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Reasons why SMP procedures can take more than one day
In Part 1 on this topic, I explained why, “Yes”, one day should be the norm for SMP procedures. Part 2 on this topic gave two factors (SMP provider ineptitude and pigmentation rejection) at play when SMP requires more than one day to complete. This final blog on the topic exposes a more systemic reason for why many clinics unnecessarily require multiple SMP sessions:
SMP CLINIC COST STRUCTURE
SMP cost structures such as a “pay as you go” model incentivize providers to under-treat clients thereby resulting in the need for multiple treatment sessions.
What is the clinic incentivized to deliver?
Many SMP clinics have adopted a soft-sell “pay as you go” approach. This approach requires multiple incremental treatments instead of one primary treatment. These clinics’ Scalp MicroPigmentation clients incur an initial lower initial cost, which can be very attractive. However, this approach makes it extremely difficult for clients to ever obtain a completed look.
Incremental SMP Providers are not taking responsibility for their long-term results.
When SMP clients pay a clinic by the treatment, what incentive does the SMP provider have to “complete the look” as quickly as possible? I have had clients approach me after as many as12 treatments with very little pigmentation to show for it.
No SMP client wants to walk around with a partially-completed procedure. I define a complete procedure as this: You walk out of the SMP Clinic with your new look “dialed in”.
Furthermore, SMP clients who sign up for incremental treatments must often remain “off the grid” until their SMP look is complete so as to avoid drawing attention to unnatural partial results.
Besides these clear disadvantages, there are physiological reasons for not spacing treatments in this way. For example, multiple treatments spaced days/weeks apart constantly disrupts the dermal healing process risking scarring, inflammatory issues, and diminished acceptance of the pigmentation.
My philosophical approach to SMP: Each treatment should be an attempt at Total SMP Perfection.
While I do not endorse an inflexible “once-and-done” approach, I do endorse the “invest in yourself once, get guaranteed results” philosophy in selecting a provider. Choose a provider whose incentive is to get you completely satisfied as soon as possible.
This is a structure that involves these elements:
- One-time cost for a quality procedure
- A treatment schedule that provides you with every opportunity to perfect your results as quickly as possible
- Following the procedure completion, you should have affordable and long-term access to any enhancement work that you might need for years down the road.
Knowledge is power, particularly in an environment so full of financially-motivated “experts”. Scalp MicroPigmentation is the best hair loss solution available—but only when it is provided expertly from an ethical and reputable source.

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- A young girl named Fátima was murdered in Mexico, fueling the growing public anger over violence against women in the country.
- The child’s family claims that if authorities had acted quicker and given the case more attention, she would still be alive today.
- Fátima’s death came just a few days after a 25-year-old woman, Ingrid Escamilla, was murdered by her boyfriend and photos of her mutilated body were posted by local news outlets.
- Protesters took to the streets to march over violence against women after Ingrid’s death and did the same after Fátima’s.
- Pressure has been put on Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been accused of brushing off the demands for justice.
Young Girl Killed
The gruesome murder of a young girl in Mexico has fueled the growing public anger over rising femicide in the country.
Seven-year-old Fátima went missing on Feb. 11 from her neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City. Her mutilated, naked body was found in a plastic bag on Saturday.
The child was waiting to be picked up from school last week when she was led away by a stranger, an abduction that was caught on video footage. Five people have been questioned in the case, according to the Associated Press.
Fatima’s family claims that if authorities had acted quicker, the girl would still be alive.
“Fatima is not with us because the protocols were not followed, because the institutions did not give the attention they should have,” Sonia Lopez, Fatima’s aunt, told reporters. “We will not forget her.”
The girl’s name was launched into the trending topics on Twitter when thousands tweeted #JusticiaParaFátima, meaning Justice for Fátima. Her death led to a continuation of protests in the city, demanding justice for the child as well as other women who have suffered.
Rise in Femicide
Fátima’s slaying is the latest in a string of brutal killings of women and girls to ignite widespread outrage. News of the girl’s death came just a few days after 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla was murdered by her boyfriend and whose body was skinned and maimed in an attempt to dispose of the evidence.
Shock and fury escalated when local news outlets posted pictures of Escamilla’s mutilated body on their front pages, and protesters took to the streets of Mexico City to march over violence against women on Friday. Demonstrators covered the National Palace with fake blood and wrote messages like “Femicide state” on the walls.
Femicides, killings of a woman or girl based on her gender, are on the rise in Mexico. A report posted by the National Public Security System showed that femicides increased about 10% last year and 1,006 women and girls were targeted.
These increased numbers are putting pressure on Mexico’s political leaders, primarily president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been accused of brushing the protests off.
When he was asked about the government’s position in fighting femicides on Monday, Lopez Obrador said, “The issue has been manipulated a lot in the media,” and added, “I don’t want the issue just to be women’s killings.”
“We are working so that there won’t be any more women’s killings,” Lopez Obrador also said on Monday.
The president seemed to shift the blame of Fatima’s death onto other sources, saying that femicides are a result of the “selfishness and accumulation of wealth in a few hands left by neoliberal policies.”
He also requested that protesters not vandalize the National Palace like they did last week, which only upset people more. According to The Washington Post, demonstrators returned to the building on Tuesday wielding signs that said, “Moralizing is not the solution.”
See what others are saying: (Washington Post) (CBS) (Los Angeles Times)
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes on the Rise in British Columbia
- A report given to Canadian police in Vancouver, British Columbia last week showed a 717% in hate crimes against Asians over the last year and a 97% increase in hate crimes overall.
- Prosecutors have been urged to more seriously pursue hate crime charges, despite them being harder to prove in court.
- The trend has been mirrored in Ontario, another Canadian province with significant Asian populations.
Massive Surges in Hate Crimes
The U.S. has struggled with anti-Asian hate crimes over the last year, especially in municipalities like New York City, which reported upwards of a 1,900% increase from one incident to 19 within the year.
However, the U.S. isn’t the only country dealing with the issue. Similar trends have been reported in Canada as well. A report given to the Vancouver police board last week found that in 2019, there were just 12 incidents of anti-Asian hate crimes reported in the city. In 2020, there was 98, which marks a 717% increase. Those numbers helped drive the stats of hate crimes in the city up 97% overall.
To be clear, crime overall has been on the rise, likely fueled by struggling local economies dealing with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Hard To Pursue Charges
The report has caused Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth to push local prosecutors to seek more hate crime charges.
The region has failed to actually bring charges for most reported hate incidents, with the past year only seeing just one charge filed despite police evidence of such hate crimes. The issue at hand is that adding a hate crime charge makes getting a conviction much harder.
The incidents have led to a push for more strict anti-racism legislation in the province, a position that John Horgan, the British Columbian Premier, has pushed for as far back as June 2020.
British Columbia, according to an assortment of Asian-Canadian advocacy groups, has the most incidents of anti-Asian hate crimes, followed by Ontario. This is especially notable because they are the number two and number one locations of Asian populations in Canada, respectively.
See what others are saying: (Vancouver Sun) (CBC) (CTV News)
Japan Appoints ‘Minister of Loneliness’ To Combat Rising Suicide Rates
- Earlier this month, Japan appointed Sakamoto Tetsushi as the country’s Minister of Loneliness, tasked with addressing rising suicide rates.
- Suicides were declining worldwide, except in the U.S., ahead of the coronavirus pandemic but have since seen startling spikes.
- In October, Japan reported 400 more suicide deaths than all COVID-19 related deaths in the nation until that point.
- While suicide cases among men in Japan are higher, the country has seen a drastic increase in suicides among women, who are more likely to have unstable work that is susceptible to market disruptions from the coronavirus.
Editor’s Note: The Japanese government has asked Western outlets to adhere to Japanese naming conventions. To that end, Japanese names will be written as Family Name followed by Given Name.
Loneliness Is a Rising Issue
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshinori appointed Sakamoto Tetsushi as its Minister of Loneliness earlier this month.
Sakamoto is already in charge of combating Japan’s declining birthrate and regional revitalization efforts, but his new role will see him combating Japan’s rising suicide rate. Suicides were actually on the decline in Japan until the COVID-19 pandemic, which has drastically exacerbated the issue.
That trend reached a milestone in October 2020 when Japan suffered 2,153 suicides – nearly 400 more than all COVID-19 related deaths in Japan until that point. Currently, monthly suicides no longer exceed the total amount of deaths from COVID-19, as Japan faced an outbreak at the end of the year and has over 7,500 COVID-19 deaths.
Even though monthly suicides no longer outstrip total coronavirus deaths, the rate hasn’t let up. While men still make up the vast majority of suicides, there’s been a drastic increase in women taking their own lives. Between October 2020 and October 2019 there was a 70% increase in female suicides.
According to Ueda Michiko, a Japanese professor at Waseda University who studies suicides, women are particularly affected because they often have more unstable employment that is more susceptible to disruptions caused by the pandemic.
She went to tell Insider, “A lot of women are not married anymore. They have to support their own lives and they don’t have permanent jobs. So, when something happens, of course, they are hit very, very hard.”
Internationally Suicides on the Rise
Sakamoto hasn’t outlined any specific plans to combat loneliness in Japan, but he has a blueprint to work from as he’s not the world’s first Minister of Loneliness. The U.K. appointed one in 2018 after a report found more than 9 million Brits said that they often or always felt lonely.
But the job doesn’t seem very easy or desirable, as the U.K. has gone through three ministers of loneliness since then.
COVID-19 has been a massive disruption to suicide rates globally, which had actually been steadily declining for decades. The notable exception to this is the United States, which has faced increases nearly every year since 1999 adding up to almost a 30% total increase over the past two decades.
If you’re in the U.S. and feeling suicidal or have thoughts of suicide contact the National Suicide Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
For reader across the globe, here are resources in your nation.
Thailand Pushes Marijuana as Next Cash Crop
- The Thai government issued a statement Sunday urging farmers to grow cannabis as a cash crop.
- A relatively small amount of farmers currently grow the crop for the nation’s medical marijuana industry, but state-run entities are now offering to buy it for $1,500 per kilogram, which is exponentially higher than other cash crops.
- For reference, a staple like rice goes for about $1 per kilogram.
- While other countries in the region have followed Thailand’s footsteps in approving medical cannabis, no others allow local farmers to grow the plant.
Underlying Shift in Region
In a drastic change for marijuana policy across Asia, the Thai government made announcements on Sunday that pushed for farmers to grow marijuana as a cash crop for the country’s burgeoning medical marijuana industry.
The decision is in stark contrast to much of East and Southeast Asian marijuana policy, which often features extreme punishments for trafficking the drug, and nearly as harsh punishments for using it recreationally or for medical purposes.
Thailand was the first to approve cannabis for medical use at the end of 2018, with the law practically going into effect in 2019. Since then, according to deputy government spokesperson Traisuleee Traisoranakul, “…2,500 households and 251 provincial hospitals have grown 15,000 cannabis plants.”
“We hope that cannabis and hemp will be a primary cash crop for farmers.”
Worth Its Weight in Gold
The push for more farmers to partake in the marijuana industry comes after hospitals and the nation’s state-run pharmaceutical company found that they needed more of the plant. Currently, the government’s pharma company is hoping that their price of $1500 for 1 kilo of marijuana that contains 12% cannabidiol (CBD) will be enough incentive.
That’s considerably more than what the government pays for other staple crops, such as rice, which goes for about $1 per kilogram.
Additionally, the government also announced that marijuana can now be used in foods and beverages at restaurants as long as it comes from an approved producer. This opens the door for a tourism industry akin to Amsterdam’s coffee shops
While Thailand is leading the way when it comes to marijuana policy, other nations in the region are following in their footsteps. In 2019, South Korea approved the plant and its derivatives for medical use, and Japan has opened the door for clinical research into the drug and its compounds. Still, those nations require that THC and CBD be imported, and their use is heavily restricted.
Thailand’s move to cultivate a homegrown marijuana industry is a huge shift and will likely help the nation secure a hold in the growing industry, which the industry marketing firm Market Research Future believes will be worth over $50 billion by 2025.

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The Bachelor’s Arie Luyendyk, Jr. and Lauren Burnham can breathe a sigh of relief: their parents like each other.
Following the After the Final Rose show on Tuesday, March 6, the two families celebrated Luyendyk and Burnham’s engagement over a champagne-flower dinner. “They had two bottles of champagne and toasted to the happy couple and just got to know each other,” a source tells Us Weekly.
The race car driver’s dad Mieke Luyendyk and Burham’s father Dave hit it off immediately. “They especially got along,” says the insider. “But everyone just really clicked right off the bat and they’re all extremely excited for what’s to come.” As Bachelor viewers will recall — Burnham’s folks, who reside in Virginia, were initially skeptical of their daughter’s relationship with the 36-year-old.
“It makes me nervous, this whole thing,” mom Pam said during their hometown date, which aired on February 19. “I don’t want to see Lauren get hurt.” Dave meanwhile, who has a military background, declared that he would “f—king kill” Luyendyk if he broke Laurens’ heart.
Of course, in the end it was Becca Kufrin who was left with heartbreak. Luyendyk broke up with the 27-year-old publicist after he proposed to her on the March 5 finale of the ABC dating series. Then he kindled his romance with runner-up Burnham. Though the lovable Minnesotan was devastated, she will have a second chance at happily ever after.
Chris Harrison announced on Tuesday that Kufrin will be the next Bachelorette.
“I want to find love,” she gushed. “I want to to meet so many amazing guys. I’m ready to do this.”
Season 14 of The Bachelorette premieres May 28 on ABC at 8 p.m. EST.
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Apple cider vinegar is one of the most powerful natural ways to treat numerous health issues, in cooking, clean the home, and improve overall health.
This vinegar type is made from cider or apple must, and has a pale to medium amber color. Its sour taste is due to the acetic and malic acid it contains.
The alcoholic fermentation process is stimulated by the addition of yeast and bacteria, and the sugars are converted into alcohol. The second fermentation process converts the alcohol into vinegar by the acetic acid-forming bacteria.
In cooking, it is commonly added to marinades, salad dressing, and food preservatives.
Apple cider vinegar has a long history of use, and its beneficial properties have been valued for a long time. It has been a popular remedy for more than 10,000 years. In 5,000 B.C. the Babylonians consumed this drink and used it as a preservative.
In ancient Egypt, it was used as a potent antiseptic, and weight loss agent. Later, Cleopatra demonstrated its solvent quality by dissolving precious pearls in it.
It was a valued natural remedy in the days of Hippocrates too. In ancient Greece, apple cider vinegar was a common remedy in the treatment of wounds.
Nowadays, it is used in multiple ways. Some people use it to accelerate the weight loss process, to regulate blood sugar levels, treat dandruff, boost the healthy function of the heart, and so on.
Moreover, the high content of polyphenols was found to curb cell damage that can cause various diseases, such as cancer.
To enjoy the numerous benefits of the use of apple cider vinegar, make sure you always buy certified organic, raw, unfiltered and unpasteurized, that still contains the ‘mother’ (yeast and acetic acid bacteria).
This natural miracle offers countless benefits, such as:
A teaspoon of apple cider vinegar before meals will trigger the saliva release and help the body to break down foods
Apple cider vinegar if consumed in foods will provide a feeling of satiety and help you eat less
Treats acid reflux
Since it helps digestion, apple cider vinegar will boost the digestive juices and treat and prevent acid reflux
Naturally reduces sugar cravings
Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of water and drink it to reduce sugar cravings
Eliminates fruit flies
Pour some apple cider vinegar into a jar, seal the opening, poke small holes, and leave it in the kitchen to keep fruit flies at bay
Supports heart health
Apple cider vinegar contains polyphenols that may reduce oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (bad cholesterol) and prevent cardiovascular disease.
Improves the flavor of meals
Add some apple cider vinegar to your fish, chicken, and marinades to tenderize the meat and improve the taste
Enjoy a warm bath with a cup of apple cider vinegar to soothe the pain due to sunburns
Eliminates bad feet odor
Add some apple cider vinegar to a bucket with lukewarm water and soak the feet to eliminate the bad odor and kill bacteria
Boosts the bone broth
Add some apple cider vinegar to the bone broth to help the extraction of essential minerals from the bones
Regulates blood sugar
The consumption of two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before meals will lower blood glucose levels
Get instant silky locks
To soften the hair and make it shiny, add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a of water, and rinse the mixture through the hair
Avoid toxic chemicals in deodorants
Dab some apple cider vinegar under the armpits to eliminate bad odor and freshen the area
Veggie and fruit rinse
Add some apple cider vinegar to a sink full of water and use the mixture to wash your produce
Clean the home
The acetic acid in apple cider vinegar is a potent antimicrobial that will help you clean the home without causing any harmful side-effects
Supercharge the salad dressing
Add some olive oil, apple cider vinegar, and dried herbs to your delicious salad dressings
Detoxifies the body
Consume a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar daily in your drinks and meals to detoxify the body
Whitens your teeth
Swish a mixture of water and a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in the mouth to whiten the teeth and destroy bacteria in the oral cavity
Cleanses and softens the skin
To clean the skin and fight acne and any other impurities, splash the face with a mixture of a dash of apple cider vinegar and a bowl of water
Preserves the leftovers
Add a few drops of it to the exposed flesh of the avocados, apples and other fruits to prevent them from going brown


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Sherman, at La Parota RV Park in Lo de Marcos, Mexico. Photo taken December 15, 2014. Travelling undoubtedly enriches and broadens our outlook. And as journey in immediately’s World has become simpler, we should take advantage of it. Tunis has yellow meter taxis and it is straightforward to get round. They taxis will seldom value you over 4 Tunisian Dinar (TD) to get anyplace round town except it rains. For some reason when it rains visitors stands still and your metre will keep shifting.
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If you have booked your tickets online, it’s worthwhile to acquire your boarding cross at least 2 hours previous to departure. Most ferries can have an workplace close to the port. For Anek Traces (and I think for Blue Star too), for those who arrive at the port after their office hours, you may accumulate your boarding pass on the ticket booths positioned near the ferries on the port.
Visiting Dubai when it is boiling outdoors? Don’t be concerned – of all of the issues to do in Dubai this weekend, this one is the coolest. Spend the day within the Center East’s first indoor ski resort – go loopy throwing snow balls at each other, and go snowboarding and tobogganing with buddies. It is actual snow, and it is icy cold, and it by no means will get hotter in here. You will get warm garments, activity gear and footwear inside. Ride up a quad-chairlift and enjoy the fabulous view from the chairlift cease. Take pleasure in a cup of sizzling coffee in the coffee store subsequent to the slopes and watch other skiers.
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by Mitch Kokai
Senior Political Analyst, John Locke Foundation
The second thing Washington should do is of a longer-term nature: focus constructively on what it can do to help Egypt achieve a rapidly growing economy à la those of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and, yes, Israel, whose high-tech achievements now surpass those of all the EU members.
The Egyptian economy is in shambles, on life support from Saudi Arabian subsidies and IMF loans. The steps needed to be taken are basic.
– Currency board. An economy can’t function well without a stable currency. The Egyptian pound is prey to speculative attack. Cairo should fix it to the dollar via a currency board, whereby the pound would be backed 100% by the greenback. Currency boards done properly always work. Hong Kong has had one–with its dollar fixed to the U.S. dollar–since 1983. Bulgaria, Lithuania and other countries also have currency boards, with their monies fixed to the euro. The IMF will object, because it’s addicted to the notion that funny money hastens economic growth, even though it actually does the opposite. The agency should firmly be told to take a hike.
– Taxes. Adopt a low-rate flat tax the way Hong Kong and more than 30 countries have done. This will encourage local entrepreneurship and job creation.
– New businesses. Make starting a new, legal business a simple formality, a process that could be completed within minutes. Follow the example of New Zealand. This, along with a simple tax code, would encourage new businesses and reduce the informal economy.
– Subsidies. Don’t phase them out until the economy improves markedly.
– Labor laws. Remove restrictive labor laws; they hobble hiring and fuel the shadow economy.
The combination of a very benign tax regime and a stable currency would put Egypt on the road to impressive growth. Given its history and overwhelming size, this would have a profoundly positive impact on this treacherous and bloody region.

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CLOVIS, N.M. — One person was shot in the chest and taken to Lubbock in critical condition early Monday morning, according to the Clovis Police Department.
CPD said Jesus Navarette, 24, was brought to Plains Regional Medical Center at 2:42 a.m. after a shooting at the Clovis Apartments. Police said used shell casings were found at the scene and security video was recovered.
Anyone with information was asked to call Clovis police at 575-769-192, or Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.
See the press release below for more details.
The following is a press release from the Clovis Police Department:
Clovis, NM – July 18, 2022 – On July 18, at 02:42 hours, 24-year-old Jesus Navarette, was brought into Plains Regional Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his chest. When Navarette arrived at the hospital he was unconscious. Navarette was later transferred to UMC in Lubbock Texas for further care. At this time, Navarette is listed as being in critical condition.
The scene of the shooting was located at the Clovis Apartments. Spent shell casings were found at the scene and security video has been recovered from the apartments. At this time, the Clovis Police Department in conjunction with the 9th Judicial District Attorney’s Office’s Major Crimes Unit are actively investigating this case.
We urge the public, to please contact the Clovis Police Department if you have any information regarding this case or the other shootings that occurred over the weekend at 575-769-1921. We would also like to remind you, that information can be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 app, which can be accessed by going to www.police.cityofclovis.org. Furthermore, anonymous tips can be provided to the Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.
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These sterling silver earrings are REVERSIBLE! The sterling silver lever-back earwires allow you to open the earwire, thread the earrings off, and reverse the earring. Very simple! The locking leverback secures the earring securely to your ear.
One side features my miniature original photographs of an heirloom red crimson rose. The reversible side has an etched design that I abstracted from a antique English William Morris wallpaper. First, I traced the complex wallpaper design on tracing paper and then simplified it before I transferred the design to metal, and etched the design on my master model. The jewelry was cast in sterling silver and given a matte finish with an eco-friendly process. Liver of sulfur was used to antique and oxidize the sterling silver, and the high areas of the design were burnished to a brilliant shine. The earrings are finished with a pair of white freshwater pearls.
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I read this article http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-01-05-home-energy-efficiency-demand_N.htm and the thought came to mind, “are energy efficiency incentives really incentives pushing people to implement energy efficiency – or coupons offering a discount for energy efficiency measures?” What’s the difference? I would say it’s huge.
Retailers abhor it when the trained shopper waits for deep discounts to buy, obviously at a much lower profit margin. Likewise, there is nothing airlines hate worse than an airfare war. Buyers of “American made” automobiles (GM, Ford, Chrysler) have been trained to wait for huge incentives, which is one of the reasons two of three essentially failed. Again, the price-sensitive buyer waits for the discounts to surface.
Energy efficiency programs to many, if not most consumers really represents a means to discount new stuff they want and they go coupon clipping through their energy efficiency program to get it. If the coupon isn’t there they will often times wait for it.
The goal of many energy efficiency programs is “market transformation”. Transformation to what? Transformation to a free-market no-incentive energy efficiency industry, or transformation to dependency perpetuating programs? I would argue the latter has occurred to a large extent. End users demand free money before they implement energy efficiency measures, even if they are excellent investments. Perhaps this is why some programs have dropped the catch phrase” market transformation”.
What is the problem here? In short, energy savings are typically invisible and saving money isn’t as attractive as getting free money. (which reminds me, it always cracks me up when people tell me they like higher withholding on their taxes so they get a check after the first of the year – of their own money)
What’s the solution? Demonstrate the savings! How can this be done? It depends on the level of energy savings. We have started to track energy bills on all commercial energy efficiency projects we’re involved with. We can use energy bills because typically, savings estimates are greater than 20% of the bill and we’re not afraid to look at the results. In fact, we’re looking to the results to build a long case study list to sell more projects.
For the home there are several home monitors that not only track total energy consumption, they track consumption of every circuit in the distribution panel. So if your kids take 15 minute showers you may be able to meter your water heater and charge them for it. Think about that!
The other major benefit of monitoring energy consumption is persistence of savings over the long term. When people have access to energy consumption data, I believe they naturally start to monitor and use less energy, that is, if they care in the first place.
So what is the conclusion here? Maybe utility and other energy efficiency programs should start incentivizing metering and energy tracking. There are challenges with this but they can be overcome. In addition to saving more energy as described above, it will expose snake-oil salesmen. Everyone could use fewer of these guys. In fact, that will be the subject of another rant.


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Christmas is a busier season, but that’s over a month. This weekend will be the busiest days of the year for us,” Wray said. “We’re looking forward to it we’ve got the people here, we’ve got the products. There are two ways to become better in this world. First is to educate yourself and excel. Second is to hold others back, allowing for you to rise up as the average drops.
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In the present study, presence was studied in relation to individual anxiety symptoms and classroom level openness to experience (OTE) using a normative sample of 648 adolescents aged between 16 and 18 years. Presence was assessed with the Presence II questionnaire, anxiety symptoms with the relevant subscales of the SCL 90 R, and OTE with the Five Factor Questionnaire. A three level hierarchical linear model was calculated.
the smoke from the fires has been seen on the East Coast, including in Maine, and as far away as Europe. The dry conditions and heavy winds that are fueling the blaze have been intensified by a changing climate, scientists say. In addition, the latest hurricane in an unusually active hurricane season slammed into the Gulf Coast this week.
The five demands are risk assessments, an end to work assessments during the pandemic, extra time to plan, prepare and assess students work, and an agreed pay progression. Reps are told to “secure a commitment to automatic pay progression at the end of this academic year. Where possible, win a commitment for this policy to be permanent”.
Closer to home, we also have made great strides. In December, the DOT was recognized as the most improved agency in the entire Federal government in the 2012 “Best Places to Work” rankings published by the Partnership of Public Service. Even more impressive, DOT was ranked 9th out of the 19 largest agencies in the government..
Springmann went public (after internal efforts failed) to expose the State Dept/CIA conduiting terrorists into the USA. It occurs to me that there probably really will be a reinvestigation of 911 and that those involved could actually be taken to trial and brought to justice. I can feel my country beginning to implode because when the you know what really hits the fan, I do not think that the world will forgive us..


I hope you have headphones on, or else your monitor is about to buried underneath a pile of flying clothes when everyone within earshot immediately strips down to their skivvies at the sound of 'Pony Time'—Tim Allen grunting to the tune of Ginuwine's seminal 90s bone-tune, 'Pony.'
DO I REALLY NEED TO EXPLAIN THIS MORE? I DO? WELL, IN THAT CASE, CONGRATS ON BEING A TEENAGER. YOU ARE VERY YOUNG. OR OLD. SORRY.
If you're not currently having sex after hearing that, maybe you're in the mood for more 90s nostalgia, like a sneak peak at The Unauthorized Save By The Bell Story.
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I am a late convert to the school of Shel Silverstein. While my peers cut their literary teeth on his silly and sentimental poems, I had never read them. My mother hit all the other required lending from the library – Dr. Seuss, Sesame Street, Richard Scarry – but I had never cracked the spine of Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Until my first grader came home singing its praises. Her teacher had read it aloud to her class and she was hooked. A week or so later when we signed her up for the summer reading program at our local library, she went straight to that book as the first she’d ever check out with her own library card. Her nose stayed in that book like a bloodhound to a trail – except when she’d call me over to read a particularly silly poem or look at a contorted pen and ink drawing that she found equally funny. And from there, she guffawed through Runny Babbit, onto A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up.
It blows my mind to be here at the exact moment when my child becomes an obsessive, voracious reader. I know I’m one, but I can’t even say that I remember exactly when it happened (though it was most likely on my mother’s lap at bedtime). Where the Sidewalk Ends is her gateway drug.
Harry Potter hit at the outset of my teaching career. Then and many times since, I’ve heard people disparage its literary quality (which I don’t necessarily agree with), but applaud its ability to get kids hooked on reading. I am not drawing parallels that bring Mr. Silverstein’s work into question, but having never been privy to the mania surrounding his work myself as a kid, I can’t say I understand it. But, hey, it has lit that part of my child’s brain that makes her interested in an author, a genre, amassing a body of knowledge – it’s literary gold as far as I’m concerned.
And tonight, I mined for gold even further when I held up two books for she and her sister to choose from for bedtime reading, one of which was The Giving Tree, knowing full well which one they would choose (her sister is also becoming enamored with the idea of Shel Silverstein just by hearing big sis talk about it all the time). The Giving Tree is actually the only Silverstein book I’m familiar with, having received it as a gift for the girls (no doubt by one of my contemporaries who has fond childhood memories of biting into it) when they were smaller. I remember reading it in a hormone-induced haze and choking through my words at the end of it. Man, it got me.
But the simplicity of it got me even more tonight. And the message that it has for all readers – young and old alike.
I was reading it with a different eye, tuned into the words in light of the poetry my daughter has been reading. Spread across multiple pages, the beginning is actually an extended stanza. I could see the line breaks and hear the cadence across the creases. But then the boy grows older. And things get more complex. There is an up-tick in language. A problem. Discussion. Back and forth. A one-sided decision. And the tone of the story remains at this elevated level until the boy returns as an old man, weary of the world and its ways, and ready to embrace what he already knew as a young person.
So, tonight, as a thirty-three and seven-eighths year-old woman, I learned a lesson from reading Shel Silverstein; one that I couldn’t possibly have learned had I encountered him for the first time in first grade. By keeping things simple – our language, our needs, our desires, our interactions with others – life is more enjoyable for everyone. It is only when we want more, we expect more, we demand more, that things gets muddled and more difficult, especially when we look for those things in inappropriate places. Being totally appreciative of what we have and honoring those who help us get it is a place to start. And perhaps we wouldn’t be so very tired at the end of it all if we remembered these things.
Who would’ve thought that I would’ve learned such a profound lesson by reading a bedtime story to my children? Certainly not I. So a big shout out to Shel Silverstein tonight, wherever you are – for opening my daughter’s eyes to the wonders of reading and giving me new eyes to see.


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[Show abstract][Hide abstract]ABSTRACT: STUDY QUESTION: Can we identify new sequence variants in the aurora kinase C gene (AURKC) of patients with macrozoospermia and establish a genotype-phenotype correlation? SUMMARY ANSWER: We identified a new non-sense mutation, p.Y248*, that represents 13% of all mutant alleles. There was no difference in the phenotype of individuals carrying this new mutation versus the initially described and main mutation c.144delC. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY: The absence of a functional AURKC gene causes primary infertility in men by blocking the first meiotic division and leading to the production of tetraploid large-headed spermatozoa. We previously demonstrated that most affected men were of North African origin and carried a homozygous truncating mutation (c.144delC). STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION: This is a retrospective study carried out on patients consulting for infertility and described as having >5% large-headed spermatozoa. A total of 87 patients are presented here, 43 patients were published previously and 44 are new patients recruited between January 2008 and December 2011. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS: All patients consulted for primary infertility in fertility clinics in France (n = 44), Tunisia (n = 30), Morocco (n = 9) or Algeria (n = 4). Sperm analysis was carried out in the recruiting fertility clinics and all molecular analyses were performed at Grenoble teaching hospital. DNA was extracted from blood or saliva and the seven AURKC exons were sequenced. RT-PCR was carried out on transcripts extracted from leukocytes from one patient homozygous for p.Y248*. Microsatellite analysis was performed on all p.Y248* patients to evaluate the age of this new mutation. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE: We identified a new non-sense mutation, p.Y248*, in 10 unrelated individuals of European (n = 4) and North African origin (n = 6). We show that this new variant represents 13% of all mutant alleles and that the initially described c.144delC variant accounts for almost all of the remaining mutated alleles (85.5%). No mutated transcripts could be detected by RT-PCR suggesting a specific degradation of the mutant transcripts by non-sense mediated mRNA decay. A rare variant located in the 3' untranslated region was found to strictly co-segregate with p.Y248*, demonstrating a founding effect. Microsatellite analysis confirmed this linkage and allowed us to estimate a mutational age of between 925 and 1325 years, predating the c.144delC variant predicted by the same method to have arisen 250-650 years ago. Patients with no identified AURKC mutation (n = 15) have significantly improved parameters in terms of vitality and concentration of normal spermatozoa, and a decreased rate of spermatozoa with a large head and multiple flagella (P < 0.001). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION: Despite adherence to the World Health Organization guidelines, large variations in most characteristic sperm parameters were observed, even for patients with the same homozygous mutation. We believe that is mainly related to inter-laboratory variability in sperm parameter scoring. This prevented us from establishing clear-cut values to indicate a need for molecular analysis of patients with macrozoospermia. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS: This study confirms yet again the importance of AURKC mutations in the aetiology of macrozoospermia. Although a large majority of patients are of North African origin, we have now identified European patients carrying a new non-sense mutation indicating that a diagnosis of absence of a functional AURKC gene should not be ruled out for non-Magrebian individuals. Indirect evidence indicates that AURKC might be playing a role in the meiotic spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) during meiosis. We postulate that heterozygous men might have a more relaxed SAC leading to a more abundant sperm production and a reproductive advantage. This could be the reason for the rapid accumulation of the two AURKC mutations we observe in North African individuals. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): None of the authors have any competing interest. This work is part of the project 'Identification and Characterization of Genes Involved in Infertility (ICG2I)' funded by the programme GENOPAT 2009 from the French Research Agency (ANR).
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The threat of radical Islam and its terrorist offshoots can "upset" the international system, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, batting for stronger ties between India and Israel to overcome the challenge.
Addressing the inaugural session of the 'Raisina Dialogue' in New Delhi, Netanyahu hailed India as Israel's "natural friend and partner", drawing a wide smile from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in the audience.
Netanyahu said closer ties between democracies was essential to secure the common future of humanity at a time "our way of life and the quest for modernity and innovation" are being challenged.
The Israeli PM will travel to Gujarat on Wednesday with Modi, who is the only Indian prime minister till date to have visited Israel.
"Most notably the quest for modernity, the quest for innovation is being challenged by radical Islam and its terorist offshoots from a variety of corners and this can upset the international system.
"One of the ways to overcome such a challenge is to strengthen the relation between our two great denmocracies. The alliances of democracies is important to secure our common future," Netanyahu said, addressing the inaugural session of the three-day conference where a range of geopolitical issues will be discussed.
Considering India's large Muslim population, New Delhi has always walked a tightrope in striking a balance between deepening its ties with Israel while trying not to upset its equation with Palestine, which shares a fractious history with the Jewish state.
India had last month joined 127 other countries to vote in the United Nations in favour of a resolution opposing the recent decision of the United States to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Netanyahu began his 16-minute speech by identifying military strength, economic prowess and political power as the prerequisites for the development of a nation, factors which he said were behind the Jewish nation's rise from the "ashes".
"The weak don't survive, the strong survive. You make peace, alliances with the strong. You are able to maintain peace by being strong," he said.
Netanyahu, who arrived in New Delhi on a six-day visit on January 14, said Modi's July, 2017 visit to Israel "broke ground". "You were the first leader of India to come to Israel in 3,000 years. It will not take long for your next visit, I know that."
Earlier in the day, Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, visited Taj Mahal in Agra. Netanyahu referred to this trip in his speech to make a point about the "common value" of democracy that the two countries share.
Netanyahu said the democratic values of India and Israel ensure that people have the ability to think as they want, speak as they want, believe in what they want.
"We have a special relationship. We are naturally sympathetic to India. When I was walking the streets of Agra, somebody said we are so happy that you are friends with our prime minister. He said we are friends," Netanyahu said.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also attended the inaugural session, and while delivering the vote of thanks, said the Israeli premier's visit to India underlines the celebration of 25 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, former President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, union ministers VK Singh, Jayant Sinha and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were present at the event, organised jointly by the Observer Research Foundation and the MEA.
Netayahu said he found "astounding" the fact that under Modi, India has climbed nearly 42 spots in the ease of doing business rankings even as he stressed on the need to cut red tape to encourage businesses.
He said a government can both facilitate and block economic growth. Growth is possible when there is a free market, which facilitates innovation by business entities, he said.
He said to defend a nation, one needs a strong military, which in turn requires a lot of money. The money, he said, comes from a strong economy.
"Defence costs a great deal of money. The money comes from the second source of power, economic power...the third power is political power, which means the ability to make political alliances and relationships with many other countries," he said.
The theme of the dialogue this year is 'Managing Disruptive Transitions: Ideas, Institutions and Idioms'. The event has an impressive line up of more than 150 speakers and over 550 delegates.
Army chief General Bipin Rawat and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba will address a session, along with Admiral Harry Harris, Commander, US Pacific Command, General Chris Deverell, Joint Forces Commander, UK, among others, on Wednesday.


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The house project rollercoaster continues with great leaps of progress in some areas (design) while elsewhere we appear at times to be no further forward (amendments to our planning permission). Lockdown 2.0 has at least given us some enforced ‘stay at home’ time which we have put to good use reviewing the huge amounts of detail that is being produced and assembled by the team.
To de-mystify the design and build process for us mortals, RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects, have established 8 stages for any building construction in their Plan of Work 2020 which are:
- – Strategic definition.
- – Preparation and briefing.
- – Concept design.
- – Spatial coordination.
- – Technical design.
- – Manufacturing and construction.
- – Handover.
- – Use.
Despite not having finalised our planning permission amendments we are now well into RIBA Stage 4, Technical Design, so as a result have some brilliant drawings detailing bits of the new house.
We also have an amazingly comprehensive Mechanical and Electrical Specification for the project which we prefer to call the Big Book of Words. As you might expect from the title this details the house lighting, power and ventilation requirements for the, yet to be found, builder. It’s also good to know that the builder will be required to install things straight and level; based on our previous homes this will be a novelty.

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When JaguarLandRover (JLR) unveils the power and torque ratings of its new 2-litre Ingenium diesel engine, industry watchers will be monitoring how close its performance comes to that of the 2-litre Volkswagen will put in the next Passat midsize sedan it will launch to the public at the Paris Motor Show in October.
With 237bhp, the 2-litre TDi BiTurbo is 62bbhp more powerful than the previous Passat, and offers 120Nm more torque.
VW aims to set performance benchmarks in diesel engine development and its first step will be a four-cylinder featuring dual-stage turbocharging system and very high pressure common rail system.
The Passat’s engine has a specific output of 88kW/litre, so it will deliver good performance and fuel efficiency even in larger, heavier vehicles. Even higher ratings are planned.
VW Group's head of engine development, Dr Heinz-Jakob Neußer, said: “In the second half of this year we'll start with a 2-litre engine with 500Nm. It has a 2,500bar injection system and it can comply with all emissions standards.”
The unit is part of the EA288 diesel engine family. The most powerful version in production has a single variable geometry turbo and develops 140kW (187bhp) and 380Nm but the forthcoming variant's 176kW (236bhp) and 500Nm easily eclipses this.
The dual-stage turbochargers should enable high-end power does not compromise low-end torque. The 2,500bar rail pressure points to good mixture formation and low particulate emissions.
A close-coupled after-treatment system using SCR and high- and low-pressure EGR systems, minimises NOx emissions and gives Euro 6 compliance.
VW aims to stretch the ratings as high as 100kW/litre (134bhp/litre) – exceeding those of the most advanced six-cylinder diesels – but is studying other variants in between.
How will it achieve this power output? Could the VW group be set to use compacted graphite iron (CGI) more widely?
Dr Heinz-Jakob Neußer says only: “Within 300 milliseconds they (electric superchargers) can go up to 70,000rev/min, and then for a few seconds you get an additional boost so the turbocharger revs up very quickly. And you have the big advantage that you have an air surplus – this is very important for emissions performance. We are working very hard on 12V and 48V systems and you will hear a lot from us in the future.”
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Micromax Canvas Infinity is a budget-friendly smartphone that will be receiving Android 8.1 Oreo. The Canvas Infinity smartphone was made in India by Micromax, the device is known for its Infinity display.
The phone comes loaded with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage space. It also has a 16MP crystal clear selfie camera for all your selfies with real-time Bokeh effect. Let’s find out more.
Micromax Canvas Infinity Key Specs and Features
・5.7-inch HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 720 x 1440 pixels
・Android 7.1.2 with 3GB RAM
・Quad-core 1.4GHz Snapdragon 425
・32GB built-in storage
・13MP rear camera and 16MP front camera
・2980mAh non-removable Battery
Design And Display
It was built with aluminium alloy and looks really attractive. The dual antenna lines are spotted at the back with the loudspeaker sitting at the bottom corner.
At the top middle, we can see the rear camera and LED flash underneath. While h fingerprint scanner completes the train as well. It measures 9mm in thickness and weighs 160g overall.
If you’re really into full screens then the Canvas Infinity might be your device of choice. It has super minimal bezels at the top and bottom corner that can be overlooked.
It sports a tall 5.7-inch HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen. This has a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels and 279 pixels per inch density for clear and sharp visuals. It stretches up to 77.2% screen to body ratio as well.
Hardware and Software
Micromax adopted the Snapdragon 425 from Qualcomm with its 28nm process technology. It comes with 4-cores processor clocking at 1.4GHz as well. While the Adreno 308 graphics processor handles graphics.
In terms of RAM, the phone is 3GB strong and ready for heavy multitasking. There’s 32GB storage space available as well, although you can expand up to 128GB. It runs on an Android 7.1.2 Nougat and can be upgraded to Oreo.
Camera And Connectivity
The device is equipped with a single 13MP rear shooter with f/2.0 aperture, 1/3″ sensor size, 1.12µm pixel size, autofocus and auto HDR. There’s a LED flash beside the camera for night shots. While the 16MP selfie camera has f/2.0 aperture and LED flash as well.
The Canvas Infinity supports 4G LTE connectivity and accommodates dual Nano SIMs. It has support for Bluetooth 4.2, 3.5mm jack, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot and A-GPS, GLONASS.
Battery And Availability
The Micromax Canvas Infinity is powered by a non-removable Li-Ion 2980mAh battery with no fast charging technology. Micromax Canvas Infinity will be available on shopping stores, starting from $149 to $159, that’s about (N50,000 – N55,000).
Micromax Canvas Infinity Full Specs
・Announced: August, 2017
・Status: Available. September 2017
・Network Technology: GSM / WCDMA / LTE
・3G Support: WCDMA: B1 2100MHz / B8 900 MHz / 1900 MHz / 850 MHz
・4G Support: LTE band 3(1800), 5(850), 40(2300)
・Dual SIM Support: Yes (Nano + Nano)
・Material Type: Aluminum body
・Dimensions: 152 x 73 x 9 mm
・Screen Type: HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
・Resolution: 720 x 1440 pixels
・Pixel Density: 279ppi
・Screen to Body Ratio: 77.2%
・Operating system: Android 7.1.2 Nougat (upgradeable to Oreo)
・Processor: Quad-core 1.4GHz
・Chipset type: Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
・Graphics Processing Unit: Adreno 308
・Memory Card Slot: Yes, up to 128GB
・Internal storage: 32GB
・Back Camera: 13MP
・Front Camera: 16MP
・Back Flash: Yes, LED
・Front Flash: Yes
・WiFi Hotspot: Yes
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・Sensors: accelerometer, proximity
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SOLAR THERMAL M. Santamouris
CONTENTS a) Today Situation b) Progress Achieved c) Tomorrow Priorities
TODAY SITUATION - Increase of the Energy Demand - Most Buildings in Urban Areas (80%)
TODAY SITUATION Increase of the Energy Demand improved living standards low conventional energy prices non sufficient energy legislation
improved living standards 1970 1993 DK, FR, IT, GR, SP, PT increase of the gross domestic product
improved living standards Improving living standards, increases the space requirements person. It is characteristic that in the United States, between 1950 and 1990, the floor space requirements person has been doubled. Very important differences in housing floor space person exist also in Europe because of the social and economic differences. Moscow has 11. 6 m 2 net living space person, while Paris has 28. 2, Oslo 47. 2 and Zurich 50. 6 m 2 person.
improved living standards 3. 5 1980 1990 3 2. 5 2 persons per household GR, IT, PT, SP, FR, DK, increase space per inhabitant
improved living standards RAPID PENETRATION OF AIR CONDITIONING The impact of air conditioners usage on electricity demand is a serious problem for southern European countries. Peak electricity loads oblige utilities to build additional power plants in order to satisfy the demand, thus increasing the average cost of electricity. This situation has become a serious problem for many countries. In USA, the total electric peak load induced by air conditioning is estimated equal to 38 percent of the non coincident peak load.
improved living standards A/C SALES 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
NON SUFFICIENT STANDARDS 1. 2 0. 68 B 0. 6 D 0. 5 0. 9 UK NL 0. 45 0. 4 F DK 0. 28 0. 3 U Value for outer walls A 0. 5
NON SUFFICIENT STANDARDS B 32 28. 9 F 28. 1 26. 1 A 25. 3 24. 9 UK 22 22. 6 20. 0 D NL 21 20 DK 13. 3 Energy Demand of a Model House (k. Wh/m 3/a)
PROGRESS ACHIEVED - Development of Retrofitting Techniques - Development of Passive Cooling Techniques - Development of Advanced Components - Development of Evaluation Methods Development of Testing Methods
Development of Retrofitting Techniques Recent research permits to use new methodologies to incorporate solar energy in retrofitted of buildings and improve indoor environment. Main priorities regarding appropriate energy retrofitting are : - The full knowledge of the existing and available energy conservation technology. - The use of the developed methodologies to evaluate from the technical and economical point of view, the possible retrofitting scenarios.
Development of Passive Cooling Techniques New Developments on Natural Ventilation, Solar Control, Use of Natural Sinks, while new hybrid components have been developed.
Development of Advanced Solar Components New Intelligent components integrating passive solar heating, cooling and daylight features have been developed. Advanced control strategies and systems have also been developed.
Development of Evaluation Methods Extremely accurate prediction tools as well as simplified models for designers have been developed. Existing tools cover the major part of the existing systems and techniques.
Development of Testing Methods Finally Testing Methodologies for Solar Components have been developed.
FUTURE PRIORITIES The problem of energy and global environmental quality of buildings is complicated and should not been seen as isolated phenomena. On the contrary it has to be studied in relation to the problems of indoor and ambient environmental quality.
FUTURE PRIORITIES 70 % of the energy consumption of buildings is spend in urban environment. In particular thermal and optical phenomena as well as the air quality in the urban environment determine, almost completely, the energy consumption as well as comfort and quality conditions in buildings. ≈Ά≈RGY AND QUALITY IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
FUTURE PRIORITIES Recent technological developments on the field of solar energy in buildings including passive heating and cooling techniques as well as daylight systems, permit to seriously decrease the energy consumption, improve thermal and visual conditions in buildings as well its indoor air quality. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the optimum integration of these techniques in urban buildings TECHNIQUES TO BETTER INTEGRATE SOLAR
FUTURE PRIORITIES Application of passive solar systems and techniques and in particular of the cooling techniques while are well known and scientifically comprehensible under undisturbed conditions, present important problems when have to be used in cities and incorporated in urban buildings. mainly because of : a) The dramatic variation of the energy potential of the sources and sinks, (i. e. . air movement). b) The restrictions because of the urban limit conditions. c) The particular climatic phenomena, (I. e. pollution). TECHNIQUES TO BETTER INTEGRATE SOLAR
FUTURE PRIORITIES Energy spend by new constructions is less than 1 % of the total energy consumption of the buildingís sector. Problems of high energy consumption and not appropriate indoor air quality are mainly presented in old and medium age existing buildings of specific characteristics. ≈Ά≈RGY RETROFITTING OF BUILDINGS
FUTURE PRIORITIES There is a need for a more concrete knowledge of the specific energy consumption of each building sector as well as of the specific energy targets by type of building. ≈Ά≈RGY RETROFITTING OF BUILDINGS
FUTURE PRIORITIES There is a need to further develop appropriate methodologies to evaluate from the technical and economical point of view, the possible retrofitting scenarios of urban buildings as well as a need to develop labeling methodologies ≈Ά≈RGY RETROFITTING OF BUILDINGS
FUTURE PRIORITIES A European frame program to investigate and develop solutions to decrease the rapid penetration of air conditioning is absolutely necessary SOLUTIONS TO DECREASE THE PENETRATION OF A/C


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Doubts Cast Over Council Consultation
After thousands sign petition against closure of Chiswick Day Care Centre
With close to 2,000 people signing petitions against the closure of Chiswick Day Care Centre, serious doubts have been cast over Hounslow Council's Budget Consultation.
In the document sent out to residents, the savings proposal was entitled 'Reconfiguration of day care services' with the following wording:
This proposal would see an ongoing commitment to increased choice with services provided to the most vulnerable service users and those requiring specialist services. Seven day coverage would be retained with front line services being redeployed into existing care vacancies. Two management and 17 other posts would be deleted or redeployed. Potential for Savings 2011/2012 - up to £790,000
Approximately 55% of respondents to the Consultation agreed that savings should be made and 32% disagreed.
Chiswick Day Care Centre was not named in the consultation document.
"In my view no one would be able to interpret this item in this publicly circulated document with the closure of the Chiswick Day Centre," said Councillor John Todd. "It follows too that the collated interpretation of the residents returned consultation views / preferences in respect of CS 13-15 mentioned above was fatally flawed."
He added: "I believe that if the closure of the Chiswick Day Care Centre had been properly and clearly stated in the publicly circulated consultation document the public response would have been overwhelming against its closure."
In a letter to the Leader of Hounslow Council, fellow Chiswick Councillor Paul Lynch wrote: "It is a very drastic change to impose upon vulnerable older people, particularly those needing Dementia day support service. I know from personal experience that Dementia sufferers have huge problems with change. I have seen such changes worsen sufferers’ condition to the extent that they can no longer live independently, and need to move into residential placements. It is possible that the cost of extra residential placements could negate the proposed saving."
Chiswick Councillors are calling on Hounslow Council to provide detailed figures showing the consequential costs incurred by transporting elderly from Chiswick to Heston as well as keeping elderly residents out of long-term care which is a possibility if the day centre is closed.
February 22, 2011

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- KSBW - Monterey Videos
4.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Monterey, San Luis Obispo county line
Putting out Halloween decorations, buying candy and carving pumpkins are the usual tasks of late October, but that all looks different this year under the hefty dump of early-season snow in the western United States from the parade of storms that marched across the region from late last week into early this week. The intense rain and dangerous flooding in burn scar areas of California have been devastating, and the snow-covered landscapes of high-elevation areas have been just as eye-popping and
- Orlando Sentinel
ORLANDO, Fla. — It may be getting cooler, but there is still 36 day left in the Atlantic hurricane season, and experts are watching an area of disturbance Monday morning that could produce the next storm of the year. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring the U.S. East Coast, where it expects a non-tropical low-pressure system to emerge in the next day or so. The frontal low should move ...
- LA Times
While the massive plume of moisture helped, experts said it will take much more than one storm to make a dent in the drought.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
There’s almost a 100 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms late Tuesday and early Wednesday in North Texas, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
California’s ‘atmospheric rivers’ and ‘bomb cyclone’ bring scant long-term rain relief — a look at the Western drought by the numbers
Moderate to heavy rain fell across Northern California heading into a weekend that's expected bring stormy weather to the drought-ravaged state, which is among the hardest hit as the U.S. West continues to strain under dry conditions.
A 'bomb cyclone' hit California. Photos and videos show the mudslides, floods, and destruction left in its wake.
The storm dumped record-breaking rain on California, leading to flash flooding and evacuations in some areas.
- The Guardian
The deluge extinguished smoldering fires – but the west may not get the wet winter it desperately needs The recent storm added 23ft to Lake Oroville, but water levels remain low after a prolonged drought. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP Over the span of two days, dramatic scenes of dried landscapes and wildfires that have defined California’s summer were replaced with surging rivers, floods and mudflows as a historic rainstorm – deemed a category 5 atmospheric river – pummeled the state. For scientis
- KGO – San Francisco
STORM WATCH: Several drivers abandoned their vehicles on I-880 in Fremont after flooding from one of the strongest storms to hit the Bay Area in years blocked the freeway early Monday.
- Kansas City Star
Can you count how many snakes are coiled around this pipe?
- LA Times
A powerful storm system that brought record-setting rainfall to Northern California over the weekend swept across the Southland on Monday. While not as intense as up north, the storm brought more than an inch of rain to some communities and prompted a flood advisory.
- USA TODAY
Bomb cyclone, atmospheric river blasts West Coast; 2 dead in Seattle area; hundreds of thousands without power
A furious storm unleashed from a "bomb cyclone" over the Pacific Ocean slammed Northern California, bringing fierce winds and dangerous flooding.
Data: NOAA; Map: Will Chase/Axios The extreme atmospheric river pummeling parts of Northern California — attached to a record strong bomb cyclone, no less — may be a poor indicator of how this winter will treat the West.Why it matters: With much of the West locked in the first climate change-related megadrought, with an especially pronounced dry period since 2020, hopes are pinned on the rain and mountain snow that could fall during the wet season.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios M
- NBC News
The storm that struck California was called the strongest to hit the West Coast, and the Northeast braced for a nor’easter that could cause flooding.
- WCVB - Boston
New Hampshire Department of Transportation workers in Lincoln encountered a snow-covered Kancamagus Highway on Monday morning.
- LA Times
After the storm passes, the drought plaguing much of the state will remain, potentially improving in some areas but worsening in others.
- LA Times
California will return to dry weather after a series of record storms
- KERO - Bakersfield Scripps
Today's storm is likely to impact road conditions on Highway 178 through the canyon. Drivers should be weary of falling debris and rockslides caused by dry weather conditions and hydrophobic soil.
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A bomb cyclone delivered huge amounts of snow to the Sierra Nevada, closing schools for some students who started the year late due to wildfires.


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// Craft night is becoming just as much about the food as it is the crafts.//
// My craft. lyrics from the popular fun. song. I'll probably be sick of it soon. //
Craft nights are so FUN. I mean for the food alone, it's well worth your time. And it doesn't really matter what your craft is. If you need to paint your nails or write a thank you note, that counts.
In other news I am feeling happy today. In general I'm a very happy person, but lately my days have been overshadowed by some sort of anxiety. Math tests, work, bills... just the regulars. This morning I woke up though and knew that all I can do is my best and leave the rest to the Man Upstairs.
Have a great Wednesday!


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“Paul, an apostle – sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead – and all the brothers with me,
To the churches in Galatia:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” Galatians 1:1-5
Last week during my introduction to the study on Galatians, I wrote about the ethnic origin of the people who lived in this region. I was surprised to learn of their origin. Were you? I had never given much thought to where they had originated from geographically. I think I assumed they were originally from the region and not immigrants. I believe Paul would have known their heritage and would have had a mental impression of the type of people they were. As a speaker appealing on Jesus’s behalf, Paul would have used any information or knowledge he had to reach others for Jesus. Knowledge of their past would have given Paul insight into how to phrase his letter in order to appeal to their sensibilities in ways that would make the most impact.
As stated last week, the term Galatia/Galatians is general for that region. This letter from Paul would have been passed among several home churches and not sent to one church. The majority of the Galatian believers were predominantly Gentile and not Jewish. As was Paul’s usual custom, he first shared the message of Jesus among the Jews and then shared it with the Gentiles. (Acts 13:46-48) Paul’s plan was to reach everyone that he could for Jesus. When the message of Jesus was rejected, Paul moved on and offered it to a different place and group of people. Another important point to remember also is that Christianity during this stage was “more of a sect than an institutional church,.”
This letter was written during a time when the area “was feeling the effects of a significant food crisis, caused in part by a famine which resulted in a shortage of grain production in Egypt in the mid and late 40s. Famines were not uncommon, but food crises were even more common and in fact can be said to have been of a chronic nature in the mid first century A.D..” Another social issue that may have bearing on our study is the “state and status of Jews in Roman colonies in Asia Minor, especially in light of the expulsion of Jews and apparently Jewish Christians from Rome in A.D. 49.” A third social issue that perhaps impacts our reading of this epistle is the increasing popularity and growth of the Imperial cult throughout the first century. Inscriptional evidence reveals that “the ‘god’ Augustus and the goddess ‘Roma’ were worshipped in the Roman province of Galatia … as early as … the reign of Tiberius…. Partly the popularity of the Imperial cult … was due to the public banquets, lavish spectacles, and gymnastic competitions sponsored, but also partly due to the distribution of important commodities, such as oil, in a variety of places. The Romans were wise enough to make the Galatians themselves the high priests of this cult to ensure local interest and devotion to the cult…. The most dominant building in Pisidian Antioch when Paul will have visited it would have been the Temple of divine Augustus in the center of the city.”
Beyond the book of Acts, little else is known about Judaism in this Galatian province. Flavius Josephus, the first century Jewish historian, wrote in his work Antiquities of the Jews that “during the reign of the Seleucid ruler Antiochus III Jews were removed from Mesopotamia and Babylon to Phrygia and Lydia in order to help pacify the area and help insure a stable, normal hard-working populous in the region.” Other inscriptional evidence exists but adds little to our study.
The Apostle Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians in the midst of this social unrest and struggle. He wrote to address the discord that this community of faith was experiencing amongst themselves. Some people in the church were causing unrest, confusion, dissension, and doubt. They believed they were in the right. Paul stood in opposition to their beliefs. If they had succeeded, Christianity might have been only a sect amidst the Jewish faith. We will learn more in the coming weeks about those who were wreaking havoc amongst their fellow followers of Jesus Christ.

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Maps are incredibly powerful instruments. In addition to conveying geographical information, maps, ab aeterno, manifest political, philosophical, actual and imagined snapshots of time. And nowhere on Earth is the meaning of maps more powerful and more controversial than in the Middle East, particularly when it comes to Israel and its Arab neighbors.
A very public controversy with regard to a map of Israel erupted last month in London. The Israeli Ministry of Tourism placed an advertisement throughout the London Underground showing a map of Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights in the same yellow color, giving the impression that Israel's vast geography did not include occupied Palestinian territory. Obviously misrepresentative, because a British tourist cannot sunbath on the pristine beaches of Gaza or shop the markets of Ramallah, all the while traveling from Eilat to Tel Aviv to Jerusalem to Haifa. After mass protests, the Israeli Ministry removed the posters, calling them a "professional mistake." However, Ministry officials most likely see the incident as a market miscalculation rather than an issue related to the borders of their country.
A similar incident occurred when I was traveling through Israel a few months ago. I noticed that my travel map, published by Hertz, all but erased the existence of the occupied Palestinian territory. After my short blog-piece on Huffington Post, Hertz management went through an internal process to adjust its map. Hertz, a U.S. based company, made the decision that its travel maps should represent as accurately as possible the geography of the state(s) in which it does business, and ignoring international legal realities of occupation was clearly not acceptable. Having been privy to the subsequent drafts, it was fascinating to see how Hertz's Israeli cartographer struggled to identify Palestinian areas, settlements roads, the Green Line that divides Israel proper from the occupied West Bank, the armistice line with Syria, and other important foundations for the yet to be agreed upon borders of the State of Israel. In the end, Hertz is now publishing a map that identifies all of the above.
Both these incidents are outgrowths of the most controversial cartographic event in the past century: the partition of Palestine and the establishment of the state of Israel. For 60 years, Israel and her neighbors have been at war. For 40 years, the Palestinians have lived under occupation without self-determination and dignity, and without a map that gives them a state on their own. As President Obama prepares to seek a revival of the Middle East peace process, he should therefore turn his attention primarily to the map. With the Green Line as his guide, Obama can redraw the reality of the map of the Middle East -- wisely and accurately. Borders are important. We tend to forget that Israel has no permanent borders except those with Egypt and with Jordan -- and those came as the result of peace treaties that enshrined and legitimized the map of the Middle East that shows Israel.
Israel should thus publicly commit to permanent borders -- and then take necessary action, such as freezing all settlement activity, including natural growth (as called for by the Road Map), and launch permanent status negotiations with the Palestinians. In parallel, and in line with the Arab Peace Initiative launched in 2002, the Arab States and members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference should revise their own maps to represent Israel adequately -- thus implying the recognition they have committed to bestow on Israel in exchange for decisive steps towards the two-state solution.
In recent months, Israel has downplayed the necessity to make peace with the Palestinians in deference to the concern over Iran's nuclear ambitions. With the ubiquitous statement by Iranian President Ahmadenijad in his desire to "wipe Israel off the map," the urgency is understandable. This, however, is a mistake. What better tool to combat the influence of Iran than to change the map. Imagine, Israeli daily newspapers including Palestine on its weather maps, or geography text books in Damascus referring to Israel as a legitimate state amongst its neighbors, finally recognizing the notion of two states, two peoples.
These are not mere cosmetic adjustments. The fraught political realities on the ground that are captured in the mapmaking process lie at the very heart of the problem. Combined, these (cartographic) steps would allow for a re-drawing of the political realities of the Middle East and set the stage for a comprehensive and lasting peace that would not only accord the Palestinians their state, but also provide Israel with permanent borders and the recognition, security and stability it justly deserves. Until the map is redrawn to reflect a genuine two state solution, we can anticipate further clashes about how the map of the region is drawn.


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Kensett, Iowa – A Kensett man listed missing by the Worth County Sheriff’s Office Friday was found dead later that day.
Officials found Mark Waters, 44, dead around 5 p.m. Friday on 400th Street, east of Highway 65, just outside Kensett, Worth County Sheriff Dan Fank said yesterday.
No foul play is suspected.
Fank said Waters’ body was taken to Mercy Medical Center–North Iowa, where he believes an autopsy will be completed.
Waters had been missing since around midnight Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said Friday.


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Carcinoid Neuro Endocrine Tumor
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Is it a stomach or GI tumor?
Possibility of neuro endocrine tumor having anything to do with celiac or gluten intolerance (or for that matter, manyfood intolerances)?
It is possible, as the tumor is sometimes a result of damage to DNA after birth. http://www.cancer.or...rs-risk-factors
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It isn’t fun to keep addressing claims that policing in America is racist. But the left keeps peddling this lie, and Democratic presidential candidates have joined in, so I feel the need to keep countering it.
Fortunately, Heather Mac Donald does the heavy lifting. I just have to link to her articles and do a little summarizing.
Heather’s latest is called “Why ‘policing is racist’ is such a poisonous lie.” She informs us:
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesz demolishes the Democratic narrative regarding race and police shootings. It turns out that white officers are no more likely than black or Hispanic officers to shoot black civilians. It is a racial group’s rate of violent crime that determines police shootings, not the race of the officer. The more frequently officers encounter violent suspects from any given racial group, the greater the chance that members of that racial group will be shot by a police officer.
That’s a reality so obvious even a rational leftist should grasp it. Unfortunately, rational leftists are in short supply.
Once crime rates are taken into account, the study cited above shows that if there is any bias in police shootings, it is against white civilians. Certainly, there is no bias against blacks.
According to Heather, earlier studies have also disproved the claim of racial bias by white officers in police shooting. Yet, the Black Lives Matter lie to the contrary won’t die. Instead, it has gained support from the likes of Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and especially the God-awful Beto O’Rourke, who claims that police shoot blacks “solely based on the color of their skin.”
Actually, there is a growing problem in policing, but not the one BLM and the Democratic Party are asserting. The real problem is a lowering of the quality of police officers due to the left’s insistence that departments lower standards to achieve racial balance. Heather explains:
Departments [have] been deemphasizing written exams or eliminating requirements that recruits have a clean criminal record. . .The Baltimore Police Department changed its qualifying exam to such an extent that the director of legal instruction in the Baltimore Police Academy complained in 2018 that rookie officers were being let out onto the street with little understanding of the law.
[Joe] Biden’s plan would require police hiring to “mirror the racial diversity” of the community as a precondition of federal funding. This effort to increase minority representation won’t reduce racial disparities in shootings, concludes the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study, since white officers aren’t responsible for those disparities; black crime rates are.
Moreover, lowered hiring standards risk bad police work and corruption. A 2015 Justice Department study of the Philadelphia Police Department found that black officers were 67 percent more likely than white officers to mistakenly shoot an unarmed black suspect; Hispanic officers were 145 percent more likely than white officers to mistakenly shoot an unarmed black suspect. Whether lowered hiring standards are responsible for those disparities wasn’t addressed.
It seems likely that lower standards are responsible. The alternative explanation — that black and Hispanic officers with qualifications and test scores comparable to white officers are screwing up in disproportionate numbers — seems unlikely and possibly racist.
In any event, the “policing is racist” claim is poisonous, indeed. As Heather concludes:
It exacerbates anti-cop tensions in minority communities and makes cops less willing to engage in the proactive policing that can save lives. Last month, viral videos of pedestrians in Harlem, The Bronx and Brooklyn pouring water on passive NYPD officers showed that anti-police hostility in the inner city remains at dangerous levels.
The anti-cop narrative deflects attention away from the real criminal-justice problem, which is high rates of black-on-black victimization. Blacks die of homicide at eight times the rate of non-Hispanic whites, overwhelmingly killed not by cops, not by whites, but by other blacks.
Democratic candidates should get their facts straight and address that issue. Until they do, their talk of racial justice will ring hollow.