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The MTA discovered the source of an issue that caused the 7 train – among 13 other lines – to experience hours of delays Monday morning.
Sally Libera, senior Vice President of subways at New York City Transit, told reporters that afternoon that not only was the signal malfunction resolved, but also the system worked just as planned.
When a signal transponder was misplaced during weekend work between 42nd Street – Grand Central Station, all trains on the line began running further apart to prevent a collision, Librera said.
“We’ve confirmed the cause of the incident this morning – it was an isolated case of human error… In order to do track work, we removed a transponder. When we returned it, we returned it to the incorrect location,” Librera said. “Our signals weren’t able to correctly identify the placement of the train and they appropriately slowed the trains down and spaced them farther out so we could operate safely. Our signaling system worked exactly how it’s supposed to work.”
The misplaced transponder was found 100 feet from where it should have been installed, and was further into the East River tunnel than expected.
The MTA is now conducting a full investigation to determine how the human error occurred so further problems can be avoided in the future.
The 7 train is somewhat new to the Communications-based Train Control (CBTC) having only been installed with the digital signaling system earlier in 2019, but this would seem to be the first reported incident such as this that the MTA has publicly attributed to a misplaced transponder.
But not all delays were related to the issues with the 7 train.
Librera said the 7 train’s woes were not connected in to other lines affected by a switch problem at 36th Street in Queens on the M and F lines.
“That compounded the issue for our 7 line customers who may have transferred to the 7 line at Roosevelt for service into Manhattan, “ Libera clarified.
Update: Expect delays in E, F, M and R service in both directions as this incident continues. https://t.co/2BiK5jI0GX
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Riders Alliance policy director Danny Pearlstein called for Governor Andrew Cuomo to enact a congestion pricing plan, which he proposed in 2017 and which was authorized in the state legislature in 2019.


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Italian ryegrass control in winter wheat
Italian ryegrass (Lolium perenne ssp. multiflorum) is a serious weed in wheat production and continues to spread across much of Mississippi. The increasing prevalence of Italian ryegrass in grower fields is compounded by the lack of control from many commonly used herbicides, such as ALS inhibitors (Group 2) and glyphosate (Group 9). There were frequent instances last spring where glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass was not effectively controlled in corn and soybean fields that likely produced an abundance of seed. Much of this seed will consequently emerge and compete with fall-seeded wheat. To further complicate this issue, much of the Italian ryegrass in Mississippi has also been documented as ALS-resistant. Products containing ALS-inhibiting herbicides historically used to control Italian ryegrass in wheat include Osprey, PowerFlex and Finesse Cereal & Fallow. This severely limits the number of effective herbicides to control Italian ryegrass in wheat.
Our research has shown that a program including Axiom (Group 5 and 15) applied just after wheat emergence followed by Axial XL (Group 1) is effective in controlling Italian ryegrass in wheat. Unfortunately, early indications are that there is a limited supply of Axiom available for this growing season. Alternative herbicides for Axiom would include a combination of Prowl H2O (Group 3) and metribuzin (Group 5). While both Prowl H2O and metribuzin alone have good activity on Italian ryegrass the combination of these herbicides provides a much higher level of control.
Prowl H2O may be applied after wheat has emerged and reaches the one-leaf stage but prior to flag leaf emergence. The rate range for Prowl H2O is 1.5 to 2 pints/A on coarse soils, 1.5 to 3 pints/A on medium soils and 2 to 3 pints/A on fine soils.
Caution should be used when applying metribuzin to wheat as there are varietal differences in crop tolerance. For additional information on wheat tolerance of metribuzin refer to the herbicide label or Evaluation of Wheat Varieties for Metribuzin Tolerance.
While a combination of Prowl H2O and metribuzin can be effective in preventing Italian ryegrass emergence, a sequential application of Axial XL applied to one to two tiller Italian ryegrass escapes may be necessary. There have been reports in both Arkansas and Tennessee of Axial XL failures on Italian ryegrass. Fall-applied residual herbicides are important because they can reduce early season weed competition and utilizing herbicides with multiple modes of action is critical to maintaining the effectiveness of Axial XL and other herbicides.
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Between a pawnbroker and a shop selling ugly furniture in Hounslow’s pedestrianised main street is this vegetarian snack bar which specialises in Mumbai-style snack food. It’s run by a Maharashtrian couple from Mumbai; most of the customers are Indian and know what to order, which is just as well, as the illuminated menu behind the counter is far from illuminating.
The names are written in Roman script, but with nothing beyond the name to go on (vada pav; dabeli; pav bhaji), you may struggle. ’Pav’ is pronounced ‘pow’, from the Portuguese word for bread: pão. These soft-batch bread rolls were introduced to the one-time Portuguese colony of Goa, but caught on in Bombay as useful ways to contain deep-fried or sloppy snack food. Hence you have ‘vada pav’, deep-fried balls of spicy potato in a bun, with licks of traffic-light coloured chili sauces; ‘ cheese pav bhaji’, a spicy vegetable curry, slopped into a disposable plastic plate, topped with grated processed cheese; or – our favourite – the ‘bhel puri’.
This bhel puri won’t have a street vendors of Mumbai quaking in their chappals, but it’s a pleasing confection of crispy, deep-fried sev (extruded gram flour) and puffed rice, spiced up with sour-sweet flavours. Chai (Indian-style tea) is squirted from a vacuum flask behind the counter into plastic cups and only costs 50p. The most expensive dish on the menu costs a mere fiver.
Shree Krishna is neither a date restaurant nor a destination for the discerning diner – it’s a fast food place. But it’s very cheap, and as close as you’ll get to eating the real street food of Mumbai without stepping onto a plane.
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Very authentic Mumbai street food place. The vada pav is awesome.(Spicy for the English taste) As said in the review it is not a fine dining place. If becomes one , obviously the prices in the menu will go up. Anyways street food cannot be enjoyed with a knife and fork. Will surely go again.

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Logan County facility hit with rash of problems
A flare-up of weekend violence, runaways and a stolen car at a Logan County facility for troubled teens has officials concerned and police frustrated.
The problems began Saturday at the Adriel School campus in West Liberty when three girls left without permission. They were found later in Bellefontaine. They were returned by police, only to flee again a few hours later, said West Liberty Police Chief Shane Oelker. The three eventually were sent to the Central Ohio Youth Center in Marysville.
By late Sunday, "things started to spiral out of control," Oelker said, with staff members being assaulted, vandalism and unruly behavior. One responding police supervisor described the campus as "pure chaos."
Eight of the 39 youths housed at the campus were referred by local children service agencies from around the state. They were removed from their families during Christmas week, "a remarkably difficult time for our kids," said Todd Hanes, CEO of Adriel. "They're not with their families. They're in a group home."
Just after 2 a.m. Monday, two girls, ages 15 and 16, followed a staff member to her campus office and "rushed her," grabbing a key to her locker, where they stole a key to her personal car.
Before fleeing, the girls "tried to entice other youth to go with them" but eventually fled without anybody else, a police report said. The girls have not been named, pending charges.
A Champaign County deputy spotted the maroon 2014 Chevy Cruze and pursued it nearly to Urbana. The chase was called off as speeds topped 100 mph. The teens, who remain at large, are believed to be in the Dayton area, where they live.
A few hours after the theft, another girl hit a staff member in the face. A Logan County deputy responded, restraining the girl in his cruiser before she fought and kicked out a rear window, Hanes said.
The campus has six residential homes and a full-time school. Because it takes in youth who have been abused, neglected or cast from their homes, many have serious behavioral problems, said Hanes, who took over about 18 months ago.
Before he arrived, Hanes said, staff morale was low and problems were worse. He said he has been more selective in accepting nonviolent youth into the program. And he's raised wages for the 45 staff members from $10 an hour to as high as $14 an hour.
"We acknowledge that we are not a place for everybody," Hanes said.
The campus has had years of chronic problems with runaways, thefts, vandalism and assault, Oelker said, citing more than 500 calls for service to his department in a typical year. The car taken Monday is the third that residents have stolen in five years.
"I was pretty adamant that some changes needed to be made," the police chief said. "I was at the point where they should shut the place down. I just didn't know what else to do except beg a judge to lock the doors."
Now, even with the recent problems, he's more optimistic.
"I have faith that things are going to get better. Adriel is really trying," said Oelker, who serves on the facility's advisory board.

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Patrick Chamusso, an apolitical black South African who works at an oil refinery, becomes a freedom fighter for the ANC after a brutal run-in with a government terror squad. Patrick stages daring solo attacks against the apartheid regime, even as a policeman worms his way into the lives of Patrick and his family.

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None tour is the same with another!
Do you have your birthday while you are on holiday? or maybe is it your wedding anniversary?
Would you like to surprise your companionship during your holiday?
Get in contact with our Grecopaths Team who will be pleased to organize together with you a package of activities that is perfectly matching the occasion of your celebration. We are able to make a tailor made tour to your wishes.
Just to give you an example:
A food tour adjusted to the celebration of your first wedding anniversary! With small surprises en route such as roses, special cakes, the food style of each fruit or other goodies will be surprised you!
The Chef or our team Panos Kokkalas will be at every tasting stop to prepare and to ensure that everything is excellent executed with the cooperation of the owners of the shops. As an extra event you will visit a jewelry workshop and be able to order your jewel inspired from the ancient Greek spirit.
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All our tours are more than a tour. You become a local for a while. Your desire, taste, preference can be easily adjusted to all of our tours (cycling, hiking, horse riding, yoga in nature, water sports, gastronomical tours, agricultural tours).
Do something different to surprise your beloved or tell us your idea to help you organize the best surprise for him, for her or for your children!

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- Each person must have a VIP ticket with camp access to enter
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Preparations underway will make Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota the first main operating base and training center for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation long-range bomber.
The December 2022 unveiling of the B-21 Raider at a California production facility will be long remembered 1,000 miles away at Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) in South Dakota.
That is where work is underway to create a home for this new, advanced member of the Air Force’s Long Range Strike Bomber program.
The B-21 is a stealth intercontinental strategic bomber capable of delivering both conventional and thermonuclear weapons anywhere in the world at any time. Expected to become operational in 2026, it is slated to replace the B-1B Lancer program currently based at Ellsworth AFB.
Preparing an active base to house a first-of-its-kind aircraft can be akin to performing heart surgery on a patient who is still walking around, says Andy Mashek, who is serving as the Burns & McDonnell program manager for this effort, known in the military as a beddown. Burns & McDonnell is providing planning, design and construction administration services in support of this mission.
“If the B-21 were an existing aircraft, we would know the precise location and maintenance requirements of every component in it,” Mashek says. “But the B-21 represents a completely new air platform, and Ellsworth will be getting the first ones off the shelf. We are planning for an airframe that had yet to be built.”
Planning was further complicated by the active B-1B mission at Ellsworth AFB, adds Mark Rivers, a regional practice manager who is leading B-21 projects for Burns & McDonnell: “This assignment required a mix of site and facility demolition, renovation and redevelopment — all of which would need to be completed without disrupting the current mission. The aircraft’s security requirements added extra layers of complexity.”
More than 60 base facilities, some up to 70 years old, will be impacted by the B-21’s arrival.
Although there are no manuals yet on how to design a B-21 hangar or infrastructure, Burns & McDonnell had the next best thing: firsthand experience in preparing military bases to support a new strategic mission. Over the past 30 years, the firm has planned and designed beddown missions for Air Force installations worldwide, supporting such aircraft as the F-16, F-22, F-35, C-17, AC-130J and KC-46A.
“Our institutional knowledge of beddowns enables us to think three steps ahead,” Mashek says. “We know where hurdles are likely to arise and how to keep them from stubbing everyone’s toes. On an aircraft like the B-21, even a flat tire can have national security implications.”
To mitigate risks, all parties responsible for anything leading up to a B-21’s flight participated in the planning of support facilities.
“Because of the complex nature of the assignment, we wanted as many people to meet in-person as possible,” Rivers says.
Despite the bulk of the planning work being completed during the peak of COVID-19 in 2020, the planning team got its wish. Meetings included up to 60 people on-site, with an additional 20 to 40 people attending via telephone. Regular attendees included representatives of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, Ellsworth Program Integration Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office, Global Strike Command, Base Civil Engineer and B-21 Program Integration Office, including aircraft maintenance mechanics and representatives from the ongoing B-1B mission.
Coordinating among all these parties, the team programmed and planned more than $1 billion in projects to be implemented over a decade. Early work included evaluating proposed facility locations, incorporating site and utility capacity, and conducting stormwater analysis for the build-out. Extensive field investigation and structural modeling enabled the team to identify existing facilities that could be repurposed for the new bomber, helping to save taxpayer dollars.
In addition to fully detailed renderings of facilities’ interiors and exteriors, participants used 3D laser scanning and virtual reality tools to visualize project components as plans progressed.
“Anyone could put on a headset and see the changes for themselves,” Rivers says.
Since completing the master plan, the team has designed and provided construction administration services for aircraft hangars and other facilities, airfields, and infrastructure and utility projects valued at more than $500 million, roughly half of the construction planned. A combination of civil, environmental, industrial, process, mechanical, electrical, architecture, cybersecurity, physical security, communications, geotechnical, fire protection and commissioning professionals had invested more than 100,000 work hours in the B-21 beddown before the end of 2022.
Although Ellsworth AFB will serve as the first operating base and training center for the B-21, two other Air Force bases ultimately will house the B-21 as well: Whiteman in Missouri and Dyess in Texas. Burns & McDonnell is performing master planning and programming in anticipation of the B-21’s arrival at those bases.
“The master planning, design and construction performed at Ellsworth AFB now sets the standard for the decadelong, mission-critical work that lies ahead,” Mashek says. “We’re creating world-class facilities worthy of an aircraft vital to our national security.”


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Many know Anais Nin for her breathtaking poetic-erotic novels and who Maria Popova described as “modern history’s most dedicated diarist.” Few know that in 1955, she took LSD and wrote a beautiful and detailed diary entry about it.
How did Mankind happen to be on this planet, and whose genetic code do we
carry? The first book of the Bible describes the presence on Earth of space travelers and interplanetary settlers who came from their troubled
planet to Earth in need of gold, and ended up fashioning The Adam in their

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Map of Wales Frame / Cymru Frame (Red)
A frame in a red wool touch tartan, appliqued with a precise, hand-cut map of Wales / Cymru. I make each and every map with passion and attention to detail. The deep red heart, adds an extra touch to this frame and is placed centrally on the map. It would be the perfect wall decor or gift for someone special whether you live in Wales or simply love Wales.
- Background fabric is a red wool touch tartan.
- Hand-cut wool/wool blend felt map of Wales / Cymru.
- A deep red heart is placed centrally as standard.
- The frame is modern style in an oak finish with a white inlay surround, which adds a special touch.
- Frame size: 20 inches by 24 inches or 50 cms by 60 cms.


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Review by Alex on January 25, 2021.
I'll never forget the first time hearing the sample off 'Deloy's Ape', I couldn't deny that it was sad and terrifying all the while, strangely hilarious. That feeling when empathy and sympathy have been invaded by the selfishness of amusement met its peak that day, trying to hold in laughter before bursting into tears with it never felt more difficult. What Dipygus did on Deathooze is both commendable and heartless. They give us a legitimate reason for the band's existence with their dark humor, fantastic death metal and the thematic behind it all. That was in 2019, swing a few branches to here and now in which once again the band are able to not just amuse but top their previous entry with their latest installment Bushmeat.
Animal instincts documented via samples and represented by the dingy and brutal surroundings Dipygus creates with their death metal that's not afraid to take a swing at doom and grindcore on a track such as 'The Khumjung Scalp' for example. "I was surprised it took just about 35 minutes to shrink a head", again the samples they borrow just walk a tightrope between generating either reactions of remorse, disgust, disbelief or in some occasions, hilarity. And the instrumentation used to carve into existence these images has the old school tag pinned deep into its flesh.
The tracks are just fucking terrific, the riffs like the ones heard on the instrumenbtal of sorts 'Plasmoidal Mass (Tomb Mold)', sorry I meant (Slime Mold), totally evoke that feeling of 90s era death metal. Morta Skuld in particular comes to mind a lot especially in the doomier parts of Bushmeat and aforementioned track. The drumming has this thick gluey feel that makes the music more impactful not forgetting the skill behind the kit that can go from either semi technical sections to blinding fast grindcore fury. Riffs are very good here, lots of variation too, from sluggish doom metal stretches, to tight semi technical strings and freight-train chugs as heard on title track 'Bushmeat'. And as for vocals, they sound as though a swamp beast of some sort is awakening from its slumber.
I appreciate what Dipygus are doing with their music; many other bands fail to carry on strong after putting out a remarkable release, but Dipygus here have topped their previous work with something more explorative yet still very familiar and adherent to their previous body of work. A gruesome, funny and very much threatening release to other bands within the underground.
And growth continues for Dipygus; from monkey to gorilla.
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Ruckus Wireless Deploying Wi-Fi Hotspots into 2,000 UK Pubs and Restaurants
Published on: 22nd Jan 2013
Note -- this news article is more than a year old.
A UK pub and restaurant chain has awarded a contract to Ruckus Wireless to fit Wi Fi hotspots into its 2,000 venues across the country.
To improve service efficiency and guest access, Marston's is installing Ruckus ZoneFlex dual-band 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi access points (APs) both indoors and outdoors.
"Marston's had installed Wi-Fi over three years ago and has always taken a very active and early adopter role in the use of technology in our operations," said Rob Derbyshire, operations manager for Marston's Telecom. "But since that time-with the rise of Wi-Fi-enabled devices of all shapes and sizes- the world had changed-making Wi-Fi no longer simply nice to have but rather a strategic necessity."
These Smart Wi-Fi products support line of business applications such as in-store electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) systems that staff access using tablet devices to provide a more flexible way to take orders, settle bills and provide a greater level of service.
Previously Marston's had installed in its pubs a single Wi-Fi access point based on conventional Wi-Fi technology. But recently, the demand for Wi-Fi access has increased as more users armed with more devices try to simultaneously access the network. This raised concerns over capacity, coverage and performance.
"Interference was becoming an issue. Coverage was becoming an issue. Reliability was becoming an issue," explained Derbyshire. "We needed a Wi-Fi system that could handle a large number of concurrent user connections, extend signal range, maintain stable connections and deliver higher aggregate throughput," explained Derbyshire. "Yet when it came to each vendor's offerings, these requirements seemed to compete against each other."
Marston's ultimately tested and selected the Ruckus ZoneFlex solutions and began its Smart Wi-Fi rollout. The Ruckus kit gave Marston's the flexibility to deploy standalone APs or multiple APs with local controllers - all of which could be centrally managed.
Looking forward, Marston's see endless possibilities to leverage its new, in-store, Smart Wi-Fi networks. "With carrier-class technology now in place, we view the network as a utility that we can use for almost any application we can think of such as multimedia delivery, location-based applications, push-to-talk voice for our staff - the list becomes endless," concluded Derbyshire.


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KUALA LUMPUR (June 30): The Kuala Lumpur High Court has dismissed an application by Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (pictured) to strike out a suit filed by 10 Gombak voters against him for alleged deceit and breach of fiduciary duty as the member of Parliament (MP) of the parliamentary constituency.
Justice Datuk Akhtar Tahir also denied an application by the 10 Gombak voters to strike out certain paragraphs in Mohamed Azmin's statement of defence dated Jan 29, 2021.
While delivering his decision via Zoom this morning, Justice Akhtar said there were triable issues in the case, hence it should proceed to trial.
However, the judge also surmised that the paragraphs in Mohamed Azmin’s statement of defence that the voters are seeking to strike out should be retained because those paragraphs are relevant.
The paragraphs the voters are seeking to get struck out are concerning Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s sodomy trials in 1998 and 2010.
Lawyer Nizamuddin Hamid, who is representing Mohamed Azmin, told theedgemarkets.com that they will be appealing against Justice Akhthar’s decision to not strike out the suit.
The trial will begin on June 7 to June 10, 2022 with case management on April 22, 2022.
Mohamed Azmin filed the striking out application last month on the grounds that the suit did not disclose the reasonable cause of action, and instead was defamatory, frivolous, and vexatious, or led to an abuse of the court process, as well as ultra vires of the Federal Constitution.
On Nov 27 last year, 10 registered voters in the Gombak parliamentary constituency filed the suit against Mohamed Azmin for alleged deceit and breach of fiduciary duty through the "Sheraton Move" that caused the Pakatan Harapan government to collapse in February last year.
The lawsuit was filed in the High Court via Messrs Yohendra Nadarajan.
In their statement of claim, the plaintiffs, aged between 36 and 64 years, are seeking, among others, a declaration that Mohamed Azmin, as the Gombak MP, had breached his fiduciary obligations, deceived them during the election in the constituency as well as breached the representation made to them.
The voters claimed Mohamed Azmin, who was elected Gombak MP in the 14th general election, had deceived voters whom he courted on the premise of ousting Barisan Nasional from the government but now allied himself with the same in the new Perikatan Nasional government.
By breaching these representations, the voters claimed that Mohamed Azmin had violated constitutional rights, especially the principles of parliamentary democracy and representative democracy, which form part of the basic structure of the constitution.
Therefore, the plaintiffs are applying for a declaration that the defendant has breached his fiduciary duty and the duties owed, in addition to deceiving them, and as such are seeking damages, including aggravated or exemplary damages, interests, costs and other orders deemed fit by the court.
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In this article, we’re going to present you a quite an “un-orthodox” way for treating terminally ill cancer patients invented by Dr. Stephen Mak. Numerous patients have already recovered and claim to have no problems at all! He used solar energy in the past and managed to clear the illnesses of his patients, but now he has a new method and he believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. “As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%. Cancer patients shouldn’t die. The cure for cancer is already found – it’s in the way we eat fruits. It is whether you believe it or not. I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.”
When we buy fruits, we all wash them, cut them open and eat. We think it should be like that, but in this article, we’re going to show you that it’s not that easy as all of us thinks. We have to know “when” is the ideal time to eat fruits as well as what is the correct way of eating fruits?
Never eat fruits after your meals!
We should eat fruits on an empty stomach!
Eating fruits on an empty stomach will play a major role in the detoxification of your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss as well as other life activities.
Fruits belong to the group of some of the most important foods. Let see this example: you first eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit will be prepared to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so because of the bread taken before the fruit. In the meantime, the whole meal of bread and fruit rots and ferments. In that way it turns to acid. When the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil. This is a definite proof that we should always eat fruit on an “empty stomach” or before your meals!
Here are some things people complain about: “Every time I eat watermelon I burp”; “When I eat a durian, my stomach bloats up”; “When I eat a banana, I feel like running to the toilet” etc. Recent researches show that these things won’t happen if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and you feel like you will bloat! Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst and dark circles under the eyes “WON’T” happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. Dr. Herbert Shelton claims thatthere is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body. If you start eating fruits this way, then you have the “secret” of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness, as well as normal weight!
Every time you want fruit juice, try drinking only * fresh* fruit juice, and not in cans, packs or bottles.. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up! Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all, only its taste! Cooking destroys all the vitamins. It’s always better to drink fruit juice from freshly squeezed fruits. Drink it slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. Another advice is to go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body. Eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice during 3 days. You’ll look better than ever and everyone will notice!
This tiny fruit is extremely powerful. It’s an excellent source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.
You know how people say: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away!”One apple possesses a low vitamin C content, but it still contains antioxidants & flavonoids which enhance the activity of vitamin C while at the same time helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.
Strawberries are a protective fruit. They possess the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals!
Did you know that only 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as decrease the risk of colon cancer
Watermelon is the fruit we all adore to eat during summer. It’s composed of 92% water, but it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C, as well as potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA:
These two fruits are abundant in high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps to prevent constipation and papaya is rich in carotene which we know is excellent for our eye health!

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'˜To carpet fitters,Â I've left my door open so that you can gain entry please' '“Â Police share amazing note left by Sheffield householder
Police in Sheffield have reminded residents of the need to be security conscious after a householder offered a '˜first class example of what not to do when trying to keep your property safe'.
Officers in Stannington noticed the message while on the front door of the property while on routine patrol in the area yesterday.
The note reads: 'To carpet fitters, I am over the road. I've left my door open so that you can gain entry please. Go in and fit my carpet.'
They said they shared the note as a reminder to residents not toÂ advertise their property and belongings to burglars.
The message provoked astonishment and concern on the Sheffield west police's Facebook page.
Amy Greaves said: 'What kind of idiot does that.'
AndÂ Christine Wright said: 'What a plonker '“ just hope their home was safe.'

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Ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to be here with you today at the 11th annual compliance and economic crime symposium.
Jersey is a jurisdiction that has built a successful international finance centre over the past 50 years.
That has not happened by accident.
It has been the result of careful and consistent planning in a number of areas, one of which has been a commitment to adopting and implementing international standards in the area of financial crime and financial services regulation.
This has served the Island well, and it is for this reason I consider we have built up a significant body of compliance and regulatory professionals who are amongst the best in the world, and it is great to see more than two hundred of you here today.
I am pleased to see on today's agenda a mix of academics, local professionals and regulators and some particularly prominent financial crime enforcement professionals from overseas covering an agenda of topical matters across the field of financial crime.
I hope to be able to give you an overview of Jersey’s commitment, as a leading international finance centre, to countering financial crime and implementing leading regulatory standards.
The title of my talk is “Leading the way in Financial Services Regulation”, however, the past year or so in the area of financial crime has been particularly focussed on leading the way in financial services regulation through the implementation of, and assessment against, international standards.
Both Guernsey and Jersey have been in the process of being fully evaluated for the first time during 2014 and 2015 by MONEYVAL, or to give it its full title, the Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism.
For those of you not aware, MONEYVAL is a body of the Council of Europe that assesses compliance with international Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
On the instruction of the government, the island authorities invested a lot of effort in preparation for MONEYVAL.
The Island will be rated on various criteria; in turn those ratings will be a key influence on others’ views of the effectiveness of our AML / CFT regime.
The ratings we get now remain in place until the next assessment, which may not be until 2021.
These ratings are, therefore, key to Jersey’s reputation and may have far reaching consequences.
I hope to give you an update about this process a bit later on, along with a few other key initiatives in the area of financial crime, but first I would like to say a few words about the current Jersey economy.
The Council of Ministers is committed to continuing to put in place the fundamental building blocks that will enable Jersey’s future economic growth and productivity.
The indicators of continuing economic recovery are there: the Island’s financial services sector grew by 9% last year; employment hit record levels in June this year.
But we must continue to support the economy while global conditions remain fragile.
This is an approach that echoes the advice from our independent Fiscal Policy Panel, and one that has been clearly set out in the strategic plan, Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and budget statement.
Of course, what has underwritten the relative buoyancy of Jersey’s economy during these past eight years of global turbulence has been the strength and resilience of our financial services industry.
And in turn, the success of the industry is intrinsically linked to our high standards of regulation and prevention of financial crime.
The latest stats show that on an annual basis Jersey’s economy, as measured by total Gross Value Added (GVA), grew by 5% in real terms in 2014 to a level of £3.9 billion.
This increase in GVA (the first year, since 2008, that the Island’s economy has grown above inflation) was driven by real-term growth recorded by the finance sector.
Financial services businesses accounted for around 44% of total GVA, and for 51% of all economic activity, aside from private rental income.
These figures are significant indicators of the current strength of the financial services industry.
However, while these facts and figures are undoubtedly important, the impact of the industry can also be measured in many other ways.
Last year alone, finance sector businesses spent around £350 million on goods and services in Jersey.
These same firms spent in the region of £720 million on employment during that same year.
These employees then spent a large chunk of their wages on goods and services here in Jersey, allowing for a ripple effect in the rest of the economy.
The finance sector now employs 12,700 people, and the number of full-time local staff recruited directly from school and university last year was 390.
This means that in 2014, there were 80 more new recruits than in the previous year, making it the highest number recorded since surveys began in the mid-1990s.
So, in terms of economic growth, current and future employment and the all-important tax income for public expenditure, it is clear that the finance sector remains, and will continue to be, a significant part of Jersey’s economy.
This allows for investment and spending in health, education and infrastructure for the good of our Island's whole community.
It is a solid foundation, and one that has the Island’s high standards of financial regulation and compliance at its heart.
As an international finance centre, being able to deal with compliance requirements for clients from different jurisdictions, with complex backgrounds and often even more sophisticated and complex business circumstances, is our key asset.
We have a regulated, highly skilled workforce of compliance professionals, and this is something to which I and my ministerial colleagues often refer during official visits abroad.
It is a key selling point for us when we are promoting Jersey in the Middle East, Africa, in Asia where I was only last week along with Jersey Finance, and, of course to those in our key intermediary locations such as London.
So what are the major developments in the field of financial crime and financial regulation during 2015?
As I mentioned in my introduction, the Financial Crime Strategy Group, who advise ministers on matters concerning financial crime, have been busy for a large part of 2014 and most of 2015 with the ongoing MONEYVAL evaluation of Jersey.
The strategy group is chaired by my department and contains members of all insular authorities involved in financial crime matters in the Island; there is an important and close working relationship in this area which is important to ensure a cohesive approach from Jersey when we are being assessed by those who come from outside our shores.
As many of you will be aware, MONEYVAL arrived in Jersey in January 2015.
I suspect a number of you met them during their stay in Jersey.
However, it is important to explain that there has been significant work since the MONEYVAL team departed.
Members of the Financial Crime Strategy Group received the first draft of our report in April and May and follow up meetings were held with the assessment team in June and July in Strasbourg.
Those meetings are intensive; the draft report exceeds some five hundred pages of material and it is important to Jersey that all parts of the report are considered so the insular authorities can ensure the contents of the final report are accurate.
In effect, the report will be publicly available and last for some five years after adoption until our next assessment so it has a significant representative value for Jersey.
The pre-meetings with the assessment team were broadly successful with significant amendments agreed to the draft report.
The strategy group now await arrival of the next draft of the report this month which will then be the subject of further meetings with the assessment team before finally being put to the MONEYVAL plenary meeting of thirty-three countries in the second week of December 2015.
The MONEYVAL peer review and assessment process is one that is new to both the Channel Islands and has been a resource intensive process.
I would say that the relevant insular authorities in financial crime policy might look forward to a quieter year in 2016, however this is unlikely to be the case.
The industry should be aware that for each recommendation of the FATF standards, the MONEYVAL report will produce recommendations for the Island to carry out against that recommendation.
2016 will be a year of taking stock and consolidation from the MONEYVAL assessment process where an action plan will have to be put in place to deal with each recommendation.
The insular authorities will also be taken up during 2016 and 2017 with two particularly important projects that will involve significant industry interaction: national risk assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing.
Many of you will no doubt be aware of the new required process for each jurisdiction to conduct a national risk assessment in respect of money laundering and terrorist financing required under the 2012 FATF guidelines.
In recent weeks the UK government, under the banner of HM Treasury, have published their national risk assessment.
Equally in recent months we have seen publications of risk assessments from Switzerland, the Cayman Islands, Singapore, Serbia, New Zealand and others.
The national risk assessment process is a full and frank look at a jurisdiction's risks and by its very nature requires a certain amount of honest self-evaluation by the industry along with the insular authorities.
This will require further development of the relationship between the industry and the insular authorities so that what is adopted as a national risk assessment is accepted by all in Jersey.
We are not looking to tackle this significant project alone.
Many jurisdictions have engaged the assistance of one of the International Financial Institutions (or IFI’s) who have developed a methodology for carrying out the national risk assessment process.
It is for this reason we are engaging professionals from the World Bank to help us throughout the process.
This decision was made after discussions with our counterparts in the Isle of Man who have recently completed their risk assessment, with the assistance of the World Bank, and they will be publishing the outcome of their risk assessment in 2016.
We are also in regular correspondence with a number of the other small states within MONEYVAL, such as Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein and San Marino who are also in the process of engaging the World Bank to assist with their risk assessment exercise.
We will be assessed on the national risk assessment exercise when we are assessed by MONEYVAL under the next round of assessments in approximately five years’ time.
It is, however, not a static document and will require ongoing monitoring and updating as new trends emerge in money laundering and terrorist financing and when Jersey’s business relationships evolve.
As financial services professionals, you will be key to this evolutionary process.
It is intended that there will be introductory sessions hosted by the relevant insular authorities commencing early next year and I would encourage engagement with that process as far is possible for the best interests of Jersey.
Many of you will be conscious that the EU reached agreement in December 2014 on its renewed regime for AML / CFT in light of the revised FATF standards and the recent push in the G8 to improve access to information about beneficial ownership.
This agreement resulted in the fourth Money Laundering Directive of the EU which came into force on 5 June this year.
Member states now have until 26 June 2017 to transpose the directive into national legislation.
Jersey was involved throughout the negotiations of the directive by the Channel Islands Brussels Office and through both political and technical contact in Brussels.
Equally, as transposition programmes are formed and delegated acts are developed, including one specifically relating to third countries, we will remain updated on this matter.
The directive does not directly apply to Jersey, but we will, in all likelihood, seek equivalence in relevant areas of the directive and this will require some legislative change in the island.
This will only be done after consultation which will most likely occur in 2016.
The final text of the directive concluded that central registries of beneficial ownership were a key part of the European objective.
This supports the Jersey position that has been in place since 1999.
We will watch with interest as member states develop their individual criteria in respect of who may have a 'legitimate interest' in accessing their central registers.
However, the current Jersey position is clear; law enforcement and tax authorities should be able to obtain full, accurate and current beneficial ownership information, as has been the case in Jersey since 1999.
We have already entered into detailed technical discussions with HM Treasury who represent the United Kingdom in this area and they will be consulting on UK implementation in early 2016.
Our officials will remain in close contact with the UK in this area in order to ensure Jersey’s interests are represented where required and that we look for equivalence in an appropriate and proportionate manner.
As I hope my brief address to you this morning has outlined, countering financial crime and implementing leading regulatory standards is an important focus for the government.
During a year that is critical for Jersey in international assessments, this could not be more apparent.
Equally, and as I am sure will be evident from today’s conference, there is no sign that the international focus on countering financial crime will diminish and this area remains a key priority for the government of Jersey.
While we maintain and further develop our world leading population of regulatory and compliance professionals, I am confident that our broad base of financial services industries will continue to help us grow our own economy and insulate ourselves from the impact of global economic uncertainty.


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I have been traveling through New England and Upstate New York this summer. While driving on major highways, the meal choices are limited to major chains for the most part. Menu prices tend to be 10% higher at the rest area food courts.
Most of the popular concepts have strict portion control built into their service. I did not notice many changes in portion size. The main observation in the chain concepts was the tight control over complimentary condiments. Gone are the handfuls of ketchup and mustard. Napkins are also being strictly controlled at the grab and go locations. You need to ask for cream for your coffee at every place I visited.
My favorite meals were in off the beaten path locations. Most operators were watching the portion sizes.
We stopped for a chicken BBQ at a church near Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, NY. For $8, they served one half chicken, one roll, one butter patty, one serving spoon of salt potatoes and one container of cabbage salad (similar to cole slaw).
The utensils and napkin were carefully distributed - one per guest. The lemonade was technically unlimited but the cup size was designed to limit consumption. It was a very satisfying meal and I complimented the pit crew on my exit.
I want to emphasize the portions were carefully controlled. This does not mean they were small. On a trip from Amherst to Concord, MA, we stopped for fried clams. I decided to order one quart for three people. We were overwhelmed with clams but the portion was controlled. The way the operator handles portion size is as follows: a waxed one quart container with flaps for the cover is placed in a paper bag. The server fills the container all the way to the top of the flaps.
We would have been satisfied with a pint. However, I observed the same paper bags at the picnic tables nearby. The amounts seemed exactly the same. The parking lot was completely full and the seasonal shack had an impact on the local traffic patterns.
The server handed me three containers of tartar sauce (one per person) and let me know more was available if needed. Guests helped themselves to napkins.
We enjoyed a terrific breakfast of Eggs Benedict in Concord. This dish was carefully put together with one english muffin, two poached eggs, two slices of back bacon, a serving spoon of hollandaise sauce and 3 ounces of home fries. We were all offered a second cup of coffee or extra water for the tea. The potatoes were excellent and we all had exactly the same size portion.
Massachusetts has world class ice cream stands and terrific donut shops. It's impossible to travel through the state without stopping at least once for each temptation.
While the medium cup of ice cream would have been called large in the Mid-Atlantic, every customer was served the same overloaded cup. Donuts are easy to portion. The napkins were self-serve at the ice cream stand. We each received a single napkin at the donut shop. Control of napkins, sugar and cream was the norm at several coffee shops we visited.
Amherst, MA is part of the five college consortium between the Berkshire Mountains and the Quabbin Reservoir. Although we were in town when school was out for the summer, the main street shops were open for business.
We enjoyed one of the best roast beef sandwiches in many years at a sub shop and bakery. The fresh baguettes were sliced in half and the freshly sliced beef was weighed (5 ounces). The lettuce and tomatoes and the condiments were all carefully portioned. We received two napkins per sandwich. I noticed the baked goods were all pre-sliced. Some cookies were wrapped in 3-packs.
Our favorite spiedie pit in the Southern Tier area (near Binghamton, NY) serves generous portions. The spiedies are portioned prior to cooking on skewers. The meat is served on a single pita with one spoonfull of sauce. All condiments and vegetables are measured carefully.
We split a large french fries order. They use a bag method similar to the fried clams stand but smaller. All of the patrons at the tables near ours had the exact same bag size filled to the brim. For beverages, they hand you a cup and you can refill the cup.
There is an outdoor market/bazaar operation outside Penn Yann at the top of Keuka Lake. We were told to see the Polish Princess for her pierogies. She was sold out of everything except the pierogies since we arrived near closing time.
We each received five pierogies and we were allowed to spoon on the sour cream and dill sauce. She chatted with us and encouraged us to enjoy the sauce. The orders sold for $5.75 per portion or $1.15 per pierogie.
She looked like she had a busy day.
With so many restaurants wrestling with tactics to lower their food cost this year, it is important to watch your portion sizes like a hawk. Make sure you are consistent. If you are known for generous portion sizes, it is important to meet your customer's expectations.
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Tesla Roadster – Elon Musk’s unveiling of the next-generation
Together with Tesla Roadster, the company also debuted the Tesla’s new electric truck, a sports automobile with impressive specs that appear like something out of a Top Trumps card and into the realm of the electrified.
Despite the fact that most people who purchase a Model S or Model X Tesla don’t recall the first Tesla Roadster, it was the car that placed the all-electric carmaker just on the globe. Although the latest product was expected to be available again in 2021, its absence from store shelves has led us to conclude that its release has been postponed. The newer version of the Roadster has several advantages over its forerunners. It has two tiny back seats, a substantially larger fuel tank, and much better acceleration and endurance. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, promised a 1.9-second 0-60 mph time and a 250-mph peak speed for the Roadster idea back in 2017; we believe these claims are true.
In a recent interview, the guy who piloted the next-generation Roadster during its November 2017 test runs, Emile Bouret, urged all auto lovers to back the next all-electric powerhouse. The experienced test driver thinks cars like the next-generation Roadster might make the auto industry better because they would spur competition to create even more stunning automobiles.
Bouret has been a part of Tesla’s team from the very beginning. Bouret, a 28-year automotive sector veteran and personal friend of Tesla head designer Franz von Holzhausen, has been enlisted to put the company’s electric cars through their paces. This includes the first Tesla Roadster and the Model S. Speaking with the VINwiki channel on YouTube, Bouret said, “I don’t comprehend the hatred that’s been hurled towards the next-generation Tesla Roadster.”
Elon Musk’s unveiling of the next-generation Tesla Roadster in November of last year was a huge shock for the automotive sector. And besides, the all-electric supercar’s touted stats, such as its 0-60 mph pace of 1.9 seconds, a quarter-mile time of 8.8 seconds, and range of 620 miles per charge, have created some disagreement among conventional vehicle aficionados. The tires’ top speed restriction and the lack of advanced battery technology are two of the most common sources of mistrust.
However, Tesla has promised that the published specifications for the next-generation Roadster are really modest. Bouret claims that Elon Musk’s claims about the range and performance of his forthcoming all-electric supercar were not exaggerated. The results they found in their experiments were those precise figures.
The standard Roadster, according to Tesla, would cost $200,000. The Creators Series, a special release, will cost an additional $50,000. The only thing we know about the Creators Series models is that just 1000 of them will be produced. Only spend the additional cash if you’re a collector; everyone else should hold off. If and when we learn more about the vehicle’s basic and extra features, we’ll include that data in this article.
Those aren’t out of the realm of possibility. That doesn’t seem like math to me. Those calculations have been made. Additionally, I shouldn’t argue that those figures are conservative because they are. He confidently predicted, “That thing is going to be a genuine weapon.”
When you consider that no other car on the road today offers similar features and performance, it’s easy to see why widespread skepticism has been raised about the speed and range of the next-generation Tesla Roadster. But over the last several months, Tesla has been hinting that it has the capacity to meet or exceed the vehicle’s specifications disclosed in November.
Musk claims the “basic model” prototypes can reach 60 mph from a stop in 1.9 seconds, and that the commercial vehicle may be much quicker.
Compared to the current quickest Tesla, the Model S P100D in so-called ridiculous plus mode, this is a whole 0.4 seconds quicker to 60mph. With a 0-60 mph pace of 2.2 seconds, the effective hybrid Porsche 918 Spyder is the crown prince, yet this vehicle would be quicker than anything currently in production. The AMZ Grimsel Electric Race Car achieved a 0-60mph time of 1.5 seconds, setting a new world record.
Even as recently as last month, Elon Musk was publicly considering incorporating SpaceX technology into the next-generation Tesla Roadster to increase its efficiency. Musk claims that the next hypercar will employ the same Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels (COPV) that SpaceX’s Falcon rockets use during re-entry and landing to improve the vehicle’s speed and handling. In an earlier study, we pointed out that this apparently fantastical notion is indeed doable.
JB Straubel, Tesla’s chief technical officer, provided the most in-depth explanation of the battery technology that will power the next-generation Roadster during the company’s first-quarter 2018 investor conference. In response to a query concerning the Tesla Semi’s range, Straubel said that skepticism about the accuracy of the company’s estimates stems in large part from a failure to comprehend the complexity of the company’s battery technology.


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Hey I was just reading this news article and thought I'd share, I found it interesting that they removed onions, I wonder if it was because of fructans anyway here it is:
Low carb diet now extends benefits to IBD
A special low-carbohydrate diet has been found to relieve the distressing symptoms that afflict people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – an umbrella term that covers Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.The Australian study, from Box Hill Hospital Victoria, found the diet, which involves cutting back on foods including wheat, onions, milk, ice-cream, apples, honey, stone fruits and legumes, to be effective in more than 50 per cent of patients with IBD who have co-existing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Read the rest here
I found the abstract if anyone is interested: The effect of reduction of poorly absorbed, highly fermentable short-chain carbohydrates (FODMAPs) on the symptoms of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (scroll down)

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For two years I had promised myself a visit to this beautiful Bucks County region of Pennsylvania to see, among other things, the low-work, high-productivity garden of Derek Fell. It was worth the effort.
Alhough it was mid-September and the garden was past its best, the evidence of a plentiful harvest was still obvious.
Mr. Fell is a long-established horticultural consultant, writer, and photographer. Among other things he planned the White House kitchen garden in the days when President Ford was talking up back-yard food production in his bite-the-bullet talks to the nation. He's also the author of several books.
The point is, Mr. Fell's duties take him away from home a good deal and the time he can devote to his garden is a fraction of what he would like it to be. That's why he decided two years ago to automate his garden. It was either automate or cut his garden down to a sliver of its former size.
Most important, his new approach was both simple and inexpensive.
Those two readily available, and still relatively inexpensive, products - black plastic and drip irrigation hose - made it all possible. As Mr. Fell puts it: ''By making my garden automatic, I achieved greater success from less work. It allowed me to plant a bigger-than-normal garden and to grow and harvest vegetables, such as sweet corn and cantaloupes, that previously had been difficult for me to grow.
''Everything in the garden grew bigger and more flavorful than before.''
In short, gardener Fell got better-than-expected results from automation so that he would ''continue the practice even if I had all the time in the world to garden.'' The records he kept - retail prices at time of harvest - show a $695 return on an $85 investment during the 1980 season.
Here is how the automatic garden was made:
Fell chose a sunny site with good drainage and tilled over an area, 20 by 42 feet, adding lime to his somewhat acid soil (add sulfur if yours is an alkaline soil) and a sprinkling of granular 5-10-5 fertilizer. To this he added an inch of well-rotted compost and tilled it to further enrich the soil and improve it.
Then he worked this soil into two-foot-wide beds, some four inches high and flattened on the top. The beds were raised by taking soil from the one-foot- wide paths which separated each bed, adding it to the growing area.
Then he laid 300 feet of drip-irrigation hose (150 feet on each side of the hose connecting it to the faucet), running it down the center of each bed and winding it from bed to bed. Drip-irrigation hose is sold in 50- and 100-foot lengths so he simply joined a shorter and longer length together to make the two 150-foot-length hoses which he needed.
Finally, each bed was covered with black plastic sheeting, held in place by burying the edges under the soil in the paths. He then added a straw mulch to the paths to keep them from getting muddy in wet periods.
The plastic did several things for the Fell garden. It prevented all weeds from growing, for example, thus cutting down dramatically on the time that would otherwise be devoted to weeding. It also warmed the soil early in the spring to get more rapid growth from the plants early in the season (by the time the summer sun rose high, the plastic was shaded by the lush vegetation so that it never got too hot for the plants). The plastic also conserved vital moisture by preventing evaporation.
When it came time to plant, Fell simply cut holes in the plastic where the seeds or seedling were to go. These holes were cut on either side of the irrigation hose for compact plants, such as lettuce, strawberries, bush beans, and corn (the holes ranged from 6 inches to 18 inches apart depending on the spacing needs of the plant).
Larger plants - tomatoes, peppers, and summer squash - required one row of planting holes down the center of the bed and just to one side of the hose.
Black plastic was omitted from the bed growing root crops, such as carrots, beets, and radishes. When these germinated and had become established, a straw mulch was laid down between the young plants to discourage weeds.
After the initial effort of planting, work in the garden was minimal. Once a week Fell left the drip-irrigation hose on overnight so that the beds were thoroughly soaked; and during periods of very wet weather even this was omitted because much of the rain soaked into the beds from the paths and through the planting holes. Every two weeks he sprayed a dilute foliar fertilizer on the plants. To guard against slugs, which enjoy the ideal moist conditions of the beds, he sprinkled slug pellets. He has had no other insect problems of any consequence.
This is what Fell harvested from his garden beds that first year (each 2 feet wide by 20 feet long): Beds 1 and 2 - 112 ears of sweet corn; Bed 3 - 200 pounds of tomatoes; Bed 4 - 190 pounds of summer squash; Bed 5 - 20 pounds of snap beans and 38 heads of lettuce; Bed 7 - 24 heads of cabbage, 24 heads of Chinese cabbage; Bed 8 - 132 pounds of potatoes; Bed 9 - 38 heads of lettuce and 22 pounds of spinach; Bed 10 - 36 pints of strawberries; Bed 11 - 12 pounds of peppers and 24 pounds of eggplant; Bed 13 - 42 cantaloupes; and finally, Bed 14 - 36 pounds of snap peas and 20 pounds of snap beans. Total value, according to Mr. Fell's figuring: $695.26.
Against this, his out-of-pocket expenses were: Drip-irrigation hose ($40 amortized over 3 years), $13.33; shut-off Y valve ($2.95 amortized over 3 years) , 98 cents; black plastic (300 feet, 3 feet wide), $12; 10 pounds granular fertilizer $3.95; 1 pound foliar fertilizer, $4.25; 10 pounds granulated limestone, $5; rotiller rental ($20 amortized over 3 years), $6.67; seeds, $23. 87; quart sprayer ($15.74 amortized over 3 years), $5.25; tomato towers ($21 amortized over 3 years), $7; and chicken wire pea support ($10 amortized over 3 years), $3.33. Total cost $85.63.
Not a bad deal, by my way of figuring. That's a pretty good return on your money these days.


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Meet your new neighbour: the Port Café. This new quick lunch spot is located in the lobby of the HOPA building at 605 James St. N., and is open to the public, serving take-away breakfast, lunch and quick snacks.
Vivek Agarwal has had a passion for cooking since childhood. Watching his mother cook for the family “from morning ‘til night” inspired him to pursue a career as a chef.
“It has always been a dream of mine to open something of my own,” says Vivek as he prepares lunch for a customer. “HOPA offered the perfect opportunity to begin my journey with the Port Café.”
Vivek began his professional career in 2015, shortly after graduating from culinary school. He opened the Port Café in March this year. Whether you’re looking for a simple bacon and egg sandwich, or a chicken fiesta rice bowl, he has something for everyone!
“I enjoy exploring different flavours; bringing them together to create a delicious experience.”
Vivek’s favourite dish is the Buffalo Grilled Chicken Sub, while his most popular dish is the Butter Chicken Burrito. He says there are plans to expand the menu this summer with a weekly special, and plans to offer ice cream for those hot summer days.
“I’ve already met some wonderful people from the community,” says Vivek. “I believe with purpose, resilience and unwavering spirit, we will see the Port Café thrive.”
We invite our North End neighbours to stop by to try out the Port Café.
Port Café Hours of Operation:
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Harman's new grab tabs make tab removal easy and are a time-saver for thread protectors, masks during painting, shipping caps, dust caps and other applications that protect parts from unwanted substances. The grab tabs are available in high-temperature (up to 450(F) PVC material for applications as paint masks in powder coating. The grab tabs are available diameters ranging from .215 inch to 1-1/4 inches and lengths ranging from 1/4 inch to 2 inches. Lengths can be adjusted in 1/16 inch increments.


The Wisconsin Dental Association today released the following statement from WDA President Dr. Paula Crum (Green Bay), after Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation to allow dentists to administer certain vaccines:
“On behalf of the 3,100 members of the Wisconsin Dental Association, I would like to thank Gov. Evers for signing Senate Bill 13 into law. Through his action, Wisconsin’s 3,500 licensed dentists are now authorized to administer COVID and influenza vaccines following eight hours of training and education. This legislation received unanimous, bipartisan support in both houses of the state legislature.
“I would also like to extend gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos for expeditiously guiding this through the legislature. Finally, I greatly appreciate bill authors Sen. Kathy Bernier and Rep. Robert Brooks for their leadership on this bill.
“This legislation is another positive contribution that the dental profession can make toward effectively combating the COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin and supporting the overall well-being of Wisconsinites in every corner of the state.”


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OVERSIZED POOL TOWEL: Generously sized at 30 x 70 inches, this large beach towel features an oversized surface area for drying and lounging upon. Use our pool towels as lounge chair covers or even extra-large bath towels. Cabo Cabana Towels are large enough to wrap yourself in after a brisk swim while you warm up.
- BEACH STRIPE COMBO COLORS: Cabo Cabana towels feature a white base color with alternate colored cabana stripes in seven vibrant color combinations. Color combinations include orange/blue, navy/beige, navy/blue, black/grey, grey/green, navy/grey, and red/yellow.
MULTIPURPOSE CABANA TOWEL: Originally developed as a hotel pool towel, our striped cabana beach towel are also perfectly suited for beach resorts, Airbnbs, bed and breakfasts, VRBOs, vacation rentals, luxury gyms, hotel spas, and even unique home bath towels.
- CARE INSTRUCTIONS: Machine Wash in cold water with like colors. Do not bleach. Tumble dry on a low setting. Always wash new towels before use. Care for your Cabo Cabana beach towels properly, and they will look new and fresh for a long time.
Like the vibrant beach oasis, Cabo San Lucas on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula this beautiful striped cabana towel was inspired by colors found in Cabo’s paradise. With six alternating color stripe combinations this cabana collection will appeal to every beachgoer. Cabo Cabana beach & pool towels, made from 20 double 100% ring spun cotton, are soft, absorbent, and quick-drying. Our sophisticated color stripes are woven with yarn-dyed cotton which gives them strong resistance to fading from the sun.

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Kate Middleton Will ‘Not Forget’ The ‘Mortifying’ Things Meghan Markle Did To Her
While Kate Middleton will not let Meghan Markle off the hook for the "mortifying" things she's done to her, she won't continue their feud.
A Royal expert is speaking out this week to claim that while Kate Middleton will “not forget” the things her sister-in-law Meghan Markle has done to her, she also won’t keep their feud going.
KATE MIDDLETON will be 'cordial' with Meghan Markle and will 'make sure' they are photographed 'hugging or kissing', according to Ingrid Seward. But will Meghan Markle attend the Queen’s Jubilee?#katemiddleton #MeghanMarkle #jubilee #BreakingNewshttps://t.co/s9wsmfNCSH
— Royally Inspired (@royal_inspired) March 10, 2022
‘Kate Will Not Forget How Meghan Treated Her’
Daily Mail reported that sources say Kate found it “mortifying” when Meghan told Oprah Winfrey last year that she had made her cry in the lead-up to her wedding to Prince Harry.
At the time, the press had reported that Meghan made Kate cry, but the former “Suits” actress told Oprah in her tell-all interview that it was actually the other way around.
Renowned Royal expert Ingrid Seward told The Mirror that Kate will be “cordial” to Meghan if she and Harry attend Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebration later this year.
“She will be sure to be photographed kissing or hugging her. She has to – that is part of her job. Her private feelings have to remain just that,” Seward said. “Kate will not forget however how Meghan treated her. But she knows there is no point in prolonging a feud that has the opportunity of being repaired. The Platinum Jubilee is just that chance.”
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“If necessary, Kate will also try to be the peacemaker between William and his brother Harry,” she added. “Being royal is all about appearances, not private feelings. It always has been throughout history. It is what the Queen has spent 70 years perfecting and she expects her family to do the same.”
Seward Thinks Royals Will Invite Harry And Meghan To Jubilee
Seward also believes that Harry and Meghan will be invited to the Jubilee, which celebrates the Queen’s record-breaking 70 years on the British throne, because the Royal family knows that there is “nothing to gain” from snubbing them.
“When Princess Diana criticized her husband and his family in her Panorama interview, it was the end of not only her marriage but any kind of honest relationship with her husband’s family,” Seward said. “I suspect that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are experiencing a similar situation.”
“Their explosive interview with Oprah will never be forgotten,” she added. “Neither will the words from the Buckingham Palace statement on behalf of the Queen ‘Recollections may vary.’ Harry’s public criticism of his father. His insistence on prioritising his own mental health over everything. His persistence on declaring the royal world into which he was born is ‘toxic’ does not endear the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the Royal Family.”
Queen Won’t Be Hostile
Despite this, Seward feels that the Queen won’t show any animosity towards her grandson and his wife.
“But the Queen knows better than anyone there is nothing to be gained by open hostility. She is always prepared to forgive if not forget,” she predicted. “Prince Charles is the same. They have little choice if they ever want to see Harry again, which of course they do.”
“Harry needs Meghan to be included and she will be, whatever the family may feel about her privately,” Seward concluded. “Both the Queen and Charles want to see their grandchildren and great-grandchildren. There is nothing to be gained by shutting them out and of course, they will be invited to the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. They may be guests not actual participants. But they will be there.”
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is set to take place in June. If Meghan and Harry do end up showing up, it will be fascinating to see how this all goes down.


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Jerry L. Spivak, MD, discusses treating patients with polycythemia vera, which is a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm that can often derive from essential thrombocythemia, particularly among women.
Jerry L. Spivak, MD, director of the Center for the Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and professor of Medicine and Oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discusses his key takeaway from his presentation from the Texas Virtual Myeloproliferative Neoplasm Workshop regarding treating patients with polycythemia vera (PV), which is a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm that can often derive from essential thrombocythemia (ET), particularly among women.
To do the most good for these patients, it is best to stick with the simplest treatment, says Spivak. In patients with no symptoms, it is not as important to reduce the white blood cell or platelet counts.
Women are more at risk for PV compared with men, and they are more likely to have progressed to PV from ET than they are to progress to myelofibrosis from ET. In this case, they are expected to have a good lifespan, Spivak says. However, it is important that patients who are asymptomatic be left alone.


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The first Paranormal Activity movie came out in Oct. 2007. It became such a hit that six more films were released from 2010 to 2021. The franchise is known for elevating the meaning of “found footage” horror and has expanded to comics and virtual reality. Gamers fans of Paranormal Activity can look forward to an upcoming video game based on the franchise.
A New Paranormal Activity Game Is Coming
The game is called Paranormal Activity: Found Footage. Its first trailer came out on Feb. 27, but little information was given to us. The trailer tells us the game will be released in 2026. We also discovered that Brian Clarke, Paramount Global, and DreadXP are collaborating to produce and publish the game.
DreadXP has its fair share of horror indies. Amanda the Adventurer, My Friendly Neighborhood, and Sucker for Love are only a handful of them.
People may recognize Briane Clarke as the owner of DarkStone Digital and co-director of DreadXP. He’s the leading developer behind many popular indie horror games. One of his most popular projects is The Mortuary Assistant, where players must fight off demons while working at the haunted River Fields Mortuary.
Clarke is leading the development of Found Footage, which is good news to many players who loved The Mortuary Assistant. The developer’s exact words were, “If you thought ‘The Mortuary Assistant’ was scary, we’re taking what we learned during the development of that title and cranking it up with a more reactive and horrifying haunting system. It’s going to be intense!”
Variety interviewed DreadXP and Paramount Global staff members, and they stated Found Footage will be on multiple platforms and have an enhanced “Haunt System” meant to “alter the types and intensity of scares players will encounter based on their actions.”

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In Pennsylvania, discrimination by employers that is based on gender is banned by the Civil Rights Act of 1963 and the Equal Pay Act. Therefore, employers may not take sex into account when they determine pay, hire new workers, or promote within the company. They also must ensure that working environments are not hostile or biased towards a certain gender, and that it is not of an overtly sexual atmosphere.
What Must be Proven in a Discrimination Claim?
Discrimination can be proven under the Equal Pay act if both men and women do the same type of work for the same employer but are still paid in different amounts. Additionally, a claim may succeed if an employer in Bucks County hires only one gender, promotes workers because of their gender, or retaliates against those seeking relief for this misconduct.
When is Sexual Harassment Prohibited?
Sexual harassment consists of all unwanted conduct of a sexual nature directed towards the victim, and includes both physical and verbal acts. Employers in Bucks County may also be liable for the behavior, even when the conduct was done by an employee's co-worker.
A Pennsylvania employer can also be liable for harassment if they allow conduct to lead to an environment that is overly sexual. Gender discrimination is typically difficult to prove without a lawyer because the specifics of proving intent can be complicated. There are also detailed procedures that must be followed when pursuing a claim.

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It was a fine sunny weekend for the long walkers who spent the weekend based in Porthmadog. The Saturday walk led by Steve Hull involved a linear walk from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog. Most off the group travelled to the start by taking a train journey on the Ffestiniog Railway before taking a route often parallel with the railway back to Porthmadog.
The Sunday walk was led by Peter & Georgie Everson and involved a car shuttle between the village of Trevor and Nefyn. This was followed by a walk following the Wales Coast Path from Trevor to Nefyn with some of the group climbing Yr Eifl en route.
Blaenau Ffestiniog lies at the eastern terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway. The town is synonymous with the slate industry and during its heyday was the largest town in the old country of Merionethshire. During the 1860’s and 1870’s the slate industry was booming such was the demand, but the decline came during and after the First World War when many quarry men went to war. Today, numerous tourist attractions have opened up in the surrounding area.
The train arrives at Blaenau Ffestiniog carrying most of the ramblers. The Ffestiniog Railway is 13.5 miles long and was originally built between 1833 and 1836 to transport slate between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Porthmadog where it was shipped all around the world. The original railway was built on a gravity system and had a gradient of around 1 in 80 most of the way. Originally horses rode on the wagons en route to Porthmadog but then had to pull the empty wagons back to Blaenau Ffestinog.
This was the panoramic view the group got from the area of highest group west of the hamlet of Rhyd. From left to right, the summits are Moel ddu, Moel Hebog, Nantlle Ridge (background), Snowdon (background but in centre of photograph), Cnicht, Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach.
Trevor was the start point for our Sunday walk. We parked the cars just above the harbour. Trevor, which lies some distance above the harbour was a quarrying village and only the scares on the hillside above now remain.
Initially we had a coastal walk before a long ascent out of Trevor towards Bwlch yr Eifl.
The summiteers who made it to the top of Yr Eifl 564 metres and well worth the effort for the views. I have drawn a blank on what the metal structure on top of the trig point is. A big metal ‘4’ and smaller letters ‘A’ and ‘H’ attached.
Just east of Yr Eifl on the lower hill named Tre’r Ceiri is an important Iron Age Hill Fort. The fort dates from around 200BC and continued to be occupied during Roman times. The stone walls stand to a height of thirteen feet. Ruins of around 150 houses have been found within the enclosure.
The village of Nant Gwrtheyrn is hemmed in on three sides by steep hillsides and a steep road leads down into the village. It was first occupied by a Romano-British leader who sold out to the invading Saxons and fled to this hidden valley. During the 1860’s the valley had a thriving industry of supplying paving setts for the streets of many cities in the north of England. Today, the buildings in the valley have been restored to a Welsh Language and Heritage Centre.
The coastal path southwest from Nant Gwrtheyrn skirts this secluded bay and on our visit it was a real suntrap.
The secluded little church of St Beuno at Pistyll dates mostly from the 15th century and is named after the hermit St Beuno who found solitude here in the 6th century. It is one of the stopping off point for pilgrimages to Bardsey Island at the end of the Lleyn Peninsula. Coincidentally our visit was timed with the Lammas service when the is lit by candles and the floor is covered in rushes for the service which is held to mark the annual wheat harvest.
Finally can I and on behalf of everyone on this weekend thank Peter, Georgie and Steve for arranging and leading two excellent walks.

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Please join us for a special Mother’s Day Brunch honoring Julia Ward Howe, best remembered as the poet who wrote “Battle Hymn of the Republic” – worked to establish a Mother’s Peace Day. Howe dedicated the celebration to the eradication of war, and organized festivities in Boston for years. Written in 1870, Howe's "Appeal to womanhood" was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The appeal was tied to Howe's feminist conviction that women had a responsibility to shape their societies at the political level.
The program will include a locally sourced brunch, with performance by the New American African teen dancers, as well as opportunities for action and excellent company. It is a child friendly event and there will be programming and activities for children.
WHEN: Saturday, May 13, 2017, 10:30 am to noon
WHERE: South Church, 27 Pleasant St, Concord, NH
COST: $20 for members of NHPA, New American Africans, NH Rebellion & League of Women Voters. $30 for non-members. Children under 6 are free, 7 to 16 are 1/2 price.
Reserve your tickets today by calling the office at 603-228-0559, or by emailing [email protected]
27 Pleasant St
Concord, NH 03301
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Decarbonization by Thermal Storage Applied to Low Temperature District Heating
Interseasonal Thermal Storage allows storing summer solar heat for use in winter, doubling the amount of heat available. It also allows use of all the heat from continuous heat sources. Operating the district heating system and storage systems at low temperatures reduces the cost of both systems, and makes more heat sources available. For a district heating system operating in the temperature range of 120F supply and 90F return water, typical sources would be solar thermal collectors, recovered heat lost off the back of solar PV collectors, reject heat from cooling data centers, and possibly building cooling reject heat (the latter two via heat pumps). Some waste heat from electric generating plants could also be added. Storage could be deep U tubes. This low temperature system differs from European proposals, which must operate at higher temperatures, using concentrating solar collectors, to match higher district heating temperatures.
Based on savings calculated from district heating from power plant waste heat, U.S. savings from a renewable district energy system could be on the order of 1.0 million barrels of oil per day, and 100 million tons of CO2 per year.
Mr. Timmerman holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and has done additional graduate work at Northwestern University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, holds 3 patents on innovative district heating systems, and has given 8 papers on advanced energy systems. He is listed in Who’s Who in America, 2020.
Mr. Timmerman is an authority on innovative district heating systems, and is the author of the chapter on District Heating Below 167F (75C), in the 2020 book by Nova Science Publishers entitled: The Future of District Heating.(Invited contribution). He was the Engineer of Record on the proposed Solar Heating with Central Storage project to heat two buildings totaling 400,000 square feet at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he did the engineering design of the system developed by a research team at the University. He invented a technology for use of power plant waste heat for district heating, which allowed any power plant to become a cogeneration plant, and designed a system to heat the office building of a utility with the waste heat from their power plant.
Mr. Timmerman is a member of ASHRAE, and a retired member of AEE.


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Construction on the multi-building Washington Village project near the Red Line’s Andrew Square stop in the Dorchester-South Boston borderlands could start by this summer, according to a recent presentation from the development team.
That presentation follows major tweaks to the plans, which the Boston Planning and Development Agency approved in January and which added dozens of apartments while subtracting one building.
Washington Village will now have 214 apartments instead of 124 and seven buildings total instead of eight—in part via making the apartments smaller. Those dwellings are now due to be in one building instead of two.
Recall that a development team that includes prolific Boston builder Samuels & Associates has been planning Washington Village for several years. Properties that were on the 4.89-acre parcel at 235 Old Colony Avenue—mostly one- to two-story industrial and commercial buildings—have been demolished; but construction has yet to start.
The site also includes a former surface parking lot, making the planned development part of an ongoing trend in Boston of redeveloping such parcels.
There have been other changes besides the number of rentals and buildings. The Prellwitz Chilinski Associates-designed Washington Village is now due to have 746 condos and apartments total in buildings as high as 85 feet (the previous peak was 70). And it’s due to have 82,400 square feet of retail (previously, there was supposed to be 99,000), and some 663 parking spaces instead of 648.
The developers are also planning public plazas connected by new streets, including new open space along Tuckerman Street to better ease Washington Village into the existing neighborhood. The developers would also plant 120 new trees, and provide space for the South Boston Historical Society.
The first phase of Washington Village is due to be that 214-unit apartment building. The rest come later. Stay tuned.


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how to secure against : Secure API Authentication Scrutiny ?
Title: Secure API Authentication Scrutiny: Safeguarding Against Human Exploits and Hacker Attacks
In today's hyper-connected digital landscape, APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have become the backbone for seamless data exchange between various platforms and systems. However, with the increased reliance on APIs, there is also a corresponding rise in the potential for security vulnerabilities. One critical aspect that demands thorough scrutiny is API authentication, as it plays a pivotal role in preventing unauthorized access and protecting sensitive information. This article delves into the importance of secure API authentication and highlights the weaknesses that may be exploited by both human exploiters and hackers.
Understanding API Authentication Weaknesses:
Effective API authentication safeguards the integrity of data transmission and ensures that only authenticated entities can access resources. However, vulnerabilities can emerge due to several factors, making it imperative to employ robust security measures. Some key weaknesses include:
1. Inadequate enforcement of access controls: Many APIs fall prey to misuse when access controls are not strictly enforced. Without proper validation mechanisms, malicious actors can bypass authentication or elevate privileges, gaining unauthorized access.
2. Weak or outdated authentication protocols: Utilizing outdated authentication protocols or weak password policies leaves APIs susceptible to brute-force attacks or password-guessing techniques. Implementing two-factor authentication and using strong encryption techniques helps fortify the authentication process.
3. Insufficient input validation: Failure to validate user inputs can expose APIs to injection-based attacks. By inserting malicious code, hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in poorly designed input validation mechanisms and gain unauthorized control.
4. Insecure storage of sensitive information: If sensitive data such as access tokens or user credentials are stored insecurely, whether in plain text or weakly hashed form, it creates a lucrative target for hackers aiming to exploit vulnerabilities.
How to Avoid Attacks:
To mitigate these weaknesses and ensure secure API authentication, organizations should:
1. Implement robust authentication frameworks and protocols, such as OAuth or JWT, that are resistant to known attacks.
2. Encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit to protect it from unauthorized access.
3. Regularly update authentication mechanisms to prevent exploiting known vulnerabilities, and apply patches promptly.
4. Employ strong input validation and implement measures like CAPTCHA to prevent automated bot attacks.
5. Monitor and log API requests to detect any suspicious activities or patterns that may indicate potential attacks.
Secure API authentication is crucial to combat both human exploitation and hacker attacks. Organizations must employ strong protocols, enforce access controls, and employ encryption techniques to mitigate vulnerabilities effectively. By staying vigilant and regularly updating and scrutinizing authentication mechanisms, organizations can ensure that their APIs remain robust, resilient, and resistant to malicious intent.


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Many events include luncheons or dinners. These lively talks are a perfect combination of entertainment with valuable tips for family historians. If you would like to inquire about having me present to your group, please contact me for more details.
Lessons for the Twenty-First Century Researcher
Anecdotes about modern-day research to entertain but educate today’s genealogists.
Foraging for Franklins
Interesting, informative, and entertaining stories about researching the family of Revolutionary War Patriot Benjamin Franklin.


- Highly efficient microfluidic platforms using Electrowetting-on-dielectic (EWOD)for cell and tissue cryopreservation
- Development of microchip to quality of bio-transport properties of the engineered tissues
- Interstitial flow measurement of ECM structures using microfludics
Impact Statement & Explanation of Research:
The objective of research is to develop fast and highly efficient microfluidic platforms for: 1) precessing engineered tissues and harvested tissue samples, and 2) characterization and screening of cryoprotective agent mixtures for cell/tissue-type specific cryopreservation. These platforms are a microchannel-based tissue chamber and an "electro-wetting-on-dielectric" (EWOD) -based digital multiplexer. These platforms are also being used to study cell-matrix interaction and interstitial fluid flow.


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Elmwood Playhouse at 10 Park Street in Nyack, New York opens its 66 th season of live theater with “Living Out” by award winning playwright Lisa Loomer, directed by Kathy Gnazzo. The show opens 8 p.m. on Friday, September 14 and runs through Saturday, October 6. Tickets are $22 with a discount for students and seniors on Friday evenings and Sunday matinees.
Matinees are at 2 o’clock. Tickets may be obtained by calling 845-353-1313, on the theater’s website at www.elmwoodplayhouse.comor at the box office. For further information call the box office at 353-1313. “Living Out,” has been dubbed a “stellar new play” by The New Yorker and described by Variety “as sympathetic and sensitive.”