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Hurricane Florence made landfall in the US state of North Carolina on Friday and unleashed heavy rain, rising flood waters and severe winds in what forecasters have warned could last for days.
The shocking video shows the roof of a BP garage in Topsail Beach, North Carolina, shaking in the wind before the electricity cuts out.
The unsteady roof continues to wobble before a strong gust of wind causes the roof to completely collapse.
Officials confirmed on Friday that the storm has killed at least four people, including a mother and her infant.
The storm surge is going to be potentially life-threatening
The devastating storm surge created by Florence is also causing widespread destruction on the East Coast.
Around 188,000 people are said to be without power in North Carolina and South Carolina and some power companies have warned that the electricity outages could last for a week after the storm.
The Weather Channel said: “The storm surge is going to be potentially life-threatening for some areas along the US coastline.
“Already this morning, we’ve seen some of the weather picking up along some of the roadways.
“From Surf City to North Topsail Beach we could be talking up to six feet of storm surge, and impacts have already begun today with the storm approaching.
Hurricane Florence update: Video footage shows roof of BP garage ripped off by strong winds
“Even inland it’s not just going to be a coastal event here, along rivers in the Greenville and Simpson area we could be talking about six up to potentially nine feet of storm surge, given how that high tide comes in with that storm.”
Hurricane Florence was downgraded to a category one hurricane on Thursday evening but is still packing 90mph winds after slowing to 6mph.
Florence has caused the evacuation of some 1.5 million people with millions more likely to see some impact from the howling winds.
The centre of Hurricane Florence came ashore at 7.15am EDT (12.15pm BST) near Wrightsville Beach close to Wilmington, North Carolina with sustained winds of 90mph (150kph), the National Hurricane Center said.
The United States Geological Survey recorded flood water 10.01 feet deep in the town of New Bern in North Carolina.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper told NBC that an Hurricane Florence is an “uninvited brute” and “just won’t leave”.
There is also the possibility that the weather will take a turn from bad to worse, with a tornado warning thrown into the mix.
The NOAA’s National Hurricane Centre (NHC) has warned multiple tornadoes could form within the area of North Carolina.
An official warning from the centre reads: “A few tornadoes are possible in eastern North Carolina today.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) said people are in most risk areas if the live near rivers, streams and lowland areas in the Carolinas.
Head of Fema Brock Long said: “Inland flooding kills a lot of people, unfortunately, and that's what we're about to see.”
Florence has also caused widespread travel chaos, with more than 1,500 flights cancelled in the worst hit states.
A spokeswoman at Charleston International Airport confirmed that all flights will be cancelled until at least Friday night.
While around half of flight departures and arrivals for Friday to Raleigh-Durham International Airport have also been cancelled.
Airlines are urging passengers to check their websites for more information regarding the storm.
Florence is one of four named storms in the Atlantic at the moment.


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Scientists have expressed genes from snapdragon in tomatoes to grow purple tomatoes high in health-protecting anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are naturally occurring pigments found at particularly high levels in berries such as blackberry, cranberry and chokeberry. Scientists are investigating ways to increase the levels of health-promoting compounds in more commonly eaten fruits and vegetables.
Anthocyanins offer protection against certain cancers, cardiovascular disease and age-related degenerative diseases. There is evidence that anthocyanins also have anti-inflammatory activity, promote visual acuity and hinder obesity and diabetes.
Tomatoes already contain high levels of the antioxidant lycopene. Highly processed tomatoes are the best source, or tomatoes cooked in a little oil, which helps to release the lycopene from cells. Flavonoids meanwhile are soluble in water, and foods containing both water soluble and fat-dissolved antioxidants are considered to offer the best protection against disease.
Purple tomatoes high in anthocyanins
“Most people do not eat 5 portions of fruits and vegetables a day, but they can get more benefit from those they do eat if common fruit and veg can be developed that are higher in bioactive compounds,“ says Prof Cathie Martin from the John Innes Centre.
In this study the scientists expressed two genes from snapdragon that induce the production of anthocyanins in snapdragon flowers. The genes were turned on in tomato fruit. Anthocyanins accumulated in tomatoes at higher levels than anything previously reported for metabolic engineering in both the peel and flesh of the fruit. The fruit are an intense purple colour.
The scientists tested whether these elevated levels actually had an effect on health. In a pilot test, the lifespan of cancer-susceptible mice was significantly extended when their diet was supplemented with the purple tomatoes compared to supplementation with normal red tomatoes.
"This is one of the first examples of metabolic engineering that offers the potential to promote health through diet by reducing the impact of chronic disease," says Professor Cathie Martin.
“And certainly the first example of a GMO with a trait that really offers a potential benefit for all consumers. The next step will be to take the preclinical data forward to human studies with volunteers to see if we can promote health through dietary preventive medicine strategies.”
EU funding was through two research projects to elucidate the contribution bioactive compounds in food can make to improving health through diet: ProFood (http://profood.ipk-gatersleben.de/), focused on improved antioxidant content for food applications and FLORA (http://www.flora-flavonoids.eu/cms/), focused on the effects of flavonoids and related phenolics on cardiovascular disease, stroke and cancer.
Article: ‘Enrichment of tomato fruit with health-promoting anthocyanins by expression of select transcription factors’, Nature Biotechnology doi: 10.1038/nbt.1506
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Fascinating Cross-Section of the Earth
"Systema Ideale Quo Exprimitur, Aquarum per Canales Hydragogos Subterraneos ex Mari et in Montium Hydrophylacia Protrusio, Aquarumq. Subterrestrium per Pyragogos Canales Concoctus", Kircher, Athanasius
Subject: Cartographic Miscellany, Earth
Period: 1682 (circa)
Publication: D'Onder-Aardse Weereld
Color: Hand Color
16.3 x 13.1 inches
41.4 x 33.3 cm
The Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher was one of the first compilers of semi-scientific knowledge about the physical features of the world. This unusual copper engraving shows a cross-section of the earth's interior with its magma core and underground water sources. The surface of the earth is shown with mountain ranges, erupting volcanoes, and ships sailing in the oceans. Clouds and four wind-heads surround the sphere. A decorative title cartouche held aloft by putti completes the fanciful composition. This is from a Dutch edition of Kircher's masterpiece, an immense and amazing work covering all aspects of anything that dwelled or occurred within the earth's interior - from dragons, to fossils, to mountain springs, earthquakes, and volcanoes.
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Man in jail for 19 years,15 more to go
KUWAIT CITY, April 11: A call has been issued by cleric Khaled Rifai Al-Fahimah to the ‘sons of Kuwait in general and the Al-Awazem tribe in particular, to raise KD 10 million blood money to the family of media woman Hedayat Al-Sultan who was killed by Khaled Naaqa Al-Azmi in 2000 and has been sentenced to life in prison, reports Al- Rai daily.
It has been reported the convict has already spent 19 years in prison and if the money is paid to the family of the victim he can be set free, if not he has to spend another 15 years behind bars.
The KD 10 million is to be paid in exchange for an attempt to persuade the heirs of the victim to waive period of his life in prison. It is known that Naaqa can be released if he receives a waiver from the heirs of the late woman. He explained that “communication is underway with the charity committees to facilitate the collection of blood money, according to the controls of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor in this regard, hoping to collect the money after taking the official approval in the month of Ramadan”.


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Chantry House by Charlotte M. Yonge
Chapter XIII--A Scrape
'Though bound with weakness' heavy chain We in the dust of earth remain; Not all remorseful be our tears, No agony of shame or fears, Need pierce its passion's bitter tide.' Verses and Sonnets.
Perhaps it was of set purpose that our dinner. party had been given before Clarence's return. Griffith had been expected in time for it, but he had preferred going by way of London to attend a ball given by the daughter of a barrister friend of my father's. Selina Clarkson was a fine showy girl, with the sort of beauty to inspire boyish admiration, and Griff's had been a standing family joke, even my father condescending to tease him when the young lady married Sir Henry Peacock, a fat vulgar old man who had made his fortune in the commissariat, and purchased a baronetcy. He was allowing his young wife her full swing of fashion and enjoyment. My mother did not think it a desirable acquaintance, and was restless until both the brothers came home together, long after dark on Christmas Eve, having been met by the gig at the corner where the coach stopped. The dinner-hour had been put off till half-past six, and we had to wait for them, the coach having been delayed by setting down Christmas guests and Christmas fare. They were a contrast; Griffith looking very handsome and manly, all in a ruddy glow from the frosty air, and Clarence, though equally tall, well-made, and with more refined features, looked pale and effaced, now that his sailor tan was worn off. The one talked as eagerly as he ate, the other was shy, spiritless, and with little appetite; but as he always shrank into himself among strangers, it was the less wonder that he sat in his drooping way behind my sofa, while Griffith kept us all merry with his account of the humours of the 'Peacock at home;' the lumbering efforts of old Sir Henry to be as young and gay as his wife, in spite of gout and portliness; and the extreme delight of his lady in her new splendours--a gold spotted muslin and white plumes in a diamond agraffe. He mimicked Sir Henry's cockneyisms more than my father's chivalry approved towards his recent host, as he described the complaints he had heard against 'my Lady being refused the hentry at Halmack's, but treated like the wery canal;' and how the devoted husband 'wowed he would get up a still more hexclusive circle, and shut hout these himpertinent fashionables who regarded Halmack's as the seventh 'eaven.'
My mother shook her head at his audacious fun about Paradise and the Peri, but he was so brilliant and good-humoured that no one was ever long displeased with him. At night he followed when Clarence helped me to my room, and carefully shutting the door, Griff began. 'Now, Teddy, you're always as rich as a Jew, and I told Bill you'd help him to set it straight. I'd do it myself, but that I'm cleaned out. I'd give ten times the cash rather than see him with that hang-dog look again for just nothing at all, if he would only believe so and be rational.'
Clarence did look indescribably miserable while it was explained that he had been commissioned to receive about 20 pounds which was owing to my father, and to discharge therewith some small debts to London tradesmen. All except the last, for a little more than four pounds, had been paid, when Clarence met in the street an old messmate, a good-natured rattle-pated youth,--one of those who had thought him harshly treated. There was a cordial greeting, and an invitation to dine at once at a hotel, where they were joined by some other young men, and by and by betook themselves to cards, when my poor brother's besetting enemy prevented him from withdrawing when he found the points were guineas. Thus he lost the remaining amount in his charge, and so much of his own that barely enough was left for his journey. His salary was not due till Lady Day; Mr. Castleford was in the country, and no advances could be asked from Mr. Frith. Thus Griff had found him in utter despair, and had ever since been trying to cheer him and make light of his trouble. If I advanced the amount, which was no serious matter to me, Clarence could easily get Peter to pay the bill, and if my father should demand the receipt too soon, it would be easy to put him off by saying there had been a delay in getting the account sent in.
'I couldn't do that,' said Clarence.
'Well, I should not have thought you would have stuck at that,' returned Griff.
'There must be no untruth,' I broke in; 'but if without that, he can avoid getting into a scrape with papa--'
Clarence interrupted in the wavering voice we knew so well, but growing clearer and stronger.
'Thank you, Edward, but--but--no, I can't. There's the Sacrament to-morrow.'
'Oh--h!' said Griff, in an indescribable tone. But he will never believe you, nor let you go.'
'Better so,' said Clarence, half choked, 'than go profanely-- deceiving--or not knowing whether I shall--'
Just then we heard our father wishing the other gentlemen good- night, and to our surprise Clarence opened the door, though he was deadly white and with dew starting on his forehead.
My father turned good-naturedly. 'Boys, boys, you are glad to be together, but mamma won't have you talking here all night, keeping her baby up.'
'Sir,' said Clarence, holding by the rail of the bed, 'I was waiting for you. I have something to tell you--'
The words that followed were incoherent and wrong end foremost; nor had many, indeed, been uttered before my father cut them short with -
'No false excuses, sir; I know you too well to listen. Go. I have ceased to hope for anything better.'
Clarence went without a word, but Griff and I burst out with entreaties to be listened to. Our father thought at first that ours were only the pleadings of partiality, and endeavours to shield the brother we both so heartily loved; but when he understood the circumstances, the real amount of the transgression, and Clarence's rejection of our united advice and assistance to conceal it, he was greatly touched and softened. 'Poor lad! poor fellow!' he muttered, 'he is really doing his best. I need not have cut him so short. I was afraid of more falsehoods if I let him open his mouth. I'll go and see.'
He went off, and we remained in suspense, Griff observing that he had done his best, but poor Bill always would be a fool, and that no one who had not always lived at home like me would have let out that we had been for the suppression policy. As I was rather shocked, he went off to bed, saying he should look in to see what remained of Clarence after the pelting of the pitiless storm he was sure to bring on himself by his ridiculous faltering instead of speaking out like a man.
I longed to have been able to do the same, but my father kindly came back to relieve my mind by telling me that he was better satisfied about Clarence than ever he had been before. When encouraged to speak out, the narrative of the temptation had so entirely agreed with what we had said as to show there had been no prevarication, and this had done more to convince my father that he was on the right track than the having found him on his knees. He had had a patient hearing, and thus was able to command his nerves enough to explain himself, and it had ended in my father giving entire forgiveness for what, as Griff truly said, would have been a mere trifle but for the past. The voluntary confession had much impressed my father, and he could not help adding a word of gentle reproof to me for having joined in aiding him to withhold it, but he accepted my explanation and went away, observing, 'By the by, I don't wonder at what Griffith says of that room; I never heard such strange effects of currents of air.'
Clarence was in my room before I was drest, full of our father's 'wonderful goodness' to him. He had never experienced anything like it, he said. 'Why! he really seemed hopeful about me,' were words uttered with a gladness enough to go to one's heart. 'O Edward, I feel as if there was some chance of "steadfastly purposing" this time.'
It was not the way of the family to say much of religious feeling, and this was much for Clarence to utter. He looked white and tired, but there was an air of rest and peace about him, above all when my mother met him with a very real kiss. Moreover, Mr. Castleford had taken care to brighten our Christmas with a letter expressive of great satisfaction with Clarence for steadiness and intelligence. Even Mr. Frith allowed that he was the most punctual of all those young dogs.
'I do believe,' said my father, 'that his piety is doing him some good after all.'
So our mutual wishes of a happy Christmas were verified, though not much according to the notions of this half of the century. People made their Christmas day either mere merriment, or something little different from the grave Sunday of that date. And ours, except for the Admiral's dining with us, had always been of the latter description, all the more that when celebrations of the Holy Communion were so rare they were treated with an awe and reverence which frequency has perhaps diminished, and a feeling (possibly Puritanical) prevailed which made it appear incongruous to end with festivity a day so begun. That we had a Christmas Day Communion at all at Earlscombe was an innovation only achieved by Mr. Henderson going to assist the old Rector at Wattlesea; and there were no communicants except from our house, besides Chapman, his daughter- in-law, and five old creatures between whom the alms were immediately divided. We afterwards learnt that our best farmer and his wife were much disappointed at the change from Sunday interfering with the family jollification; and Mrs. Sophia Selby was annoyed at the contradiction to her habits under the rule of her poor dear uncle.
Of the irregularities, irreverences, and squalor of the whole I will not speak. They were not then such stumbling-blocks as they would be now, and many passed unperceived by us, buried as we were in our big pew, with our eyes riveted on our books; yet even thus there was enough evident to make my mother rejoice that Mr. Henderson would be with us before Easter. Still this could not mar the thankful gladness that was with us all that day, and which shone in Clarence's eyes. His countenance always had a remarkable expression in church, as if somehow his spirit went farther than ours did, and things unseen were more real to him.
Hillside, as usual, had two services, and my father and his friend were going to walk thither in the afternoon, but it was a raw cold day, threatening snow, and Emily was caught by my mother in the hail and ordered back, as well as Clarence, who had shown symptoms of having caught cold on his dismal journey. Emily coaxed from her permission to have a fire in the bookroom, and there we three had a memorably happy time. We read our psalms and lessons, and our Christian Year, which was more and more the lodestar of our feelings. We compared our favourite passages, and discussed the obscurer ones, and Clarence was led to talk out more of his heart than he had ever shown to us before. Perhaps he had lost some of his reserve through his intercourse with our good old governess, Miss Newton, who was still grinding away at her daily mill, though with somewhat failing eyesight, so that she could do nothing but knit in the long evenings, and was most grateful to her former pupil for coming, as often as he could, to talk or read to her.
She was a most excellent and devout woman, and when Emily, who in youthful gaiete de coeur had got a little tired of her, exclaimed at his taste, and asked if she made him read nothing but Pike's Early Piety, he replied gravely, 'She showed me where to lay my burthen down,' and turned to the two last verses of the poem for 'Good Friday' in the Christian Year, as well as to the one we had just read on the Holy Communion.
My father's kindness had seemed to him the pledge of the Heavenly Father's forgiveness; and he added, perhaps a little childishly, that it had been his impulse to promise never to touch a card again, but that he dreaded the only too familiar reply, 'What availed his promises?'
'Do promise, Clarry!' cried Emily, 'and then you won't have to play with that tiresome old Mrs. Sophia.'
'That would rather deter me,' said Clarence good-humouredly.
'A card-playing old age is despicable,' pronounced Miss Emily, much to our amusement.
After that we got into a bewilderment. We knew nothing of the future question of temperance versus total abstinence; but after it had been extracted that Miss Newton regarded cards as the devil's books, the inconsistent little sister changed sides, and declared it narrow and evangelical to renounce what was innocent. Clarence argued that what might be harmless for others might be dangerous for such as himself, and that his real difficulty in making even a mental vow was that, if broken, there was an additional sin.
'It is not oneself that one trusts,' I said.
'No,' said Clarence emphatically; 'and setting up a vow seems as if it might be sticking up the reed of one's own word, and leaning on that--when it breaks, at least mine does. If I could always get the grasp of Him that I felt to-day, there would be no more bewildered heart and failing spirit, which are worse than the actual falls they cause.' And as Emily said she did not understand, he replied in words I wrote down and thought over, 'What we are is the point, more than even what we do. We do as we are; and yet we form ourselves by what we do.'
'And,' I put in, 'I know somebody who won a victory last night over himself and his two brothers. Surely doing that is a sign that he is more than he used to be.'
'If he were, it would not have been an effort at all,' said Clarence, but with his rare sweet smile.
Just then Griff called him away, and Emily sat pondering and impressed. 'It did seem so odd,' she said, 'that Clarry should be so much the best, and yet so much the worst of us.'
I agreed. His insight into spiritual things, and his enjoyment of them, always humiliated us both, yet he fell so much lower in practice,--'But then we had not his temptations.'
'Yes,' said Emily; 'but look at Griff! He goes about like other young men, and keeps all right, and yet he doesn't care about religious things a bit more than he can help.'
It was quite true. Religion was life to the one and an insurance to the other, and this had been a mystery to us all our young lives, as far as we had ever reflected on the contrast between the practical failure and success of each. Our mother, on the other hand, viewed Clarence's tendencies as part of an unreal, self-deceptive nature, and regretted his intimacy with Miss Newton, who, she said, had fostered 'that kind of thing' in his childhood--made him fancy talk, feeling, and preaching were more than truth and honour--and might lead him to run after Irving, Rowland Hill, or Baptist Noel, about whose tenets she was rather confused. It would be an additional misfortune if he became a fanatical Evangelical light, and he was just the character to be worked upon.
My father held that she might be thankful for any good influence or safe resort for a young man in lodgings in London, and he merely bade Clarence never resort to any variety of dissenting preacher. We were of the school called--a little later--high and dry, but were strictly orthodox according to our lights, and held it a prime duty to attend our parish church, whatever it might be; nor, indeed, had Clarence swerved from these traditions.
Poor Mrs. Sophia was baulked of the game at whist, which she viewed as a legitimate part of the Christmas pleasures; and after we had eaten our turkey, we found the evening long, except that Martyn escaped to snapdragon with the servants; and, by and by, Chapman, magnificent in patronage, ushered in the church singers into the hall, and clarionet, bassoon, and fiddle astonished our ears.


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- How long do you brine chicken?
- How long should you brine turkey?
- What does brine mean?
- Can you brine at room temperature?
- How much salt and sugar do you put in a brine?
- Do I Rinse pork chops after brining?
- Can you brine pork for 2 days?
- What is the formula for brine?
- Do you rinse off brine before cooking?
- Why do you put sugar in a brine?
- Does brining chicken make it salty?
- Can you brine too long?
- Can you brine chicken too long?
- Do you have to rinse chicken after brining?
- What to do after brining?
How long do you brine chicken?
To use, place chicken in the brine, cover, and refrigerate two hours for skinless breasts, 4 hours for bone-in pieces, and 4 hours to overnight for whole chickens.
Drain and pat the chicken dry before cooking..
How long should you brine turkey?
Pop the turkey into the fridge and let it brine for at least 8 hours (and up to 18 hours). Just don’t leave the turkey in the brine for longer than recommended—over-brining can render the bird too salty and turn the texture spongy.
What does brine mean?
salt and waterWHAT IS BRINING? It’s simply soaking food in a salt water solution. Sometimes for extra flavor, you might add other ingredients, like sugar, herbs, or spices. But all you really need for a brine is salt and water.
Can you brine at room temperature?
Then place the turkey in the brine and place in the refrigerator. Don’t leave the turkey sitting out at room temperature while brining. … The amount of time will depend on the type of brine you use; however, do not brine any longer than two days and always keep the turkey and brine refrigerated (at 40°F or less).
How much salt and sugar do you put in a brine?
As a general starting point, take one gallon of water and add 3/4 cup (preferable – but you can use up to a cup) of salt (Kosher is best), 1/2 cup of sugar and then the rest is up to you. Sliced onions are nice, a few cloves of crushed garlic add a nice flavor and then there’s the spices and herbs.
Do I Rinse pork chops after brining?
To give pork a sweet edge and encourage browning, add 1/2 cup sugar to each 2 quarts of water. Rinse pork twice after removing it from the brine solution; discard brine. If you are not ready to cook at the end of the brining time, remove and rinse the meat. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Can you brine pork for 2 days?
When it comes to the amount of time you want to brine something, it is more important to not brine too long than not long enough. While some cuts of pork can handle days in a brine, even a relatively small amount of time can be helpful.
What is the formula for brine?
Brine | ClH2NaO – PubChem.
Do you rinse off brine before cooking?
Rinse off the brine and pat it as dry as possible before cooking. Remember that wet skin prior to roasting will make for a soggy—rather than crispy and golden-brown—bird, so don’t let your hard work be upstaged by a lackluster finish.
Why do you put sugar in a brine?
In most cases, we add sugar to the brine. Sugar has little if any effect on the texture of the meat, but it does add flavor and promotes better browning of the skin. We usually list both kosher and regular table salt in recipes that call for brining.
Does brining chicken make it salty?
Is the finished product going to be saltier because you brined? Nope. Brine’s saline content has nothing to do with how salty the finished product will be, it’s way more scientific than that. Salinity, depending on its strength, partially dissolves meat’s muscle fiber (that which makes it tough), making it tender.
Can you brine too long?
It is possible to over brine meat. If you leave it in too long it will get too salty. If you use a more dilute brine it won’t get as salty but you will wash out more of the natural flavor into the water as well.
Can you brine chicken too long?
Dry brines can be as short as a few hours, but ideally at least 12 hours and up to 3 days. The longer you brine, the stronger the seasoning, the more robust the flavor, and more tender and juicy the meat will become. … For chicken breasts, brine up to 4 to 6 hours max. Any longer and it will become too salty.
Do you have to rinse chicken after brining?
Do you rinse meat after brining? If you followed the general brine recipe—1/4 cup kosher salt per quart of water—and you didn’t brine the meat for too long, there’s no reason to rinse after brining. Just pat the meat dry after removing it from the brine.
What to do after brining?
A: After brining, let your turkey dry for up to 24 hours in the fridge (optional, but produces crispy skin). Rub canola oil on the outside of the bird after refrigerating and cook however you prefer. For the last 30 minutes of cooking, turn the oven up to 375F.

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A group of victims with claims in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee bankruptcy on Tuesday criticized its latest reorganization plan as inadequate, saying it does not do enough to ensure the protection of children or hold the archdiocese accountable for its past actions
By Catherine Deveney, Sunday 23 August 2015 03.00 EDT, The Guardian
They process slowly to the altar, Scotland’s Catholic bishops, their elaborate robes and red zucchettos symbols of their power and status. Around them, the light, honey-coloured stone arches of St Andrew’s cathedral in Glasgow soar, Italian-style embellishment spiralling up the slender columns in Madonna-blue paint and gold leaf.
How five unmarried mothers were buried in an unmarked mass grave alongside 796 babies who went missing at Irish nuns' Mother and Baby home of horrors
By Alison O'Reilly, the Irish Mail, August 24, 2015
The mothers were inmates at institution run by Bon Secours nuns, Galway
Historian Catherine Corless says babies were buried in grave behind home
Probe reveals 9 mothers died in home but burial records exist for only four
The Sisters of Bon Secours say it would now be inappropriate to comment
An arrest warrant has been issued for Father Ysrael Bien, a Sherwood priest who waited nearly a month to report a hidden camera found in a church bathroom to the police.
A break in the case came last week when a customer query led the owners of a Texas company called SpyGuy to Google the original story about the scandal. They determined that someone named Ysrael Bien had purchased a spy camera disguised as an electrical plug, and they called Sherwood police.
Mark Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 19, 2015, NJ.com
In an extraordinary admission of wrongdoing, a priest sought by authorities in New Jersey has acknowledged engaging in a sexual encounter with a 15-year-old boy, but he deflected blame for the incident by saying the teen "wanted" it and had "evil in his mind."
Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Dallas Observer
In February, a missionary agency made a startling report about one of its members. "... Mr. [Jordan] Root admitted that he has been sexually attracted to prepubescent female children for many years and that during his service with SIM [Serving in Mission] he has been viewing nude photographs of children via the Internet in order to gratify this desire," says a leaked, confidential report by Serving in Mission International, the missionary agency that Root and his then-wife had volunteered through.
Marlee Ginter, Published: August 17, 2015, 12:07 am Updated: August 17, 2015, 11:12 am
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The most traumatic moment of Bill McAlary’s life happened in 1958. Nearly 60 years later, he’s still visibly shaken just talking about it.
McAlary says a Catholic priest molested him when he was a 12-year-old altar boy in Ionia.
“I woke up. He was molesting me sexually, on his knees next to my bed,” McAlary recalled. “That’s how I woke up.”
By Joe Little on Sunday 16 August 2015 17.47, RTE News, RTE.ie
The Cardinal Archbishop of New York, Timothy Dolan, has accused opponents of quoting out of context his 2007 statement to the Vatican that he was strengthening a diocese’s protection against litigation by sex abuse victims by putting most of its assets into a Cemetery Trust Fund.
By Erik Zygmont, [email protected], August 13, 2015
TOWSON – Two graduates of Calvert Hall College High School held a press conference Aug. 13 at the Baltimore County Courts Building to release documents pertaining to an allegation of abuse against Monsignor Joseph A. Davies, a priest of the Archdiocese of Baltimore who died in 1992.
By Rick Mills, The Morning Sun, Posted: 08/11/15, 4:19 PM EDT
A Mt. Pleasant priest suspended last month for improper behavior is not returning to the pulpit and has been replaced.
The Rev. Denis Heames, priest at St. Mary’s University Parish in Mt. Pleasant, was put on administrative leave for inappropriate behavior related to his ministry in early July.

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J'Covan Brown scored 23 points and keyed a second-half run that erased a 15-point deficit and led Texas (No. 11 ESPN/USA Today, No. 10 AP) past No. 2 Kansas 74-63 on Saturday, snapping the Jayhawks' 69-game home winning streak.
J'Covan Brown scored 12 points, replacing guard Varez Ward who was injured in pregame warmups, and helped third-ranked Texas beat Pittsburgh 78-62 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the CBE Classic.
Just four weeks after reappearing in the coaches' poll, the Vols (18-3) made their Top 10 debut. Currently riding a seven-game winning streak, Tennessee got wins at both Kentucky and Georgia last week to jump four spots to No. 10.


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Germany’s growth rate is cracking with a new estimate cutting the projected 2019 rate by 44 percent from 1.8 percent to a mere 1 percent.
Peter Altmaier, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy, is blaming BREXIT and global trade, specifically the row with the US. In fact, Germany’s growth rate has been on a steady decline since 2017, while its inflation rate has been rising from a low of 0.39 percent in 2016 to a projected 1.78 percent in 2019.
With low fertility rates, a short supply of labor, and a welfare system stretched to max point propping up a 65 percent unemployment rate for refugees, Germany has failed to mediate the problem and instead blamed false factors in an attempt to conceal and censor the facts.
It becomes apparent that the failed Iran Nuclear Deal is now even more vital than ever to prop up an economy that is close to slithering into a recession.
As such, Germany, together with France and the UK, has created a backdoor, a means of evading the US sanctions on business dealings with Iran. The gamble is comprised of a clearing house system wherein money flows through a third party instrument labeled INSTEX. Testing the efficacy of this channel through trade of nonsanctionable goods, Germany is waiting to see how Trump and his administration will react and whether fines and additional trade wars will erupt further.
Instead of negotiating with the US, Merkel is now putting Germany in the crossroads wherein weakened alliances could create a plummeting downward economic spiral that would not only take out Germany but the EU as a globalist power.


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U.S.: Hizbullah Could Attack in Europe, Elsewhere at Any Timeإقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The United States fears Hizbullah may be planning imminent attacks in Europe and around the world, a senior security official in Washington said Friday.
"Our assessment is that Hizbullah and Iran will both continue to maintain a heightened level of terrorist activity and operations in the near future," said Daniel Benjamin, the U.S. State Department's counter-terrorism coordinator.
"We are increasingly concerned about Hizbullah's activities on a number of fronts, including its stepped up terrorist campaign around the world," he said.
"And we assess that Hizbullah could attack in Europe or elsewhere at any time with little or no warning," he warned, in a conference call with reporters to announce new U.S. sanctions against Hizbullah, Iran and Syria.
Iran- and Syria-backed Hizbullah has been accused both of carrying out recent bomb attacks on Israeli targets in Europe and Asia and of backing Syrian President Bashar Assad's bloody crackdown on an armed revolt.
Benjamin warned Hizbullah might step up violent action as international economic sanctions turn the screw on its backers in Iran and Western-backed Syrian rebels threaten to overthrow its sponsor in Damascus.
"Hizbullah maintains a presence in Europe and its recent activities demonstrate that it is not constrained by concerns about collateral damage or political fallout that could result from conducting operations there," he said.
"Hizbullah believes there have been sustained Israeli and western campaigns against the group and its primary backers Iran and Syria over the past several years and this perception is unlikely to change," he continued.
"Both remain determined to exact revenge against Israel and to respond forcefully to the Western-led pressure against Iran and Syria," he said.
"This suggests more acts of terrorism by both Hizbullah and Iran are likely and they will continue to pose a serious threat for the foreseeable future.
"We have not detected any operational activity of the group in the United States," he added. "We do not have any information on any operational targeting or anything like that in the U.S.
"But, that said, it's a very ambitious group with global reach," Benjamin went on to say.
On July 18, a bomb attack at Burgas airport in Bulgaria killed five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian driver and injured around 30 people. Israel blamed Iran and Hizbullah, but Tehran denied any involvement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack "was perpetrated by Hizbullah, Iran's leading terrorist proxy".
The bombing was part of "a global campaign of terror carried out by Iran and Hizbullah" which had reached "a dozen countries on five continents", he said.
Iran's U.N. envoy accused Israel of staging the attack.
The envoy Mohammad Khazaee said Israel staged the attack as part of a campaign of "state terrorism operations and assassinations aimed at implicating others for narrow political gains."
The envoy said there were "many examples" of Israel killing "innocent Jewish people" and renewed accusations that Israel has been behind recent killings of Iranian nuclear scientists.


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Remember back with me the days when we were little children. That was before parents knew that it was wrong to beat their kids.
Remember the famous lines — “I beat you because I love you,” “this hurts me more than it is going to hurt you,” “put your hands down” — and then comes the stinging slap across the face. Those of us, children from “good” families, knew the ground rules. Never raise your hand to defend yourself against an adult. Never try to hit back. Don’t even run. Just work at “taking your licks” with no expression, but without any visible sullenness.
By a certain age this became possible, for some of us. Others continued the strategy of crying, knowing that adults took this as a sign of surrender, and ceased all hostilities.
But the children in the slums were our heroes, because they had complete disdain for these rules. They told us of the knife they sharpened and kept under the pillow, for when the father came home drunk and ready to beat. Just hearing about the hidden weapon made us, too, wonder about the “rules”.
“They won’t amount to anything,” said our parents. We, on the other hand, were destined for college education in the US and Britain. So we learned to play along, and follow the rules, knowing that we had been “bought off”.
Take your licks
I am told that this story is also familiar to women who are victims of wife beating. “He beats me because he loves me.” Being “punished” for something “wrong” they have done — which they now, also, have learned to see as legitimate provocation for violence. Never raising a hand to strike back at a man, but “taking their licks” with dignity. And being bought off in the end with things, like jewellery, or silk sarees.
What is it that these adults, these husbands want of the children and wives they rule over'
The word genocide is bandied about a lot these days. Modi’s Gujarat. Bush and Blair in Iraq. But if the metaphor of child-beating and wife-beating is correct, Gujarat and Iraq are not cases of genocide. They are the equivalent of drunken sprees of domestic violence. Or the ice-cold control of the psychopath husband acting out a “hunting scene”, with his terrified wife as the prey.
What these parents and husbands want is not for their children and wives to die and vanish. That would leave them without any outlet for frustration. What they want, these days, is simply submissiveness, their victims’ acceptance of a lowly niche in a shock-and-awe hierarchy with big men at the top. The Muslims of Gujarat (and of India), the people of Iraq are being set up as “wives” who must “learn their place”, and accept the occasional beating that reinforces the hierarchy.
Hierarchy, of course, presupposes inequality. You do not argue back with the boss and have the issue resolved fairly then and there. Instead, the boss is empowered to overwhelm you, and you have no option but to accept, and the frustration travels downward. Subordinates, wives and children will now be the innocent recipients of a violence that has its roots elsewhere. “Kick the cat”.
Violence, like capital, is to be extricated from its original context and reinvested elsewhere, where it is “safe”.
So where do we go from here'
Since our present road has reached a dead end, we go backwards, to a time when the spirit of the age was equality.
We begin by questioning the rules that separate rulers from the people they rule over. We refuse to believe in man-made hierarchies. We insist on “answering back”, and trying to settle disputes on the spot. We absorb the primary impact, and do not transfer violence downward toward the innocent. We open our minds, once again, to the possibility of another way. To a time when instead of countless wealth there was boundless safety.
And then stand up and be counted among those who reject the present power structure that has taken over our planet.
Another world is possible.


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he researchers predicted changes in overall Medicaid spending for antipsychotics between 2011 and 2019. In 2011, Medicaid spent more than $3.6 billion on second-generation antipsychotics. Five branded medications—aripiprazole, quetiapine, olanzapine, ziprasidone, and paliperidone—accounted for $3.3 billion or 90 percent of this spending. Medicaid is the major payer for antipsychotic medications in the U.S., accounting for between 70 percent and 80 percent of all antipsychotic prescriptions.


2012 Football: South Rowan preview
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, August 14, 2012
By Ronnie Gallagher
LANDIS — No sooner was the 1-9 season over in 2011 than the South Rowan football team began preparing for 2012.
“The commitment in the offseason said, ‘We’re not going to let this happen again,’ ” head coach Jason Rollins said.
It was a good sign that former successful Raiders were stopping by this summer to give encouragement. Everyone feels this is the year South returns to its winning ways.
A senior class that has seen plenty of action on the varsity joins a good junior class and a few sophomores who play beyond their years. They can’t wait to hit the field against Central Cabarrus on Friday.
“These players will fight through adversity,” Rollins said. “That first game is important. It sets the standard for momentum and this group can build momentum week to week.”
The first order of business is keeping quarterback Nathan Lambert healthy. The sacks mounted last year but he still threw for 1,792 yards and 14 scores.
When the team lost star running back Ricky Sherrill (now at A.L. Brown), Lambert had to shift focus. The running game was hurting.
“Nathan stepped up and did a lot,” Rollins said. “We stayed in games three of the four quarters.”
This year, he wants a four-quarter effort.
“We have solid running backs who will help,” Rollins said.
That starts with junior Antonio Hester, a 6-foot, 205-pounder who transferred in from A.L. Brown.
“He’s a hard-nosed runner who can get you those solid three, four yards,” Rollins said, adding Michael Childers was on jayvee last season. “I see both of those guys getting positive yards.”
Lucas Kincaid and Bryson Deaton will also see time.
Rollins plans to use Johnathan Lambert, Nathan’s brother, at center. Guards will be Andrew Mauldin (5-11, 230) and Ubaldo Villegas (6-2, 240). Tackles will be Clint Meece (6-0, 255) and Brock Miller (6-2, 200). Matthew Kendall (6-0, 215) can provide depth.
“Protection is a whole lot better,” Rollins said.
Meece is the leader of the offensive line.
“His work ethic shows in leadership to the other linemen,” Rollins said. “All summer long, he was one of those consistent people coming to work.
“Mauldin loves the game. He does everything we ask.”
Villegas has only played two years of football, “which means he came in without any bad habits,” Rollins smiled. “He could become one of those best-kept secrets.”
Rollins said Miller, a junior, has that “farmer’s mentality” He never gets tired.
This group should give Lambert enough time to get the ball to his receivers, who include versatile 5-10, 180-pound Drew Glenn. He is also a defensive back and backup quarterback.
“He’s really an awesome DB,” Rollins said. “We didn’t see him as a receiver, but as he gets older, we see the transformation. Drew’s going to be really good.”
Junior Tvadis Wesley, who came over from Salisbury, is another threat no one has heard about — yet.
“He can catch balls other people can’t,” Rollins said. “We’re excited to have him.”
Dominique Garlin, who had some memorable moments last year, Tyler Fuller, Blake Sechler, Deaton and Christian Voyles will also catch passes.
And then, there’s senior tight end Josh Medlin, South’s leading receiver last season (35, 688 yards). Vance Parker is also a tight end.
The 6-2, 195-pound Medlin clicks with Lambert.
“He is one of Nathan’s good friends,” Rollins noted. “They have always worked well together. The relationship between quarterback and receiver is what makes this group unique. They want success and they’ve worked for it.”
When South needs points from the kicker, Rollins can turn to seniors Abel Betancourt and Anthony Broadway.
On a 4-2-5 defense, the line should be a strength, led by 6-1, 200-pound beast Devin Mason, a defensive end. The senior should break out of the shadow of big brother Cadarreus, now a starter at UNC Pembroke.
“He has created his own destiny,” Rollins said. “I can’t say enough about him.”
Mason is the smallest of a line full of beef. Weston Faulkner (6-1, 305), Greg Keller (6-2, 240) and Jacob Stubbs (6-0, 205) join him.
Keller is a good story. He missed all of last season due to a knee injury in a preseason scrimmage.
“Some kids either say, ‘It wasn’t for me,’ and others push,” Rollins said. “He jumped on board and was in the weight room all summer long. He’s very consistent.”
Faulkner is the immovable object.
“I’m not sure many people are going to be able to move Faulkner,” Rollins chuckled. “He can keep people off the linebackers and we haven’t had that in several years. You’ll be surprised how quick his hands and feet are for such a big boy.”
Junior Dakota Smith (5-11, 220), B.J. Morrison (6-0, 260), and senior Zach Stirewalt (5-8, 195) will also see action.
Some coaches might fret about having two sophomores at inside linebacker but Rollins can’t wait to showcase Burke Fulcher (5-11, 195) and Christian Neal (5-11, 200).
“You watch them play and you’ll know they don’t play like sophomores,” Rollins said. “Both are strong and quick and complement each other.”
Senior Kincaid (5-10, 185) and junior Hunter Meeks (5-10, 185) will be outside backers.
Meeks was very impressive on jayvee last season. South coaches have put Kincaid in a spot he can be successful.
“And our backups are all solid,” Rollins said, referring to Ryan Bringle, Devin Sells, Dionte Tillman and Chandler Brown. Bringle started last year and will be in the rotation with the sophomores.
Glenn leads a secondary that includes Wesley, Sechler, Deaton, Spencer Matlock, Fuller, Ronald McGriff, Dequan Tillman, Bradley McClamrock and Alex Acosta.
That depth is a key.
“As young as we are, there are very few seniors in that group,” Rollins said. “They’re very solid. They’re coachable and they listen. They stop and ask questions.”
Last season team depth wasn’t there.
“It really put us in a bind,” Rollins said. “A kid went down and our answers were limited.”
Rollins has pointed to this season and it’s without a doubt the best team he’s fielded since a 9-win campaign three years ago. The senior Raiders want the Big Red Machine to return.
“Our kids want to be able to leave a statement,” Rollins said. “They want everyone to know South Rowan is still here after having a few bad years.” They remember when we were on a roll and that’s what makes it exciting.
“They know South Rowan can win.”


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Pasta niche markets to be fostered by Australian high-protein wheat research
Australian researchers are hoping to produce new wheat varieties that contain higher levels of protein and extra ‘functionality’, without requiring additional fertiliser. They say their research will allow wheat growers in Australia access to non-traditional markets.
The research is being funded by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) with the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA), and is being conducted in conjunction with Murdoch University, in Perth.
Currently, Australian growers who produce wheat with higher protein levels receive a premium for achieving harder wheat grades. Harder wheat grades are used to make products such as yellow alkaline noodles, pan bread, flat bread and instant noodles.
DAFWA senior molecular geneticist based at Murdoch University, Wujun Ma, said key aims of the project were to help Australian growers maintain their global competitiveness and increase their profitability by improving protein levels and functionality without the necessity of high nitrogen inputs.
Novel Italian wheat lines containing a new gluten protein have been imported into Australia so the genetic material can be crossed into Australian bread wheat varieties.
Dr Ma said that common Australian wheat varieties contain a maximum of five gluten protein units. The extra gluten protein gene from Italy will be crossed into Australian bread wheat varieties so that Australian wheat cultivars contain a total of six gluten protein units – leading to a higher percentage of functional protein in wheat end products made from Australian wheat.


COBOL - File Organization
File organization indicates how the records are organized in a file. Depending on the input-output devices, your file organization can be sequential, line sequential, indexed, or relative. Decide on the file types and devices to be used when you design your program.
You have the following choices of file organization:
- Sequential file organization
- The chronological order in which records are entered when a file is created establishes the arrangement of the records.
- Each record except the first has a unique predecessor record, and each record except the last has a unique successor record. Once established, these relationships do not change.
- The access (record transmission) mode allowed for sequential files is sequential only.
- Line-sequential file organization
- Line-sequential files are sequential files that reside on the hierarchical file system (HFS) and that contain only characters as data.
- Each record ends with a newline character.
- The only access (record transmission) mode allowed for line-sequential files is sequential.
- Indexed file organization
- Each record in the file contains a special field whose contents form the record key. The position of the key is the same in each record.
- The index component of the file establishes the logical arrangement of the file, an ordering by record key.
- The actual physical arrangement of the records in the file is not significant to your COBOL program.
- An indexed file can also use alternate indexes in addition to the record key. These keys let you access the file using a different logical ordering of the records.
- The access (record transmission) modes allowed for indexed files are sequential, random, or dynamic.
- When you read or write indexed files sequentially, the sequence is that of the key values.
- Relative file organization
- Records in the file are identified by their location relative to the beginning of the file.
- The first record in the file has a relative record number of 1, the tenth record has a relative record number of 10, and so on.
- The access (record transmission) modes allowed for relative files are sequential, random, or dynamic. When relative files are read or written sequentially, the sequence is that of the relative record number.
Choosing file organization and access mode:
There are several guidelines you can use to determine which file organization and access mode to use in an application.
Consider the following guidelines when choosing file organization:
- If an application accesses records (whether fixed-length or variable-length) only sequentially and does not insert records between existing records, a QSAM or VSAM sequential file is the simplest type.
- If you are developing an application for UNIX that sequentially accesses records that contain only printable characters and certain control characters, line-sequential files work best.
- If an application requires both sequential and random access (whether records are fixed length or variable length), a VSAM indexed file is the most flexible type.
- If an application inserts and deletes records randomly, a relative file works well.
Consider the following guidelines when choosing access mode:
Summary of file organizations, access modes, and record formats of COBOL files
- If a large percentage of a file is referenced or updated in an application, sequential access is faster than random or dynamic access.
- If a small percentage of records is processed during each run of an application, use random or dynamic access.
|File organization||Sequential access||Random access || Dynamic access||Fixed length||Variable length|
|QSAM (physical sequential)||X|| || ||X||X|
|Line sequential ||X|| || ||X||X|
|VSAM sequential (ESDS) ||X|| || ||X||X|
|VSAM indexed (KSDS) ||X||X||X||X||X|
|VSAM relative (RRDS) ||X||X||X||X||X|
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Panasonic's DMR-E500HS is a digital video marvel that combines a wealth of video recording and playback options in a single component. It delivers sharp, clear pictures from your DVD movies and lets you make brilliant recordings to blank DVD-R and DVD-RAM discs. But what really makes the DMR-E500HS special is its incredible, built-in 400GB hard drive - you can store up to 89 hours of video in the highest-quality XP mode, or a 709 hours of video in EP mode!To help take advantage of all that recording capacity, the DMR-E500HS comes with a built-in TV Guide On Screen program guide. Sort through up to 8 days of over-the-air broadcast or cable TV listings using the clever search tools. A colorful on-screen display shows you what's on in a glance and includes TV Guide's brief program descriptions plus channel logos for easy browsing. When you find a show you want to watch or record, just highlight the listing and press a button! The best news is that all of this convenience comes with no monthly fee, and requires no phone line connection!
Make permanent DVD copies of video stored on the hard drive at speeds up to a blazing 64X - that's about 56 seconds for each hour of content! Keeping track of all those programs would be difficult if it weren't for Panasonic's enhanced Direct Navigator. This worthwhile feature displays thumbnail images of every program stored on your discs and hard drive, making it easy to locate a specific movie or show.The DMR-E500HS adds some great capabilities for digital camera and camcorder owners, too. Front-panel PC card and SD card slots let you view JPEG digital photos and MPEG4 video clips on your TV screen, and easily store them to the hard drive or DVD-RAM discs. It also adds a DV (IEEE 1394) input, which makes it easy to record directly from a digital camcorder. Save shelf space by archiving your precious home movies on DVDs.If you've got an Ethernet computer network, it's easy to integrate multiple DMR-E500HS decks together into an amazingly flexible multi-room video system. Each deck can stream all video and still images recorded on its hard drive to any other deck in the network. You can even stream MPEG4 videos and JPEG still images from the hard drives of any of your decks to your PC for viewing.
TerminalsComposite Video Outputs: x 2 Composite Video Inputs 3 S-Video Inputs: x 3S-Video Outputs: x 2 Component Video Outputs: x 1 Audio Inputs: x 3 sets RCA IEEE 1394/i.Link Input: Yes Digital Optical Output: x 1 Progressive Scan Output: Yes

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Why in News?
- On June 28, 2022, the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved four investment proposals regarding incentives for setting up data parks under 'Uttar Pradesh Data Center Policy-2021' to localize data storage.
- The cabinet's decision will also give a boost to the development of data center parks in Uttar Pradesh, while giving a boost to the state towards becoming 'self-reliant' in data storage. The move will provide direct and indirect employment to many people in the state.
- Considering the importance of data centers, Yogi Adityanath's government had prepared the 'Data Centre Policy-2021' in its previous tenure. Various financial and other incentives have been given under the policy.
- Of the investment proposals worth over Rs 80,000 crore at the groundbreaking ceremony held in the state recently, about Rs 20,000 crore was for setting up of data centers.
- The work of setting up four data center parks in the state with an investment of over Rs.15,950 crore is under process. These include two projects worth Rs 9134.90 crore by NIDP Developers Pvt. Ltd. of Hiranandani Group, Rs 1,687 crore by NTT Global Centers and Japan's Cloud Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd and Rs 2,414 crore and Rs 2713 crore by Adani Enterprises Ltd.
- In view of the growing interest of investors in the IT sector, the Chief Minister has declared Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway areas as 'Electronics Manufacturing Zones'. As a result, many reputed companies from China, Taiwan and Korea have come forward to set up their units.
Why in News?
- On June 28, 2022, an order was issued by Gajendra Mishra, Joint Secretary, Labor Resources Department of Bihar, regarding grant of scholarship to about two lakh students of private ITIs.
- ITI students were deprived of scholarships due to non-issuance of orders from the state government following the central government's order. Taking cognizance of this, the Bihar government has announced that two lakh ITI students from Bihar studying in private Industrial Training Institutes (Private ITIs) will now get the benefit of scholarship.
- The amount of scholarship to two lakh students studying in private ITIs will be Rs 10,400 for students studying in engineering trade and Rs 8,480 for non-engineering students by the state government. The rest of the fee will be borne by the Central Government as scholarship.
- It is worth mentioning that the central government has fixed the annual training fee for engineering and non-engineering students of ITI. Under this, 26 thousand rupees have been fixed for engineering trade and 21 thousand 200 rupees for non-engineering.
- From 2024, a uniform growth at the rate of 5 percent per annum will be permissible. The fee structure will be reviewed by the Directorate General of Training after five years.
- As soon as the government order is issued, students studying in all the private ITIs in the state will have to pay the above fee from the session 2022-23 .
Why in News?
- On June 28, 2022, in the meeting of the State Innovation Council, which was chaired by the Chief Secretary of Rajasthan, Usha Sharma, it was decided that on the occasion of World Creativity and Innovation Day every year on 21st April, 'Festival of Innovations and Technologies of Rajasthan' in the state, will be organized.
- It was also decided to honor the best innovations that take place in the districts of the state on 15th August and 26th January every year with the objective of promoting innovations and making them show-case at the national and international level.
- The Chief Secretary also directed to ensure proper budget availability to promote innovation in the State.
- Letters have also been written to encourage innovations in the districts and to identify the best innovations so that the state can move faster in the field of innovation.
- It is worth mentioning that the state has a lot of potential for innovations in agriculture, animal husbandry, education, medicine, industry, science and technology and other sectors.
Why in News?
- In the meeting of the Council of Ministers held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on June 28, 2022, along with in-principle approval for the establishment of two new medical colleges in the state, many other important decisions were taken.
- In the meeting of the Council of Ministers, it was approved to increase the fixed annual limit for the Chief Minister's voluntary grant item from Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore for the financial year 2022-23 and the coming financial years.
- The Council of Ministers decided to increase the MLA Area Development Fund Scheme (Capital) from Rs.1.85 crore to Rs.2.50 crore under MLA Fund and from Rs.15 lakh to Rs.50 lakh in MLA Volunteer Grant Scheme.
- The Council of Ministers has approved 100 MBBS in Budni Tehsil located in Sehore district. In-principle consent was given to set up a medical college with seat admission capacity and 500-bed affiliated hospital, along with setting up a nursing college of 60 seat admission capacity for nursing courses and a paramedical college with 60 seat admission capacity for paramedical courses.
- Similarly, in order to increase the number of seats of undergraduate courses to set up a new medical college in Ujjain, the Council of Ministers gave in-principle consent.
- Council of Ministers approves setting up of Rural Technology Park at Morena.
- On the recommendation of the Kundu Taskforce Committee, the Council of Ministers decided to set up a State Statistical Commission on the lines of the National Statistical Commission. The Kundu Task Force was constituted to submit recommendations for the strengthening of the statistical system in the state. The Commission will be headed by an eminent statistical expert having 20 years of experience in this field. In the Commission, 1 member will be nominated by the State Government and maximum 6 members will be special invitees as subject experts.
Why in News?
- In a meeting held under the chairmanship of Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on June 28, 2022, it was decided to digitize all Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) of Haryana.
- The Chief Secretary informed that under digitization, 307 packs of the state will be fully computerized by August 31, 2022. After being computerized, training of the employees of PACS will also be done for smooth operation of the works.
- The state government has taken this decision only to digitize activities like connecting PACS with the banking system, accounting, loans and advances, so that the work can be done smoothly along with ensuring transparency in the working of PACS.
- Sanjeev Kaushal informed that under the special module prepared under CBS network, work is being done to computerize the PACS on a pilot basis, which is in the final stage. PACS will be integrated with specific modules in the coming days.
- In addition, DPRs are being prepared by technical experts to integrate HARCO BANK and PACS with a single software and network. Completing the next process expeditiously, all the PACS in the state will be fully computerized by the month of November.
Why in News?
- On June 27, 2022, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between West Singhbhum district administration and Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) for setting up a multi-skill centre.
- The agreement was signed by Ananya Mittal (IAS), (Deputy Commissioner, West Singhbhum) and Saurav Roy (Chief Executive Officer, Tata Steel Foundation).
- The Centre will provide a multi-set of short-term training programmes aimed at capacity building and creating employment generation and entrepreneurship opportunities among the youth of the tribal communities mainly in the region.
- Tata Steel Foundation will take over the routine maintenance of the centre as well as strengthening the initial infrastructure. In addition, the provision of training partners, trainers and equipment will also be supported by the Tata Steel Foundation.
- Keeping in mind the 'Make in India' campaign of the central government, the centre will start with four courses in the supply chain, including warehouse packaging, auto service technician, assistant technician and mobile assembly. These are all three-six month courses.
- Such programmes are being seen as an opportunity to reach out to the youth from the most vulnerable backgrounds with meaningful choices on skill development, which will ensure a sustainable livelihood through income generation.
- Once ready, the center will ensure employment for a large number of youth, who will receive training and ultimately contribute to meeting the demand for skilled workers in industrial areas across the country.
Why in News?
- Recently Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital, Ranchi has been recognized by the National Board of Examinations of the country for fellowship studies in Vitro Retinal Surgery.
- With this, it has become the only nationally recognized training institute for retinal surgery in eastern India.
- The credit for the initiative of retina surgery in the state also goes to Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital. The retina department of the hospital is run under the supervision of Dr.Vibhuti Kashyap, a double FRCS retinal surgeon trained at AIIMS.
- The hospital has the highest number of blind patients in the state. Surgery of the retina of the eyes is considered to be the most complex surgery of the eyes. This is the longest operation of the eyes.
- Three years ago, the facility of electrophysiology examination of retina and nerves of eyes was also started for the first time at Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital in Jharkhand's Bihar. This test is currently available only at Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital.
- It is like a heart ECG and no dye is used in this test. This test is very safe for patients with heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and blood pressure.
Why in News?
- On June 28, 2022, Additional Chief Secretary, Forest and Climate Change Subrata Sahu gave instructions to all the Collectors and Forest Divisional Officers of the state regarding all necessary preparations for the inauguration of 'Krishna Kunj' in the urban bodies in August.
- Significantly, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has made an announcement regarding the development of 'Krishna Kunj' by planting trees in the urban areas of the state. In the coming August, 'Krishna Kunj' will be inaugurated simultaneously on the scheduled date (on the day of Krishna Janmashtami).
- In all the urban bodies of Chhattisgarh, 'Krishna Kunj' will be developed by planting life useful trees of cultural importance in at least one acre of land.
- These include Mango, Tamarind, Ganga Tamarind, Jamun, Plum, Ganga Ber, Mulberry, Tendu, Char, Pomegranate, Sycamore Catha, Kadamba, Peepal, Neem, Banyan, Acacia, Palash Guava, Cilantro, Bel and Amla species for planting has been included.
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Top stories | abc News
A premature baby was born in a Massachusetts hospital and died nearly two weeks later in her mother’s hands from medical complications.
As Alana Ross and Daniel McCarthy prepared to bury their daughter, Everleigh, who was born in Boston on July 25, 2020, they learned her remains had been ‘thrown away’ with morgue linen, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, July 23. June. against Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The couple had been trying to start a family for two years.
Before learning that their daughter’s remains had been lost, a nurse had “promised and assured Daniel that Baby Everleigh’s body would be safe for several days in the morgue”, according to court documents.
When a hospital worker brought the body wrapped in sheets to the morgue, another said “you can put it anywhere,” the lawsuit says. As a result, Everleigh’s remains were placed on a metal rack, which “was not the proper or designated location for the delivery of infant remains to the morgue”, and she was mistaken for soiled linen, according to the trial.
Everleigh’s body was not found on Friday, June 24, an attorney representing the couple, Gregory D. Henning, told McClatchy News.
The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, named 14 hospital workers and said Brigham and Women’s Hospital was aware of “problematic conditions” at the morgue and failed to realize that the remains of the baby had been missing for days and did not protect them.
Dr. Sunil Eappen, the hospital’s chief medical officer, said in a statement provided to McClatchy News that “we continue to express our deepest condolences and deepest apologies to the Ross and McCarthy family for their loss and the circumstances heartbreaking things that surround it”.
“As in all cases where a concern is raised about our standard of care or practice, we have easily and transparently shared the details with the patient’s family. We always assess systemic and human factors that contribute to errors or potential issues raised by patients, family members or staff and take action.
Meanwhile, the lawsuit also said the hospital ‘refused’ to cooperate with a law enforcement investigation into the disappearance of the baby’s remains.
“Parents have been dealing with grief and anguish over losing Everleigh since August 2020,” Henning told McClatchy News.
Birth of Everleigh
In June 2018, Ross and McCarthy, who have been dating for several years and have known each other since they were children, decided to start a family together, according to the lawsuit. Before Everleigh was born, they had two “heartbreaking” miscarriages.
On Valentine’s Day in 2020, Ross discovered she was pregnant again and sought treatment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, according to court documents. After overcoming several health and pregnancy hurdles, Everleigh was born prematurely with complications in July 2020 and was rushed to the newborn intensive care unit.
About five days later, Ross and McCarthy held Everleigh for the first time and read children’s books, according to the lawsuit.
Eventually, doctors told them that treatment options for their baby’s medical complications were “exhausted,” the lawsuit says. Then Everleigh was baptized shortly before her death on August 6, 2020.
After her death, “nurses recovered Baby Everleigh’s keepsake box, which contained photos, collages and keepsakes, such as her baptismal water,” and the parents “were allowed to bid farewell,” according to the court case.
On August 10, representatives from the funeral home arrived at the hospital to collect Everleigh’s remains, but the facility never found them, according to her parents.
The search for Everleigh’s body
The lawsuit points out that although the hospital records the comings and goings of patients through an electronic wristband scanning system, there were no “procedures in place at (the hospital) to digitally record the delivery of remains. infants in the morgue”. Instead, a hand-written “morgue logbook” was used.
On August 11, 2020, the Boston Police Department was contacted about Everleigh’s remains and opened an investigation, according to the lawsuit.
The following day, officers ‘spent eight hours … rummaging through blood-soaked clothing, laundry-covered feces and other medical waste at a transfer station looking for Baby Everleigh’ to no avail, according to court documents. .
During the investigation, Boston police said their detectives received incomplete video footage from the hospital from when the baby’s remains were placed in the morgue until it was learned that the body had been lost, according to a police report.
The lawsuit said the hospital “provided false answers to police questions.”
In Eappen’s statement, he declined to “comment specifically on this matter” due to ongoing litigation.
Henning told McClatchy News that Ross and McCarthy filed their lawsuit because “they want to make sure this doesn’t happen to anyone else” and “no other family has to go through the same thing.” grief and the same trauma they suffered and continue to suffer.” each day.”
They want to “find out what happened” and “find out how it could have happened”.
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Why does poop smell like vomit
Vomit is a pretty disgusting thing in itself, and the mere thought of pop coming out of the mouth in the form of vomit is repelling. ‘Fecal vomiting’ is a more passable term for this repulsive phenomenon. Though some ignore it as a rather ridiculous myth constructed by idle minds, the truth is that feces can invert its path and make its way right out of the mouth! The smell of vomit from poop is just a by product of this ghastly reaction inside the human body.
Vomit is a result of overstuffing your stomach with stuff that it just would not be able to handle, or even break into smaller particles for the digestion process to continue. All this unwanted and semi dismantled stuff starts accumulating till the stomach is overloaded, and the natural reflexes of the human body to revert any ill effects take over. The undigested mess is forced out of the body through the mouth, in the form of what is generally called vomit, which has a disgustingly filthy smell. The smell of poop is no better either, but things get absolutely hellish when your pop starts stinking like vomit. This can happen because of any possible misadventures of the gastric juices and their inability to break down food particles completely. Also, the malfunctioning of the gall bladder could be a very probable reason behind your pop smelling of vomit. There have been quite a few reports of people who complained of this problem, and were detected to have some serious troubles of the gall bladder.
People taking too much of gluten in their diets run the risk of experiencing some serious deviations from the normal as far as their poop is concerned. It could be in the form of a change in the colour of their poop to a diseased orange one, and the observation of the smell of vomit from the poop. One thing to keep in mind if you are unfortunate enough to incur such a trouble is that you must not take it lightly, and consult a medical expert at the earliest opportunity.

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It's time for yet another graphic in my weekly series "Spencerian Saturday"!!! Every Saturday I add another gorgeous image from an early calligraphy book.
This one's a little different, in that it's actually appears to be an engraving and not pen flourished , but it was in the book so I'm sharing it anyway. I think he's quite a charming frog under his mushroom umbrella. Notice the pretty butterfly among the flowers at the top too!
I would love to know if you guys are getting tired of this series. I still have quite a few images to share from this book yet, but I can take a break from it for awhile if most of you would rather I mixed it up a bit on Saturdays. Please let me know what you think in the comments section. Thanks!


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Make a conscience effort to listen to the words you use every day. Over time you will begin to hear a difference between the positive and negative words you use. Choose to speck positive words, not only about others, but about yourself as well.
Make a list of the positive words you would like to hear others say about you. Post this list in your home, in your car, and at work. Read this list every morning when you look in the mirror. Begin to belive that these words are really who you are.
Start to use these positive word when you feel down, defeated, overwhelmed, or even depressed. The words you speak too and about yourself, even in your subconscious mind, have the power to raise you up and out of any situation you may be facing today.
Instead of gossiping in a negative way about someone who is causing you problems, begin with positive words about this person. You do not have to like them or appreciate them at the time. Just choose your words wisely and see what happens.

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By Tom Fleischman for the Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Tech researchers have developed a mixed-reality (XR) driving simulator system that could lower the cost of testing vehicle systems and interfaces, such as the turn signal and dashboard.
Through the use of a publicly available headset, virtual objects and events are superimposed into the view of participants driving unmodified vehicles in low-speed test areas, to produce accurate and repeatable data collection about behavioral responses in real-world driving tasks.
Doctoral student David Goedicke is lead author of “XR-OOM: MiXed Reality Driving Simulation With Real Cars For Research and Design,” which he will present at the Association for Computing Machinery’s CHI 2022 conference, April 30-May 5 in New Orleans.
The senior author is Wendy Ju, associate professor of information science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion, and a member of the information science field at Cornell. Hiroshi Yasuda, human-machine interaction researcher at Toyota Research Institute, also contributed to the study.
This work is an offshoot of research Ju’s lab conducted in 2018, which resulted in VR-OOM, a virtual-reality on-road driving simulation program. This current work takes that a step farther, Goedicke said, by combining video of the real world – known as “video pass-through” – in real time, with virtual objects.
“What you’re trying to do is create scenarios,” he said. “You want to feel like you’re driving in a car, and the developer wants full control over the scenarios you want to show to a participant. Ultimately, you want to use as much from the real world as you can.”
This system was built using the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality headset, along with the Unity simulation environment, which previous researchers demonstrated could be usable for driving simulation in a moving vehicle. XR-OOM integrates and validates these into a usable driving simulation system that incorporates real-world variables, in real time.
“One of the issues with traditional simulation testing is that they really only consider the scenarios and situations that the designers thought of,” Ju said, “so a lot of the important things that happen in the real world don’t get captured as part of those experiments. (XR-OOM) increases the ecological validity of our studies, to be able to understand how people are going to behave under really specific circumstances.”
One challenge with XR versus VR is the faithful rendering of the outside world, Goedicke said. In mixed reality, what’s on the video screen needs to precisely match the outside world.
“In VR, you can trick the brain really easily,” he said. “If the horizon doesn’t quite match up, for instance, it’s not a big problem. Or if you’re making a 90-degree turn but it was actually more like 80 degrees, your brain doesn’t care all that much. But if you try to do this with mixed reality, where you’re incorporating actual elements of the real world, it doesn’t work at all.”
Doctoral student David Goedicke sits behind the wheel of the Fiat virtual simulation vehicle, inside the Tata Center at Cornell Tech.
To test the validity of their method, the researchers designed an experiment with three conditions: No headset (Condition A); headset with video pass-through only (Condition B); and headset with video pass-through and virtual objects (Condition C).
The participants were asked to perform several stationary tasks, including starting the vehicle, adjusting seat and mirrors, fastening safety belt, and verbally describing which dashboard lights are visible. Participants were also asked to perform several low-speed driving tasks, including left and right turns, slalom navigation and stopping at a line. The drivers in conditions A and B had to navigate around actual physical cones, placed 8 feet apart; those in Condition C saw superimposed cones in their headsets.
Most participants successfully completed all cockpit tasks, with most of the failed attempts attributable to unfamiliarity with the vehicle. Most also were successful in the driving tasks, with slalom navigation being most difficult for all, regardless of condition.
This success validates the potential, Ju said, of this technology as a low-cost alternative to elaborate facilities for the testing of certain onboard vehicle technologies.
“This kind of high-resolution, mixed-reality headset is becoming a lot more widely available, so now we’re thinking about how to use it for driving experiments,” Ju said. “More people will be able to take advantage of these things that will be commercially available and inexpensive really soon.”
Other co-authors included Sam Lee, M.S. ’21; and doctoral students Alexandra Bremers and Fanjun Bu.
This research was supported by the Toyota Research Institute.
This article originally appeared in the Cornell Chronicle