SEPANG: Police have seized a Nissan Skyline and arrested its owner for installing police livery and decals on the vehicle.
The supercar was one of the vehicles on display at an autoshow at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) during the weekend.
Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said police from Sepang CID arrested the vehicle owner at around 10.30pm on Saturday (July 2).
"I can confirm that an investigation is under way after a police report was lodged on the vehicle which looked like a police car. The vehicle is owned by a 45-year-old car accessory shop operator,” he said.
"We have seized the Nissan Skyline R32 car which had the police emblems and livery on it," added ACP Wan Kamarul in a statement on Sunday (July 3).
He said police also seized the vehicle's keys and autoshow entry slip.
"We have opened investigations under Section 89 of the Police Act for owning items which are supplied to the police in dispensing their duties. Investigations are ongoing," he said, adding that the vehicle owner was released on bail after his statement was recorded by police.
Pictures and videos of the vehicle have gone viral on social media after the vehicle was put on display at the Art Of Speed Malaysia autoshow.


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Developer Thunder Lotus has announced that its afterlife spirit management title Spiritfarer will be receiving three new content updates in 2021.
As detailed with a roadmap on the studio's blog, all three updates will be completely free of charge and include four new spirits you'll have to help on their way. The first update in Spring will bring Lily, who's said to be Stella's younger sister and bring more content for her story too. It'll also include improved co-op thanks to a brand new UI and a new co-operative fishing activity.
Then in Summer, Beverly will be added to the game, along with a new station knosn as the Archive Room that has its own set of collectables in Acetate Sheets. Then, in Fall we'll be getting two spirits for the price as one as Jackie and Daria arrive, who'll reside on a new island with a run down hospital. All three updates will also include quality of life improvements, and the latter two will include new boat buildings and recipies with the final update also including a new event.
We really enjoyed our time with Spiritfarer—check out our verdict on the game over here. It's available now on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC.

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Oatmeal is one of the best breakfast options available. Whether you make it in the microwave or opt for creative overnight oats recipes, this hearty whole grain cereal can fill you up and help you slim down. But only if you make it properly.
That’s right; as healthy as oatmeal can be, there are still common mistakes that can make you pack on the pounds. From overdoing it with the maple syrup to eating it plain, oatmeal can quickly go from a slimming breakfast to a blood sugar-spiking, fattening disaster—which could make it one of the worst breakfast habits for your waistline. Here’s what to avoid the next time you mix up a bowl for breakfast.
You’re Eating it Plain
On its own, oatmeal is relatively low-calorie, high in fiber, and high in protein. A serving of ½ cup dry oatmeal made with water sets you back 150 calories, 3 grams of fat, 27 grams of carbs, 4 grams of fiber, 1 gram of sugar, and 5 grams of protein. But even though it’s made with whole grain oats, oatmeal is pretty carb-heavy. To maximize satiety and prevent spikes in blood sugar, add a little more fat and protein to your oatmeal. Stirring in one tablespoon of nut butter not only makes it creamy and delicious, but it will also add about 4 more grams of protein and 8 more grams of fat. Tossing in some chia seeds and/or almond slivers will also do the trick.
You’re Eating Prepackaged Flavored Oatmeal
You may think you’re saving time by buying conveniently prepackaged oatmeal, but even healthy-sounding varieties can be teeming with extra chemicals and sugar. Some instant oatmeal packets contain as much as 14 grams of sugar and questionable ingredients like inflammatory vegetable oil and artificial dyes. You’re better off buying plain, unflavored oats and adding your own toppings. Plus, it will save you money in the long run.
You’re Adding Too Much Sugar
Starbucks’ Classic Whole-Grain Oatmeal is a great breakfast option, especially when you’re on the go—but only if you just add the mixed nuts. Tossing in the brown sugar packet that comes with it adds in an additional 12 grams of sugar and 50 calories. This goes for when you enjoy it at home; adding in brown sugar, maple syrup, or table sugar can quickly up the carb count and spike your blood sugar. If you’re craving sweetness in your oatmeal, opt for fresh fruit and cinnamon instead. A handful of blueberries or chopped apple slices will add a little natural sugar with some essential filling fiber to keep you full until lunchtime.
You Add Dried Fruit
Although we’re all about adding your own toppings to oatmeal rather than buying a prepackaged variety, dried fruit packs a ton of extra sugar without the necessary fiber of fresh fruit. Tossing in just ¼ of a cup of Ocean Spray Craisins will tack on a whopping 29 grams of sugar and 33 grams of carbs. Compare that to fresh cranberries, which are only 46 calories and 4 grams of sugar for a whole cup.
You’re Not Adding Protein
Oatmeal itself contains protein, but only about 5 grams. Compared to its nearly 30 grams of carbs, you should make sure you’re getting in extra protein, especially in the morning to help maximize satiety and stabilize blood sugar. Pair your protein with a couple slices of lean bacon, mix in some egg whites while it’s hot (seriously! It’s delicious!), or stir in a spoonful of nut butter. You’ll squash those mid-morning snack cravings and stay full until lunch.

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Mrs. Morrison was too busy to die. Oh, she would tease Death every now and again by putting an end to fights in her inn’s common room, but truth be told, dying was not high on her to-do list. It would simply have to wait.
The front door to the common room swung open as three more men sauntered in, ready to escape the pains of the day. It was still early – if two hours past sunset was considered early – so the drinks would be flowing for another couple of hours.
The soft buzz that made it through her ears told her just how lively the place was. The clamor of the common room always sounded like it was passing through thick cotton before she finally heard it; being mostly deaf certainly had its perks in this job. She would have gone insane long before now had she been forced to actually listen to the chaos that enveloped her establishment. Old age had at least given her that blessing. That, and a full head of thick brown hair; not a trace of gray to be found. People constantly asked her for her secret that kept her from going gray. She just smiled as if she knew and left them to their guesses.
Mrs. Morrison spun an already damp cloth inside the glass she was supposed to be drying. As long as it looked like the dishes were getting cleaned, her patrons wouldn’t put up a fuss; a few wet streaks would be inoffensive. Besides, it was just going to get filled up with those yellow-gray suds, anyway. Wet was wet. What did it matter?
Mrs. Morrison shook her head as she looked out over the patrons in the crowded room. People practically spilled out of all fifteen round tables that stood in the center of the room. The bar was occupied with its usual mourners and frequent strangers, and the booths around the sides of the room were likewise crammed with people. If one more person were to walk through the door, Mrs. Morrison feared the entire place might burst outward.
There was one booth, however, in which sat only one figure. Back in the corner where the flickering lamps failed to effectively illuminate sat a straight-backed man garbed in full highland attire. His pleated yellow and black patterned kilt stopped at his knees, and the same tartan patterned his belted plaid which wrapped around his body. His goat-skinned sporran rested on his lap.
A sgian dubh hung from his belt.
Mrs. Morrison’s eyes rested on the knife. In the dimness of his booth, she could barely see the black knife, but the occasional candle light reflected off its dark blade. She had been watching him since he first stepped foot inside her tavern, well before the place became crowded. He didn’t order a drink, which was unusual. Instead, he walked straight to the booth and sat down in the corner, watching the nearly empty room, eyes never straying in her direction.
Mrs. Morrison knew the man. He lived just outside of town, but mostly kept to himself. It was little wonder nobody shared a booth with Donald MacLeod. Who wanted to sit and share drinks with someone as sultry as him? Every night the highlander came in for drinks, sitting in the same booth in the same corner. He had been absent for the last couple of nights, but routine – the man’s only companion – settled back in with him quickly.
“He don’t say much.”
Mrs. Morrison jumped. She hadn’t seen anyone approach the bar; she was too focused on the man. “Keep your voice down!” she hushed, as he must be practically yelling for her to be able to hear him.
Jake Robinson laughed, leaning against the bar, his white shirt only laced halfway up the chest. He wore the same hat he always wore, tight around his head but loose on top. Most men could wear it easily, but Jake’s angular face clashed with his headgear.
“Don’t you worry, Mrs. Morrison. It’s far too loud in here for him to hear. Besides,” he motioned towards the solitary man with his head, “Folks say he don’t hear so well, neither.”
Mrs. Morrison huffed as she filled a glass with ale and slid it over to Jake. He was a young lad, just old enough to have a drink without getting a whipping from his ma. But he was still naïve. These young boys in their modern ways didn’t pay any regard to the stories their parents told them at night to keep them from sneaking off.
Mrs. Morrison, however, knew better. She pointed a wrinkled, crooked finger at Jake. “Don’t you be paying him no mind, you hear me?”
Jake smiled his boyish grin. “There’s no harm done, ma’am. He’s just passing through, just like he does every night. Nothing more.”
Mrs. Morrison leaned in close to the young man. “He’ll be passing through alright, but as he does, he’ll have a companion with him, consensual or not.”
Jake took a swig of drink and set the glass down, his smile splitting his boyish face. “You don’t think that old bloke is him, do you?” He laughed. “Those are just old stories meant to frighten young children.”
“But his knife,” whispered Mrs. Morrison. “He carries the sgian dubh.”
“Pah. Wives’ tales, that. Besides, old Mr. MacLeod has more important things to do, like work his farm.” Jake downed the rest of his ale in three large gulps. He set it down firmly on the bar. “I’ll prove it to you.” Jake pushed himself away from the bar and with the courage of drink – or perhaps the daring of youth – approached the highlander in the corner booth.
Now Mrs. Morrison cursed her deaf ears, not that she would be able to hear over the cacophony in the room anyway. The buzz of noise continued its muffled journey through her head as the patrons paid Jake no mind as he sat down with the man. Still, some folks shot him a sidelong glance as Jake took his seat across from the highlander. Folks in these parts were always wary of the silent ones. Perhaps there was reason to be wary.
I should not have let him go speak with him, she thought as she repeatedly dried the same glass over and over again. What were they talking about? Maybe she was wrong about the man. Maybe he wasn’t anybody special after all.
Conversation in the common room slowed once Jake took his seat across from Mr. MacLeod, the sound of idle chatter and raucous laughter ebbing from Mrs. Morrison’s feeble ears. Another eternal minute passed before Jake stood up and walked back towards the bar. Mrs. Morrison focused solely on Jake. As far as Mrs. Morrison was concerned, the room was silent as Death himself. Mrs. Morrison cringed. Best not think about Death when he could very well be sitting in the corner of her common room.
A man at the bar vacated his seat as Jake approached. Jake didn’t even acknowledge the man as he sat down on the newly vacated bar stool. His snowy white face didn’t assuage her fears any.
“Jake?” Mrs. Morrison looked into the lad’s eyes, but they didn’t look back. He stared ahead, fixed on some invisible point only he could see.
“More ale, please,” Jake whispered. At least, that’s what his lips looked to be saying.
Mrs. Morrison didn’t need to hear the words to know what he wanted. She refilled Jake’s glass, but he didn’t reach for it.
“I asked him where he got his knife.” Jake trembled in his seat, sweat breaking free from his forehead. He spoke loudly enough for Mrs. Morrison to be able to hear, but just barely. The boy’s eyes remained locked at a fixed point directly ahead of himself. “He said…he said he forged it himself. In Aodh’s realm. He…he told me…that I would be joining him soon, if I wished. Perhaps even tonight.”
Mrs. Morrison glanced over at the man in the corner, who was now looking in their direction. His gaze didn’t falter, his eyes never blinked. She locked eyes with the man, and in that moment her initial fear was realized. He wasn’t here for Jake at all. He came for her.
Mrs. Morrison leaned up against the table. She felt…weak. She knew this day would come, but after so long, she began to hope that it never would. She had always believed in the stories of a man with a black knife roaming the land, searching for companions to take back with him to his kingdom of the dead.
That’s why she started this inn to begin with. Ankou, king of the underworld, roamed outside, away from people. Seldom did he come indoors, and even less frequently into a public gathering, much less a common room. But there he sat, come for her at last. She would miss this life, especially the people she served here at the inn. But, her time was up.
She took a deep breath and looked up at Jake, still pale as a ghost. Poor lad.
Mrs. Morrison stood up straight and squared her shoulders. “Jacob Robinson, that was a brave thing you did, approaching Ankou. Foolish, but brave.” She smiled as Jake came out of his reverie. Mrs. Morrison laid a gentle hand on top of the boy’s still-shaking hand. “He’s not here for you, lad. He’s here for me.”
Jake blinked twice. “You? But…what ill have you done?”
Mrs. Morrison chuckled. “I have done no ill, child. At least, none that I know of. But death comes to all, and tonight it is my turn.”
Jake’s face slowly regained its color. “But he can’t! You’re not that old yet! You still have plenty of years ahead of you.”
“I have thought that myself.” Mrs. Morrison’s smile weakened, but still remained on her lips. She would be brave, if not for herself then for Jake. “I do love it here, and I will miss you. But there is nothing you can do to help me, although I do thank you for your concern.” Her eyes twinkled.
“I’ll think of something, Mrs. Morrison,” said Jake. “I won’t let him take you. Not if I can help it, I won’t!”
“Don’t do anything foolish, lad,” warned Mrs. Morrison. Jake nodded, stood up, and nearly tripped out the door.
Mrs. Morrison looked back at Ankou. The man – well, Death, rather – was still watching her. Mrs. Morrison nodded slowly at the living phantom. She cleaned another glass, filled it with ale, and brought it to the king of death himself.
She placed the drink on Ankou’s table. “I knew who you were from the moment you came in,” she said softly. Conversations lulled, but still continued in hushed voices. Approaching Donald MacLeod on one’s own was enough to make anyone curious. Having two people do it in one night would most certainly be counted as out of the ordinary. “Donald MacLeod has been dead two days already.”
“And yet you did not try to flee.” Ankou’s voice was deep and full. He wasn’t raising his voice, but she still heard him as clear as she could when her ears still worked properly. It sounded as if he spoke directly to her very soul.
“Can one flee Death?” she asked.
“You are wise. Most of those I visit attempt to trick me into letting them live. I am no fool, and I cannot be tricked.”
Mrs. Morrison nodded. “I won’t try and trick you into leaving me be,” she said. “But I do ask that you at least wait until my patrons finish here. No sense spoiling their night with the death of an old lady, hm?”
Ankou raised the glass to his lips and took a sip. “It is fair.”
Mrs. Morrison left Ankou with his drink and returned to her position behind the bar. Time crept by for Mrs. Morrison, but, slowly, her customers began to file out, leaving her alone with the one that would take her away from the land of the living. As the door closed behind the last patron, Ankou stood up and walked across the room. Mrs. Morrison stiffened. Empty glass in hand, Death was coming for her.
This was the end.
She took one last look around the common room; the wooden tables remained cluttered with half-empty glasses and chairs askew, and dirt blanketed the floor. With so many people in the common room this night, news would spread quickly of her death. At least nobody would have any reason to wonder as to what happened to her. Soon the entire town would know of Donald MacLeod’s own demise, and that it was his body that housed Ankou, sitting in the corner of the common room two nights after his death.
Ankou set the glass down on the bar and continued out the door, kilt swaying as he walked. Mrs. Morrison stared after him. Minutes passed, her heart thumping so strong she could practically hear it reverberating with her own ears. After waiting nearly half an hour, Mrs. Morrison decided she couldn’t wait any longer. She had to be about her work. She needed to be moving.
She cleared the tables and washed the dishes, putting them back where they belonged behind the bar. Ankou still hadn’t come back by the time she finished sweeping the floor, so she opened the door and swept out the dust and dirt. Outside, a handcart sat in front of the inn, one wheel broken. The rim looked as if someone had taken a blacksmith’s hammer to it. It wouldn’t be going anywhere tonight. A scythe lay across the cart, the steel blade shimmering from the bright stars above. “Some poor farmer’s out of luck tonight,” she mumbled to herself as she closed the door behind her.
With Ankou still nowhere to be found, Mrs. Morrison retired to her bed. The next morning she awoke with the sun’s rays bathing her face in a warm, golden light. She sat up on the edge of her bed, sliding her feet into her slippers. Was she still alive? She felt at her face. Yes, she was alive and well.
Why had Ankou not come back for her? She shook her head, trying to clear her mind. Perhaps it was just a dream. She was an old woman, after all. Mind tricks were a sign of aging. Perhaps that was all there was to it.
She trudged over to the washbasin and splashed her face with cold water, shivering as it showered her face. She felt around for the towel and then dried herself off. She looked up into the mirror above the washbasin and paused; a streak of gray adorned her formerly brunette bangs. She ran her fingers through her hair, half expecting it to be some sort of trick of light or some other natural cause. Bringing a lock of hair in front of her eyes, she saw it was most certainly not a ruse. Her hair had finally started losing its color.
“I suppose I couldn’t run from gray hairs forever,” she mused.
Once washed and dressed, Mrs. Morrison went to the common room, hoping – and also fearing – to find an answer. Everything was as she left it: spotless and immaculate. Not so much of a hint that Death had ever been her guest the night before.
She opened the door to let in the cool, morning air. A man knelt by the broken cart she had seen the night before, fixing the wheel. The top of his hat rippled in the light morning breeze, but stayed snug around his head.
“You should have stayed the night here,” called Mrs. Morrison to the farmer. “There were extra rooms.”
“I had other business to attend to,” said the man, still leaning over his cart.
Mrs. Morrison cocked her head. The voice was familiar. Was this a man she knew and not just some farmer merely passing through? The man stood up.
“Jacob Robinson!” exclaimed Mrs. Morrison. “What are you doing with that cart?”
Jake met her gaze but said nothing. Mrs. Morrison’s breath caught in her chest. Jake ambled to the front of the cart, grabbed the handle, and pulled it away from the inn, both wheels stirring up a skiff of dust. Mrs. Morrison watched as Jake moved methodically away. She let out the breath she forgot she was holding.
Poor, poor lad.
A dim flicker of light glittered from Jake’s side, reflecting off a black knife hanging from his belt.

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Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine has announced his five-strong squad for the upcoming Aga Khan Trophy competition at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show.
Bertram Allen, Dermott Lennon, Denis Lynch, Cian O'Connor and Billy Twomey are the five, although Splaine will reduce that to four prior to Friday’s Nations' Cup.
Speaking today, Splaine commented: "Dublin is regarded as one of the greatest shows in the world and the pressure to perform to the very best of our ability in front of the home crowd always brings out the best in the Irish team."
Splaine will announce the Irish squad for the penultimate Furusiyya Nations' Cup at Hickstead in England shortly.
Bertram Allen and Molly Malone V
Dermott Lennon and Loughview Lou Lou (ISH)
Denis Lynch and All Star 5
Cian O'Connor and Quidam's Cherie
Billy Twomey and Diaghilev

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Let's say a permanent neodymium magnet is used to suspend an iron weight from a ceiling, as crudely depicted here:
Does the magnet gradually lose strength and eventually drop the weight, or will the weight stay suspended forever? If the latter case, wouldn't that be a violation of conservation of energy, in that it should take a certain amount of force to keep the weight suspended against gravity, and the energy to do that has to come from somewhere? And also in that case, would it make any difference if instead of leaving the static load on the magnet, the weight is instead repeatedly detached and then gradually brought towards the magnet from below until it 'jumps' up to contact the ceiling (presumably making the weight travel upwards expends some energy, from somewhere)?
I suppose the underlying question is, if a permanent magnet is used to do work, where does the energy involved come from and can it be exhausted?


Former Obama administration defense official Evelyn Farkas testified under oath that she lied during an MSNBC interview when she claimed to have evidence of alleged collusion, a newly declassified congressional transcript of her testimony shows. Farkas testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on June 26, 2017, as part of the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Lawmakers keyed in on an appearance Farkas made on MSNBC on March 2, 2017, in which she urged intelligence community bureaucrats to disseminate within the government and potentially even leak to media any incriminating information they had about Trump or his aides.
“I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with the senior [Obama administration] people who left…[that] it would be hidden away in the bureaucracy,” Farkas said.
Farkas, who served in the Obama administration as the deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia from 2012 through 2015, also claimed that administration officials appointed by Trump might even destroy evidence of alleged collusion if they “found out how we knew what we knew about the Trump staff’s dealing with Russians.”
They might “try to compromise those sources and methods,” Farkas alleged in the MSNBC interview. “And we would no longer have access to that intelligence.”
“Not enough was coming out into the open and I knew there was more,” Farkas claimed.
But Farkas sang a different tone under oath when questioned by lawmakers about what she actually “knew” about collusion.
“Why don’t we go back to that sentence that I just asked you about. It says ‘the Trump folks, if they found out how we knew what we knew about their staff dealing with Russians,” Gowdy said. “Well, how would you know what the U.S. government knew at that point? You didn’t work for it, did you?”
“I didn’t,” said Farkas, a former mid-level Russia analyst who left the federal government in 2015.
“Then how did you know?” Gowdy responded.
“I didn’t know anything,” Farkas said.
“Did you have information connecting the Trump campaign to the hack of the DNC?” Gowdy asked.
“No,” Farkas admitted.
“So when you say, ‘We knew,’ the reality is you knew nothing,” Gowdy asked later during the deposition.
“Correct,” Farkas responded.
Gowdy didn’t stop there.
“So when you say ‘knew,’ what you really meant was felt?” he asked.
“Correct,” Farkas answered.
“You didn’t know anything?” Gowdy continued.
“That’s correct,” Farkas responded.
Farkas, a Democrat, is currently running for Congress in New York’s 17th district.


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There’s no doubt that cars can make weird noises, and everyone agrees on that. It might sound like a clunk, a roar, or even a squeal. The knocking sound on your engine is your engine’s way of telling you it’s unhappy!
If you ignore the knock, you might experience decreased fuel efficiency—who can afford that?—as well as possible engine damage, which can be expensive to fix. Continue reading to find out what causes knocking in the engine and why it’s not something to take lightly.
Knocking In Engine
Have you ever wondered like, “Hey, what’s that knocking noise in the engine?” it probably happens at some point while you are driving. The Knocking in the engine is audible noise—a knock or a ping that you can hear when it occurs in your engine. The noise or sound is called engine knocking.
Simply naming the sound, though, doesn’t tell the whole story, and you’ll soon see why.
What causes the engine to start knocking? Let’s discuss what’s going on in the engine.
Knocking in Engine Cylinder
During normal combustion, the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber starts burning from the spark plug as soon as the sparking occurs. The mixtures burn smoothly from beginning to end, providing an even and powerful thrust to the piston.
The pressure inside the cylinder increases evenly. As soon as the sparking takes place, a wall of flame spreads out in all directions from the spark. It travels rapidly outwards through the mixture until all the charges are burning.
The movement of the flame wall through the combustion chamber during normal combustion. In this case, knocking does not occur.
How knocking occurs?
Under certain conditions, part of the air-fuel mixture explodes before the flame wall reaches it. The temperature of the last part of the mixture increases as the flame progresses. This causes a sudden increase in pressure, which imposes a sudden heavy load on the piston, almost like a hammer blow. This creates a typical noise known as knocking.
If knocking is severe enough, it may break engine parts.
It should note that knocking and detonation are synonymous terms, having the same meaning.
- Detonation is the name given to the sudden and violent knocking that occurs inside the engine cylinder. Detonation is not pre-ignition.
If the detonation continues for a long time, it may overheat the cylinder and spark plug to ignite the charge even before the sparking. This will cause preignition.
Thus, detonation follows the spark while pre-ignition precedes it.
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What Could Cause Engine Knocking?
There are three potential causes of engine knocking, as well as solutions! These are explained below:
#1 Faulty Spark Plug
The engine’s spark plugs produce the electric spark that ignites the cylinder’s fuel and air mixture. In other words, spark plugs are necessary for starting your engine. Spark plugs diminish with time, just like other components of your car.
About every 30,000 miles, according to the majority of auto manufacturers, new spark plugs should be installed; however, the condition and type of the spark plug will determine how long they last.
Your spark plugs may need to be replaced if they aren’t manufacturer-recommended or if they have seen better days.
Causes of Faulty Spark Plug
If not replaced, faulty spark plugs can reduce engine power and decrease fuel economy.
Remedies of Faulty Spark Plug
Spark plug replacement is typically quick and inexpensive because they are readily available and reasonably priced. According to the manufacturer’s recommendations, skilled technicians could replace your old spark plugs with new ones.
Consult your trusted mechanic if you’re unsure how long you’ve been operating with the same spark plugs. Your car’s power and fuel efficiency can be enhanced by regular tune-ups, as well as a small problem from turning into a costly one.
#2 Low-octane Fuel
The octane rating of gasoline differs from one pump to another, which is why there are so many choices at the pump. The greater the octane rating of fuel, the more compression it can withstand before igniting. Using regular fuel in an engine designed to run on high-octane fuel could result in excessive engine noise.
Causes of Low-octane Fuel
In general, high-octane fuel is more expensive than regular fuel. Regular fuel is less expensive, so many drivers choose to fill up their tanks with it to save money. Actually, that’s not the best way to make a choice.
Using incorrect fuel over an extended period may harm your engine and reduce fuel efficiency. Cheaper petrol won’t save you any money at all if you’re getting lower miles per gallon and may have to pay for engine repairs in the future.
Remedies of Low-octane Fuel
Initially, you have to check your owner’s manual. What kind of fuel do you suggest, and do you use it? Boost your octane level if necessary at your subsequent fill-up, or use an octane booster to improve performance. After a few fill-ups, if this doesn’t seem to be making a difference, there may be another cause for your issue.
#3 Carbon Deposits
To help prevent carbon deposits from clogging up your cylinders, carbon cleaning detergents must be included in every fuel sold. Sadly, some deposits continue to form. As a result, compression increases because there is less space for the fuel and air. When fuel compression changes, bad knocking sounds can occur.
Causes of Carbon Deposits
Excessive carbon buildup can cause issues with combustion and harm the engine’s cylinders. Due to this, it results in a decrease in performance can also lead to lower gas mileage or overheating.
Remedies of Carbon Deposits
The combustion chambers, or the cylinders, should be cleaned. For your safety, the manufacturer suggests that you should inspect your engine cylinder for carbon buildup every 100 hours of operation. Allow qualified professionals to perform a thorough tune-up and remove the carbon deposits to improve the performance of your engine.
There are other possible reasons to occur engine knocking, which are listed below.
1. List of Factors that Affect Knocking in Engine
- Compression ratio.
- Cool mixtures.
- Surface ignition and preignition.
- Chamber design.
- Operating condition.
- The type of engine fuel.
- The position of the spark plug.
- The engine running.
- The portion of the fuel.
1.1 Compression Ratio
A higher compression ratio increases the tendency for knocking in the engine. With a higher ratio, the mixture at T.D.C has more pressure and a higher initial temperature.
With higher initial temperature and pressure, the temperature at which detonation occur reaches soon. Thus higher compression engines have a greater tendency to knock.
1.2 Cool Mixture
The cool mixture has less tendency to knock than hot mixtures. Moistures in the air taken in by the carburetor tend to lower the temperature and reduce a greater tendency to knock.
1.3 Surface Ignition and Preignition
Surface ignition and preignition seriously affect knocking.
The surface ignition can originate from hot spots in the combustion chamber, such as on a hot exhaust valve or spark plug, or from combustion chamber deposits.
Preignition of the fuel takes place before the spark occurs from the spark plug.
The additives mixed in the gasoline, like tetraethyl lead, reduce the tendency to knock.
1.5 Chamber Design
The shape of the combustion chamber has a great effect on the tendency of the engine to knock. Due to the proper design of the combustion chamber, the air and fuel mix properly in the cylinder for normal combustion.
1.6 Operating Condition
Many operating conditions in an engine affect knocking. For example,
- Higher air temperatures increase the tendency to knock,
- Higher humidity and higher altitudes (or lower air density) reduce the tendency to knock,
- Engine deposits advancing the spark and learning the mixture increases the tendency of the engine to knock.
Scale formation in the cooling system blocks fuel lines (which learn out the mixture), improper ignition timing, and engine deposits-all these increase the knocking tendency of the engine.
1.7 Type of the Engine Fuel
The Type of engine fuel has a considerable effect on knocking. Fuel like alcohol and Benzel do not cause knocking.
But they give a higher rate of consumption because of lower calorific valves as compared to that of petrol.
1.8 The position of the Spark Plug
The position of the spark plug in the combustion chamber greatly affects knocking in the engine. The center spark plug proves quite useful.
If it is placed aside in the combustion chamber, the flame has to travel a longer distance to reach the detonation zone. The more the distance, the more the chances of detonation.
1.9 Engine Running
The engine running at a higher speed for a long time highly increases the temperature of the combustion chamber, which causes detonation. Excessive spark plug temperature promotes detonation.
1.10 The portion of the fuel
A rate at which the combustion of the portion of the fuel which is first to ignite just after the sparking takes place also affects detonation.
If the rate is very high, it raises the temperature and pressure of the remaining portion of the fuel, which is yet to burn, to very high valves, thereby increasing the tendency of detonation.
2. Mechanical Factors That Affecting Knocking
The engine’s tendency to knock is affected by the shape of the combustion chamber.
The combustion of an I-heap engine is bounding at the top by the cylinder head, inlet valve, exhaust valve, and spark plug, and at the bottom by piston shapes-wedge and hemispherical as shown in the figure.
The shape determines turbulence, squish, and quench. These three factors affect the engine to knock.
The proper shape of the combustion chamber imparts turbulence to the air-fuel mixture entering it.
Turbulence assures a more uniform mixing of air and fuel so that the combustion is more uniform. The turbulence also reduces the time required for the flame front to travel through the mixture.
Squish means to push through a small area.
As the piston nears TDC, it squishes, squeezes, or pushes the air-fuel mixture at the end of the compression stroke, out of the squish area, in some designs, as shown in Fig. As it squishes out, it promotes turbulence and thus further mixing of the air-fuel mixture.
It has already started knocking results when the temperature of the last part of the mixture goes too high, and it explodes the flame front reaches it.
If some heat is extracted from this part of the mixture (or the last part of the mixture is quenched), its temperature will not reach the detonation point.
The squish area is also a point. The closeness of the cylinder head to the piston and the relative coolness of these surfaces causes the heat to be extracted from the mixture so that the tendency for detonation to occur is quenched.
2.4 Wedge Combustion Chamber
In the wedge combustion chamber, the spark plug is located to one side; hence, the flame front has to travel a greater distance to reach the end of a wedge.
However, the end of the wedge has a quench area that cools the last part of the air-fuel mixture to prevent detonation. It also imparts turbulence to the mixture.
2.5 Hemispherical Combustion Chamber
In the hemispherical combustion chamber, the spark plugs are located at the center of the dome, and hence the flame front has a relatively short distance to travel.
Also, there are no distance pockets in the last part of the mixture to detonate. The chamber has no squish or quenches area; however, there is relatively little turbulence.
The automobile engine and fuel system release to the atmosphere a variety of gaseous compounds, including unburned hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide. These compounds give to the formation of smog. The shape of the combustion chamber also affects the number of contaminants in the smog.
The wedge combustion chamber has a larger surface area and produces more contaminants per power stroke than the hemispherical combustion chamber. Incomplete combustion increases carbon deposits which ultimately cause detonation.
3. Chemical Controls of Knocking
Certain chemicals are added to gasoline to prevent the detonation of the last part of the fuel charge during combustion. These chemicals tend to increase the reaction time of the fuel, I,e., the time requires for the end gas to explode.
This increases the time and gives the flame front time to reach the end gas so that it enters the normal combustion process instead of exploding.
Tetraethyl lead calling as ethyl or fuel, is one of the most useful compounds to prevent knocking. Special scavengers are also added to the gasoline to prevent the combustion products of the lead from expositing in the combustion chambers on the plug, valves, and piston.
They tend to charge the lead compounds into forms that will vaporize and exit with the exhaust gases. Ethylene dibromide and ethylene dichloride are scavengers.
Read also: The chemical makeup of gasoline.
4. How to Get Rid of Engine Knocking
1. Increasing the Octane Level in your Fuel
The antiknock value of the fuel is measured in octane number rating(ONR). The fuel iso-octane is highly resistant to knock. It is given an octane rating of 100. Another fuel, normal heptane, knocks very easily.
It is given a rating of zero. A mixer of 50% heptane (by volume) would have a 50 ONR. Similarly, a mixture of 80% isooctane and 20% heptane would have an ONR of 80.
Iso-octane and heptane are the reference fuels to test the ONR of unknown fuels. The fuel to be tested is used in an engine, and tolerance to knocking is noted.
Now the two reference fuels are mixed in varying proportions and used to run the engine under the same condition. The mixture which gives the same knocking characteristics would identify the ONR of the fuel. There are two basic methods for testing the fuels:
- Laboratory method
- Road-test method.
4 Steps to Fix Your Engine Knocking
1. Make sure you use the proper fuel and maintain the octane level for normal cars and for some higher-end performance cars that require a higher octane level.
2. Check out and make sure your engine cooling system works properly, like radiators, thermostats. Water pumps and cooling fans.
3. Consider cleaning your engine cylinders and combustion chamber. Using the wrong fuel can be an issue, it can leave excess contaminants in your cylinders as a result of poor combustion. Using a fuel additive like top-tier gasoline brands will provide more detergents that help keep your engine clean.
4. A defective spark plug OR wire can cause Knocking in the engine. This job is easy but could take about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Remove the spark plug and check it. You can normally tell if there is a problem just by the residue left on your spark plug.
A normal plug should have only a brownish-grey residue on the side electrode. You should clean it with a wire brush and fuel injector cleaner rather than replace it.
This is how you can find and fix your engine knocking or Knocking in the engine. Engine knocking is a simple problem you can fix this by doing the above steps. If you still have any questions regarding this then leave a comment or contact us I’ll respond to you.
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JANUARY 21, 2001
Stoddart confirms Minardi talks
EUROPEAN AVIATION chairman Paul Stoddart has confirmed that he is set to secure the future of ailing Minardi by buying into the team.
Australian businessman Stoddart, whose company sponsored Arrows last season and have also worked with Tyrell in the past, has admitted he wants to buy into the Faenza-based team.
Minardi are without a major sponsor, an engine deal or any drivers with the season-opening Australian Grand Prix just six weeks away, and Stoddart believes he is the last hope to keep the team on the grid.
"We are looking and I think it's fair to say that we are Minardi's only chance," Stoddart said. "I am quite confident, but it would be wholly wrong to say anymore than that at this stage."
Stoddart currently runs Formula 3000 team European Racing but is said to harbor ambitions to become a Formula One boss.
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Since the 15th century, numbers of IR theories had been formed and development. Among that, there are four major theories which have deeply taken into IR study and today world explanation namely Realism, Liberalism, International Political Economy (IPE), and International Society. Some theories were applicable during the past period only, but some still have a concrete explanation to the current world’s trends. However, I think IPE is the most acceptable theory which best explain today world. As we can see among all the courses of International Studies that we are taking, IPE is considered as one subject for measurement. Therefore, it shows the importance and the potential of this theory. In other word, it is the most appropriate theory to explain today world.
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The world today is the world of political economy (Jackson & Sorensen, 2007). Everyone encounter this. When we are buying and selling products in market, it is considered as one kind of economic activities already. However, is politic involved in this activity? The answer is of course yes. All the products which are brought to the market are subject of taxation which is set by government. Government can play its political role in whether rising the tax or reducing it. Moreover, politic involves in economy such as consumer protection, investment regulation, working condition, ect. Therefore, political economy exists everywhere in the world today. Thus I said that it is the most acceptable theory to explain the present world.
International political economy is about the study of problems that arise from or are affected by the interaction of international politics, international economics, and different social systems (e.g., capitalism and socialism) and societal groups (e.g., farmers at the local level, different ethnic groups in a country, immigrants in a region) (international political economy, 2010). According to Jackson and Sorensen (2007), International Political Economy is about a modern market which is based on political rules, and political rules and regulations constitute a framework within which the market functions.
Indeed, there are three main theories of IPE namely mercantilism, Economic Liberalism, and Marxism which the main concept of the theories is integration between politics and economy together. They are hardly separated. In one word, the world is a political economy. However, in here, I am not going to focus on each theory but rather its main concept, political economy.
As above definition has already been pointed out, the main principle of IPE is politic and economy which are linked together.
The traditional IPE includes analysis of the political economy of international trade, international finance, North-South relations, multinational corporations, and hegemony (Veseth). Nevertheless, I am going to raise only three subjects to discuss in this paper, international trade, international finance, and multinational corporations or regional integration. North-South relation and hegemony were best explained during the cold war period.
In international trade, states and non-states actors often use trading as a foreign policy tool to get national interest (Diamantis & Roukanas, 2010; Veseth). For example, state needs import because not only simple trading activities, but it is related to security as well such as importing weapons or other sustains and materials to increase states’ capacities in military defense (Veseth). Moreover, as we can see the real example from Cambodia in joining WTO in 2004, its purpose is to increase trading activities globally while Cambodia has to show its commitment through some reforms on judicial system and regulations such as creating special commercial court and establishing forty seven new laws and regulation in order to fulfill WTO’s requirements (Chea & Sok). Besides, the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is using trade as a foreign policy too. For example, Cambodia has declared and warned Thailand that Cambodia would close its boarder and banned all Thai products to import to Cambodia. Cambodia was using economic tool in exchange for political stability. Moreover, on trading activities between states, they often use embargo and high tariff to ban some products to get into their own countries. This is a policy which uses to protect local production. For example, United Stated has extended another 47 years trade embargo in Cuba until there is a political reform (Voss, 15 September 2009). Japan imposed 778% tariff on rice in order to protect its local production (Yamashita, 19 Febuary 2010). In short, Nations have frequently imposed import and export controls for both economic and military reasons (Veseth).
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The IPE of International Finance includes analysis of exchange rate policies, foreign exchange systems, international capital movements, particularly portfolio capital and debt flows, and the international and domestic institutions and political structures to which they related (Veseth). For instance, China’s exports have been bolstered by its policy of keeping its currency, known as the renminbi or yuan, pegged at a nearly fixed rate to the dollar (Bradsher, 8 April 2010). In other word, China is keeping depreciating its currency in order to increase export. China becomes a very competitive competitor of U.S., and it has taken away United States’ market shares in foreign market. If we look from political perspective, China is trying to use its national policy to increase export for balancing with the United States in trading activities. In addition, the goal of creating single currency in Europe Union, Euro is to ensure stable currency with low inflation and low interest rates, and elimination exchange cost, transaction expenses, and facilitate international trade (European Commission). On the other hand, it also implicates political purpose behind that. The Euro would bind Germany forever to its European Union partners and prevent its focus from shifting towards Central and Eastern European relations (Veseth). It means creating boundary for Germany which the concern is resulted from the cold war alliance. Besides, Bretton Woods which agreements designed an international monetary system built upon a dollar-gold standard was created to manage world financing. However, United States had been playing its political roles toward international affairs through this institution. In August 1971, U.S. President Richard Nixon announced the “temporary” suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold which marked the breakdown of Bretton Woods institution, IMF (IMF). Bretton Woods monetary system is that economic arrangements create political obligations which are subject to political manipulation (Veseth).
Since the cold war, multinational cooperation has become more and more popular. IPE scholars have asserted the argument that U.S. and western-based international businesses were linked with their governments by an invisible handshake (Veseth). As we have known since the cold war, there are several of cooperation and regional integration such as ASEAN, EU, NAFTA, MERCOSUR, and SADC. States cooperate and integrate for economic development with the implication of politic behind the sense. States create regional integration in order to be more appealing to investment and aid development donor (Krapohl, April 2008). For example, ASEAN has established numbers of preferential trade agreements and regulations to facilitate capital flow in order to attract more foreign direct investment to the region such as AFTA. FDI inflows to ASEAN in a global context over the 1995-2005 period has increase triple from 1995 to $916 billion in 2005. By joining ASEAN, some poor nation states such as Cambodia and Laos have grabbed the international attention for assisting aid or loan for development. In addition, regional bloc can increase stronger voice on international stage for bargaining especially in WTO which poor states can demand for more favorable trade agreement for development (Krapohl, April 2008). It is a kind of collective security to have a stronger power in international community. Furthermore, regional integration helps to be more appealing to bilateral or multilateral agreements too. As nation states links together by regional or global cooperation like that, it is easy to spread influence if one country is facing both economic and political instability. For example, the dispute between North and South Korea has caught a lot of attention from international community. The U.S. and China has also involve in that issue, and this dispute also create some shaking to international economic as well especially on financing market.
In conclusion, the world today is an international political economy. Even though super power or small and poor states are involving in international trade with the influence from politic. International Political Economy is a conscious shift towards understanding issues of wealth and poverty; of who gets what in the international system (Aston, 2004). Economic outcomes almost always have political implications. Economic policies are determined by politic because different policy choices generally have varying effects on the distribution of wealth or the economic outputs (Walter & Sen, 2009). In short, IPE is the theory which best explain the world today.

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Still stirring up a musical storm
Return to the Forbidden Planet is back on tour with a stop at the Wycombe Swan. JO-ANNE ROWNEY speaks to writer director Bob Carlton on bringing the first jukebox musical back to lif
WHEN Bob Carlton first thought of his ‘jukebox’ rock and roll show he never even comprehended how the blend of science fiction, Shakespeare and live music would capture people’s imaginations.
Now 25 years later Return to the Forbidden Planet is kicking off its anniversary tour, with a stop off at the Wycombe Swan.
The Olivier award-winning show follows Captain Tempest and his crew as they first journey into space.
The tale is told with tunes including Great Balls of Fire, Teenager in Love, Gloria, Heard It Through the Grapevine, Shake Rattle and Roll, Johnny B. Goode and Wipeout.
Now Bob is back at the helm and it is like he has never been away.
“I never expected the success the first time,” he said. “It was more of a surprise.”
It had been a gradual process. Bob was the artistic director of Bubble, a fringe company, but when the company mixed rock and roll with their own pieces, Bob spotted the possibilites.
“Forbidden Planet is good because it uses the Tempest,” he said.
“It just made sense to use Shakespeare’s style and have the music people love. “It just evolved.” The show has evolved over time as well. People are in for a treat as a video transmission is beamed in from Brian May, the latest to record the narrator.
The part was previously played by Magnus Pyke and Sir Patrick Moore.
“It was an easy choice to get Brian to do it, he’s a rock genius in Queen and then he’s an astronomer.
“When we first did it I asked for Magnus.
“We just took a handheld video, then at the West End I asked for Patrick Moore and we filmed that. When he died Brian was an obvious choice.”
Bob is back directing again too, after stints on soaps like Brookside and Emmerdale. But he still prefers the theatre. “I like that interaction with the actors, getting the character.
“In soaps people know the role so well by the time you come in.
“They pay better, but theatre is what I love.”
Despite this Return to the Forbidden Planet was the producers’ idea.
“It wasn’t something I’d thought would come back but when the producers said let’s do it I agreed,” he said.
The show is not quite the same with new songs, that Bob thinks work with the original idea.
The basis is the jukebox style, but the term was not in use when he first conceived the show.
“I never set out to create the jukebox show, or even a musical.


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Branded Functional Ingredients Reign as Top 2017 Trend in Foods & Beverages
While the food and beverage market has seen a plethora of new trends and innovative product launches, branded functional ingredients topped the charts in interest and success in 2017—a trend anticipated to continue throughout 2018. Demand for healthier versions of everyday foods and beverages that offer additional health benefits continues to rise, and probiotics have shown to be a preferred solution for manufacturers. These companies are choosing to formulate with branded strains, like BC30™ probiotic, which are supported by extensive research, formulation assistance, certifications and consumer awareness.
Consumers are increasingly taking a proactive approach to their wellness as compared to a previous reactive approach, causing a rise in demand for functional ingredients as a whole. Ingredients that offer digestive and immune health support—two main concerns for consumers—have seen the most interest, with probiotics at the top of the list for formulation. With a multitude of strains available, manufacturers are sorting through options by choosing science-backed, branded ingredients that offer the support of highly qualified and experienced suppliers. BC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) leads globally, with more than 900 products currently on shelves—over 350 of which launched in 2017.
BC30’s shelf-stable characteristics and survivability, extensive research, multiple health benefits and certifications make it an appealing option for fortification. The extensive number of products boasting the strain has built solid consumer awareness, and the ingredient is continuously listed as a trending option in the probiotic space—showing the power and value in branded, functional ingredients.
“Both ingredient suppliers and CPG manufacturers are realizing that it takes more than just adding a generic ingredient to win the loyalty and trust of label-savvy shoppers,” said Michael Bush, president and CEO of BC30. “Many of the foods and beverages that find the most success in the natural products space today are fortified with high-quality, branded ingredients that consumers recognize and trust.”
The success of branded functional ingredients is drawing attention from global companies, such as Kerry. The company recently selected BC30 to be brought under its umbrella, joining leading immune health ingredient, Wellmune®. These branded ingredients strengthen Kerry’s nutrition and general wellness positioning, and build a solid foundation for expansion into the functional ingredient space—a trend that many companies are taking notice of.
“It’s important to understand the trends driving the future of the industry and the solid innovations available within them,” said Bush. “Functional ingredients are and will continue to be a driving factor in the food and beverage space; and utilizing them provides ample formulation opportunities for manufacturers to meet a growing consumer demand—one we anticipate will continue to increase throughout upcoming years.”
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In animal studies reperfusion of coronary arteries is commonly accompanied by ventricular arrhythmias. It is not certain, however, whether ventricular arrhythmias can be used as a reliable non-invasive marker of reperfusion in humans. Two-channel Holter recordings were obtained from the start of an intravenous infusion of streptokinase until coronary angiography (2.8 (2.7) hours (mean SD)) afterwards) in 57 patients with acute myocardial infarction of less than four hours who were generally not treated with antiarrhythmic drugs. Ventricular arrhythmias occurred in 21 (37%) of the 57 patients: accelerated idioventricular rhythm in 13 patients and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia in 15 patients. Seven patients had both accelerated idioventricular rhythm and non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. Coronary angiography showed a patent infarct-related vessel in 12 (92%) of the 13 patients with accelerated idioventricular rhythm (95% confidence interval 66 to 99%), in 22 (50%) of the 44 patients without accelerated idioventricular rhythm (95% CI 34 to 66%), in 11 (73%) of the 15 patients with non-sustained ventricular tachycardia (95% CI 45 to 92%), and in 23 (55%) (95% CI 39 to 71%) of the 42 patients who did not have non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. Seventeen (81%) of the 21 patients with accelerated idioventricular rhythm, or non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, or both, had a patent infarct-related vessel (95% CI 58 to 94%) as did 17 (47%) of the 36 patients with no ventricular arrhythmia (95% CI 29 to 65%). In patients with accelerated idioventricular rhythm after thrombolysis the infarct-related vessel is almost certain to be patent; but the infarct-related coronary artery can still be patent when no arrhythmia is seen.
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by Zeljko Heimer, 19 November 2000
The official website of the Senegal Socialist Party reports:
Title 1: Preamble.
In Senegal has been created a political party whose seat is located in Dakar and whose denomination is 'Parti Socialiste du
Sénégal (P.S.) [Senegal Socialist Party).
The flag of the Socialist Party is constituted of a red five-pointed star on a green field. For its ballot papers, the party shall use, as colour and emblem, a red five-pointed star.
Here are some official data from the official party website:
The forerunner of the Socialist Party was the 'Union progressiste sénégalaise' (UPS) [Senegalese progressist Union], created
in 1958, after successive mergings which had successively led to the constitution of the 'Bloc démocratique sénégalais' (BDS) [Senegalese democratic Bloc] in 1948 and later the 'Bloc populaire sénégalais' (BPS) [Senegalese People's Bloc]. The
Socialist Party was officially recognized on 6 September 1959. [At that time, Senegal was part of the ephemeral Mali federation, but independence had not been proclaimed yet.]
[The original text is not really clear and does not explain the succession of the parties: whether it was the very same party which changed its name or a party which absorbed other ones is not precisely described.]
In December 1976, UPS changed its name to PS [therefore, it was the UPS which was officially recognized in 1959 and not the PS, wasn't it?]. In November 1976, it had joined the Socialist International.
The party claims to have 1,200,000 members. [Senegal has slightly more than 8,000,000 inhabitants.]
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China relaxes family planning rules to allow three children per couple
Beijing, CHINA | XINHUA | Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday chaired a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee to hear reports on major policy measures to actively address the ageing of population during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).
China will now support couples that wish to have a third child, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of Communist Party of China Central Committee held on Monday.
Implementing the policy and its relevant supporting measures will help improve China’s population structure, actively respond to the aging population, and preserve the country’s human resource advantages, the meeting said.
China to support couples having third child pic.twitter.com/CdVSGJ6cdi
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) May 31, 2021

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The German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) are donating about 100,000 pictures to the Wikimedia Commons, all under a Creative Commons 3.0 by-sa (Germany) license. From the wiki page:
Starting on Thursday Dec 4, 2008, Wikimedia Commons will witness a massive upload of new images. We are anticipating about 100,000 files from a donation from the German Federal Archive. These images are mostly related to the history of Germany (including the German Democratic Republic) and are part of a cooperation between Wikimedia Germany and the Federal Archive.
To our knowledge the donation of 100,000 images is single largest one to Wikimedia Commons so far and we are very hopeful that this is only the start of a long lasting relationship that might serve as an example to other archives and image databases.
As noted elsewhere, in Germany this almost counts as the "hell freezing over": When it comes to availability of historic documents created by the government, Germany has so far had a lot to be desired.
Among the photos uploaded so far by the import script are already some nice little gems of German history, for example:
"Feierabend", or "calling it a day" in the GDR. The slogan at the gate reads: "100% of our staff oppose re-militarization" (one and a half years later the East German government proclaimed the need for a new national army and founded it another four years later, in 1956) and on the factory wall: "Fünfjahrplan -- Friedensplan", or "Five-Year Plan -- Peace Plan".
How about this one:
Water cannon at the border between east and west berlin, right at the Brandenburg Gate (note its pillars in the background), only a stone's throw away from the modern-day German national parliament building. The sign reads: "Warning! You are now leaving West Berlin!" -- a similar sign can still be seen at the historic "Checkpoint Charlie".


Someone should inform Trick Daddy his name really doesn’t ring that many bells anymore.
Trick Daddy is once again the subject of social media chatter after video footage of himself in an altercation with a woman outside of a Miami club began making its rounds on social media on Monday (July.13). According to the op VladTV, witnesses on the scene Trick Daddy got upset when the woman refused to hang out with him after he allegedly footed the bill for them to get in the club.
In the clip, he can be heard saying to the woman, “You wanna go viral, touch me,” and then grabs her wrist. The woman responds, “Who are you?” and then appears to take a swing at the Miami native with him swinging back at her, and that’s where the video ends.
The 46-year-old Florida rapper was once one of Hip-Hop’s hottest acts thanks to songs like “Nann,” “Take It to da House,” and “I’m A Thug.” With his rap career not nearly as relevant, he moonlights as a radio host alongside his Slip-N-Slide partner Trina whom he also stars alongside on Love & Hip Miami on VH1.
He can also be regularly seen on “the blogs” as they love to say on the Mona Scott-Young reality shows for either being arrested while under the influence of booger sugar (cocaine) and getting into social media fights with Beyoncé’s fans after ridiculously claiming she can’t sing.
Trick Daddy has yet to issue any response about the altercation, but he might want to get ahead of it very quickly because the optics don’t look good at all.
We won’t be shocked if this incident finds its way onto a new season of Love & Hip Hop: Miami.
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Showers, breezy winds Wednesday afternoon
Updated today at 12:47 PM
Our cool, wet and active week of spring-time weather continues across the region today.
This afternoon, look for passing showers and breezy winds as our April snow tapers off. Cool temps. continue in the low 50s.
Our chance of rain continues into at least the weekend before a lull in the activity early next week.


Many people living in a small village on the outskirts of Faisalabad in central Pakistan have dreams of visiting Ballyhaunis, according to Imran Rafique, the son of the late meat mogul Sher Mohammed Rafique.
“Ireland? They don’t know what that is, but they know Ballyhaunis,” he said. His father’s meat business put the Mayo town on the map. He added: “It gives me a great feeling of pride knowing that my small town — and I call Ballyhaunis my town — is known by so many people across the world.”
The businessman, who died in June aged 81, expanded his meat empire across the country, as well as into Britain to comprise 12 factories. In 1991, Mr Rafique’s United Meat Packers, a halal operation, was the second-largest meat processor in the country, exporting to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, with an annual international turnover of approximately £450m.
Imran Rafique (48), who travelled from the US, where he now lives, to speak at a Ballyhaunis National Heritage Week event, said few people know the “interesting and colourful” life his father had before arriving in Ballyhaunis in 1974.
From humble beginnings in central Pakistan, Sher Rafique was sent to London at the age of 12 with just the suit on his back, one spare suit and six boiled eggs to eat on the journey, his son told a busy Ballyhaunis Community Hall during Heritage Week.
There he learned English and worked in a textile factory outside of school hours. He went on to study politics, philosophy and economics at the London School of Economics. Upon graduating he was recruited to work in the Pakistani Foreign Ministry. However, disillusioned by the level of corruption, Rafique returned to the UK to study a Masters degree.
In the 1960s, Sher Rafique rose through the ranks in London’s financial industry, becoming the Chief Financial Officer at mining conglomerate Lonrho.
“This was back when being a non-white person in finance was unheard of,” his son added.
But Sher Rafique “always had a goal” to build his own business empire, Imran said.
In 1974, the businessman travelled with his wife Begum and their children to the west of Ireland to purchase a small abattoir on Clare Road. He already had his sights on a potential export opportunity for halal meats to Kuwait.
Imran said he never discovered what it was about the small town that attracted his father, other than the abattoir.
“It’s funny, he basically knocked it down and completely rebuilt it anyway,” said Imran, adding: “While I don’t know fully why my father decided to come to Ballyhaunis, I know there were a lot of reasons why he chose to remain in Ballyhaunis.”
Imran said his father saw many similarities between his adopted town and his home country.
“As a colonised country, Ireland has a tendency to root for the underdog,” he said, adding: “He did not do this by himself. There were a lot of hardworking people who rolled up their sleeves and got it done.”
Ballyhaunis councillor John Cribbin remembered that “footfall quadrupled” in the town when the meat operation was in full swing.
“Ballyhaunis was, like so many other towns at the time, crying out for someone to employ people. It was clear he was a man with a business plan,” Mr Cribbin said.
Everything came crumbling down in January 1992 when £35million of frozen beef went up in flames in the cold room. The origin of the fire remains unknown, but it led to a cash flow crisis, and the company went into administration.
After 20 years living in the town, Sher Rafique and his family packed up and moved to Lockerbie, Scotland. While his company collapsed, Mr Rafique left behind a Mosque, which is perhaps his “proudest and most lasting legacy,” according to Imran.
When Sher Rafique’s funeral was held at the Ballyhaunis Mosque on June 18, hundreds of non-muslims came to pay their respects.
“I really cannot put into words what it felt like to be on the receiving end of that,” said Imran.
“I know he would feel his was a life worth living just based on the respect shown that day by the people here.”


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Speaking at the Automotive EV Conference (hosted by Three6Zero) held in Coventry on 8 October, UK Head of Electric Vehicles & Connected Services for Groupe PSA, Helen Lees discussed the brand’s electrification strategy, the future of the EV sector in the automotive industry and addressed investment and market potential.


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Organisers said on Monday that up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympic events, warning competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. The decision, just weeks before the opening ceremony, ends months of speculation about whether spectators will be allowed at the pandemic-postponed Games. Overseas fans were banned in March.
“In light of the government’s restrictions on public events, the spectator limit for the Olympic Games will be set at 50 per cent of venue capacity, up to a maximum of 10,000 people in all venues,” organisers said in a statement.
A decision on spectators at the Paralympics will be delayed until July 16, a week before the Olympics open.
And officials left open the possibility of a reversal if the virus rebounds.
“If there should be major dramatic change in the infection situation, we may need to revisit this matter amongst ourselves and we may need to consider the option of having no spectators in the venues,” Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said.
Senior medical experts, including top advisors to the government, have said that holding the Games behind closed doors would be “ideal” from a health perspective