Experiment #27 from Physics with Vernier
In this experiment, you will study a small, inexpensive electric motor used as a crude elevator. You will measure the current through, and voltage (potential difference) across, a motor as it lifts a small mass. If you know the current and voltage, you can calculate another electrical quantity—power. The power used by an electrical device can be calculated from
power = current × potential difference
The unit of power is the watt (W). An electrical device that consumes 1 W converts one joule of energy to another form every second (1 J/s). If the power provided to a device is constant over time, you can multiply the power by the time and get the energy. If the power provided to a device changes during the experiment, the electrical energy can be determined by finding the area (integral) under a power vs. time graph.
You will use this approach to determine the electrical energy used by the motor and compare it to the change in gravitational potential energy of the mass. The gravitational potential energy gained by an object can be calculated if you know the mass and the distance it is lifted. By comparing the electrical energy supplied to the motor with the gain in potential energy of the mass you can calculate the efficiency of the motor as a machine used for lifting.
- Measure the power and electrical energy used by an electric motor.
- Determine the gain in potential energy of a mass lifted by the motor.
- Calculate the efficiency of the motor.
- Study the efficiency of the electric motor under different conditions.
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- International Baccalaureate (IB)/Physics
- 11.2 Power generation and transmission
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Participation with Minas in Mykonos
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The municipality of Mykonos commissioned the famous designer Minas, to design the benches and lamps that decorate the old port of Mykonos.
interSCALA participated in the construction, by producing the wooden parts, which were formulated in our factory, according to the designer's instructions.
The pieces on the bench are made of teak wood, that we always have in our factory’s warehouse, and the base for mounting is constructed by thermowood.

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Farm*A*Syst is a partnership between government agencies and private business that enables you to prevent pollution on farms, ranches, and homes using confidential environmental assessments.
Farm*A*Syst can help you determine what risks -- whether from livestock waste disposal, pesticide management or petroleum storage -- could threaten your family's health and financial security. A system of step-by-step factsheets and worksheets helps you to identify the behaviors and practices that are creating those risks.
All information you gather is confidential. You decide what changes you need to make an when to make them.
Some of the issues that Farm*A*Syst can help you address include:
Because Farm*A*Syst is a voluntary program, you decide whether to assess your property on your own, or if you want additional technical advice from your local government agencies or businesses.
Since 1991, thousands of farmers and ranchers throughout the country have used Farm*A*Syst. The program has been recognized nationally and internationally for its common-sense approach to managing environmental risks.
Whether you grow soybeans or cotton, raise cattle or chickens, manage 100 acres or 1,000 acres, Farm*A*Syst is the program to get you started.
Contact us at:
303 Hiram Smith Hall
1545 Observatory Drive
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Find out what is going on in your area.
Visit the web site of companion program, Home*A*Syst.
Farm*A*Syst is a national program cooperatively supported by the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Health officials mentioned Friday that an Illinois patient who contracted a severe lung disease after vaping has died and that they consider it the first loss of life in the United States associated to the smoking option that has become popular in teens and youngsters.
The Illinois Department of Public Health, the patient, was hospitalized after falling sick following vaping, though it didn’t give different information about the person, including the affected person’s name, age, hometown or date of demise.
The state acquired the report of the death Thursday, stated Dr. Jennifer Layden, the Illinois company’s chief medical officer.
All of the incurred have been teens or adults who had consumed an electronic cigarette or some other type of vaping device. Doctors say the diseases resemble an inhalation injury, with the lungs reacting to a caustic substance. So far, infectious diseases have been dominated out.
The sicknesses have been reported since late June, but the total depend has risen rapidly in the past week. That could be partly as a result of cases that weren’t initially being linked to vaping have begun to be grouped that way.
Among the latest records are two in Connecticut, four in Iowa and six in Ohio. Health officials are suggesting doctors and hospitals must inform state health officers about any possible vaping-related lung disease cases they find.
In its news release, the Illinois agency stated the number of people who contracted a respiratory illness after vaping had doubled in the past week, to 22.
Electronic cigarettes have been described as a less harmful alternative to regular cigarettes, but health officials have been worried about kids using them. Many of the concern has focused on nicotine, which health officials say is harmful to developing brains and may make kids more likely to take up cigarettes.
However, some vaping products have been found to contain other potentially harmful substances, including flavoring chemicals and oils used for vaping marijuana, experts say.
A number of the individuals who obtained sick had vaped products containing THC, the excessive-inducing ingredient in marijuana. CDC officials stated they do not have a breakdown of how many of the infected people vaped THC.
The American Vaping Association, an advocacy group, issued a statement arguing that “tainted, black market THC products” are to blame. The group is known as on federal officers to clear nicotine vaping products of suspicion.
Matthew Myers, the head of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, stated the illnesses underscore why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must be looking into e-cigarettes and their impact on health before they are often sold to the public.

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Parametric system identification of resonant micro/nanosystems operating in a nonlinear response regime
- Sabater A.B, Rhoads J.F
- Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing SCI(E) SCOPUS
- Elsevier in 2016
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The parametric system identification of macroscale resonators operating in a nonlinear response regime can be a challenging research problem, but at the micro- and nanoscales, experimental constraints add additional complexities. For example, due to the small and noisy signals micro/nanoresonators produce, a lock-in amplifier is commonly used to characterize the amplitude and phase responses of the systems. While the lock-in enables detection, it also prohibits the use of established time-domain, multi-harmonic, and frequency-domain methods, which rely upon time-domain measurements. As such, the only methods that can be used for parametric system identification are those based on fitting experimental data to an approximate solution, typically derived via perturbation methods and/or Galerkin methods, of a reduced-order model. Thus, one could view the parametric system identification of micro/nanosystems operating in a nonlinear response regime as the amalgamation of four coupled sub-problems: nonparametric system identification, or proper experimental design and data acquisition; the generation of physically consistent reduced-order models; the calculation of accurate approximate responses; and the application of nonlinear least-squares parameter estimation. This work is focused on the theoretical foundations that underpin each of these sub-problems, as the methods used to address one sub-problem can strongly influence the results of another. To provide context, an electromagnetically transduced microresonator is used as an example. This example provides a concrete reference for the presented findings and conclusions.
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Jharkhand: ED seizes Rs. 3 crore linked to IAS Singhal
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs. 3 crore in cash in connection with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against now-suspended IAS officer Pooja Singhal. The cash was seized on Friday during a raid at the premises of one Mohammed Ezhar Ansari in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. Ansari reportedly runs a group of private companies.
Why does this story matter?
- The ED arrested Singhal—former Jharkhand mining secretary—in May 2022 on charges of money laundering related to cases of alleged irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and the mining sector.
- The development can prove to be worrisome for the chief minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief, Hemant Soren, who is also on ED's radar in an illegal mining case.
Raid also conducted against former coal and sand in charge
The ED sleuths said that among the seized cash, most notes were of Rs. 500 denomination, and a few notes were of Rs. 2,000 denomination. They said the raid was conducted as part of a probe into the anomalies in the captive coal consumption case. The officials also raided the premises of Jharkhand's former coal and sand in charge, Ashok Kumar Singh.
ED attached property worth Rs. 83 crore linked to Singhal
In December last year, the ED attached immovable property worth Rs. 82.77 crore linked to Singhal, a 2,000-batch IAS officer. Her businessman husband, Abhishek Jha, and others, also under the scanner, were subjected to ED's raids in May 2022. The ED had accused Singhal of irregularities while serving as the deputy commissioner/district magistrate of Chatra, Khunti, and Palamu between 2007 and 2013.
ED arrested Jharkhand's former junior engineer in 2020
The ED probe against Singhal and others pertains to a money-laundering case in which the ED arrested Ram Binod Prasad Sinha, a former Jharkhand government junior engineer, in West Bengal in June 2020. He was booked in the PMLA case in 2012 based on FIRs filed against him by Jharkhand's vigilance bureau on charges of swindling public money and investing it in his name.
Soren accused of extending mining lease to himself
The Opposition speculates that the action is intended to corner Soren, whom the ED accuses of violating electoral law by extending a stone quarry mining lease to himself while holding public office. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had previously written to Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais, recommending Soren's disqualification from the state Assembly for misusing his position.


Cooling things is done most often by using the vapour compression refrigeration cycle
The world of refrigeration is diverse and complex. I have been fortunate enough to work on everything from the tiny Tim Horton’s creamers that squirt the cream into your double-double to some of the largest industrial ammonia refrigeration systems in Canada that use hundreds of thousands of pounds of refrigerant. And while there are incredible differences in the size, scale, and complexity of all of these systems, one thing is usually the same: The vast majority of them used the vapour compression refrigeration cycle. While there are several other ways to make things cold, including absorption, adsorption, the Peltier effect, the Joule cycle (air cycle), magnetic refrigeration, etc., none of them are even close to as common as vapour compression. So, with that in mind, I thought we could go way back to basics to get an appreciation and understanding for how a simple vapour compression cycle works.
The vapour compression refrigeration cycle works by manipulating the pressures and therefore the temperatures of fluids as they change state between vapour and liquid. There are four main components to every vapour compression refrigeration system, and they are as follows:
- Expansion Device
Conveniently, the names of the components are very helpful in understanding what they do.
A watched pot eventually boils
Because essentially everyone has experience boiling water, it can be useful to think about water when describing a refrigeration cycle instead of some other refrigerant.
I usually like to start by imagining a pot on a stove that is filled with cold water. When you turn on the heating element what happens to the water? Obviously, the water gets warmer. As we keep adding more and more energy, bubbles start to form on the bottom of the pot. At sea level, the water is 100C when this starts to happen.
Now imagine that we have a balloon on top of the pot to catch the steam, what happens as we continue to add energy to the pot? The water starts to boil more and more and eventually settles into a rolling boil. The water at this point is still 100C. The steam that is being generated in the pot is collecting in our balloon and it is expanding so that the pressure is not changing.
Ultimately, all the water will boil and there will be nothing left but steam. Figure 1 shows the process we just imagined, and this is precisely what happens in the evaporator of a refrigeration system.
Water only boils at 100C when the air pressure is 101.3kPa, which is standard sea level pressure. If you are in Banff, Alta. It will boil at about 98.5C, if you are a mere halfway up your Everest climb it will boil at about 84.5C, if you have a vacuum pump and dropped the pressure to 0.7 kPa (around 5,000 microns) it will boil at about 1C, and if you put under 2 Atm of pressure (approximately 30 psia) it will boil at 120C.
The boiling temperature of all substances depends on their pressure. Which means, if we can manipulate their pressure, we can manipulate when they boil and conversely when they condense.
Now imagine we connected a vacuum pump to our pot/balloon apparatus and reduced the pressure to 5,000 microns before we started to apply the heat. As far as the water is concerned, nothing has really changed. It will boil the same as it did before. But we don’t even have to start the stove to make it happen since the room is now warmer than the 1C boiling temperature of our water and it can get the energy it needs to boil directly from the air in the room. We end up with a pot of water in a rolling boil at 1C and it is air conditioning the room.
Unless we do something else, our evaporator will run out of water to boil and it will warm up to room temperature. In order to get the steam back into water so we can boil it again, we would have to remove the same amount of energy as we just added.
These next few explanations can be a bit tricky to imagine. If we took our pot and balloon, made sure the vacuum pump was off, and reduced its volume by squeezing it, the pressure would have to climb; if the pressure went from 5,000 microns up to atmospheric pressure, the water trapped inside would now have a boiling temperature of 100C. However, since we have not removed any energy yet, it could not have condensed and must all still be vapour and we are let with steam at atmospheric pressure and a actual temperature of at least 100C. This “squeezing” is what our compressor does.
Since our apparatus now has 100C steam in it and is warmer that the room, it is easy to remove the energy. Droplets of water will form and as the heat is rejected to the room; all of the water vapour turns back into liquid (Figure 3). We have now rejected at least the same amount of heat as we absorbed previously so we didn’t get any cooling in the room. This is why the condenser of a refrigeration system is located somewhere outside of the area being cooled. In our example, if, we moved to a different room to reject the heat, we would be heating one room and cooling the other.
To repeat the process, we would have to drop the pressure again so the water would boil at a lower temperature. This is what the expansion device does. It’s kind of like the vacuum pump in our imaginary apparatus, but much simpler. In order to explain, we have three more changes to make to clean up our example. Recall that the reason we used a balloon in the first place was to keep the pressure the same as the system generated steam. Well, because the compressor is “sucking” on the evaporator and removing that steam, the balloon is not necessary at all. Instead of expanding into a balloon, the vapour is simply taken away in the compressor and compressed. However, now that we are actually moving the steam, the pot we are rejecting heat in must be a physically separate pot for the steam to flow into. Since we finished with water at 101.3 KPa and we have a compressor sucking the steam away, we no longer need the vacuum pump to maintain the lower pressure and we just need a simple orifice to drop the pressure as we feed the water back into the start of the cycle. (Figure 3 illustrates all of these changes.)
There you have it. We successfully imagined a refrigeration system using water and the vapour compression refrigeration cycle. In reality, water is a really poor refrigerant for this cycle, but the important part is to understand that what is happening in the evaporator and condenser of a vapour compression refrigeration system is exactly the same thing that is happening to the water you boil on the stove. We simply add some components to control and recirculate the refrigerant and pick some fluids that can evaporate at temperatures and pressures appropriate to what we are trying to do.


Hickory, NC - Cape Fear women's basketball advanced to the semi-finals of the NJCAA Region X tournament, defeating Brunswick Community College, 61-42.
Nikia Wallace was the team's leading scorer with 16 points, knocking down four 3-pointers. TaKwana Bland added 11, while Taylor Foulks and Christina Caesar each finished with 10.
Despite the final score line, the Sea Devils struggled in the first half, finishing with 29 at the half but scoring just 10 in the second quarter. However, 23 points in the third quarter broke the game open, and proved the difference.
"We came out a little sluggish in the first half, but picked it up quickly in the start of the third quarter," said head coach Lori Drake.
While it's a good start to the tournament, coach Drake made it clear that they will have to remain focused heading into tomorrow's semi-final game.
"It's tournament time and everyone wants to win. We have to come ready to battle against Catawba Valley tomorrow."
Tomorrow's semi-final game against Catawba Valley Community College is scheduled for 2 p.m. The winner will head to the championship game scheduled for 2 p.m., on Saturday, March 11th.


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Unit 3 at Exelon’s Peach Bottom nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania returned to service Oct. 27 after a planned fall refueling outage.
During the outage, which started on Sept. 9, workers replaced nearly one-third of the reactor’s fuel and performed maintenance. Workers also executed planned upgrades that will allow the station to generate additional power, pending approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Other projects included upgrades to safety and electricity generation equipment.
Unit 2 continued to operate during Unit 3’s outage.
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President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven mid-east counties will continue to go unenforced as judges on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the executive order failed to meet necessary constitutional criteria.
The Salvation Army and real estate speculator Richard Basciano reached a record breaking $227 million settlement following civil suits related to the 2013 Center City building collapse. So reports Philly.com.
Former Knicks star Charles Oakley was charged with three third-degree misdemeanor counts of assault and a third-degree count of criminal trespass after an altercation in the stands of Madison Square Garden. So reports ESPN.
Coffee seller Starbucks sent a letter to its employees informing them the chain is partnering with Ernest & Young to provide free legal advice to assist with “immigration issues” and to get information in “these uncertain times.” So reports Fortune.
Australian singer Kylie Minogue successfully blocked a U.S. trademark application from Kylie Jenner regarding the use of their mutual name. So reports the Entertainment Weekly.


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The Young Critics Circle Film Desk will hold its 26th annual citations for the best of Philippine cinema on 15 September 2016, 3 pm, at the University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum.
Ralston Jover will receive Best Film and Best Screenplay honors for Da Dog Show, while the film’s lead actor, Lou Veloso, will receive the Best Performance award.
Other winners include Lawrence Ang for Best Editing (Salvage), the cinematography and production design team of Balikbayan #1 for Best Cinematography and Visual Design, the sound and music team of Balikbayan #1 for Best Sound and Aural Orchestration, and the directors of the Best First Feature award: Carlo Enciso Catu (Ari: My Life with a King), Bor Ocampo (Dayang Asu), and Ara Chawdhury (Miss Bulalacao).
Prof. Elizabeth Enriquez and Prof. Jose Buenconsejo will serve as keynote speakers.
The awarding ceremony is supported by the UP Diliman Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts.

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South Dakota Water Science Center
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USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
MTBE Health Advisory NoticeSince this publication was issued, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has changed the advisory for methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). The updated advisory is 20-40 micrograms per liter and is termed a "drinking water advisory" (rather than the previously issued draft "drinking water health advisory"). The new advisory is described in USEPA publication EPA-822-F-97-009, Drinking Water Advisory: Consumer Acceptability Advice and Health Effects Analysis on Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE), which is available on the World Wide Web at :
or by calling the USEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791).

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Gamecom Team is very happy to release Babol the Walking Box, a 3D Challenging Platformer Adventure game. Avaliable now on PC via Steam globally, and following on other platforms (Playstation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch) afterwards which will be published by a publisher from Russia, “Chile Dog Interactive”.
About Babol the Walking Box
Babol the Walking Box is 3D Platformer Adventure game where you play as a box that can walk, Babol the Walking Box, with a cute low poly visual style that will spoil the eyes throughout the Babol adventure.
Begin your adventure with your new friends! Babol the Walking Box Yes, it’s game about Box that can walk, nope, just kidding hahaha UwU Explore the amazing world of box, from the wilderness, desert, to super duper cold snowy mountains!


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'Orange is the New Black' Season 5 Spoilers: Release Date, Cast, And Updates
“Orange is the New Black” has been tagged as one of the most sought-after American TV Series to date. With that, additional seasons came in the way for this series. As the unveiling of the release date for its Season 5 remains silent, certain rumors spread that it would be released on June 2017.
As released in Inquisitr, Most of Litchfield’s women will still be seen in the show. Characters that are there would be Crazuy Eyes, Alex Vayse, Piper Chapman, Red and more. The site also shared that Lori Petty could have a possible return in the show.
Also as stated in Parent Herald, there could be a possible death in Season 5, just like what happened to Poussey in Season 4. Viewers all over the world believed that there could be a probable death of one of the show’s major character.
Fans speculated that the next character that could face death would be Piper, played by Taylor Schilling. Some also thinks that Bailey’s life is somehow connected with Poussey’s death in its Season 4 finale.
With how season 4 ends, viewers still question the actions of Daya and how she could suffer from the consequences of her choices.
The creator of the series, Jenji Kohan informed that the hit series “Orange is the New Black” will be viewed up until Season 7. This proves that people around the world loved every part of the series. This will also make Kohan the showrunner for three additional seasons of the series.
Here are some of videos related to the show:
Here are some of the reactions of the social media world regarding the upcoming Season 5:
Can't wait for Orange is the New Black season 5 more than likely I think it will be released next year...
One Direction Niall Horan Released Own Song -'This Town'
With the hiatus in the band “One Direction”, its member Niall Horan revealed his own song entitled “This Town” which every fan would love.
“Criminal Minds” Season 12 Episode 2 Spoilers: Update on Thomas Gibson
With its surprising appearance of Thomas Gibson on the 12th Season of “Criminal Minds”, what’s in it for him in the next episodes?
'Game Of Thrones' E-Book Released By Apple: Updates And Preview
For Game of Thrones’ 20th anniversary, Apple released a new feature that fans would surely love.
Huawei Mate 9: Release Date, Details, And Specifications
With different cellphone brands releasing their own line of mobile gadgets today, Huawei released their new Mate 9. What’s in it?
'Naruto Shippuden' Episode 477: Fight Between Naruto And Sasuke
As the hit-running manga series came into its 477th episode, what will the viewers expect regarding Uzumaki Naruto and the rest of the gang?
NBA 2k17 Update 1.03; A 7.1-GB Patch Download
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Game Developers’ Different Roles in the Studio
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If you keep up with influencer culture then chances are you’ve seen several posts in recent weeks promoting cryptocurrency.
With the promise of earning easy money, stars like Jake Paul, KEEMSTAR, and Tana Mongeau are calling on their millions of fans to invest in relatively unknown cryptocurrencies, creating a FOMO effect by claiming the coin’s value is on the rise. This strategy, called pump and dump, has existed for decades on the equity markets as a form of securities fraud that is often compared to a Ponzi scheme.
But having made their way into the crypto market, pump and dump scams have become the latest way for influencers to exploit their fans and take their money.
How does pump and dump work?
Traditionally, pump and dump scams occur when a small group of investors decide to purchase stock in a company with low market value AKA at a low share price. They enlist other investors to buy-in under the guise that the company’s value is increasing. As more people buy-in, this ‘pumps’ the stock price up. The initial investors then sell their stock at a much higher price than they purchased it for, making money on an artificial capitalisation they essentially created. Selling bulk stock that was purchased at a low price drives the current price down— hence the ‘dump’— and other investors suffer significant losses.
While this practice is illegal on equity markets, the cryptocurrency market remains relatively unregulated and thus these scams have become increasingly prevalent.
Why are influencers getting involved?
Unlike traditional pump and dump schemes which rely on trading boiler rooms to call up potential investors and convince them to buy stock in the target company, bravenewcoin.com explains that cryptocurrency pump and dump relies on social media to function, making influencer marketing the perfect medium to facilitate these schemes.
“These schemes target low capitalization cryptocurrencies and digital tokens that can easily be manipulated with low trading volumes,” writes Alex Lielacher. “Instead of boiler rooms, the price pumps are conducted by spreading hype and fake information about a coin on social media.”
In these instances, the influencer tells their millions of followers that they’re making money off a crypto coin. A fraction of their followers will invest in said coin, expecting to make gains as well. As more followers buy-in and the price spikes, the influencer sells their shares and makes a profit, driving the share price down and thus screwing their followers out of the same return. Though different variations of this scenario can play out depending on how the coin functions (some are more transactional while others function more like pyramid schemes), the result is similar— the influencer walks away with profit they indirectly took from their fans’ own pockets.
Some influencers appear to be promoting pump and dump scams for personal gain while others like Tana Mongeau have been seemingly paid by a crypto coin as a sponsored social media post.
In her latest Instagram post, the 22-year-old OnlyFans star wrote, “me earning money by the pool bc cryptocurrency ? get $TITS coin at TitsCoin.io, and join me in raising awareness for breast cancer ? swipe right and get yours now!!” Tana added “#ad” at the end of the caption, indicating she had been paid to promote the coin.
One week after KEEMSTAR promoted SafeMoon, the coin lost over three quarters of its value according to VICE.
While watching your initial investment double, triple, and sometimes quadruple in a matter of days can be intoxicating, experts warn against buying cryptocurrencies that influencers promote.
New Zealand-based cryptocurrency investor and analyst Lark Davis compared SafeMoon, the coin promoted by Jake Paul, KEEMSTAR, and rapper Lil Yachty, to Bitconnect which crashed in 2018 after the FBI said Bitconnect had a Ponzi scheme-nature.
“You’re simply reliant on someone further down the line being willing to pay more than you did to turn a profit, which is a risky bet indeed,” financial analyst Laith Khalaf also said of SafeMoon, adding that it “doesn’t sound too different from a pyramid selling scheme”.
The laws might not have caught up to the tech (yet), however it’s arguably unethical for a social media star to exploit the parasocial relationship and trust they have with fans to make a quick buck.
For more on the dangers of pump and dump cryptocurrency scams, see this thread by London-based software engineer Stephen Diehl.


As you may have heard, Governor Evers
announced a “Safer-at-Home” order
which will begin tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 8:00am and last until Friday, April 24, 2020.
That means for the next month, all non-essential businesses will close and people should stay home as much as possible. Essential businesses include grocery stores, health care providers, pharmacies, and more. Please take a moment to read the
entire order here
There are also some important deadlines coming up:
On Tuesday, April 7th, Wisconsin will hold the 2020 Spring Election and Presidential Preference vote. Registered voters can still request an absentee ballot. Please visit
to request a ballot, find out where you can early vote, and what will be on your ballot.
It is important we follow the
on good personal hygiene and perform social distancing. This will help limit a spike in cases which could overwhelm our hospitals and healthcare providers. We must do all we can to limit the spread of COVID-19. Please wash your hands, maintain social distancing, and limit your trips outside as much as possible.
Right now it is critical we do everything we can to limit the spread of COVID-19 and allow our medical community to stock up on the much needed supplies they will need. In fact, if you have access to medical supplies such as masks and hand sanitizer, please consider donating those supplies to first responders and health care providers.
I understand many families will be struggling. However, I am working to help make sure we get though this with as little harm to you and local businesses as possible. Together, we can make a difference.
Please do what you can to flatten the curve and stay healthy.


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1. Pearly-white smiles
Follow this trio of tartar-fighting tips to keep your four-legged family member’s teeth in tip-top shape: First, choose firm kibble; as pets chew, coarse food scrapes tartar from teeth. Second, brush regularly to prevent gingivitis; a gentle circular motion with a pet-friendly toothbrush works best. (Don’t forget those back molars!) Finally, buy textured chew toys; the rough edges can help remove tartar and plaque.
2. Sticking it to stains
Accidents happen, but don’t go replacing the carpet just yet. Kill the smell and lift discoloration with a double-duty cleaner that uses natural enzymes to soak up odour-causing proteins and break down ammonia.
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If you worry about your pet’s “waistline,” consider a food option that’s helped 70 percent of chubby cats and dogs lose weight within 10 weeks. Loaded with natural ingredients, the special formula even helps your pet burn calories. And it comes in both dry and wet — great for picky eaters.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — The South Carolina Department of Transportation, South Carolina Department of Public Safety, SLED, Department of Natural Resources, and the National Guard plan to remove the lane reversal on I-26 Friday morning.
The process for returning I-26 to normal operations on October 7 will begin by law enforcement stopping traffic from entering the reversed lanes at I-526 in Charleston.
DPS will then begin the process of removing traffic control points on I-26 EB from Charleston to Columbia. Once the traffic control points have been removed and a final check has been performed, all lanes will return to normal operations. This process could take three hours or more.
Westbound I-26 will remain open during this operation, except for intermittent closures.
While SCDOT didn’t release an exact time, Governor Nikki Haley said in a news conference Thursday, October 6 that the reverse reversal could take place at around 12 noon.
All motorists evacuating the coastal area are strongly encouraged to leave prior to the times as SCDOT, DPS, SLED, DNR, and National Guard personnel will be returning to their office quarters until the storm has passed.


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The statistics from the second quarter of 2018 are in and Bainbridge Island homes continue to gain value as the number of homes for sale and average days on market decline downward.
While other areas in the Puget Sound region boasted rare inventory increases throughout the second quarter of the year, Bainbridge Island actually saw a decrease in the number of homes available for sale, settling at just 1.8 months of inventory. In line with less homes on the market, the number of sales likewise decreased, and the average sales price held relatively steady year-over-year at $965,000 in Q2-2017 and $972,000 in Q2-2018.
Homes spent 40% less time on the market than they did this same time last year, hovering just under one month at 26 days. The average price per square foot increased to $364.31, which was up 2.5% compared to the second quarter of last year and represented a slightly slower rate of growth than occurred in Q1-2018.

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There are numerous video games offered today at our disposal. Several of them are complimentary and can be played online, while the others are not cost-free and you can play them on your laptop computer, Xbox, PSP or any kind of various other pc Game challenge terminal or tool that you might have. Game challenge are additionally offered in numerous various classifications like challenges, gallery video games, journey video games, activity video games, sporting activities video games, mind training video games, memory video games, 3D video games and far more. Currently, all video games are not helpful for us; neither do they include in our advancement whatsoever. Nevertheless, there are some video games that make us smarter.
Playing these video 24 hour games maintains our mind in leading problem. A research study performed by the College of Michigan has actually shown that individuals that maintain their minds involved and challenge their minds on a regular basis have the ability to enhance their memory. An additional research study has actually shown that maintaining your mind energetic minimizes your opportunities of establishing illness like Mental deterioration, Alzheimer’s, and so on, by 63%. In this write-up, we have actually created a listing of terrific computer game and online video games that make you smarter.
Mind Age: Train your Mind in Minutes a Day
This game was developed and promoted by Nintendo, one of the most well-known computer game business worldwide. This game was particularly produced for its hand assistance video giant board game challenge console, Nintendo DS. Mind age has a package of challenges to challenge your mind varying from Mathematical concerns to Stroop examinations to Sudoku problems.
– Stroop Examinations: This basic game obstacles your capacity of emphasis. In this game, you have different names of shades before you on display, and each word is composed of various shade that does not represent its significance. For instance, the shade Black would certainly be created utilizing environment-friendly shade typefaces. All that you require to do is giant board game challenge youtube your mind to remain concentrated and review the shade of the font style in which words are created and not words. Attempt boosting your ratings with each effort. Allows me to alert you, it’s not as simple as it appears! Sudoku: This Rebecca Zamolo game focuses on fixing the problem of numbers in a 9X9 grid. A few of the blocks have numbers on them, and the others do not. What you require to do is to fill out the whole grid with matching numbers to obtain a one-of-a-kind option.

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This is a question about mechanical waves. As i understand it, there can be many different types of mechanical waves, but its is not allways necessary to actually make a physically motion of one harmonic oscillator (a partical, or a part of the medium that the mechanic waves travels throw) to start or hinder a mechanical wave. The force spreads throw the medium even if the physical motion of the harmonic oscillators is somehow hinderd. And the physical motion of the mechanical wave will come back once the obstacle have been passed. Let my me try to further explain what i mean with a picture !-----! -> this is the wave moving in the direction of the arrow ___! !______0000000000________ the zeros 000 are obstacles !----- -! -> this is what will happen ___0000000__ __! !______ Am i right? And why does this happen? Is it because the force or power traveling throw the medium treavels between the atoms and molecules of the harmonic oscillators once the actuall motion of the oscillators in not possible?


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Look what he did with my album! Long distance collaboration - this is what makes the interwebs wonderful.
In a Mellow Tone by Duke Ellington. Performed here by the incomparable Lambert, Hendricks and Ross.
Just a little gratuitous vocal beauty to celebrate World Voice Day 2013
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il buono, il cattivo, il brutto) by Ennio Morricone, performed on the ocarina. Yeah!
I am thinking that the ocarina is the missing link in my recording. I’d planned to record this on toy piano and melodica, but needed a third texture. Enter the ocarina! (“Enter the ocarina” - that sounds like the name of an imaginary Finnish folk metal band. Hm.)
Morning Passages from Philip Glass’s soundtrack to the film The Hours.
So poignant! And I so admire the characters in this masterful screenplay. I wonder if my producers would be happy for me to record yet more Glass? This fits well into my favourite-strong-female-characters-in-cinema idea. Hm.
I’m really getting into this whole toy piano thang… Here’s a whole festival dedicated to it! Thank you interwebs for connecting me with other toy piano weirdos. It’s so fab :D
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According to TMZ, professional mistress and Celebrity Rehab star Rachel confided in a close friend yesterday, stating she would “give up everything” to be back with Tiger, whom she had an affair with.
The friend tells TMZ Rachel said, “I feel horrible for him. He loved her. But he was in love with me. I hope he remembers that was real, and reaches out to me.” Wonder if Rachel would be willing to give up the $10 million settlement she reportedly received from Tiger to stay mum about their affair.
In other Rachel news, RadarOnline reported yesterday that Rachel is now being accused of having an affair with her Celebrity Rehab co-star Jeremy London.
Jeremy’s estranged wifeMelissa London has apparently been telling friends she believes the Party of Five star is involved in a romantic relationship with Rachel.
Jeremy is however denying the affair, telling PEOPLE – “Without a doubt we are only friends. We never even kissed. We’ve never had an affair.”
Celebrity Rehab 4 is scheduled to premiere in October on VH1.
New details continue to emerge in the Tiger Woods cheating scandal. Woods himself released a statement yesterday admitting to his sins and several transgressions, while apologizing to his wife and family.
The main girl at the center of the scandal is Jaimee Grubbs, who appeared on the reality show – Tool Academy earlier this year. Jaimee sold her story to US Weekly magazine for the amount of $150,000. As part of her story, Jaimee supplied the magazine with voicemails, photos and over 300 text messages. Some of the text messages sent to Jaimee by Tiger are below –
Sent September 27, 2009 –
“I will wear you out soon. You just need some attention from me.”
“Do you have a boyriend? Quietly and secretly, we will always be together. When was the last time you got laid?”
“I will be on the west coast the next 2 weeks. San fran in a tournament, then Orange county. So let’s hook up in the OC.”
A screen shot of more of the text messages is below. The 24 year old waitress revealed more details in an interview with the Sun magazine. “I loved how we got along. But I knew, in the back of my mind, there could never be just us. There would always be the wife, or somebody else.”
According to Jaimee, she met Woods at Las Vegas club Light in April 2007, and while she claims they ended up in the same MGM hotel suite, she added they slept in separate rooms. “The next day, he ordered me lunch in the room. He changed the TV to golf, and I was like, ‘I don’t want to watch golf. It’s boring.’ Then I asked him to get me a pillow. He looked at his friends and went, ‘Is this girl serious?’ At this point, he knew I didn’t care who he was,” she told The Sun before recounting their first kiss.
Things continue to get worse for Tiger as Rachel Uchitel, the first woman linked to Tiger will now be holding a press conference this afternoon with her lawyer Gloria Allred. According to TMZ, Rachel will be admitting that she did indeed have an affair with Tiger. She had previously denied any wrong doing.
A new report by the Chicago Suntimes gives some insight into the current state of Tiger’s marriage with his wife Elin Nordegren. According to the article, Elin is reportedly being paid a hefty seven-figure amount — immediately transfered into an account she alone controls — to stay with her husband.
On top of that, Elin is also getting her prenup re-written, making the incentives for her to remain Mrs. Tiger Woods more enticing. The couple — who have daughter Sam, 2, and son Charlie, 9 months — have been married five years, and according to their current agreement, they need to remain married for 10 years in order for Nordegren to collect a divorce settlement of $20 million. The Suntimes report states the $20 million amount will be increased substantially.
The report also states Elin and Tiger are in an “intense marriage counseling,” at their home — with a counselor who has been conducting sessions several times daily.
Money seems to be the recurring theme in all these stories. Jaimee received $150,000 to tell the world she’s a whore, and Tiger’s wife is now allegedly receiving millions and millions of dollars to stick by the side of her cheating scum husband. Good luck to all parties involved, they will be needing it.
An oh yeah, Jaimee hit up a famous LA spot last night and was all smiles for the paparazzi. More photos of Jaimee below —
On November 24, the day before reports of his alleged infidelity with Rachel Uchitel first surfaced, Tiger, 33, phoned his off-and-on girlfriend, 24 year-old Los Angeles cocktail waitress Jaimee, and left a message in which he begged her to change her voicemail greeting.
“Hey, it’s Tiger,” he says in the voicemail, obtained by Usmagazine (listen above). “I need you to do me a huge favor. Can you please take your name off your phone? My wife went through my phone and may be calling you. So if you can, please take your name off that. Just have it as a number on the voicemail. You got to do this for me. Huge. Quickly. Bye.”
More details of Tiger’s racy affair will be available in this week’s issue of US magazine. The story includes racy photos and over 300 text messages exchanged between Tiger and Jaimee. “I loved how we got along,” Jaimee tells Us Weekly. “But I knew, in the back of my mind, there could never be just us. There would always be the wife, or somebody else.”
Tiger and his wife, model Elin Nordegren, 29,wed in 2004. The couple has two children, two-year old daughter, Sam, and a nine-month old son, Charlie.
UPDATE #2 – According to Gawker, Jaimee received $150,000 to tell her story.
UPDATE – The Cover of this week’s US Weekly magazine is below —
Tiger Woods released a statement just days ago wanting some privacy for his recent headline making auto accident. Seems like he had good reason as things are about to take a turn for the worst.
Rachel Uchitel, the first woman alleged to have had an affiar with Tiger, came out publicly denying the story this week. However a different woman and reality show alum, Jaimee Grubbs, is now coming forward and claiming she had a 31 month long affair with the golf star. Even more damaging, Jaimee has sold her story to US Weekly, and her shocking story will make the front cover of the magazine when it comes out Wednesday morning.
Jamie starred on the first season of VH1’s reality show, Tool Academy, as the jilted girlfriend of Shawn Southern, one of the ‘tools’ on the show. According to TMZ, Jaimee has voicemail recording and texts to prove the affair took place.
Jaimee claims she met Tiger in Las Vegas in April, 2007. She was a 21 year old cocktail waitress at the time when she began her long running affiar with Woods. Us Weekly reveals Jaimee has more than 300 text messages from Tiger — who married Elin Nordegren in 2004.
US also reveals Jaimee had 20 sexual encounters with Tiger. The mag has photos, racy texts from Tiger, as well as a voicemail from November 24, in which Tiger suggests his wife might be on to the alleged affair.
UPDATE – Some of the text messages sent by Tiger to Jaimee have been unveiled. They are below –
“I will wear you out…when was the last time you got (bleeped)?” one message read.
Another one from Tiger read, “Send me something very naughty…Go to the bathroom and take (a picture).”

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Professional examination for working in explosive facilities
A technical inspector must pass the test for occasional work in explosive facilities due to the danger of working in explosive facilities, which can be endangered due to explosive atmospheres.
The exam content comprise topics on what are explosive atmospheres, what chemical any physical circumstances are the cause of their occurrence. Candidates must be aware in what cases ignition can be caused and how to prevent it. They learn about the equipment that is appropriate for installation in explosive facilities and how to handle it. They must be informed on the legal regulation of the anti-explosion protection.
Besides the basic training, workers must attend periodical trainings every two years.
The price for basic training seminar is EUR 190, the price of a refresher training is EUR 150.


Guest post by Jeff Shiver, Founder of People and Processes, Inc.
As a maintenance planning and scheduling professional, I am often asked how to schedule maintenance activities when production is 24/7 or 24/6. An important question is whether the 24/7 operation is driven in part by a lack of reliability or if the organization is proactive and actually capacity constrained. In either case, the challenge is finding windows for work with the equipment stopped or shut down.
- Failure to identify smaller windows for work
- Give work to operators
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- Get the work done right
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- Identify failure
- Act, don’t react
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- Failure to take advantage of unplanned downtime for proactive work
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Gatwick Airport suspends all flights after drone sightings
REPORTS of drones flying close to Gatwick has led the airport to suspend all flights in an out of it until further notice.
Flights were first suspended at about 9pm yesterday after two drones were sighted near the airfield.
Gatwick announced the runway reopened at about 3am today '“ but just 45 minutes later it was shut again.
In a statement, the airport said: '˜Following reports of two drones flying over the Gatwick Airport airfield at around 9pm, the airfield was closed from 9.03pm on Wednesday, December 19 to 03.01am on Thursday, December 20.
'˜Unfortunately a further sighting of drones in the vicinity of the airport has forced the runway to be closed again from 03.45am as we investigate the sighting alongside Sussex Police.
'˜We will update when we have suitable reassurance that it is appropriate to reopen the runway.'
Passengers faced delays to their travels on Wednesday night as some flights were unable to leave the tarmac while others were diverted to alternative airports.
Some people reported being left stuck on planes for several hours while they waited to find out what was going on.
Gatwick advised anyone flying from the airport, or collecting someone, to check the status of their flight.
A spokeswoman added that airlines were working to provide affected passengers with hotel accommodation or transport for those whose flights were diverted.
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Turin Christmas Markets 2017
Turin also offers a particular Christmas Market, which is held in Piazza Borgo Dora, with several initiatives for children and adults.
All shops in the area of Borgo Dora will remain open during the whole period of the Advent, in concomitance with the opening of the market stands, whereas restaurants and pubs will offer Christmas menus for the entire duration of the markets.
26.11.2016 – 8.01.2017
Piazza Borgo Dora (inner and outer courtyard of Maglio)
from Monday to Friday from 15.00 to 20.00
Saturday & Sunday from 10.00 to 21.00
At weekends the youngest visitors can have some fun in recreational areas purposely created for them.
In addition to this, performances by storytellers and acrobats will take place, as well as music and theatre performances, all in the area reserved to markets!
Turin is served by two international airports: Torino Caselle and Torino-Cuneo Levaldigi.
Torino-Caselle (also named Sandro Pertini international airport) is connected to the city downtown by means of the Turin-Ceres railway line and the ring road RA10.
Torino-Cuneo Levaldigi, situated in proximity of the town of Cuneo, is the second largest city airport and it is mainly served by low-cost companies.
In order to obtain information on European Airports visit: Airports in Europe.
Turin is crossed by six highways and a ring road:
A4 Turin – Milan – Brescia – Verona – Venice – Trieste
A5 Turin – Ivrea – Aosta
A6 Turin – Fossano – Savona
A21 Turin – Alessandria – Piacenza – Brescia
A32 Turin – Susa – Bardonecchia – Frejus tunnel
A55 Turin – Pinerolo
RA10 Turin – Caselle Torinese – Caselle airport
the main railway lines departing from Turin are headed toward Genoa, Milan and France (via Bardonecchia and the Frejus tunnel). In addition, there are some secondary lines going to Ivrea-Aosta, Mondovì-Savona, Pinerolo-Torre Pellice, Trofarello-Chieri, Cirié-Lanzo Torinese-Ceres and Rivarolo Canavese-Cuorgnè-Pont Canavese.
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It’s difficult to argue that Lago Vista Wildlife Removal is anything but one of the healthiest foods we can eat. It’s a member of what is known as the cruciferous family of vegetables. This family also includes cauliflower and cabbage. Its cultivation originated in Italy in the 16th century, and is named after the Latin term”brachium” which means branch or arm.
Broccoli is one of those vegetables that are most beneficial to our health because it contains a complete nutrition. It is made of many important chemicals that sustain the body such as anti-inflammatory nutrients, detox-support nutrients, antioxidant nutrients, and anti-cancer nutrients.
Broccoli is generally steamed for 4-5 minutes or eaten raw, and best served with a meat dish. Even though most of us know that broccoli can give us many advantages, few only know of the real possibility of having broccoli in our diet. Below are some of the ways broccoli can enhance our lives and well being.
1. Cancer Prevention – Broccoli is among the most powerful vegetables when it comes to lowering the risk of developing a variety of forms of cancer. It comprises a chemical called indole-3-carbinol which helps DNA repair in damaged cells and also reduces the growth of cancerous tumors.
Broccoli also contains a substance called glucoraphanin in which the body is able to process into the anti-cancer compound called sulforaphane which in turn has the power to kill bacteria in the body.
In a research conducted by the University of Illinois, it’s been found that the anti-cancer properties of broccoli can be raised when paired with assorted spicy foods that contain the enzyme called myrosinase, such as mustard, wasabi and horseradish. Healthy Bones – Broccoli comprises large amounts of both Calcium and vitamin K, both of which are critical for healthy bones, and also reduce the risk of osteoporosis that is a disease that makes your bones more likely to fracture.
3. Healthy Heart – As stated earlier, broccoli includes sulforaphane that’s also anti-inflammatory, may have the ability to prevent, or even reverse damaged blood vessel linings which may be caused by inflammation due to chronic blood sugar disorders.
Studies have shown that a carotenoid called lutein, which is found in broccoli, can slow down the speed in which your blood vessels thicken as you grow older, restricting heart diseases and stroke.
Additionally, vitamin B6 and folate (which can also be given to women as supplements in an effort to get pregnant and during pregnancy), are also present in broccoli, have been demonstrated to limit the chances of having a heart attack or stroke.
4. Boost Your Immune System – At least four other ingredients in broccoli help with boosting the immune system that are called beta-carotene, selenium, zinc and the recognized vitamin C. From all the members of the cruciferous vegetable family, broccoli has the most concentrated source of vitamin C. Helps Lose Weight and Keeps Digestive System Healthy – Broccoli is high in fiber which keeps your bowels in good working condition allowing you to have a healthy digestive system. The fiber also maintains your glucose levels low and also discourages you from eating as it makes you feel fuller for longer amounts of time. Eye Health – Being a very good source of Vitamin A, broccoli can help with your vision. The body needs Vitamin A to be able to form vital molecules that help you see in low lighting conditions. Broccoli also contains lutein as stated in point 3, and this compound is also capable of lowering the risk of developing cataracts as you get older.
Given all the advantages of Broccoli mentioned above, now you can see what it is a super food and why it should be included in your daily diet. It’s important that broccoli isn’t overcooked because it is going to then lose lots of its healthy benefits. You ought to eat broccoli steam or stir fried (less than 5 minutes ) if you do not wish to eat it raw.
Like all foods, if you plan to regularly eat broccoli, it is best to consult your doctor with more advanced information.

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Village Health Nurse Recruitment 2019 was released on the official site. The Government of Tamil Nadu has released the recruitment notification of Village Health Nurse in Vellore District. Direct recruitment will be held on or before 29th November 2019. The TN Vellore Village Health Recruitment details in our website.
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Vacancy Details in Vellore District Recruitment 2019:
Totally 1234 Vacancies in Village Health Nurse in Vellore District.
Age Limit in Vellore District Recruitment 2019:
Candidates Should be completed in Minimum 18 Years to Maximum 57 Years to apply the Village Health Nurse Post.
CG Candidates – Minimum 18 to Maximum 40 Years
PWD Candidates – Minimum 18 to Maximum 50 Years
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Candidates should be completed in S.S.L.C with 18 Month Auxiliary Nurse Midwife/Multipurpose Health Workers (Female) OR 12th with 2 Years Auxiliary Nurse Midwife /Multipurpose Health Workers (Female) with Govt. Certificate.
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Hi again! This week, I interviewed another sophomore named Annie, who recommended that I review The Japanese House’s EP, “Swim Against the Tide”. Let’s get the bean rolling!
What is your favorite genre of music to listen to?
“Modern rock and rap, those are definitely my two favorites!”
Who do you listen to the most?
“I listen to Tame Impala, The Japanese House, Cage the Elephant, and then in rap, I listen to a lot of Chance the Rapper and Drake, obviously. I didn’t listen to Kendrick Lamar that much until his new album, but I really like him now, and I also recently started listening to Brock Hampton and I love them. I also like SZA, but she’s not really rap, she’s more R&B, I guess.”
How long have you been listening to modern rock?
“Not long, I mean, in high school I just listened to mainly what was on the radio and Lana Del Rey, but once I got Spotify during my senior year of high school, I started to branch out.”
How long have you been listening to rap?
“Forever. I have two older brothers, and one of them was really into Kid Cudi, so I got into Kid Cudi in middle school, and he liked ‘Graduation’ by Kanye West, so I remember listening to that a lot with him around that same time period.”
How would you define your music taste?
“It is the most spastic thing ever. The playlists that I create make no sense cohesively. The songs can vary from The Japanese House to Drake, from Tame Impala to Lana Del Rey or Cigarettes After Sex. I just like a random collection of music. I guess I don’t make very good playlists because whatever I’m listening to, I just throw it all together. They honestly don’t really make any sense.”
What are you recommending I review?
“The EP, ‘Swim Against the Tide’, by The Japanese House.”
How long have you been listening to this band?
“Probably a year and a half, or close to two years.”
Why do you like The Japanese House?
“She’s kind of got an electronic/psychedelic/rock-y vibe, but also lyrically, it’s really cool. She kind of reminds me of Radiohead. In interviews, she said she was inspired by them and one of her biggest inspirations for her music was their album ‘Rainbows’, which is one of my favorite albums ever.”
I’ve known Annie for a while, and for as long as we’ve been friends, she’s been raving about this band. She’s seen The Japanese House twice, she loves them so much! Above is a screenshot of an Instagram post from her first time at their concert. I can still remember how excited she was! I, on the other hand, have never listened to them, so I’m excited to learn more about them.
The Japanese House is an indie pop band hailing from England that is made up of just one artist; Amber Bain. I guess I would never have known that had I not researched it, as I always assume artists with names like “The ____” or “Owl City”, for example, are bands, but sometimes it’s really just one person! She is the singer, the guitarist, the synthesizer, the keyboardist and the producer. Talk about an independent woman.
The name of her self-driven musical career was inspired by a place in Cornwall that Amber and her family frequented when she was a child. She recalls that there were many Japanese tea houses throughout the property and that her experiences there helped her to decide to go with an anonymous title for her music, rather than using her own name.
The Japanese House has released four EPs, one of which I will be reviewing in this column. “Swim Against the Tide” was released on November 11th, 2016 and consists of four songs; “Swim Against the Tide”, “Face Like Thunder”, “Good side in”, and “Leon”. I will be doing a brief review of each song, and then an overall review of the EP.
“Swim Against the Tide”
I really like the intro to this song. I don’t know what it is, it’s just kind of soothing and funky at the same time. Remember in my last article how I said I was a “visual-listener”? This intro reminds me of the scene in Ratatouille when Remy’s brother, Emile, eats a strawberry and piece of cheese at the same time and Remy is describing all of the sounds and colors that he should be experiencing (but he doesn’t because he is an uncreative rat).
The chorus is nice and subtle. While listening to it, I was just amazed thinking about the fact that Amber does this all by herself. I wish I was that talented! The song overall is good. It doesn’t jump out at me like, “Oh my gosh, I need to listen to this over and over for the next hour”, but it is a good piece. I’ve linked it below if you want to give it a listen yourself.
“Face Like Thunder”
The second song on this EP sounds like a mix of Bastille and The 1975, which makes sense, because Amber has worked extensively with members of The 1975, and has even gone on tour with them a couple of times. Maybe I feel like they sound similar because all of the bands mentioned in this tidbit are British? I want whatever they’re having because there’s something over there that must be making their musicians sound this good!
Like the first one, this song is good but isn’t jumping out at me as being “the one”. You can decide after you listen to it. I did watch the music video for this one, which I try not to do because they can easily distract one from the lyrics and the musicality of the song, *cough cough Taylor Swift’s recent music videos*, but the videography of this one is beautiful. It’s really simple, and Amber isn’t lip-syncing so hard that you can read her lips. It’s like she’s just singing along quietly, not wanting anyone to notice it. I appreciate that. She’s a natural.
“Good side in”
I don’t know what is happening in the beginning of this song with the percussion, but I like it. It’s unusual, it’s different. It sounds like marbles rolling through a rain pipe, which I think is the point because the first lyrics are “and it started to rain”. So cool.
After the first verse, the instruments completely change…it sounded more natural in the beginning, just the plucking of a guitar or two, but then as the chorus started, the electronic side of The Japanese House was brought in. It seems to switch back and forth throughout the song, depending on if the bridge or chorus is being sang. I like change, it keeps me on my toes! This is my favorite song so far. You can’t help but bob your head along as you listen to it.
Here we are. The final song. Definitely has a The 1975 sound to it. She layers multiple vocal notes over each other, like at least three different parts. This is just like the first two songs; sounds cool and I don’t dislike it, I’m just not crazy about it. There’s not much else I can say. It seems like her music kind of follows a theme, which isn’t a bad thing by any means! I just expected more individuality since it’s an EP.
Overall, this EP was good. I like The Japanese House so much that I’m going to add the station onto my Pandora list, but – I felt as if 3/4 of the songs sounded the same. It’s not bad for an artist to be comfortable with their sound and to follow a “theme”, if you will, but I don’t know, I expected something different. That’s why my favorite was “Good side in”; it was different from all of the rest. The others were good. I just wanted a variety, I suppose.
If you want to learn more about The Japanese House, here is her website.
Annie said that you should follow her Spotify account, so here is the link to that.
And as always, if you’re super interested in my own personal life, here is my Instagram link. Give me a follow!
And lastly, here is a photo that Annie took of The Japanese House performing at Lollapalooza! She was really excited to get a chance to talk about one of her favorite artists, so I decided I would include this photo just for her!


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This study investigates the rough interface influence on the thermal resistance across double-layered thin films using Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics (NEMD) with Lennard-Jones potential. Layer A is solid argon with face-centered structure. Layer B is obtained by changing atomic mass only. When each contacting atomic plane from the two layers has the same kind of atoms a flat interface is formed. When all the atoms in the nearest atomic plane to the interface in layer A are replaced with atom B and all the atoms in the nearest atomic plane to the interface in layer B are substituted by atoms A “rough interface” is obtained. Under flat and interface conditions the temperature profile, vibration amplitude and structure factor are studied to exhibit the roughness effect. It is found that the rough interface can effectively reduce the normal thermal resistance caused by the mismatch of the two dissimilar materials. This result suggests a possibility to control the thermal conductivity of the double-layered structure by engineering its interface condition.
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EMILY TO THE RESCUE
Rapid advances in technology are revolutionizing the roles of aerial, terrestrial, and maritime robotic systems in disaster
relief, search and rescue (SAR), and salvage operations. Robots
and drones can be deployed quickly in areas deemed too unsafe
for humans and are used to guide rescuers, collect data, deliver
essential supplies, or provide communication services.
Over the last several years, a team of roboticists at the University of Tehran has
been working on increasingly large and complex
life-size humanoids. For their latest project,
however, the Iranian researchers decided to build
something smaller and cuter.
Surena Mini is a knee-high robot with a sleek
3D printed body, articulated limbs, and a round
head with two camera eyes. Twenty small
servomotors power its arms, legs, and neck,
allowing the little robot to walk, gesture, and
“The main purpose of this robot is to provide
researchers and students with a reliable robotic
platform for educational and research
applications,” commented Aghil Yousefi-Koma, a professor of
mechanical engineering at the University of Tehran.
He added that his group also has plans to offer the
robot “for helping autistic and deaf children.”
A team of 15 researchers at the University of Tehran’s
Center for Advanced Systems and Technologies worked for
over a year to design and build Surena Mini, which is 50
centimeters tall and weighs 3. 4 kilograms.
Packed inside the robot are a compact computer with
an Intel Core CPU, cameras and infrared sensors, speakers,
and an IMU (inertial measurement unit). Its hands aren’t
designed for grasping objects, but Surena Mini can push on
small things or karate-chop them.
Surena Mini’s overall size and design appear similar to
that of other small humanoids like Nao, developed by French
robotics company Aldebaran (now SoftBank Robotics), and
Robotis OP2, created by US and South Korean roboticists.
Despite their size, these little robots are pricey. Nao and
Robotis OP2 each sell for nearly US $10,000. Professor
Yousefi-Koma said Surena Mini will be available for
260,000,000 Iranian rials, or $8,000, but he hopes the cost
will come down if the robot can be produced in large
One of the biggest challenges of the project, he
explained, has been implementing features like face detection
and voice recognition, which would let the robot perform
with a greater level of autonomy. His team has developed
such capabilities for their large robots, but replicating them
using Surena Mini’s limited hardware is a trickier task.
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Emily — short for Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard — is a
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Former Davis Mayor Anne Evans, the wife of David Thompson, one of the principals at Neighborhood Partners and Twin Pines, cited the figure in her recent letter to the city, in which she lobbied city leadership to “rise to the occasion and direct your staff accordingly. There is so much to be done on your watch, but affordable housing availability is not the least of those important items.”
She writes, “The legal battle has cost the city over $800,000.”
In a conversation that the Vanguard had with City Manager Steve Pinkerton, that figure came up and he told me at the time that the figure was not true, that the total cost to the city from day one until now was about half that – that figure includes not just legal fees but all costs.
One of the things that I have learned in my time in this role is to trust no one and verify everything. It sounds cynical. It sounds like there is some conspiracy theory. But it is a healthy cynicism because it forces everyone to be accountable and to lay their cards on the table.
The city manager’s response to my cynicism was to send him a public records request and he would get me an answer.
Fine, I sent him the public records request on February 7, 2012 and was told he was getting me the answer and would have it to me by the next day.
Ten days later, at the end of the statutory period at 3:37 pm on a Friday before a three-day weekend, I got the city’s response.
City Attorney Harriet Steiner wrote, “On February 7, 2012 you asked Steve Pinkerton for documents that would substantiate the fees that the City/Agency have spent on litigation costs related to DACHA. This e mail is in response to that request.”
The city continued, “After approval by the City Council, the City has determined to release a summary of attorneys’ fees related to DACHA, and, if you so request, redacted invoices. We are in the process of preparing the summary for release, which should be available next week.”
In other words, the simple request for information about legal costs on DACHA – something that the city manager asked me to request, something that should have helped the city, something that was intimated to me would take a day, had to get city council approval – I assume in closed session.
But there is more: “As you are may be aware, the City and the Agency has not provided records of litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees during the pendency of litigation.”
I was not aware of that nor did I realize that is something the city could actually withhold. But apparently she has legal justification for that.
Ms. Steiner goes on to add: “Since early 2010, the City of Davis and the Davis Redevelopment Agency have been parties to two lawsuits – Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation v. Davis Cooperative Housing Association, Yolo County Superior Court Case No. CV PO 08-3424, as well as a related bankruptcy action in which the City and Redevelopment Agency are creditors, In re Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association, United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division, Case No. 10-30314-E-11, which has been dismissed.”
Ms. Steiner writes, “With respect to pending litigation, section 6254, subdivision (b) of the Act exempts from disclosure ‘[r]ecords pertaining to pending litigation to which the public agency is a party . . . until the pending litigation . . . has been finally adjudicated or otherwise settled.’ Subdivision (b) ‘was primarily designed to prevent a litigant opposing the government from using the [Public] Records Act’s disclosure provisions to accomplish earlier or greater access to records pertaining to pending litigation or tort claims than would otherwise be allowed under the rules of discovery . . .’ Roberts v. City of Palmdale, 5 Cal.4th 363, 372 (1993). This ‘pending litigation’ exemption covers documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine.”
Of course, one can question whether legal expenses are really covered under this exception to the Public Records Act. And they probably are not. However, as always, the city uses the backdoor to prevent the release of such material.
Ms. Steiner suggests that, by writing: “Section 6254, subdivision (k) of the Act further exempts documents covered by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrine regardless of whether there is pending litigation on the subject covered by the privileged documents. Id. at 372-73.”
Now we get to the crux of the argument: “The billing records you requested contain attorney-client privilege and work-product protected information, and communications with other law firms related to the above litigation matters are protected by the common interest doctrine. See Meza v. H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., 176 Cal.App.4th 969 (2009).”
In other words, my request, which really was not meant to seek billing records so specific as to require the city to breach attorney-client privilege, were taken to seek such. I had no idea when I made what I saw as an innocuous way to set the public record straight that these records had even a possibility of being withheld from me – unbeknownst to me, under the guise of attorney-client privilege and protected work product.
But don’t worry, the city has decided to be nice and release this information.
Ms. Steiner continues: “The City Council has determined to release information related to the costs of the DACHA litigation because of the public statements that have been made related to these costs. Staff is in the process of preparing this information and will provide it to you next week.”
She goes on to say, “If after reviewing the summary information, you would like to review the actual invoices, these will also be made available. However, please be aware that attorney-client privilege and work product information will be redacted from the invoices, as will any information that may impair the City and the Agency’s defense in the pending litigation matters.”
So let me recap what has happened here. The city manager cited a number that I wanted to verify more closely as it runs counter to the number presented by those supporting David Thompson and Luke Watkins. When I asked for that information, I was promised it shortly, but in fact it took a long and drawn-out process to get, and it eventually required council action to release.
I will get those figures this week, but the city will redact information that I never requested. However, now that they are redacting this information, I am now forced to want to see what it is that they are trying to hide.
Gee, I wonder why I would fail to trust the word of the city when, in fact, they have made so transparent their efforts to hide information from the public under the guise of the Public Records Act.
The irony is that all I really wanted to know is how they arrived at the figure that is roughly $400,000 for all costs associated with DACHA. Now I have a big mess on my hands that I never asked for in the first place.
The further irony is that for the past several years, there is apparently a running joke, which is closer to a persistent whine, that I have wasted inordinate amounts of staff time and money making numerous public records requests – requests that are overly-complicated, in part because the city never bothers to call to find out what I actually want, and requests that, by the way, I am entitled to as a member of the public.
As I said, with such transparent efforts to cover up information, who can blame me for being suspicious.
The city has been under fire for failing to come forward with answers to the public about DACHA, and perhaps this is all an illustration as to why that is.
I have no dog in this fight, I understand that the city is being sued on this matter, but matters of public record should be matters of public record.
There is a maxim that I adapt to fit this case: Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Those who hide behind exemptions to the Public Records Act probably have something to hide.
Until the city shows me otherwise, I have no choice but to accept that maxim as true.
—David M. Greenwald reporting


9 February 2013
Military officials say they believe they can overcome the problems and are moving forward with plans. But proposed fixes could prove difficult. One possibility has been ruled out as technically unfeasible. A second, relocating missile interceptors planned for Poland and possibly Romania to ships on the North Sea, could be diplomatically troublesome.
The studies are the latest to highlight serious problems for a plan that has been criticized on several fronts.
Republicans claim it was developed hastily in an attempt to appease Russia, which had opposed an earlier system. But Russia is also critical of the plan, which it believes is really intended to counter its missiles. A series of governmental and scientific reports has raised questions about whether it would ever work as planned.
At a time that the military faces giant budget cuts, the studies could lead Congress to reconsider whether it is worthwhile to spend billions for a system that may not fulfill its original goals.
The classified studies were summarized in a briefing for lawmakers by the Government Accountability Office, Congress' nonpartisan investigative and auditing arm, which is preparing a report. The GAO briefing, which was not classified, was obtained by The Associated Press.
Military officials declined repeated requests to discuss the studies on the record, noting they were classified. Even speaking on condition of anonymity, officials declined to say whether the GAO accurately had reported its conclusions. But the briefing had been reviewed by several Defense Department officials and the revisions they requested were incorporated. There was no indication they had objected to how the studies had been described.
The officials who spoke to the AP emphasized that the interceptor intended to protect the United States is in the early stages of development and its capabilities are not known. They said that the U.S. is already protected by other missile defense systems. Even if European-based interceptors are unable to directly defend the United States, they say they would protect not only European allies and U.S. troops stationed on the continent, but also U.S. radars there that are necessary for all U.S. missile defense plans.
Missile defense has been a contentious issue since President George W. Bush sought to base long-range interceptors in Central Europe to stop missiles from Iran. Some Democrats criticized the plans, saying they were rushed and based on unproven technology. Russia believed the program was aimed at countering its missiles and undermining its nuclear deterrent.
It might seem logical for the U.S. to want to have a defense against Russian missiles, but it's not that simple.
A new missile defense system aimed at Russia could undermine the balance between the nuclear powers, leading Moscow to add to its arsenal and build up its own defenses. It would undermine prospects for further cuts in nuclear weapons, which are a priority for President Barack Obama, and could hurt U.S.-Russian cooperation on other issues of international importance.
Obama reworked the plans soon after taking office in 2009, saying the threat from long-range Iranian missiles was years off. His plans called for slower interceptors that could address Iran's medium-range missiles. The interceptors would be upgraded gradually over four phases, culminating early next decade with those intended to protect both Europe and the United States.
The plans have gained momentum in Europe with the signing of basing agreements in Poland, Romania and Turkey, as well as backing by NATO.
Russia initially welcomed the plan, but now strongly opposes it, especially the interceptors in the final stage. Russia fears those interceptors could catch its intercontinental missiles launched at the U.S.
It is that fourth stage that is now at issue.
The GAO investigators said that the classified reports by the Missile Defense Agency concluded that Romania was a poor location for an interceptor to protect the U.S. It said the Polish site would work only if the U.S. developed capabilities to launch interceptors while an Iranian missile was in its short initial phase of powered flight.
But the administration is not pursuing that capability because it does not believe it is feasible, according to one senior defense official.
The military has considered deploying interceptors on ships, but the Navy has safety concerns that have not yet been resolved. The suggestion of attempting intercepts from ships on the North Sea probably would aggravate tensions with Russia. That could put it right in the path that some Russian ICBMs would use, further reinforcing Russia's belief that it, not Iran, is the target of the system.
The GAO investigators also took the administration to task for not conducting studies earlier that could have revealed the problems. Reports by the GAO and scientific bodies advising the government have raised other concerns about the missile shield, citing production glitches, cost overruns, problems with radars and sensors that cannot distinguish between warheads and other objects.
One report by the National Academy of Sciences recommended canceling the fourth phase of the system and deploying the interceptors to the East Coast.
The GAO study was requested by Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, who until recently led a panel that oversees missile defense. He said he is concerned that the interceptor in development might be useless in protecting the United States.
"This report really confirms what I have said all along: that this was a hurried proposal by the president," he said.