Chandole, Pranayajoshi (2012) Mechanical and tribological behaviour of coconut shell char reinforced polymer cosmposite. MTech thesis.
Recently conductive polymer composites obtained by filling polymer matrixes with various Carbon blacks were also reported. Particulate fillers of which carbon black is notable example are widely used as reinforcing fillers in polymer industry. These fillers are added to polymers to achieve desirable and enhance the product service qualities. Commercially available carbon blacks are obtained from thermal cracking of natural gas and furnace black produced by incomplete combustion of oil filled stocks. This carbon black is relatively expensive due to its dependence on dwindling supply of crude oil. It is therefore essential to develop viable alternative source of fillers from renewable resources such as agricultural waste, bamboo stem, oil palm empty fruit bunches and coconut shells which are carbonaceous in nature and rich in organic materials. This biomass can be converted into carbon black thereby reducing unwanted, low value agricultural reduces and underutilized crop into useful, high value materials. Increase of environmental awareness has led to a growing interest in researching ways of an effective utilization of coconut shell, from which shell is particularly valuable due to its high contains 70% carbon, 1% ash, 30.1% lignin, 19.8% cellulose and 68.7% hemicellulose. It is felt that the value of this agricultural residue can be upgraded by bonding with resin to produce composite suitable for tribological applications. Keeping this in view the present work has been under taken to develop a polymer matrix composite (epoxy resin) using coconut shell char and to study its tribological behavior, the new hard porous carbon material coconut shell char has been developed by carburizing coconut shell as the main raw material at three different temperature range 600°C and 8000C. The composite are prepared with different volume raction of coconut shell Char. Experiments have been conducted under laboratory condition to assess the erosive wear behavior of the developed composite.
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The Deputy Prime Minister announced changing of the communal tariffs.
Deputy Prime Minister Uladzimir Kukharau said that tariffs for housing services in 2020 will increase in two stages.
According to him, now tariffs for housing and communal services are growing annually, but the amount of increases does not exceed $ 5.
This is facilitated by the cost reduction in housing and communal services, which in turn allows almost all types of services to zero in on their prime cost. Apart from heating and hot water supply, Belarusians pay for all other types of services already at 100%. Further increase of the relevant tariffs is possible only by indexation, said Uladzimir Kukharau, BelTA reports.
- If earlier, from January 1, tariffs had been raised by five dollars, then starting this year the increase was divided into two stages. Since January 1, the tariffs rose by 3.9 dollars, and since June 1, heating and hot water supply grew in cost by 1.1 dollars. We see that this trend should continue. Next year we plan to increase the tariffs in two stages, under approximately the same proportion, the official said.


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Dental Implant Timelines: An Introduction
Missing teeth can cause you to feel down about yourself and you may be looking for some type of boost in confidence. Dental implants can provide you with this boost that you need. If you have heard of dental implants before, then you probably heard about them from online ads or the television. Many of these ads often promise to provide you with implants the same day or in just a couple of hours. While this does seem like a good idea, it is not always a feasible idea and cannot always be done. Just because the implants can be placed the same day does not guarantee that they will be a success. Below, we will go over the dental implant timelines to show you when the best time is to place implants and go over their success rate.
The Beginning of Time for Dental Implants
Dental implants were introduced in the dental world some few decades ago. They have not been around forever, but when they were first introduced, they took the dental industry by storm. They were one of the best alternatives to dentures. Dental implants were used to help prevent the deterioration of bone in the jaw when the teeth were extracted. Dentures would often place too much pressure on the gums, which caused the jaw bone to melt away in a sense. This especially occurred with the lower jaw. Once the bone disappeared, the dentures did not have the support they needed.
Dental implants were used as tooth replacement and would be fused into the jaw to create a solid foundation. Once the posts were in place, they would stop any bone deterioration from occurring from that point on. Patients who already had bone loss were able to benefit from the procedure and stop any further loss that may have occurred.
Dental implants were designed to be functional and help provide the proper formation within your mouth and jaw.
Dental Implants in Today’s World
The very first dental implants that were created were used to be more functional than anything at the time. As today’s technology has advanced, these implants are used to provide beautiful smiles and boost the confidence of patients who are lacking teeth. One of the biggest considerations that Dr. Song needs to keep in mind is when the implants are placed into the patient’s mouth. This is because no force can be placed on the implants, especially during the healing process. Unnecessary force can cause a shift in the implant post, which can lead to improper healing and bone loss.
Implant Placement Timelines
There are different timelines when dental implants can be placed into the mouth and these timelines should be used as a guide. If the proper timeline is not followed, the implants can fail and improper healing can occur.
1. Immediate Placement of Dental Implants
Immediate placement of any dental implants is risky and can lead to implant failure, especially if the area does not heal properly. Immediate placement occurs when the implants are placed the moment the teeth have been extracted from the patient’s mouth. Gum receding can occur and if it does, may need to be corrected with a grafting procedure.
2. Early Placement of Dental Implants
Early placement of dental implants occurs when the extraction site has had four to eight weeks to heal. While the wounds are often healed, the bone is not fully healed at this time. This timeline will not cause the gums to recede should the implants be placed, but the implants will need to be sealed in place with some type of gum tissue seal.
3.Placement of Dental Implants with Partial Bone Healing
Implants that are placed at the time of partial bone healing are likely to succeed, but failure can happen, as bone loss can still occur. If the area does not heal properly, it can become a problem. This type of placement is done at the two to four-month mark after the teeth have been extracted.
4.Late Placement of Dental Implants Once Healing is Complete
The best time to place dental implants is when the site is completely healed and bone is starting to show and fill the socket. This placement will take place at the four to six-month mark from when the extractions occurred. This placement timeline has the most success and will prevent any type of bone loss from occurring. Failure at this timeline is unlikely.
Success of Dental Implants
When it comes to dental implants, there are some things that you need to keep in mind. For example, not all dental implants will be successful and there is the chance that they will fail. It is important for you to speak with Dr. Song about your options should your dental implants actually failure. Dr. Song has placed many implants here in our Reno office and Dr. Song has had wonderful success with implants.
It does seem like six months is a long time to wait for dental implants, but it is the best timeline for most patients. We do know that some patients need to have implants much sooner than this and immediate implants are available, but they do not always work.
Implants that are placed after the six-month mark have a 95 to 97 percent rate of success. This seems very promising and most patients wait out the time to ensure they can experience the best results. Dental implants will improve the overall look and function of your smile and provide you with the needed boost of self-confidence you are after.
If you would like to discuss your dental implant options, now is the time to call Access Dental Care. Our team is ready to schedule you in for a FREE consultation with Dr. Song in our Reno office. You will be impressed at how simple the process is and how quick it can be done with exceptional success rates. Call our office now to schedule your appointment with us.

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The Sony Xperia Z4 is under four months away from launch if rumors are anything to go by. We’re now hearing reports about this alleged successor of the Xperia Z3 indicating that it will feature a new display and an refreshed design. Sony has been using 1080p panels since the Xperia Z, so it was only a matter of time before the display was bumped up. Although there’s no mention of the display resolution being increased, it’s natural to expect the upcoming flagship to sport a 2K resolution display, going by the competition.
There is also word on the Xperia Z4 Compact and the Xperia Z4 Tablet which will reportedly receive display resolutions upgrades to 1080p and 2K respectively. Sony is also rumored to be launching the Xperia Z4 Ultra after a gap of 18 months, which will allegedly have the same 6.4 inch display. I’m personally curious to see how Sony changes the design of the smartphones which have remained practically identical over the past three or four iterations. The Xperia Z3 tried to change it somewhat with its slightly re-positioned front facing speakers, but it follows the same Sony design philosophy that we’ve seen over the past couple of years.
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The program will be launched Dec. 9 -- with live racing each Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday -- and will go to seven days weekly Dec. 29. On live racing days, the first South American race will begin after the last race is official in Maryland and will end before a legislated deadline of 8 p.m.In addition to Maronas, other participating tracks include Hipodromo de San Isidor, Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo, and La Plata in Argentina; Club Hipico de Santiago, Hipodromo Chile, and Valparaiso Sporting Club in Chile; and Hipodromo de Monterrico in Peru.Hipodromo de San Isidro is the site of the Dec. 16 Carlos Pellegrini (gr. I), which will be included in the initial Maryland Jockey Club signals.
Patrons of Maryland Jockey Club simulcast signals will have a full-time opportunity to bet on races from South America starting Dec. 29, by virtue of an agreement announced Dec. 6 at the 33rd Racing & Gaming Symposium in Tucson, Ariz.The agreement between Magna Entertainment, the parent company of the Maryland Jockey Club, and the Latin American Racing Channel will allow for the simulcasting of races from Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Peru.The program emerged from the success of Maryland Jockey Club's affiliation with live racing from Maronas in Uruguay, which has been in operation on a limited basis since May 2005. Maronas was the home track of Breeders' Cup Classic – Presented by Dodge (gr. I) winner Invasor, who won the Uruguayan Triple Crown."It's been very well received by our patrons, and in light of the enormous success of Invasor, it underscores the quality of racing available in South America," said Joe De Francis, chief executive officer of the Maryland Jockey Club. "Now is the time to introduce the experience to North American bettors."Sharing the announcement released at the Westin La Poloma Resort was Pedro Pablo Kavulakian, president of the Latin American Racing Channel, and one of the company's directors, Horacio Esposito."It's a dream come true to bring South American races to North America," said Kavulakian. "We are looking for full integration of content between (the two continents)."De Francis said efforts are being made to reciprocate the deal by transmitting North American signals to South American outlets, but said that endeavor will take more time."There are many laws, and many more countries to deal with," he said.


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Help me take a stand against domestic violence!
I am proud to participate, once again, in the fundraising event YW WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES®! Did you know that family violence is the single largest woman's health issue in Canada, with more reported cases than heart attack and stroke? It affects women of all races, ages, socio-economic classes and educational backgrounds - and in many cases, it involves children.
On Sunday, September 15, 2019 I hope to walk through Southcentre Mall waring high heel shoes to help women and their children walk away from family violence. Funds raised at this event continue to support YW Calgary’s efforts to empower women to move from a position of vulnerability to one of sustainable strength and opportunity through providing housing and shelter, counseling, education and outreach. This will be my 2nd year participating; last year I raised $600 with help from my friends, work colleagues and family. Please help me reach my 2019 goal of $1,000.
Participating and fundraising for this event will help make a difference for the 5,800 clients and almost 2,000 children who access services at the YW Calgary, and the thousands more that will need to reach out for help this year.
Along with my colleagues from the Rotary Club of Calgary Olympic and other Rotarians, we are hoping to help the YW reach their 2019 goal of $250,000.
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California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) requires 50% of utility retail sales derive from renewable sources by 2030. This includes ramping up efficiency, storage and renewable infrastructure, especially rooftop solar projects. A major California utility, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is addressing the RPS requirements in part by announcing the retirement of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant by 2025 with production to be replaced by renewables and improved energy storage. Although carbon-free, nuclear power is not classified as a renewable energy source under California’s 50% mandate and as a result, California nuclear is beginning a phase-out.
Implementation of the state RPS will require Diablo Canyon to produce at nearly half capacity in the years leading to the end of its functionality in 2025. As a result, PG&E explains the retirement economically, indicating that cutting nuclear production even slightly makes the investment in renewables more worthwhile given the high cost of nuclear operation. Other concerns surrounding nuclear have also been raised, such as plant safety and byproduct disposal.
Nuclear currently provides about 60 percent of the nation’s carbon-free power, which some environmentalists and state and federal policymakers believe makes nuclear essential for reaching national climate goals. Concerns about the California nuclear plant closing revolve around filling the potential power generation gap. Opponents argue that renewable sources are insufficient, and PG&E will likely be forced to turn to natural gas and other fossil fuels to provide electricity to its customers. California’s RPS is highly supportive of wind and solar projects; however, without Diablo’s production, some are asking if these intermittent energy sources will be enough to provide for PG&E’s 5.4 million electric customers.


About 1500 Numsa members at the RAF have been on strike since March 16, 2017 because the organisation is in dire financial distress. The workers are also demanding wage parity.
“Numsa has resolved to intensify the strike during the course of the mediation and has engaged members to implement a total shut down of the RAF, at the East London, Durban and Pretoria branches.
“It cannot be business as usual at the RAF when it’s in a shambles,” said the union’s general secretary, Irvin Jim.
“This organisation perpetuates inequality by refusing to deal decisively with massive income gaps. In addition, working conditions for workers are deteriorating at an alarming rate.” Jim also said RAF assets “are routinely” attached over outstanding debt.
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“Surely, this cannot be allowed to continue, especially because it has an impact on the RAF’s ability to pay out claims.
“We are concerned about whether claimants at the RAF have had their confidentiality violated as a result of the chaotic state of the organisation, which is why we asked the public protector to investigate.”
The Numsa general secretary said the public protector’s office had “confirmed receipt of our complaint and would confirm soon whether they can take it further”.
“As Numsa we believe the public protector must ensure the RAF runs efficiently for the sake of workers and society in general,” said Jim.
He said the CCMA would be facilitating mediation at the RAF Menlyn offices in Pretoria yesterday and today.
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Gartner research indicates Internet of Things will create security, capacity and analytics challenges.
Popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) will add about 26 billion units plugged to internet over the following five years, creating new challenges for data centre and opportunities for tech firms dealing with that market.
According to Gartner’s latest report, vendors and service providers of IoT will score incremental revenue of over $300bn over the period, with the majority generated by services.
Gartner research director Fabrizio Biscotti said that IoT deployments will generate large quantities of data that need to be processed and analysed in real time.
"Processing large quantities of IoT data in real time will increase as a proportion of workloads of data centres, leaving providers facing new security, capacity and analytics challenges," Biscotti said.
Connecting remote assets, IoT offers a data stream between the asset and centralised management systems. Assets could further be included into new and existing organisational course to provide information on factors such as status, location and functionality.
The report added that real-time information would make a more accurate recognition of status possible, as well enhancing utilisation and productivity through optimised usage and more precise decision support.
Gartner vice president Joe Skorupa said that the enormous number of devices, coupled with the sheer volume, velocity and structure of IoT data, creates challenges, particularly in the areas of security, data, storage management, servers and the data centre network, as real-time business processes are at stake.
"Data centre managers will need to deploy more forward-looking capacity management in these areas to be able to proactively meet the business priorities associated with IoT," Skorupa said.
According to Gartner, potential challenges include security, enterprise, consumer privacy, data, storage management, server technologies and data centre network.
Furthermore, the report added that the scale of network connections and data related to the IoT would speed up a distributed data centre management approach which requires providers to offer efficient system management platforms.
"IoT threatens to generate massive amounts of input data from sources that are globally distributed. Transferring the entirety of that data to a single location for processing will not be technically and economically viable," Skorupa added.
"The recent trend to centralise applications to reduce costs and increase security is incompatible with the IoT.
"Organisations will be forced to aggregate data in multiple distributed mini data centers where initial processing can occur.
"Relevant data will then be forwarded to a central site for additional processing."
This new architecture would also challenge existing operations staff, as they have to manage the complete environment as a homogeneous entity as well as monitoring and managing individual locations.
"Data centre operations and providers will need to deploy more forward-looking capacity management platforms that can include a data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) system approach of aligning IT and operational technology (OT) standards and communications protocols to be able to proactively provide the production facility to process the IoT data points based on the priorities and the business needs," advised Skorupa.
"Already in the data centre planning phase, throughput models derived from statistical capacity management platforms or infrastructure capacity toolkits will include business applications and associated data streams," Biscotti added.
"Those comprehensive scenarios will impact design and architecture changes by moving toward virtualisation, as well as cloud services.
"This will reduce the complexity and boost on-demand capacity to deliver reliability and business continuity."


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Volcanic activity world-wide 21-22 November 2012: Etna, Lokon, Popocatépetl, Fuego, Santiaguito, Chirpoi, Sakurajima, Ambrym, Nyiragongo
Thursday Nov 22, 2012 17:48 PM | Age: 4 hrs
Strombolian activity has resumed at the New SE crater of Etna volcano in Italy. Tremor began rising on 20 November. On the night of 21 November, incandescence was seen in Etna's New Southeast crater. Incandescence was last observed from the crater in April 2012.On 22 Nov, a swarm of earthquakes has started in the NW sector of the volcano at depths mostly around 20 km...
The lava flows from the Santiaguito lava dome remain very active, INSIVUMEH reports. At 06:09 on 22 Nov morning, a moderate pyroclastic flow was triggered by collapsing material of one of the flow fronts on the SE side...
SO2 plumes are visible on today's NOAA satellite images from Ambrym volcano on Vanuatu and Nyiragongo volcano in the DR Congo.

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Support AB277 – Defend Nevada’s Natural Treasures
Friday, March 31, 2017 @ 8:00 am - 10:00 am
Help protect Nevada’s natural treasures from development this Friday, March 31, at 8:00 a.m. as Assembly Bill 277 is introduced in Las Vegas.
AB 277, sponsored by Assemblyman Steve Yeager, will protect national conservation areas by restricting local governments from enacting development plans of certain lands located within any national conservation area, national recreation area or adjacent lands.
Show your support for further protecting our public lands by attending the hearing in Las Vegas or Northern Nevada:
Las Vegas: Room 4401 of the Grant Sawyer State Office Building, 555 E. Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV.
Northern Nevada: Videoconferenced to Room 3143 of the Legislative Building, 401 S. Carson St., Carson City, NV.


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Financial institutions have always been fundamentally reliant upon data and accurate record keeping. In this closing keynote of the Data Management Summit USA 2021, DXC Luxoft’s Director and Practice Lead for AI, ML and Big Data Paul Hewitt explores the key data trends that are affecting the financi...
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Multichannel blind system identification (MBSI) is a technique for estimating both an unknown input and unknown channel dynamics from outputs measured at different points of the system. MBSI is a powerful tool particularly for the identification and estimation of dynamical systems in which a sensor, for measuring the input, is difficult to place. MBSI algorithms, however, are not applicable unless the transfer functions of individual channels are coprime, i.e., sharing no common dynamics among the channels. This paper presents a MBSI method, called intermediate input identification (IIID), applicable to multichannel, noncoprime systems containing common dynamics. A variable is introduced to split the original multichannel system into coprime multichannel subsystems and the one consisting of common dynamics. A modified MBSI method is used for identifying the coprime distinct channel dynamics, while the common dynamics is identified based on its unforced response. Identifiability conditions using linear complexity are obtained for both known and unknown model structures. Uniqueness and other properties of the solution are examined. The IIID method is then applied to noninvasive monitoring of the cardiovascular system. The arterial network is modeled as a multichannel system where the blood flow generated by the left ventricle is the input and pressure profiles measured at different branches of the artery, e.g., brachial, carotid, and femoral arteries, are the outputs. While the direct measurement of the input requires a catheter to be inserted into the heart, the IIID method does not need invasive catheterization. It would allow us to estimate both the wave form of the input flow and the arterial channel dynamics from outputs obtained with noninvasive sensors placed at different branches of the arterial network. Numerical examples and simulations verify the major theoretical results and the feasibility of the method.
Blind System Identification of Noncoprime Multichannel Systems and Its Application to Noninvasive Cardiovascular Monitoring
Contributed by the Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control Division of THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS for publication in the ASME JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL. Manuscript received by the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division February 28, 2003; final revision, January 3, 2004. Review conducted by: F. Ghorbel.
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I offer a recipe for a delicious and fast pie from available products. If suddenly the guests came unexpectedly, you can treat your guests with such a wonderful cake.
I offer you a recipe for a very delicious chicken cake. It turns out a delicious and satisfying snack for every day and on holiday.
Here is a simple and delicious dessert that can be prepared for a family tea party.
Homemade buns for the family table. Very, very tasty. Be sure to try cooking.
I want to share a recipe for my favorite curd cake, soft, moderately moist, slightly crumbly and very flavorful. Its important advantage is also that even after a couple of days it remains fresh, without losing its taste qualities. In addition, this dough can be used to make an excellent Easter yeast-free cake!)
Hello!!! Today I want to share a recipe for a very chocolate and insanely delicious cake “Prague”, or as it is also called “Prague”. This is a good old classic, but slightly modern. The cakes are moist, with a pronounced chocolate taste, cream based on butter and condensed milk, and a light sourness of apricot jam perfectly sets off the sweetness of the dessert. And this whole joy is called cake “Prague”. We liked this cake very much, I hope you will like it too!! Join us!
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Honey cake is very much loved in our family, but you can not bake the same thing from time to time. Here and today a small change in the recipe, and a new cake. For The Day Of The Spouse! And I really wanted to treat you, share with you the joy of winning prizes in competitions on the kitchen. Thank you for your support and kind attention. Treat.
To decorate a festive tea party, I suggest preparing such delicious cookies. It will decorate your table and create comfort in your home.
Today I’ll treat you to a poppy-seed pie. For fans of poppy-seed baking-this is just a godsend. Come in, the tea is already on the table.

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Mohamed Salah sustained a serious shoulder injury against Real Madrid during the Champions League final and an Egyptian lawyer has launched a lawsuit against Sergio Ramos for “intentionally injuring” the winger.
Both Liverpool fans and Egyptian supporters despaired when they saw Mo Salah leaving the pitch on Saturday evening. The Premier League’s top goalscorer was forced off the pitch after just half an hour after being wrestled to the pitch by Sergio Ramos.
The Real Madrid captain wrapped Salah’s arm underneath him and pivoted, sending the Reds’ no.11 crashing to the ground. The former AS Roma forward landed on his left shoulder with all his weight behind him, damaging ligaments in his shoulder.
Although the Egyptian FA is confident Salah will be fit for the World Cup in Russia in three week’s time, a lawyer has filed a €1 billion (£873m/$1.2bn) lawsuit against Serio Ramos for his cynical actions.
According to Goal UK, Egyptian lawyer Bassem Wahba has filed a complaint and lawsuit to FIFA with regard to Ramos injuring Salah in Kiev.
Speaking on Egyptian television channel Sada El-Balad, Wahba revealed he has filed a complaint to FIFA and has accused Ramos of deliberately inflicting “physical and psychological harm” on Salah and Egypt.
“Ramos intentionally injured Mo Salah and should be punished about his actions,” he claimed. “I’ve filed a lawsuit and a complaint to FIFA.
“I’ll ask for compensation, which could exceed €1 billion, for the physical and psychological harm that Ramos gave Salah and the Egyptian people.”
With it quite clear that Wahba is unlikely to receive compensation from his lawsuit, the lawyer has promised to donate to “the state’s Long Live Egypt Fund.”

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Fiji has expelled acting New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, Caroline McDonald, following a tense standoff regarding the refusal of a student visa to the son of the President's private secretary.In the continuing saga of the tense relations between Fiji and New Zealand, Fiji has once again expelled another New Zealand envoy, following the much publicized expulsion of Michael Green, New Zealand's High Commissioner to Fiji, last year.
According to Fijilive, the expulsion was announced in Suva late yesterday afternoon 'by interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed Khaiyum, who said McDonald had been declared persona non grata in Fiji'.
'Sayed-Khaiyum said the decision was "a direct result of McDonald's actions over the past year that have been contrary to the accepted international norms of diplomatic behaviour"'.
"The interim Government deeply regrets this action but under the circumstances it has had little choice," Sayed-Khaiyum said, adding, "Government wishes to make it very clear that this is purely a bilateral matter between Fiji and New Zealand and it in no way should have implications on Fiji's bilateral relations with other countries, including its commitments and obligation to the missions based in Suva, the wider international community as well as the Pacific Islands Forum."
While Fiji has blamed the expulsion on Ms. McDonald's behaviour, the widely held belief is that this latest development is the result of New Zealand refusing to grant a student visa to the son of Fiji's President's private secretary to continue his education at a New Zealand university.
Interim Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, had 'threatened last week to expel McDonald if a student visa was not granted to the son of the President's private secretary' and 'was told last Tuesday it would not be granted'.
According to Fijilive, New Zealand's foreign minister says there has been "no misbehaviour" by its high commissioner to justify yesterday afternoon's decision by the Fiji interim Government to expel her'.
'Murray McCully says Fiji officials have not given a reason for Caroline McDonald's expulsion', telling the Associated Press that the "New Zealand Government can't deal with these discussions with a gun pointed at its head."
Furthermore, according to Fijilive, 'New Zealand has retaliated by sending the acting Fiji High Commissioner home'.
'NZ TV3 reports that Fiji's acting High Commissioner in Wellington, Ponsami Chetty, would be on the first flight home'.
According to the report, Mr. Sayed-Khaiyum 'was unaware of any retaliatory action by Wellington when asked by journalists' yesterday afternoon, but stated that, "If Ponsami Chetty has been acting the way New Zealand diplomats have been acting in Fiji then he deserves to be sent back. But he hasn't, so he shouldn't be expelled."

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The six-port approach is a well-established technique at microwave frequencies, where it has been extensively used as a simple and accurate means to measure complex reflection coefficients with a simple setup. However, its possible application at optical frequencies has not been sufficiently investigated. In this paper, a simple architecture to construct an optical six-port with a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) based on multimode interference (MMI) couplers is proposed for the first time. The proposed PLC is simulated, and the obtained results show a promising performance of the circuit in a wide wavelength range. This novel architecture will allow, in the near future, extending the successful six-port measurement technique up to optical frequencies.


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NFL draft: Jaguars turn to draft for final pieces of defensive overhaul
JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville's latest defensive overhaul is nearly complete.
After spending more than $214 million - about $100 million guaranteed - on six defensive starters in free agency the past two years, the Jaguars expect to use today's NFL draft to add the final pieces to a unit general manager Dave Caldwell and coach Gus Bradley believe will be the best they've assembled in their four seasons.
Still, no one should be surprised to see the Jags use the majority of their eight picks on that side of the ball. After all, Jacksonville ranked 31st in points and 24th in yards allowed in 2015.
Bradley fired defensive coordinator Bob Babich after the season, promoted D-line coach Todd Wash, and hired veteran Monte Kiffin to help get the unit turned around.
Jacksonville also added defensive tackle Malik Jackson (five years, $85.5 million), free safety Tashaun Gipson (five years, $36 million) and cornerback Prince Amukamara (one year, $5.5 million) in free agency.
"It's exciting to see the organization build, get the pieces we need, and with elite guys that have a lot of talent that can really make an impact right away," veteran linebacker Paul Posluszny said.
Jackson, Gipson and Amukamara join another three defensive additions from 2015: end Jared Odrick (five years, $42.5 million), cornerback Davon House (four years, $24.5 million), and linebacker Dan Skuta (five years, $20.5 million).
Throw in last year's first-round draft pick, pass rusher Dante Fowler Jr., who missed his entire rookie season following a knee injury, and the Jaguars expect to have at least four new defensive starters in 2016. The draft could produce another. At the very least, it should provide the Jags with more competition and some much-needed depth on that side of the ball.
Jacksonville has the fifth overall selection, picking in the top 10 for the ninth consecutive year and in the top five for the fifth straight year, and could go in just about any direction.
With quarterbacks expected to go 1-2 for the second straight year, the Jaguars are sure to get one of the top three defensive prospects. Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey, UCLA linebacker Myles Jack, Ohio State defensive end Joey Bosa and Oregon defensiveend DeForest Buckner are among those widely projected as top selections.
Regardless of who lands with the Jaguars, he will be part of a make-or-break season for the defense - and maybe for Caldwell and Bradley. Jacksonville is 12-36 during Bradley's tenure.
"We've been fortunate, we feel like, because a lot of situations in the NFL, a lot of organizations could've said, 'Three years, you didn't get the job done. Time to blow it up and start all over,'" Posluszny said. "We're very fortunate that that's not the case here and the organization is building things slowly, properly, so that we'll have success for years to come.
"But now it's time to see some results. We feel like, as players, we need to play to a higher level, play to the standards that we want and the standards that everybody wants and see some results on Sunday."
Some other things to know about the Jaguars heading into the draft:
Top 10 again
The Jaguars have little to show for their top-10 draft run, maybe a big reason they haven't made the playoffs since 2007. Defensive end Derrick Harvey (2008) is out of the league. Left tackle Eugene Monroe (2009) and quarterback Blaine Gabbert (2011) have been traded. Receiver Justin Blackmon (2012) is suspended. Left tackle Luke Joeckel (2013) is competing for a starting job, and Fowler (2015) is recovering from a knee injury.
After going four years (2009-12) without drafting a player from the Southeastern Conference, the Jaguars have selected seven from the football power league in the last three years. The team's first three picks in 2015 were Fowler, Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon and South Carolina guard A.J. Cann.
The Jaguars are making some tweaks to their rookie minicamp next month, including eliminating 11-on-11 drills. Fowler tore a knee ligament in the first hour of the camp and missed his entire rookie season.


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The mirror is a wonderful thing isn’t it? A piece of glass that shows you exactly how you look. Or does it? Have you ever just stared at the reflected image of yourself, and realised suddenly, that that person might not even be you?
Perhaps God put our eyes fixed into your head so that we’ll never see who we really are — to do so might be considered cruel, for without the confirmation of seeing ourselves for who we really are, we always have a benefit of a doubt to its answer.
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Hypnosis for changing your life
Hypnosis is a powerful tool for helping you to create the change you genuinely want in your life. It is the gentle art of guiding you into a completely relaxed state of being called trance. This is where your unconscious mind is in the driver’s seat. Whilst you are in the trance state, we work with you to bypass the critical faculty (the conscious mind) and talk to the unconscious mind.
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Plants Vs Zombies Heroes
Plants Vs Zombies Heroes is a dueling game set in the world of Plants Vs Zombies
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Plants Vs Zombies Heroes is a dueling game set in the world of Plants Vs Zombies.
The game is a mash-up of Hearthstone and Plants Vs Zombies, with the game play most similar to the former while taking its characters and visual style from the latter.
In Plants Vs Zombies Heroes, players will battle against one another using heroes they select from a range of Plants Vs Zombie characters. Each hero has unique abilities that will impact the duel in different ways.
When the duel begins, players will then begin to deploy creatures onto the board in a battle for supremacy. Unlike in Hearthstone, in Plants Vs Zombies Heroes you a directly interacting with creatures that appear on the board.
One of the major differences between Plants Vs Zombies Heroes and Hearthstone is that in Plants Vs Zombies Heroes, you place your creatures on a number of different paths on the game board. This introduces an additional strategic element, as now location of your units might be just as important as its statistics.
Plants Vs Zombies heroes has both a solo mode and a PvP mode where you can duel your friends and players all around the world. If you're a fan of Hearthstone and the Plants Vs Zombies world, this is a game that is likely to appeal to you.
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Installing Underground Plumbing
In the pipes exchange when we allude to the expression “underground” it includes all the funneling for the water supply and sterile seepage that is introduced underneath evaluation. In this article we willblanket the guidelines and great exchange hones for introducing Underground Plumbing.
Each waste channel introduced inside the building’s pipes framework must have a base evaluation of 1:50 (or 1/4″ for every foot) except for the building channel when its bigger than 3 inches. A 4″ building empty or building sewer is allowed to be slanted at 1:100 (or 1/8″ for every foot).
Underground funneling from the civil framework into your house is introduced in trenches to a profundity beneath the ice line for your atmosphere, which clearly could change an incredible arrangement relying upon your geological area. The trench ought to be built as slender as is sensible to permit fitting joining of the funnels and abstain from burrowing underneath the profundity that will be obliged to help the channel, as the soil is regularly compacted and won’t settle after time.
The point when laying the channeling in the dug trench, the composition that demonstrates the sort and class of funnel ought to face up and all joints must be unmistakable until an investigation by the neighborhood power has been carried out.
The base supporting the pipe must be free of huge rocks, rugged material, solidified soil and natural material(wood, ashes, plant matter). By and large heaps of sand or squashed rock is utilized to line the dug trench in light of the fact that it can undoubtedly be controled and gives a brilliant backing on which to review the channel. Once the assessment has occurred, the pipe must be secured with at least 300mm of clean fill (sand, squashed suitable soil, rock) and packed to avoid settling.
Assuming that the funnel will be underneath any high activity territory, for example, a driveway, the refill ought to be packed over and over as each one layer is added so as to guarantee robust compaction of the earthen ground and heavier obligation channel might likewise be needed.


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I have attended many eating disorder conferences in my career, maybe a few hundred all told. I have learned a great deal along the way, had the honor of presenting a number of times, and been fortunate to meet colleagues from around the world. But something about the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) conferences has been different from the start. This year, BEDA’s third, proved to be no exception.
Maybe it’s because BEDA was founded by someone who is on her own recovery journey. Maybe it’s because the board members, including me, are particularly passionate about this cause. Maybe it’s because binge eating disorder has finally found its home and its voice. Whatever it may be, the energy at a BEDA conference is something unique and profoundly healing.
Since the BEDA 2012 Conference (hyperlink to BEDA 2012 Conference Highlights page on beda website) wrapped up two weeks ago in Philadelphia, I am still hearing about people’s experiences, professionals and laypeople alike. Attendees are talking to me about the incredible content of the presentations, skills of the presenters, and the tools and knowledge they take back to their practices and their own recovery journeys.
They talk, too, about the representation of all viewpoints about BED’s causes and treatments, about the welcoming of debate by BEDA (and there is a good deal of it!), and the sense that we are all ultimately on the same team. We are all here to best help those dealing with BED and their families, to help the culture understand the impact of weight stigma, and to create a professional standard that promotes health instead of weight cycling and shame.
People have shared with me their experiences of laughing, dancing, being with people who “get it,” feeling a sense of being able to take up their space. I felt the same way. Something different happens here; people talk about coming alive, being in their bodies. This is definitely a different sort of conference.
One of my clients, an amazing woman far along in her own journey, wrote and performed a song for the attendees this year. The song was about her relationship with her mirror. It brought the house down. Listening to her that morning, I realized how fortunate I am to be part of this organization, one that is finally recognizing as its primary mission the importance of BED treatment and research, the inherent strength and courage of those dealing with this disorder, and the need for BED inclusion in all eating disorder discussions.
As someone who has made her own journey, and who deeply cares about her clients and their work of recovery, I am, for another year, thankful.


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New Clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of lung cancer
New clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of lung cancer have been published in an electronic ‘wiki’ format to assist doctors and their patients to make informed treatment choices based on the most current research available.
Lung cancer is the fifth most common cancer in Australia, with 9954 new cases (including small cell and non-small cell lung cancers) diagnosed in Australia in 2008. Although survival rates have improved, the five-year relative survival remains relatively low at 14%* highlighting the importance of appropriate referral to multi-disciplinary teams and evidence-based treatment to improve survival outcomes.
Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Lung Cancer, commissioned and co-funded by Cancer Australia and developed by Cancer Council Australia, revised the treatment section of the 2004 Clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of lung cancer.
The evidence base for the treatment of lung cancer has grown exponentially since the 2004 printed guidelines were developed, and it continues to grow with emerging research.
The guidelines, comprising management of non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer topics, can be accessed from the Cancer Council Australia Guidelines Wiki at wiki.cancer.org.au/australia/Guidelines:Lung_cancer
Revision of the prevention and diagnosis sections of the 2004 guidelines is also underway.
* Reference: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012a. Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia: period estimates from 1982 to 2010. Cancer Series no. 69. Cat. No. CAN 65. Canberra: AIHW.

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DE GELUKVINDER (THE BOY WHO FOUND HAPPINESS)
young adult novel, 336 p.
Glazen Globe 2009 (Best geographical youth book)
Jenny Smelik IBBYprijs 2010 (Best children's/youth book about cultural diversity)
Esel des Monats September 2012 (Germany)
Gouden Lijst 2009 (Best book for youth)
Buxtehuder Bulle 2012 (Germany, runner up)
Premi de Literatura Protagoniste Jove 2012/2013 (Spain, Catalan)
Kulturdepartementets Oversettelseprisen 2014 (Norway, for the translation)
Norwegian (Cappelen Damm)
Spanish (Spain) (SM)
Spanish (Mexico, SM)
This novel, which is very dear to me, is based on the true life-story of Anoush Elman (17). It was the first book in the Slash-series, a concept I initiated and that was kindly adopted by my publishing house Querido. In this series well-known authors team up with a younger person - to use their stories as the basic idea for their novel (so the books are 'based on a true story'). Because of this procedure these books try to reflect important tendencies or issues from modern society. THE BOY WHO FOUND HAPPINESS is about the young Hamayun, who has to flee with his family out of Afghanistan, after extreme threats by the Taliban. It's also about the difficult and amazing secret travel they made from Kabul to Western Europa ánd it's about being in a refugee shelter for many, many years, waiting til Immigration Offices make their decision - or not. The subject of this book sounds highly political, but Anoush wanted to tell me not just the bad things, but the good parts as well. 'For me it's actually a book about friendship,' he said, 'friendship and being at home.' I'm still in close contact with Anoush and his family, and this has enriched not only my profession, but also my life.
- The Dutch Translation Fund made a special on this book, to be found here
- The book was also published as a novel for adults.
- The Slash-series consists of 13 more books, by other authors and other young storytellers.

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Hey everyone, happy hump day! Here we go again with another exciting Moda Blockhead Wednesday! Block 8 – “Wild Geese“ is on the schedule for this week, a fabulous block pattern designed by Kate Spain of kdspain.com. Kate is a graphic artist whose designs can be found on fabric, bedding, pillows, rugs, stationery, gift wrap, calendars, tableware, and a wide variety of other home and lifestyle products. You’ll notice that Kate’s work includes many nature and landscape-based themes and designs. She describes her biggest inspiration as her everyday surroundings, using shapes, colors, and textures from the world around her to create integral and eye-catching fabrics and patterns.
“Wild Geese“ doesn’t stray from Kate’s signature style. It’s easy to see the resemblance of wild geese flying in perfect form within this simple, yet clever design. For my version of “Wild Geese“ I’m sticking with my ongoing color scheme choices and using a bright orange Bella Solid paired up with a mid-level gray floral print on white, and a dark gray tiny print on a mid-gray background for the contrasting pieces – both from my Urban Farmhouse Gatherings II line.
As we are starting to accumulate finished blocks I’m liking this color combination more and more. The bright boldness of the orange seems to push the grayscale elements out, helping them to “take flight” off the background – like a wild goose! LOL! If you’re still contemplating fabric choices for this quilt-along and decide you’d like to do yours like mine, you can find everything you need on our website! To purchase Urban Farmhouse Gatherings II pre-cuts and yardage, click the button below. For Orange Bella Solid “Ochre” (#9900-79) CLICK HERE!
Alright Blockheads! I know you’re anxious to start on your version of “Block 8,” so wait no longer! You can find everything you need to get going on “Wild Geese,” including the pattern, project instructions, tips, and advice from Kate all on her blog,
Looking for an earlier block? All of the previously released MBH4 blocks can be accessed by visiting the Moda Blockheads 4 Archive. You can find the archive in the list of main links at the top of my blog page. In addition, bonus blocks can be found on Moda’s Inspiration+Resources Center page by clicking HERE! If you’re having trouble keeping all the details straight you can also sign-up to receive Moda’s weekly Blockheads blog posts via e-mail at the Inspiration+Resources Center as well.
As I mentioned earlier in the week Nick and I are still enjoying some time out in Las Vegas with my friend Val Krueger, but we’ll be back to WI in a few short days. I’m going to do my best to pop in via livestream with Val on Thursday during “Stitch with Lisa Bongean,” so be sure to tune in if you want to see what we’re up to. If all goes to plan, Jess will be co-hosting with Val and I as we showcase the stunning collection of Val’s designs in the Primitive Gatherings book, Fun, Friends & Fat Quarters. If you’re a fat quarter fan, this book is definitely for you! All twelve quilts in Fun, Friends & Fat Quarters are designed to use twelve fat quarters each, making them great as scrap busters, or the just perfect excuse to buy new fat quarters of your current favorites! Set your reminders for Thursday at 1:00 PM CST so you don’t miss it. As always, remember to leave me a comment here on the blog and during the LIVE show – who knows, you might win a prize for it… See you Thursday! ~ Lisa

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“Member of a household” includes a person who previously lived in a household. Physically or sexually abusing minor children, including such phrases as outlined in Chapter 63 . Persons who have been involved in a sexually intimate relationship with one another inside two years immediately preceding the submitting by considered one of them of a petition under ORS 107.710. Parents and other individuals associated by consanguinity or affinity, aside from minor children who reside with the defendant.
As used on this section, “dating relationship” means frequent, intimate associations primarily characterized by the expectation of affectional involvement. This time period doesn’t embody an informal relationship or an strange fraternization between 2 people in a business or social context. “Cohabitant” means a person who has had a sexual relationship with the respondent and resided with the respondent in the house for a period of a minimum of 90 days within 1 yr earlier than the submitting of the petition. If the person for whom reduction is sought is a weak adult, “abuse” may embody abuse of a vulnerable grownup, as defined in Title 14, Subtitle 1 of this article. an individual could also be concerned in an intimate relationship with multiple particular … Read More


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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. PreSchool-Grade 2—In many ways Spencer's situation epitomizes every child's fantasy-he has a toy collection that rivals a major toy store in depth and breadth. Simply cataloging the different types takes many engaging pages overflowing with brightly colored playthings. The problem is that the sheer number of toys has created multiple hazards. Tired of dodging disasters and sidestepping landslides, Spencer's mom decides that enough is enough and begins negotiating the downsizing of inventory. Savvy Spencer turns on the big sad eyes in order to protect his favorites. Mom's troubles do not stop there; the toy debate is weighted in the boy's favor by the constant deluge of gifts from friends and family. After sorting through the entire collection, he and his mother come up with a box of items to give away—only to find that the toy he refuses to part with is the box. A master at capturing the workings of a young mind, Shannon combines realistic dialogue with his boisterous illustrations to create another surefire hit. This book provides a pertinent and appealing read.—Piper Nyman, Brookmeade Elementary School, Nashville, TN
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Spencer has too many toys. They spill from closets, cascade down staircases, and generally occupy him and frustrate his parents in equal measure. Finally Spencer’s mom has had enough, and after a litigious negotiation, she helps Spencer pack a box of toys to give away. At the last minute, though, Spencer reconsiders the plan in unexpected ways. Shannon’s illustrations are cacophonous explotions; even the title page is so chaotic that the text is crowded into the corner. Shannon’s fans will recognize elements of his previous characters—Alice the Fairy’s expressive aspect; David’s corn teeth—in this current cast, portrayed with ebullient vigor. Also effective are the almost surreal backdrops to some of the disagreements. When Spencer is asked to let go of some of his treasures, for example, he resembles a sad-eyed puppy, standing in a gray wasteland, a barren tree in the background. Shannon’s story carries an attitude large enough to entertain a big group, while the illustrations are detailed enough to engage even the most inattentive individual when viewed up close. Preschool-Grade 3. --Thom Barthelmess


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Famed record producer Carl Davis has died at the age of 77.
Davis, hailed as the king of Chicago soul in his 1960s heyday, passed away at his home in Summerville, South Carolina on 9 August (12) from pulmonary fibrosis, according to close friend Gus Redmond.
Struggling to play instruments like his musically gifted family, Davis realised he had a talent for spotting a potential hit instead, and landed his first number one with Duke of Earl, sang by Gene Chandler, which topped the U.S. charts for five weeks in 1962.
He went on to produce popular songs for Curtis Mayfield, Major Lance, and Jackie Wilson, who he worked with on (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher.
Davis later founded two record labels - Dakar and Chi-Sound.
He is survived by his wife Dedra and seven children.
Corgan took to Instagram to confirm rumours of new Pumpkins material, saying the first songs could arrive as early as May.

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Soften the coconut oil (you can melt it, but it works better softened). Mix in the cacao powder, maple syrup, peanut butter, salt, vanilla, and ground flax seeds. Add unsweetened coconut until you have a nice thick mixture (could require more or less coconut than called for, so add a little at a time). Drop by spoonfuls onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Pop in freezer for at least 30 minutes. Store "patties" in a bowl and keep them in the fridge.


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Question about Dell 2600 Notebook
My Dell 610c will not turn on with adapter but works fine on Battery alone. If its up & running and I plug in the adapter it goes off instantly - not a shutdown. The battery does not charge (!) and I checked the power from the adapter as 20V. The adapter light stays on when i plug it into the Laptop. But the Laptop light does not indicate power is plugged in.
Have you seen this before?
The adaptor is not defective.
I had the exact problem, switched adaptors and the problem remained.
There must be a problem with the laptop motherboard or power input.
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As such, it's crucial that users remember that bitcoin is an "experimental currency", the managing director at Kamino and Midwinter, Julian Plummer told Nest Egg.
Speaking in a recent Q and A with Nest Egg, he said new entrants to the bitcoin market should consider encrypting and backing up their wallets, making copies of the backup and placing the copies in different places.
"It is also a good idea to not put all your eggs in the one basket and keep your bitcoins [spread] across different wallets," he advised.
Here's what else Mr Plummer had to say:
Nest Egg: What are the most important things bitcoin novices should know about bitcoin security?
Julian Plummer: The main thing to keep in mind is that bitcoin is secure, but it is not perfectly secure.
The building blocks of bitcoin are made up using encryption, and it is the encryption itself that helps make bitcoin a secure currency. The recent events of the #intelbug has shown us that even the smartest people in the room create bugs and nothing (not even computer chips!) is immune to bugs. With bugs come vulnerabilities and new opportunities for hackers to take advantage of.
It is important to remember that bitcoin is an experimental currency which is in constant active development by software engineers. While each new development in bitcoin makes it more appealing, each release comes with its own set of challenges. This may result in increased bitcoin fees over time, slower transaction confirmations, or any number of new security issues.
Ensuring that your wallet is secure is key – this is your responsibility and you should adopt best practices if you want to hold on to your bitcoin. If you are storing your bitcoin online, undertake due diligence on the exchange or online wallet service. Keep in mind that there have been a number of high profile cases of security breached of bitcoin exchanges and online wallets. If your bitcoins have been hacked, there is no getting them back, and certainly no 1300 support number to talk to a friendly customer representative for assistance.
NE: How have these concerns changed over time? What do you see as emerging areas to be aware of?
JP: The history of bitcoin has been plagued with human error, poorly implemented software and bugs that would make even the most hardened software developer throw away his diet coke in disgust.
Known bitcoin issues are categorised as ”might be a problem”, “probably not a problem” and “definitely not a problem” and this speaks volumes for the nature of concerns with bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a man-made, open-source software – and so as software issues come and go, so do security concerns.
Some high profile concerns include the “51 per cent attack”, where if a hacker (or country) controls more than 50 per cent of the bitcoin network's computing power which allows them to modify the ordering of transactions slowing them to double-spend transactions. It is interesting to note that the world’s biggest bitcoin miner is Beijing-based and controls nearly 30 per cent of all the processing power devoted to bitcoin mining. So that’s going to be an impending problem.
Another looming threat is the rise of quantum computing. Traditional computers must solve complex mathematical problems in order to “mine” bitcoins. The massive calculating power of quantum computers will soon be able to break bitcoin security.
Bitcoins have two security features that guard them from being copied or stolen or copied. This is done using cryptographic protocols that are hard to crack for an ordinary classical computer. The problem is that those quantum computers find those same cryptographic protocols easy to crack – blowing holes in the bedrock of bitcoin’s security. This is a clear and present danger for bitcoin with researchers investing possible workarounds to this.
NE: How does bitcoin security and hacker scrutiny compare to that of other cryptocurrencies?
JP: Even with some of the hiccups that bitcoin has experienced over the years, it is still a very strong currency candidate against the other “alt coins”. bitcoin has been growing without major security failures for eight years now and has undergone far more “road testing” than its significantly younger competitor coins.
In regards to the many of the other “alt coins”, it could be argued that some of their creators act like benevolent dictators over the alt coin community and can bend its rules as they see fit. This introduces further uncertainty and risk into the alt-coin value proposition.
NE: Is there anything you'd like to add, or anything you think is important to note?
JP: It seems to me that the success of bitcoin has been a pyrrhic victory. The increased interest in bitcoin has led to wild fluctuations in its value – which is far from ideal for a budding currency disruptor. These wild fluctuations have led to Microsoft and Steam dropping bitcoin as a payment method.
Steam wrote in its December statement that they “will no longer support bitcoin as a payment method on our platform due to high fees and volatility in the value. These fees result in unreasonably high costs for purchasing games when paying with bitcoin.
The high transaction fees cause even greater problems when the value of bitcoin itself drops dramatically.”
The core purpose of bitcoin is for it to be a “store of value”, and according to Microsoft it is no longer fit for purpose.


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And here I am, a sucker, using my own hand to wrap the toilet paper. Will it wipe for me too?
holy crap! (ha) that's a whole lotta TP for a wipe job... and we wonder where are forests are going...
Very Rube Goldberg, I love it.
this is a new style product but it is go to production the cost will go too high...so much care about that ! thanks
Pretty cool but it seems to waste a lot of toilet paper. Obviously none of us want poop on our hands but that seems like a lot of paper for a swipe or two.
Haha, usefull AND good for the environment. No waste waste of TP whatsoever. *note the sarcasm*
This machines wastes a lot of paper
what's that chunk that falls off at the end about?
Hrm. Why does it fold so much toilet paper at once? What is it designed to do exactly. I first thought it was making little folder packets with which to wipe one's arse, but the amount of paper it is folding would be just insane for mundane arse-cleansing.
That's cool, but who the hell uses that much paper at one time?! I'd dig it if you could control how much paper it dispensed
Wow, laziness has reached a new low. If this ever makes it into production I'm going to join a different species in a desperate attempt to retain my dignity.
any way i can get more info on this i'm doing a project like it for my P.e
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Several recent studies on Justin’s Dialogue with Trypho the Jew have argued that the Dialogue should not be read as a witness to the state of theological debate between Jews and Christ-followers in the second century. Such arguments conclude that Justin does not engage with actual Jewish perspectives, but rather reconstructs a hypothetical Judaism from second-hand, polemical sources, or merely uses Trypho’s “Judaism” as a stand-in for what are actually (in Justin’s view) heterodox Christian interpretations. This article challenges this claim by returning to an older debate in Justin scholarship: the question of his relationship with Philo of Alexandria. By attending particularly to the role of the Logos in each author’s exegesis of Pentateuchal theophanic texts, the article argues that Justin’s interpretations in the Dialogue carefully avoid a kind of Logos theology that is well represented in the writings of Philo. This rhetorical distancing supports the conclusion that, in the Dialogue, Justin is in fact responding to exegetical traditions which he knows from the writings of Hellenized Judaism.
The Apostle of Jesus Christ, Mani, declares himself to be a “solitary one” (monērēs) no less than three times in the Cologne Mani Codex (CMC). Through a literary analysis that contextualizes the CMC both with contemporary Syrian depictions of anchoritic ascetics, on the one hand, and the hairy mountaineering anchorite (CMC 126.4-129.17) with Mani, on the other hand, this article argues that the redactor of the CMC sought to portray Mani as an anchoritic ascetic. Mani’s declaration to be a monērēs is therefore not incidental, but an essential marker of his identity, even as he sets out into the world as the Apostle of Jesus Christ.
Basil of Caesarea’s On the Holy Spirit has often been painted as a work that symbolises his emergence from the shadow of his embittered mentor, Eustathius of Sebaste. This paper reassesses the extent of Eustathius’ influence on the treatise. By analysing both the tone and argumentation of On the Holy Spirit, I counter this scholarly narrative, showing that Eustathius in fact serves as the silent interlocutor of the treatise, to whom Basil pleads the case of his orthodoxy, and with whom he begs for the church to be healed. Consequently, On the Holy Spirit should be read as more in vogue with apologetic literature than polemic , as a redoubled effort to respond to Eustathius that mounts an impassioned but cordial defence of Basil’s vision of Christian orthodoxy and a long-overdue plea for peace in a war-torn church.
Ancient philosophers sought to tune the soul and society to the musica universalis, the celestial harmony generated by the rational wheelworks of the cosmos. For Romans, this overarching rationality was associated with the rational speech of elite masculinity. Augustine subverts this discourse, however. Maintaining that the musica universalis is tuned to the love of God rather than rationality, Augustine depicts Roman history as chaotic dissonance that is out of tune with cosmic harmony. He effects a cosmic key change which idealizes behavior that Roman elites would have viewed absurd. Instead of selling a traditional type of speech (rhetoric) that according to Augustine leads to chaos, he teaches Christians to embrace activities in which the uneducated can participate – singing Psalms, and bursting into sudden, incomprehensible eruptions of divine joy, which he terms jubilus. In short, Augustine preaches a radically new sonority to undergird a new society.
Right at the beginning of his “On Baptism”, Tertullian points out that he has composed this writing against a teacher “of the Cainite heresy”. Although “Caina” does not appear in the manuscripts, it is made plausible by the state of the textual transmission, especially by Jerome’s reception of Tertullian (Ep. 69.1.2). It may have been Irenaeus’ polemics (haer. 1.31) that first made Cain the protagonist of radical criticism against the God of the Book of Genesis, whence later heresiologists deduced the existence of “Cainites”. The “Paraphrase of Seem” (NHC VII 1) could belong to a tradition which the heresiologists would have labelled “cainite”. This text contains an exegesis of Gen 1 which leads to fundamental criticism of baptism with water. Now Tertullian draws his arguments in support of water baptism right from Gen 1, and his arguments, quite remarkably, make good sense as a reply to NHC VII 1.
Cyprian’s homily De Disciplina et Habitu Virginum presents instructions and warnings about appropriate appearance and behavior for sacred virgins, women who had chosen to remain celibate and dedicate their lives to Christ. While this document has generally been read for its theological and literary merits, I argue for its historical value in reflecting real people and their behavior in the Carthaginian church. If we were to turn our focus from the bishop and his theology to the work’s addressees and their daily lives, what does this homily tell us about the women in the Carthaginian church in the mid-third century? A close analysis of this document complicates the presumed packaging of women’s virginity and asceticism together: while the bishops saw the two as necessary companions, some of the virgins in the early churches did not.
This article lays out Origen’s anthropological application of John 1:26. In particular, it examines the way in which Origen pairs the phrase “one whom you do not know has stood in your midst (μέσος ὑμῶν)” with the Stoic terminus technicus “governing faculty” (ἡγεμονικόν) through an identification of μέσος with soul. This identification assumes that μέσος refers to the soul and that references to the soul apply to the governing faculty. The former stands upon Origen’s four-fold interpretation of μέσος; the latter is an assumption based in Stoic psychology. This article begins with an examination of how Origen connects μέσος to soul and, subsequently, soul to the governing faculty. Next, it examines Origen’s engagement with John 1:26 in his Commentary on John. Finally, the article discusses the various ways in which Origen interprets this verse in his other works.


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The City of Auburn contracts with CalPERS for medical benefits of employees. Employee contribution amounts are set forth in collective bargaining agreements and range from 20%-30% of the plan cost.
The City offers a self-insured dental plan for full time employees. Employees and dependents are eligible for up to $1,500 in dental benefits per calendar year.
City employees receive vision benefits through the City's self-insured vision plan. Benefits range from $192-$537.60 during a two-year, calendar period.
Employees can participate in multiple deferred compensation programs offered through the City. Participation is voluntary.
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The City provides an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to all employees. Use this information to learn how the City provides tools for employees to improve their emotional and physical well-being.
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