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Leucine is one of the nine essential amino acids (EAAs). EAAs must be consumed as part of the diet because the body cannot make them. Among the EAAs, leucine has received special attention for its role in muscle building, not only because it is the most abundant EAA in muscle protein, but also because of its nutraceutical role as a regulator of muscle protein synthesis. Are leucine muscle building benefits the “magic bullet,” or is leucine on an equal footing with the other EAAs? The truth is that it falls somewhere in between.
What Is Leucine?
Leucine is one of three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs). The term branched-chain refers to the chemical structure of these EAAs. Isoleucine and valine are the other two BCAAs. Leucine is the best known of the BCAAs and it’s the most abundant EAA in muscle. In addition, leucine acts as a signal to activate various functions of the cells, including starting the process of protein synthesis.
How Muscle Protein Synthesis Works
Muscle protein is in a constant state of turnover. What this means is that muscle is being continuously broken down and resynthesized. Muscle building occurs over the course of the day when the rate of muscle protein synthesis exceeds the rate of breakdown. This can occur when there is a stimulated rate of muscle protein synthesis, a suppression of muscle protein breakdown, or a combination of the two.
Muscle protein synthesis involves the hooking together of a series of amino acids in a very specific sequence and amount. Under normal conditions, most of the amino acids that hook together to form new muscle protein are those released during protein breakdown. However, about 15-20% of the amino acids released during protein breakdown are not available to build new muscle protein. Some are irreversibly oxidized, while others are unleashed into the blood and taken up by other tissues and organs.
For this reason, an additional source of amino acids is needed so that the rate of protein synthesis can catch up with, or exceed, the rate of protein breakdown. Eleven of the amino acids in body protein are nonessential, which means the body produces them to meet the demands of any rate of protein synthesis. The essential amino acids such as leucine, on the other hand, must be consumed in the diet since they cannot be produced in the body. Consuming sufficient EAAs is mandatory for increasing the rate of muscle protein synthesis.
Leucine Muscle Building Nutraceutical
Muscle protein cannot be built on leucine alone. All of the EAAs must be available in proportion to their respective contributions to the composition of muscle protein for new protein to be produced.
Leucine comprises about 23% of the EAAs in muscle protein, and, as I’ve mentioned before, is the most abundant EAA in muscle protein. A high intake of leucine is therefore essential for muscle protein to be produced. As a result, the profile of EAAs consumed for the purpose of stimulating muscle protein synthesis, whether in a natural protein food source or an amino acid supplement, must contain a relatively high proportion of leucine.
There is no debate about the importance of leucine as an abundant constituent of muscle protein. Neither is there any controversy over the need for leucine to comprise at least 20-25% of consumed EAAs to maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis. The question, rather, is whether leucine has such unique qualities that it should comprise a disproportionately greater amount compared to the other EAAs in a dietary amino acid supplement. Taken to the extreme, is a dietary supplement of leucine alone beneficial for building muscle?
Keep in mind…these questions are relevant only to amino acid supplements, as there is no natural protein food source made up of more than 23% leucine, and there is no natural protein food source that contains only leucine.
In order to answer these questions, we must first understand leucine’s role as a nutraceutical.
Leucine has been labeled a nutraceutical because it stimulates muscle protein synthesis beyond merely existing as a component of muscle protein.
Leucine can actually initiate the process of protein synthesis by activating a group of intracellular compounds collectively known as initiation factors. The key initiation factor activated by leucine is called mTOR. mTOR acts as a sensor in the cell. When leucine concentrations are low, mTOR receives the signal that there is not enough dietary protein present to build new skeletal muscle protein, and thus, mTOR is deactivated. When the leucine concentration in the cell increases after you consume leucine, mTOR is activated. Activation of mTOR can increase the amount of muscle protein that is produced, provided there are enough of the other EAAs in addition to leucine available to make complete proteins.
mTOR and Muscle Protein Synthesis
In normal, healthy adults mTOR can be activated and muscle protein synthesis stimulated with a balanced EAA supplement—there’s no need for extra leucine. However, in many clinical states, muscle protein synthesis is just not as responsive when EAAs are consumed, either as food or as supplements. This is called anabolic resistance and often occurs when battling cancer, severe trauma or illness, and regular old aging.
During anabolic resistance, an EAA supplement containing a disproportionately high leucine content (35-40% of EAAs) to activate mTOR may be needed to overcome the resistance. My team and I discovered this in 2006 when we studied the beneficial effects of an essential amino acid mixture with leucine on muscle protein metabolism in elderly and young individuals. You can read about the study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, here.
Leucine is not the only way to activate mTOR. Resistance exercise can further elevate mTOR, providing the potential for increased muscle protein synthesis. However, sufficient EAAs must be available for the further activation of mTOR to translate to increased protein synthesis. Put simply, you can’t make something out of nothing. A shortage of even just one EAA will limit the stimulation of muscle protein synthesis, even after a heavy resistance workout. While mTOR activation is not always linked with increased protein synthesis, it is an anabolic signal when all the necessary components are present.
Leucine Alone Is Not Enough
The best way to envision the role of leucine in protein synthesis is to consider the EAAs as a football team. Leucine is the quarterback, while the other positions are filled with other players, each with their specific roles. Just as a team of only quarterbacks would not have much success, neither does a nutritional supplement of only leucine.
There have been a number of studies examining the effectiveness of leucine as a nutritional supplement. As predicted from the analogy above, leucine alone has little effect on muscle building, according to a 2011 study published in the Journal of Nutrition. Compare these findings to a study we published in the journal Clinical Nutrition that showed how a formulation of EAAs with a high proportion of leucine (35-40%) helped overcome anabolic resistance and improve muscle mass, strength, and physical function in the elderly.
Leucine is important, but it can’t do the job alone!
Leucine and Muscle Protein Breakdown
The role of leucine in stimulating muscle protein synthesis has been studied extensively, but the building of muscle is determined not only by the rate of protein synthesis but also by the balance between the rates of synthesis and breakdown. In addition to stimulating muscle protein synthesis, leucine can reduce the rate of muscle protein breakdown.
Leucine consumption can stimulate the release of the hormone insulin, and the suppression of muscle protein breakdown by insulin is well known. As one of the BCAAs, leucine can also suppress protein breakdown directly. However, suppressing muscle protein breakdown only helps build new muscle if the rate of muscle protein synthesis is greater than the rate of breakdown, and this may not occur when just leucine or BCAAs are consumed. In fact, when muscle protein breakdown is reduced by leucine or the BCAAs alone, the rate of muscle protein synthesis is reduced correspondingly. This reflects the fact that the major source of EAAs for building new muscle protein is the EAAs that are released by protein breakdown…and if muscle protein breakdown is suppressed, the availability of EAAs for protein synthesis is also reduced.
As in the case of muscle protein synthesis, leucine can play a potentially important role in building muscle by inhibiting the rate of muscle protein breakdown, but to be anabolic (i.e., synthesis is greater than breakdown) all the EAAs must be consumed.
Leucine and Performance
Leucine is oxidized at an increased rate during endurance sports. This is evidenced in a study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology. Although not a large portion of total energy production is derived from leucine oxidation during exercise, the amount of leucine oxidized is significant in terms of the amount available for incorporation into protein. The increased oxidation of leucine during exercise can make its availability limiting for the production of new muscle protein. This is why it is necessary to consume EAAs in general, and leucine in particular, after exercise. Eating or supplementing with EAAs after exercise will not only prevent the loss in muscle protein that would occur otherwise (because of the oxidation of leucine) but also increase muscle protein synthesis and increase muscle strength and function.
Leucine and Type 2 Diabetes
We’ve known for 50 years that the blood concentration of leucine (and the other BCAAs) is elevated in individuals with type 2 diabetes. This knowledge has spurred theories that the BCAAs, and in particular leucine, are somehow involved in the development of insulin resistance and ultimately type 2 diabetes.
A recently-proposed theory gaining popularity is based on the premise that the activation of mTOR may be involved in causing insulin resistance. However, such theories are contradicted by studies that have shown that increasing leucine concentration with dietary supplements not only does not cause insulin resistance but also in some circumstances may improve control of the blood glucose concentration. In addition, supplementing with leucine, valine, and isoleucine can improve insulin sensitivity in a variety of insulin-resistant states according to other studies.
Leucine serves other functions as well:
- It promotes the growth and repair of bone tissue.
- It stimulates growth hormone production.
- It amplifies wound healing.
- It increases the number of mitochondria in muscle. (Mitochondria are the organelles in muscle where ATP is generated to fuel muscle contraction during exercise.)
Perhaps the most important takeaway is that leucine can’t do it solo. It needs the help of all the EAAs to be the magic bullet of muscle building the body needs.

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Since Oct. 24, the Coupeville School Board has met in a room named for a late board member who dedicated her life to education.
At their last meeting, board members officially dedicated their meeting room to Kathleen Anderson, the former board president who passed away peacefully at age 83 last September. Members of Anderson’s family were present at the dedication.
Superintendent Steve King first recommended that the board room, and any future board room, be named after Anderson in June of this year, and the board unanimously approved the proposal.
“As a school director and state board member, Director Anderson was known as someone who always prioritized what was best for students,” King said at the dedication.
Anderson served on the Coupeville School Board from 1980-1989 and again from 2004-2021 for a total of 26 years. Between her school board terms, she spent 15 years serving on the state Board of Education, where she was the first female president.
Board members spoke highly of Anderson and shared personal memories of her during the dedication. Board Vice President Glenda Merwine said Anderson was well known and loved throughout the state educational community; at Washington State School Directors’ Association conferences, when people noticed Merwine was from Coupeville, they would always ask about Anderson, she said.
“She was considered, truly, the grand dame of all of the small schools in the conference,” she said. “They knew her, they respected her, they asked her for mentorship. She gave it willingly.”
Anderson’s son, Craig Anderson, hung the memorial plaque in the board room.

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In this week's Self-Publishing News, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway takes a look at a new prize from the RWA and an expanded service from Scribd.
Remember, ALLi publishes a summary of the questions and answers from its weekly #IndieAuthorChat Twitter chat on the ALLi blog. This will be published on the Tuesday after the chat. Tonight's chat will be about publishing with Ingram Spark, with Robin Cutler. And a reminder that ALLi has created a resource that seeks to answer any questions you may have about Covid-19, from concerns about the impact on events to ideas and news about how the services we rely on are responding. And as we look at online events in the news, do read this fabulous ALLi post on how to host online events as an author. You can also catch up with all last month's self-publishing news and more in our latest podcast from Howard Lovy.
RWA Launches the Vivian
It’s hard to remember what the world was like all the way back in January. But if you can cast your minds back to that different time, you might remember the controversy engulfing the Romance Writers of America (RWA). Allegations of institutional racism had torn the organization seemingly irreparably apart after Courtney Milan was removed from its ethics panel. Milan, a long-term campaigner on diversity issues, had called out what she saw as racism in the books of a fellow member and fireworks ensued. One of the results was the cancellation of the Ritas, the RWA nearly 40 year-old awards of the RWA.
Well now the RWA has a new award. The Vivian is named for Vivian Stephens, the black editor who founded the group. There has been a cautious welcome for the new award, but it remains to see whether the damage already caused can be healed or not.
New from Scribd
I seem to write about Scribd a lot these days. So much that I’m almost at the point of no longer reminding people of the time we all thought Scribd would struggle to survive.
Scribd matters because it is seemingly very successful at finding people willing to pay for a subscription service. At $8.99 per month its premium service is on a par with Netflix but shows no sign of slowing. A big reason for that is the use of bundling. Scribd already offered bundles with Hulu, The New York Times, and Spotify. This week it launched Scribd Perks which bundles in even more. Possibly most interesting of those is Pandora, the podcast app. We are almost moving to a point where an indie might create their own multimedia presence wholly within Scribd, which is an interesting development. More worrying is the expanded bundle and unexpanded price. This may well bring more subscribers but at some point there has to be pressure on payments. We need to watch that literature doesn't go the same micropayment route as music.
Rise of Podcasting
Talking about podcast, we can’t not mention the biggest news story in the history of the format. For anyone doubting the potential of podcasting for creating an income, our own Joanna Penn and might be example enough. But this week the format has hit the big time. Podcasting has been in the news a lot recently. First there was the ban from YouTube and other platforms of a London Real podcast featuring David Icke. But this week saw the announcement of an eye-watering $100m deal between Spotify and the biggest name in podcasting, Joe Rogan. Rogan makes more than $50m per year from advertising on his podcast.
The Impact of Coronavirus on Publishers
Other figures this week have been eye-watering in the opposite direction as publishers start to count the cost of Covid-19. In France, 57% of publishers have said they had cashflow problems as a result of the virus. This is despite a 30% rise in digital sales, and reflects how few of them have digital products. There is a lesson to us there. Meanwhile the Association of American Publishers is reporting an 8.4% drop in sales in March compared to 2019 and is bracing for April to be far far worse. And in Canada, there are worries of a rush of returns as bookstores start to reopen and confront piles of unshiftable stock.
In many ways the virus has accelerated already-occurring trends. Traditional publishers were already struggling with while those who embraced new models did better. As indies, we had the potential to fall on the right side of the divide, but a lot will depend how far along we were when disaster struck.RWA launches a new prize in the hope of repairing damaged reputation, Scribd expands its bundle, and top #selfpub news stories for #indieauthors, in one quick read, by #ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway @agnieszkasshoes #digitaleconomy… Click To Tweet
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Arduino - Temperature Sensor
There are many type of temperature sensors can works with Arduino such as LM35, TH02, HDC1000 or HTS221... In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to use waterproof DS18B20 temperature sensor. This sensor is inexpensive, easy to use and look neat.
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About One Wire Temperature Sensor - DS18B20
DS18B20 temperature sensor has three pins:
- GND pin: needs to be connected to GND (0V)
- VCC pin: needs to be connected to VCC (5V or 3.3V)
- DQ pin: is 1-Wire Data bus. It should be connected to a digital pin on Arduino.
The sensor usually has two forms: TO-92 package (looks like a transistor) and waterproof probe. We use the waterproof probe form in this tutorial.
- With breadboard
- Without breadboard
- Real wiring
How To Program For DS18B20 Temperature Sensor
- Include the library:
- Declare OneWire and DallasTemperature object corresponding to the pin connected to sensor's DQ pin
- Initialize the sensor:
- Send the command to get temperatures:
- Read temperature in Celsius:
- (Optional) Convert Celsius to Fahrenheit:
- Connect Arduino to PC via USB cable
- Open Arduino IDE, select the right board and port
- On Arduino IDE, Go to Tools Manage Libraries
- Search “OneWire”, then find the OneWire library by Paul Stoffregen
- Click Install button to install OneWire library.
- Search “Dallas”, then find the DallasTemperature library by Miles Burton.
- Click Install button to install DallasTemperature library.
- Copy the above code and open with Arduino IDE
- Click Upload button on Arduino IDE to upload code to Arduino
- Put the sensor on hot and cold water, or grasp the sensor by your hand
- See the result on Serial Monitor.
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Set in an ideal location for both sporting events at Wembley Stadium and concerts at Wembley Arena, the Novotel London Wembley is an ideal choice for your next break in the capital. With Wembley Park station so close too, the hotel also benefits from easy access into the centre of London youll be a mere twenty minutes from the fabulous shopping on Oxford street and all the exciting shows in the West End. After an exciting event or a busy day in the hustle and bustle of London, retreat to the calm and comfort of one of the 235 sleekly designed guestrooms at the Novotel London Wembley. Each room has satellite TV and complimentary WiFi access as standard for your convenience. When evening comes around, find yourself in the hotels Elements Restaurant and Bar, where they serve up a tempting international menu and a full range of drinks. To help you relax and unwind after a long day in the big city, the onsite, fullyequipped gym at the Novotel London Wembley is the perfect place to blow off some steam.
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We have examined the role of the nonlinear elastic properties of the arterial wall on the human aortic input impedance obtained at different heart rates and different pressure and flow wave shapes. Pressure and flow were taken from a computer model that provides realistic simulations of the nonlinear distributed systemic arterial tree. Different wave shapes of ascending aorta pressure and flow and different heart rates were used to derive input impedance moduli and phase angles via Fourier analysis. The results show that the nonlinear elastic properties of the arterial wall are responsible for significant variations in the input impedance spectrum when changes in heart rate and aortic flow wave shape take place. This finding may explain the scatter often observed in experimentally determined input impedance data using different heart rates obtained by pacing.


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The premiere of the car will be in a few months.
Presents official teaser of the Volkswagen T-Cross 2019. The small crossover Volkswagen will show in the autumn at the Paris motor show, reports the Chronicle.info with reference on the center.
The images focuses on the capacity of the vehicle. Earlier it became known that the volume of the boot of the Volkswagen T-Cross will amount to 455 liters in the normal state and 1281 l with the rear seats folded.
Compact crossover Volkswagen has repeatedly removed on the tests, so its design is already not a secret. He will reach up to 4107 mm in length and 1,558 mm in height. It is based on the platform MQB-A0, as the Volkswagen Polo.
New Volkswagen T-Cross plan to equip a gasoline turbo engine volume of 1.0 liter (95 and 115 HP) and 1.5 liters (150 HP) and 1.6-liter 95-horsepower turbodiesel. The drive is only a front.


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Improving animal welfare
Healthy food and animal welfare belong together for many Germans. That’s why there are new approaches in livestock farming.
Increasing numbers of Germans would like livestock to enjoy a better life and not suffer during slaughter. They are interested in the origin of the animals they eat. According to Ernährungsreport 2018, an annual food report, 79% support government plans for a special label for food from animal-friendly farms and would even pay a higher price for it.
Animal welfare labelling
In future, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) aims to inform consumers about husbandry conditions, animal health and the duration of animal transports with the aid of a government animal welfare label. Farmers can improve the living conditions of their animals by, for example, providing more space, open pens, straw litter and opportunities that keep animals occupied. However, participation in the animal welfare labelling programme is voluntary.
Farmers that keep pigs, chickens or turkeys can already join Initiative Tierwohl (ITW), an animal welfare initiative that farming and meat industry associations have founded with the food retail trade. Critics complain that its criteria are not much higher than the statutory minimum requirements and only slightly improve how animals are kept.
Alternatives to chick culling
Every year over 45 million chicks are killed shortly after hatching. They are the male “siblings” of laying hens. So-called brother rooster initiatives offer an alternative. They invest in rearing the roosters, whose meat is then used. Another possibility is the keeping of dual-purpose breeds that produce not only eggs, but also meat, although their yields are lower.
Innovative methods of in-ovo sexing are receiving government funding. This should be able to prevent the hatching of male chicks in future.
Cow horn initiative
In Germany calves are normally dehorned a few weeks after birth. Some organic farms have shown that there are alternatives to this. They consciously decide to rear cattle that keep their horns. This means the farmers need to give the animals more time, more attention and more space.
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Dangote Cement: Sustained Demand Drives Growth
Dangote Cement Plc recently released its full year ended December 31, 2021 financials, which showed remarkable growth in revenue to N1.38 trillion, an increase of 34 per cent from N1.03 trillion reported in full year ended December 31, 2020.
The growth in revenue impacted positively on profit before tax that grew by 44.2 per cent to N 538.4 billion in 2021 from N373.3 billion reported in 2020 and 32 per cent increase in profit after tax to N364.44 billion in 2021 from N276.07 billion in 2020.
The cement manufacturing company 2021 performance was largely driven by higher sales volumes, as well as improved cost management during the period, which drove margin expansion.
During the full year ended December 31, 2021 period, Daognte cement revenue increased by 34 per cent, supported by 51,550’000 tonnes surge in Cement production and bagging capacity volumes in 2021 as against 48,550’000 tonnes recorded in 2020.
The company’s sales volumes rose by nearly 14 per cent to 29,271’ 000 tonnes in 2021 from 25,7200’000 tonnes reported in 2020.
Disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers revealed that domestic sales (Nigeria) grew by 32 per cent to N1.33trillion in 2021 from N1.01trillion recorded in 2020 as export sales closed 2021 at N64.51billion, an increase of 31 per cent from N30.64billion reported in 2020.
The breakdown revealed that domestic sales in Nigeria grew by 35 per cent to N956.96 billion in 2021 from N709.09 billion in 2020, while domestic revenue generated from Pan African countries gained 23.5 per cent to N369.3 billion in 2021 from N298.9 billion in 2020.
The substantial growth in 2021 reflects sustained strength in construction activities post-Covid pandemic in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to spur cement demand across Dangote Cement markets.
The Cement manufacturing company recorded a 26per cent increase in Cost of Sales during the period to N551.02 billion from N437.97 billion reported in 2020.
As expected, the pressure on Cost of Sales mostly emanated from material consumed, Fuel & power consumed and plant maintenance costs. In the year under review, Dangote Cement reported nearly 30 per cent increase in material consumed to N175.4 billion in 2021 from N134.9 billion in 2020, while fuel & power consumed grew by 34.4 per cent to N196.6 billion in 2021 from N146.34 billion in 2020. In addition to production cost of sales, plant maintenance also grew by 37 per cent to N42.2 billion in 2021 from N30.7 billion in 2020.
This was a consequence of Naira depreciation in Nigeria, persistent price pressure on energy sources and production inputs. As revenue growth outpaced growth in Cost of Sales, Gross Profit grew by 40 per cent to N832.62billion in 2021 from N596.23 billion in 2020 as Gross Margin expanded to 60.2 per cent 2021 from 57.7 per cent in 2020.
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Dangote Cement’s gross margin came under more pressure from energy costs in second quarter of 2021 at 58.6 per cent compared with 61.5per cent in first quarter of 2021), which was attributed to global supply chain bottlenecks which impacted freight costs of imported energy (coal) and material (gypsum) inputs.
Over 2021, total operating expenses (OPEX) grew by nearly 20 per cent to N256.01 billion in 2021 from N214.06 billion in 2020 owing to a 25 increase in selling and distribution expenses that closed 2021 at N191.7 billion from N153.7 billion in 2020, and a seven per cent rise in Selling and distribution costs that moved from N60.34 billion in 2020 to N64.35 billion in 2021.
However, as Gross Profit growth printed ahead of OPEX growth, Dangote Cement proved operationally efficient with OPEX/Sales ratio contracting from 21.24 per cent in 2020 to 19.3 per cent in 2021. Non-core business income grew by 31 per cent to N6.2 billion in 2021 from N4.75 billion in 2020.
In all, the Group reported 51per cent increase in profit from operating activities to N582.49 billion in 2021 from N386.7 billion in 2020.
Rising debt burden amid growth in profits
In 2021 financial year, Dangote Cement reported 30.4per cent decline in finance income to N20.77billion from N30.35billion in 2020, finance cost grew significantly by 49.4 per cent to N65.71billion in 2021 from N43.99billion in 2020. The growth in finance costs was driven by 24.3 per cent increase in interest expenses on borrowed funds to N57.17billion in 2021 from N46 billion in 2020.
In 2021, Dangote Cement had successfully raised a N50 billion bond in 3 tranches with a maturity profile of 2024-2028, under the N300 billion bond purchase programme.
Increase in bank loans
The new issuance, alongside an increase in bank loans, drove net interest bearing debt to N582.2 billion (compared with N501.7billion by 2020).
Meanwhile, profit before tax for the year grew by 44 per cent to N538.4 billion in 2021 from N373.31billion in 2021.
Dangote Cement paid a tax charge of N173.93 billion in 2021, an increase of 78.7 per cent over N97.24 billion in 2020 to position profit after tax by 32 per cent growth from N276.1 billion in 2020 to N364.44 billion in 2021.
Dangote Cement, thus, 2021 with earnings per share (EPS) of N21.24 from N16.14 as the management proposed a dividend of N20.00 per share.
The Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Cement Michel Puchercos in a statement said, “We are pleased to report a solid set of the results for the full year 2021. Group volumes for the year were up 13.8 per cent and Group EBITDA was up 43.2 per cent, to N684.6 billion at a 49.5 per cent margin.
“I am delighted to report that Dangote Cement experienced its strongest year across all line items, with a record PAT of N364.4 billion up 32per cent.”
“Our business model remains robust, thanks to the prudent and flexible approach we have taken across
our operations. Due to an increased focus on efficiency while meeting double-digit market growth and maintaining costs under control, Dangote Cement has and will consistently deliver superior profitability and returns to its shareholders,” he added.

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The beginning of a beautiful relationship?
Graham Chapman has been mostly dead for 23 years now, but hasn’t stopped his voice reaching out through the veil of time to narrate his own (mostly fictional) biography. Recent recordings of Graham Chapman reading his own book have been remastered to fit this 3D collection of animations as an homage to the great deceased Python. Featuring the talents of the Monty Python team, along with a few surprise guests, A Liar’s Autobiography is a wonderful tribute, even if it lags in places. There is a lot of love for Graham Chapman in this film, and hopefully you will feel it too.
Gathering dust in various stages of development hell since 1997, Gambit finally arrives on the big screen. From the off it’s clear Michael Hoffman’s remake of the 1966 caper is no spring chicken. A comic heist film so thoroughly undercooked and blushing with embarrassment, the only chicanery here is the evident self-deceit involved in slumming for a paycheck.
Hopefully the gamey meat of a boiled bunny will add to her paltry and flavorless career. ZING!
Everyone loves Stanley Tucci. You know him, he’s the little bald chap in The Devil Wears Prada. And the little bald chap in Julie & Julia. And the little bald chap in Burlesque. And the not-bald paedophile in The Lovely Bones. See? That’s how good an actor he is – sometimes he acts HAVING HAIR. He’s not actually gay, either. Feeling ignorant? Come inside…
Yes, you guessed it, it’s that long awaited Garth Brooks biopic…jokes.
No sign of any X-Men, but plenty of rhinestone.
Lucky son of a…
The Cohen Brothers are writing a whole bunch of scripts, but they reckon a horror movie might be first out of the starting gate.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg has said an “awkward reality” needs to be faced after suggesting he will now back Theresa May’s deal in parliament.
The prominent Brexiteer, who has been critical about the deal throughout, admitted that “the choice seems to be Mrs May’s deal or no Brexit”, adding: “No Deal is better than Mrs May’s deal, but Mrs May’s deal is better than not leaving at all.”
The U-turn comes after talks at the Prime Minister’s country house which saw several Conservatives convene to make headway on the Brexit gridlock.
Along with Rees-Mogg former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he also “sees the point of view” of those moving to support Theresa May’s plan.
Speaking at a Telegraph event he suggested he could give the deal his backing if a third “meaningful vote” on the withdrawal agreement returns to parliament this week.
Gosh. Jacob Rees-Mogg wants to VOTE AGAIN because … wait for it … he has changed his mind about the best way forward. But it's only 650 politicians who are allowed to change their minds. Not 65 million other British people. #GrandWizard #RevokeArticle50 https://t.co/RS53q3Qnft
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Earlier this month May issued a last-ditch plea to MPs to back her deal, warning that a failure to vote it through could mean “we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever”.
She said a third rejection of her blueprint would mean would leave the UK in a “Hotel California Brexit” where “you can check out, but you can never leave”.


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|Publication number||US5093608 A|
|Application number||US 07/455,312|
|Publication date||Mar 3, 1992|
|Filing date||May 29, 1989|
|Priority date||Jun 2, 1988|
|Also published as||EP0375786A1, EP0375786A4, WO1989012349A1|
|Publication number||07455312, 455312, PCT/1989/534, PCT/JP/1989/000534, PCT/JP/1989/00534, PCT/JP/89/000534, PCT/JP/89/00534, PCT/JP1989/000534, PCT/JP1989/00534, PCT/JP1989000534, PCT/JP198900534, PCT/JP89/000534, PCT/JP89/00534, PCT/JP89000534, PCT/JP8900534, US 5093608 A, US 5093608A, US-A-5093608, US5093608 A, US5093608A|
|Inventors||Shinichi Kono, Hironobu Takahashi|
|Original Assignee||Fanuc Ltd.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (17), Referenced by (18), Classifications (19), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to a motor control apparatus in which, when a machine tool controlled by a numerical control unit or the like employs a large variety of motor models, control parameters corresponding to these motor models can be set and changed externally.
2. Background Art
In an ordinary numerical control unit, control parameters regarding acceleration, rapid-traverse velocity and the like are entered from, say, an MDI/DPL unit in accordance with the motor model which is the object of control, and the control parameters corresponding to the motor control apparatus are set before the machine tool starts operating. These parameters are set in addition to the program which applies control commands to the machine tool. Since machine tools controlled by a numerical control unit or the like often employ a wide variety of motor models at the same time, it is necessary to set accurate control parameters corresponding to each of these motor models, and it is essential to maintain universality of numerical control in the motor control apparatus.
The operation for setting the control parameters by means of the conventional numerical control unit requires that tens of control parameters be specified for each type of motor model and that these parameters be set in the motor control apparatus. Since the procedure for setting these control parameters usually is a manual task performed by the operator, there is the possibility that an accident can be caused due to erroneous setting of the control parameters. Further, in a case where the control parameters are set in an NC tape along with a machining program without relying upon a manual operation, it is possible to read the parameters automatically and set them in the motor control apparatus before the program is run. However, even in this case it is necessary to accurately detect agreement between the motor model to be controlled and the machining program, and erroneous settings sometimes occur.
The present invention has been devised in order to solve these problems and its object is to provide a motor control apparatus in which the operation for recognizing the type of motor model is automated and accidents caused by erroneous setting of control parameters are reliably prevented.
In accordance with the present invention, there can be provided a motor control apparatus for controlling motors having different control parameters, in which the control parameters can be set and changed externally and a large variety of motor models are capable of being controlled selectively, characterized by comprising registering means in which a specific model code representing the control parameters of a respective motor model is registered in selecting any of the motors, memory means for temporarily storing the set control parameters as well as a model code transferred along with the control parameters, and comparing means for comparing the model code registered in the registering means with the transferred model code.
The motor control apparatus of the present invention is such that the model code of a motor model to be controlled is registered and agreement is obtained between this code and the model code stored in memory at the same time as the transferred control parameters. As a result, the operator is capable of identifying the motor model with assurance.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 2 is a view illustrating an operating flow for identifying a motor model.
An embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic construction of a system which includes an NC unit 1 for forming the control commands of a machine tool.
A motor control apparatus 2 in which control parameters can be variably set in a memory circuit such as a RAM from the outside is provided to correspond to each servomotor 3 of a respective machine tool. The motor 3 is for driving a spindle or workpiece table along each axis in accordance with a predetermined controlled variable. The NC unit 1 and the motor control apparatus 2 are interconnected by a data line 4 so that transfer of the necessary control information can be carried out. It can be arranged so that all or a portion of the circuitry of the motor control apparatus 2 is contained in the NC unit 1.
The motor control apparatus 2 has memory means, e.g., a RAM 21, for storing control parameters conforming to the type of motor 3 connected, registering means, e.g., an NVRAM (non-volatile random-access memory) 22 in which is registered a preset model code Co of the motor to be driven and controlled, and comparing means such as a microprocessor for comparing a model code C1, which is included in the control parameters transferred to the RAM 21, with the registered model code Co.
The NVRAM 22 serving as the registering means is a non-volatile memory circuit and is exchangeable with other similarly operating circuits, such as an EEP (electrical erasable programmable) ROM. When a set model is changed, the model code can be written anew at any time.
FIG. 2 shows the operating flow for identifying a motor model.
The procedure through which specific control parameters are set in the motor control apparatus 2 first involves registering, in the NVRAM 22, the model code of the motor 3 used. It is possible to perform this when the machine tool is assembled. For example, the NVRAM 22 having the predetermined model code stored therein may be installed in the motor control apparatus 2 (step a).
Next, the NC unit 1 transfers the model code (C1), along with the control parameters, to the RAM within the motor control apparatus 2 (step b).
It is determined within the motor control apparatus 2 whether the registered model code Co and the transferred model code C1 agree (step c). If they do agree, it is judged that the motor is capable of operating in accordance with the transferred control parameters. In other words, when agreement is achieved, transfer of the control parameters is completed (step d).
In case of non-agreement, the operator is informed of the fact that the transferred model data is erroneous (step e).
Thereafter, the model code C1 to be transferred is revised automatically or by the operator in the NC unit 1 (step f), and the revised model code C1 is transferred from the NC unit 1 to the RAM 21 in motor control apparatus 2 along with different control parameters.
In any case, by virtue of the motor control apparatus 2, the operator is capable of acquiring accurate recognition of the motor model used by the machine tool and accidents due to erroneous setting of control parameters can be prevented with assurance.
It is permissible to adopt an arrangement in which the operator is merely provided with a prescribed alarm warning when non-agreement of codes is sensed at step c.
Though an embodiment of the present invention has been described, the invention is not limited to this embodiment but can be modified in various ways without departing from the scope of the claims.
The motor control apparatus of the present invention is such that a model code is set in advance and it is determined whether control parameters transferred from an NC unit have been transferred correctly. As a result, the risk of erroneous control parameter settings is eliminated, maintenance is simplified and accidents can be prevented.
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Don’t cry for “Evita” - the tickets are moving briskly for this national touring production at the Spokane Opera House.
That’s because there are thousands of Andrew Lloyd Webber fans out there and because “Evita” is considered one of Lloyd Webber’s best.
It was a huge smash from the day it opened in London in 1978. Then it moved to New York in 1979, where it was equally successful. It even spawned a hit song (unusual in musicals of this era) with “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina.”
“Evita” tells the story, in near-operatic scope, of one of the most remarkable women of the century. Eva Peron worked her way up from the slums of Buenos Aires to become an actress, broadcaster and finally, first lady of Argentina.
She was Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe rolled into one. During her funeral in 1953, 16 people were crushed in the crowds and 4,000 people were treated for injuries.
No wonder Madonna wanted to play Evita in the film version of this musical (which has yet to be made).
In this touring production, Kerri Jill Garbis has the role. Garbis was playing Eva Peron in a regional theater in Pennsylvania when she heard about the national auditions in New York. She auditioned, got the part and thanked her lucky stars.
“This is one of the best parts in musical theater for a woman and definitely the most challenging,” said Garbis by phone from a tour stop in Anchorage. “Not very often does an actress get a chance to relive a person’s entire life in two hours. And what a fascinating life it was. This is not Ado Annie, that’s for sure.”
Garbis is only 23 years old, far younger than most women who have tackled this role. Actually, Garbis is the ideal age to play the part.
“Eva’s life span in the play is from 15 to 33,” said Garbis.
Eva Peron died at age 33 of cancer. This is not an altogether upbeat show.
“‘Evita’ is a dark show, you can’t escape it,” said Garbis. “But it’s somebody’s life - it’s realistic.”
Mostly realistic, at least. Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Tim Rice took a few liberties with the story, the major one being the recurring appearance of Che Guevara. In this show, he serves as narrator, observer and critical commentator on Eva and Juan Peron’s personalities and politics.
Che Guevara was, in fact, an Argentine citizen who came of age during the Peron regime. However, there is no evidence that this legendary revolutionary ever met Eva Peron or that his politics were even affected by her.
Like most of Lloyd Webber’s musicals, the story is told entirely through song. There are only three spoken lines in the entire show.
And even though “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” is the song everyone knows, it is not Garbis’ favorite.
“I think my favorite song is ‘Buenos Aires,”’ said Garbis.
The show also contains a few big dance numbers.
The touring show has 24 cast members and an eight-piece musical ensemble, plus a musical director.
Reviewers at previous stops have commented favorably on the production values:
“The sets, while not Broadway quality, were adequate for a bus-andtruck tour such as this, incorporating certain features of larger productions, including actual photos of Eva projected on a screen,” said a reviewer for The Sun in Lowell, Mass.
The show has a somewhat unusual schedule in Spokane. It will play a show on Sunday at 7:30 p.m., and then skip Monday and play another show on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Touring shows traditionally get Mondays off, and in any case, it is hard to draw audiences on Mondays. Call 325-SEAT for tickets, which are $32.50 and $30.
MEMO: This is a sidebar that appeared with the story: ‘Evita’ Location and time: Spokane Opera House, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $32.50 and $30.


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In western civilization, our elders are books - the practice of the wild: essays, gary snyder facebook pinterest twitter nature is orderly that which appears to be chaotic in nature is only a more complex kind of order - gary snyder facebook pinterest twitter all that we did was human, stupid, easily forgiven, not quite right. Gary snyder has been a major cultural force in america for five decades future readers will come to see this book as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture the nine essays in the practice of the wild reveal why snyder has gone on to become one of america's cultural leaders,. The practice of the wild by gary snyder 190 pages, paperback, shoemaker & hoard, 2004 the essays in the practice of the wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of gary snyder in the ways of wildness and the world these essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of snyder's. Following the practice of the wild, this new collection of essays by gary snyder blazes with insight in his most autobiographical writing to date, these essays employ fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held viewpoints yield to new experiences, and our spirits and minds broaden and mature snyder here. In the poetry of gary snyder joshua kerr gary snyder's poetry is accomplished by any measure since the 1950s of the civilized and the wild” (practice 16) if the wild is not equivalent to nature, though, what is the wild for snyder, the distinction is important take the following passage from “survival and sacrament ”. North point, 1990 first edition hardcover very good / very good item #718 isbn: 0865474532 inscribed for jennifer kaiser by the author.
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This page is dedicated to those who gave so much to the Society and the Genealogical Community in General.
In Memory of Henrietta "Hetty" McMann who passed away on February 20, 2012
Hetty joined SCCHGS about the time the new Central Park Library opened in 2004. She was already a member of one of Pamela Erickson's Adult Education genealogy classes and also belonged to a group called Gen Buds (i.e., Genealogy Buddies). Hetty was first recruited by the Genealogy Society to be a member of the SCCHGS newsletter mailing team, and by July 2006 she was the Newsletter Mailing Coordinator.
By the time SCCHGS celebrated its 50th anniversary in May 2007, Hetty recruited her husband Jim to be the official photographer of that event; and she took her first genealogy trip to Salt Lake City, one of the May trips led by Pamela Erickson. She wrote a delightful article about that trip in the July 2007 newsletter. In that same newsletter, then SCCHGS President, Trina Gentry, interviewed her for a Member Spotlight column. Quoting from that column, “Henrietta enjoys being a part of the Society. The meetings are informative and the people are just wonderful. Everyone is so friendly, and their advice and tips have been a big help.” By July 2009 Hetty was elected President of SCCHGS. Soon she established a technology committee and continued helping out with other committees.
SCCHGS Library Staff Liaison, Mary Hanel, notes that one of the reasons that Hetty found everyone so friendly is that she was a natural at making friends. She was incredibly cheerful, and because of her enthusiasm, you couldn't say no if she asked you to do something. Working on a project with her was always fun. Several of her Gen Buds ended up working on SCCHGS committees or helping with Society workshops and programs.
She loved learning new things and was energized working on projects with other groups that had an interest in history and genealogy. She attended meetings of a local historians group, and she got ideas for SCCHGS programs after attending the Southern California Genealogical Society's Jamboree. She had SCCHGS working with the Silicon Valley Computer Genealogy Group and the LDS Family History Center in Santa Clara to put on a Publishing Our Work (POW!) workshop, and she staged a special genealogy weekend: a two-day event featuring four speakers from the California State Genealogical Alliance, a Birds of a Feather luncheon, and a library tour and research day.
Charity Trajico, the library's volunteer coordinator, would also comment on Hetty's charming personality. She called Hetty "Madame President" and noted that Hetty, when needed, was always good for an enthusiastic volunteer quote, and she expressed appreciation for even the smallest favor done for her by the library.
Hetty fulfilled her desire to accomplish many things for SCCHGS should cancer shorten her life. She was an inspiration to many people, and she will be greatly missed by the numerous people whose lives she touched.
Our thanks to Mary Hanel, Local History Librarian and Staff Liaison to SCCHGS, for writing this lovely tribute to Hetty.
In Memory of Ann Ferguson Alder who passed away on September 6, 2008
Ann Alder served as Society Librarian of the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society from the 1980s through 2003. She strengthened the genealogy book collection in the library during her years of service and kept up with electronic and computer developments in genealogy. She was also a member of the “Tuesday Morning” volunteer team who walked Oak Hill Memorial Park in the 1980s to create a record of information on tombstones. For her many efforts, she received the Volunteer Recognition Award from the Junior League of San Jose.
Illness prevented her from enjoying the new Santa Clara Central Park Library, but she continued to serve as the Society’s Head Librarian Emeritus and would occasionally visit the library. She often sent flowers for the Service Desk in the Heritage Pavilion that were freshly cut from the beautiful garden at her Santa Clara home.
In 2005 Ann made a major donation to the library to buy books in memory of a beloved brother. The many books bought at that time carry this bookplate: In memory of Francis Lloyd Ferguson III, Survivor of the Battle of the Bulge, 60-year Disabled American Veteran, Life-long reader and collector of books, devoted uncle and beloved brother of Ann Alder.
In recent years, Ann and John Alder moved to Santa Cruz to be near their daughter. In February, an 80th birthday party was held for Ann, and several library staff members and SCCHGS members attended. Her significant impact on the book collection and many other contributions of time are deeply appreciated by the Society, and our sympathy is extended to her family.
In Memory of Sandra Jane “Sandy” Shafer who passed away on July 27, 2008
Sandy served as President of the Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society from 1988-1990, as Recording Secretary in 1992, as Program Chairman from 1995-1997, and helped plan SCCHGS’s 40th anniversary celebration in 1997. She also served as a Library Genealogy Consultant in the early 1990s, and in the mid-1990s coordinated an Irish Interest Group that met at Mission Branch Library. If someone needed help or suggestions with Irish genealogy research, Sandy was the ‘go to’ person. In April 1996 Sandy arranged for Brian Trainor, the Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation in Belfast, Ireland, to give a workshop on Irish Research in Mountain View. Sandy was also an author; in 1989 her book, A Garvey Family: from Ireland to Essex County, New York, their descendants and allied families
was published by Gateway Press of Baltimore, Md. She also wrote book reviews and articles for genealogy periodicals. She served as a program speaker for SCCHGS and for other societies’ program meetings. In 1998 Sandy passed her certification to qualify as a ‘Certified Genealogical Specialist.’ Her professional genealogy commitments grew, causing her to become less active in SCCHGS. However, she still contributed occasional book reviews and articles to the SCCHGS newsletter and came to special events at the library, including the Society’s 50th anniversary party in May 2007.
Sandy had a great sense of humor - fellow professional genealogist and author Kay Ingalls shared this anecdote:
My all-time favorite anecdote from many genealogists’ travels is the one Sandy told about a research road trip in Pennsylvania (I think it was PA). She was traveling with her cousin and it was about lunch time, so they pulled off the highway into a small town whose name they didn't know how to pronounce. They pulled into a Burger King and after giving their orders to the clerk, Sandy’s cousin said to the clerk, ‘How do you pronounce the name of this place?’ The clerk very slowly replied: ‘Burrr-gerrr-King.’
Her contributions to SCCHGS and the library were very much appreciated. Our deepest sympathy is extended to her family.
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An ’exploratory’ garden extension to a house in Ireland by David Leech Architects has been named the winner of AJ Small Projects 2019
The Conservatory Room, an 63m² addition to a terraced house in central Dublin, cost just £49,750 to build.
The London-based practice, which was set up by former Caruso St John architect David Leech, received £2,500 for the award, which is now in its 24th year and celebrates innovative projects built on a budget of less than £250,000.
The scheme features distinctive marble tile flooring and columns protruding to hold the cross joisted ceiling structure.
The jury praised its ’clever use of off-the-shelf elements’ and for expressing ’complex ideas in unexpected ways’.
The Sustainable Project Winner was Guylee Simmonds’ Hospital Chapel in northern Haiti designed for British healthcare charity Hope Health Action.
The 195m² chapel, which cost £75,000, was described by judge Mary Duggan as an ’amazing piece of architecture’.
The People’s Choice award – a reader poll which drew more than 600 votes – was won by Teatum + Teatum for Testone Factory in Sheffield, which took 18 per cent of the votes.
Speaking after his win, Leech said he was ’delighted and surprised’ to win the award for the practice’s second-ever project.
He said: ‘There was a common thread through all the projects of looking at things not only pragmatically but experientially and thinking about how to bring delight. It’s a very joyful shortlist.’
The practice’s first project, A House in a Garden, won in the House category at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) awards last year.
Conservatory Room was chosen from a 20-strong shortlist selected from 190 entries. The shortlisted schemes were presented to the judging panel this afternoon in Studio Egret West’s offices in Clerkenwell.
The jury comprised last year’s winner Jason Whiteley, of London-based practice Matheson Whiteley, Mary Duggan, Níall McLaughlin, Alpa Depani, the AJ’s sustainability editor Hattie Hartman and AJ architecture editor Rob Wilson.
Past winners include Doma Architects (2016), Carmody Groarke (2015), Chris Dyson (2014), Haworth Tompkins (2010) and Hawkins\Brown (2000).
An exhibition of the shortlisted AJ Small Projects is open until until 8 May at Studio Egret West’s offices at 3 Brewhouse Yard, London EC1V 4JQ, Tuesdays to Fridays 10am – 4pm.
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Virginians believe that sprawl is the primary reason for a decline in the quality of life in their state, and overwhelmingly support laws that would give local governments more authority to manage growth, according to a new poll.
Nonetheless, state lawmakers this year postponed until 2004 any action on a series of growth management bills.
Three bills would have allowed cities and counties to defer approving new subdivisions if such basic needs as water and sewer service, roads, schools and fire protection were inadequate. A Senate committee dispatched those measures to a commission for a yearlong study.
Another bill would have given localities the same ability to stall residential development if there is an insufficient water supply to sustain it. It was routed to the Water Commission, which studies the state’s water supply and needs, for a yearlong study.
Representatives of real estate and home construction organizations had warned lawmakers of “devastating effects on the economic health of Virginia,” if they granted city councils and county boards of supervisors the power to slow projects.
“It will affect our ability to compete for jobs and capital investment,” said Michael Barrett, a Virginia Beach developer representing the Virginia Association of Commercial Real Estate. “Make no mistake about it, we think our prosperity and the success of our localities and economic development are inextricably bound with residential development.”
Some suggested the Senate committee’s action reflected the financial influence of the development industry. Through 2002, no industry contributed more cash to candidates for state office in Virginia than the $4.6 million the real estate and construction industry gave, according to figures compiled by the Virginia Public Access Project.
“One senator said to me that I was asking him to choose between his constituents and his campaign contributors, and he’s right — I was,” said Sen Leslie Byrne, D-Fairfax County, who sponsored one of the bills deferred for more study.
The committee’s Jan. 28 action came only hours after a poll was released showing that 77 percent of the respondents supported giving localities more power to manage growth.
The survey of 1,200 Virginians found that 77 percent rated the quality of life in the state as excellent or good, but that was down from 86 percent just three years ago. Those who said the quality of life was deteriorating cited growth as the main reason.
The poll also found that growth management had replaced education when people were asked what was the most important issue facing their community. Of those polled, 39 percent named growth management as the lop local issue, followed by 25 percent citing education, 14 percent saying the economy, 7 percent listing the state’s budget crisis, and 5 percent each saying high taxes or crime.
The percent naming growth as the primary issue jumped dramatically in rapidly developing areas. Sixty-eight percent of those in Northern Virginia, 52 percent in the Central Piedmont, 47 percent in the Lower Shenandoah Valley and 41 percent in the Hampton Roads region listed growth as the top local concern.
In addition, the majority of people polled in all those regions said they were “very concerned” about the impact of current land use policies, except for the Lower Shenandoah Valley, where 49 percent agreed.
Fifty-eight percent of voters statewide said the quality of life would deteriorate if current growth and land-use policies continued over the next five years. And six out of 10 voters rated their county governments’ efforts to control sprawl as poor or fair.
On specific growth management policies, 78 percent supported legislation that would allow local communities to adopt ordinances to restrict development if there was not adequate public facilities, such as roads, schools and water and sewer systems.
Eighty-two percent support legislation allowing local governments to assess “impact fees” on new developments to lessen the taxpayer’s burden in supporting construction of roads, schools and other infrastructure. And 85 percent supported having the state provide local communities with more technical assistance and planning support to adopt “smart growth” policies.
The poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, was supported by the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Coalition for Smarter Growth and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters.
The groups warned that politicians who fail to recognize sprawl as a problem could pay a price as voters go to the polls this fall, when all 140 seats in the House and Senate are up for re-election: 81 percent of those polled said they would consider a candidate’s position on growth, land use and sprawl when they voted.
Larry Harris, of Mason-Dixon, said unfettered sprawl is a daily aggravation that is showing increasing potency in local and regional elections, but one that legislative candidates don’t yet fully comprehend.
“Sprawl is very visible,” he said. “People see it; they get caught in traffic. It’s bulldozers pushing things around, and it’s becoming a very powerful motivator. There’s a lot more to this than just public opinion.”

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Motorcycle-riding gunmen shot and killed a village councilman, and wounded his sister and his spouse, the incumbent village chair, on Sunday afternoon in Pidigan town in Abra province.
Kagawad Victor Pisco of Barangay Immuli was declared dead on arrival at a health facility at approximately 5:30 p.m., the Cordillera police stated.
His wife, Immuli chair Elida Sales-Pisco, and sister, Myrna Pisco-Vasquez, are being dealt with in a hospital in Abra.
Police said the three were on an Elf truck traversing the Pidigan-Pilar road in Barangay Monggoc when men on a bike overtook them and opened fire.
Forensic investigators found two spent shells from a cal. 45 pistol at the crime scene.


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Welcome to the August Blog Hop for A Cherry on Top Crafts! This month our design team focused on the theme of books and/or school! With the new school year just around the corner, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to scrap reading/education related pics!
These two photos of my youngest son are some of my favorites of him reading. He was not really a fan of books for a long time, but once we started homeschooling and I introduced him to the magic of illustrated encyclopedias (he LOVES non-fiction, it turns out!), he was hooked! My favorite part of this layout is the gold puffy shapes that I used behind my photos and to hold my journaling. I thought it was clever to create a shelf underneath with them!
I used mainly the Office Hours collection from Pinkfresh Studio, though the puffy gold pieces came from Simple & Sweet, which has been discontinued. I loved this book shelves paper and just had to use it for my background, but the title came from my some himself! I asked him to come up with a book pun and this was what he said, “Treat Yo’ Shelf!” I have to admit, that one cracked me up, and I had to add it in!
If you’d like to see this layout come together, I’ve included the process video below!
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The present work aimed to study the use of ohmic heating in the processing of mango pulp comparing to conventional method. Mango pulp was processed by using ohmic heating under the studied suitable conditions. The results showed that processing of mango pulp by using either ohmic heating or conventional method caused a decrease in the contents of TSS, total acidity, total Carbohydrates, total sugars (reducing & non-reducing sugar) and an increase in phenolic content, Ascorbic acid and Carotenoids. Mango pulp processed by ohmic heating contained more phenolic compounds, carbohydrates and vitamin C and less HMF compared to that produced by conventional one. Total pectin and its fractions had slightly reduced by ohmic heating and such reduction was increased by conventional method. Results also showed that total plate count and mold& yeast were reduced by processing of mango pulp by using the two methods. However, ohmic heated mango pulp showed a less total plate count and mold &yeast after processing and during storage compared to that in conventional method. Coliform and thermophilic bacteria were completely inhibited by using both methods after processing and during storage. Results showed a reduction in polyphenoloxidase (PPO) & polygalacturonase (PG) enzymes activity in mango pulp processed by conventional method. However, ohmic heating completely inhibited PPO & PG activities due to the affective heating treatment. An improvement in the organoleptic properties of mango pulp processed by ohmic heating compared to conventional process was noticed.
|Journal||Journal of Food Industries and Nutrition Science|
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- Ohmic heating, mango pulp, electric conductivity, total phenolic compounds, carotenoids

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Because politicians know voters don't like tax increases, Julia Gillard won't be imposing a Flood Tax. Instead, as she announced last week, there will be a temporary "levy."
The fact that voters usually oppose higher taxes hasn't stopped the Prime Minister - all that has happened is it has forced her to think of a name for the impost that doesn't have the word "tax" in it.
As the radical pamphleteer Thomas Paine noted as long ago as 1776, often when ministers are intent on doing something the public might not like, ministers don't change course, they just find a more clever way of doing it.
"For the fate of Charles the First hath only made kings more subtle - not more just."
It's not because of the floods that we've got a Flood Tax. It's because of the Rudd/Gillard Government's spending profligacy that we're now in the situation that the Federal Government can't afford the estimated $5.6 billion needed for the reconstruction effort.
The Flood Tax is estimated to raise $1.8 billion. To put that amount into perspective, Labor's plague-ridden school hall building program cost $16.2 billion. If the money wasted on the school building program had been saved there would be no need for the Flood Tax.
The cash bonuses paid during 2009 - the $950 payment for people to spend in shopping malls - were worth $12 billion.
Total spending by the Federal Government for the current financial year (2010/11) is about $355 billion. And then, of course, there's the $40 billion for the National Broadband Network (NBN).
Anyone who's going to be paying the Flood Tax, that is anyone earning more than $50,000 a year, is entitled to ask how hard Prime Minister Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan looked when they searched for alternatives to a Flood Tax.
Aside from raising the money for flood recovery, there's the matter of how effectively any of this money is going to be spent. Based on the Rudd/Gillard Government's track record, there's no cause for confidence - $5.6 billion of infrastructure spending provides ministers and departments with 5,600 million different ways to squander that money.
However, one good thing could come out of the Flood Tax. People will now be forced to directly face the consequences of the Rudd/Gillard Government's financial mismanagement.
Until now debates about the Federal Budget have been fairly esoteric to most of the electorate. Voters have been able to leave it to the economists to argue about the impact of the Budget deficit on interest rates, and whether the Budget should return to surplus in 2012-13.
Now all of that has changed. The Flood Tax is going to directly hit the hip-pockets of tens of thousands of families who regard themselves as middle class.
Some of those 'working families' might start asking some basic questions. Such as, for example, why it is the Federal Budget is in deficit in the first place.
It wasn't the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) that plunged the Federal Budget from a healthy surplus into a massive deficit - it was the deliberate policy decisions of the Labor Government, urged on by a panicked Treasury Department.
As we know, most of the Rudd/Gillard Government's stimulus spending was unnecessary. And this is not a statement with the benefit of hindsight. A handful of economists said at the time that the size and kind of stimulus spending was not needed.
As Sinclair Davidson identified last year (2010) analysis of the economic performance of the countries in the Group of 20 (G-20) since the Global Financial Crisis reveals no statistically significant relationship between the size of stimulus packages and economic recovery. 'Working families' might also ask why taxes are increasing if the Australian economy is as strong as the Gillard Government says it is.
It was only on Tuesday this week that in response to the World Economic Outlook statement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Treasurer Wayne Swan talked about his "confidence in our own economic outlook" and how "Australia's strict fiscal discipline" would place the economy in a better position than those of many other advanced countries.
The same 'working families' paying the Flood Tax are those already struggling under the weight of higher food prices and bigger power and water bills. And a "carbon price" (to which the Prime Minister is still committed) is yet to come.
It would be a brave and subtle government that attempted to introduce first a Flood Tax and then a Carbon Tax. It wasn't so long ago that the Labor Party made great play with the slogan that it would look after "working families."
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review, 28 January 2011,
John Roskam is the Executive Director of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA).


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FIFA clears two Kosovo players to make World Cup debut
Sept.5, Zurich: FIFA has approved two former Albania players to represent Kosovo in the national team's World Cup debut. Confusion over paperwork threatened to mar Kosovo's first qualifying match in Finland on Tuesday.
FIFA says its players' status committee has cleared goalkeeper Samir Ujkani and midfielder Alban Meha. Four more players requested clearance before the 9:45 p.m. kickoff, reports said.
Kosovo's entry into 2018 World Cup qualifying, after gaining FIFA membership in May, has tested rules on switching allegiance. Rules to regulate dual nationality players have struggled with a new national team like Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008.
FIFA previously cleared nine Kosovo players who represented six different European countries.
Kosovo's qualifying group also includes Croatia, Iceland, Turkey and Ukraine.
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Training runs are rain or shine and never cancelled due to rain or even snow, but in dangerous conditions like lightning or storm winds we will cancel a meet at the site. That said, I know tonight's run will probably be a small group, myself and a couple of the others on this list are unable to make it now. Be careful and have a fun run.
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Recommended workout for Nov. 27...
RUNNERS WHO HAVE BUILT A DEEP BASE (lots of recent mileage and speed work): 1 mile warmup, then 4 x 100m hard sprints up a hill, WALK back down to recover. Then 3-6 x 400m uphill at 5K-10K pace, walk/jog back down.
RUNNERS WHO ARE BUILDING A BASE (not much recent speedwork): Similar workout, but do the 100m segments at 5K pace (not sprinting), and do a maximum of 4 x 400m uphill at 15K to half marathon pace.
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This family run business developed its own specialty tea blends and sourced the finest coffee beans and drinking chocolate from all over the world.
Today Gillards of Bath is still run as an artisan family business, working to a traditional method where every process is carefully executed by hand using only the highest quality of ingredients.
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The London Mayor’s ratings are in a free-fall to their lowest yet after the summer’s long string of violent crimes. A recent YouGov study commissioned by Queen Mary University of London reveals the drop from +22 to a shocking +4 today.
Perhaps the low numbers are simply ‘part and parcel’ to being Mayor of a large city, however, such a loss in support as this was not been shared by the previous mayor, Boris Johnson.
The study shows the drop in popularity for both Labour and Conservatives with Londoners over the summer, as well. The Tories failed to gain one voter in four. Interestingly, as well, former UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, seems to have been resoundingly rejected by Londoners after hinting of a run for the 2020 mayoral contest.