|Publication number||US4561940 A|
|Application number||US 06/629,257|
|Publication date||Dec 31, 1985|
|Filing date||Jul 9, 1984|
|Priority date||Jul 9, 1984|
|Publication number||06629257, 629257, US 4561940 A, US 4561940A, US-A-4561940, US4561940 A, US4561940A|
|Original Assignee||Mentec Ag|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (10), Referenced by (15), Classifications (18), Legal Events (9)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention broadly relates to vacuum evaporators or vaporizers and, more specifically, pertains to a new and improved construction of an overcharge prevention arrangement for monitoring the level of a fluid surface in a vacuum evaporator of a solvent processing plant having a vacuum pump, a condenser combined with said vacuum evaporator to define a heat exchanger, a feed valve, a condensate trap, a condensate drain, a drain valve and a system of interconnecting conduits.
In solvent processing plants, solvents are reclaimed or recuperated from cleaning fluids or solutions contaminated by fats, dyes or resins by evaporation processes. In such plants, among other things, overload or overcharge, i.e. overfill, prevention devices in the form of capacitive sensors are known which, together with associated electronic circuitry and a feed valve, regulate the level of the fluid charge in the vacuum evaporator. The cleaning solution is drawn through a supply or delivery conduit into the vaporizing space by a vacuum prevailing in the vacuum evaporator. The solvent is evaporated or vaporized out of the cleaning fluid or solution at low temperature. The vapors are compressed to more positive values of pressure by the vacuum pump and delivered to the condensation space of the heat exchanger where they condense or precipitate on the wall surfaces. The condensate drains continuously and unpressurized and is recycled as fully reclaimed solvent. The residue collecting in the lower portion of the vacuum evaporator during operation is periodically drained through a drain valve, usually in a viscous state, and delivered to a waste collecting means. The previously mentioned capacitive sensor is installed in the evaporating or vaporizing space or chamber of the heat exchanger and monitors the level of the surface of the cleaning fluid or solution. If the fluid surface reaches the prescribed upper or maximum level, the sensor responds, the feed valve is closed and the delivery of further cleaning solution is inhibited. The disadvantages of this device are that the electronic sensor elements do not respond to all media and that additional costly protective measures must be taken for explosion-proof designs.
Non-electronic, float-controlled feed valves are known in which a spherical float body monitors the level of the fluid surface and regulates the delivery of cleaning solution. The disadvantage of this overcharge prevention device is that the cleaning solution flowing through the feed valve can influence the functionality of the feed valve. In the course of time, contamination can accrete in the interior of the feed valve and hinder or prevent perfect closure of the feed valve.
Therefore, with the foregoing in mind, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new and improved construction of an overcharge prevention arrangement which does not exhibit the aforementioned drawbacks and shortcomings of the prior art constructions.
Another and more specific object of the present invention aims at providing a new and improved construction of an overcharge prevention arrangement of the previously mentioned type which functions in an explosion-proof manner and independently of the type of medium and which interrupts the delivery as soon as a certain level of the medium is exceeded when, for instance, a feed valve malfunctions.
Yet a further significant object of the present invention aims at providing a new and improved construction of an overcharge prevention arrangement of the character described which is relatively simple in construction and design, extremely economical to manufacture, highly reliable in operation, not readily subject to breakdown or malfunction and requires a minimum of maintenance and servicing.
Now in order to implement these and still further objects of the invention, which will become more readily apparent as the description proceeds, the overcharge prevention arrangement of the present invention is manifested by the features that it comprises a conduit extending between the vacuum evaporator and the vacuum pump and having a connection with the vacuum evaporator. An overcharge valve is installed between the feed valve and the connection of the conduit to the vacuum evaporator. The overcharge valve is held in a closed position sealing a vacuum by a gravity-generated force. This force is transmitted from a float body arranged on a first end of a double-arm lever and by a valve plunger hinged to a second end of the double-arm lever to a free-floating ball valve and thence to a valve seat. The overcharge valve is held in an open position which breaks the vacuum by the buoyant action of the fluid acting upon the float body.
The advantages realized by the invention consist essentially in that the overcharge prevention arrangement operates in explosion-proof manner, is resistant to solvents and can be employed for any solvent medium and interrupts the ingestion of further solvent by breaking the vacuum in the vacuum evaporator without any components of the overcharge valve, with the exception of the float body, coming into contact with the cleaning fluid or solution. A possible contamination of the float body is not detrimental to the functionality of the overcharge valve. On the contrary, the closure force of the valve would even be increased by such contamination.
The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above, will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein throughout the various figures of the drawings there have been generally used the same reference characters to denote the same or analogous components and wherein:
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a solvent processing plant; and
FIG. 2 is a section through an overcharge valve illustrated in its installed position.
Describing now the drawings, it is to be understood that to simplify the showing thereof only enough of the structure of the overcharge preventing arrangement has been illustrated therein as is needed to enable one skilled in the art to readily understand the underlying principles and concepts of this invention. Turning now specifically to FIG. 1 of the drawings, the arrangement illustrated therein by way of example and not limitation will be seen to comprise a heat exchanger designated with the reference numeral 1.1 which, in turn, comprises a vacuum evaporator or vaporizer 1.2 and a condenser 1.3. A vacuum pump is designated with the reference numeral 1.4 and a condensate trap installed in a conduit 30 between the vacuum evaporator or vaporizer 1.2 and the vacuum pump 1.4 is designated with the reference numeral 1.5. A filler or feed or delivery valve 1.6 and an overcharge valve 1.7 monitor the level of the fluid surface of a cleaning fluid or solution in the vacuum evaporator or vaporizer 1.2. The condensate drains into a collection or catch container 32 through a condensate drain 1.8. The residue collecting in the lower portion of the vacuum evaporator 1.2 can be drained through a drain valve 1.9 into a waste disposal container 34 or the like.
The vacuum evaporator of the heat exchanger 1.1 is again designated with the reference numeral 1.2 in FIG. 2. A housing of the heat exchanger 1.1 is designated with the reference numeral 2 and a connection flange of the heat exchanger 1.1 is designated with the reference numeral 3. A housing of the overcharge valve 1.7 is designated with the reference numeral 4; it comprises a cylindrical horizontal portion 31 and a likewise cylindrical vertical portion 32 arranged substantially perpendicular thereto and oriented upwardly. A housing flange 5 is provided at one side of the horizontal portion 31 and a cover ring or bezel 16 is provided at the other side. The housing flange 5 of the housing 4 is fastened to the connection flange 3 of the vacuum evaporator 12. The horizontal portion 31 of the housing 4 open on the side of the housing flange 5 is designated as the outlet 24. A web member 6 is fixed within the outlet 24 of the overcharge valve 1.7. A double-arm lever 7 is rotatably mounted on the web member 6 by means of a bearing or journal pin 8. The bearing or journal pin 8 is retained by two split cotters or retaining pins 9. A valve rod or plunger 10 is hinged to one end of the double-arm lever 7 by a hinge or connecting pin 11. The hinge or connecting pin 11 is retained at both ends by a split cotter or retaining pin 12. A float body, for instance a substantially spherical float body 13 is fixed to the other end of the double-arm lever 7 by means of a further hinge or connecting pin 14. The hinge or connecting pin 14 is retained at each side by a split cotter or retaining pin 15. A gasket 30 is inserted between the cover ring or bezel 16 and the horizontal portion 31 of the housing 4. The cover ring or bezel 16 retains a sight glass 25.
A cover or cap 22 is screwed onto a male thread 33 on the vertical portion 32 of the housing 4. A valve 17 with an annular elastic valve seat 18, e.g. an O-ring, and an inlet port 23 are arranged in the cover or cap 22. The elastic valve seat 18 inserted into a bore of the cover or cap 22 is retained by a support washer 19 and a retainer or snap ring 20. A free-floating valve, such as a ball valve 21 is inserted above the vertical portion 32 of the housing 4 between the valve plunger 10 and the valve seat 18. Ribs 28 are provided in the vertical portion 32 of the housing 4 for concentrically guiding the valve plunger 10. These ribs 28 additionally limit the lower position of the ball valve 21 when the valve plunger 10 is lowered. The cleaning fluid or solution present in the vacuum evaporator 1.2 is designated with the reference numeral 26 and the level of the surface of the cleaning fluid or solution is designated with the reference numeral 27. The air ingested by the overcharge valve 1.7 is designated with the reference numeral 29.
The previously described arrangement operates as follows:
The overcharge prevention arrangement integrated into the solvent processing plant (cf. FIG. 1) is to be understood as a combination of the overcharge valve 1.7 and the condensate trap 1.5 and becomes effective when a feed valve 1.6. or equivalent structure malfunctions. The overcharge prevention arrangement assures that the level 27 of the surface of the cleaning or washing fluid or solution 26 does not exceed a certain value or height. It further assures that no cleaning fluid or solution 26 can get into the vacuum pump 1.4 and that the vacuum pump 1.4 continues to operate in the idle or unloaded state after the overcharge valve 1.7 has responded.
The position of the overcharge valve 1.7 in the vacuum evaporator 1.2 is chosen such that the highest level 27 of the cleaning fluid or solution 26 in normal operation does not reach the substantially spherical float body 13 of the overcharge valve 1.7. The substantially spherical float body 13 is freely suspended in the air or vacuum space of the vacuum evaporator 1.2 and presses the valve plunger 10 against the ball valve 21 through the double-arm lever 7.
The ball valve 21, in turn, presses against the elastic valve seat 18 and seals the inlet passage or port 23 against the admission of air 29. In this state, the level 27 of the cleaning fluid or solution 26 in the vacuum evaporator 1.2 is, for instance, monitored by a substantially spherical float body 36 of the feed valve 1.6 which regulates the delivery of cleaning fluid or solution in relation to the evaporation of the solvent, respectively in relation to the drainage of the residue collecting in the lower portion of the vacuum evaporator 1.2 over the course of time.
The cleaning fluid or solution 26 is sucked or ingested by the vacuum generated in the vacuum evaporator 1.2 by means of a hose or conduit 38 through the feed valve 1.6 out of a container 40 into the vacuum evaporator 1.2. If the level of the cleaning fluid or solution 26 exceeds the level monitored by the substantially spherical float body 36 of the feed valve 1.6 due to a malfunction of the feed valve 1.6 without the delivery of further cleaning fluid or solution being inhibited, the surface of the cleaning fluid or solution reaches the substantially spherical float body 13 of the overcharge valve 1.7 and buoyant action displaces the substantially spherical float body 13 upwardly. The upward motion of the substantially spherical float body 13 causes the valve plunger 10 to be drawn downward by the double-arm lever 7. The ball valve 21 is no longer pressed against the valve seat 18 and the overcharge valve 1.7 opens.
Before the fluid surface of the cleaning fluid or solution reaches the connection flange 3 of the vacuum evaporator 1.2, air enters through the inlet 23 of the overcharge valve 1.7 into the vacuum evaporator 1.2. The vacuum generated in the vacuum evaporator 1.2 collapses, the suction force employed for delivering the cleaning fluid or solution degenerates and no further cleaning fluid or solution is sucked or ingested into the vacuum evaporator 1.2.
A ball valve 42 present in the condensate trap 1.5 installed between the vacuum pump 1.4 and the vacuum evaporator 1.2 is drawn against an associated valve seat 44 simultaneously with the collapse of the vacuum in the vacuum evaporator 1.2. The vapor supply conduit 30 to the vacuum pump 1.4, respectively the conduit 30 between the vacuum pump 1.4 and the vacuum evaporator 1.2, is therefore blocked. The vacuum pump 1.4 continues to run idly. This state persists until the level of the cleaning fluid or solution is lowered by draining the residue collecting in the lower portion of the vacuum evaporator 1.2 and until the malfunction, for instance caused by a heavily contaminated and no longer functional feed valve 1.6, is eliminated. The position and state of the valve plunger 10 and double-arm lever 7 installed in the overcharge valve 1.7 can be examined through the sight glass 25.
While there are shown and described present preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be distinctly understood that the invention is not limited thereto, but may be otherwise variously embodied and practiced within the scope of the following claims. ACCORDINGLY,
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|International Classification||B01D3/10, F16K31/26, B01D1/00|
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I gave a friend a reading and decided to use both tarot and lenormand. It was the best decision ever. The reading itself felt even more insightful. It was amazing :)
Finally, my copy of the Silhouettes Tarot arrived. I’m in love with them. All the hype was certainly with reason. They first caught my attention because they reminded me of the Persona 3 tarot cards. In fact both Justice reminds me of Nyx Avatar. In the end, the art is absolutely stunning and I can’t wait to bond with this deck. :)
The text I’m reading is from Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack. The background track is from American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns. All content copyright to their rightful owners. I just felt like sharing some interesting content. If you guys like this, I might do others in the future. I have plenty of books I would love to read excerpts from. :)
It all started with a story…
Background tracks include, Loreena McKennitt’s “Incantation” and “Vorpal Blade” from the Alice: Madness Returns soundtrack. Sound effects are from freesound.org I take no credit in these, only on the story and my voice as well as the time put into making this track. All content is copyright to their rightful owners.
Look what finally arrived #toriamos #unrepentantgeraldines
Enchanted #lenormand it’s a beautiful deck. I had an interesting dream and I wanted some clarification, #enchantedlenormand #cards
A fan-made video for the fanfic Circus of Illusions. (which is still a work in progress) Thank you so much butterbeercorks for this GORGEOUS fanvid. I had commented back in 2012 but I always go back to this video for encouragement. So again, thank you so much, from the bottom of my heart.
Friends and fellow readers of Circus of Illusions,
You are all wonderful. Life has taken a devilish toll on my end but I have not forgotten about this fic. I am trying to recover my lost files, including Circus, and once I do I will post the sixth installment.
The chapter was technically finished but I never posted it because I felt there was something missing. Once I retrieve my files, I will it over once more. I will post what I have.
I am honored that there are still people who remember this fic. I have enjoyed creating this world and would like to continue sharing it with everyone.
Don’t get lost in your unreality.
Remember who you are.
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15/10/09 - 14/10/10
To be honest the punctured tire was a relief. Having spent the afternoon in my room, resting and trying to find a contact to spend Diwali with (no luck there unfortunately) my morale had sunk a little and having not seen another traveller or hotel guest all day I wasn’t about to rely on that for company.
I got myself into this position and it was time to see what I was made of. With directions from reception, I struck out beach wards for a sunset stroll and then to procure a taxi to take me to the Gateway to India.
Dusk was settling in and street vendors, selling everything from fruit to electrical flex, were burning sweet incense, it felt so exotic and diverse. I walked down towards the main junction where I was supposed to cross the road. I am no good crossing the road at the best of times; having been hit by a bicycle in Spain (twice) and prone to looking the wrong way I knew my best bet was to follow a local. This is a whole different ball game, they move so quickly, clearly trained to see gaps in the maelstrom of cars, throwing themselves into oncoming traffic with gusto, confident that they won’t get hit. I have no such faith.
I did manage to cross some of the roads, just not the ones that would take me towards the beach. My heart was cartoon-pumping in my chest each time I stepped off the relative safety of the pavement. There are traffic lights and zebra crossings but they are clearly decorative only.
This is India and of course the poverty is prolific and the things you see are very humbling but I let out an audible gasp when I saw a woman begging with her tiny naked, lifeless baby, its frail head wrapped in a bloody bandage. I have prepared myself for such images, but they are nonetheless shocking and distressing.
Regaining my previous state of near abject terror I resolved to get a taxi. Luckily there were hundreds of them, hurtling towards me at breakneck speeds, beeping, coughing smoke and swerving like bumper cars, unluckily they were all full up, some of them with entire extended families cramped inside.
I managed to cross two more roads but this didn’t help me much as I was now standing right back where I started! One solitary taxi did stop for me but quoted me an astronomical sum (£2.50 or something) so I refused. I was determined that I could crack this. I would see something of Mumbai before the night was out. But, I couldn’t. I could not get a bloody taxi… so I got one of the hotel boys to do it for me, which is only cheating a little bit.
Now I was part of the traffic and from the inside you realize that they are not going that fast at all. There are just so many vehicles and burdened-beast pulled carts all trying to get through the bottle-neck at the same time. It feels much more overwhelming than it actually is.
Driving round the bay was when the blow-out happened, I got to sit quietly in the back whilst the driver changed the tire – he didn’t want me to get out for some reason- this gave me the chance to calm down and my thumping pulse returned to normal. At the gateway he promised to wait for me to take me back to the hotel.
I walked around the lit-up edifice trying to channel Nick, taking photos from odd angles; desperately trying to remember what aperture priority is and does. I think I managed to get one ok picture, let me know what you think.
Gateway to India, Mumbai
I returned to the pick-up point but Mr. Driver was gone. I had been abandoned. I tried to get another taxi but none of them could understand the address I had. By this point I was starting to worry as I had no idea how to get back to the hotel and apparently no one else did either. However, we were right next to the Taj Mahal Palace which is a 5-star, stunning hotel (and one of the hotels caught up in last years terrorist bombings). I had to go through airport style security to get in, but once inside the calm air-conditioned sanctuary I was saved, as you should be when you go into a sanctuary otherwise it’s not much of a sanctuary. Concierge were amazing, although I must of looked disheveled with a slightly crazed-panic in my eyes, they could not have been more helpful. They gave me water, an icy-cold flannel and more importantly the address of my hotel written in English and Hindu along with a printed map of my area to show the taxi driver.
Which worked, because I am at the hotel telling you about it rather than wandering the streets of Bombay, bedding down with the rest of the street population.

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I’ve had an indoor yucca plant for over five years now (which is quite long for an indoor yucca), and during that time, I’ve had to deal with brown leaves a LOT.
The truth is, you’ll probably always have some brown parts on the leaves, especially around the tips, and this is most often caused by too much or too little sunlight or issues relating to watering, i.e., over or underwatering. It can also just be due to age, which is something that you can’t have any impact on.
Keep reading to learn 9 of the most common reasons for indoor yucca plant leaves turning brown, as well as what you can do about it.
- 9 Main Causes Of Indoor Yucca Plant Leaves Turning Brown
- How To Prevent Your Yucca Leaves From Turning Brown In The Future
- In Summary
9 Main Causes Of Indoor Yucca Plant Leaves Turning Brown
Here’s the 9 most likely reasons why your indoor yucca plant’s leaves are turning brown.
Like most houseplants, overwatering is an issue for yuccas as well and can cause the leaves to turn brown.
It always surprises me how often most people water their houseplants, but the truth is you only need to water a yucca when the top few inches of soil become dry.
If you water your yucca too much, the soil will become saturated with water. This will create the perfect environment for root rot, an issue that affects lots of plants like Calatheas and Majesty Palms.
Root rot is caused by a fungus that becomes active in overwatered conditions or simply due to the roots suffocating in water.
This stops the roots from absorbing essential nutrients and moisture from the soil, causing the leaves to turn yellow and then brown and eventually killing the entire plant.
Underwatering a yucca can also cause a yucca’s leaves to turn brown.
This is something that I have personally been guilty of (see image above), and it causes the edge of the yucca leaves to turn brown first, which is a telltale sign that your yucca needs to be watered.
Luckily this is not a major issue – just give your yucca a generous watering, and it should come back to life pretty quickly.
3. Too Much Sunlight
Although yuccas are desert plants, when kept indoors, they become sensitive to light.
If your yuca is exposed to direct sunlight for multiple hours a day, it can scorch the leaves, which creates spots with black centers and yellow/brown edges.
These leaves will eventually die, and you can prune them off right away if you don’t like how they look.
4. Lack Of Sunlight
Although too much sunlight can scorch the leaves, too little sunlight can also cause issues as well.
Every plant needs sunlight for photosynthesis. If your yucca doesn’t receive enough sunlight, it will slowly die, and the leaves will turn brown as part of this process.
Bright, indirect sunlight is the best option for indoor yuccas (more on this later).
Fluoride is found in tap water and can cause fluoride toxicity on yuccas which can lead to brown tips and spots along the margin.
I actually noticed this when I first brought my yucca home and watered it with tap water for a few weeks. Turns out that using distilled water is much better…
6. Poor Soil Quality & Drainage
Yuccas tend to do well with lower-quality soil, but I’m a big fan of using nutrient-dense soil for all of my houseplants, and I’ve noticed a difference compared to regular potting soil.
If your soil isn’t nutrient dense and you don’t fertilize, then your yucca will suffer, and the leaves may start to die at a faster rate.
I like to add compost to my yucca potting mix for this reason.
Having adequate drainage is also crucial as it helps to prevent overwatering.
You should always have drainage holes in the bottom of your pot, as well as well-draining soil to help excess water drain quickly.
Fungal leaf spots can develop in damp or humid environments, especially if you mist your yucca plant (something you should never really do).
These are quite similar to sun scorch spots and occur as small brown spots with yellow halos.
Affected leaves should be removed, and then you can treat the rest of the plant with a fungicide.
Common pests like aphids and mealybugs can affect yuccas and damage the leaves, causing them to turn brown and die.
Most of the time, you just need to rinse your yucca down with a hose every day until the infestation stops, but in severe cases, you’ll need to use an insecticide.
9. Normal Aging
It’s completely normal for yucca leaves to die due to age, and during this process, they will turn brown and eventually fall off.
Yuccas usually live around five years when kept indoors, so you can expect to go through quite a lot of leaves during that time.
I’ve found that I lose a couple of leaves every one or two months on average and less during the winter.
How To Prevent Your Yucca Leaves From Turning Brown In The Future
As I said before, it’s pretty difficult to eliminate browning completely.
There are some things you can do to reduce it greatly, however. Here’s a collection of tips that have helped me the most with my yucca.
Water Properly With Distilled Water
Watering is probably the number 1 thing that people get wrong with not only yuccas but most houseplants in general.
Yuccas only need to be watered when the top few inches of soil become dry. You can use your finger to check this quickly, and it’s an easy rule to remember.
Overwatering can lead to root rot and other issues which can greatly impact the health of your yucca, so it should be avoided where possible.
Make sure your drainage holes are not blocked as well.
Underwatering can also be an issue, but it’s better to leave your yucca in underwatered conditions rather than overwatered.
Opt for distilled water rather than tap water to help prevent brown spots on the leaves.
Make Sure The Humidity Is In The Correct Range
Yuccas tend to do well with low to moderate humidity. As desert plants, they are happy with dry conditions, but a humidity of around 50-60% is also fine as well.
You shouldn’t put your yucca somewhere where the humidity is higher, like your bathroom, for example, and opt for drier places.
Use A Good Soil Mix & Fertilize
Regular potting soil mixed with compost and perlite is my preferred potting mix for yuccas for a few reasons:
- Adding compost boosts the nutrient contents of the soil.
- Perlite helps to improve drainage, which lowers the risk of overwatering.
If you don’t have time to make your own soil mix, you can use a cacti potting mix, as they tend to work well for yuccas.
Choose The Right Placement For Your Yucca
Yuccas thrive with plenty of bright, indirect sunlight.
I have had the most success placing my yucca set back from a south-facing window, but you can experiment with different areas that provide this type of sunlight.
Remember that direct sunlight will scorch the leaves and cause them to turn brown.
The truth is a lot of things can make your yucca leaves turn brown, and it’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll have some brown spots on your yucca most of the time.
As long as the brown spots are not forming in a pattern or taking over lots of leaves, then it is likely just due to age. I recommend double-checking this guide to see if you are meeting the other care requirements just to make sure you aren’t missing anything.
I’ve tried to include everything I wish I knew before I got my yucca and the lessons learned from over five years of keeping a yucca, so use it to your advantage.

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The plop of the morning paper landing in the driveway is my wakeup call — a new day has arrived! Cats must be fed, coffee perked, sports scores scoured and crossword puzzles need to be worked.
On Sundays, we’re treated to a triple plop as we enjoy not only this paper but two others. However, this tradition may come to a rapid end if Assembly Bill 5 is passed and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Home delivery of newspapers will become cost-prohibitive, and that means the jobs of thousands of men and women who deliver papers across the Golden State will vanish forever.
Last year, the California Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in Dynamex Operations West vs. Superior Court that mandates companies treat almost all workers as full-time employees rather than as independent contractors. AB5 would codify the court’s ruling by enshrining it into law.
AB5 is backed by labor unions and Lyft and Uber drivers who have long lobbied for employee status so they can receive health and pension benefits as well as the perks and protections enjoyed by regular employees.
The companies argue AB5 would hurt the very people it claims to help while driving costs sky high.
Both sides have a point and that rarely pleases anyone.
While some jobs are eternal — morticians and accountants, death and taxes — others fade away with innovation or changing tastes. There aren’t many chimneysweeps or milkmen around today. Switchboard operators, lamp lighters and pinsetters have been consigned to the history books, while TV repairmen, travel agents, bank tellers, cashiers and porn stars are going the way of soda jerks, cigarette girls and mudlarks. It wasn’t that long ago your local Starbucks was your local Blockbuster. The nature of work changes with technology.
Which brings us back to AB5.
The Legislature has already carved out exemptions for a host of industries that are heavily reliant on contractors; health-care providers, law firms, beauty salons, real estate agencies, and soon, I hope, newspapers. While many of you read this column online, and thank you for that, I still look forward to the daily driveway plop.
There is no question many employers take advantage of workers by reclassifying them as “independent contractors” even though they perform the exact same duties they performed as regular employees. It’s an open secret: real-world wages for middle-class workers and the working poor have stagnated or declined over the past 35 years. The rich have gotten much richer. Rather than a trickle-down economy, we have a Velcro economy, with the lion’s share sticking to the top. Corporate America needs to address the incredible disparity in earnings between the board room and the loading dock. Sacramento is quick to hammer this point home.
What Sacramento is less willing to discuss (or even acknowledge) is how micromanaging regulations and nanny-state legislation has forced many companies to take draconian steps just to stay viable in California. The “regulation bone” is directly connected to the “independent contractor” bone. While government has an obligation to put a thumb on the scale to address imbalances between management and labor, the California Legislature has pounded the scale with both fists.
Ultimately, the consumer is driving the bus. Uber and Lyft are successful because they provide a great service. Smartphones are everywhere because people want them. There will always be a better mousetrap that is bad news for the people making the old mousetrap.
While some have jumped gleefully onto the digital bandwagon and are enjoying the ride, others have been plowed under. New jobs have been created in technology and there’s been an explosion in luxury jobs like yoga instructor, personal trainer, pet groomer, life coach, massage therapist and manicurists and pedicurists, not one of which my father or grandfather would recognize as work.
There’s even a small but growing counter-revolution of people resurrecting analog jobs, like wooden boat builders, leather workers, carpenters, brewers, organic farmers and adherents of off-the-grid living. These are wonderful individual choices, but not a practical reality for the vast multitudes packed into urban centers like Los Angeles and Orange counties.
Selfishly, I must point out a unique phenomenon confronting the newspaper industry and the arts … many of our customers don’t want to pay for our product.
It started with Napster. The now-extinct music-sharing platform allowed millions of fans to rip off their favorite bands and condition an entire generation to believe music, movies, TV, books, magazines and newspapers are free on the web as long as they can find a way around the paywall. Nobody expects Panda Express to send over lunch for nothing or a plumber to unclog their toilet for free. So why the arts?
Technology not only changes the nature of work it changes what we’re willing to pay for, including our Uber and Lyft rides and that newspaper plopping in the driveway.
Doug McIntyre’s column appears Sundays. He can be reached at: Doug@DougMcIntyre.com.


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The Way of St James has survived for above a thousand years. It was one of the most authoritative Christian pilgrimages during medieval times, together with Rome and Jerusalem, and a pilgrimage approach on which a plenary indulgence could be gained; other major pilgrimage routes include the Via Francigena to Rome and the pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Legend holds that St. James’s remains were conveyed by boat from Jerusalem to northerly Spain where he was buried on the site of what is now the district of Santiago de Compostela. When ever St James’s day twenty fifth of July falls on a Sunday, the cathedral declares a Holy or Jubilee Year. Depending on leap years, Holy Years occur in 5, 6 and 11 year intervals. The most recent were 1982, 1993, 1999, 2004, and 2010. The next will be 2021, 2027, and 2032. the way of saint james can take one of any large number of pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostela. Most commonly, as with most pilgrimages, the Way of Saint James began at one’s home and ended up at the pilgrimage site. However a few of the routes are considered main ones. During the Middle Ages, the route was highly traveled. However, the Black Plague, the Protestant Reformation and political turmoil in 16th-century Europe led to its decrease. By the 1980s, only a few pilgrims arrived in Santiago annually. Since then however the pathway has tempted a growing number of modern-day pilgrims from around the globe. The route was declared the first European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe in October 1987; it was also named one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.camino


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After first banning the use of fireworks throughout Bannock County, folks in Pocatello will be allowed to fire off fireworks for the 4th in some parts of the city.
The same day fireworks shops were allowed to open their doors and start selling, the Charlotte Fire started raging in Pocatello, and firework use was banned throughout the county.
Since then, fireworks have been anemic at the stands set up across the city.
"Yeah, we took a pretty big hit. People coming in occasionally, but I think overall we've done about a quarter of the sales we've done in previous years,” fireworks vendor Eric Shippen said.
The city will allow people to set off fireworks in some parts of the city Wednesday from noon to midnight.
Shippen said local leaders should be careful, but can't treat people like children.
"I think it's a good thing they're watching it closely and keeping the area safe. On the other hand most people are responsible with fireworks, it's just a few that are neglectful near dry areas," Shippen said.
Pocatello Fire Dept, Assistant Chief Mike Williams wants people to stay extra cautious when setting off any fireworks Wednesday. He said any errant spark could quickly turn into an inferno.
"The problem this year is going to be that it's going to grow so fast and get big so fast that we may not be able to keep it from taking more homes,” Williams said.
Williams said if people simply use legal fireworks, properly, in the areas allowed, everyone should be able to have a fun and safe Independence Day.
"If we can trust in our citizens to make sure that they comply with those things, then we're going to be fine this year,” Williams said.

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Secular Music at the Romanian Princely Courts during the Phanariot Epoch (1711 – 1821) (2008-2009)
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This experiment aimed to determine whether SASP from H2O2 treated MSCs having silenced FLNB or CD13 were still able to induce senescence in healthy cells by paracrine
* They play a key role in intracellular paracrine
signaling to direct healing with your own stem cells.
A comparative study of mesenchymal stem cell transplantation with its paracrine
effect on control of hyperglycemia in type I diabetic rats.
The physiological, biochemical and bio-molecular properties of EAT and the possible paracrine
interactions within the heart have been described in previous studies.6 EAT exists mainly in the atrioventricular and interventricular groove along the major coronary arteries and branches, to a lesser extent in the atrium, right ventricle and the left ventricular free wall that shows extension to the apex.7 The embryological origin of EAT is similar to intra-abdominal visceral adipose tissue.8
modulation of cardiomyocyte contractility by cardiac
Stem cell transplantation can provide a large number of hepatocyte-like cells, replacing the synthetic and metabolic function required by the normal liver, and change the tissue microenvironment through a paracrine
This in turn leads to paracrine
and autocrine receptor activation, which plays an important role in the resolution of airway inflammation and tissue damage.
In fact, alginate-encapsulated hepatocytes demonstrated higher viability and albumin secretion upon coculture with MSCs thanks to the paracrine
effect of their secreted cytokines CCL2, CXCL12, and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF).
Second, our results showed that hAEC-CM could promote proliferation, migration, and tube formation of endothelial cells, suggesting the paracrine
effects of hAECs on neovascularization directly.
It should be kept in mind, however, that adipokines are part of large neuroendocrine-immune-metabolic networks, and they exert their effects through complex endocrine, paracrine
, autocrine, or juxtacrine crosstalk mechanisms, which should be further investigated with system medicine approaches.
The sad story is that the claims of this study could not be reproduced no matter how the cells were isolated and treated.17 BMCs could have provided paracrine
cardioprotective factors to improve the cardiac function.18 What might be the underlying mechanisms are not known.
Somatuline's active substance, lanreotide acetate, is a somatostatin analogue that inhibits the secretion of several endocrine, exocrine and paracrine

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The government is open to providing more funds for the recapitalisation of public-sector banks than the budgeted Rs 10,000 crore for the current fiscal, should there be a “pressing need” for it, an official source said.
The government is open to providing more funds for the recapitalisation of public-sector banks (PSBs) than the budgeted Rs 10,000 crore for the current fiscal, should there be a “pressing need” for it, an official source told FE. Analysts had termed the budgetary allocation for recapitalisation in 2017-18 too low, considering that PSBs are struggling with massive bad loans. The total stressed assets (gross non-performing assets and restructured standard advances) of commercial banks stood at Rs 9.64 lakh crore as of December 2016, with most of them belonging to the PSBs.
“Funds are not a major constraint. In times of a pressing need, the government will pitch in, but that doesn’t mean we will be very liberal in providing funds,” a senior government official said. “It’s taxpayer’s money and we have to adopt utmost care in allocating that. So, all such funds for recapitalisation will be tied to strict conditions. The banks that seek more funds will have to comply with all these stipulated conditions,” the official added.
Banks need capital primarily to cater for the credit requirements of borrowers as well as to set aside funds to tackle bad loans. Although credit growth has been muted in recent years, the rise of stressed assets has raised PSBs’ provisioning requirements, making capital infusion by the government so important.
As part of its Indradhanush plan launched in August 2015, the government is supposed to provide Rs 70,000 crore over a four-year period through 2018-19 (Rs 25,000 crore each for each of the first two years and Rs 10,000 crore for each of the next two years) for the recapitalisation of the PSBs.
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Already, the department of financial services this month sent a letter to some public-sector banks, setting conditions for recapitalisation, including effective NPA management, sale of non-core assets, further closing of loss-making branches and temporary trimming of employee benefits, if required.
NPAs reached 9% of total advances by September 2016 — double their level a year earlier. Importantly, more than four-fifths of the NPAs were in the public-sector banks, where the NPA ratio had touched almost 12%. Taking a sample of 39 top banks, CARE Ratings has estimated that NPAs accounted for Rs 6,97,409 crore — or 9.3% of their advances — as of December 2016.
While announcing the Indradhanush plan, the government had said though the PSBs were adequately capitalised then and were meeting all the Basel III and RBI norms, it still wanted to capitalise them to “keep a safe buffer over and above the minimum norms of Basel III”. It had estimated PSBs’ total capital requirement of about `1,80,000 crore over a four-year period through 2018-19.
This estimate excluded the internal profit generation by PSBs and was based on the assumption of a credit growth rate of 12% for 2015-16 and 12-15% for the next three years. It then proposed to provide `70,000 crore of budgetary support out of the total requirement.


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Whether painting the Native Americans in a dramatic, picturesque setting or the working cowboy peacefully on the range, Martin Grelle captures the spirit, beauty, and vastness of the West in his historically-accurate, compelling images. Grelle is proud of his Native American ancestry and studies diligently to portray their culture accurately and sensitively. The artist also has an intimate knowledge of the cowboy’s way of life; each year he enjoys the Cowboy Artists of America’s (CAA) trail ride and spends time occasionally working cattle with local friends. Grelle has the incredible ability to take the most mundane, daily tasks of his subjects and elevate them to a new level in each painting.
Grelle was born just a few miles from the small, Central Texas town of Clifton, which he calls home today. This beautiful and historic area has become a mecca for artists, which has always kept his heart close to the land of his ancestors. Many of Grelle’s closest friends are artists. Happy hours of camaraderie are spent gathering to look at each other’s work, exchanging ideas, and enjoying everyone’s company. Grelle treasures this feeling of community and the opportunities he is afforded living in such a creative environment.
The artist’s talents were evident as a child and he began painting at an early age. Luckily for the budding painter, acclaimed Western artists James Boren and Melvin Warren had settled in the same area while he was in school. With such excellent guidance from these masters, a full-time artist was born in his early twenties. Grelle has studied and traveled widely to seek material and subject matter for his outstanding paintings of the American West. Working primarily in oils on canvas, the artist’s figures and landscape become one in a painterly style rich in vibrant color and narrative
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CANTON -- At the hall where legends live, the death of Art Modell darkened the day.
"It's a sad time for the NFL losing a great guy like that," said Cory Gansel, a Browns fan visiting from Akron.
"Art was always a part of building the NFL with a philosophy of league think," said Joe Horrigan, vice president for communications for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "He was always putting the league in front of his own interests, in front of his team's interests. What was good for the league, was good for the Cleveland Browns, was good for Pro Football."
Modell's fingerprints are all over the game: his influence on the league and television, Monday Night Football and the careers of dozens of Hall of Famers.
But it's the dark years in the 1990s that Cleveland Browns fans remember most.
"The common fan, the guy and the gal you find in the Dawg Pound, I don't know how sad they are," said Bill Morgan, sports director for 1450 WJER Radio out of Dover. WJER, a Browns affiliate, followed through on a previously scheduled plan to broadcast live from the Hall of Fame Thursday.
"That is the one scar that is difficult to heal, but time hopefully will soften that wound," said Horrigan.
In pro football history, Modell's is not the only move of its kind, but perhaps the most painful.
When Modell took the Browns to Baltimore, this friend of the Pro Football Hall of Fame took burned his own candidacy.
"He made a very very tough, unpopular decision when he moved the team," said Horrigan. "But there was so much more to the man, so much more to his history and legacy."
Does he deserve the Hall of Fame? Some say yes.
"I think eventually he'll be here. When it is, I don't know. But I think eventually that time is coming," said Morgan.
"I think it might take five years, but what he did with the Browns, and founding the Browns, all that history will probably put him in," said Joseph Ruh, a Steelers fan visiting from Washington state.
Horrigan says it's hard to speculate.
"Our selectors are charged with the very difficult task of judging candidates based solely upon their contribution as a player, coach or contributor, to the game. So with his passing, I don't think that that will factor in. It shouldn't," said Horrigan. "It should really only be based on the contributions, which are substantial enough that he does get support."
"As time moves forward, [the move to Baltimore] will be looked at, and it will be looked at carefully, in the context of all of the other things he did for Pro Football."


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We are confused. Just hooked up our motorcycle trailer to the Interstate. Except for running lights (head light, or side light)- all the trailer lights is functioning properly. Turn signal, hazard, brake, reverse lights goes on and off as intended. However, no running lights, but every 5 seconds all the lights blinks. The trailer lights are fine as we tested them on another vehicle. Sprayed the electrical cleaners on the wiring harness and the light receiver. Nothing. The running lights on the trailer, however it blinks every 5 second. The wife says the trailer will look like a Christmas tree while driving in the dark. I hope this is not normal.
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I seriously think Death Note is the best manga ever. Rem's character is so interesting, her drawing is one of the most creepy in the book, in my opinion.
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Spain and Portugal may face Eurozone massive fines for failing to do enough to sort out their budgets and deficits. David Cameron gives his swan song at 10 Downing Street before stepping aside for Theresa May to become Prime Minister on Wednesday. More charges against Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, who's being tried over Twitter posts. We get reaction from his son.


A lawsuit over the names of two Connecticut prep sports teams has been dismissed.
The lawsuit challenged the changing of West Hartford sports teams' names, WTIC-TV reported.
The board had previously voted in favor of changing the names, meaning the teams no longer would go by The Chieftains and The Warriors. Attorney Scott Zweig, on behalf of himself and another town resident, filed the lawsuit a day before the Board of Education's vote on the changing of the names, citing procedural issues.
The lawsuit filed by Zweig was dismissed Monday by the superior court.
The debate has been the talk of the town for years, WTIC-TV reported. So much so, back in 2015, the school board voted to change the logos for Conard and Hall High Schools, removing the Native American symbols. At that time, they kept the name.
The motion was brought to the table in December 2021 because of a new Connecticut law that went into effect in 2022. The law, known as PUBLIC ACT 21-2, stated that municipalities with offensive mascots will no longer get money from the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund. Schools had to let the tribes know by March 2022 if they plan to change their name.
West Hartford gets about $28,000 from that fund each year.
It is a matter that has offended many people over the years. Chair of the board Dr. Lorna Thomas-Farquharson said the board had received written input from both local and national Native American tribes, who have essentially expressed disapproval of the usage of the school names.
"The purpose for us looking into this was more than a monetary gain or loss. It really was based on the principle of the topic and the principal of the matter," said Thomas-Farquharson.
In a statement following the court's decision, West Hartford Corporation Counsel Dallas C. Dodge said:
“I can certainly respect differences of opinion on education policy, but litigation is not the answer to what is fundamentally a political disagreement. The decision of the Superior Court confirms that Attorney Zweig failed to establish even the most basic elements of standing, and we are hopeful that he will finally abandon his baseless legal claims as well as his ridiculous demand that the town pay for the costs of his own lawsuit.”
Also in a statement, Thompson-Farquharson said that the issue had been the subject of an exhaustive and oftentimes divisive debate.
“The Board’s decision to discontinue Native American team names is consistent with our goal of creating an equitable and inclusive learning environment for all students," she said.
In June, the board voted on the new names for the high schools' mascots. Hall’s new mascot became the Titans and Conard, the Red Wolves.


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“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” Anatole France
For all of the animal lovers out there (whether it is a dog, cat, ferret, goat or llama), have you ever wondered why you love your pet so much? They can’t speak in words, they don’t help with chores around the house, and they certainly don’t add to the bottom line.
Unless your “bottom line” is based on love, not numbers set off with $illy $ymbol$.
The answer to why I love my dogs and cat so much is very simple. But it’s simplicity also reveals a truth about all of us that defines our world. When we know this truth, it really does set us free.
When you fall in love with an animal, you will see to its care with a happy heart. You will overlook the messes or the hassle of the litter box and see only love in their eyes. How can a heart so small be filled with so much love?
Let me share a poem that I wrote several years ago on this very topic. After reading it, please hug your pet and kiss it for me!
By Kathryn Eriksen
Patiently waiting to be with me.
Hours spent chasing rabbits in the mind.
A switch flips on
And pure love pours out.
My day falls away
As my arms fill with furry joy.
Laughter spills over
As my face is blanketed with
a cascading love letter.
Patiently listening while I review my day.
And frustration grow dim and fade away
As I gaze into his face of
Constant and infinite.
Who knew that God would choose
This heart, small enough to fit into my hand,
But big enough that it fills
My world with His love?

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Job losses confirmed at Forests NSW as program axed
The Public Service Association says 17 jobs have already been cut from Forests New South Wales offices in the western region.
The union is meeting its members in Dubbo and Bathurst to explain how they'll be affected by the State Government's plans to corporatise the department.
The PSA's Assistant General Secretary, Shane O'Brien, says despite assurances no jobs would go, positions have already been axed in the Dubbo, Baradine and Forbes regions.
He says more cutbacks are likely.
"You're looking at a bit of a double whammy. It looks quite obvious that there's going to be significant job losses after corporatisation and you're probably going to find that the jobs left have a reduction in the overall salary package and take home pay for the people that are still there."
Mr O'Brien says there could be more bad news to come.
"That's what we know about now and the problem that we have is that the Minister made an announcement that there would be no impact on jobs and less than a month later the first 26 people are being shown the door.
So we're expecting now significant numbers lost across the state. What that means is almost exclusively job losses in country areas."
Forests New South Wales has confirmed 13 jobs are to be lost at the end of this month but that's due to the axing of a program, not the corporatisation process.
In a statement the CEO, Nick Roberts, says the corporation has not even been formed yet.
He says 13 people will be made excess because the white cypress non-commercial thinning program is ceasing.
Mr Roberts says that's because Environmental Trust funding for the program has run out and non-commercial thinning isn't compatible with a trading enterprise such as Forests New South Wales.


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Draws on research with hundreds of interviewees to identify the pervasive influence of cultural shame, discussing how women can recognize the ways in which shame influences their health and relationships and can be transformed into courage and connectivity.
Author: Peter Welch
Publisher: Peter Welch
Release Date: 2013-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION: Peter Hunt Welch is a 20-year-old single Caucasian male who was residing in Bar Harbor, Maine this summer. He is a University of Maine at Orono student with no prior psychiatric history, who was admitted to the Acadia Hospital on an involuntary basis due to an acute level of confusion and disorganization, both behaviorally and cognitively. He was evaluated at MDI and was transferred from that facility due to psychosis, impulse thoughts, delusions, and disorientation. He was felt to be a risk to himself and others due to his high level of disorganization and disorientation and impulsivity. He did not know where he was. He believed that he had murdered his friend by sucking out his soul. The patient was also reporting, upon admission, that he could see, smell, hear and touch God. She as an acid smoky smell. Patient is an unreliable historian. He initially denied any alcohol or drug use, but later on admitted to having had LSD on several occasions. He also acknowledged the use of heroin, crack, cocaine, mushrooms, ecstasy, speed, etc. Just prior to his admission to Acadia Hospital, he had been displaying markedly abnormal behavior with confusion, illogical statements, and appearing disoriented, and as if walking in a daze.
Author: S. E. Hinton
Release Date: 2012-05-15
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
50 years of an iconic classic! This international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie is a heroic story of friendship and belonging. No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would do anything for him, like Johnny and Two-Bit. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up on “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect—until the night someone takes things too far. The Outsiders is a dramatic and enduring work of fiction that laid the groundwork for the YA genre. S. E. Hinton's classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today as it was the day it was first published. "The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." —The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." —The Chicago Tribune "[A] classic coming-of-age book." —Philadelphia Daily News A New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Book A Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Winner of the Massachusetts Children's Book Award From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author: Oliver James
Publisher: Karnac Books
Release Date: 2012
Genre: Family & Relationships
Many, if not most, parents feel that their children may have missed out in some way during the early years. Offering a simple, relatively trouble-free self-help method for putting that right is what parents were waiting for.
"Has your period gone missing?" You're not alone. People tend to think that loss of menstrual cycles only happens to Olympic-level athletes or people with eating disorders. But it turns out you can have seemingly healthy eating and exercise habits and still be faced with a missing monthly cycle. In fact, your lifestyle may be the culprit. No matter how long you've been without a period, our Recovery Plan will guide you on the path to regaining your cycle and improving your long-term health and fertility. This comprehensive book will: Explain what is happening in your body and why Present guidelines for how much and what to eat (Good news! They're probably a lot more fun than what you're used to!) Provide exercise recommendations Support you through the challenges of changing your habits Explain fertility treatments that can help achieve pregnancy if you still need assistance In "No Period. Now What?" Dr. Nicola Rinaldi shares her extensive research on hypothalamic amenorrhea as well as her own experience with recovery. Additional contributors include eating disorder speaker Stephanie Buckler, fitness coach Lisa Sanfilippo Waddell, and hundreds of other women who have taken this journey and come out the other side with cycles, babies, and a better understanding of what it means to be healthy. "Now it's your turn. Are you ready to recover?"
Now a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall. It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort. Walking into our stories of hurt can feel dangerous. But the process of regaining our footing in the midst of struggle is where our courage is tested and our values are forged. Our stories of struggle can be big ones, like the loss of a job or the end of a relationship, or smaller ones, like a conflict with a friend or colleague. Regardless of magnitude or circumstance, the rising strong process is the same: We reckon with our emotions and get curious about what we’re feeling; we rumble with our stories until we get to a place of truth; and we live this process, every day, until it becomes a practice and creates nothing short of a revolution in our lives. Rising strong after a fall is how we cultivate wholeheartedness. It’s the process, Brown writes, that teaches us the most about who we are. ONE OF GREATER GOOD’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR Praise for Rising Strong “[Brené Brown’s] research and work have given us a new vocabulary, a way to talk with each other about the ideas and feelings and fears we’ve all had but haven’t quite known how to articulate. . . . Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous.”—The Huffington Post “With a fresh perspective that marries research and humor, Brown offers compassion while delivering thought-provoking ideas about relationships—with others and with oneself.”—Publishers Weekly “It is inevitable—we will fall. We will fail. We will not know how to react or what to do. No matter how or when it happens, we will all have a choice—do we get up or not? Thankfully, Brené Brown is there with an outstretched arm to help us up.”—Simon Sinek, author of Start with Why and Leaders Eat Last
Author: Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date: 2012-01-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and four-color interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

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Steve Scott, the long-time chief technology officer at supercomputer maker Cray, gave his two weeks' notice last week. Actually, it was more like 11 days, which is not exactly a lot of warning for a company like Cray. But it looks like Scott was presented with an offer he just could not pass up, and tongues are wagging about …
Cray Computer Corporation
It's true CCC ended up mainly doing research, but only because they failed to sell any computers. CCC was formed so that Seymour could continue working on the Cray-3, which had been canned by CRI in favour of the C90. Unfortunately, nobody was willing to buy one before they ran out of money.
Laptops with 10 Teraflops
The Reg's recent story of AMD promising 10 teraflop laptops seems a bit closer to reality if Scott is headed to AMD.
My vote is Scott as AMD's new CEO.
@Laptops with 10 Teraflops
That would also be my bet.
AMD is having some trouble hiring a big name CEO, so is logical they might just get an engineering tech guy and promote it. It might be risky, but gambling like this might also pay good dividends in case his "brilliance" extends beyond the tech areas.
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TxDPS contracts with UNT criminal justice and logistics faculty for racial profiling study
UNT’s logistics and criminal justice faculty are coming together to help the Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) combat racial profiling. TxDPS awarded UNT a $194,273, nine-month contract to study 15 million records of the state’s data to determine whether racial profiling happens during traffic stops.
“The study will provide empirical, unbiased evidence of whether or not racial profiling occurs within the TxDPS by utilizing the latest validated analytic techniques for racial profiling assessment,” says Eric Fritsch, chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, and the lead UNT researcher for the project.
Since December 2016, Fritsch, along with Chad Trulson, criminal justice professor, David Nowicki, director of the Center for Logistics Research and Education, and Wesley Randall, chair of the Department of Marketing and Logistics, have been assessing traffic stop data from 2011 to 2016. They are tasked with looking for evidence of racial profiling by TxDPS highway patrol officers and commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers. This includes any racial or ethnic disparities in traffic stops, searches or other post-stop actions at the state, regional or district levels.
UNT students from the logistics, computer science and engineering and criminal justice programs will assist with data management in organizing the project, which will be among the largest racial profiling studies in the country.
“The ability for students do deal with a very large dataset of 15 million records on a prominent topic of race and policing allows them to obtain applied research experience that will serve them well post-graduation,” says Fritsch.
Future plans include replicating analyses over time to come to a better understanding of long-term patterns in law enforcement traffic stop actions by race.
Following the conclusion of their study later this year, UNT researchers will report to TxDPS leadership on the extent of disparities, if any, and potential explanations for patterns uncovered in the data. The report also include recommendations and other insights relative to the findings.


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Oscar-winner William Holden turned down the lead role in the original Omen film, claiming he didn’t want to star in a film about the Devil. Whether this was a moral grievance or because he merely found the script silly, an actor is entitled to his principles — but I have a bone to pick with this excuse. Holden had already indirectly engaged in dealings with the Dark One for many years, so why draw the line at being Damien’s daddy? Perhaps he suffered spiritual setbacks after starring in the 1968 war movie The Devil’s Brigade? Jeopardized his immortal soul while on the set of Satan Never Sleeps back in ’62? One can’t help but wonder whether he found the title of The Towering Inferno a little too metaphorically loaded for his tastes.
But the Devil takes a pleasing form, and in the end, the allure of
money and success vanquished all hope for a moral victory. When The Omen
(starring Gregory Peck instead) turned out to be a huge hit, and a part
in the sequel became an option, Holden didn’t turn down the role of the
Antichrist’s uncle who must finish the work Peck’s character was unable
to complete. While not the blockbuster the first film was (as few
sequels are), Damien: Omen 2 was one the more successful of Holden’s final projects before his death in 1981.
One can’t help but wonder about the degree of personal sacrifice he
felt while going through those motions — whether he was inwardly
laughing or cringing while assembling the Seven Sacred Daggers of
Meggido. Be sure to look for clues on that famous face when Damien: The Omen 2 airs.