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1. The only question for determination in this appeal by certificate is whether Execution Petition No. 35 of 1959 filed by the decree holder is baried by time as contended by the appellants. A decree in the sum of Rs. 71,636/- and costs was passed in favour of the decree holder on April 28, 1953. In execution of that decree, the decree holder in an auction sale held on May 2, 1955 purchased certain properties belonging to the judgment debtOrs. The sale was confirmed on June 3, 1955, but since the decree holder did not supply the necessary stamps for the sale certificate within the time specified in that behalf, the sale was set aside and the execution petition was consequently dismissed.
2. On August 13, 1955, the decree holder filed an application under Section 151, CPC, for restoration of he sale but that application was dismissed on March 2, 1956. The Revision application filed by the decree holder was dismissed by the High Court on September 21, 1956. Within three years thereafter, that is on September 19, 1959 the decree holder filed Execution Petition No. 35 of 1959 and as stated above, the narrow question for decision is whether, as contended by the decree holder, this petitions barred by limitation.
3. It is not disputed that the time taken in the prosecution of the restoration application from August 13, 1955 to March 2, 1956 shall have to be excluded in counting the period of limitation for filing the execution petition, since that application is a step-in-aid of execution. But learned Counsel on behalf of the appellants contends that the time taken thereafter in prosecution the Civil Revision application in the High Court cannot be similarly excluded because, the filing of the Civil Revision Application is not a step-in-aid of execution. The contention in other words is that if the execution petition were to be filed within three years of March 2, 1956, it would have been within limitation but not if it is filed within three years of September 21, 1956. learned Counsel rdies in support of this submission on certain decisions, particularly the one reported in Chandra Bali Kalar v. Baidyanath Banerjee and Anr. : AIR1946Pat471 .
4. We are, however, unable to accept this submission because though it may be true to say that whereas an appeal is a continuation of a suit, a revision application is not, we are concerned with the limited question as to whether the revision application filed by the decree holder is a step-in-aid of execution. We are unable to appreciate that if the proceedings out of which that revision application arose were in aid of execution how, the revision application itself would not be so. It is indisputable that if the High Court were to allow the revision application it could have, within the legitimate exercise of its jurisdiction, restored the sale which was confirmed on June 3, 1955. That is a fair test for deciding whether the remedy by way of revision application that was adopted by the decree holder could be considered as a step-in-aid of execution. Since it was competent to the High Court to grant to the decree holder the relief asked for by him in his application under Section 151 of the CPC, are in agreement with the High Court that the entire period between August 13, 1955 being the date on which the decree holder filed his application under Section 151 and September 21, 1956, when his revision application was dismissed by the High Court should be excluded for counting the period of limitation for filing the Execution Application. The execution petition No. 35 of 1959 having been filed within three years of the date of the dismissal of the Revision Application, the High Court, in our opinion, was justified in holding that it was within time.
5. For these reasons we affirm the judgment of the High Court and dismiss this appeal with costs.


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Details have been announced for the nation’s largest professional bike race, which will once again visit the South Coast after bypassing the region last year.
The 2013 Amgen Tour Of California will take place in eight stages, from May 12th through 19th, and span 750 miles of the state.
On May 15th, the race will start in Santa Clarita, and pass through Santa Paula, and Ojai before ending up in Santa Barbara.
The professional cyclists will follow that nearly 85 mile ride with a 116 mile leg of the competition the next day, from Santa Barbara to Avila Beach.
The internationally televised race has drawn more than a million spectators in recent years.
The competition is expected to provide some good news for the sport in the U.S., in the wake of superstar cyclist Lance Armstrong’s doping revelations earlier this year.

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This guy’s one of the most lyrical players and composers around.
(He also happens to have paranoid schizophrenia.)
Tom Harrell, flugelhorn/Tom Harrell Quintet
“Rhythm-A-Ning,” live, France (Paris), 2008
“In the Infinite” (by TH), live, Italy (Sorrento), 2008
“Dancin’ Around” (by TH), live, Brazil (Sao Paulo), 2003
I’m posting this next piece with mixed feelings. Talking about Harrell’s psychiatric condition can distract from what’s most important—his music. On the other hand, what he’s been able to accomplish says a lot not only about him but also about the power of music.

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Dressed in a studded black bikini, leather jacket, black platform shoes and blond bombshell wig, Lady Gaga arrived to make all of Bill Murray’s dreams come true.
Vote for your favorite Lady Gaga song in “This or That.”
After 95 years, Roseland Ballroom is shutting its doors, but not before Lady Gaga gets a chance to have her way with it.
In an interview with New York’s 92.3 NOW, Gaga revealed one of her fondest memories of the concert hall. One that includes a mosh pit, a broken nose and a fake ID.
What do you get when Lady Gaga spends six days with the ladies of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? Mother Monster’s new video for “G.U.Y.”
According to Mother Monster “the stage is lucite and you can just dance underneath the runways.” All the better to see her get vomited on.
Lady Gaga is a woman torn. She likes the power of being a pop star who can affect change in those around her, but without all the corporate politics. Unless, those corporations can help her spread her message, then she’ll make an exception.
Let it never be said that Lady Gaga loses any of her artistic vision in subtlety.
Just one day after a journalist questioned the actual philanthropic reach of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, Mother Monster sprang into action in hopes to defend not only her charity’s reputation, but her own.
In 2013, the Foundation’s most visible efforts centered around the “Born Brave Bus Tour,” which hit 23 events in 18 cities around the country.


Netflix is certainly making good on its commitment to release more content from the African continent. Off the heels of its wildly successful first African Original Series Queen Sono starring Pearl Thusi, the streaming giant has announced that it’s now working on its next African Original Series titled JIVA!. The dance drama series will again be lead by a South African female actress, Noxolo Dlamini, in addition to a strong, star-studded supporting cast.
A few days ago, Netflix announced that Queen Sono had been renewed for a second season. Not only do fans have that to look forward to, they can now begin counting down till the next bad-ass African Original Series launches on the streaming platform.
JIVA!, a South African slang term which translates to ‘dance’, is a drama series which will tell the story of a talented street dancer called Ntombi, who while juggling the demands of a dead-end job, family responsibility and a complex love life, realises that her choreography could be her ticket out of her working-class neighbourhood in Durban. However, in order to succeed, she must first overcome her fears, thrash her rivals and attempt to resolve some of the problems in her family.
Dlamini, who will play the lead a role, has starred in the stage production of the 1992 classic film Sarafinaas well as popular local series Isibaya. She will be joined by Candice Modiselle, Sne Mbatha, Stella Dlangalala, Zamani Mbatha and veteran actor Tony Kgoroge, among many others.
Further details of production and premiere dates are still to be announced.
Watch a sneak preview of Netflix’s JIVA! below:
JIVA! Announcement | Netflix


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08:35 am EDT @ January 23rd, 2013
Early this morning, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata held yet another Nintendo Direct conference to apologize for the current Wii U software drought. He didn’t stop with just an apology, he set out to show consumers that plenty of Nintendo favorite franchises are on their way, many of which will be playable at the upcoming E3 expo this June in Los Angeles...
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08:57 pm EDT @ April 19th, 2011
Nintendo announced new features for the upcoming Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the 3DS. Not only is one of the greatest games in memory being released in 3D you can stick in your pocket, now it includes the Master Quest (the game with changes and a higher difficulty)...
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I want you to reflect on how horrible you are at being there. You have proven once again this moment has been completely focused on your redemption and a complete failure to actually care about me. There isn’t a single question asking about me or insuring my well being. Think about that while fight my demons alone, we’ll see who wins this time. You will not get a response while I do this being it wasn’t a concern until now.
What sucks, he ignored me from Tuesday until today at 4pm. I reached out yesterday asking if he was okay and that I was worried.

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Maverick Citizen Op-Ed
Why we are not wearing masks and what we can do about it
How the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds in the coming months is in our hands. It will be our behaviour, not medicines or ventilators, that will determine the severity of its impact. This has been the repeated message from public health experts, our health minister, and our president.
We as a country, and particularly the Department of Health, have done the important work of disseminating accurate information in the early stages of the pandemic. However, we are now at a point where we need a more complex approach if we have any hope of achieving the deeper and more sustained behaviour changes that are required.
We know what we need to do. Wear a mask in public, wash hands frequently and keep our distance. Getting people to adopt these behaviours seems as if it should be simple. We think that spending millions on catchy slogans and beautiful billboards, pamphlets, and public service announcements will work.
If we do this frequently enough people will change their behaviour, right? Unfortunately, the evidence shows that this is not the case. If it did, few of us would smoke, abuse alcohol or contract HIV/Aids.
Fortunately, there is a wealth of evidence gleaned from both local and international experience for what constitutes best practice in behaviour change campaigns.
There are two major learnings from these experiences. First, we cannot assume to know why people do or do not act in a certain way. We need to find out through a research process that asks them.
For example, Heartlines is developing a campaign called Fathers Matter to promote the active positive presence of men in the lives of children, something that research has proven to have a significant impact on children’s wellbeing. There is a common assumption that many men aren’t involved in their children’s lives simply because they are ‘deadbeat dads’. Uncaring and unconcerned.
Our research painted a different picture. That many men were not involved because there is a pervasive attitude out there that if you can’t provide financially, you are not a proper father. This has affected substantially the messages that underpin our campaign.
By rooting our messaging in what we have learnt, and addressing the real barriers to change, we ensure a greater probability of positive behaviour change.
Soul City, founded in 1992, became globally acknowledged for changing the health behaviour of millions of South Africans through TV and radio dramas as well as print and other resources and interventions. Soul City rooted its campaigns in just such a theory and research-driven approach.
One Soul City intervention was developed to promote breastfeeding, as it has been shown to be a key intervention in the promotion of child health. In the development of this series, research showed that women knew this was best for their baby. However, there were several obstacles at community and social level that prevented them from doing so.
The young mother newly arrived in an urban area often had no one to support her, (breastfeeding is not easy) and so gave up. The working mother had to give up breastfeeding when she went back to work because there was nowhere for her to express or store her milk. So instead of Soul City trying to persuade women that breastfeeding was the right thing to do, it focused on overcoming these barriers. Soul City encouraged older mothers to support younger ones in their communities, and employers to support mothers on their return to work.
Second, we need to acknowledge that human behaviour is seldom linear, where message plus person equals behaviour. Humans are complex and thus theories that help us to understand these complexities can give us a framework to direct our research into why we do or do not behave in a certain way. The findings then become the basis for our messaging and interventions.
Individuals are not islands
There is a range of such theories – one that is particularly useful is the socio-ecological model which illustrates the interplay between the different factors that encourage or impede our behaviour.
The socio-ecological model
The basis for this theory is the understanding that as individuals we are not islands. Rather, we are social beings who are deeply influenced by the beliefs and actions of the people who make up our relationships and the broader community. What they do, we perceive as being “normal” behaviour. For example, if your friends and community believe it is ‘normal’ to hit a woman to discipline her, you will grow up believing the same thing.
But not all these relationships have an equal influence on us.
There are some people who can have an outside influence on our behaviour, such as a pastor, a cool kid or even a gang leader. So, I may know that it is the right thing to wear a mask, but if it does not seem like the “normal” or “cool” thing to do, then I’m unlikely to do it. Few of us like to be “abnormal” or “uncool”.
But there is another layer of influence that is particularly important to consider.
Our behaviour is not just influenced by the people around us – we are often more influenced by those that make up our ‘virtual’ community. These are the people we have never met who flicker across our screens and whose voices we hear on radio, such as sports personalities and political and religious leaders.
Included in this group would be so-called social media influencers such as Bonang or Cassper Nyovest, rapper Sho Madjozi, actress Nomzamo Mbatha and SA rugby captain, Siya Kolisi. These people have a massive influence on the norms and values of our societies.
US President Donald Trump not wearing a mask sends an extraordinarily strong message to Americans that masks are not normal or necessary.
Even fictional characters can influence us. In the TV series Soul City, the actress Lillian Dube, who played Sister Bettina, became real to millions of South Africans and her health advice was trusted.
How we behave is also influenced by societal factors (laws, infrastructure, economics, availability of supplies etc.) that either enable or act as an obstacle to the adoption of a behaviour. For instance, I may want to wash my hands often, but if I have no running water in my community or I can’t afford sanitiser, then I can’t do it. Not having running water is like promoting immunisation against measles, but having no measles vaccine in the local clinic.
In the early stages of the epidemic, we did not need to consult with people; we simply needed to quickly get information to them and this seems to have been well done.
Therefore, as we seek for instances to promote the wearing of masks, our research would aim to find out why people are not wearing them.
At an individual level, is it because of lack of knowledge? At a relational and community level, is it because people they look up to are not wearing them and they don’t want to be “abnormal or “uncool”, or are there myths that make people scared to wear them? At a societal level, could it be that they cannot afford them? We would also seek to find out who their influencers are so that in programming we could seek to use them.
We need to know this to design campaigns that have any hope of success. It is not one size fits all. We also need to understand that enablers and barriers may vary. The reasons people in rural parts of the Eastern Cape are not wearing masks may be quite different from urban Johannesburg.
The only factor that will determine the future of this epidemic’s impact on our lives and livelihoods will not be more ICU beds, nurses, and doctors, but our behaviours.
In the early stages of the epidemic, we did not need to consult with people; we simply needed to quickly get information to them and this seems to have been well done. But now, despite this information, many of us are not wearing masks and adopting the other preventive behaviours we need. The result is that infections are skyrocketing.
We need to urgently set up an ongoing national research process that is underpinned by theory, that gives us insight into why we behave the way we do. This can be done quickly. This information should be the source of all of our messaging and programming.
This need not delay our efforts, merely strengthen them.
Effective targeted and research-based campaigns and messages save lives. It also saves money. Thus, spending significant resources on research and theory-driven behaviour change interventions makes sound financial and social sense.
We should not delay. DM/MC
Dr Garth Japhet is CEO of Heartlines, an award-winning social change NGO, and a medical doctor with a speciality in Maternal and Child Health. In 1992, he co-founded Soul City, a health-focused edutainment project. Garth is a Schwab fellow of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative, a Senior Ashoka Fellow, and he was awarded the global Everett Rogers Award for contribution to Entertainment Education.
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Hikers get a panoramic view of Napa Valley from Foote Botanical Preserve on Mt. George — Photo courtesy of Solomon Atherton
Perhaps your Napa Valley dream trip includes bicycling past grapevines in the quiet countryside. You picture riding a quiet country road, pedaling from tasting room to tasting room in a pleasantly buzzed state
Just hold that thought a minute.
Cyclists sail along Napa Valley Vine Trail, a multi-use trail planned to run the length of the valley someday — Photo courtesy of Napa Valley Vine Trail
Quick Napa Valley geography lesson: The valley is 35 miles long, with only two roads running the length – Highway 29 and Silverado Trail.
Add to the equation that Napa Valley pulls in five million visitors a year. In summer, two-lane Highway 29 is logjammed. Not a pleasant place to ride a bike.
So to make your winery-to-winery ride a good experience, you'll need to have a plan.
Catch a stunning sunrise in Napa Valley, while the rest of the wine enthusiasts are asleep — Photo courtesy of Anne Chalfant
Plan Your Bike Trip
If a winery-to-winery bicycle run is your perfect Napa Valley trip, then first of all, consider visiting in winter or early spring, when few tourists come to the area.
Ride Silverado Trail's bike lane, and crisscross the valley on quiet roads that cut from Silverado Trail to California Highway 2.
The lucky rider takes a spin at sunrise. The valley is stunning, and traffic's minimal. (All those Napa Valley wine tasters are late sleepers.)
Keep in mind that Napa Valley wineries are generally distant from one another. Pedaling time between tasting rooms is important to calculate beforehand, since most Napa Valley wineries require an appointment in advance.
The idyllic cycle past wineries is easier to do at sunrise, when traffic is minimal — Photo courtesy of George Rose / The Wine Institute
Map Your Route
Road cyclists get good tips from the map "Bike Napa Valley," which is downloadable on VisitNapaValley.com. Or pick one up at the Napa Valley Welcome Center in downtown Napa.
This bike map highlights safe roads and bike-friendly rest stops, including wineries that don't mind stinky cycling jerseys.
There's also bus information, handy if your legs suddenly go wobbly after the third tasting room. Vines, the local bus system, has buses with front-mounted bike racks.
Napa Valley Vine Trail – a dedicated multi-use trail – is the safest route to take, though it doesn't get you everywhere. Hop onto it when you can, or just use it as a good workout ride. This trail is slated to run 37 miles when complete.
Napa Valley Vine Trail invites joggers, walkers and cyclists through varied terrain — Photo courtesy of Napa Valley Vine Trail
Speak with Experts
You'll find Napa Valley cycling outfitters all over the valley. They rent bikes, help plan rides and offer tours. Bottom line: They know the best routes and they can help you figure out pedaling time between wineries.
Try Bicycle Works in downtown Napa. You might check out Calistoga Bikeshop at the valley's other end, too.
Mountain bikers find heaven in this wine region. Single track weaves all over nearby hills and mountains. Bike shops can point the way.
For a leisurely guided ride, visit Napa Valley Bike Tours in Yountville. One tour even dodges traffic by riding dirt roads through vineyards.
Cyclists enjoy wine on the patio of Clif Family Winery in St. Helena — Photo courtesy of Clif Family Winery
Get Down with Other Spokies
Bicycle love overflows the coffee cups at Velo Vino in the city of Napa. Grab some java amidst displays of bicycle gear, and talk cycling with locals.
Bicyclists and Clif Bars are longtime pals for the ride, and Velo Vino tasting room at Clif Family Winery continues the tradition. You can grab tasty bites and wine flights at their food truck Bruschetterria.
Clif Family Winery's bicycling-themed Velo Vino tasting room welcomes riders. Grab some tastes at their food truck Bruschetteria. — Photo courtesy of Clif Family Winery
Change It Up with a Heavenly Hike
For a change of pace, you can hit Napa Valley Vine Trail for a fast walk or pleasant stroll.
Or march on up to the ridge for spectacular valley views at Skyline Wilderness Park south of Napa.
Feeling vigorous? Tick off miles on Ritchey Trail at Bothe-Napa Valley State Park, hiking past a pioneer cemetery and an old grist mill.
If you're worried about all those delectable food and wine calories Napa Valley piles on, fight back by hiking Stevenson Memorial Trail to the top of Mount St. Helena. The relatively easy trail in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park passes a memorial to the famous writer.
The summit view is stunning. You may wonder, is that the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance?
If the day is clear, it's the hiker's reward.

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Monday, May 31, 2010
Exploring Cape Town and the Winelands
-by Lindy Howard
If you're visiting Cape Town for the first time, you’re in for something completely different. This town that started off as an isolated supply post at the end of the world is now one of South Africa's largest, most colourful and thriving cities. Safaris, beautiful beaches, the winelands and a thriving metropolis can all be found fairly close to each other.
Victoria & Albert Waterfront
If you arrive by sea the first place you're likely to land is the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and that's as good a starting point as any.
The V&A is one of Cape Town's premier tourist and shopping districts, but it's not all for show. The surrounding port is still operative and you can watch the busy operations as you visit the V&A's hundreds of shops and cafes or the Two Oceans Aquarium.
Nelson Mandela Gateway & Robben Island
From the waterfront, you can head through the Nelson Mandela Gateway and board the ferry to Robben Island, where Mandela and many others spent years as political prisoners. And if a sea voyage is not on the agenda, take a stroll around and see Cape Town's iconic Cape Dutch architecture. It's an intriguing mixture of French, German, Dutch and British stylings unique to this part of the world.
The Cape Town Coastline
If aquatic pursuits are more your style, Cape Town's unique geography makes for an interesting day at the beach. The Atlantic waters to the west are substantially colder than the Indian Ocean to the east, and each one harbors different creatures. The Indian Ocean is perhaps better for diving and wildlife while the Atlantic coast has more developed residential areas and restaurants.
Ranging a bit further out can be rewarding as well. Within a short drive of Cape Town are the South African Winelands, a UNESCO recognized region where many exquisite wines are produced.
Whites, reds, German and French styles are all well represented here thanks to the region's rich colonial history and an extremely grape-friendly Mediterranean climate.
You can take one of many guided vineyard tours or set out on your own. Many visitors find that it's best to rent a car because public transit in Cape Town, while quite good by African standards, is still somewhat lacking. The Winelands spread out in a northeasterly direction from Cape Town and into the increasingly hilly terrain of the interior.
Constantia Valley, Franschhoek and Stellenbosch
Locals call this region the Boland, Afrikaans for "uplands." The Constantia valley region is home to some of the Winelands' oldest estates and poshest dining.
Go a little further and you'll find the origin of some of South Africa's best wines in the area around Stellenbosch, the oldest town in the country.
The Franschhoek region was once settled by the French, and this small town still hosts more than thirty farms. Many of the vineyards of the Winelands have excellent restaurants on-site, and almost all of them offer tastings and cellar tours.

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Canberra United have confirmed the departure of Michelle Heyman.
It was reported by The Sydney Morning Herald in late July that Heyman was among seven players who would not be returning to Canberra for the upcoming season.
Grace Maher has already confirmed her departure and so has the club.
Heyman, who is the all-time W-League leading scorer, departs the club after eight seasons, which included 51 goals, a Golden Boot, three Premierships and two Championships.
“I am leaving Canberra United with an extremely heavy heart,” she said.
“The city and the club have been my home for so long and I will forever be in debt for both of these for shaping me as a player and also as a person.
“I would especially like to thank Heather Reid for her tireless work both for Canberra United but also for women in sport more broadly. I want to also thank the amazing CU supporters – they made me feel so welcomed and loved.
Very sorry to hear you won't be playing for #CU next season. I was privileged to work for you and the green family. It just won't be the same not to #CUinGreen. All the best for the next adventure. 🙏xx https://t.co/wGbGdx84AH— Heather Reid AM (@Reidyfour) August 10, 2018
“Playing at McKellar Park with the sun on my back in front of our loyal fans was always my happy place – it will be hard to do it in different colours however I hope you understand my decision to leave.
“To all of the other teammates and coaches over the journey, I thank you and I promise I will never forget you," she said.
Heyman made 93 appearances for Canberra, including her 100th W-League appearance last season.


CLARKS SUMMIT — The Arts at First Presbyterian concert series will continue Sunday, March 15 at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Clarks Summit.
Two local musicians – violinist, Sophie Till and pianist, Ron Stabinsky – who have gained both regional and international recognition through their performances, will take the stage.
They will play Brahms Sonata #2 in A Major for violin and piano, along with selections by Tartini, Coleridge, Paganini and others. They've been playing together for more than 20 years.
Till is an associate professor of violin/viola at Marywood University, director of the Marywood String Project for children ages 4-18 and is on the violin faculty at the Golandsky Institute, New York.
Stabinsky has performed as an accompanist for numerous local ensembles. He recently released his debut album, "Free for One," the culmination of more than a decade of evolving solo piano improvisation. He enjoys working on music in stylistically diverse situations throughout the United States and Europe with a variety of other musicians and ensembles. He continues his piano studies with Edna Golandsky in New York City and other mentors.
This concert is free of charge, but a free-will offering is taken to help defray the cost of the event.
This program receives support from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts Program (administered by the Pocono Arts Council), a Lackawanna County Arts and Cultural Grant and numerous individual donors.
For more information, call the church at 570-586-6306 or visitfpccs.org.


Red wine can actually be good for your health, thanks to the antioxidant resveratrol, which studies have shown is good for your health and could help you lose weight. But any more than one glass, and you’re opening yourself up to extra sugar, empty calories, and a boozy buzz, which may inhibit your ability to make healthy food choices. If you’re out to happy hour, stop at one glass and opt for club soda (which is calorie free) or water with lemon instead.
The idea is that the fasting induces mild stress to the cells in your body, helping them become better at coping with such stress and possibly helping your body grow stronger. The verdict is still out regarding the diet’s long-term effectiveness with weight loss, according to a review of preliminary animal research published in January 2017 in Behavioral Sciences. (17)
“Intermittent fasting can be really challenging if you have an ever-changing schedule,” adds Hultin. “If you're traveling and crossing time zones, it could be very difficult to follow. It might be best for people with more stability in their lives.” Intermittent fasting isn’t safe for people with type 2 diabetes, children, pregnant or lactating women, or anyone with a history of an eating disorder.
In 2010, Kelly decided it was time to make a change. So she started blogging about losing weight. She credits the bulk of her weight loss in those early years to Jenny Craig. Today, she writes about how she manages to keep the weight off. No Thanks to Cake is full of healthy recipes that are sure to make your mouth water. There’s also plenty of inspiration for people starting out on their own weight loss journey.Visit the blog.


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Matthew Partridge talks to developer Andy Scott about the state of the UK housing market, and if price falls are just a correction or the start of a big slump.
Articles written by Dr Matthew Partridge
Pharmaceuticals firm Shire is set to be taken over – but it’s cheap even if the deal fails.
In less than four months’ time, America will go to the polls across the country in the midterm elections. Matthew Partridge weighs the odds on the possible winners.
Matthew Partridge looks at what 2015 film The Big Short can teach investors about the pros and cons of leverage.
Calls are growing for a second EU referendum. Matthew Partridge reports.
Brent crude had been trading at under $45 a barrel. Now it’s around $70 – and it could be a very long time before we see prices that low again.
The National Theatre’s intelligent and moving production of The Lehman Trilogy should be on everyone’s list of plays to see, says Matthew Partridge.
Matthew Partridge tips a very rare arbitrage opportunity to snap up now.
Book review: The Inside Story of Sir Philip Green, the Collapse of BHS and the Death of the High Street
An unflattering look at the role played by Philip Green in the collapse of BHS.
The 1902 novel by George Barr McCutcheon doesn’t just teach investors how to spend money, but how to make it too.

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Survey of Pakistan to be made national mapping agency: draft
The government has decided to make the Survey of Pakistan into a national mapping agency, according to the draft of a proposed bill. According to the draft bill, the government will detain for at least three months elements damaging the Survey of Pakistan's markings, sources said on Tuesday.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2012
The Survey of Pakistan is a national mapping organisation is responsible for surveying and mapping requirements of the Armed Forces as well as civilian organisations/ departments. Rapid developments in the field of surveying and mapping, especially computer-aided cartography, availability of satellite imagery and satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) have greatly facilitated the art of map making.
As a result, a number of firms were engaged in mapping activities. Most of them, being non-professional, were not only producing sub-standard maps, but were also involved in mapping of sensitive areas without any authorisation. If the mushroom growth of such firms was not checked instantly, it would be a potential source of high security risk on the one hand and a decline in mapping standards on the other.
The Ministry of Defence argued that in the absence of any law and regulatory authority, it would be technically and legally difficult to keep a check on the unlawful activities of such unauthorised firms. Australia, China, India, Turkey, the US and the UK have already enacted supportive laws and framed necessary laws to regulate the mapping activities.
The objectives of regulating and implementing surveying and mapping standards was to obviate potential security risk to sensitive information, prevent damage to affixed survey markers, avoid duplication of effort in mapping and to transform the Survey of Pakistan into a National Mapping Agency, a draft of Land Surveying and Mapping Bill-2010 has been prepared by the Survey of Pakistan.
Salient features of the Bill are as follows: (i) transform the Survey of Pakistan into a National Mapping Agency ie an authority regulating surveying and mapping activities in the country; (ii) to make it compulsory for all firms involved in Surveying and Mapping activities to get themselves registered with the Survey of Pakistan; (iii) to make it obligatory for all firms involved in Surveying and Mapping activities to adopt Surveying and Mapping standards framed by the National Mapping Agency, ie the Survey of Pakistan; (iv) to stop unqualified/unregistered firms from taking part in surveying and mapping activities that could pose a security risk to the state; (v) to protect established and affixed survey markers at various locations across the country from damage by assigning their responsibility to local district management/ governments; (vi) to avoid duplication of efforts in the field of mapping especially in the public sector, thereby economising on public exchequer; and (vii) to assess mapping requirements of public and private sectors on a yearly basis, thereby lending technical support to federal and provincial developmental plans and activities.
Offences and penalties will be as follows: (a) any organisation, firm, individual or group of individuals engaged in any unauthorised activity within the meanings of this Act shall render itself a accused of illegal practices and will be asked by Survey of Pakistan to immediately suspend all such activities; (b) Survey of Pakistan shall ask concerned police to register a criminal case on such activities; (c) depending upon nature of such violations, the accused shall be asked by the Survey of Pakistan or its designated official to deposit the entire received money with the department and a penalty up to fifty thousand rupees; and (d) in case Survey of Pakistan is convinced of major offence on the part of the accused then his case shall be referred to a court of law and shall be tried for the following, namely (i) any individual or group causing hindrance and obstruction to the work being done by Survey of Pakistan and a registered surveyor shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term which may extend upto one month and a fine upto Rs 50,000; (ii) any individual or group causing damage to survey mark shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term which may extend upto three months and a fine upto Rs 100,000; (iii) an individual who engages in geospatial data production, analysis and surveying and mapping activities in violation of the provisions of this Act shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term which may extend upto one year and a fine upto a million rupees; (iv) every act of damaging, destroying, removing, seizing, occupying or establishing a mark resembling a permanent survey mark of Survey of Pakistan shall be an offence under this Act, punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend upto one month and a fine upto Rs 50,000; and (v) the owners, directors or managers whosoever of any accused organisation, firm individual or group of individuals which engages in geospatial data production analysis surveying and mapping activities or any related activities in violation of the provisions of this Act, shall be liable to be imprisoned for a term which may extend up to one year and a fine upto Rs 5 million.


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- Take 1/2 cup of celery, diced.
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Textronics is an interdisciplinary science that combines the knowledge of textiles, electronics and informatics and faces new challenges in coordinating and designing novel materials, including nanotechnology-based materials . A key area of interest is related to substrate-integrated circuits for sensing applications involving different types of stimuli, including chemical vapors or temperature changes in human work environments . Recent discoveries in nanoscience and nanotechnology have opened the path for the invention and development of new materials in the field of textronics. Graphene and carbon nanotubes, allotropic forms of carbon, are especially interesting nanomaterials for textronic applications.
Graphene is composed of a two dimensional carbon layer with sp2 hybridization, combined in hexagonal units. Due to the sp2 hybridization and specific electron configuration, graphene possesses unique properties, such as high mechanical strength (200 times higher than steel), high elasticity, very good electrical and thermal conductivity, and high permeability to light, making it transparent to visible light [3–6].
These properties make graphene an extremely interesting option for applications in modern electronics, including printed electronics. One possible future application, due to its elasticity and durability, is in transparent electrodes and conductive layers, an especially vital application in the case of durable screens, touch panels and OLED screens [7,8]. Graphene is at the same time a prospective material for use as the active elements in mechanical, chemical and biochemical sensors [9,10].
The most adequate form for such applications is the graphene nanopellet (GNP), obtained by physical methods, such as mechanical fragmentation of high quality graphite . In the case of mechanical sensors, the effect of changing percolation paths between GNPs is utilized. Chemical and biochemical activity is mainly caused by graphene defects arising during mechanical fragmentation or chemical reduction of graphene oxide, resulting in active carbon bonds. For chemical and biochemical sensors, detection of target molecules is determined by a change in the observed electrical properties.
Graphene-based sensing systems can be obtained by printing techniques. Printing pastes are prepared by introducing GNPs to a formerly prepared polymer mixture  or by introducing graphite by ultrasonic disintegration in N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) . These system can also be achieved by using graphene oxide based inks and their reduction just after the printing process via chemical  or physical methods (e.g., by UV radiation) .
In the presented work, the authors have prepared printing pastes by doping multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) with graphene pellets. The electrical properties of carbon nanotubes are exploited by many research teams, for instance, in inks produced for printing on foil and paper by means of specific printing methods [15–19].
The authors have focused on the production of a dispersion paste based on commercially available graphene and carbon nanotubes. The physicochemical properties of the obtained materials were similar to those of typical printing pastes for commercial application as electronic printed elements on textile substrates . A screen printing method was chosen due to its high popularity in the production of stretchable and wearable electronics, mainly used for printing planar conductive paths on elastic substrates [20–22].
Printing pastes were based on carbon nanotubes because they are a well-known material for printing conductive paths or textronic sensors . It was assumed that graphene doping would enhance sensing properties due to the formation of defects in the graphene pellet layers.
Additionally, the authors proposed a method for the preparation of the printing pastes, obtained by adding cross-linking ingredients to the aqueous dispersion for stronger bonding of the nanoadditives with the textile substrates. The authors chose to apply cross-linking ingredients due to the lack of information concerning the toxicological effects of nanomaterials deposited on textile substrates. Aliphatic urethane acrylate Ebecryl 2002 (Allnex Belgium SA/NV, Brussels, Belgium) and a photoinitiator (Esacure DP250, Lehmann & Voss & Co., Hamburg, Germany) were used to ensure a durable connection between the paste and substrate.
2. Materials and Methods
An aqueous dispersion of carbon nanotubes, AquaCyl AQ0301 by Nanocyl (Auvelais, Belgium), was used. It contained c.a. 3.0% MWCNT of the Nanocyl® 7000 series, 90% purity, with nanotube dimensions of 9.5 nm in average diameter and 1.5 μm in average length. Aquacyl AQ0301 is characterized by a surface tension of approximately 58 mN/m, 43 P viscosity and pH = 7, measured by a surface tension analyzer Thermo DCA Radian 315 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, West Palm Beach, FL, USA), rheometer DV3T LV (Brookfield Engineering Laboratories Inc., Middleboro, MA, USA) and pH-meter Elmetron CPC 505 (Elmetron Sp.j., Zabrze, Poland), respectively. The above parameters were determined at 25 °C.
Commercially available graphene pellets were in the form of a dry powder and were purchased from the Graphene Supermarket (Graphene Laboratories Inc., Reading, MA, USA). MO-1 graphene pellets were in the form of 5–30 nm multilayer pellets. This is one is the cheapest, but at the same time highest quality, graphene powders commercially available, obtained by fragmentation of kish graphite. This product is applicable for use in chemical and biological sensors as well as for other applications.
2.2. Nanomaterial Characterization
The shape and dimensions of the nanomaterials were investigated by X-ray diffraction, allowing for the collection of average values from a large sample series. Investigation of the carbon nanotubes was conducted by means of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). SAXSess equipment equipped with a CuKα source emitting X-rays of wavelength λ = 0.154 nm under a voltage of UP = 50 kV and a current of IA = 40 mA (Anton Paar GmbH, Graz, Austria) was used. Scattering patterns over a 2θ angle range from 0° to 5° were acquired using a CCD camera.
The thickness of and d-spacing between graphene layers of the pellets were determined by wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXS). An X'PERT PRO from PANanalytical (Panalytica Sp. z o.o., Warszawa, Poland) was used, equipped with a CuKα source emitting X-rays of wavelength λ = 0.154 nm under a voltage of UP = 40 kV and a current of IA = 30 mA. Diffraction patterns covering a 2θ angle range from 0° to 60° were acquired using an X'Celerator counter.
2.3. Preparation of the Printing Pastes and the Printing Process
For the preparation of the printing pastes, graphene pellets (MO-1) were introduced at 1 and 3%wt. to an aqueous dispersion of carbon nanotubes (AquaCyl AQ0301).
The composite paste was placed in an ultrasonic tank SONIC 3 (POLSONIC Palczyński Sp.J., Warszawa, Poland) for 15 min, and then, aliphatic urethane acrylate, Ebecryl 2002, were added along with the Esacure DP250 photoinitiator, after which the system was mixed for 0.5 h using a mechanical stirrer RZR1 (Heidolph Instruments GmbH & Co. KG, Schwabach, Germany).
The resulting pastes' surface tension, viscosity and pH were characterized. The results were approximately 65 mN/m, 95 P and pH 7 (at 25 °C), respectively, measured by a surface tension analyzer (Thermo DCA Radian 315), rheometer (Brookfield DV3T LV) and pH-meter (Elmetron CPC 505). No changes in the rheological parameters were observed after adding graphene pellets to the printing paste.
Prepared pastes were applied on a cotton fabric with a twill weave, characterized by a surface mass of 206.3 g/m3 and a thickness of 0.410 mm, measured according to the standards EN 29073-1:1992 and EN 29073-2:1992. The apparent density, 503.17 kg/m3, was calculated as a ratio of the measured mass per unit area to the fabrics thickness.
The printing process was realized by means of a screen printing machine with an automatic squeegee, MS-300FRO (Printing Machine, Poznań, Poland). Sheets of A4 were printed using a screen with a 49 mesh/cm2. The obtained prints were fixed using the cross-linking process by exposing the sample to an IR emitter, type 1384 IR1 250 W Lamp (HELIOS Sp. z o.o., Katowice, Poland) for 30 min.
2.4. Surface Resistivity
The electrical properties of the printed woven fabrics were measured according to the standard EN 1149-1:2008 Protective clothing-Electrostatic properties Part 1: Surface resistivity (Test method and requirements). Sample conditioning (24 h) and measurements were performed under isothermal conditions (T = 23 °C) at a relative humidity value of 25% in a conditioning chamber. The electrical resistances of the studied samples were measured along the longitudinal direction (to determine the surface resistance) using a ring electrode (d = 6.9 cm, D = 8.9 cm), a Keithley 610 C electrometer (Keithley Instruments Inc., Cleveland, OH, USA) and a Statron stabilized power supply of unit type 4218 (Statron AG, Mägenwil, Switzerland). According to European Standards, the surface resistivity (ρs) was calculated by the Equation (1):
2.5. Sensor Properties
To test vapor sensitivity, two solvents were selected (acetone and methanol according to standard EN 14605+A1:2010), and measurements were carried out with the use of a laboratory measurement system [23,24]. The sensitivity of each printed fabric to the chosen vapors was evaluated by observing changes in the electrical resistance caused by chemical stimuli. Changes were registered by a special system including a Keithley digital multimeter and the system used for chemical vapor detection, built in The Department of Material and Commodity Sciences and Textile Metrology . The system allows for the determination of the humidity and temperature in the chamber and for the introduction of liquid vapors of a defined concentration. The amount of liquid to be vaporized in the chamber to obtain a vapor of a defined concentration is given by the following Equation (2) :
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. SAXS and WAXS Characterization of the Nanomaterials
X-ray techniques are universal and allow for fast analysis of the target sample quality, shape and dimensions. The SAXS spectrum of the carbon nanotubes is shown in Figure 1a. The change in the relative intensity of the spectrum was presented as a function of the wave number q and depends on the 2θ angle according to the following Equation (3):
The obtained SAXS spectrum has a typical shape for cylindrical objects, having a diameter less than 100 nm, similar to MWCNT . This result confirms the quality of the carbon nanotubes and their stability after dispersion. The next step was to evaluate the average diameter of MWCNT in an aqueous solution. Figure 1b contains the results of the numerical analysis from the SAXS spectrum, which used a Fourier transform and electron density measurement method with the GIFT software package. According to the results, the average diameter of the carbon nanotubes is approximately 10 nm, confirming specifications from the manufacturer (Nanocyl).
Graphene pellets were characterized by WAXS. In Figure 2, the diffraction pattern is presented. The characteristic diffraction peaks corresponding to the (002) planes of graphite suggest that the thickness of the graphene pellets used was greater than a few monolayers. The obtained X-ray pattern was used to estimate the distance between graphene layers. The d-spacing between two graphene layers was calculated according to Bragg's law (4):
The next step was to determine the thickness of the graphene layer, according to the Scherrer Equation (5):
The WAXS spectrum analysis allowed for characterization of the commercial graphene pellets. The average measured thickness is 23 nm (68 graphene layers), confirming specifications from the manufacturer (Graphene Supermarket). This is different from standard graphene, which is composed of up to 20 layers to preserve its unique properties. At the same time, the used graphene pellets are commercially available and relatively cheap, which is extremely important from the point of view of commercial applications. The d-spacing between two graphene layers in the GNP materials was estimated. The obtained value of 0.337 nm suggests that this is not a typical graphene (0.335 nm)  structure, while the enlarged distance between layers may result in structural defects that will increase the sensitivity to chemical stimuli.
3.2. Research on Electrical Resistivity and Sensor Properties
Table 1 shows the mean values of the surface electrical resistance for the printed samples with various graphene content measured at 5 different points on the sample.
The commercially available AquaCyl modified by a cross-linking compound resulted in worse electrical properties than the graphene containing printed samples. At the same time, the increase in graphene content decreases the surface electrical resistivity. It is worth noting that the decrease in surface resistivity is a nonlinear function of GNP addition. The addition of 3% graphene affects the results in the form of a three-fold decrease in resistivity, while the addition of 1% only results in a 30% reduction in resistivity. The presented results confirm that the graphene pellets act as an active modifier of the printing paste based on MWCNT.
Additionally, during the experiment, the amount of graphene was not observed to affect the homogeneity of the final product. The coefficient of variation for the surface resistivity is below 3%, and organoleptic tests indicate no significant differences between studied samples. The influence of the cross-linking compound used, such as aliphatic urethane acrylate and the photoinitiator, was also insignificant, matching results reported in previous work [24,25].
Figures 3, 4 and 5 consolidate the results of the functional investigation of the screen printed textiles. To evaluate sensor properties quantitatively, a relative change in resistance (Rrel) was used to express the relative change of the screen printed textile's surface electrical conductivity after exposure to chemical stimuli according to Equation (6):
Taking into consideration the results from Figure 3, it can be noted that even the addition of 1% graphene has a positive influence on the vapor sensing capabilities. Moreover, the concentration of vapor significantly changes the vapor sensitivity of the screen printed textiles.
Considering the above results, it can be concluded that a change in sensor properties (measured as relative resistance) is proportional to the vapor concentration. Moreover, the studied samples were significantly more sensitive to methanol than to acetone vapors, where the relative change in resistance was above 50% (15% for acetone), and for the samples with a graphene concentration of 3%, it was above 80%. The different intensities of the reaction to various solvent vapors could be correlated to the difference in the electrical dipole moments of the molecules. The dipole moment of methanol is equal to 1.61 D, lower than acetone—2.91 D. Based on the observed results, the obtained printed sensors are more sensitive to solvents with a lower electrical dipole moment, less than 3 D. Hence, it is possible to use screen printed textiles for determining the concentration of chemical vapors.
In Figures 4 and 5, the results of the cyclic sensor sensitivity to acetone and methanol vapors, respectively, are presented. After every vapor injection, lasting approximately 100 s, each sample was rinsed with nitrogen vapor to restore the electrical conductivity to the baseline state. Tests were conducted periodically for each sample, confirming that the sensor properties for chemical stimuli are preserved over time. It was observed that some relaxation time is required for the sensor after exposure to the chemical stimuli to restore its default properties; however, this time is short period, approximately 10 s. More importantly, a decrease in sensor sensitivity after the first cycle is observed. In our opinion, the observed phenomenon is a result of the adsorption of solvent molecules by the printed sensors, which causes a reduction in sensor sensitivity. This phenomenon is the hysteresis for the sensor process and provides important information for future applications and experiments. The results presented in Figure 4a are different from the presented interpretation, and the observations are difficult to interpret. The maximum sensitivity of the prepared sensor without graphene addition to acetone vapor is approximately 20%. This value is close to the critical value of the instruments' experimental sensitivity, and the resulting measurement contains errors.
The purpose of this article was to report on screen printing pastes for use on textiles substrates. The modification of printing pastes by the addition of carbon allotropes to give them interesting functional properties for specific applications was achieved. These modified pastes can be easily used for textile sensors in chemical manufacturing plants where the risk of vapor poisoning is high, as standalone sensors or as a part of protective clothing. The experimental results on sensor properties with respect to the detection of chemical stimuli proved that these fabricated sensors could be used periodically, after a particular relaxation time, differentiating them from disposable sensors. Possible future research should concentrate on creating a reliable data acquisition system, signal amplification system and analog to digital conversion system that would allow for integration with IT platforms to monitor any risks to humans in the work environment.
This work is supported by the National Centre for Research and Development under the project GRAF-TECH/NCBR/15/25/2013.
Izabella Krucińska is the author of the main concept of the development of chemically driven textile sensors based on graphene and carbon nanotubes. She prepared the master plan for conducting the research.
Ewa Skrzetuska is the main contractor of research. She prepared the paste for printing and conducted the screen printing process. She also completed the investigation of sensor properties of printed textiles after exposure to chemical stimuli.
Michał Puchalski was responsible for selection and characterization of graphene pellets using SAXS and WAXS methods. He also participated in screen printing process and in the interpretation of experimental results.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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|Ink Content||Surface Electrical Resistivity, kΩ (RH = 25%, T = 23 °C)||Coefficient of Variation, %|
|AquaCyl AQ3001 + cross-linking compound||13.0||2.9|
|AquaCyl AQ3001 + 0.5% GNPs + cross-linking compound||12.8||2.5|
|AquaCyl AQ3001 + 1% GNPs + cross-linking compound||9.1||2.2|
|AquaCyl AQ3001 + 3% GNPs + cross-linking compound||4.7||2.7|
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This recipe was given to me from a dear childhood friend. At the very beginnings of Challengeu2cook, Sue Hardman Ford jumped on board! She has always been very supportive and giving with her tried and true family recipes. This recipe is now a staple in my household and for many of the families for which I cook. It is simple and most definitely delicious. I love it because you just put everything in the bread machine and let it do all the hard work for you. My bread machine is a 90’s edition Sunbeam. Nothing fancy. My family was growing and I was in need of some time-saving assistance. “Betty the Bread Machine” as I named her, has never failed me. Every time I use her she produces beautiful homemade bread for my family/families.
For this recipe I use the 1.5 pound setting. I add the 4 TBSP. of honey instead of the 2 TBSP.
of brown sugar. This bread makes wonder Ham and Pineapple Sandwiches (I will post the
recipe soon) or Leftover Turkey Sandwiches too!
Enjoy and Happy Cooking,
Sue Hardman Ford’s Oatmeal Bread
2/3 cup water
1 cup milk
3 TBSP. butter
2 tsp. salt
4 TBSP. honey or 2 TBSP. brown sugar
1/4 cup oatmeal
4 cups flour
2 1/4 tsp. yeast (1 pkg.)
Follow the directions for your bread machine. I let my water and milk sit for 30 minutes to take the chill off. I put my liquid in machine pan. Next I add flour, salt, honey, oatmeal, butter. Last, I make a little well and I pour package of regular yeast ( I use Fleishmann’s). I set “Betty” to 1.5 pound loaf, basic bread setting, and medium crust color setting. When bread is done, (3 hours) pull pan out and let sit for 3 to 5 minutes. Turn upside down and shake bread out of pan. Make sure you pull paddle out. Let cool on rack completely before slicing.


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Our afternoon host, Maryann Curmi, is enjoying her birthday today (Friday 7/2/10)
Maryann joined Star 92.7 six years ago after serving the motherlode as an instructor of music and dance to our youth for 150 years! Many former students come to her to this day thanking her for her sacrifice. She can also be seen on the live stage from time to time at Stage 3 Theater Company.
Happy Birthday Ms. Curmi!
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A simple working concept of Displacer Level Transmitter can be illustrated in the figure below;
According to Archimedes Principle, the displacer, when submerged in liquid, will ‘lose’ its weight, and this weight loss is proportional to the level of the liquid.
Thus, a level, density, or interface level change in the measured fluid causes a change in the displacer position. This change is transferred to the torque tube assembly.
As the measured fluid changes, the torque tube assembly rotates and the indicating needle attached to the torque tube will have indication.
This rotary motion can then be extent for remote signal and indication. It is transferred to the transmitter level assembly. The rotary motion moves a magnet attached to the lever assembly, changing the magnetic field that is sensed by the Half-effect position sensor.
The sensor then converts the magnetic field signal to an electronic signal. The current drier circuit in the transmitter develops a 4~20mA signal proportional to the dc amplifier voltage output.


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Coffs' clubs to join celebrations
WITH Coffs Harbour celebrating its 150th year in 2011, Coffs Harbour Sports Advisory Council (COFFSAC) president Phil Crofts is hoping local sporting organisations become an integral part of the celebrations.
“This year marks the sesquicentenary of Coffs Harbour, and as the year unfolds, there will be a variety of events to help celebrate that milestone and we hope that sport can be a part of that ongoing celebration, so this is an invitation for your sport to become involved,” Crofts said.
“A Coffs Harbour Sesquicentenary Committee is in operation and they have asked that any major events in sport become part of the celebrations.”
The sesquicentenary committee is comprised of Malcolm McLeod, Kathy Abell, Terri Beckhouse, Dave Senior, Anne Blair, Lorraine Tibbs, Nan Cowling, Jenny Oloman, Fran Stevenson and Courtney Tune.
Crofts has been involved with many sports in the region over a long period of time and he believes a lot of sports have plenty to offer as far as this year’s celebrations are concerned.
With that in mind he’s encouraging all sporting bodies to get in contact with the sesquicentenary committee.
“At this point, if you think your sport has anything to offer, I urge you to contact Malcolm McLeod on his work phone number of 6648 4840,” he said.
“Alternately, I understand that registration of sporting events can be made through the CHCC website.”

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BMW M2 CS tuned to 592bhp by Manhart Performance
German tuner Manhart has given the BMW M2 CS a makeover, boosting performance and tweaking aesthetics
Having been crowned our overall 2020 evo Car of the Year, the BMW M2 CS is undoubtedly one of the greatest driver’s cars on sale today. Its sublime chassis and highly capable powertrain might suggest, then, its package as almost perfect, but German tuner Manhart clearly has other ideas with its modded MH2 GTR.
As with the standard CS and Competition, under the bonnet lies BMW’s 3-litre twin-turbocharged S55 straight-six, but thanks to the addition of an uprated intercooler, a carbon fibre intake, upgraded turbochargers and an ECU tune, output has been significantly lifted. Manhart quote peak figures of 592bhp and 612lb ft of torque, making it 148bhp and 206lb ft more potent than standard – in fact, this gives it more torque than the all-wheel drive, V8-powered M8 Competition.
Though Manhart hasn’t disclosed performance figures, it’s expected to yield improvements on the factory 4sec 0-62mph time (when equipped with the DCT) and 174mph top speed, should there be enough traction to put all that power onto the road.
Also contributing to mild performance gains is a new stainless steel exhaust system, with redesigned downpipes and more free-flowing 300-cell catalytic converters. Software tweaks to the ECU have also improved throttle response and finessed the power delivery, with the 7-speed dual-clutch transmission also sharpened through its own software recalibration.
Manhart is also offering new suspension components sourced from H&R, with uprated brakes available too. Sticky 255-section front and 295-section rear Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres are fitted to the new 20-inch forged wheels, an inch bigger than standard.
The MH2 GTR also comes with a number of aesthetic modifications to compliment the boost in performance. Similar in design to the M4-based MH4 GTR launched last year, it has been fitted with a handful of carbonfibre aerodynamic components including a stacked rear wing and in the example pictured, a BMW M Performance-inspired livery.
Inside you’ll find a new pair of new Recaro bucket seats, with carbonfibre applied to the steering wheel and gear selector. The centre left air vent on the dash is also now swapped for an Awron data display, providing the driver with important information about the powertrain.


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Skinned Model Documentation
This document describes how to create skinned (Character) model with proper collisions and export it to the Cry engine (for example forge bag, bow etc.)
Create geometry mesh, bones hierarchy and skin modifier as usual. Apply material as usual. Create dummy or point helper and link highest hierarchy bone to it. Collision primitives are not supported, so build proxy collision mesh using as low polycount as possible. Exporting node is not needed. See example of bow bellow.
Here you can see hierarchy:
Putting bones and collisions together
In order to make collisions work in engine, we need to attach collision meshes to the appropriate bones. Select bone, apply Edit poly modifier, choose Attach and attach collision mesh(es) to it. Then delete faces of the bone (conical mesh representing bone). Repeat until all the collision meshes are attached to proper bones.
Select complete bones hierarchy (maybe only bones with collision are enough) and duplicate it (and move somewhere next to the original hierarchy). Pick all the bones with collisions attached and change their name with suffix " phys". This is how we tell the engine we need to physicalise these bones, i.e. turn them into collisions.
We need to export model as character *.chr. For this purpose we use default CryENGINE exporter (not Warhorse exporter). In 3ds Max go to the Utilities tab, open CryENGINE3 Exporter and change export format to Character (*.chr). Pick bow mesh. By default, filename is inherited from the mesh name. Click Export Nodes to export.
Check in engine
Run editor and open Character Editor (View -> Open view Pane -> Character Editor or via button at the top toolbar). In Character Editor, choose File -> Open and open your exported *.chr file. Make sure to check Display Physics in order to show collision proxies.
In case of skinned character, bounding box is determined from the bounding box of all the bones together, not from the visual mesh! It might happend the bounding box of the bones is smaller than the bounding box of the visual mesh and in editor you can experience dissapearing of the model. To fix this, add "blank" bones to the opposite corners of the visual mesh bounding box (see small red bones bellow).

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This photo, provided by Office of the Governor of New York, shows Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the Boriken Neighborhood Health Center, in New York on Sept 7, 2022. (DON POLLARD / OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK VIA AP)
SINGAPORE / SEOUL / ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI / KUALA LUMPUR / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - Singapore on Wednesday granted interim authorization for a bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine made by Moderna, the government said in a statement.
The vaccine has been authorized for use as a booster shot in individuals aged 18 years and above who have received the primary series of COVID-19 vaccinations, the city-state's Health Sciences Authority said.
Moderna's bivalent vaccine contains mRNA designed to target two different coronavirus variants - the original variant from 2020 and the Omicron variant that was circulating widely last winter.
Brunei saw a slight increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases last week, with a daily average of about 179 cases compared to 169 cases per day in the previous week. However, the infection trend shows transmission remains low, Haji Mohd Isham, the country's health minister said.
According to the local daily Borneo Bulletin on Tuesday, the health minister said at a weekly briefing that 51,405 Antigen Rapid Test (ART) test results were uploaded to the government platform within one week, with 2.4 percent of them being positive.
Currently, no hospitalized case is held in the intensive care unit and two cases still require assisted breathing.
As of Sept 12, 78.2 percent of Brunei's population have received three doses of COVID-19 vaccines, while 10.1 percent have taken the fourth dose.
People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus walk through a market in New Delhi, India, Aug 11, 2022. (ALTAF QADRI / AP)
India recorded 5,108 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,510,057, showed the federal health ministry data released on Wednesday.
With the reporting of fresh cases, India's active caseload currently stands at 45,749.
The country also logged 31 more COVID-19 related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 528,216 since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said.
Malaysia recorded 1,942 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 4,808,896, according to the health ministry.
The newly reported infections include nine new imported cases and 1,933 local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.
Another six deaths have been reported from the pandemic, taking the death toll to 36,291.
Pakistan reported 118 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said on Wednesday.
The overall tally of infected people climbed to 1,571,413 across the country after adding the fresh cases, according to data released by the ministry.
A total of 30,603 people died of COVID-19 in Pakistan, with three more deaths over the last 24 hours, according to the ministry's statistics.
People wearing face masks cross a road in the rain near a subway station in Seoul, South Korea on July 13, 2022. (AHN YOUNG-JOON / AP)
South Korea reported 93,981 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Tuesday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 24,193,038, the health authorities said Wednesday.
The daily caseload was up from 57,309 in the previous day and higher than 85,529 tallied a week earlier, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
For the past week, the daily average number of confirmed cases was 57,310. Among the new cases, 314 were imported, lifting the total to 62,604.
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To power multiple Pis from one plug socket I use a 120w 10 port USB charger
as it puts out 5v / 2.4A on all 10 ports.
I went for this as I did not fancy hacking a psu and additionally it is silent. A couple of my ports power RPis fitted with WD PiDrives and there have been no power issues.
I use a USB powered gigabit mini switch but the most I have seen is a 5 port version.
I suppose you could use 2 of the mini switches which will give you 7 usable network ports (lose 2 ports to link the switches and 1 port to link to your network).
So 2 x switchs, 6 x pis, 2 x drives uses up all 10 usb charging ports.
Of course now you'd need to work out how to get all that hot air out of the case!!!


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Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold a snap election next month, taking advantage of his higher approval ratings and a weak opposition.
Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party is finding it difficult to cooperate with liberal opposition groups.
Meanwhile, Abe has benefited from the country’s strong economy, which has grown for six straight quarters.
Abe’s junior coalition partner Natuo Yamaguchi, the head of the Komeito party, said that the election will be held on 22 October.
What is Abe pledging to do?
The 63-year-old leader, who has been in power for five years, is expected to toughen his stance against North Korea amid heightened tensions surrounding the its nuclear program.
As part of a stimulus package worth around 2trn yen (£13.1bn), he is also likely to increase domestic spending on education and improve child care provisions.
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On Monday, Abe signalled at plans to raise taxes in order to fund his spending push:
Without funds, these policies would just be pie in the sky. On the other hand, we must proceed steadily with restoring fiscal health. Finding a balance will be important.
Abe’s ratings have increased from 30 percent in July to around 50 percent this month.
Fourty-four percent of voters plan to vote for Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), compared to 8 percent who support the main opposition Democratic Party, according to a weekend survey by the Nikkei business daily survey.
Another 8 percent would vote for a new party, the Party of Hope launched by Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike in July.
In a televised press conference on Monday, Koike, a former member of Abe’s LDP, said:
I want the Japanese people to believe that there is hope for tomorrow. Our ideal is to proceed free of special interests.
Meanwhile, a Kyodo news agency survey was less promising about an Abe victory, revealing his LDP was likely to win 27.7 percent of the vote, with 42.2 percent undecided.
Minoru Morita, an independent political analyst said:
Abe’s big gamble could yield a big surprise.
The Japanese leader has come under criticism from those who believe that he is using the election as a way to distract voters from two cronyism scandals that rattled his government earlier this year.
In July, his popularity slipped to a record low when it emerged that alleged Abe granted alleged favours to certain private school operators.
To be re-elected, Abe needs to retain his coalition’s two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament.
If he wins, he could serve until 2021, making him the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history.


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Carlo Scotto to open two-floor fine-dining restaurant Amethyst in Mayfair
Carlo Scotto, previously at Xier in Marylebone, has announced the opening of his new restaurant this May on Sackville Street, Mayfair. Spread over two floors and with just 36 covers, Amethyst will offer an intimate gastronomic experience with elegant, pared-back interiors incorporating raw materials, concrete and wood to create a neutral canvas where the food is the star.
The ground floor hosts just one table – a real amethyst (Scotto’s birthstone) and quartz bespoke centrepiece – that seats 20 diners in full view of arriving guests. The irregular shaped table has been designed to ensure that each party enjoys their own intimate space, whilst providing an interactive dining experience where they can engage with the chef.
Amethyst’s 12-course tasting menu takes diners on a gastronomic journey of meticulously prepared plates, foregrounding clever and creative flavour combinations influenced by the simplicity and elegance of Nordic and Japanese cuisine, with French and Arabic touches. Whilst the menu will change regularly based on the availability of the best seasonal British produce, diners can expect the likes of Burnt Hay Croquette, Yuba Tartelette with Caviar and Scallops, Salmon and Foie Gras, Caramel Miso Black Cod and Naganegi Dashi and Ras El Hanout Beef, Apple and Date.
On the lower ground floor, the wine cellar will showcase Amethyst’s extensive collection of fine and rare vintages, whilst offering a six-course tasting menu option in addition to the 12-courses. Tasting menus will be supervised by head chef Ludvina Hatert and matched with wines by sommelier Filippo Carnevale; and diners can choose from the classic wine pairing or the prestige selection.
Amethyst will open Tuesday to Saturday, offering six and 12-course tasting menus at £90 and £150 respectively with a three and five-course lunch menu (that’s available on both floors). For a bespoke experience, the chef’s table can be booked exclusively for private dinners of up to 20 diners, tailored to their tastes and the occasion. The wine cellar can also be booked for dinners of up to 16, or drinks and canapé parties of 30.
Scotto started cooking at a young age alongside to his grandmother, entering his first professional kitchen at the tender age of 13, when he took a job as a chef apprentice at the Michelin-starred restaurant Don Salvatore. With time spent in some of the world’s renowned kitchens, travelling became an integral element in the development of his craft, the culinary artist making Japan, France and Sweden, among other countries, his home. His passion and determination to become a leader in the industry grew into an obsession, and his path took him to some of London’s top kitchens to hone his skills, including those of Gordon Ramsay Holdings, Angela Hartnett at Murano and Galvin at La Chapelle.
Scotto commented: “It’s been a tough couple of years, but I am delighted to finally be behind the stoves again and in my own restaurant. It’s a dream to have been able to create the perfect canvas for my cooking and I can’t wait to welcome diners to Amethyst.”
The Food Desk
To book a table at Amethyst, 6 Sackville Street, Mayfair W1S 3DD, call 020 7843 1323 or visit their website here.


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Half Asian male, weak brow bone & nose bridge, Asian droopy eyes. I'd like more deep set lively eyes. Suggestions?
Doctor Answers 2
Close rhinoplasty, some advices:
Thank you very much for sharing your concerns with us.
The harmony between facial parts makes us instinctively recognize the beauty... without knowing it, without defining it, just a perception that surprises and captivates us.
In this regard, I suggest perform a Closed Rhinoplasty (without visible scars) to treat the tip, base and nasal bridge.
With this procedure you get a delicate nose, better harmonize with your other facial features.
Dr. Emmanuel Mallol Cotes.-