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Emily Litman, a lifelong Hoboken resident has always been acutely aware of food insecurity in her community. As a long-time teacher at Jersey City public schools, she always had kids who she knew weren’t eating at home.
“I grew up in Hoboken before it became the bougie place it is today. My family regularly volunteered at the Hoboken shelter which serves meals every day… I was aware that food insecurity always existed and I think a lot of people are not aware. if you’re not experiencing it, it’s not on your radar.”
In 2020, Hudson County was one of six New Jersey Counties with a food insecurity rate above the US rate (11.8%), with 12.2% for persons of all ages and 18.2% for children under 18, compared to 10.9% in 2018. And one in 12 households face food insecurity in the state of New Jersey, according to the report “Hunger and Its Solutions in New Jersey.”
The US Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as the lack of “access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.” Specifically, it distinguishes between different ranges of food security (marginal and high) and food insecurity (very low and low). The USDA also makes a clear distinction between “Food Insecurity,” a “household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food” and “hunger,” as “an individual-level physiological condition that may result from food insecurity.”
In early 2022, New Jersey state’s Economic Development Authority released a list of the top 50 “food deserts” in New Jersey, as directed by the Food Desert Relief Act (FDRA), signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy in the aftermath of the Covid crisis – a law that would provide up to $40 million per year for six years in tax credits, grants, loans and technical assistance to address the food security needs of communities across New Jersey.
The list of top food deserts included six Hudson County cities: Jersey City South (the Greenville area), Union City, the North Bergen/West New York/Guttenberg region, Jersey City North (the Heights), Jersey City Central (parts of Journal Square and Bergen Section), and Bayonne, from highest to lowest food desert.
The report defines food deserts as regions which lack access to healthy and affordable food options based on 24 factors, including:
- geographic access to food (e.g. supermarket and transportation availability)
- economic factors (e.g. poverty level, unemployment rate, SNAP access etc.)
- health factors (e.g. obesity rate)
- demographics (e.g. household size, ethnicity)
The disparities in food insecurity in the state are not only geographic, they’re also demographic, with disproportionate rates of food insecurity along racial and ethnic lines. An analysis of the Census Household Pulse Survey by the FRAC shows that in 2021, 14 percent of Black households and 18 percent of Latino households in New Jersey were affected by food insecurity compared to 5 percent of white households.
“People have this idea in their head…It’s not who you think it is that’s going to come in and ask for food. It’s sometimes well dressed people who look better off than me,” Litman said.
Refugees, asylee populations and undocumented immigrants are another population that is overwhelmingly affected by food insecurity. These communities typically have no income, limited English – which is a huge barrier in employment and in dealing with administrations – or they don’t have work authorizations (typically the case for asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants).
“Because of the crisis in 2021 and the crisis in Syria in 2017, most of our families are muslim. However, because of the political climate, we are now receiving Spanish-speaking people from South and Central America,” said Kenna Mateos, Director of Programs at Welcome Home Jersey City.
“Because our families have such limited financial literacy, they go through their SNAP or WIC benefits very quickly.”
Welcome Home Jersey City is a local non-profit that provides wrap-around social services to refugees, asylee populations and undocumented immigrants such as food access, administrative support, clothing donations, employment and education support, etc.
The food system is a complex landscape made up of many sectors and actors which impact food insecurity. The report “Hunger and Its Solutions in New Jersey,” which offers a comprehensive look at the issue of food insecurity in New Jersey, groups these sectors into four broad categories, each containing various initiatives which aren’t always well coordinated.
- Food supply chain (Farmers & Ranchers, Food Processing & Wholesale, Transportation, etc.)
- Food programs (Federal food & nutrition programs, Emergency food assistance)
- Consumers (Individuals, Healthcare, Schools, etc.)
- Influencers (Nonprofits & Philanthropy, Government, Food financing, etc.)
Federal nutrition programs like Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); School meal programs and Senior Meal delivery services represent an important source of support and have shown well documented positive outcomes, such as alleviating food insecurity, improving dietary intake and nutrition, reducing poverty, boosting learning and academic achievement; these benefits have a positive impact on the local economy and actors across the entire food chain.
But these programs fail to provide adequate coverage, with gaps in access and participation. An 81% participation rate in 2018 ranked New Jersey 28 of all the states. In 2020, 300,000 low-income people were left unserved, leaving out eligible participants and unused federal money on the table. The top identified barriers were lacking customer service, a cumbersome application process and income limits that left out many locals in need.
“Social services are very helpful; when they work well, they work well,” Mateos added. “We have a dense population of refugees and immigrants. I think they do their best, but even English speakers have trouble accessing their services. I’m sure social services are swamped and probably understaffed.”
The emergency food sector remains a key source of support for addressing immediate food needs and other basic necessities (clothing, toiletries, transportation, etc). There are numerous community-based efforts–usually funded by philanthropic donations, private donations, and food industry donations–that were born out of a desire to help the community, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic. These initiatives include food banks, mobile pantries, community fridges and food recovery programs.
“The services that are really helpful are the community grassroots organizations and nonprofits, Mateos said. “Organizations like the Food pantries (St. Peters’, Triangle Park), the Clothing Closet, and Headstart are so helpful and so easy and it really takes the load and responsibility off of us. We try to connect our clients to these high quality food services.”
One of those programs is Saint Peter’s Campus kitchen, a local food pantry run by Saint Peter’s University, which recovers food from local kitchens to serve the local community in Bayonne and Union City. Every day, the kitchen delivers dinner to various organizations, including individuals, veterans and womens’ and children’s shelters and safe houses. The kitchen is largely run by volunteers and student leaders. In addition to delivering food, Saint Peter’s is open twice a month for people to shop for clothes, house items, toiletries and non-perishable foods.
“People are more aware of the importance of preventing food waste,” Erich Sekel, the Director of Community Service at Saint Peter’s said. “The corporate cafeterias that we recover from, because they’re intentional about it, are preventing food wasted. In nine years, we have recovered 155,000 pounds of food that would have ended up in the landfill.”
Litman said there are limits to what these programs can provide, both logistically and nutritionally.
“Each of these organizations can only do so much… especially with working parents who have to travel with a public bus all the way across town on specific days. It’s not easy for anybody.”
Nutritionally, she notes that many of these food supply places rely a lot on non-perishable foods.
“Logistically, it makes the most sense to distribute bags of rice and pasta that don’t go bad and are cheap and can feed a lot of people… In terms of fresh produce and vegetables, it depends on what’s donated or available from the greater food bank. Culturally, if you’re not exposed to certain foods… you don’t know how to cook it.”
She added that there is much more that can be done at the city level to address the food insecurity issue, avoid food waste, and educate kids about the issue.
“Charity is wonderful but why isn’t the city doing it? You got hungry kids, feed them. The disparity is startling,” said Litman.
“You have bags of food that are just going into the trash. If there could be a way to follow the really important health guidelines, but also make food available leftover meals, the kids would take it.”
“It’s good to educate kids about food insecurity, so if it affects them, they don’t feel so alone.”


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Spelunky daily challenges are now available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.
The feature, which has been part of the PC version of the action-adventure game, is added to the PlayStation port via an update.
The new mode offers a set of generated levels each day to encourage players to strive for high scores.
The update also fixes a bug that was preventing specific Trophies from being earned, according to publisher Mossmouth.
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A few weeks ago, in the last week of September, Mr. Kola Oyeneyin, the CEO/Founder of Venia Group, a venture creation and development group of companies, shared on Twitter that the company was hiring for a couple of positions but the interesting thing about the tweet for me, was when he added, “we don’t like CVs and Cover letters, you only need to answer 3 questions.”
For a young entrepreneur in his 30s planning to retire by 2020 according to his tweet, that got me curious, especially in understanding other things that would be considered in the employment process, asides the three questions to be asked. After much digging, I saw there would still be a virtual submission of a traditional resume in the process but that wasn’t a major consideration.
In 2011, Forbes published the article “5 Reasons Why Your Online Presence Will Replace Your Resume in 10 Years,” and therein, the writer shared that more employers are beginning to use the internet to learn more about their prospective employees as well as in recruiting new talents to the workplace. He went further and shared that it was only a matter of time before employers start to ask for just LinkedIn profile links rather than submitted resumes.
It’s over seven years since the article was published and it seems the prophecy is coming to pass already. But are you aware of this as an entrepreneur?
From my past years of working with different organisations, I have personally witnessed and experienced different recruitment process; some of which needed no submission of a traditional resume, and some where it was needed. In more recent cases, both the resume and internet profile were considered during the hiring process.
In today’s workplace, recruiters of reputable and creative organisations now use the social media search function to find potential candidates suitable for their available positions. In other cases, top executives will sometimes browse through LinkedIn in search of prospects, which oftentimes, helps their decision making.
According to an article by TopResume, it was revealed in the 7 Job-Search Statistics that should be known that employers eliminate more than half of the applicants from online job search simply because the resumes don’t match up with the job description. It was also revealed that 73 percent of companies have used social media to successfully recruit and hire a candidate, and 70 percent of employers say they’ve turned down candidates because of something negative they found online.
Just recently, a young lady who had just landed an internship with NASA had a curse word in her tweets and a few days after, she lost the internship. Such wouldn’t be a good representation for the agency and that could endanger the image of the agency, which is one of the reasons many employers show concern for internet credibility of their candidates during the hiring process.
I also remember a time when I was a beneficiary of a scholarship worth a thousand dollars and the organizers noted that the three winners were selected majorly based on their social media credibility and consistency of values.
Every top successful companies usually have core values which they uphold, and serves as guiding ethics to the achievement of goals and success for their employees and in a bid to keep this, the employers tries to look out for potentials not just with the needed skills but also with these values of which a traditional resume is not enough to show whether an individual truly shares this values or not. The intelligent entrepreneur therefore, believes that an individual’s online presence should almost regularly, communicate his or her passion and values.
However, without a well written and up-to-date traditional or virtual submitted resume, hiring becomes a little difficult. Also, without an online profile or resume such as a LinkedIn profile, it’s even more difficult for employers and recruiters to find their prospects online. This is why many top employers of labour today, seek for both, in growing their corporate brand. Yet more importantly, before deciding on which candidate is fit for the job, it is critical for you to be sure that the online profile agrees with the resume. Though the resume may not give the entire picture of an individual, the fact is, it will never contradict the online profile. The both must complement each other.
Above all, there are competitions everywhere in the marketplace and in the workplace, and as an employer, you ought to make it a goal that your employees enjoy work fulfillment while they are being productive and help to foster a corporate culture which is inevitable for organizational success.

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A medical license is required for a doctor to practice medicine in a particular state. Requirements vary by state but most require, at a minimum, post-graduate training in the doctor’s specific specialty. An NPI number is a national identifier unique to an individual health care provider and is managed by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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Dr. Shirish Desai, MD is board certified in Urology.
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Dr. Desai graduated from Medical College Baroda.
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Created and performed prior to Bowie’s death, Starman is not a by the number tribute show. It’s far more substantial. Sven Ratzke honours Bowie, not by mimicking him, but by distilling Bowie’s boldness and fearlessness to create his own art.
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On Monday, January 23rd, Deputy Consul General Nagayoshi participated in the “Winter Fancy Food Show 2017”, which is the largest integrated food trade fair in the US.
More than 1,400 exhibitors gathered at this fair and around 33,000 visitors were expected to visit throughout the three day show, from January 22nd to 24th.
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Action Village India
Action Village India (AVI) is a small, UK-based charity that fundraises for Indian NGO partners to deliver programmes that will best assist the poorest and most marginalized sections of communities in rural India. AVI supports campaigns for social justice and equality on Gandhian principles of nonviolence.
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Location: 5 Balls Pond Road, London N4 1AX with an option to work from home on some days
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Timeframe: Summer 2022
Action Village India has set up a new fundraising strategy last year to ensure a diverse range of activities to raise funds for our partners work in India. This mainly as fundraising from trusts and foundations is becoming more challenging. Part of the strategy is developing our trading. This to ensure higher sales but also to have a way to inform more people about the work of Action Village India and its partners.
Our trading consists of our online ethical shop and our cookbook. The shop sells carefully selected products, hand-made by artisans, many of whose craft is under threat. 100% of profits from the products’ sale go to Action Village India’s development projects and partners in rural India.
In 2021 Action Village India, in collaboration with Madras Café produced its second cookbook. The cookbook includes all-time favourite vegetarian recipes and brand-new vegan recipes. The book offers new inspirations to those who want to explore authentic Indian flavours served as a special thali with a twist: home-made Indian cooking that prioritises the environment without sacrificing pleasure, taste and is easy to make.
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We would like to offer our sincere regrets that due to the location of our office this position isn’t suitable for anyone with additional accessibility needs. The Action Village India office is on the second floor with a narrow staircase and no lift. If this situation changes in the future, we will update the information to our vacancies.
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Global Economic Forecasts: the Brexit Scenario
Even though there is considerable uncertainty around the exact conditions of a potential Brexit, most of the attempts to quantify the economic impact of leaving the EU on the UK economy provide negative results. Estimates by Euromonitor Macro Model show long-term GDP decline of 2% relative to a baseline, raising the unemployment rate and causing higher inflation due to depreciated pound. The possibility of ceasing EU membership is already having a short-term effect on the UK economy.
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Is the National Security Agency using Microsoft's Trusted Computing initiative to spy on PC users?
That's what an article posted Tuesday (Aug. 20) on the website of the respected German newspaper Die Zeit seemed to say. But closer analysis reveals some holes in the story.
"Federal government warns about Windows 8" is the translation of the article's headline. The story goes on to say that an internal advisory memo, published by a German government standards board, suggests that the NSA may soon have access to all PCs running the latest version of Windows.
For that reason, Die Zeit states, the German federal government considers Windows 8 an "unacceptable security risk."
However, neither the newspaper, nor the memo it purports to have, offer any proof that the NSA is, or will be, spying on Windows users.
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Instead, Die Zeit simply uses speculation to connect the dots between the Microsoft-led Trusted Computing initiative and NSA spying.
The piece says the NSA could be using Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) — stand-alone encryption chips plugged into motherboards and built into many modern PCs — to spy on PC users. But it doesn't know for certain.
Why is Windows 8 a concern, but not Windows 7? Because Trusted Computing and the use of TPMs have been optional until now, and many PC makers don't include the chips.
But proposed new specifications for Trusted Computing would mandate the use of Trusted Platform Modules on every PC designed to run Windows. The idea is that the TPMs will control which executables run, greatly cutting down on malware and other security issues.
From a security perspective, that sounds great. Yet Die Zeit noted that the NSA has been quietly involved in the Trusted Computing initiative — and that the surveillance agency does not seem to have raised any objections to any part of it.
To some Germans with memories of intrusive surveillance by Nazi and socialist secret police, that might imply that the NSA is putting "backdoors" — secret entryways — into every TPM, and that in a few years all new machines running Windows could be controlled by the NSA.
Something to it
Would such a view be paranoid? Perhaps. But if Edward Snowden's leaks of NSA documents have taught us anything, it's that nearly everything that we thought the NSA could possibly be doing has turned out to be true.
The NSA's silent acceptance of Trusted Computing does suggest an agreement with Microsoft and the other companies — Intel, AMD, Cisco, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and others — may exist.
The surveillance agency's acquiescence stands in sharp contrast to the "crypto wars" of the 1990s, when the U.S. government tried to stop strong encryption from being used by the general public, and to the Justice Department's current request for new rules mandating law-enforcement backdoors in instant-messaging software and other forms of encrypted Internet communications.
Spying on computer users isn't what Trusted Computing was meant to enable when it began in the middle of the last decade. Instead, it was a Microsoft-led industry effort to build standardized verification hardware into PCs.
The Trusted Platform Modules serve as gatekeepers for software, letting "trusted" programs run and while denying untrusted ones.
Microsoft touts Trusted Computing as an essential security measure. Skeptics have seen it as a sneaky form of digital rights management that could bar pirated movies and music, not to mention pirated copies of Windows, from running.
Out of control
Other critics of Trusted Computing decry the amount of control the user cedes to Microsoft.
For years, you've been able to run anything you want on a Windows machine. But with Trusted Computing and the related Secure Boot initiative, which lets only Microsoft-approved operating systems boot up a PC, Microsoft is moving toward an Apple-like "walled garden" model, in which the hardware and software makers, not the users, decide what runs.
That loss of control seems to have been what truly irked the German government. In a polite but firm rebuttal to the Die Zeit story, the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI in its German acronym), stressed that lack of control, not NSA spying, was the internal memo's main concern.
"For certain groups of users," the rebuttal states, "the use of Windows 8 in combination with a TPM can mean an increase in safety."
But, the rebuttal goes on to say, such a combination results in "a loss of control over the operating system and hardware," which in turn leads to greater risk of software and hardware errors.
For that reason, the BSI says, its office would like to see an opt-out built into Trusted Computing, and is in contact with operating-system and hardware manufacturers "to find appropriate solutions."


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On the Galway school district website Wednesday afternoon, there was a large photo of the cast of the school play “Cinderella,” a message touting the energizing effect of a good breakfast, a message congratulating the district’s scholar-athletes from the fall varsity sports teams, a 12-page PDF of the school newsletter and an up-to-date calendar of events.
Click on any other school district website, and you’ll find much of the same.
But on at least some school websites in our area, you won’t find one vital piece of information that’s essential to keeping taxpayers informed about how and where the district is spending the citizens’ money — a copy of the budget, according to a report in Wednesday's Gazette.
A bill signed into law in 2016 (A7675/S5795) articulates a whole list of information school districts must post on their website, including “a final annual budget and any multi-year financial plan adopted by the board of education or trustees.”
Yet at least a dozen districts in our region still haven’t posted the data.
By not posting their budgets online, districts are deliberately making it difficult for citizens to review details about district spending and revenue sources, to compare and contrast budget priorities within the district and against other school districts, to assess for themselves whether the district is spending too much or too little in an area, and to determine whether their tax dollars are being spent in the way they would like them to be spent.
There’s simply no reason for any district in 2018 not to post budget information online in a complete and timely manner.
If districts have the technological ability to post photos of kids playing field hockey and update the school menu, they can post budget documents.
As evidence of how easily and quickly they can put this information online, some delinquent districts contacted by our reporter on Tuesday morning had already posted their budgets online by Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday.
At the very least, districts should post a copy of the current budget that contains all expenditures. They should also post budgets going back several years.
If districts also want to include summaries, analysis and explanations of the budgets, as some districts already do, or if they want to make the site interactive, all the better.
The more information citizens have about school finances and programs, the better prepared they’ll be to question district spending decisions and to demand better results.
Posting budgets on their websites is the least school districts can do.

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Long known as the Grolier Codex or Sáenz Codex, in it was officially renamed the Códice Maya de México (CMM) by the National Institute of Anthropology and History of Mexico.
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He wrote in the Quiché language using the modern Spanish alphabet. The book was treasured by the people of the town of Chichicastenango and it was hidden from the Spanish. Dr. Coe’s other books included “Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs” (), “The Maya” (), “The Maya Scribe and His World” () and a memoir, “Final Report: An.
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References Coe, Michael D. The Maya Scribe and His World. New York: Grolier Club, Cohodas, Marvin.why the elite Maya scribe adopted the cave and its Underworld associations as their defining symbol. The theoretical model presented in chapter three further demonstrates how critical caves, cave ideology, and scribes were to the overall position of validating ideology within Maya culture.
Central to these arguments will be the role of agency and.The Maya Scribe and His World. New York: The Grolier Club Coe, Michael D., Classic Maya Pottery from Dumbarton Oaks.
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For the past 60 years, the dynagraph has been useful in measuring well performance and diagnosing trouble conditions downhole. More recently, surface dynagraph data, with other well-specific parameters, has served as input to mathematical models for predicting downhole behavior. Various computer programs exist to perform this task, and none have previously been verified empirically. In fact, no downhole force measurements have been made since 1942, by Lamberger and Langer (see Ref. 1).
An apparatus was developed, as a master's thesis project, to make these measurements. The device is a microcomputer-based data acquisition system that is wholly contained in a five-foot section of standard tubing. It was designed and built to mount in series with the sucker rod string, directly above the pump, and to sample and store real-time data of load, displacement, pressure, and temperature for analysis at the surface. This paper describes the unit, some of its development, and the results of the successful August 1986 field test, executed at over one mile of depth.


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Late scores lift Indians past Hornets, 9-6
A three-run seventh inning has kept the Pontiac Indians in a position to repeat its Corn Belt Conference baseball championship of year ago. The three markers provided the Tribe with a 9-6 victory over the Hornets Wednesday afternoon.
The game was a makeup from an earlier rainout. It also came after the Indians suffered their second league loss Tuesday at Mahomet-Seymour. PTHS (16-6, 8-2) will play its third straight league game today at Prairie Central.
This game had been tied since the third inning when both sides pushed across a run to make it 6-6.
It was the bottom of the order that did the work for the Indians as Kye Comincioli led off with a walk and Garrett Gould singled one out later. Tyler Lowe singled to load the bases.
PTHS head coach Brian Lambert went to his bench and Alex Blaetz lofted a sacrifice fly that drove in Comincioli with the tie-breaking run as the lineup turned over.
Seth Cunningham tripled home Gould and Lowe to make it 9-6.
Things got a little hairy in the bottom of the seventh as the Hornets got a double, hit batsman and walk to load the bases with no outs. Reliever Tony Krominga then induced fly outs to each outfield spot to close out the victory.
Pontiac seemed to have the game in hand after scoring five runs in the top of the first inning. Krominga singled Cunningham home with the first run and Cam Brown doubled to bring in Levi Ransom.
Gould followed with a base hit that scored Krominga and Brown. Gould took second on the throw and then scored when Lowe singled.
Eureka answered off PTHS starter Brown with two runs in the bottom of the first inning and then three more in the second to knot the game at 5-5.
Dylan Smith got the win in relief of Brown. He allowed just one walk and struck out one in two innings. Krominga got the save after an adventurous seventh. Brown allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits and six walks. He fanned five.
Lexington 7, CCA 5
BLOOMINGTON — Jonny Olson doubled home the winning run as Lexington outlasted Cornerstone Christian Academy 7-5 in a nonconference contest Wednesday.
The Cyclones had tied the game at 5-5 with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Craig Birkenbell reached on an error, making it to second base, to lead of the eighth for the Minutemen. He moved to third on Josh Hardman’s sacrifice and then scored when Olson doubled to center.
Jayden Jones also rapped a two-base hit to scored Olson and gave Lexington a 7-5 lead.
Ray McLeese got the CCA side in order in the bottom of the inning to preserve the win.
Lexington had taken a 5-0 lead after batting in the second inning. The Minute scored twice in the first on sacrifice fly from Jones and an error that allowed Olson to cross the plate.
Hardman and Olson had run-scoring base hits in the second.
CCA plated four runs in the bottom of the second off LHS starter Tyler Grimsley. The Cyclones didn’t score again until a two-out bloop single off McLeese in the seventh.
McLeese got the win after 6 2-3 innings of relief. He struck out six, walked one and allowed four hits. Grimsley allowed four runs on two hits and three walks. He fanned one.
Olson had a double, single and two runs batted in. Hardman also had two hits and Jones doubled and had two RBIs. Grimsley, McLeese, Blake Edwards and Adam Baillie each singled.
Herscher 10, Dwight 0
HERSCHER — Dwight was unable to get a base hit as it suffered a 10-0 loss to Herscher in a makeup contest.
Head coach Justin Stevenson used four pitchers on the day before another Sangamon Valley Conference contest.
TREMONT — One big inning provided the difference as Tremont defeated Pontiac 15-8 in freshman baseball Wednesday.
The Turks scored seven runs in the fourth inning to take a 12-2 lead. The Indians tried to rally with two runs in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Gavin Bauknecht had two hits and drove in three runs for the Indians. Austin Waldschmidt also had two hits, Clay Pfeiffer had a hit and two RBIs while Payton Amm, Mark Corrigan and Michael Fitzsimmons had one hit apiece. Isaac Nollen also drove in a run.
Luke Fox, Nic Hendren and Eric Watson shared pitching duties.
Evan Trevino threw a one-hitter Tuesday as Pontiac’s freshmen shut out El Paso-Gridley 7-0. Trevino had nine punchouts.
Waldschmidt had two hits, including a double, and drove in a run. Ben Schuler tripled and Colton Clesson singled while both drove in two runs. Bauknecht had a hit and RBI and Watson, Trevino and Hendren each singled.


If you’re suffering from anxiety, you’re not alone. There are a surprising amount of people who are experiencing the same things as you — even celebrities you grew up idolizing. Here are a few inspirational words from them you should watch on the days you’re struggling to cope with your anxiety:
1. Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell is beautiful, talented, and intelligent — and she has suffered from anxiety and depression since she was eighteen. She proves that everyone can suffer from mental health issues. There’s not something wrong with you for feeling this way.
2. Ryan Reynolds
You would never guess Ryan Reynolds suffers from anxiety because he always looks so confident. But, really, he uses his humor as a way to cope with his anxiety. He also uses meditation.
3. Antoni Porowski
Antoni has suffered from anxiety attacks since he was a child. Sometimes they would be triggered by a stressful situation — but other times they would come completely out of the blue.
4. Emma Stone
Emma wants you to know that more people have anxiety than you think. You’re not alone. Thousands of people are experiencing the same things you’ve been experiencing.
5. Cole Sprouse
Although Cole realizes how scary anxiety is, he believes you have to look it in the eye and understand it’s not going anywhere. That frame of thinking has given him the confidence to conquer his anxiety.
6. Carson Daly
Carson has suffered from anxiety while on the set of television shows — but he has also experienced anxiety while at the park with his own children. When you have anxiety, it doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing. It can strike at any time.
7. Bill Hader
Bill Hader didn’t get help for his anxiety until he was in his 30s because it was impacting his job. He proves it’s never too late to get help. It’s never too late to put your mental health first.
8. Jay Baruchel
Jay was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder when he was 24. Even though he felt uneasy when being around a big group of people or speaking in public, he still followed his dreams and became an actor.
9. Cara Delevingne
Cara wants everyone to know being successful and skinny and loved by the world is not necessarily going to make you happy. The most important thing is whether you love and respect yourself.
10. Keke Palmer
Keke has struggled with anxiety and depression since she was young. However, she quickly realized she needed to reach out for help from a professional in order to understand the problems she was going through.
11. Alex Boniello
Alex wants you to know there are people in positions you respect who are suffering from the same things as you. He has benefited from the support of friends, the support of family, and CBT therapy.


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This driver is terribly impatient – and has a severe case of wee-man syndrome.
He was caught trying to bully three large lorries on the busy A1 near Wentbridge, West Yorkshire, because he wanted to get past.
Stephen Mason, 38, captured footage of the impatient driver undertaking his 44 ton HGV on the hard shoulder and then trying to overtake the large vehicles in front.
After passing the final lorry, Mr Mason, from Harrogate, said the driver angrily swerved into the lorry’s path in a bid to run it off the road.
‘This guy was driving like a complete idiot. What he was doing was downright dangerous and stupid,’ he said.
‘If the slightest thing had gone wrong it would have been a really bad accident – and I would have been caught up with it along with all the other drivers around us.’
The incident occurred around 3pm on Thursday February 11 and Mr Mason said the road was busy with traffic beginning the commute home.


With DB2's data sharing capability having been introduced back in the mid-1990s with DB2 for z/OS Version 4, a great many people -- including lots of folks whose organizations do not run DB2 in data sharing mode -- are quite familiar with the technology (for people new to this subject area, I posted, a few years ago, a "What is DB2 Data Sharing?" entry to the blog that I maintained while working as an independent DB2 consultant). Still, there are some aspects of DB2 data sharing technology that are more widely understood than others. It's recently come to my attention that among mainframe DB2 people there is a bit of a knowledge gap with regard to a particular component of a DB2 data sharing configuration. The component to which I refer here is the lock list portion of the DB2 lock structure, and with this blog entry my aim is to fill that knowledge gap to some degree.
The lock structure is of course one of three coupling facility structure types that DB2 uses to make data sharing work (the other two structure types are the Shared Communications Area and the group buffer pools). Within the lock structure you have the lock table and the lock list. The lock table is, conceptually, at work all the time in a DB2 data sharing environment. It's essentially a mechanism through which global lock contention is detected: when a process running on a member of a DB2 data sharing group (I'll call this member DB2A) wants a lock on something (e.g., a data page or row) that might be locked by a process running on another member of the group, the item on which the lock is being requested is mapped by way of a hashing algorithm to an entry in the lock table. That lock entry is checked for the presence of an incompatible lock held by a process running on another member of the group, and if that turns out to be the case (e.g., a process running on member DB2B has an X-lock on a page on which the process running on DB2A wants an S-lock) then the contention indication is sent back from the coupling facility holding the lock structure to the z/OS LPAR on which member DB2A is running. [Because there will almost certainly be many more lockable "things" in the database than entries in the lock table, some different lockable things will map to the same lock table entry; thus, contention can be falsely detected. Typically, "false contention" is the initial result for a very small percentage of global lock requests, and when this occurs the contention situation is determined to be false in a quick and efficient manner.]
Because the lock table is vitally important for the moment-by-moment operation of a DB2 data sharing group, it gets a lot of attention. By comparison, the lock list portion of the lock structure is usually not front-of-mind when people thing about DB2 data sharing. It's important, sure -- but in an insurance policy kind of way: you're glad it's there, but you'd be pleased if it were never needed. Here's what I mean by this analogy: the purpose of the lock list is to store information about X-type global locks held by members of the data sharing group on behalf of processes executing on the various members ("X-type" refers to locks associated with data-changing actions, and
"global" refers to locks of which members other than the lock-acquiring
member might need to be aware). In the event of the abnormal termination of a member DB2 subsystem, information about the X-type global locks held by that member at the time of failure will be, in effect, downloaded from the lock list to the surviving members of the group. These locks will be treated by the surviving members as "retained" locks, and they will continue to be retained (and the associated locked items, such as data pages and/or rows, will remain unavailable) until the failed DB2 subsystem releases the locks in the course of restart processing (restart of a failed DB2 member will usually be initiated automatically by the system, and will often complete in less than 2 minutes). Knowing about these retained locks is important for data integrity-preservation purposes: they keep surviving subsystems from accessing data pages or rows that were in the process of being changed through another member when that member failed. The retained locks "seal off" affected pages and/or rows (depending on the granularity of locking used for a table space) until the failed member can, as part of restart processing, roll back the units of work that were in-flight in the subsystem at the time of failure and write to disk those committed data changes that had not yet been externalized at the time of the failure event.
So, what does the lock list need in order to do its job? It needs enough space to hold information about all the X-type global locks held at a given time by the members of the DB2 data sharing group. Often people supporting DB2 data sharing systems don't think much about this, and usually they don't need to: these folks take the recommended approach of making the size of the DB2 lock structure a power of two (e.g., 64 MB, specified by way of the INITSIZE parameter for the structure in the system's coupling facility resource management policy, also known as the CFRM policy). When that's done, half the space in the lock structure will be used for the lock table, and half will be used for the lock list (the lock table size MUST be a power of two). In most cases, this approach provides plenty of lock list space (and that's good -- don't get stingy here).
Suppose your particular situation falls outside of the "most cases" norm? I recently encountered an interesting set of circumstances at a DB2 for z/OS site that made the "power of two" standard for lock structure size inappropriate. At this site, in a test environment, the lock list in a 327 MB lock structure (that's really big) got full. Let me put this in perspective for you: 327 MB is not a power of two. So, how big was the lock list in this lock structure? As mentioned previously, the lock table portion of a lock structure MUST be sized at a power of two. When the lock structure INITSIZE is not a power of two, upon initial structure build (or subsequent rebuild) the lock table portion of the structure will be sized at the power of two that will result in as close to a "50-50" split of space as possible between the lock table and the lock list. For a 327 MB lock structure that power of two for the lock table will be 128 MB (versus 64 MB or 256 MB). Subtract the 128 MB for the lock table from the 327 MB for the overall lock structure, and what you have left is 199 MB for the lock list. Will a lock list of that size have enough room to store a lot of global X-lock information? Yes: at a little over 300 bytes per lock list entry, a 199 MB lock list can accommodate over 600,000 list entries. That kind of capacity would typically be more than enough in a DB2 data sharing system, but in the situation to which I'm referring it fell short of the need. Why? Because at this site the migration of an application from a non-DB2 database to DB2 is requiring, at least for a time, some very large units of work (with respect to the number of update locks acquired by a program between commits). The ZPARM parameters NUMLKTS and NUMLKUS had been set to pretty high values to accommodate this requirement, but as mentioned the lock list in the test system did fill up and programs needing additional global X-locks abended as a result.
At this site, the lock list needs to be made larger (in fact, considerably larger), and that's going to happen -- but not in the way you might suppose. You might think that in this situation you'd just make the lock structure big enough (referring to INITSIZE) so that the lock list will be as big as needed, keeping in mind that, as noted, the size of the lock table part of the structure will be the power of two that gets you as close as possible to a 50-50 space split between the lock table and the lock list. In fact, that is NOT what this organization needs to do, for this simple reason: the lock table portion of the current lock structure, at 128 MB, is already plenty big and doesn't need to get any bigger (the adequacy of the lock table's size is indicated by a very low rate of false contention, which I briefly described above). The solution here is to keep the lock structure's INITSIZE as-is, and to substantially boost the value of the SIZE parameter for the structure in the CFRM policy. The SIZE value specifies the size up to which a coupling facility structure can be dynamically increased (by way of a SETXCF command) after it has been initially built (or rebuilt). Now, here's the really important point in the context of the referenced organization's need for substantially more lock list space: when a lock structure is made dynamically larger by way of a SETXCF command (and again, this can only be done if the value of SIZE exceeds the value of INITSIZE for the structure in the CFRM policy), ALL of the added space is used for the lock list -- the size of the lock table does not change (a larger INITSIZE and a structure rebuild would be needed to increase the size of the lock table). So, if INITSIZE for a lock structure is, say, 256 MB, and SIZE for the structure is 512 MB, and if the structure is initially built and then 100 MB is dynamically added to the structure's size through execution of a SETXCF command, the effect will be a 100 MB increase in the size of the lock list (which should give you room for an extra 320,000 or so additional lock list entries).
Another thing about dynamically increasing the size of the lock list: suppose, as in the example at the end of the preceding paragraph, you had a lock structure with an INITSIZE of 256 MB and a SIZE of 512 MB, and after initial structure build you dynamically increased the size of the structure by 100 MB. That would leave you with another 156 MB of available dynamic-size-increase capability. How would you know when to use that? IRLM (DB2's lock manager component) will tell you. If the lock list gets pretty full (50% full), IRLM will issue message DXR170I. That message will be issued again if the lock list becomes 60% full, and again if it gets to 70% full. If the lock list gets really full (80%), IRLM will issue message DXR142E. That message will be issued again if the lock list gets to 90% full, and again if it gets to 100% full, but you'd want to act on the 80% full message because at 90% full you're likely to start getting application program abends.
In summary: the lock list portion of the lock structure serves its purpose when a DB2 subsystem in a data sharing group fails, and that tends to be a pretty rare event. Still, you need to make sure that you have enough space in your lock list to hold all the global X-locks that might accumulate in your DB2 data sharing system, because running short on this space could result in application program abend events. In my experience, the lock list space that people have is usually plenty big for their needs, but there are situations in which the accumulation of a really large number of X-type global locks across a data sharing group can be expected. If that's the case at your site, be ready with a big-enough lock list that you can dynamically enlarge if needed. In other words, make sure that this insurance policy is in order and reflects the characteristics of your DB2 application environment.


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Graphic designer and illustrator Micah Bazant is an “artivist” whose work goes beyond political propaganda. Using vibrant colors and bold statements about social justice, the Bay Area resident creates posters, T-shirts, and digital postcards featuring real and imagined people, ancestors such as Stonewall veteran-activist Marsha P. Johnson and today’s living legends.
Each illustration tells a story honoring and centering communities that are consistently marginalized, namely Black and brown people and queer and trans folks. And those stories are told with the full consent and creative collaboration of those affected by system of oppressions; the resulting art has often been sold to aid its subjects and co-creators, contributing to funeral expenses, costs of living, or bail. For example, Bazant’s work supported community organizing efforts for Arizona’s Monica Jones, a Black trans woman and activist who was profiled and falsely arrested for prostitution, and it raised awareness about the larger issues of profiling sex workers and trans women.
Bazant now works as the inaugural artist-in-residence at Oakland-based reproductive justice organization Forward Together. That professional relationship began with a freelance job updating a brochure and moved to Bazant’s becoming the art director for the annual Mamas Day campaign, which centers parents often overlooked by mainstream Mother’s Day efforts. Now Bazant holds the position full time, an unusual job in the nonprofit sector. Not only do they make and share their original art, they also are co-creating space for artists of color to do their own work.

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Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu
Pappenheim, Gottfried Heinrich, Graf zu(gôt`frēt hīn`rĭkh gräf tso͞o pä`pənhīm), 1594–1632, German military leader, imperial field marshal in the Thirty Years WarThirty Years War,
1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany. General Character of the War
There were many territorial, dynastic, and religious issues that figured in the outbreak and conduct of the war.
..... Click the link for more information. . A convert to Roman Catholicism, he became a counselor in the service of the Holy Roman emperor, but soon abandoned this position for a military career. In the early stages of the Thirty Years War he fought with Duke Maximilian I of Bavaria and the Catholic League, and he distinguished himself against the Protestant Union under Frederick the Winter KingFrederick the Winter King,
1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II) and chose Frederick as king.
..... Click the link for more information. at the battle of White Mt. (1620). He entered the imperial service in 1623. On May 20, 1631, he led the assault against the Protestant city of Magdeburg, which was sacked and virtually destroyed by his troops. Pappenheim was defeated (September) with Baron von TillyTilly, Johannes Tserklaes, count of
, 1559–1632, general in Bavarian and later imperial service during the Thirty Years War. A younger son of a noble family of Brabant, he served under Duke Alessandro Farnese and against the Turks before entering the service of Duke
..... Click the link for more information. by the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus (Gustavus IIGustavus II
(Gustavus Adolphus), 1594–1632, king of Sweden (1611–32), son and successor of Charles IX. Military Achievements
Gustavus's excellent education, personal endowments, and early experience in affairs of state prepared him for his crucial role
..... Click the link for more information. ), at Breitenfeld, but his cavalry was later effective in raids on small bands of Swedish troops. Fighting under the imperial commander Albrecht von WallensteinWallenstein or Waldstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von
, 1583–1634, imperial general in the Thirty Years War, b. Bohemia.
..... Click the link for more information. , he was mortally wounded at Lutzen.
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(London Guardian) Google will start automatically blocking intrusive ads within its Chrome browser for desktop and Android from Thursday 15 February.
The change, announced in June, will see the dominant browser that is used by over 56% of internet users block some of the most intrusive ads including full-page prestitial ads, flashing animated ads and auto-playing video ads with sound.
“A big source of frustration is annoying ads: video ads that play at full blast or giant pop-ups where you can’t seem to find the exit icon,” said Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, vice president for Chrome. “These ads are designed to be disruptive and often stand in the way of people using their browsers for their intended purpose — connecting them to content and information. It’s clear that annoying ads degrade what we all love about the web.”
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Cement Technology Solution To Aba Perennial Road Failure—Ahuekwe
One of the contractors handling projects in Aba, Chief Chidi Ahuekwe has identified cement technology as the solution to the perennial road failure in Aba.
It wil be recalled that Abia is pioneering cement technology in roads construction in this part of the country.
Ahuekwe, in a chat with newsmen in Aba said the technology has a sustainability guarantee of 20 years.
According to him, Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu demonstrated sound wisdom in adopting the technology as a minimum standard in roads construction in the state.
He said that the roads would outlive Ikpeazu's administration, adding that the desire of every administration should be to leave a significant legacy.
Reacting on the charge by the governor for contractors to do quality work, Ahuekwe said that any contractor who wishes to succeed has no other option than to do a quality work.
He explained that when a contractor does a quality work that he is returning value for the money he received as well advertising himself.
Cement technology, also known as "Rigid Pavement Technology in road construction, ensures the mixture of crush rock-based materials and other items to achieve a thickness fill and compaction to the level of 300mm.
This is followed by a concrete reinforcement cast with 8mm to10mm-high tensil (mash of wires) reinforcement bars over the stabilised base before treating it with prime coat and asphaltic concrete.
Though the cost of this technology is higher than those of the conventional construction methods, Gov. Ikpeazu chooses this technology as a means of strengthening the load-bearing capacity of roads in Abia and to boost the strength and quality of the finished work. The technology has a sustainability guarantee of 10 to 20 years.


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Believe it or not, Walmart knows how to make a cool cake. In the past, the retail giant has offered a unicorn ice cream cake, a regular unicorn cake, and birthday cake cheesecake — and that’s just the beginning. Now you can get a the Rainbow Blast Cake, which is just as colorful as the name suggests.
The 7-inch cake has 12 servings, so it’s already setting itself up to be your next birthday-worthy slice. It has two multicolored layers — one that’s red and orange with yellow swirls and the other that’s blue with purple swirls — that are both vanilla-flavored. It’s topped with white “buttercreme icing,” icing dollops, and rainbow confetti sprinkles. The dessert might look simple enough on the outside, but it’s a whole different story when you cut into it.
Store-bought cakes can be very hit or miss, so you don’t want to let go of a good one once you find it. It appears that the Freshness Guaranteed Rainbow Blast Cake could be just that, but multiple reviews explained how “delicious,” “moist,” and “yummy” it is. One person noted that the frosting isn’t too sweet (which is another store-bought cake woe).
The bakery section at Walmart will vary depending on location, so you might want to call up yours to see if they have this available before getting your hopes up. But once you do find it, you can expect to pay around $12.98. Not bad for a 2-pound celebratory cake, right?


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Not all hedgehogs are prickly. These Pom Pom Hedgehogs are the cuddliest little hedgies you'll ever meet! You can make these cute crafts for kids in no time. You'll be surprised how easy it is to make these super soft pom pom crafts.
В our tutorial to make a set of yarn birds with your little ones! These love birds are especially great as a cute Valentine's Day project!
Wrap for poms. Easy Tutorial on how to create the cutest Tulle Pom Poms perfect for topping gifts or even as bunny tails!
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Knee implant rates capped
The Centre today announced a range of price caps on knee implants that will allow patients to save tens of thousands of rupees on each procedure, calling it a move to "prevent unethical profiteering".
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New Delhi, Aug. 16: The Centre today announced a range of price caps on knee implants that will allow patients to save tens of thousands of rupees on each procedure, calling it a move to "prevent unethical profiteering".
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), the government's price regulator, has set ceiling prices ranging from about Rs 54,000 to Rs 1.13 lakh for implants that earlier carried average maximum retail prices (MRPs) of Rs 1.58 lakh to Rs 2.76 lakh.
The move follows the release of industry and market data earlier this month by the NPPA indicating that distributors and hospitals were making tens of thousands to lakhs of rupees in profits for every implant sold.
Union chemicals and fertilisers minister Ananth Kumar, who announced the caps, said the NPPA data had suggested "there was huge margin in trade which was found to be unreasonable and in a way unethical profiteering".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had in his Independence Day speech yesterday indicated that his government would soon cap the ceiling prices of orthopaedic knee implants. "Walking the talk of the Prime Minister...the government has fixed the ceiling prices of orthopaedic implants used in knee surgeries," Kumar said.
The most widely used cobalt chromium knee implant will have a ceiling price of Rs 54,720 compared to its average MRP earlier of around Rs 1.58 lakh. A specialised titanium and oxidised zirconium implant will cost Rs 76,600 compared to the earlier average MRP of around Rs 2.49 lakh. A revision implant will carry a ceiling price of around Rs 1.13 lakh compared to its earlier average MRP of around Rs 2.76 lakh.
The ceiling prices translate into reductions ranging from 59 per cent to 69 per cent for patients.
The NPPA said it had taken into account all available information and viewpoints to fix the prices under the "present extraordinary circumstances of a failed and exploitative market because of information asymmetry between the patient and the healthcare delivery system".
The market figures released earlier this month by the NPPA - an agency under the chemicals and fertilisers ministry - show that the trade margins shared by distributors and hospitals for knee implants ranged from Rs 35,000 to Rs 3 lakh.
The government estimates that India has between 12 million to 15 million orthopaedic patients who require implant surgery but most people diagnosed with the need are unable to afford the procedure. "The government is reforming this state of affairs," Kumar said.
The Medical Technology Association of India, a body representing device-makers which had expressed concern last week about the NPPA's expected price control move, today remained silent. Its officials said they were examining the NPPA order.
The move to control prices of knee implants follows caps on coronary stents imposed earlier this year amid concerns that medical device makers are setting MRPs that allow distributors and hospitals unreasonable profits. The moves to control device prices come against the backdrop of evidence that hospitals are also making money on drug prices.


We are seeing a number of cars with turbocharged engines that are being launched in the country. Turbochargers not only help us make more power but also help the engineers meet the emission norms.
The market is now seeing a sudden launch in the cars which are being powered by turbocharged petrol and diesel engines. To name a few, cars like the Tata Nexon, Polo TSI, new Hyundai i20, and many more offer a powerful and a fuel efficient turbocharged engine which makes them much better than the BS4 versions. In simple words, a turbocharger is a turbine-driven forced induction device that increases an internal combustion engine’s efficiency and power output by forcing extra air into the combustion chamber. The main objective of a turbocharger is to improve an engine’s efficiency by increasing the density of the intake gas (usually air), thereby allowing more power per engine cycle. In addition to this, turbochargers help the manufacturers build lighter and powerful engines which results in better performance. A turbocharged engine is also more efficient and thus helps the engineers to meet with the emission norms.
How does a turbocharger work?
When two halves are joined together by a shaft then it is called a turbo. On one side, hot exhaust gasses make the turbine spin which is connected to the other turbine, which sucks air in and then compresses it into the engine. The engine gets extra power and efficiency because of the compression as more air can enter in the combustion chamber, more fuel is added to produce more power.
“Free Power” is what sometime turbochargers are referred to as, unlike a supercharger, it does not require the engine’s power to drive it. Turbocharged engines are not affected in the same way as the naturally aspirated engines when going at higher altitudes. When in higher altitudes a naturally aspirated engine climbs, it becomes harder for it to get oxygen due to the thinning atmosphere, however, a turbocharger gets around this problem as it forces the oxygen into the engine’s combustion chamber, sometimes at times the pressure of the atmosphere.
Fuel efficiency is increased when a turbocharger is used in a vehicle. Many people have a misconception that the turbocharger will affect the fuel efficiency of a vehicle. Taking a naturally aspirated engine and a turbocharger will surely not improve the fuel efficiency but neither will affect it.
– Turbocharger helps to extract more power from the same engine block as it sends in more air which aids in better combustion.
– Since a small engine can produce better power output, the brand’s are able to develop light engines which are as good as the big and bulky naturally aspirated engines.
– A turbocharged engine pollutes much less because of its smaller size and better combustion process
A turbocharged engine has 2 main disadvantages when compared with a naturally aspirated or supercharged engine. First is the heat. We all know that a turbo is powered by hot exhaust gasses, it gets really very hot. In some engine conditions, the turbocharger itself could start getting red although this doesn’t happen or occur in everyday driving conditions; it basically happens when the engine is pushed to its limits continuously. This is the main reason that turbocharged cars come with an inter-cooler which helps dissipate this heat.
Another major disadvantage of a turbocharged engine is the turbo lag. In some conditions, whenever you put your foot down on the accelerator pedal to rev the vehicle, there is a delay between the time you ask power from the engine and the time you actually start to feel it. This is what you call a turbo lag. When the speed of the engine is slow, so the amount of exhaust gasses passing through the turbocharger will also be less, so when we demand power from the engine, the turbocharger will take time to start spinning at an optimal speed. To reduce the effects, downshifting to a lower gear, however, professional drivers or automotive enthusiasts can notice the split delay.
– Turbocharged engines produce high heat which is difficult to handle.
– Some of the turbocharged engines suffer from a significant turbo lag, which reduces the overall driving experience of the vehicle.
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