prove my humanity
Women are expected to reveal personal trauma to be taken seriously, writes Eleanor Penny
Meet the digital feminists
We're building new online tools to create a new feminist community and tackle sexism wherever we find it, writes Franziska Grobke
The Marikana women’s fight for justice, five years on
Marienna Pope-Weidemann meets Sikhala Sonke, a grassroots social justice group led by the women of Marikana
Forget ‘Columbus Day’ – this is the Day of Indigenous Resistance
By Leyli Horna, Marcela Terán and Sebastián Ordonez for Wretched of the Earth
Uber and the corporate capture of e-petitions
Steve Andrews looks at a profit-making petition platform's questionable relationship with the cab company
You might be a centrist if…
What does 'centrist' mean? Tom Walker identifies the key markers to help you spot centrism in the wild
Black Journalism Fund Open Editorial Meeting in Leeds
Friday 13th October, 5pm to 7pm, meeting inside the Laidlaw Library, Leeds University
This leadership contest can transform Scottish Labour
Martyn Cook argues that with a new left-wing leader the Scottish Labour Party can make a comeback
Review: No Is Not Enough
Samir Dathi reviews No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics, by Naomi Klein
Building Corbyn’s Labour from the ground up: How ‘the left’ won in Hackney South
Heather Mendick has gone from phone-banker at Corbyn for Leader to Hackney Momentum organiser to secretary of her local party. Here, she shares her top tips on transforming Labour from the bottom up
Five things to know about the independence movement in Catalonia
James O'Nions looks at the underlying dynamics of the Catalan independence movement
‘This building will be a library!’ From referendum to general strike in Catalonia
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte report from the Catalan general strike, as the movements prepare to build a new republic
Chlorine chickens are just the start: Liam Fox’s Brexit trade free-for-all
A hard-right free marketer is now in charge of our trade policy. We urgently need to develop an alternative vision, writes Nick Dearden
There is no ‘cult of Corbyn’ – this is a movement preparing for power
The pundits still don’t understand that Labour’s new energy is about ‘we’ not ‘me’, writes Hilary Wainwright
Debt relief for the hurricane-hit islands is the least we should do
As the devastation from recent hurricanes in the Caribbean becomes clearer, the calls for debt relief for affected countries grow stronger, writes Tim Jones
‘Your credit score is not sufficient to enter this location’: the risks of the ‘smart city’
Jathan Sadowski explains techno-political trends of exclusion and enforcement in our cities, and how to overcome this new type of digital oppression
Why I’m standing with pregnant women and resisting NHS passport checks
Dr Joanna Dobbin says the government is making migrant women afraid to seek healthcare, increasing their chances of complications or even death
‘Committees in Defence of the Referendum’: update from Catalonia
Ignasi Bernat and David Whyte on developments as the Catalan people resist the Spanish state's crackdown on their independence referendum


Thermal power plants play a crucial role in meeting the energy demands of modern society. These plants generate electricity by converting heat energy into electrical energy through the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, or natural gas. However, like any other complex machinery, thermal power plants are subject to wear and tear, which can lead to inefficiencies, breakdowns, and even accidents. To ensure the smooth and efficient operation of these plants, preventive maintenance strategies are essential.
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What is Preventive Maintenance?
Preventive maintenance refers to a systematic approach of regularly inspecting, maintaining, and repairing equipment to prevent the occurrence of failures or breakdowns. It involves a proactive approach by identifying potential issues before they escalate into major problems, thus minimizing downtime and maximizing the lifespan of the equipment. In the case of thermal power plants, visiting this site for preventive maintenance is crucial to ensure the plants operate at their highest efficiency, reduce emissions, and enhance safety.
The Importance of Preventive Maintenance in Thermal Power Plants
Increased Efficiency: Regular maintenance of equipment, such as boilers, turbines, and generators, helps to optimize their performance and efficiency. By cleaning and inspecting components, replacing worn-out parts, and ensuring proper lubrication, the overall efficiency of the power plant can be significantly improved. This, in turn, leads to reduced fuel consumption and lower operating costs.
Regular maintenance of equipment, such as boilers, turbines, and generators, plays a crucial role in maximizing their performance and efficiency. By regularly cleaning and inspecting components, replacing worn-out parts, and ensuring proper lubrication, power plants can greatly enhance their overall efficiency. This increased efficiency translates into reduced fuel consumption and lower operating costs. When equipment is well-maintained, it is able to operate at its optimal level, minimizing any energy losses or inefficiencies. This not only helps to save costs but also improves the plant’s environmental footprint by reducing the amount of fuel needed to generate the desired amount of power. Moreover, regular maintenance allows for early detection and prevention of potential issues or breakdowns, preventing costly repairs and unexpected downtime. By investing in proper maintenance protocols, power plants can ensure the long-term reliability and efficiency of their equipment, ultimately leading to significant cost savings and improved performance.
Key Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Thermal Power Plants
Regular Inspections: Regular inspections of critical equipment and components are essential to identify early signs of wear and tear. This includes checking for leaks, corrosion, cracks, and other potential issues. Inspections should be carried out by trained personnel using appropriate tools and techniques.
Regular inspections of critical equipment and components are crucial for maintaining their performance and preventing potential failures. These inspections help identify early signs of wear and tear, ensuring that any issues can be addressed promptly.
During inspections, trained personnel should carefully examine the equipment and components for any signs of damage or deterioration. This includes checking for leaks, corrosion, cracks, and other potential issues that may compromise their functionality. By identifying these problems early on, necessary repairs or replacements can be made before they escalate into more significant failures.
To conduct effective inspections, personnel should be equipped with the appropriate tools and techniques. This may include using specialized instruments to measure and assess the condition of critical components. Additionally, they should be trained on how to interpret inspection results and make informed decisions on the necessary course of action.
Regular inspections not only help prevent equipment failures but also contribute to overall safety and efficiency. By identifying and addressing potential issues early, organizations can avoid costly repairs, unplanned downtime, and potential safety hazards. Therefore, it is essential to prioritize regular inspections as part of a comprehensive maintenance program.
Preventive maintenance is a critical aspect of ensuring the efficient operation of thermal power plants. By implementing regular inspections, lubrication, cleaning, calibration, and component replacement, the overall performance and reliability of these plants can be significantly improved. This not only leads to increased efficiency and reduced downtime but also enhances safety and environmental sustainability. As the demand for electricity continues to rise, the importance of preventive maintenance strategies cannot be overstated in the efficient operation of thermal power plants.


MHA: Claim that inmate was deliberately assaulted 'false'
Allegations by family of man who died in jail 'cast aspersions' on prison service
The Home Affairs Ministry yesterday responded to allegations made by the family of Dinesh Raman Chinnaiah, who died in prison, in their civil suit against the Government.
A ministry spokesman said the claim "contains serious allegations that are false and which cast aspersions on the integrity of the prison service, police investigations and the criminal justice system".
Dinesh, 21, died of breathing difficulties after being restrained following an unprovoked attack on a prison warden on Sept 27, 2010.
The family has claimed that Dinesh was deliberately assaulted and that physical symptoms were ignored.


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Ubisoft, one of the leading video game production companies, has announced that they will be adding 500 jobs to Quebec location. According to Game Informer, The new positions are due to an increased American operations for online games, global network infrastructure, and growth of motion capture technologies. Total investments in these areas … [Read more...] about Video Game Production Company Ubisoft Adding Video Game Design Jobs


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I do think he is a cheeky chappy. Another clean & simple design, I just inked the edges of the card with blue Distress Ink & added the "Merry Christmas" & "Let it snow" as a border. This card will be going to one of the younger people I send to as will the others when they are finished. He does have glitter on his hat on the bobble & cuff - I don't use glitter often but this just had to have some.
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By Jack Queen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – ‘s son is due to testify for a second day on Thursday about the family company’s financial statements that a New York judge has ruled were fraudulently inflated to mislead lenders and insurers.
Donald Jr. is one of four family members set to take the witness stand in a New York civil fraud trial that could hobble the real-estate empire that built his father’s reputation as a business mogul before he entered politics.
The former U.S. president is due to testify on Monday — the latest in many courtroom appearances by the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is seeking at least $250 million in damages, as well as a permanent ban on Trump, Donald Jr. and his son Eric from running businesses in the state.
Judge Arthur Engoron has already ruled that the three defendants and the company fraudulently inflated the values of trophy properties and other assets to win favorable financing terms.
Engoron has ordered the dissolution of companies that control pillars of Trump’s real estate portfolio, including Trump Tower in Manhattan. That ruling is on hold while Trump appeals.
In testimony on Wednesday, Donald Jr. sought to minimize his involvement with the company’s financial statements, saying they were largely prepared by company accountants.
He drew occasional laughter in the courtroom with self-deprecating quips about his lack of financial acumen, in a contrast to the sharp-edged persona he has cultivated as his father’s political attack dog.
The trial is one of many legal troubles Donald Trump must contend with as he campaigns to retake the White House. He faces a total of 91 felony charges in four separate criminal prosecutions, including two cases stemming from his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
Nevertheless, Trump holds a commanding lead over his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to face Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election.
Trump has denied wrongdoing in all of his criminal and civil cases and has accused James and Engoron of political bias.
He has not faced sanctions for those attacks, but Engoron has fined him $15,000 for twice violating a limited gag order that bars him from speaking publicly about court staff.
He is also under a limited gag order for the federal election subversion trial in Washington. Trump has alleged that both violate his right to free speech.
(Reporting by Jack Queen; Writing by Andy Sullivan; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)