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BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Jair Bolsonaro is not expected to testify to the Federal Police in Brasilia at 2 pm on Friday in the inquiry into a leak of a classified investigation, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The day before, Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), had ordered Bolsonaro to testify in the investigation after he had not scheduled his testimony for 60 days.
One of the sources told Reuters that the president’s defense should be based on the precedent set by the Supreme Court in the two lawsuits to opt out. In these actions, proposed by the PT and the OAB, the STF declared coercive conduct unconstitutional.
Interestingly, these two precedents were established by the court after the then judge Sergio Moro had ordered the coercive conduct of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Lava Jato operation. Bolsonaro, Lula and Moro should now be opponents in the electoral dispute in October.
An open question is if Bolsonaro does not appear for the deposition, he could be indicted for a crime of disobedience.
On another front, according to a second source, the Attorney General’s Office is discussing whether to appeal the decision of the STF minister to the Supreme Court. In the assessment of this source, there would be a procedural grievance for the plenary to assess this situation.
The expectation is that this may occur on the afternoon of this Friday, as the Supreme Court resumes activities next week after the end of the Judiciary recess.
The investigation investigates the leak of a confidential investigation by the Federal Police regarding a hacker attack suffered by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
This investigation was opened by Moraes after Bolsonaro published on his social media information from the confidential investigation into the hacker attack against the TSE in 2018, months before the elections that year. The attack had no effect on that year’s elections.
In early August, the president used the contents of that inquiry to challenge – without any kind of evidence – the country’s electronic voting system. According to him, the system would be susceptible to fraud – a fact that has never been proven.
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Worldwide use of macaroni/pasta has significantly increased recently, becoming a mainstay in many households. Due to the rising demand, advanced and automatic macaroni/pasta production processing machinery line have been created. These lines speed the manufacturing process and guarantee effectiveness, consistency, and quality. In this article, we’ll examine the machinery and technology used in a typical macaroni/pasta processing line, giving you a thorough understanding of the complex procedures that go into making these cherished food items.
The macaroni/pasta processing machine line is an engineering marvel, made up of a number of equipment that collaborate to turn raw materials into delicious pasta products. By boosting efficiency, minimizing human interaction, and ensuring excellent product quality, this automated production line has revolutionized the pasta making sector.
A rice powder mixer at the start of the production line is essential for combining water and rice flour into a homogenous mixture. The basic raw material used to make pasta is this mixture.
The screw Conveyor lifts and transports the rice flour mixture to the next stage of the process. It ensures a constant and controlled flow of the mixture, avoiding any needless pauses in the manufacturing process.
The macaroni extruder is the controller of the entire process. It uses specialized dies to extrude the rice flour mixture to make a variety of pasta shapes, including penne, fusilli, spaghetti, and macaroni.
Following the extrusion of the pasta, the pulling and cutting machine takes over. It prepares the extruded pasta strands for the next step of the operation by pulling them to the required length and cutting them into uniform shapes.
The cut pasta pieces are lifted by the hoister conveyor and brought to the drying oven. The smooth transition between each stage of the production line is ensured by this conveyor.
In the drying oven, the pasta is carefully dried to reduce its moisture content, enhancing its shelf life and preventing the growth of bacteria or mold.
The final stage involves the air cooling conveyor, which cools down the dried pasta before it is packaged and made ready for distribution.
Like many other countries, the demand for macaroni/pasta products has also increased in Pakistan. The convenience, versatility, and affordability of pasta have made it a popular choice among consumers, leading to the expansion of the pasta processing industry.
In Pakistan, the macaroni/pasta production processing machine line has enabled local manufacturers to meet this surging demand effectively. They are able to create pasta on a larger scale and with greater consistency by integrating modern technology and automation in macaroni/pasta production.
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How to Be a Woman, Caitlin Moran
If you are looking to understand the tumultuous perils of becoming a woman – then, look no further than Moran’s funny and insightful novel How to Be a Woman. Everything from puberty, first jobs and first loves Moran tackles hard hitting issues regarding the demands and impositions women are burdened with, but she’ll make you laugh out loud while doing it.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
Angelou’s first volume of her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, speaks of overcoming impossible barriers created by racism and misogyny. The first of the six books speaks of her childhood and teenage years from the age of 3 to 16 during her time living in the American South during the depression-era of the 1930s. This poignant tale of self-discovery and finding her own voice comes about through her great love of literature.
The Abrasom Effect, Debora Spar
Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson can now be added to the (ever growing) list of women who have been hired to run large, prominent corporations (Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, etc) – only to be publicly fired shortly after. This trend, referred to as the glass cliff, raises crucial questions as to why women and minorities in the workplace are still faced with prejudice.
Barnard College president, Debora Spar, explores how far women have come from the days where a ‘working woman’ was a dirty phrase to now, where, even in the cases of female bosses such as Abramson, we still have far to go. The Abramson Effect is a brilliant insight into the business world from a woman’s perspective.
What Will it Take to Make a Woman President, Marianne Schnall
Marianne Schnall is the founder and Executive Director of Feminist.com, a top women’s website and nonprofit organization. For more than fifteen years, Feminist.com has been fostering awareness, education, and activism for people all across the world. She is also the cofounder of EcoMall.com, one of the oldest environmental websites promoting earth-friendly living.
When Schnall was asked by her eight-year-old daughter during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign “why has there never been a woman president?”, she embarked on a somewhat perilous quest to find the answer in her book What Will it Take to Make a Woman President. The book entails a series of interviews conducted by Schnall in the hope to find an answer, everyone from distinguished politicians, journalists, corporate executives, writers, and entertainers. Gloria Steinem to Nancy Pelosi, Donna Brazile to Marianne Williamson, Nicholas Kristof to Michael Kimmel, Anita Hill and Kirsten Gillibrand are just some of the voices who are heard in this breakthrough book.
The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer
Last but not least is the landmark of feminist literature – The Female Eunuch. Greer’s examination of history, literature, popular culture from the past and present creates an image of the searing oppression of the female gender. This book is one of the most critical social commentaries and most passionately argued polemic.
It need not further explanation – it is a self-contained masterpiece of feminist literature and a must read for anyone who wants to read more about women’s liberation.

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MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. Around 24 million people took part in celebrations of the 71st anniversary of the Victory Day in Russia, Interior Ministry’s official spokesperson Irina Volk told TASS on Tuesday.
"Around 24 million people took part in celebrations of the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Law and order and public safety were ensured in full on the territory of the Russian Federation," Volk said.
Over 15,000 events, including military parades, laying wreaths to memorials, concerts and fireworks, were held in 8,000 settlements in Russia on May 9, she noted. The biggest number of people attended events in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in Leningrad Region, Sverdlovsk Region and Krasnodar Krai.
"Around 273,300 people were involved in ensuring public order and safety of people during public festivals, marches, events. Among them were 181,500 officers of law enforcement agencies, over 10,000 guards, around 24,000 representatives of citizens patrol, 6,100 Russian Cossacks and around 10,500 people from private security companies," Volk said.
Law enforcement officers not only ensured order at events, but also took part in the "Immortal Regiment" march which gathered 700,000 people in Moscow this year.


EXPLAINER: Are Israel, Hamas committing war crimes in Gaza?
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JERUSALEM (AP) — More than a week into their fourth war, Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza. Israel says Hamas is using Palestinian civilians as human shields, while critics say Israel is using disproportionate force.
Who's right? It's hard to say, especially in the fog of battle.
The firing of hundreds of imprecise rockets into Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian groups is fairly clear-cut. International law prohibits targeting civilians or using indiscriminate force in civilian areas. Rockets slamming into Tel Aviv apartment blocks i...


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iOS 9 Release Date in September
With an iPhone 6s launch date all but confirmed for September 9th, we can now narrow the iPhone 6s release date even further.
The iPhone 6s release date should come some time between September 9th and September 28th. September 28th is the end of Apple's fiscal year and the company typically gets its new hardware out on shelves before the end of the quarter.
With an iPhone 6s release date probable for September, we can also count on an iOS 9 release date for September. Apple typically releases its iOS updates for older devices a couple of days ahead of the iPhone release.
September 18th and September 25th are the most likely candidates for the iPhone 6s release which means that you should be expecting an iOS 9 release for older devices on September 16th or September 23rd. Again, Apple usually puts a two day gap between the two arrivals.
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This is a quick post to note a minor modification to the model. The relevant methodology post has been updated. I have also revised the first two projections (here and here) in order to maintain comparability going forward.
Addendum: I have also updated the adjustment for Beauce based on this Mainstreet poll. (Minor changes to Quebec regional adjustments were also made.) This update will be in effect as of the next projection, but it wouldn't change the current projection anyway.

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The Drive Delta Ultra Light 1000 Full-Electric Low Bed is the perfect choice for an electric bed because it can be universally used with all of Drive’s and most other manufacturers’ bed ends (old and new). The key to this bed’s universal nature is the transition box that’s mounted on the foot section. The transition box allows you to alter the rotation of the bed’s high-low shaft. This universality helps keep you from spending unnecessary money. As an added bonus, once installed, the high/low shaft will stay with the bed – eliminating loss or the possibility of forgetting to install it on future installation. This bed uses a channel frame construction that provides superior strength while keeping the bed’s overall weight at a minimum. This bed frame has a very low height of only 9.5" at its lowest point, which can help patients with mobility issues get in and out of bed more easily. Frame weight capacity: 450 lbs.
Attaching the bedrails that go with this Delta Low Bed is easy since the installation holes are labeled and color-coded. This makes it easy to accurately install the bed rails, which then increases patient safety. The motor for this bed comes pre-installed to make installations easier. Plus, the motor for this electric bed is completely self-contained, which reduces both the weight and noise. You can even install or remove the motor assembly with the patient still in bed! If there’s ever a power failure, this electric bed has a battery backup feature – a 9 volt battery that can raise or lower the head and foot sections up to 9 times. The casters on this electric bed easily shift from standard to low bed settings. The hand pendant for this electric bed has large, easy to use controls.
To make this bed better fit within normal bedroom décor, the headboard is taller than the footboard. Also, for a more stylish look, the footboard and headboard have a wood grain look, and they are scratch and break resistant for durability.
There are 3 different mattresses to choose from are an 80” length Inner Spring Mattress, an 80” length Therapeutic Support mattress, or an 80” length Foam Mattress.


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"As a young child, my life was filled with music. I can remember singing on stage at age 3, then I started playing clarinet in school in 5th grade where I was in marching band and concert orchestra through graduation. I sang in school chorus, and competed in solo school vocal competitions. At age 14, I was privileged to start traveling with professional groups singing. By the age of 16, I sat behind my first sound board, and from there it took off.
Music was there for me at times when life wasn't easy. Music was an outlet that offered hope and something to focus on when I was young, and music positively shaped my life.
It seems music chose me at a young age. I have been honored to be mentored by some amazing people and now it is my honor - my duty - to give back." ~ Sheri
“To whom much is given, from him much is expected. Luke 12:48”
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Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is reportedly joining a group of artists protesting Arizona’s controversial immigration enforcement law.
According to reports, West is one of many artists taking action against the law.
Zack de la Rocha has issued a statement on behalf of an organization called the Sound Strike urging music fans and fellow artists to boycott Arizona “to stop SB 1070,” which he labels an “odious” law. Among those artists joining de la Rocha’s boycott are Conor Oberst, Kanye West, Rage Against the Machine, Rise Against, Cypress Hill, Serj Tankian, Joe Satriani, Sonic Youth, Tenacious D, Street Sweeper Social Club and Michael Moore. In de la Rocha’s words, the new law “sanctions racial profiling, straight up,” forcing “cops to hunt down and target anyone they ‘reasonably suspect’ that may be undocumented. And if the people they harass don’t have proof that they were born in the U.S., they can be detained and arrested.” (AZ Central)
The law makes it a misdemeanor for an illegal alien to be in Arizona without possessing legal paperwork.
Miami rapper [Pitbull] announced that he has decided to bypass the May 31, date on his ‘Mr. Worldwide’s Carnaval,’ tour which was intended to stop at the Phoenix Celebrity Theatre. Pitbull relayed the news via Twitter, explaining to fans that it was simply a moral issue. “I am canceling my concert in Phoenix on May 31 … How is the country we enjoy and love bcuz of its human rights, freedom, opportunity and that has been built by immigrants, now start 2 deny them??…It is contradicting 2 everything the USA stands 4.” (The Boom Box)
Prior to Pitbull, Cypress Hill canceled their Arizona concert earlier this month in protest.
The group says the May 21 show has been axed “in a show of resistance to the criminalization of immigrant communities and in opposition to SB1070.” “This decision was made in an effort to show support and solidarity with those, undocumented and otherwise, being directly affected by this unconstitutional ‘law.’ Cypress Hill recognizes those living in the struggle for their basic civil rights. Rise Up!” (Phoenix News Times)
Arizona rapper G-Moe shared his opinion on what the law will mean to the state recently.
“It gets complicated, but it’s not right. I think they went at it all wrong. Arizona is already a suffering state, and if the U.S. starts boycotting Arizona, it’s going to be even worse – people losing jobs due to businesses shutting down and so on. It’s the domino effect. It’s the Arizona natives that will suffer, and they have nothing to do with this new law. Immigration is a big issue for Arizona, but at the same time, it needs to be resolved, and I don’t think this law is the solution they thought it was.” (Houston Press)


The organisers of Spain’s top annual fashion show today rejected five out of 69 fashion models, saying they were too skinny.
The show, known as the Pasarela Cibeles, decided in September not to allow women below a body mass-to-height ratio of 18 to take part.
One of the rejected models had only reached a ratio of 16, the equivalent of being 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing less than 50 kilograms (110 pounds), said Dr Susana Monereo, of Madrid Getafe hospital’s endocrinology and nutrition department, who along with two other doctors was in charge of assessing the models.
Dr Monereo said this represented “extreme thinness".
The news comes after the launch of London Fashion Week was overshadowed by the “size zero” debate.
The British Fashion Council (BFC) refused to ban ultra-skinny models from the catwalk but instead asked designers to use only “healthy” models aged at least 16.
Three of the five models turned away in Spain were not Spanish, Dr Monereo said.
The five models had come from working at a New York fashion show and two of them had taken part in 25 shows before flying to Madrid for the assessment, said Leonor Perez Pita, director of Pasarela Cibeles.
“It could be that they lost weight during that period,” Perez Pita said.
She said the Madrid show’s aim was to convey a message of “health and beauty".
“Five hundred people will see them here, but through television it’ll make it six million, and a young girl may think it’s a definition of beauty and may even make herself ill as a result.”
Model Raquel Brel, who at 5 feet 11.5 inches tall and 61 kilograms (nearly 135 pounds), passed the assessment, said she agreed with the terms imposed by the show.
“Excessively thin models aren’t good for society and don’t correspond with reality,” said Ms Brel, adding she knew of models who only ate an apple a day while working.
“There are more models who eat little than those whose weight is naturally low,” Ms Brel said.


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Photoshop elements 2020 plugins free. The Best Free Photoshop Plugins & Actions to Get Now
Discontinuation of 3D features in Photoshop. Add even more capability to your Adobe Photoshop software. Find the latest plug-ins available from third-party developers. Starting with the October release of Photoshop Version To learn more, see Plugins Marketplace for Photoshop. For help installing or troubleshooting third-party plug-ins in Photoshop, see Photoshop plug-ins troubleshooting. For help with downloading and installing third-party plug-ins, see the links for each manufacturer below:.
AlphaPlugins EngraverIII – A Photoshop plugin that gives you the power to create complex and beautiful engravings that look hand-drawn, with just a few clicks. AlphaPlugins EngraverAI – The first plug-in what use artificial intelligence to create amazing hand made engravings.
AlphaPlugins LaplacianBlend – A simple free plug-in what lets sophisticate and qualitative mix two pictures with using Laplacian pyramid blending. AlphaPlugins TurbulenceDistortion – Useful, simple plug-in quickly and easily enhances Photoshop compositions with different kinds of turbulence distortions for absolutely unique effects. AlphaPlugins FireFor – Powerful and handy Photoshop plug-in for creating fires, burning, smokes and etc naturalistic phenomenas.
Digitalizer II. ScatterLight is a plug-in that produces a broad scope of realistic patterned and diffusion lens effects. Screens is a plug-in that converts grayscale images into a wide variety of different line art screens from 15 to lpi. With features like mezzotints, sharp contrast mezzograms, mezzoblends, ellipses, lines, circles, spokes, waves, or any blended combination.
StippleArt is a plug-in that converts grayscale and color images into formal stipple art or artistic dot patterns.
The result, a pure black-and-white stipple drawing or an artistic color dot interpretation. Combine and create thousands of the most popular Photo FX today with one-click and a second of your time. Mystical Ultimate Bundle Gen2. Mystical Ultimate Bundle Gen2 is an integrated bundle of products that work together to overcome challenges encountered by the issues with post production digital photo enhancement. DreamSuite Ultimate Bundle Gen2.
Containing a total of 36 powerful filters fulfilling the needs of the Digital Photographer, the Graphics Artists and Web Designer in one powerful tool. AutoMagic Ultimate Bundle Gen2.
AutoMagic Ultimate Bundle Gen2 is an amazing suite of 52 filters giving any type photographer whether a professional, intermediate photographer, or a beginner, some of the most comprehensive artistic effects allowing any user the ability to create a large array of digital artwork in one of the many artistic genres. Tools to import, edit, manipulate and export geospatial images such as aerial and satellite imagery.
Create one-of-a-kind effects with ParticleShop, a powerful new Photoshop brush plug-in powered by Painter. Backdrop Designer. Beauty Box Photo. Quickly and easily erase skin blemishes and wrinkles, even out skin tones, and reduce shine.
Primatte Chromakey. Texture Anarchy. Selectively adjust the color and tonality of your images without complicated masks or selections. Featuring the creative focus effects of Bokeh, and a slew of new film presets and textures.
Snap Art. Transform your photographs into beautiful works of art that look they were made by a human, not a computer. Blow Up. Eye Candy. Suitcase Fusion. Organize your entire font collection into a single, searchable location with a professional font manager. It has more comprehensive support for the format than Photoshop’s included plug-in and provides control over alpha channel handling. Google also no longer supports or updates its Nik plug-ins for current versions of Photoshop on current operating systems and hardware.
Customers may experience incompatibilities including freezing and crashes using Nik plug-ins. We recommend uninstalling problematic plug-ins. Create HDR photos and adjust them to get the look you want, from realistic to creative, using one-click presets and a large range of settings.
Light Leaker. Spot Wash Halftone. Create professional quality halftone textured weathering, surface and tactile effects with Spot Wash Halftone. Permanent Press. Create professional quality vintage offset, letterpress and silkscreen analog printing effects on any image with Permanent Press.
Machine Wash Deluxe. Create professional quality image texture, aging and weathering effects with our Machine Wash Deluxe. Neat Image software is engineered to reduce the noise in your digital images.
It can also minimize film grain, JPEG compression artifacts and other imperfections. Our entire collection of apps are included in ON1 Photo Effects 10 includes hundreds of stackable filters, presets, borders, and textures to help create your style.
Supports installing and loading the plug-in from the Shared Creative Cloud Location for all installed versions of Photoshop without having to reinstall the plug-in. StarFilter Pro 4. StarFilter Pro 4 to add beautiful star filter effects to your images digitally, eliminating the need for expensive glass.
StarSpikes Pro 4. You can use StarSpikes Pro 4 to add sparkling star effects to your images digitally in your finishing image processing. Dirty Pictures features 21 custom-designed image overlays that add dimension, grit, and depth to your photos.
IcePattern creates beautiful designs of winter ice patterns on window glass. Andromeda Software. Cutline is a plug-in for creating engraving and woodcut effects. Shadow is an advanced shadowing plug-in that uses 3-D geometry to cast realistic shadows. Auto FX Software. Geographic Imager. Digital Anarchy. Create digital backgrounds for photography and other design mediums. Fast auto-masking for green screen photography. Texture Anarchy is a set of filters for creating textures and borders.
An easy way to give your photos that sought-after cartooning look. Plug-in Description DFT DFT aka Digital Film Tools is the definitive digital toolbox meant to simulate optical camera filters, specialized lenses, film stocks and grain, lens flares, optical lab processes, color correction, keying, and compositing as well as natural light and photographic effects.
EZ Mask EZ Mask is an easy to use interactive image masking tool capable of extracting almost any object in an image—even if you are dealing with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections.
Film Stocks Film Stocks is a unique filter that simulates different color and black-and-white still photographic film stocks, motion picture films stocks, and historical photographic processes. Light Light can be added to a scene where none existed before just as if you were adding light at the time of shooting.
PhotoCopy PhotoCopy creates a photographic reproduction of a printed or graphic work made with a process in which a new image is formed by the action of proprietary image analysis, color, texture, and light. Power Matte Power Matte is an easy to use interactive image matting tool capable of extracting almost any object in an image—even if you are dealing with fine hair detail, smoke, or reflections. Power Stroke Power Stroke introduces a simple, interactive stroke-based interface to quickly and intuitively perform targeted adjustments.
Rays Create stunning and realistic light ray effects quickly and easily reFine reFine performs selective sharpening, detail enhancement, edge aware smoothing, cartoon, and pencil effects. Analog Efex Pro. Explore the look and feel of classic cameras, films, and lenses. Color Efex Pro. A comprehensive set of filters for color correction, retouching, and creative effects. Silver Efex Pro. Master the art of black-and-white photography with darkroom-inspired controls. HDR Efex Pro.
From natural to artistic, explore the full potential of HDR photography. Sharpener Pro. Bring out hidden details consistently with the professional’s choice for image sharpening. Improve your images with noise reduction tailored to your camera.
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Focus includes effects like motion blur and tilt-shift. If you feel like taking a breather from the ordinary and want to experiment more, then Focus might be the right kind of plugin for you. This plugin gives you the creative freedom to place the focus wherever you want it to be and to instantly draw attention to the main subject of your photo.
RH Hover is like the color picker you know, only better. Blow Up is a great Photoshop plugin for resizing images. Another great advantage is that this one is compatible with both Windows and Mac. Noiseless can save your low-light images from the going in the bin. This is a great piece of software you can use to save your low-light images from being tossed out. This plugin automatically detects the noise in your photos and removes it. After that, it runs a second algorithm which is needed to add the detail back in.
You can also take advantage of the adjustments panel and refine the noise reduction according to your expectations. Noiseless can be used as a plugin with Lightroom, Photoshop and Aperture. When you buy you also get the option to use their family license, which gives you the opportunity to install it on as many as five Macs. This one is another plugin made by the software development company Skylum. It has a great collection of high-quality photo filters and photo effects, which you can use to unleash your creativity.
They might solve a single problem or a category of problems to help you focus on the creative part of your work. Moreover, you can find outstanding free Photoshop plugins and install as many as you need without concern for your budget.
Fortunately, there are many free Photoshop plugins that make your work more efficient and organized. Here are the best Photoshop plugins for improving your workflow. This plugin makes design collaboration easier because it generates assets and specs automatically and helps you document your work. Writing documentation can be difficult, especially if you have many parameters to share.
Mockplus iDock shows detailed data for every layer and adds it to the specs, marks layers as exportable and automatically generates HD slices, shows duplicate elements, and creates interactive prototypes from static design files. This swatch manager for Photoshop allows you to organize swatches in folders.
Swatchy is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CC Prisma is a swatch manager that allows you to organize swatches and share them with your team. It also allows you to import and export color swatches as ASE files, apply them to multiple PSD documents at once, and link them to multiple text and shape layers to simultaneously update colors.
SuperPNG supports tight lossless compression, allows you to control alpha channel handling, and offers smart quantization, metadata saving, and ICC profile embedding. This plugin allows you to use image layers from a PSD file without opening the file. Griddify is a free and open-source plugin that allows you to create custom grids and guides. You can select the spacing, number of divisions, and area of the image where you want grids.
This plugin helps you create high-resolution iOS mobile app presentations. It gives you 10 predesigned mockups, background options, and tools for adding interactions. Use this plugin if working with Pexels library is part of your everyday job. It allows you to search through your Pexels library directly from Photoshop. Pexels Photoshop Plugin gives you access to over 30, free stock photos grouped in categories and synchronizes your favorite pictures with the Pexels website.
Tych Panel is an ntych automation tool. It allows you to place pictures in a collage using a simple panel interface with multiple layouts and templates. With Tych Panel, you can create fabulous diptychs and triptychs for wedding albums, magazine covers, and travel photographs. Similar to the Pexel Photoshop Plugin, SplasHolder is a useful plugin when working with a stock image library.
It helps you search the Unsplash library of almost 1 million copyright-free images and use them in your projects without leaving Photoshop.
Working with multiple layers requires fast and easy-to-use tools. You need to keep your layers well organized and labeled, apply adjustments to multiple layers at once, or export layers in different formats. Here are the best free Photoshop plugins for layer management. Composer allows you to update multiple layers at once. You can change their style, opacity, blend mode, position, and visibility. Composer has four commands and a straightforward interface, which make it fast and easy to use. This plugin offers a collection of scripts for managing layers.
Layrs Control allows you to edit layer names, delete unused layers and effects, flatten layers, find similar files, and rasterize or convert layers to smart objects. You can find the Tych Panel download on GitHub. Texture Anarchy provides a set of free Photoshop filters for creating textures and borders on your images.
This free Photoshop filter plugin includes a number of preset textures and borders as well as tools for editing and creating your own. These tools include palettes for lighting, layers, fractal noise, and color gradients, color wells, blend modes that let you combine colors and patterns with one another.
Pathfinder Photoshop is a very simple yet useful plugin. PixelSquid contains a library of over , 3D objects that can be overlayed on design projects. You can manipulate these objects to find the right angle and downloaded them with a transparent background. Though PixelSquid does include paid features, the entire catalog and Photoshop plug-in are available for free commercial use.
Simply make an account and download the PixelSquid Photoshop 3D plugin for free. Composer is a Photoshop plugin that updates multiple layer comps in Photoshop with just one click. You can use Composer to update the layer style, position, or visibility or all three at once for multiple layer comps. To do so, simply select the layers you want to be changed, then select which layer comps you want those changes to apply to, and then click the update command you want to occur on the Composer ribbon.
Edge Anarchy creates various border styles: textured, distressed, ornamental. You may also be interested in this related article: Top Adobe Photoshop Alternatives in A free plugin for Photoshop which provides 10 impressive mockups for presenting app designs.
EasyMockups is a free plugin for Photoshop with the help of which app designers and developers can fast and easily present their mobile previews in appealing mockups. The plugin is very easy and intuitive to work with. Its panel is considered to be one of the most advanced and functional Photoshop panel designs on the market. You can easily toggle previews on and off, change mockup background colors, connect interface groups to their position in the mockup, and more.
CSS3Ps is a very handy and time-saving plugin for Photoshop which web designers and developers will find extremely useful. The plugin exports Photoshop layers as CSS3 and supports an array of styles — text layers, size, border radius, stroke, gradient overlay, inner shadow, inner glow, outer glow, drop shadow, and more. The plugin is cloud-based which makes it very light and fast.
A free useful plugin for Photoshop which lets you transform gradients into a flat design. A simple but very handy extension for Photoshop with which you can convert any design with gradients to a completely flat design.
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It's a crime to have to wake up at 5am on a Saturday morning. And I committed that crime on 5th September (coincidentally Dad's birthday!). Pooped and washed my face, I then changed into a t-shirt and shorts, and packed isotonic drink, a Snickers bar and my Bubbles towel into my backpack.
Close to 6am, I received a call from Stanley, a colleague from work, to tell me that he's already outside my condo compound. Still bleary-eyed, I climbed into his Kenari. Lam, another colleague was already in the car and we were on our way to pick Jocelyn up. She lives all the way in Taman Cempaka (no idea where that is), so Stanley asked me to give Jocelyn a call to inform her that we're on our way and that will probably take about 30 minutes.
We reached Broga hill after 45 minutes drive from Jocelyn's place. The foot of the hill is actually an oil palm plantation and there were already countless number of cars parked along here and there.
I wouldn't say that the place is exactly breathtaking, it was just alright. I got a few mozzie bites as I was wearing shorts, but other than that, I managed to make my way to the first peak in 25 minutes (with multiple stops along the way when Stanley/Jocelyn takes pictures)
L-R: Lam, Stanley & Jocelyn.
View from the first peak.
The distance from the first, second and third peaks are not very far. Maybe 5-10 minutes apart. I wouldn't say that it's hard to climb up the hill, in fact I find it relatively easy and I am eager to find more challenging hills to climb so I can train up for my Mount Kinabalu hike.
Then we went on to the 2nd peak. At this point, Jocelyn gave up and roamed around the area, saying that she felt very tired and has vomiting urges.
At a point on to the third peak, we had to climb over boulders and use rope to lift our way up. Definitely interesting but I have no idea how going will be like... yet.
Me showing the thumbs up after conquering Broga. Hill.
After much snapping away on the camera, we proceed our way down the hill. Just opposite the hill there is a Rabbit Fun Land - a rabbit farm.
According to Stanley, the place serves rabbit satay and whatnots, and he's right. To enter the farm, we have to pay RM5. There are also other animals in the farm such as sheeps, ponies, monkeys and goats.
I find the place relatively ok, but couldn't bear with the stink. The place also sells rabbit spaghetti, rabbit sausages, among all things.
We got steadily hungrier as it was already mid-morning. Stanley said he read from a blog about a shop that sells pan mee somewhere in the Broga town. The place is usually frequented by students from Nottingham University.
Broga town is really small and it's only about 5-10 minutes drive from Broga Hill. We just have to drive along the main road from the hill, and then we're already in the 'town' with the shop right by the main road (a few blocks away from a furniture shop). That area is also just on the border of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.
I ordered dry Pan mee which came with a small bowl of wantan soup while the others had soup Pan mee (Lam), wantan mee (Jocelyn), and Lor mee (Stanley). The taste is alright and the total came to about RM4+ for a plate of Pan mee and hot milo. Soooo cheap after months of KLCC food :)
The next destination was also an idea of Stanley's, which is a temple. Takes an additional 5 minutes drive from the shop.

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Re-1 board to decide on Haptonstall’s contract
BASALT – The Roaring Fork School District Re-1 Board of Education is set to decide whether, and for how long, to renew its contract with Superintendent Judy Haptonstall when it meets in Basalt Wednesday evening.
On the table is a possible two-year contract extension, which has been the subject of a closed-door performance evaluation and contract negotiations between the school board and Haptonstall in recent weeks.
However, a group of Carbondale parents has been lobbying school board members to consider a probationary one-year renewal option instead.
Their concerns revolve around what they see as a lack of communication about district education policies, and what some have described as an “environment of fear” when it comes to teachers and parents raising issues and concerns to district administration.
Under the parents’ proposal, an extension beyond next year would be subject to a “360-degree” review of Haptonstall’s performance that would include feedback from teachers, parents, school administrators and community members.
“The school board members are elected to oversee the superintendent and to represent the community,” said Re-1 parent and Carbondale resident Erin Rigney.
“This is a big issue, and we’re asking our board of education to be conservative with Judy’s renewal,” she said.
Other Re-1 parents say it would be best to not renew Haptonstall’s contract at all, and begin searching for a new superintendent to lead the district, which includes public schools in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Basalt.
“We have some big changes coming to the district in August,” said Basalt resident and Re-1 parent Stacey Craft, who would prefer the district seek out a new superintendent.
Specifically, she noted that the district is about to implement its “Moving On” student placement model, and the state is also adopting more rigorous education standards.
“Our kids deserve a superintendent who is focused on these changes, someone who is not distracted by the intensive year-long job review that has been proposed by some in the community,” she said.
Several Glenwood Springs parents have also been calling for Haptonstall’s removal in the aftermath of an unpopular decision earlier this spring to suspend Glenwood Springs Elementary School principal Sonya Hemmen and not renew her contract for next year.
That decision was upheld by the school board, which declined to reveal the specific reasons behind Hemmen’s suspension.
Rigney said the one-year contract option is a compromise that, with the 360 review, provides a platform for a broader evaluation of the district’s leadership under Haptonstall.
Haptonstall is ending her fourth year as the District Re-1 superintendent. Her previous contract, approved in April 2009, included a salary of $146,265.
Wednesday’s school board meeting takes place in the Basalt High School library, and will include an executive session to continue discussion of Haptonstall’s contract at 2:45 p.m. The meeting includes an open forum section for public comments at 5:30 p.m., which is when parents plan to make their case with regards to the contract renewal issue.
The board is scheduled to decide on the superintendent’s contract soon after the public comment period.
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A woman was arrested and accused of being part of group of women who have been going into hospitals and stealing wallets from female employees.
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Police arrested Lashonda Jefferson and also learned the identities of the other women they are looking for: April Jefferson, Donnika Jefferson, Nicole Jefferson, Teyana Locke, Tamara Jefferson and Adrienne Talbot. According to police six of the seven women are sisters and they range in age from 21 to 34 years old.
Police said since November the group has targeted multiple hospitals including Norton Suburban and Brownsboro Baptist East, Jewish Downtown and Baptist East.
Detectives said the women would go into waiting rooms and nurses station's and steal wallets out of purses belonging to female employees.
In total, investigators believe the women have racked up nearly $20,000 on the stolen credit cards.
Saint Matthews Police Detective Tony Ford said, "They are currently wanted by the St. Matthews Police Department and the Audubon Park Police Department and they'll be wanted for fraudulent use of a credit card and multiple burglaries of the hospitals in the area."
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Michael Stone: Take down the Waldo speed trap
Published: Sunday, August 11, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 9, 2013 at 11:01 p.m.
Fellow Florida citizens, we have a real opportunity before us to drive the city of Waldo away from its one and only reputation.
You know the one. All you have to do is type in "Waldo S" in Google, which would then politely suggest that you're looking for "Waldo Speed Trap."
The small town that joins Florida Highway 24 and U.S. Highway 301 has gained a national stigma for dishing out ticket after ticket. The reason for the high volume is not for safety, as most all law-enforcement action should be, but to plug a large hole of the city's budget. Even though Waldo gets way less than the state — only about $25 off a $244 ticket — they do start to add up.
Aiding the police's ability to nab motorists are the fluctuating speed limits that force drivers to give more attention to signage than the road. All officers have to do is wait at one of the changes for a quick and easy payday.
But drivers could soon rejoice in a small victory. A state Department of Transportation consultant is examining the drop from 55 mph to 45 mph around the Waldo flea market on Highway 301, DOT engineer Tony Falotico kindly told me. The DOT is tasked with designating speed limits on 24 and 301.
The speed limit near the flea market was originally lowered — and a traffic light installed — to protect shoppers. That was when the business was thriving much more than it is now.
The consultant is counting vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the 45-mph zone and will eventually submit a report to the DOT. The end result could be fewer speed limit fluctuations and more clear sailing at 55 mph.
Meanwhile, though it certainly won't carry as much weight as the consultant's work, citizens can offer input to the DOT. And with Waldo's history, I wouldn't be surprised if the entire nation clogs the agency's emails and phones.
The AP reported in 2003 that Waldo averages 6,300 tickets annually, and by 2012, according to The Sun, that number had risen to 10,000. That's about 10 tickets a year for every Waldo resident.
Waldo was ranked No. 3 in the National Motorists Association's 2012 list of the "Worst Speed Trap Cities" in North America. The Internet is littered with other news articles, blogs, comments and all things anti-Waldo.
Even AAA has taken a stand, labeling the town and nearby Lawtey — also on Highway 301 — as the nation's only true "Traffic Traps." The automobile and travel company famously posted a billboard message in 2003 warning drivers to slow down because a "Speed Trap" is ahead.
From the AAA website: "AAA particularly condemns the use of traffic traps which involve unfair, unethical or illegal law enforcement tactics or traffic control devices, as well as the use of speed measurement devices on roads with speed limits appreciably less than warranted by sound engineering principles."
Basically what AAA is saying is that a fairly linear artery shouldn't drop from 65 to 55 to 45 to 35 — and even 15 mph for the school zone — in the short distance it does in Waldo.
It seems quite sensible for a town that has garnered such negativity to turn over a new leaf — but it might not be within financial grasp.
Though they have backed off in recent years, news agencies were once persistent in reporting how much traffic citations totaled as compared to the city budget: 41 percent in 1995; 43 in 1999; 32 in 2000; and 38.7 in 2002 (or 105 percent of the police budget).
The city appears to be capitalizing on a system rigged against the driver, who is typically from out of town and is not familiar with Waldo's frequently changing speed limits.
Why not give a polite Waldo welcome by issuing warnings for first-time offenders? Because, as former Waldo Police Chief A.W. Smith told the AP in 2002, "warnings are for children."
All this came to my attention after I was stopped in June and issued two fines — $244 for speeding and $101 for an unrelated registration issue. Not considering the latter, which I'll tally as my fault, the speeding ticket alone represents 2.44 percent of my annual salary as a University of Florida teaching assistant.
When second-year Waldo Police Officer Frankie Ehrnreiter, 29, handed over my citation, he said: "Watch out for these speed limits. They change all up and down this road."
After researching Waldo, those words took on a different meaning: "I know that these speed limits trick drivers — it's how we pad our city's budget by countless thousands at your expense."
When I first saw his blue lights behind me, I was confused. My car was traveling 60 mph, and a 55-mph sign was just ahead. But apparently, according to Ehrnreiter, the ticket came from my time in a 45-mph zone (which I assume is why he set up where he did).
Justifications for the high volume of tickets mentioned from Smith and current Chief Michael Szabo in the media are: Officers don't stop people unless they're going at least 10 mph over; there hasn't been a traffic fatality in 17 years; the trap is a deterrent for other types of crime; and the state sets the limits, with city officers just enforcing state law.
The first reason isn't a rallying point, since not making a stop for going just a little over is already common practice among police.
The second reason isn't either. If police are issuing that many speeding tickets, it must mean Waldo is comparable to a NASCAR track, not a peaceful Mayberry. Plus police waiting to pounce doesn't combat more likely causes of accidents: driver fatigue, weather and road conditions, medical or emotional issues, and distractions like texting and eating. Further, 24 and 301 are straightaways, not curvy backroads that stand to cause more accidents, and the large absence of dicey traffic lights also plays a role in driver safety, not police writing citations.
Neither is the third reason. Since the statistic of zero fatalities is worth highlighting, so should be Waldo's other crime numbers. But they aren't, according to numbers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
From 2000-06 — a six-year period — 80 total offenses were listed: rape (2), robbery (2), aggravated assault (10), burglary (42), larceny (16), and motor vehicle theft (8). Waldo was the only Alachua County police agency that did not report from 2007-10.
But in 2011 and 2012 — only a two-year period — the total boomed to 128: rape (1), robbery (2), aggravated assault (19), burglary (48), larceny (53), and motor vehicle theft (5).
That's a 60 percent increase in just two years as compared to the numbers over six years. Meanwhile, the population between the 2000 and 2010 censuses only increased 23.6 percent, from 821 to 1,015.
Your voice matters
All this comes down to the fourth justification from Smith and Szabo: the state, not the city, setting the speed limits. While Waldo police are avoiding issuing warnings and fundraising instead of crime fighting, it's the state DOT that can do something about it.
The Waldo speed trap can be knocked down a peg by citizens providing input to the DOT. Together, with the consultant's findings, one of the speed limit switcheroos could be no more, making for a comfortably longer expanse of 55 mph.
Employees will kindly listen and take your voice into consideration. After reaching the Lake City office at 386-758-3700, simply say you think the area under consideration should be raised to 55 mph.
One thing to keep in mind is that the office really is fighting for the citizens' best interests. It has denied Waldo's requests to set a consistent rate of 45 mph all the way through — which would have eliminated 55-mph spans and made ticket writing even easier.
Also contact Waldo's representatives in the state Legislature — Sen. Rob Bradley at 904-278-2085 and Rep. Clovis Watson at 352-264-4001.
Until the speed limits are changed, avoid Waldo simply by plotting an alternate route online from one of the many available. A few extra minutes are worth a couple hundred dollars.
Together, through either boycott or DOT-forced change, we can make Waldo police do what they were hired to do — protect citizens, not put a $244 toll on roads.
Michael Stone is a former reporter and editor studying environmental communications at UF.


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I'm an Electronic Engineering Student that has just completed my A.S., and I'm moving onto my B.S. I have always had a long interest in robotics, but I never knew how to get involve with the hobby. It wasn't to I met a friend who was actively building robots that I finally got into it. At the moment, we are finishing up our robotic arm for our class project, which you can see at our website. I haven't joined the Robotics Society of Southern California yet but I will at their next meeting. Our next project would be building a custom mini sumo.
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Well it's been 4 months since my last post; I figure I'll give you guys an update. Both of us are pretty consume with work at the moment. Fred is still working for NASA, and I'm a PC repair tech at a retail store. I recently got back with my first love, astronomy, and I‛TM]m in the process of setting up a pretty mean astrophotography set up. A while back I switch the website host just see how the bandwidth was; if you want to test it out its at holsted.dotnetpark.info/j5group.
Sorry for the inactivity, let see a lot has happen since my last post. For one, I graduated valedictorian, Fred came in a close second. Two, we won project of the quarter with our Robot Arm hooked up to a PLC. Fred is in the process of putting together tutorials on building a mini sumo, since we couldn't really find any on the net. Unfortunately, money been tight for the both of us so we haven't done much but research on some building techniques for our mini sumo. Well that is all for now.
We took our robot arm and showed it off to the teachers and the director of the electronics program. They all liked it very much and there is a good chance we'll win the best project of the quarter. But I wont know before graduation on the 16th of September. Fred and I were both talking about adding a basic stamp to it instead of using a PLC. So we can take it down to the robotics meeting here in Southern California.
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South Africa’s main tobacco producer gave authorities till 10am on Monday to reply or face authorized motion.
JOHANNESBURG – Companies, organisations, and civil society are closing in on authorities with many turning to the courts to have the ban on cigarette gross sales overturned.
South Africa’s main tobacco producer gave authorities till 10 am on Monday to reply or face authorized motion. British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) is searching for pressing readability on the decision-making course of that led to authorities imposing an indefinite ban on the sale of tobacco merchandise.
The COVID-19 nationwide command council – headed by Cooperative Governance and Conventional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma – final week went again on its choice to raise the prohibition beneath stage Four lockdown rules.
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FITA withdrew its authorized problem after the president’s announcement that the sale of cigarettes can be permitted.
The affiliation’s chairperson Sinenhlanhla Mnguni mentioned: “We are going to be challenging the rationale behind the ban on the sale of cigarettes on a number of grounds. The U-turn on the sale of cigarettes is not procedurally just.”
A petition, which gained momentum following authorities’s U-turn, has additionally been circulating on social media with over 470,000 signatures.
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I have been working on a page that illustrates the letters S & T.
When I was originally thinking up the various alphabetical ideas for Baby Goes Baaaa!, a snake seemed the obvious choice for 'S', but 'T' was more tricky. I first drew owls, thinking of Too-Wit Too-Woo!, but realised it's too complicated a sound for Baby to get it's mouth round.
As you can see, I was also toying with Tock Tock, a sound toddlers are used to, from singing Hickory Dickory Dock, but a clock is not an animal, so doesn't fit. I sketched animals wearing watches, but a watch is a very adult item.
So, in the end, I decided to give myself a little artistic licence. After all, in a baby's world, a clock with a face is not so different to a teddy. I gave it wings as well, then combined it with the snake to create one image, to keep things compact:
This is how the artwork looks (I seem to have a bit of a thing for red and yellow snakes):
The 'S & T' page sits opposite the letter 'U' (for Uh-Oh! - a sound I've noticed that babies love, for its intrinsic humour), and I have begun work on that page next, so I can keep an eye on how the two pages work visually together. I played with various ideas for minor accidents at the roughs stage, but plumped for a burst balloon, for its colour and drama, without any actual hurt:


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During the last 25 years EnhanceCo has provided specialized bypass systems for monitoring internal corrosion in real time conditions in a variety of locations, both on and offshore. Our systems are designed to operate at system temperature and pressure while drawing fluids from the pipeline and, after phase separation and measurement, return the fluids back into the line. These integrated systems provide a platform for comparing multiple corrosion monitoring and measurement techniques and for obtaining samples for local or laboratory investigation. Data from the various instruments can be collected at the site or transmitted electronically for further analysis.
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The 4E framework helps in staying prepared for the change:
The jobs in treasury can be separated into three roles:
Evolving roles in treasury:
It is crucial to stay afloat with technology by upskilling the existing skills. This is possible by:
The HighRadius™ Treasury Management Applications consist of AI-powered Cash Forecasting Cloud and Cash Management Cloud designed to support treasury teams from companies of all sizes and industries. Delivered as SaaS, our solutions seamlessly integrate with multiple systems including ERPs, TMS, accounting systems, and banks using sFTP or API. They help treasuries around the world achieve end-to-end automation in their forecasting and cash management processes to deliver accurate and insightful results with lesser manual effort.


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Screening of antibacterial potentials of some medicinal plants from Melghat forest in India
Cyperus rotundus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Tinospora cordifolia, Gardenia gummifera, Ailanthus excelsa, Acacia arabica, Embelia ribes and Ventilago maderspatana from Melghat forest were screened for their antibacterial potential against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella typhi, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella typhimurium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter aerogenes by disc diffusion method. Out of these medicinal plants Caesalpinia bonducella, Gardenia gummifera and Acacia arabica showed remarkable antibacterial potential. The phytochemical analysis had showed the presence of Cardiac glycosides in all extracts (aqueous, acetone, ethanol and methanol) of Acacia arabica, Gardenia gummifera and ethanol, methanol extracts of Caesalpinia bonducella. Flavonoids were present in Gardenia gummifera, Ailanthus excelsa and acetone, methanol extracts of Acacia Arabica. Tannins and phenolic were present in Cyperus rotundus, Embelia ribes, and organic extracts of Ventilago maderspatana.
Key words: Antibacterial activity, Melghat, Medicinal Plants, Phytochemical

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This issue brief is an interview with the evaluator of a STEM project with middle and high school tribal youth, working with tribal leaders and STEM professionals on a research project about salmon restoration. The evaluation shows how involving youth in an engaging and authentic research project built their STEM skills in a possible career path. There is a link to the full research report.
This document provides links to teaching resources, training models, publications, and other resources to assist child care providers and families as they help children recover from exposure to a natural disaster or other traumatic event. It includes links to relevant federal agencies, national organizations, and additional publications.
This website provides basic information about sustance misuse and numerous links to resources on related topics. This is important information for providers to know in case there is a substance use problem among children or families served, and in case any staff may be using substances.
This webinar defines child care deserts and explores how two organizations have developed data-driven analyses to identify where there is persistent undersupply. The data demonstrate that lack of child care disproportionately impacts rural communities, low-income communities, and Latino and American Indian and Alaska Native families.
This report introduces the concept of child care deserts, where there is limited or no access to high quality child care.
Rosemarie Allen, Institute for Racial Equity and Excellence, proposes that we reduce school and child care suspensions and expulsions by shifting the behaviors of adults. She recommends that we increase adult efforts to teach pro-social skills, and look for what is good, right, and best about each child.
This list is an annotated collection of materials on suspension and expulsion. It includes a robust range of policy and research overviews, reports and articles, audiovisual sources, and online materials. While it is designed for early childhood through grade 3 in Vermont, most resources are relevant for older school-age and those beyond the state of Vermont.
This report explores why libraries are well positioned to be allies in increasing family engagement. The strategies shared come from a review of the literature, a survey of library directors, and a learning community of librarians.
You for Youth (Y4Y) is a virtual hub for Out-of-School Time (OST) providers. This website offers free professional development courses, tips on training staff, resources and tools for designing high-quality programs, and answers to questions.
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text: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT DANGEROUS (with GUN and 2 PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS) NOT CHARGED – State v. Mr. D (DMC No. 9521) (DPS DR No.2010-011410): Mr. D was traveling in the area of the I-17 and State Route 101 interchanges in Phoenix, Arizona. Another vehicle had cut him off and had engaged Mr. D in a “road rage” incident. The other vehicle pulled up to Mr. D and was attempting to force him off the road. Mr. D held up a gun to display that he was armed, but did not point it at the other vehicle. The other vehicle backed off and called Police. Mr. D was then arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a deadly weapon. This charge carries a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 15 years in prison. Because of this, it was important that we argued to the Detective involved in the case that this was a situation of Self Defense. We also wrote a letter detailing all of the facts of the case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Subsequently, everything was reviewed and the County Attorney Declined Charges against Mr. D.

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Continuing his series of shows on semantic distortion, Dr. Sunic discusses distortions of political concepts by the liberal ruling class. He will be talking in this show about use and abuse of words and qualifiers that European Americans are subject to. In essence modern political discourse is a gigantic scam used to hide political reality and silence serious critics of the system.
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text: My native place is Lakhimpur Khiri. And the name of my village is Tendua. My parents were extremely poor. I am the eldest among two of my sisters and one brother. I do not even remember when I started handling the household chores and started going to farms to work. I think by the time I was 10 or 11-years-old I had taken up all responsibilities of home and outside on my shoulders. I still remember how I had begged my father to send me to school when I saw another girl from our village going to school. But my father and uncle said that children of such poor families as ours do not have it in their destiny to be educated. Despite my repeated requests I wasn’t sent to a school and hence I could not even learn reading and writing. I vividly remember many incidents of oppression, discrimination and humiliation while growing up.

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Ep. 93 - The Butcher of Paris
In 1944, police made a gruesome discovery inside a Paris townhouse, a mass collection of dismembered body parts being burned in a furnace. This would lead them to a massive manhunt for a vicious serial killer named Marcel Petiot, who operated freely during the World War II Nazi occupation.
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Video: Canhead Sets New Guinness World Record With 10 Cans Stuck To His Head
Most people get a nickname from their family growing up or friends at school.
Jamie Keeton of Wisconsin got his nickname of "Canhead" thanks to a very unusual talent that has twice landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records.
How did Jamie Keeton Get The Nickname "Canhead"
Jamie told Guinness that since he was a kid different objects could stick to his skin. He didn't fully discover this hidden talent until one faithful day when he shaved his head and went to a baseball game.
"I was trying to cool my head down. I dried it off first, grabbed a can of pop, and just started cooling my head down, As I was doing that, they hit a homerun and I went up to grab it and missed, and then I was like 'Where's my drink?' It was stuck to the back of my head."
How Can He Stick The Cans To His Head
Jamie shared with the Guinness Book of World Records how cans stick to his bald head.
"I actually have a skin condition that's not named yet where my skin pores literally suck in oxygen, the result is that objects can stick to suction to my skin."
What Was The World Record Jame Broke
According to Guinness World Records Jamie originally set this record on January 11th, 2016 by getting eight cans to stick to his head.
Then a man named Shunichi Kanno of Japan broke the record on September 1st, 2019 with nine cans.
But "Canhead" would not be denied this world record for most drink cans placed on head using air suction.
On June 1st of this year, Jamie was able to get 10 cans to stick to his head.
Do Other Things Stick To Canhead
Jamie can actually get a variety of things to stick to his skin
Pens and markers
A fifth of Vodka
A plastic bottle of lemonade
Canhead Has Taken His Talent And Turned It Into A Business
Canhead has done a lot of marketing and promotion for beer company Heineken


Enterprises from chemical, oil-processing, transport, energy, and other industries are struggling to reduce their negative environmental impact without sacrificing the profit. The main negative impact comes from the anthropogenic emissions (NOx, SOx, CO2, and fly ash) from the combustion of coal, oil products, and other fuels. Coal is regarded as the most environmentally hazardous one. An advanced solution to the environmental problems of coal-burning enterprises is switching from coal to fuel slurries containing water and waste flammable liquids. These are known as coal-water slurries (CWS) or coal-water slurries containing petrochemicals (CWSP). In this research, we analyze all the main strengths and weaknesses of high-potential CWS and CWSP fuels as compared to coal. For the evaluation we use such indicators as heat of combustion and fuel consumption; anthropogenic emissions and ash residue; maximum combustion temperature; minimum ignition temperatures; ignition delay times; cost of components; feasibility indicators of storage, transportation, and combustion of fuels; fire and explosion safety. We also introduce a complex parameter to consider the contribution of all the above indicators. The research findings are consolidated with due consideration of high-potential components for CWSP fuels, their properties and concentrations.
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|Состояние||Опубликовано - 25 янв 2019|
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- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering


In 1939, the year World War II broke out, Winston Churchill was thinking about aliens. Not illegal aliens, actual extraterrestrial aliens. Although the looming Nazi threat surely commanded most of Churchill's attention, the renowned statesman still found time to formally ponder one of humanity's greatest mysteries in the aptly titled essay, “Are We Alone in the Universe?”
A little more than 40 years ago, Dubai was a tiny pearl-fishing village lined with dirt roads. Now it's the largest and most futuristic city in the world, the jewel of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). From manmade, palm tree-shaped archipelagos to jetpack-wearing firefighters and the world's tallest building, the city has a reputation for taking on insanely ambitious projects and executing them with swiftness and expertise. Now, the UAE has a vision to build an even crazier city—on Mars.
Our sun might not seem as enigmatic as more exotic, distant stars, but it's still a marvelously mysterious miasma of incandescent plasma. And it's certainly worthy of our scientific attention: Curiosity aside, a violent solar event could disrupt satellites and cause $2 trillion in damages for the U.S. alone. Yet, despite living in its atmosphere, we don't understand some of its defining phenomena. For sixty years, we haven't understood why the surface is a cozy 5,500 Celsius, while the halo called the corona—several million kilometers away from the star's surface and 12 orders of magnitude less dense—boasts a positively sizzling 1-2 million Celsius.
If we want to find alien life in our solar system, Jupiter's icy moon Europa is one of the best places to look for it. And scientists may get a chance to do just that in the coming decades. A new NASA report outlines the goals for a mission that could land on the icy moon as soon as the 2031.
A massive flash of light illuminated the skies above Illinois and Wisconsin on Sunday. It blazed a Northeasterly path bright enough for folks to spot from New York to Minnesota before falling into Lake Michigan. You're probably picturing a steaming rock, hissing briefly as it hit the chilly surface of the Great Lake. But you'd be wrong. “That was completely made up in Hollywood,” says Mike Hankey, Operations Manager and meteorite hunter at the American Meteor Society. “It's literally cold when you first touch it.” He would know—he's been tracking down meteorites for years with the AMS and has found many a meteorite chunk. “Everyone always writes in saying they know they've found a meteorite because it was hot,” he says. “Nope, definitely not.”
When it comes to spaceflight, SpaceX's prices and flair are hard to beat. But the company hasn't exactly had smooth flying lately. There've been a few explosions, and the most recent blast in September has raised questions about whether the company's fueling operations could endanger future astronauts. Now, the Wall Street Journal reports that a problem in the Falcon 9's engine could jeopardize SpaceX's goal of becoming the first private company to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station in 2018.


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IAMPVYNE is on a mission to use his influence for the greater good of us all. If you haven’t yet heard of artivism, this is your opportunity. As PVYNE explained to me, artivism was birthed out of the 2020 political scene, from COVID to police killings to the protests as a result. Artivism asks us to consider how we use our creativity to affect change. When I sat down with PVYNE, he pointed out that for the last seventy-plus years, we tried peaceful protests and they were effective, but as walking loses its efficacy, we need to reconsider what we do moving forward.
We The Future (WTF) went to meetings with grassroots organizers and found that “their way” is the “only way” and it slows change because it isn’t truly collaborative. Community events with entertainment draw the largest crowds, and WTF sought to make use of that fact. Artists are to be utilized not only for entertainment but to move the needle and culture, to do the community work. Artivism is in paintings, murals, music, drawings, film, and more. There is no limit to the message that can be conveyed through art, with the consumer always having the opportunity to create their own meaning. Artivism doesn’t limit the scope of the issue for the consumer of the art. With art carrying so much meaning to each individual, it instead broadens their perspective and forces them to question injustices, their capabilities, to spark the passion in them to fight for their beliefs.
What PVYNE knows for certain is that WTF is capable of relaying behind politicians. WTF is developing a telethon, a local support telethon for upcoming elected officials involving teachers and the school district. It will be similar to a town hall, but with a solution. The telethon will take place in July 2021 and will be called Comm-Unity. Anyone interested in participating in the telethon or donating monetarily to the telethon’s success can contact PVYNE or a WTF affiliate directly to offer assistance. United we stand, divided we fall.


Back to the Golden Age of Gaming At Traverse City’s Coin Slot
By Kristi Kates | July 29, 2017
You can’t have just one, according to Traverse City’s Scott Pierson. Nope, not potato chips — upright video arcade games, the large-scale console machines ubiquitous to ’80s-era pizza joints and ice cream parlors. But lucky you, gaming fan — you’re the beneficiary of Pierson’s arcade game fascination. His dedication to these classics has led to a public space where big kids can head back to their childhood (or true kids can experience a whole new way of gaming) for the cost of just a few quarters.
Pierson, who’s originally from Kenosha, Wisconsin, has lived in Traverse City for the past half-dozen years or so with his wife, Erica. A professional in the packaging industry, he moved here to take a job at Grand Traverse Container. Comfortable paychecks allowed him to pick up his first upright console game, Centipede.
“I’m 31, and I grew up with all the home-gaming consoles — Nintendo 64, Playstation,” Pierson said. “But of course like every kid, I wanted to own a full-size arcade game — so I started with Centipede, which we put in our condo. Combine my enjoyment of gaming with the fact that my wife and I also love old vintage things, and it was an easy purchase. Plus they’re fun, cool, and actually historic, if you think about it.”
The big arcade boom, Pierson pointed out, marks a definitive era in popular culture. It began fast and ended fairly quickly. The golden age of arcade games is thought to have started around 1978. By 1982, there were reportedly 1.5 million arcade machines active across America, including such hits as Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Qix, Rally-X, and Paperboy. But by 1985, arcades had already started to fade at a rapid pace. The arcade’s demise, for the most part, was thought to be a combination of three sweeping changes: the introduction of more and better console games that people could buy to play in their own homes, the growing popularity of VHS movies, and the influence of Hollywood.
“The film industry was big on pushing back against arcades,” Pierson said. “There were billions of dollars in quarters being spent in arcades, which Hollywood saw as ‘people not going to the movies,’ which is part of why arcades still, to this day, have an image of being bad or sketchy places to hang out. Ours isn’t, of course!” he added.
After his purchase of Centipede, Pierson added to his upright collection with Ms. Pac-Man, Frogger, Donkey Kong. Soon he and Erica had five arcade machines squeezed into their two-bedroom condo. Then he filled an extra office at his workplace with arcade games. “At 15 games, we thought, well, I should either stop buying these or go to the next level with them.”
His original intent wasn’t to start a business, but that’s what he and his wife finally decided to do. “We thought it made sense to share them with other people,” he said. “After all, you can only play one game at a time!”
The Piersons opened up the first version of their videogame arcade, called The Coin Slot, in May 2016 in Traverse City’s warehouse district. “It was kind of a beta launch at the time, to see if the idea would catch on,” he said.
It caught on well, spurred by both nostalgia and the throwback themes of such popular videogame-based movies as Tron: Legacy, Pixels, Wreck-It Ralph, and all of the buzz around Ready Player One (coming in 2018), an arcade-themed Steven Spielberg movie taken from the novel by Ernest Cline.
As the Coin Slot’s popularity grew, Pierson started seeking out more arcade games, which he primarily purchases from private sellers, then moved The Coin Slot to the corner of Front Street and Boardman Avenue one the east side of downtown Traverse City.
“We’re in a lower-level space now and have a lot more room,” he said. “We’re also working on a collaboration with [Traverse City’s] Workshop Brewing Co., who will be opening a small tap room in the upstairs space of our building, so people can flow from one place to the other. We chose to work with them because even though they do serve alcohol, they’re known for being family friendly, and we want to keep our arcade that way, too.”
The main demographic for The Coin Slot is gamers ranging from about 25–45 years old, with occasional groups of teenagers and some families participating in the fun as well. Alongside his classic vintage arcade games, Pierson has sought out some “newer” games, mostly early to mid-’90s second-generation uprights like The Simpsons, Mortal Kombat II, and NBA Jam. He’s got about three dozen games total.
“Most of the newer games are multi-player, which is nice because you can go in as a group effort, which makes them more social,” Pierson said. “We also added in a couple of couches with classic Nintendo consoles set up, so people can sit down and play.”
The Coin Slot’s new location also puts them in the midst of a small collection of businesses Pierson said is nicknamed “The Spot”; it includes his arcade as well as a T-shirt/candy/toy shop called MI [pronounced my] Happy Place; the upcoming addition of the Workshop Brewing Co.; and three food trucks: Rockwich Sandwiches, Wingz and Thingz, and MIddleBOYS Savory Waffle Cones.
“We’re basically pooling what we’ve all got to offer, to make this area one destination for fun,” Pierson said. “You can play, shop, eat, pick up some candy, chill with your friends. We’re planning to keep promoting and adding to the arcade games, too, so the whole thing will just grow and be a cool place to hang out.”
The Coin Slot is located at 346 E. Front St., in downtown Traverse City. For more information, visit thecoinslottc.com or call (231) 642-5661.