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Cassie's team finds themselves dealing with yet another active serial killer after a young college student is found murdered. Could it be tha4.5 stars
Cassie's team finds themselves dealing with yet another active serial killer after a young college student is found murdered. Could it be that this killer also has ties to their team? And who is the stern new agent and does she want to help the Naturals? Or end their program?
Appologies in advance, this is a sort of disjointed and unedited review of this book...
Rainbow Rowell is a dangerous author for me...I think I will haAppologies in advance, this is a sort of disjointed and unedited review of this book...
Rainbow Rowell is a dangerous author for me...I think I will have to assume that her books will make me stay up most of the night reading, no matter what time I'm supposed to get up the next morning!
So, I am always a bit leery of the realistic fiction, it hits too close to home sometimes, or I just feel too much empathy for the characters. In many ways it just isn't relaxing for me to read, I worry about the people in the book, I fret over how they will resolve their problems or if they will resolve their problems. I cringe when the characters get into awkward situations. I feel myself blushing and having my stomach drop. In short, I read realistic fiction with my hand ready to cover my eyes, with my shoulders hunched protectively, with one foot ready to run. However, Rainbow Rowell has taken care of me twice now, so I feel like she's trustworthy with these stories. The problems she brings up are fully formed and realized but, happily, never tip over into the realm of melodrama. She may give her characters challenges but she doesn't torture them, which I (and I'm sure they) appreciate.
Cath and Wren are identical twins heading off to college. After 18 years of living out of each other's back pockets Wren has started to pull away. She doesn't want to be roommates, she's changed her appearance and seems, in general, to want to differentiate herself from Cath in all ways, including leaving behind their fannish life in the world of the Wizard Simon and the Vampire Baz...two characters in a book series that they wrote fanfic for. Cath, though, is not ready to change. She finds herself suddenly adrift and alone. Slowly Cath finds herself making unsteady friendships and falling into a comfortable routine. But, she soon finds herself worrying, about her father's ability to cope, about her sister's new habits, about her feelings for her roommates boyfriend and the return of her mother who left when she and her sister were 8. Does Cath have to give up everything she loved to move forward? Does she want to try and keep things from changing? Or can she find a blend of the old and the new...
Sophronia is back at it with her friends at Miss Geraldines! This time the school has visitors from St. Bunson's, the boys school for evil geniuses, aSophronia is back at it with her friends at Miss Geraldines! This time the school has visitors from St. Bunson's, the boys school for evil geniuses, aboard and they're all off on an adventure to London! But, who is trying to kidnap Dimity and why are all of Sophronia's friends suddenly shunning her? With the always charming Soap and a new young man in her life Sophronia can hardly keep up with all the plots and games going on around her...
Fabulous follow up to the first book!!! Our favorite supernatural friend Captain Niall is back and an appearance (hopefully the first of many) of the always outrageous Lord Akeldama makes this series a wonderful companion to the Parasol Protectorate. Carriger writes her women with intelligence and fun and this series makes me all the more excited to read Prudence's books.
a fun thriller about a small town librarian who decides to shake up her life which brings a new man into her world. then she inadvertently stumbles aca fun thriller about a small town librarian who decides to shake up her life which brings a new man into her world. then she inadvertently stumbles across a murder.
astrid jones doesn't feel like she needs her love, so she gives it away to the passengers on the planes that fly over her house. she gives her love awastrid jones doesn't feel like she needs her love, so she gives it away to the passengers on the planes that fly over her house. she gives her love away to the unknown people so it can't be controlled, by her mother, her best friends and their secrets or even by her own secrets. but astrid is getting tired of keeping everything inside and one night of fun suddenly brings everything out into the light. with some help from her newfound friend socrates, astrid starts to question all the rules that made her feel like she had to hide who she is.
i really liked astrid, i did get frustrated with her at times but i got frustrated with almost all of the characters in this book at one point or another. there were certain things that occured that i wanted to be dealt with a bit more head on, but in the end i found this book really satisfying.
these are the sorts of books that i end up really enjoying but while i'm in the middle of them they make me SUPER stressed out. more stressed than fantasy adventures or science fiction apocalyptic futures. i can't explain why this is but i think it's because they're real problems and so the consequences even though it's just a story feel more imminent.
In the final book of the Divergent trilogy Veronica Roth lives up to the dauntless mantra "be brave".
In this volume Tris, Four and a group of their fIn the final book of the Divergent trilogy Veronica Roth lives up to the dauntless mantra "be brave".
In this volume Tris, Four and a group of their friends manage to leave Chicago with the help of a new group, the Allegiant, who have formed in response to the destruction of the faction systems. They hope to see what is outside the city. What they find sheds light on what has been going on in their city but it also causes them to question their entire world view. We see the group and especially Tris and Four really begin to think about what their divergent status (or lack thereof) means to them and to the way they view eachother. Meanwhile, they discover that both in the outside world and within the city there are revolutions brewing that have the potential to destroy the entire structure not only of the city but also of the areas outside the city.
I found some parts of this a bit heavy handed but overall it was a really excellent wrap up to the series and Roth made some extremely bold decisions about her characters that were a bit devastating but also completely necessary for the story. So even though it broke my heart a little, I really respect her. I appreciate that she really made sure that her characters were thoughtful about their actions and about the way they interacted with each other. ...more
Delicious ending to a wonderful series. I was so sorry to leave Deryn and Alec behind. They were smart, brave and so interesting. I really loved the mDelicious ending to a wonderful series. I was so sorry to leave Deryn and Alec behind. They were smart, brave and so interesting. I really loved the mixture of fantasy and actual history Westerfeld mixed together in these books. Alan Cumming was perfect as the reader of the audiobooks and I found that as desperate as I was to hear what would happen next, I was also putting off listening at times so that it wouldn't be over.
I like endings that leave me with a sense, not that the story has ended completely but rather that we're at a pause in the character's lives. A place where they are able to stop and just be for a moment before heading off onto more adventures. That's what Westerfeld managed to do. The final scenes made me gasp, and laugh and ultimately put me in such a wonderful mood that i cannot recommend this series highly enough!!! Go! Read it...or listen to it!!!
This book took me longer to read than usual (which might just be because a LOT of books are taking me longer to read than usual this year or it mightThis book took me longer to read than usual (which might just be because a LOT of books are taking me longer to read than usual this year or it might be beacause there was a lot of detail and the pace was a little slower) but I really enjoyed it there was a lot of world building and I liked the characters very much.
Diana is a witch who long ago decided that she did not want to use her powers and so has become a historian studying alchemy. Her life is disrupted when she accidentally calls up an enchanted manuscript at the Bodlean library, from the moment she lays her hands on it she is being hunted by Vampires, Daemons and even her fellow Witches. When she begins to work with a vampire to discover the secrets of the manuscript the danger ratchets up even higher. What is hidden in Ashmole 782 and why are people willing to kill for the information?
Overall it was very enjoyable and I'm going to read the sequel to it. I felt that the history, mystery and romance were well balanced and I am excited to keep reading about these characters....more
Another fun and laughter inducing romp from Shelly Laurenston. Toni is pretty sure her only talent is being able to wrangle the 10 hyper active geniusAnother fun and laughter inducing romp from Shelly Laurenston. Toni is pretty sure her only talent is being able to wrangle the 10 hyper active geniuses that are her siblings, but Jackels lookout for their family so it doesn't bother her *too* much. But occasionally she'd like a little more out of life than babysitting. Then she meets Ricky, a wolf who thinks she's the extraordinary one, she gets a new job and suddenly there's a lot less wrangling and a lot more flirting and adventure in her life. But lookout when someone takes a dangerous interest in her family. Can she juggle all of it? With the help of her slightly crazy best friend Livy, a shifter that no one can quite figure out, and a bunch of new body guards and an OCD bearcat she's got a good shot!...more
When Katy moves into a new town she finds that she's moved next door to a potential new friend, Dee is great and her brother, Daemon, is very cute...iWhen Katy moves into a new town she finds that she's moved next door to a potential new friend, Dee is great and her brother, Daemon, is very cute...if only he wasn't such a total jerk. Daemon doesn't want Katy and Dee to be friends. But, when strange things start happening around them Katy starts to wonder if there's something deeper going on. When she finds out the truth and realizes that she is going to have to stay close to Daemon for all their safety she's not even sure if she can handle that. Especially since, even though they're constantly sparring, they're also, maybe, flirting just a bit too... ...more
Set in the near future this murder mystery is the first in the "In Death" series by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). Eve Dallas is a New York City cop who enSet in the near future this murder mystery is the first in the "In Death" series by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts). Eve Dallas is a New York City cop who ends up being in charge of a case involving the murder of a prominent Senator's granddaughter. As she uncovers more clues she eventually finds herself involved with one of the prime suspects, a multibillionaire, Roarke.
I listened to the audio and really enjoyed the reader. She did a good job with the different voices and accents.
I'll be working my way through these books (all 40 of them) slowly but surely. ...more

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VTA light rail station
Entrance to station seen from across East Evelyn Avenue, September 16, 2012
|Address||Evelyn Avenue at Pioneer Way
Mountain View, California
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The station platform is on the single-track section east of the Downtown Mountain View light rail station.
Platforms and tracks
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Part of SCVTA's Light Rail Efficiency Project plan is to add a second track between Mountain View Station and Whisman Station. To avoid having to narrow Central Expressway and Evelyn Avenue to accomplish this, the closure and removal of Evelyn station has been proposed. The station is, according to SCVTA, the second least-utilized station on the Light Rail system. The station can currently only be accessed via a pedestrian tunnel on Evelyn Avenue. The park and ride lot across the street from the station is planned to remain open.
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On Thursday 21 June, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a side event at the 38th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, in cooperation with Amnesty International, the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights (ESOHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights, AlQst, the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), and Mwatana Organization for Human Rights. The panel was moderated by ADHRB’s Advocacy Associate Tyler Pry, and featured Bonyan Jamal from Mwatana, Dana Ahmed from Amnesty International, Zena Tahir from ESOHR, and Jeremie Smith from the Cairo Institute as panelists. Over the course of their remarks, the panelists addressed human rights abuses perpetuated by Saudi Arabia both domestically as well as regionally, highlighting the arrest of peaceful Saudi activists and deployment of executions as a political tool, in addition to rights abuses in Yemen by all sides to the conflict and what the international community can do to end the conflict.
Mr. Pry opened the panel, raising Saudi Arabia’s domestic and regional human rights violations. He highlighted in particular the recent arrests of women’s rights defenders ahead of the lifting of the ban on women driving, and capital punishment. He also described the role of the Saudi-led coalition in the war in Yemen, noting the coalition’s attack on Hodeidah and the disastrous effects this will have on Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and the potential for further suffering on a catastrophic level, because attacking the port that imports 80 percent of Yemen’s necessary goods will have a ripple effect against civilians. Mr. Pry stated that the attack on Hodeidah is symbolic of Saudi Arabia’s approach to the war in Yemen, and approach characterized by attacks on civilian areas, the disruption of humanitarian and medical aid, and the disregard for the lives of non-combatants. Mr. Pry stated that neither side of the conflict is blameless, but that there is no excuse for violations of international humanitarian law, nor can there be a justification for the use of famine as a weapon. He concluded his opening remarks by noting that one of the questions the panel will discuss is the role the Human Rights Council can play in addressing these violations.
Dana Ahmed began the conversation with a discussion of abuses that Saudi Arabia commits against its own citizens. She raised the upcoming lift of the ban on women driving and emphasized that the credit for this historic moment belongs to the human rights defenders and activists who are currently being detained. These women campaigned for both the right of women to drive, as well as the end of the male guardianship system. Thus, their arrests at this time of nominal reform represents one step forward, two steps back for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. In this vein, she highlighted the cases of three women human rights defenders who have been detained without charge since May 2018, who have been interrogated without the presence of their lawyers, been prevented from access to their families, and been accused of being traitors to their country in a vicious smear campaign in the media. With all of these charges against them, these women are at risk of being sentenced to 20 years or more in prison. Ms. Ahmed noted the attempts by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman to present himself as a reformist, but stated that genuine reforms cannot occur when the government silences the people who advocate for these changes.
Ms. Ahmed also highlighted the recent negative political and legal reforms, including the redistribution from power away from the Ministry of Interior to the Presidency of State Security, and the use of the 2017 Counterterror law to convict activists. She noted in particular the recent report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, which states that under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, this is the most ruthless crackdown on dissent that the country has faced in decades, with no space for civil society and the freedoms of expression, association, and assembly. She concluded that genuine reform must begin with release of political prisoners, and that the international community must speak out at the Human Rights Council and other fora to support the human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia.
Ms. Tahir began her remarks by noting that this conversation would be impossible inside Saudi Arabia due to the crackdown on civil society and dissent. Her comments focused on the use of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. She noted that Saudi Arabia is one of the countries with the highest uses of the death penalty in the world. In 2015 the kingdom executed 157 people. In 2016 the kingdom executed 154 people., and in 2017, Saudi Arabia executed 146 individuals. After noting these statistics, she echoed the language of the Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism, stating that Saudi Arabia is “wedded to a cult of execution.”
Ms. Tahir also pointed out the trend of politically motivated death sentences that have been carried out since the Arab Spring in 2011 as well as the subsequent crackdown in the Eastern Province. In describing the clampdown on the Eastern Province and executions of dissidents there, she highlighted the role played by the Specialized Criminal Court, the kingdom’s counter-terror court system that was originally intended to try terrorists, but is now being used to try dissidents and activists. Here she raised ESOHR’s work, noting how the organization has documented a number of cases in which procedural safeguards like fair trials were not observed and defendants suffered from the lack of access to legal counsel and the lack of an independent judiciary. She noted the increase in the executions in 2016, and raised Sheikh Nimr-al-Nimr’s case and the cases of three other peaceful protestors, including one minor. Then, a year later, in 2017, Saudi Arabia executed four protestors on political crimes. In addition to these cases, the kingdom has carried out mass trials where the defendants were sentenced to death, including a trial of 14 men sentenced to death on bogus terror charges stemming from their activism in Awamiyah in 2016. Among the men is Munir al-Adam, who was tortured so severely that he permanently lost hearing in one ear. Then in 2017, a further 12 men were sentenced to death for allegedly spying for Iran. Ms. Tahir noted that despite the international absolute prohibition on death penalty for minors, there are currently eight minors on death row, with one minor previously executed. Ms. Tahir closed her remarks by stating that the Saudi government uses state media to further their arms, and also uses the Human Rights Council to misrepresent the situation in the country, and validate their claims of anti-terrorism.
Ms. Jamal followed Ms. Tahir and talked about the situation of human rights in Yemen. She began by providing some background on Mwatana and the work that they do in Yemen’s 18 provinces documenting human rights violations committed by all parties to the conflict. Their activities include advocacy, lobbying, and legal support in seven governorates. In Europe, the organization focuses their efforts on legal challenges to major arms deals in which European companies manufacture and sell weapons to both sides of the conflict. Ms. Jamal then discussed Mwatana’s 2017 Annual Report, laying out comprehensive rights violations by all sides. She focused in particular on the use of starvation as a war tactic; attacks on the civilian population; indiscriminate ground attacks on civilians including the use of land mines; enforced disappearances; torture; arbitrary detention; violations against religious minority populations; violations against journalists; recruitment of child soldiers; attacks on hospitals; attacks on schools; drone attacks; and a December 2017 clash between Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition which resulted in multiple rights violations.
In her discussion of rights violations, Ms. Jamal gave out several specific figures, highlighting that Mwatana reported 26 incidents of denying access to humanitarian aid during 2017, and 89 attacks on civilian population by the Saudi/UAE coalition forces, in which 357 civilians were killed. Ms. Jamal noted that the coalition forces targeted houses, markets, schools, farms, and fishing boats. Mwatana reported torture perpetrated by both Houthi and Saudi forces, resulting in 17 deaths in 2017 alone. They also reported 18 attacks on hospitals and the recruitment of 879 child soldiers. Ms. Jamal closed her remarks by advocating for peaceful dialogues to reach peaceful resolution, and noted that all parties to the conflict have committed these violations, and should all be held accountable for these violations.
In his remarks, Mr. Smith stressed the significance of an international investigation with respect to the situation in Yemen. He highlighted how unlawful behavior on the part of certain actors is creating the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with the lives of nearly 22 million people threatened on account of the political interest of a handful. While countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and France continue to oppose investigations into the use of weapon contracts, the principled stand taken by Canada, the Netherlands, and a small group of other states resulted in the passage of a resolution in the Human Rights Council last year to establish a group of experts to investigate these unlawful acts in Yemen. This was recognized as a crucial mechanism serving to ensure the practice of international humanitarian law in relation to the Yemeni conflict. This resolution will be up for extension in the Council again in September 2018, and Mr. Smith highlighted Saudi efforts to prevent this from occurring, including through economic threats. He emphasized the need of civil society organizations and States to ensure that this coercion will not affect the outcome of the Council – “It is up to us to remain committed and pay attention.”
The question and answer session first looked at issues of increased involvement of the international community with respect to the conflict situation in Yemen, the supply of weapons, engagement in peaceful dialogue for ending the conflict and increasing accountability, as moves towards ensuring an end to the conflict. It was highlighted that in addition to a serious dialogue between all Yemeni parties, a conditioning and control of the weapon supply, by both the armed forces and the government, needs to be a primary focus. It was also noted that the nature of the Yemeni conflict is one which is leading to the ‘de-development’ of the country, and this instability is bound to affect Saudi Arabia. With respect to accountability and the role of international community, it was pointed out that a principled stand by just a few countries, as has been demonstrated previously by Germany, Belgium, etc., can make a significant difference in the lives of those directly affected by the conflict. A question on the nature of reforms being introduced by the Crown Prince was also raised, and it was stressed that all reforms need to start with a respect for human rights. The current reforms were described as being superficial in nature aimed at portraying a positive image to the international community while the situation on the ground remains the same with people still disallowed from expressing their opinion and denied their rights.

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New Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure(AMI) Sub- Scheme Of Integrated Scheme For Agricultural Marketing (ISAM)
- The Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI) sub-scheme of ISAM is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, since 2001.
- The AMI sub-scheme of ISAM is applicable for new credit linked projects, where term loan has been sanctioned by eligible financial institutions from 22.10.2018 onwards. NABARD is the channelizing agency for release of subsidy @ 25% to 33.33% of the capital cost for institutions eligible for refinance by NABARD or any other FI such as State Financial Corporations (SFCs) approved by DAC&FW.
- The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India, have approved the continuation of AMI sub-scheme of ISAM up to 30 September 2022.
Agriclinic and Agribusiness Centres Scheme
The ACABC scheme is being implemented by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, with NABARD acting as subsidy channelising agency.
The objectives of the scheme are –
- To supplement efforts of public extension by providing extension and other services to farmers either on payment basis or free of cost as per business model of agri-preneur, local needs and affordability of target group of farmers
- To support agricultural development
- To create gainful self-employment opportunities to unemployed agricultural graduates, agricultural diploma holders, intermediate in agriculture and biological science graduates with PG in agri-related courses.
Agri-Clinics are envisaged to provide expert advice and services to farmers on various aspects to enhance productivity of crops/animals and increase the incomes of farmers.Its launch year is 2001. Agri-Clinics provide support in the following areas:
- Soil health
- Cropping practices
- Plant protection
- Crop insurance
- Post-harvest technology Clinical services for animals, feed and fodder management Prices of various crops in the market, etc.
Agri-Business Centres are commercial units of agri-ventures established by trained agriculture professionals. These ventures may include maintenance and custom hiring of farm equipment, sale of inputs and other services in agriculture and allied areas, including post-harvest management and market linkages for income generation and entrepreneurship development.
The scheme covers full financial support for training and handholding, provision of loan and credit-linked back-end composite subsidy.
List of Beneficiaries
- Graduates in agriculture and allied subjects from State Agriculture Universities (SAUs)/Central Agricultural Universities/Universities recognised by ICAR/UGC.
- Diploma (with at least 50% marks)/Post Graduate Diploma holders in Agriculture and allied subjects from State Agricultural Universities, State Agriculture and Allied Departments and State Department of Technical Education.
- Biological Science Graduates with Post Graduation in Agriculture & allied subjects
- Agriculture related courses at Intermediate (i.e. plus two) level, with at least 55% marks
National Livestock Mission
National Livestock Mission is an initiative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. The mission, which commenced from 2014-15, has the objective of sustainable development of the livestock sector.
NABARD is the subsidy channelising agency for following schemes, under Entrepreneurship Development & Employment Generation (EDEG) component of National Livestock Mission.
- Poultry Venture Capital Fund (PVCF)
- Integrated Development of Small Ruminants and Rabbit (IDSRR)
- Pig Development (PD)
- Salvaging and Rearing of Male Buffalo Calves (SRMBC)
- Effective Animal Waste Management
- Construction of Storage Facility for Feed and Fodder
List of Beneficiaries
- Farmers, individual entrepreneurs
- Groups of organized and unorganized sector which include Self- Help Groups (SHGs) and Joint Liability Groups (JLGs)
Eligible financial institutions
- Commercial Banks
- Regional Rural Banks
- State Cooperative Banks
- State Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Banks
- Other institutions eligible for refinance from NABARD
Interest Subvention Scheme
The Honourable Finance Minister in his budget speech (para 49) for 2006-07 announced that the Government had decided to ensure that farmers receive short term credit at 7% with an upper limit of Rs. 3.00 lakh on the principal amount. The policy came into force with effect from Kharif 2006-07. The amount of subvention was to be calculated on the amount of crop loan from the date of disbursement up to the actual date of repayment of the crop loan by the farmer or up to the due date of the loan fixed by the banks, whichever is earlier, subject to a maximum period of one year.
In pursuance of this announcement, the Government of India provided interest subvention of 2% to Public Sector Banks, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and Co-operative Banks in respect of short-term production credit up to Rs. 3 lakh provided to farmers out of their own resources, provided that they make available short-term credit @ 7% p.a. at ground level. Private Sector Banks (in respect of loans given by their rural and semi urban branches) are also covered under the scheme from the year 2013-14 with similar terms and conditions.
Incentive to farmers on prompt repayments
Since the year 2009-10, the Government of India introduced additional subvention of 1% to farmers as an incentive for repaying the loans promptly i.e. on or before the due date or the date fixed by the bank, subject to a maximum period of one year. It has been increased to 2% for 2010-11 and 3% from 2011-12.
Relief to farmers
To provide relief to farmers affected by natural calamities, Interest Subvention of 2% has been made available to banks for the first year on restructured amount of crop loans. Such restructured loans will attract normal rate of interest from the second year onwards as per the policy laid down by the RBI.
Interest Subvention to Small and Marginal Farmers against Negotiable Warehouse Receipts
In order to discourage distress sale of produce by farmers and to encourage them to store their produce in warehouses against warehouse receipts, GoI had introduced a scheme in 2011-12 for extending concessional loans to the farmers against negotiable warehouse receipts.
The benefit of 2% interest subvention will be available to banks on their own funds involved for extending credit support up to Rs 3 lakh at 7% interest per annum to Small and Marginal farmers (SF/MF) having Kisan Credit Card for a further period of up to six months post the harvest of the crop against Negotiable Warehouse Receipts issued on the produce stored in warehouses accredited with Warehousing Development Regulatory Authority.
SF/MF, who have not availed crop loans through banking system, would not be eligible.
Interest subvention on working capital to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
The GoI has extended the Interest subvention Scheme on KCC issued to crop loan farmers to the KCC issued to Animal Husbandry and Fisheries farmers from 2018-19. Interest subvention of 2% to banks and 3% to farmers towards Prompt Repayment incentive is extended on short-term loans up to Rs2 lakh to animal husbandry and fisheries farmers apart from the existing KCC for crop loans, provided the loans are extended by banks @7% per annum. In case of farmers possessing KCC for raising crops and involved in activities related to Animal Husbandry and/ or Fisheries, the Interest Subvention on short-term loan is available on an overall limit of Rs.3 lakh per annum.
The Govt of India has issued instruction that Interest Subvention to Banks and Prompt Repayment Incentive to farmers will be available only against KCCs from 1 April, 2020.
|Current Affairs April 2022|

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Since 2016, my clinical work has focused on a variety of presenting concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use, PTSD, childhood abuse, grief/loss and personality disorders. I have worked with a variety of chronic pain and illness conditions including PCOS, mast cell disorders, MS, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, fibromyalgia, arthritis, immune deficiencies and many more. I believe that psychotherapy can be a way to gain a better understanding of oneself and provide an individual with insight into their own life. Having awareness surrounding one’s thoughts and feelings can lead to a more fulfilling and mindful existence. I believe that the therapeutic relationship formed with my clients can be in and of itself a healing experience and really a branching off point towards the road of self-discovery. The therapy room is truly a safe space to explore who you are and who you want to become.
As an integrative and collaborative therapist, I am passionate about weaving a creative, holistic, and trauma-informed approach into my work with you. As a former athlete and first responder, I understand the connection between mind and body, tuning into both the emotional and physical sensations you may be experiencing using mindfulness techniques. I believe the process of therapy is a radical act of self-compassion to be celebrated. My desire is to empower you in actualizing your true authenticity and developing skills to improve relationships with others and most importantly the relationship with yourself. Therapy can be an enlightening and amazing journey and can bring up a lot of pain while the healing happens. Through these harder sessions I will be walking alongside you in your experience.
Throughout life, we experience a number of hurdles and challenges that are sometimes difficult to tackle alone. This can leave us feeling stuck and unsure of how to get around them. As your therapist and co-traveler, I will strive to meet you where you’re at and provide guidance to discover the hidden possibilities for growth and transformation within the problems you encounter. I work with individuals to help provide objective insight, improve confidence and self-worth, and to empower you to feel a greater sense of peace, self-acceptance, and improved relational connections. I specialize in depression, anxiety, and trauma, and I provide support for people going through significant life changes. I believe that offering a combination of compassion and truth are the keys to healing. Considering each of your uniqueness, I make an effort to respect and learn about your individual needs and tailor my treatment modalities to you: your values, your concerns, and what is most effective for your healing and growth.

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – Julian Simmons’ three-pointer with 1:51 left capped a 10-1 run that brought Army (5-7) back from a six-point, and the Black Knights hung on for a 67-64 win over Dartmouth (3-9) on Wednesday afternoon at Christl Arena. The Black Knights led by as many as 11 in the second half.
Army has won two straight, its first back-to-back wins since January of last season.
Army led 43-32 with 13:51 to go, but Dartmouth scored the next nine points to trim the deficit to just two points. The Black Knights were able to stretch their lead back to five, but again the Big Green had an answer, scoring 17 of the next 23 points to claim a 58-52 lead with 4:30 to go.
Simmons started Army’s comeback with his first three-pointer to cut the lead in half, and junior F Ella Ellis brought the Black Knights within one at 58-57 with a pair of free throws with just less than three minutes to go. Dartmouth made one of two free throws to take a two-point lead, but Ellis tied the game at 59-59 with 2:18 to go. After a Big Green miss, Simmons buried his second three-pointer to put Army on top 62-59, a lead it would not relinquish. The Black Knights made five of their six foul shots, three by Pancoe and two by Simmons, in the final 37 seconds to ice the win. Simmons drained a pair with eight seconds to go that set the final three-point margin.
Dartmouth had one final chance, but Jabari Trotter’s three-point try drew iron as the buzzer sounded, sealing the Army victory.
Ellis and Pancoe each scored 20 points. It was Pancoe’s first career 20-point effort and the first time Army had two players score at least 20 in the same game since Ellis (22) and Jeremy Hence (26) did it against Bucknell in last year’s regular-season finale. Pancoe hit 7-of-9 shots, including a 3-for-4 day from the three-point line, grabbed four rebounds and handed out four assists while committing only one turnover in 30 minutes of work. It was Ellis’ fourth 20-point game of the season and his second straight 20-point outing.
Simmons rounded out Army’s top scorers with 13 points, including eight during Army’s comeback. Junior F Jordan Springer grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.
Dartmouth had five players in double figures led by R.J. Griffin’s 15 points. Griffin hit four of the Big Green’s 12 three-pointers. Jvonte Brooks had 13, while Trotter, John Golden and Mack McKearney each had 10. Gabas Maldunas led all players with nine rebounds.
Army rebounded from a 33.3 percent shooting effort in the first half to hit 41.2 percent of its shots for the game. The Black Knights held a distinct advantage at the foul line, hitting 17-of-21 attempts, while Dartmouth made just eight of their 17 free throw tries.
Pancoe and Ellis combined to shoot 66.7 percent (12-18) overall and 55.6 percent (5-9) from three-point range. The rest of the team was 9-for-33 (.273) overall and 3-for-11 (.273) from deep.
Both teams combined to miss their first five shots before Trotter started the scoring with a three-pointer to put the Big Green on top with 18:23 to go. Sophomore G Josh Herbeck answered with a three of his own to tie the score, but the Big Green regained the lead at 5-3 on a jumper in the lane by Brooks. Army scored the next five points to take its first lead of the game and extended their advantage to 11-7 on Pancoe’s second three-pointer of the half with 15:09 left in the opening period.
Army went cold from the field, missing its next six shots as Dartmouth scored the next 10 points to take a 17-11 lead with 10:59 left. A pair of free throws by Ellis stopped the run and started a 10-0 run by the Black Knights that pushed them back in front by four at 21-17 with 8:04 to go. Pancoe scored five during the spurt and Simmons added an old-fashioned three-point play.
Dartmouth answered with five straight points to go back on top at 22-21 with 4:34 left in the half. Ellis drilled his first triple of the half to put Army back in front. Griffin hit his second straight three to swing the lead back to the Big Green and start a 6-0 run that made the score 28-24 with 6.3 seconds left. Army missed both its field goal tries and turned the ball over three times during the run. Dartmouth missed the second of a two-shot foul, and Simmons was able to secure the rebound. He handed off to Pancoe who raced up the floor and hit a pull-up jumper as time expired to send the Black Knights into the locker room down just two points, 28-26.
Pancoe led all players with 13 points in the first half, including three three-pointers. Trotter and Griffin led the Big Green with seven points each.
Army was 5-for-11 (.455) from three-point range in the first half, but made only four of its 16 (.250) shot attempts from inside the three-point line. Pancoe was 5-for-5 from the field in the first half, while the rest of the team was 4-for-22 (.182).
Griffin scored the first basket of the second half to put the Big Green on top by four, but Army reeled off a 15-2 run, including six by Ellis, to take a 43-32 lead with 13:51 left. Springer capped the run with a three-point play after an emphatic dunk.
David Rufful started the Big Green comeback with a three-pointer from the corner. Dartmouth scored nine points on three-straight possessions. A pair of three-pointers as the shot clock expired also aided the Big Green effort.
Wednesday’s game marked the eighth time in the last 18 meetings between the two teams that the margin of victory has been three points or less.
Army takes a week-long break for the holidays before traveling to Clinton, S.C. to take on Presbyterian on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. The Black Knights lost their only other road game versus the Blue Hose, a 53-32 defeat on Jan. 8, 2008.
Game Notes: Jason Pancoe scored in double figures for the first time this season … Josh Herbeck has made at least one three-pointer in every game this season … Dartmouth was also involved in Army’s last set of back-to-back wins. Army defeated the Big Green in last season’s non-conference finale before defeating Colgate to start the Patriot League season … Pancoe now boasts a 23-6 assist-to-turnover ratio (3.8) … Ella Ellis moved passed Cleveland Richard into 13th place on Army’s all-time three-pointer list (84) … Six of Dartmouth’s nine losses have been by six points or less … Army is now 25-22 in their last 47 games decided by six points or less and/or in overtime … Army has seven wins in the last three seasons when trailing at halftime. The Black Knights had lost 16 such games in a row entering the 2009-10 season … Wednesday’s win was Zach Spiker’s 30th win at West Point.

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The arrival of fresh queer representation brings forth an opportunity to explore video games as an alternate means of escape from reality for those uninterested in books, movies, or TV series.
The video game industry has seen an increase in the number of games that explore LGBT+ themes and characters in recent years. Often referred to as queer games, these games enable players to immerse themselves in storylines and gameplay that depict the experiences and lives of queer individuals.
Queer video games may be traced back to the early days of gaming. Moonmist, a 1986 video game, featuring a same-sex relationship between two characters. However, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that LGBT+ video games gained popularity. Fahrenheit (previously known as Indigo Prophecy) was one of the first games to gain critical recognition for its representation of a lesbian relationship. In the game, the player controls a female character who falls in love with another female character. The game was praised for its complex depiction of the relationship and for treating it with the same care and attention that heterosexual partnerships are given in other games.

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In 1895 Beyer Peacock delivered a 2-6-0 to the Midland and South Western Railway for freight service. Built to the drawings of a class of locos supplied to the New South Wales Government Railway in Australia, it was so successful a second loco was delivered the next year.
The first loco, No.14 hauled freight until 1913. The second loco, No.17 lasted until the grouping in 1923. The GWR heavily rebuilt her with replacement GWR boiler, cab and tender. The rebuilt loco cannot be built from this kit!
The kit has etched brass body and tender with etched nickel silver chassis to build either loco. For No.14 some parts will need to be shortened on marked lines. Most fittings are in lost-wax brass or nickel silver. Sprung buffers are included. Motor, wheels, gearbox, paint and transfers are needed to complete and we can supply most items.
We can supply a 'stripped down' kit for Australian modellers of the Z25 class. Please email your interest.


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A number of ANU alumni are running Noted, a Canberra-based experimental and emerging writer’s festival. Set to run from 20-22 of March, Noted will be run in partnership with the You Are Here Festival – a showcase of the best of Canberra’s diverse independent and experimental arts and culture.
Part of the creative team behind this inaugural event are a number of alumni from the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. Farz Edraki (BA '13, LLB '13), Chiara Grassia (BA '12), Yasmin Masri (Bachelor of Design Arts '12), Ashley Thompson (BA '11), Zoya Patel (BA '11) form part of the brains trust of the festival.
As creative minds themselves, they designed Noted to provide a showcase and celebrate Canberra writers and performers, challenge existing models for writers’ festivals, foster a creative and inclusive space for ideas between artists and their audiences, and to create opportunities for local artists to explore experimental approaches to their work.
For more information, visit the Noted website.

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India takes on Australia in the 3rd ODI at Holkar Stadium, Indore tomorrow. The second ODI match played at iconic Eden Garden’s saw some exciting battle between two teams. Batting first, Virat Kohli and Rahane put up 102 runs stand for the second wicket. Apart from that none of Indian batsmen could contribute. Indian team was bowled out for 252 in 50 overs. The Indian captain scored 92 while Rahane made 55 runs.
While in the bowling department, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 2 early wickets which put pressure on the Australian batting line up and also ended the game with the wicket of Kane Richardson. Yuzvendra Chahal bowled with great control. Kuldeep Yadav was the star who took an hattrick which changed the course of the game in favor of India. Hardik Pandya also took important wickets of Steve Smith and Nathan Coulter Nile.
Australia bowled well with Nathan Coulter Nile, Pat Cummins and Kane Richardson bowling with great control. In the batting department, apart from Steve Smith, Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis who remained not out on 62, none of the Australian batsmen contributed. Australia was bowled out for 202 in 43.1 overs.
India will be looking to their top order to score big runs with Rohit Sharma and Rahane laying a foundation for a big total. Manish Pandey failed to contribute in the second match also. The Indian team management must think of bringing KL Rahul in place of Pandey. It was a great bowling effort by Indian spinners especially by Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav. Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya also bowled well which helped team India to win the match by 50 runs.
Australia has serious thinking to do with their batting lineup. The openers, David Warner and Cartwright. Aaron Finch who missed the first two games due to injury might come back into the team.
The experienced Steve Smith must score big runs in order to put pressure on the Indian bowlers. Glenn Maxwell, Travis Head and other inexperienced batsmen must tackle a good quality Indian line. Matthew Wade did contribute much with the bat in the first two matches. Peter Handscomb could come in as his replacement. Adam Zampa could be another choice for Australia.
According to Indore curator, Samandar Singh Chauhan the pitch will be a better and would help the wrist spinners. If Australia does not play with positive intent against Indian spinners, then India would win the series and also consolidate their number 1 position in ODI cricket.


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Integration of novel food ingredients from quinoa and chia in the development of more nutritious and healthy foods
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) and chia (Salvia hispanica), known today as “Ancient Grains”, have provided humanity with essential nutrients and energy for centuries. The grains have unique techno-functional, nutritional and health properties due to their high content in omega-3-rich oil, proteins of high biological value, high proportion of minerals, dietary fibre and bioactive compounds. The EFSA delivered its opinion in favor of the marketing of chia and inclusion in bakery products since 2009 in EU, later in 2013 its use was extended to more food and from 2014 the marketing its oil rich in omega-3 has been approved (perhaps the greatest vegetable source). Moreover, due to the high nutritional value of quinoa FAO considers this crop with great potential to contribute to global food security, and declared 2013 the “International Year of Quinoa”.
One way to gain greater acceptance in the Spanish or European diet is to develop convenience/processed food with the aforementioned products or their co-products. Despite the numerous beneficial properties of quinoa and chia, they have not been efficiently processed to extract individual components to date and they are available only in the form of whole or ground grain in a small number of products. Consequently, there is a need to develop a method to process the grains into individual components, which are of food grade and can easily be used as nutritional supplements and functional ingredients in a variety of food products. Therefore, ancient grains present an interesting alternative in Food Science and Technology that has hardly been explored.
The present project is based on these premises, and whose main objective is to integrate quinoa and chia in the diet. This will be done through their comprehensive use in innovative products that are healthy, safe, tasty, sustainable and socially acceptable. To achieve the main objective, a number of specific objectives are established, which broadly include the development and optimization of methods for processing the grains to obtain individual components, nutritional characterization of these as well as its antioxidant, healthy, techno-functional and technological feasibility for their incorporation into meat and cereals.
Furthermore, studies on in vitro and in vivo biological activity (bioaccessibility and bioavailbility of minerals and polyphenols, antioxidant capacity, glycaemic index and its potentially beneficial immunonutritional effects within the gut liver axis) will be addressed in the new developed foods to assess the applicability of chia and quinoa ingredients in the developing of new products more nutritious and healthy.
Dra. Claudia. Monika Haros

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Halloween Lollipop Bride of Frankenstein Craft
Today I was making a Halloween Lollipop Frankenstein Craft and realized my Frankenstein needed his Bride! So, with a few additional supplies, now we have Halloween Lollipops Bride of Frankenstein craft!
What You Need For Each Bride of Frankenstein
- One Lollipop (I used Tootie Pops)
- Halloween Colored Ribbon
- Once Large Circle Purple Tissue Paper
- One Small Circle Green Tissue Paper
- One Small Rubber band (I used Wonderloom Rubber Bands)
- Two Stick-on Googly Eyes
- Black or Red Marker
- Double Sided Sticky Tape
First, you will need to make to cut your circles. You will need one small green and one larger purple for each Halloween Lollipop Bride of Frankenstein Craft. I used the ribbon circle and a plastic bowl I had around the house.
Tip: To make this go super fast, cut all your shapes at the same time.
Next, lay the green circle down with the purple circles on top of it.
Then, wrap around the lollipop. Use a rubber band to hold in place.
Cut the Halloween colored ribbon to length to wrap around the rubber band.
Cut more ribbon to go up the sides of the purple tissue paper.
Add the stick on googly eyes and draw on a mouth. I used red however, you could use black if you like.
Make sure to make Halloween Lollipop Frankenstein Craft to have sets!

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Just over a decade on from the launch of Leng Records, the Simon Purnell/Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy-helmed label is set to release its’ 50th 12” single. Fittingly, it’s the first of a series of sampler EPs that form part of the imprint’s belated 10th anniversary celebrations.
Later in 2020, label fans will be treated to a celebratory compilation featuring a mixture of Leng classics, overlooked favourites and previously unheard material. Some of this music will also be released on a series of vinyl EPs, with this first volume focusing on unreleased material from long-time friends of the family Q&A and Lex.
Q&A is a collaboration between Phenomenal Handclap Band founding member,
Quinn Luke, and long-time friend and musical associate Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly of San Francisco dub disco/punk funk heroes Tussle. The pair worked together extensively at the tail end of the 2000s, but only ever released one single: 2009’s “Tumbling Cubes/Trap Door” on celebrated NYC label DFA.
The two tracks showcased on this Leng Records sampler were recorded during the same period as that celebrated single but are only now seeing the light of day. “Revolving Mirrors” is a typically low-slung and percussive affair that sees Luke and Georgopoulos wrap bubbly electronic melodies and glassy-eyed aural textures around a suitably weighty dub disco groove. In contrast, “Pulse” is a deliciously hypnotic, mind-altering affair: a bona-fide late night throb-job in which trippy electronic motifs, chiming melodies and crunchy Clavinet riffs vibrate attractively atop another killer punk-funk bassline and locked-in drums.


Customization will be the theme for MTA at Bauma this year, the company has announced.
Different dimensions and shapes for a wide variety of customer needs, with robustness and reliability to resist vibrations and high temperatures and high protection rating degrees, will be key features of the dashboards, displays and ECUs.
All of these products have been developed and manufactured to meet the requirements of vehicles demanding advanced environmental protection and, particularly, to satisfy the need of enhanced customization, which is more and more requested by OEMs.
For this purpose, MTA developed the configurable software tool MTA Studio that can be used to customize displays, dashboards and control units according to different needs.
Within the range, which counts six dashboards, four displays and two ECUs, is Leonardo, a 12.1in color TFT display that can simultaneously show several different parameters. The anti-reflection and anti-fingerprint multi-touchscreen assures perfect visibility even with intense direct light and responds when the operator wears gloves too.
Leonardo’s software can be customized using Android Studio, a software environment that enables customers to develop complex, refined graphics. In order to ensure user-friendly programming, MTA has developed a proprietary Android plug-in called Speedy Creator that makes available specific functions and graphics of the construction world, allowing quick and simple development of applications.
Leonardo, like the other customizable electronic products, is developed and manufactured in Italy, in MTA’s Rolo plant, a site featuring the latest technologies and accredited according to the most stringent and current regulations in the automotive sector.
MTA and its products will be on stand at Hall 2A, Stand 627 at Bauma 2019.
This article was supplied by MTA.it


SP5600EMU – Emulation Kit
Additional Gamma Radioactive Source
Purpose of the experiment
Recording and comparing the γ energy spectra of several radioactive sources is the main goal of the experiment. The photo-peaks are used to calibrate the response of the system and to measure the energy resolution.
Linearity and energy resolution are the main figures of merit of a spectrometric system. In the proposed experiment, based on a scintillating crystal coupled to a Silicon Photomultipliers, deviations in the linearity may be due to the sensor or the front-end electronics saturation. The student is guided through the analysis of the response curve using a series of isotopes up to the MeV energy by a 60Co source and to disentangle the different effects. At the same time, the energy resolution of the system is measured by the width of the photo-peaks and the results compared to what is expected by the fluctuations in the number of detected scintillation photons, the system noise, the sensor stochastic effects, the intrinsic resolution of the scintillator.This is following an initial activity on the optimization of the operating parameters by an analysis of the photo-peak position and the resolution for a single isotope.
Carrying out the experiment
To perform the experiment connect the DT4800 output to the input channel of the MCA DT5770 and use the DT4800 GP0 as digitizer “trigger IN”. The DT4800 Control Software Interface allows to emulate signals from a real energy spectrum linked to different radioactive sources with variable activity.
Block diagram of the experimental setup that makes use of the “Emulation Kit”
By fitting the photo-peaks with a Gaussian curve, the system linearity as a function of energy is verified. The peak widths is determining the energy resolution. At more advanced level, the interpretation of the results accounting for the system properties may be performed.
Energy dependance of the system resolution


Went to Kemty Falls. On reaching the spot one comes to know how a natural beauty can become disaster by humans. Full of trash of plastic, polybags, paper plates etc. on the hills. Water was damn dirty.
After this we started our journey to Tehri Dam via Dhanaulti Eco Park. Not much to see but still a place for picnic and a spot made for visitors.
On reaching Tehri Lake which is a beautiful wonder made by humans of which first phase completed in the year 2006. One can do water activities like boating, banana ride, motor boat etc. Enjoy 2hours doing all activities there and then take a stay near by.


The criminal flag-stealing ‘trend’ that isn't really happening
It's been widely reported that the "No Flagging Challenge" - in which Confederate flags are stolen - is spreading across the US. But in fact only a handful of videos showing such incidents have been posted online.
Criminal? Very likely. Foolish? Yes, indeed. Political? Most definitely. The latest "challenge" to supposedly go viral involves stealing the controversial Confederate battle flag off of homes or vehicles, videotaping the act and posting it online. It's been dubbed the "No Flagging Challenge" and social media and international news outlets were quick to pick up on the story.
Videos posted online seem to show African-Americans stealing the flag. "Vigilantes play DARE with the confederate flag," one newspaper headline declared, while another called the stunt "quick, direct, illegal, and likely to provoke rage."
On social media, these reports led to fears of increased potential for violence in a region where nearly two-fifths of adults own guns - shared under a hashtag, #NoFlaggingChallenge, on Twitter:
It all added a new twist to an already racially charged debate over the Confederate flag, which was thrust into the national spotlight by the mass murder at a South Carolina church. Pictures emerged of the man charged with the killings posing with the flag, which many African-Americans believe is a symbol of America's history of slavery. Many white Americans, on the other hand, consider the flag part of southern US heritage and a tribute to military veterans. Last month a woman scaled a flagpole outside the South Carolina state house to remove the flag, and lawmakers in the state later voted to remove it permanently. (Here's more about the flag controversy which rages across the region.)
Given the charged atmosphere, it's not surprising that there was widespread concern that the "No Flagging Challenge" was spreading. But in fact those fears seem misplaced - and the trend appears not to be spreading at all.
So far, only one "No Flagging Challenge" video has gone hugely viral. It was posted to Facebook and has been watched 5 million times. The footage shows a young black man jumping out of a car, running up to a house where a Confederate flag is flying outside, ripping the flag down and running back to the car. Police in Manattee County in Florida say they're investigating the incident, and the man's identity is not known.
But beyond that, there's not much going on with the challenge. In the past week various hashtags related to it have been mentioned around 4,000 times on Twitter - a significant number, but not huge by any measure. By comparison, the hashtag #GrowingUpBlack, which was driven by African-American Twitter users, was used more than 2 million times over roughly the same time period.
And in fact, most of the Twitter messages about the flag challenge were warnings, shares of news articles and reactions against the idea of theft, rather than calls to action.
More tellingly still, there are only a handful of actual challenge-related videos circulating online. In addition to the Facebook video mentioned above, BBC Trending found footage of a man tearing flags off of a car, and one of an altercation that seems to be between two white people waving a Confederate flag and a group of young black men, but the details surrounding the video are unclear.
Similarly, in another video of a flag being set on fire, it's unclear who owns the banner or whether any laws are being broken. An Instagram account collecting examples of the challenge posted only a few times before apparently being shut down or taken offline. (BBC Trending tried to contact the original posters of all of these videos, with no success.)
The potential for violence around such an emotive symbol is clear - several weeks prior to reports about the challenge, a brawl broke out at a South Carolina rally, reportedly prompted by accusations of flag stealing. But other viral challenges - for instance the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised money for charity last year - have been backed up with hundreds or even thousands of videos. So while there might be a lot of chat about the Confederate flag, it seems that the No Flagging Challenge is one that not many people are taking up.
A sequence of events which started with a relatively minor crime led to big trouble in Malaysia - and exposed the country's underlying racial tensions.READ MORE


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1 Day Architecture tour itinerary for Dhaka: Take A River Cruise Along With Sightseeing In The Capital City
Amazing cruise over Pagla river, followed by visit to Liberation War Museum, Curzon Hall, Language Martyrs’ Memorial, Lalbagh Fort, Dhakeshwari Temple and National Assembly Building.
River cruise and sightseeing
In the morning, move to the Pagla river terminal from the gate of National Museum. Arrive there in 40 minutes.
Start journey on the river for the next three hours.
On board you will be served with light refreshment with tea.
Finishing the journey, disembark at the same river port and then drive to the Liberation War Museum.
After the Liberation War Museum, have lunch at a local restaurant.
Finishing the lunch, move to the Curzon Hall, Language Martyrs’ Memorial, Lalbagh Fort, then the Dhakeshwari Temple.
In the end, visit the exterior of the National Assembly Building.
A/C tourists’ couch for the transfer to and from the Pagla river terminal.
Snacks with tea on the boat.
Guide throughout the tour and driver.
Other Tours by this guide
Visit museums and learn about the historical importance of Sonargaon and the city of Dhaka. Explore the Language ...
Visit temples, buddist monastry, old palaces and museum as you drive from Dhaka to Rajshahi, Paharpur, Rangpur ...
Visit the heritage sites around Dhaka; an ancient civilization and museum at Mahasthangarh, most ornamental temple at ...
Enjoy the riverain beauty of Bangladesh from inside the world's largest Mangrove forest (KATKA), Sunder bans. Birdwatching ...

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When aviation was a relatively new means of travel, pilots relied on three things to land safely: slow speeds, the soft surface of the airfield and the friction by skidding the tail to reduce speed upon landing.
Nowadays, with the advancement of avionics, several different braking systems ensure a safe landing of commercial jets and the now discontinued space shuttle.
This article will discuss the different types of aircraft brakes utilised in the aerospace industry and how some of them work.
Disc Brakes are Tailored to Different Situations
It may surprise you that there is an assortment of various aircraft disc brakes, all tailored to different situations. The basic principle of aircraft disc brakes is that they are operated hydraulically and are activated by the pilot applying the top section of the rudder pedals (also referred to as the toe brakes in the airline industry). In some older aircraft, the bottom section is used instead (also known as the heel brakes).
The other aircraft disc brakes you can find are single, dual, multiple, and rotor. Single and dual disc brakes can be paired together on the aircraft wheels with the latter being on standby in case the single brakes are not producing enough braking friction to slow the aircraft. Multiple disc brakes are more prolifically used for heavy aircraft. With the serious braking power of multiple disc brakes, they have their drawbacks in the form of heat. To relieve the build-up of heat segmented rotor discs are used.
Aerospace Advancements have Introduced Carbon Brakes
With the advancement of aircraft brakes implementing new emerging technologies, carbon brakes have been recently introduced into the aerospace industry. Understandably, these new brakes come with a plethora of benefits like less weight, longer service life and better heat dissipation. These new aircraft brakes have proven to be popular with a 2021 report from Airforce Technology announcing that the US Air Force and Lockheed Martin requested carbon brakes for 60 of their C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in service for the US Air Force.
However, there is a lot more to aircraft brakes in the aerospace industry than just various carbon and disc brakes. Planes also have air brakes allowing them to control speed during descent or level flight. Even the thrust from engines can be used to slow the aircraft. Large drogue parachutes are also used by most air forces, some civilian aircraft and the space shuttle.
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Somewhere in the Lester B. Pearson Building, Canada’s foreign affairs headquarters, must be a meeting room with the inscription “The World Should Do as We Say, Not As We Do” or perhaps “Hypocrites ‘R Us.”
With the Obama administration beating the war drums, Canadian officials are demanding a response to the Syrian regime’s alleged use of the chemical weapon sarin.
Last week Prime Minister Stephen Harper claimed “if it is not countered, it will constitute a precedent that we think is very dangerous for humanity in the long term” while for his part Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird declared: “If it doesn’t get a response it’s an open invitation for people, for Assad in Syria, or elsewhere to use these types of weapons that they’ve by and large refrained from doing since the First World War.” The Conservatives also signed Canada onto a White House statement claiming: “The international norm against the use of chemical weapons is longstanding and universal.”
While one may wish this were the case, it’s not. In fact, Canada has repeatedly been complicit with the use of chemical weapons.
During the war in Afghanistan, Canadian troops used white phosphorus, which is a chemical agent that can cause deep tissue burning and death when inhaled or ingested in significant amounts. In an October 2008 letter to theToronto Star, Corporal Paul Demetrick, a Canadian reservist, claimed Canadian forces used white phosphorus as a weapon against “enemy-occupied” vineyards. General Rick Hillier, former chief of the Canadian defence staff, confirmed the use of this defoliant. Discussing the difficulties of fighting the Taliban in areas with 10-foot tall marijuana plants, the general said: “We tried burning them with white phosphorous — it didn’t work.” After accusations surfaced of western forces (and the Taliban) harming civilians with white phosphorus munitions the Afghan government launched an investigation.
In a much more aggressive use of this chemical, Israeli forces fired white phosphorus shells during its January 2009 Operation Cast Lead that left some 1,400 Palestinians dead. Ottawa cheered on this 22-day onslaught against Gaza and the Conservatives have failed to criticize Israel for refusing to ratify the Chemical Weapons Convention and Biological Weapons Convention.
For decades the massive Suffield Base in Alberta was one of the largest chemical and biological weapons research centres in the world. A 1989 Peace Magazine article explained, “For almost 50 years, scientists from the Department of National Defence have been as busy as beavers expanding their knowledge of, and testing agents for, chemical and biological warfare (CBW) in southern Alberta.”
Initially led by Canadian and British scientists/soldiers, gradually the US military played a bigger role in the chemical weapons research at Suffield. A chemical warfare school began there in 1942 and it came to light that in 1966 US Air Force jets sprayed biological weapons simulants over Suffield to figure out how best to spray potentially fatal diseases on people. Until at least 1989 there were significant quantities of toxins, including sarin, stockpiled at the Alberta base. In 2006 former Canadian soldiers who claim to have been poisoned at Suffield launched a class action lawsuit against the Department of National Defense.
During the war in Vietnam, the US tested agents orange, blue, and purple at CFB Gagetown. A 1968 U.S. Army memorandum titled “defoliation tests in 1966 at base Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada” explained: “The department of the army, Fort Detrick, Maryland, has been charged with finding effective chemical agents that will cause rapid defoliation of woody and Herbaceous vegetation. To further develop these objectives, large areas similar in density to those of interest in South East Asia were needed. In March 1965, the Canadian ministry of defense offered Crops Division large areas of densely forested land for experimental tests of defoliant chemicals. This land, located at Canadian forces base Gagetown, Oromocto, New Brunswick, was suitable in size and density and was free from hazards and adjacent cropland. The test site selected contained a mixture of conifers and deciduous broad leaf species in a dense undisturbed forest cover that would provide similar vegetation densities to those of temperate and tropical areas such as South East Asia.”
Between 1962 and 1971 US forces sprayed some 75,000,000 litres of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. One aim was to deprive the guerrillas of cover by defoliating forests and rural land. Another goal of these defoliation efforts was to drive peasants from the countryside to the US dominated cities, which would deprive the national resistance forces of their food supply and rural support.
In addition to assisting chemical warfare by testing Agent Orange, during the Vietnam war Canadian manufacturers sold the US military “polystyrene, a major component in napalm,” according to the book Snow Job. A chemical agent that can cause deadly burns, Napalm was widely deployed by US forces in their war against Southeast Asia.
This deadly chemical agent was also used during the Korean War, which saw 27,000 Canadian troops go to battle. A New York Times reporter, George Barrett, described the scene in a North Korean village after it was captured by US-led forces in February 1951: “A napalm raid hit the village three or four days ago when the Chinese were holding up the advance, and nowhere in the village have they buried the dead because there is nobody left to do so. This correspondent came across one old women, the only one who seemed to be left alive, dazedly hanging up some clothes in a blackened courtyard filled with the bodies of four members of her family.
“The inhabitants throughout the village and in the fields were caught and killed and kept the exact postures they had held when the napalm struck — a man about to get on his bicycle, fifty boys and girls playing in an orphanage, a housewife strangely unmarked, holding in her hand a page torn from a Sears Roebuck catalogue crayoned at Mail Order No. 3,811,294 for a $2.98 ‘bewitching bed jacket — coral.’ There must be almost two hundred dead in the tiny hamlet.”
This NYT story captured the attention of Canadian External Affairs Minister Lester Pearson. In a letter to the Canadian ambassador in Washington, Hume Wrong, he wondered how it might affect public opinion and complained about it passing US media censors. “[Nothing could more clearly indicate] the dangerous possibilities of United States and United Nations action in Korea on Asian opinion than a military episode of this kind, and the way it was reported. Such military action was possibly ‘inevitable’ but surely we do not have to give publicity to such things all over the world. Wouldn’t you think the censorship which is now in force could stop this kind of reporting?”
No one denies that tens of thousands of liters of napalm were employed by UN forces in Korea. The use of biological weapons is a different story.
After the outbreak of a series of diseases at the start of 1952, China and North Korea accused the US of using biological weapons. Though the claims have neither been conclusively substantiated or disproven — some internal documents are still restricted — in Orienting Canada, John Price details the Canadian external minister’s highly disingenuous and authoritarian response to the accusations, which were echoed by some Canadian peace groups. While publicly highlighting a report that exonerated the US, Pearson concealed a more informed External Affairs analysis suggesting biological weapons could have been used. Additionally, when the Ottawa Citizen revealed that British, Canadian, and US military scientists had recently met in Ottawa to discuss biological warfare, Pearson wrote the paper’s owner to complain. Invoking national security, External Affairs “had it [the story] killed in the Ottawa Journal and over the CP [Canadian Press] wires.”
Price summarizes: “Even without full documentation, it is clear that the Canadian government was deeply involved in developing offensive weapons of mass destruction, including biological warfare, and that Parliament was misled by Lester Pearson at the time the accusations of biological warfare in Korea were first raised. We know also that the US military was stepping up preparations for deployment and use of biological weapons in late 1951 and that Canadian officials were well aware of this and actively supported it. To avoid revealing the nature of the biological warfare program and Canadian collaboration, which would have lent credence to the charges leveled by the Chinese and Korean governments, the Canadian government attempted to discredit the peace movement.”
International efforts to ban chemical weapons and to draw a “red line” over their use are a step forward for humanity. But this effort must include an accounting and opposition to Canada and its allies’ use of these inhumane weapons.
To have any credibility a country preaching against the use of chemical weapons must be able to declare: “Do as I do.”


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International Day of the Girl 2014
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
We had an awesome International Day of the Girl celebration last Friday!
The Day of the Girl was started in 2012 "to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world. It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and take action to advance rights and opportunities for girls everywhere…We want ourselves, and girls everywhere, to be seen as equals, in the eyes of others and in our own eyes."
To start things off, our older girls Skyped with their teenage counterparts from the United States at the Kent Place School in New Jersey. They exchanged questions – "What's your favorite movie? What do you do for fun?" – and learned just how much unites them, despite being thousands of miles apart.
Maggie also Skyped with the Saint Dominic Academy in New Jersey, an all-girls school near her hometown. It's always amazing to be able to speak to tomorrow's change makers. These girls are going to go places!
To top off the day, Maggie participated in a panel discussion hosted by Dining for Women on the importance of a holistic approach to girls' education. She was one of three panelists, and they each took questions after their presentations. The entire 52 minute video can be seen below. We're so grateful to Dining for Women for their support, as always!
Thanks to all of you for helping to support our girls every day of the year, we couldn't do it without you.


This reports looks at what a firewall is, and how it works. It also looks at what security risks can be stopped by a firewall in a computer system.
Most people think that a firewall is where all data traffic on the internet has to go through between networks, as shown in Figure 1.1
What is a firewall?
In network security, firewall is considered a first line of defense in protecting private information. "A firewall sits at the junction point, or gateway, between the two networks, which are often a private network and a public network such as the Internet." (John V. Harrison, Hal Berghel, 2004, A Protocol Layer Survey of Network Security). It is a system designed to prevent certain access to or from another network. It has two mechanisms which are used for either blocking or permitting accesses.
Why do I need a firewall?
Nowadays, computers and the internet are becoming increasingly popular, as companies as well as the general public are using firewalls to secure their private data held in their computers.
The primary purpose of the firewall is to take a proactive and preventative measure approach to diminishing the numerous electronic security intrusions possible in today’s internet age. A firewall also provides the next level of protection by denying access to certain network services and ports based on policy and need. (Eugene H. Spafford, 2003, Cyber Terrorism: The New Asymmetric Threat).
What does the firewall protect against?
Different types of computer systems use different types of firewalls. It is important to understand the broad design perspective of a firewall – i.e. what a firewall can and cannot do, before discussing more about different types of firewall. All firewalls have some common traits and functionalities that help define what a firewall can do, so fundamentally a firewall performs the following tasks
1 – Manage a control network traffic
2 – Authenticate access
3 – Act as intermediary
4 – Protect resources
5 – Record and report on events
Objective of a firewall
A firewall must be able to manage and control the networks traffic that is allowed to access the protected network or host. It can do this by inspecting the packets and monitoring the connections that are being made, then filtering these connections based on the packet inspections results and connections that are observed.
What is packet inspection?
A packet inspection is a process where the data in the packets are intercepted and processed. This then determines whether this data should be permitted or denied in accordance to the defined access policy. A packet inspection looks at one or all of the following elements in making a filtering determination.
1 – Packet header information
2 – IP control
3 – Destination port
4 – Destination IP address
5 – Source port
6 – Source IP address
A packet inspection plays a vital role in the filtering decision. The firewall inspects every single packet.
When two TCP/IP hosts communicate with one another, they need to establish a connection with each other. There are two reasons for this connection.
1 - The two hosts can identify each other. Firewalls use this connection information to determine what kind of connection is made between the two hosts, and whether this connection is allowed by the access control policy. After this, the firewall determines whether to permit or deny the data transfer.
2 – These connections are used to define the manner how the two hosts will communicate with each other. E.g. TCP is known as a connection oriented session. These details define the structure of the connection. They are also used to determine the state of the communication between the two hosts.
This figure shows how host A connects with host B. Host B responds with host A once the connection request is received from host A. Host A then finalized connection with host B. On this stage it allows for passing...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises everything from fears of a takeover by machines to optimism that computers will solve some of humanity’s toughest challenges. Still, it is fast becoming an important consideration for many business processes, and human resources (HR) is no different. HR departments are starting to deploy AI solutions to save costs, influence more accurate data-based decision-making, and perhaps most importantly, improve the employee experience.
Currently, just 17% of organizations use AI-based solutions in their HR department, but this is expected to rise to 30% by 2022. Those that are willing to embrace a more personalized and consumer-centric approach to employee experience can increase the average employee’s performance by 17%
Now that we know that AI’s impact on many HR processes will continue to grow, what AI are we actually referring to, and how can it affect the employee experience?
Deployment of modern AI tools in many areas
AI has undoubtedly made the recruitment process faster and more efficient, benefiting both the recruiter and the candidate. Specifically, Natural Language Processing (NLP) allows a recruiter to use a data-driven approach to CV screening, identifying appropriate traits and eliminating human biases. Conversational chatbots and Application Tracking Systems also show potential employees that the organization is treating them fairly, making the process smoother and leaving a lasting impression after hiring.
NLP can provide insights on employee sentiment by using text analytics from surveys and other communication. This helps identify sticking points for employees and allows employers to tailor their engagement strategy accordingly. Platforms such as Glint can analyze employee responses from feedback surveys, finding the relevant keywords and phrases to give an accurate testament to the team’s morale.
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
LMS, aided by AI, can help an employee learn up to five times more material while reducing the actual training time by 40-60%. The technology can predict the user’s next steps and behavioral patterns and even be leveraged to anticipate the user’s future learning path. Depending on how effective an employee engages with training, AI can help find gaps and opportunities that traditional LMSs would miss.
Increased personalization through modernization
If HR continues to modernize by adopting AI tools, there will be room for further user personalization, which can only improve the employee experience. Many HR leaders are now starting to use voice-of-the-customer initiatives and nontraditional listening techniques to gather additional visibility into employee opinions, behaviors, and attitudes and create more holistic “voice of the employee” (VoE) insights.
These technologies, such as employee sentiment and social analytics tools, take a deeper dive to collect and analyze employee opinions, perceptions and feelings, and provide a way to harness multiple sources of information to understand the intricate dynamics of the employee experience.
Compensation and benefits is another area where the employee experience can be improved. Compright, for example, focuses on automating the compensation process. By putting all the data required to make good compensation decisions in one place, organizations can generate better decisions with more transparency and inspire better employee engagement. Establishing a rich data footprint will enable organizations to use AI to predict optimized compensation levels at an individual level. These HR domain-specific AI use cases are the next phase of innovation and will apply to performance management, employee development, and tailored retention strategies among others.
Simply put, employees want personalized development as part of their work experience. According to a Gallup survey, 87% of Millennials say that professional development is a very important factor for them. This aspect is more likely to make an employee feel engaged and motivated, which can increase a business’s profitability by 21%.
Today’s use of AI in HR largely leverages foundational AI tools like recommendation engines, natural language processing, and chatbot technology that have been matured in other domains. The next generation of AI applications will use more specific HR-based models to enable even more valuable insights. AI will never replace the “human” in HR, but forward-looking organizations should look to current and emerging AI applications to maintain an edge in the increasingly competitive market for talent.
Originally published Oct. 8, 2021.


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Written by: Tom King
Art by: Mitch Gerads
Tom King is currently the man to watch in comics. Between fantastic runs on The Vision at Marvel and The Omega Men at DC, not to mention is upcoming Batman run, King is fast becoming a rising star. If you aren’t aware however, King and collaborator Mitch Gerads have been working on a creator owned series over at Vertigo, Sheriff of Babylon. Set 10 months after the fall of Baghdad, the books follows three different people of different social positions who become connected through a series of grisly, suspicious murders. While the series has so far been excellent and definitely worth reading, issue 5 marks itself specially as a perfect comic.
The whole issue centers around an extended conversation between Chris, an American stationed in the country, and Fatima, a Muslim woman who has lived through Saddam’s reign. The two share a drink and discuss the events that have lead their respective countries to this point. The issue is entirely gripping despite being just one conversation, mostly because of King’s perfect handling of dialogue. Chris and Nassir are incredibly believable characters making their conversation a joy to read. There’s a lot of genuine wit mixed in with thorny political issues to create a fascinating conversation that fully sucks you in and makes you think. Sheriff of Babylon is at it’s best when it’s addressing hard issues and using beautifully metaphorical language, which this issue has in spades.
Even better is the work of Mitch Gerads. His art has been fantastic thus far, with a great ability to render emotion as well as motion, creating the sense of a tightly shot TV show in every pannel. This issue, despite the smaller and more intimate feel, actually features some of his biggest scale work. As the two leads sit in one of Saddam’s gutted palaces, there’s a huge sense of desolation and decay. It feels like it has a grand scope, reminding us of how small the characters actually are. The characters themselves feel incredibly human, with Gerads managing to make their conversation as interesting to look at as it is to read. There are several great artistic choices and “shots” (for lack of a better word) in this issue which is great to see. Despite it being a quieter issue, Gerads doesn’t slouch for a second, instead delivering some of the best work of the whole series.
Sheriff of Babylon #5 is an incredibly smart comic that will make you think and draw you in with some of the most believable characters ever put to the page. It’s currently one of the most gripping comics on the stand and with this issue has managed to achieve perfection. If you’re not reading this then you’re missing out. Sheriff of Babylon is the sort of comic that expands your horizons and challenges you with cleverly written and expertly drawn content, it showcases exactly why comics are important as an art form and, in my mind, is the perfect comic.


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This week's Walkthrough will be a little light on diagrams, but the gang at the peacock will help me make up for it with an eight-play Wild Card magnum opus. Here are the first four!
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Mike and Tom's tour of the league gets musical! Listen to the strangely up-tempo Blinded by the Luck, the haunting melancholy of The Schiano Man, and the endless march of the Saints.


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Gustav Frahlich, best known as the young protagonist of Metropolis, stars as Holk, a strait-laced traffic cop who has the simple task of escorting a diamond thief to the police station. However, the thief is the exotic and beautiful Else (played by Betty Amann), which makes the task far from simple. The stage is thus set for a scandalous turn of events, and the drama is made all the more exciting thanks to the dynamic photography of Ganther Rittau (The Blue Angel) and the equally impressive sets of Erich Kettelhut (Metropolis).
Asphalt is directed by Joe May, a leading German filmmaker of the 1910s and 1920s who is also known for the two-part epic The Indian Tomb. In addition, he helped to launch the career of Fritz Lang. Like Lang, May later relocated to Hollywood, where he directed several classic B-films, most notably The Invisible Man Returns. But Asphalt remains perhaps his most famous, and some say greatest, work.
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