Start control circuit diagram of frequency sensitive rheostat for three phase motor
The frequency sensitive rheostat is applied to start the control circuit of the wound rotor asynchronous motor as shown in the figure below. The starting process is as follows: turn on the power switch QS first and then:
Press the start button SB1, connect the contactor KM1, connect the motor to the power supply, and connect the rotor circuit into the frequency sensitive rheostat RFs in series. At this time, the value of the equivalent resistance and reactance of the frequency sensitive rheostat is very large, which limits the starting current and improves the starting torque. After the time relay KT is connected, after a period of time, its normally open contact of delay closing is closed, and the intermediate relay KA is connected. At this time, the motor has been started and accelerated for a period of time, and the equivalent resistance and reactance of the frequency sensitive rheostat are also very small. Ka’s dynamic closing contact closes the contactor km2, and its dynamic closing contact shortens the frequency sensitive rheostat, and the start-up process ends.
TA in the figure is a current transformer, its primary side is connected in series with the motor stator circuit, and its secondary side is connected with the thermal relay fr. In the process of starting, Ka’s normally closed electric shock shortens fr’s heating element to avoid thermal relay misoperation due to long starting process.
Starting control circuit diagram of rotor series resistance of three-phase wound motor
In order to limit the starting current and improve the starting torque, several starting resistances or frequency sensitive resistors can be connected in series in the rotor circuit. This paper will describe the starting control circuit of series resistance in the rotor circuit of three-phase wound motor, and its circuit diagram is shown in the figure below.
The working principle is: after the power switch QS is closed, more than KT3 of time relays kt1 and kt2 are connected, and their normally closed contacts of delay closing are immediately opened, so that KM1, km2 and KM3 will not be connected temporarily, so that when the motor stator winding is started with rated voltage, the starting resistors RI, R2 and R3 are connected in series in the rotor circuit to limit the starting current and improve the starting torque.
When starting, first press button SB1 to connect undervoltage relay KAV, its dynamic contact is closed. When the power supply voltage is seriously reduced or the circuit suddenly loses power, KAV’s dynamic contact is disconnected to protect the motor. Then press button SB2 to connect the line contactor km, and the stator winding of the electric motor is started with rated voltage. In the control circuit, the auxiliary contact of KM is opened, the time relay kt1 is powered off, its normally closed contact of delay closing is closed for a period of time, the contactor KM1 is connected, and the starting resistance R1 of motor rotor circuit series connection is cut off. At this time, the motor only operates on the artificial characteristics of starting resistances R2 and R3 in the rotor circuit, and continues to accelerate.
After the contactor KM1 is connected, its dynamic contact is open, which makes the time relay kt2 power off, its normally closed contact with delay closing is closed for a period of time, and then the contactor km2 is connected, and the starting resistance R2 in the motor rotor is cut off. The motor operates on the artificial characteristics with only resistance R3, and continues to accelerate. After the contactor km2 is connected, its normally closed contact is open, the time relay KT3 is powered off, and its normally closed contact with time delay is closed for a period of time, so that the contactor KM3 is connected, and the starting resistance R3 is removed. So far, the rotor circuit of the motor has no external resistance and operates on the natural characteristics. This concludes the startup process.


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Three security officers attached to president’s office have today been aligned before a special army court martial in Sembabule town and charged with murder of a civilian.
The suspects were arrested yesterday afternoon for shooting dead Paul Tumukende; a civilian and son to the Sembabule LC3 chairperson.
The Division Court Martial of the Special Forces Command sat Saturday morning in at the Sembabule district Headquarters to try three suspects.
These are Police Constable Canan Nkamuhebwa who shot and killed Paul Tumukende, L/Cpl Johnson Abasa and Pte Able Katsigazi who were with Nkamuhebwa.
The shooter, according to regional police spokesperson; Lamech Kigozi is a bodyguard of a cousin of President Yoweri Museveni.
According to Army spokesperson Brig Richard Karemire, the shooter is being charged with murder, while the other two with abetting a crime and conspiracy.
Kigozi says Nkamuhebwa shot Mr Tumukunde twice in the armpit, accusing him of slapping him. The deceased was a son of the area LC3 Chairperson Fred Karekure.
Nkamuhebwa, who is attached to the Police Presidential Guard (PPG) of the SFC is being charged under Section 119 of the UPDF Act.
The court chaired by Lt Col Moses Emeru, was fully packed to it’s capacity by residents.

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- At a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was grilled about whether the company will reenter China.
- In August, it was reported that Google was working on building a censored search engine for China known internally as Dragonfly.
- Pichai's answer of choice regarding China questions has been: "Right now, there are no plans to launch a search service in China."
- But Pichai also confirmed some important details about the project.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told lawmakers Tuesday that more than 100 employees at Google have been involved in developing a censored search product for users in China, providing important new details about the scope and extent of its controversial effort to reenter the Chinese search market.
Pichai, who sat for several hours of broad questioning by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, was grilled about the company's China plans. The Google CEO sidestepped many of the questions by repeating that "right now, there are no plans to launch a search service in China."
But the repeated, and increasingly specific, questions eventually forced Pichai to divulge some details about the internal workings of the censored search project, known as Dragonfly.
"We have explored what search could look like if it were to be launched in a country like China, that's what we explored," Pichai said at one point.
"The number of engineers on the project have varied over time. At one point, we had over 100 people working on it is my understanding," he said in response to questions about the size of the project.
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Internal and external tensions have been high concerning the potential for a censored Google search product in China since details of the effort were reported earlier this year by the online news organization The Intercept. At one point during Tuesday's hearings, a protester barged in and held up a sign that combined the company name and the Chinese flag.
Google offered a censored search engine in China years ago, but the company shut down the service in 2010, saying that the Chinese government's censorship requirements had become too onerous and violated the company's ethics. Dragonfly would represent a major reversal of Google's stance, positioning the company to tap into the world's largest internet market.
While Google has acknowledged the existence of the Dragonfly project in the past, it has provided few details about it until now.
Here are some of Pichai's most important China comments from Tuesday's hearing:
Rep. Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania): Did Google create a prototype for a censored search engine in China?
Pichai: We have explored what search could look like if it were to be launched in a country like China, that’s what we explored.
Rothfus: How many months was the project ongoing?
Pichai: We have had the project underway for a while, and there have been other projects underway for a while, and we have never launched them too.
Rothfus: How many people?
Pichai: The number of engineers on the project have varied over time.
Pichai: At one point, we had over 100 people working on it is my understanding.
In an earlier exchange with Rep. David Cicilline, Pichai was a bit more evasive in answering questions about the China project:
Rep. David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island): Are any employees currently having product meetings on this Chinese project? And if not, when did those end?
Pichai: We have taken on an internal effort, but right now there are no plans to launch a search service in China, as I said earlier.
Cicilline: Are there any current discussions with any member of the Chinese government on launching this app?
Pichai: Currently, we are not in discussions around launching a search project in China.
Cicilline: Are there any current discussions with members of the Chinese government about this?
Pichai: This effort currently is an internal effort. I'm happy to be transparent to the extent we take steps towards launching a product in China.
Cicilline: And who at Google is leading the Dragonfly effort?
Pichai: Our efforts around building search is undertaken by our search teams, but these are distributed efforts. It's a limited effort internally currently.
Cicilline: Will you, Mr. Pichai, rule out launching a tool for surveillance and censorship in China while you are CEO of Google?
Pichai: Congressman, I commit to engaging. One of the things that's important to us as a company, we have a stated mission of providing users with information, and so we always think it's in our duty to explore possibilities to give users access to information. I have a commitment, but as I've said earlier on this we'll be very thoughtful, and we'll engage wide as we make progress.
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The Ministry of Education has decided to postpone the reform of the EBAU for this course that begins, 2023-2024, so that the test will continue as before. The legal reports requested by the department headed by Pilar Alegría do not guarantee that a government in office can approve laws or royal decrees, unless they obey issues of “extreme urgency.”
This decision has been transferred by the Secretary of State for Education, José Manuel Bar, in a meeting this morning with representatives of the autonomous communities by videoconference. The Ministry of Universities also plans to transfer the decision to the universities this morning.
The Ministry had already decided in May to paralyze the approval of the royal decree of the new university entrance exam for “responsibility”, understanding that it was “more logical” for the new Executive to carry it out after the early general elections.
The implementation of the new model of the university entrance exam was scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year so that, after a transitory period, it would be definitively implemented in June 2028.
This is the proposed reform
The text handled by the Ministry proposes that the exams of the entrance test to the University last 15 minutes longer than currently (from 90 to 105 minutes) and also establishes that common correction criteria will be created to delve into a certain homogenization of the system, the main claim made by the PP for Selectivity. In fact, the popular ones want an equal test at the national level, something that is practically unfeasible given that each autonomous community is responsible for half of its educational curriculum and Lomloe leaves them especially open, so not all content is given in all communities.
The new exam model has already passed the test of the students, who received it positively. The test tries to bring the exam questions closer to real life, as it happens with the law. Thus, in the pilot test that was carried out in Asturias, it was asked to solve problems such as being as precise as possible in the times that the pilots need to overtake within the Ricardo Tormo de Cheste circuit, calculating the tiles that must be acquired to reform the wall of a cathedral decorated with Mudejar stars or see how to make the most of the hammocks that businessmen place on the beaches in high season.


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Our Boutique Hotel have a total of 17 rooms, comprising of 12 Standard type rooms, all double/single rooms, 4 de Luxe rooms with the best views in the house and of course our Luxury Suite with best ever view and interior fir for a king. Our restaurant offers the best fine dining cuisine in Namibia, also open to the general public and our our full service Bar is stocked with top of the range wines and spirits form all over the World. The normal favorites are of offer obviously as well. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning, TV, free wireless, mini bar, laptop save, coffee station and exquisite amenities including fluffy soft bath robes - fit for our esteemed guest to cuddle in after a hard day of discovering our beautiful Namibia Nature and Cultures.

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Selena Gomez Claps Back at Haters with an Unmistakable Message at New York Fashion Week
Another stick stuffed day of New York Fashion Week, another unquestionably articulation making minute. For a night out in New York City on Tuesday, Selena Gomez picked lavish pig tail that changed a future delight minute into a pointed message.
Alongside the tight French twist that cut a straight line from the crown to the base of Gomez’s smooth tie-back, the on-screen character anchored a diamanté cut on one side of her head, decorated with one basic yet intense word, “Monstrous.” The expressive embellishment was likely an immediate reference to negative remarks condemning her physical appearance via web-based networking media—particularly, the simple word utilized by Stefano Gabbana, who utilized it to portray Gomez on his Instagram account prior this year, a move which inspired deluges of remarks from her steadfast after.
Worn hours in the wake of taking front column at the Coach 1941 show, the pop star’s unmistakeable motion was a very much coordinated update amid the tallness of New York Fashion Week—a prominent media marathon that subjects everybody from obscure models going to runway castings to Hollywood stars sitting front line to potential examination. In the event that words have the ability to hurt or mend, Gomez’s most recent look was an ace move in controlling the discussion—and a profitable update that there’s nothing more lovely than human regard and consideration.

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LUCKNOW: The Akhilesh Yadav government recently initiated a scheme to provide free houses to poor Muslims.
Known as Asra Housing Scheme, the Muslims living in urban slums will be given free homes.
Constructed by the State Urban Development Agency, these houses will be of 25 square meter area including a room, a verandah, a kitchen and a bathroom. These houses will be given to those Muslim families whose income does not exceed Rs 6,000 per month. In case the number of applicant exceeds, the houses will be awarded through lottery system.
At present, the state government is already doling out Rs 30,000 to Muslim girls who have passed high school.
A budgetary provision of Rs 250 crore has been made for this scheme known as "Hamari Beti Uska Kal." There is a target of benefiting 8,30,00 girls under this scheme. However, SP party functionaries ruled out any possibility of appeasement of Muslims by the party.
Eyeing Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party (SP) government led by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav also distributed red beacon status to two Muslims. The move is seen as an attempt by the CM to woo Muslims.
The Muslim leaders who have been given red beacon status include Abid Raza, MLA from Badaun constituency.
Earlier, he was also the chairman of Nagar Palika, Badaun.
Raza is appointed as chairman, National Integration Council and has been given cabinet minister status. He is considered close to cabinet minister Azam Khan.
Another red beacon status has been given to Naved Siddiqui who hails from Lucknow. He has been appointed as chairman, Sangeet Natak Academy. He has been given state minister rank. Naved is a former radio jockey (RJ) and supported Akhilesh during electioneering.
In coming days, several more Muslim faces of the party are in line for getting ministerial status.
Besides, former CM of UP and Uttrakhand, ND Tiwari met several Muslim leaders in Lucknow.
Tiwari is camping in Lucknow on the request of Samajwadi Party national president, Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Tiwari met, Imam, Aishbagh Eidgah, Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli and Shia cleric Yasoob Abbas. The meeting is seen as an attempt by Mulayam to gauge the mood prevailing among the Muslim clerics.


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Last week’s event—Race, Gender, Politics, and History: Reconstructing Visibility of Black Women’s Activism—was the best-attended webinar in DPLA’s history. We’d like to thank everyone who joined us for five informative and thought-provoking presentations by people and organizations at the forefront of the work to lift up and celebrate Black women’s contributions to not only the suffrage movement but the history of protest and activism in the United States.
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When we think about the women’s suffrage movement in the U.S., white suffragists like Susan B. Anthony typically come to mind. But there were Black suffragists too – women who, in addition to fighting for gender equality during this monumental moment in history, were also fighting for racial equality. Black women played an important role […]

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Caledonian Castaways “pre-Hogmanay” show
December 30, 2018
Traditional Scottish celebration – Untraditional Scottish band. Caledonian Castaways are a group of ex-pat Scots drawn from Melbourne’s blues/roots scene. Their original material covers amusing and heart warming stories about their various journeys from Scotland to Australia at Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland St. Info: https://www.memomusichall.com.au/memo-gig/the-caledonian-castaways-pre-hogmanay-show/

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Mango trees are beautiful and can be a lovely addition to any yard, but they have a reputation as being invasive. Do mango tree roots invade your home or yard? The answer depends on the type of soil in your backyard and how healthy the tree is.
Yes, the roots are invasive and aggressive.
Mango tree roots can grow to be very long, and they can penetrate through concrete and pipes with ease.
The long, deep roots of mango trees will cause damage to foundations, plumbing and sewer lines in your yard if you do not properly care for them.
Mango trees can grow to be very large, and they will outgrow their space. The roots of the mango tree will start to circle around the trunk of the tree in search of more room.
The deep, long roots of mango trees can also invade sewer lines, causing blockages. Mango trees are beautiful to look at, but they require a great deal of care and maintenance if you want them to thrive.
The mango tree is a tropical plant, so it needs warm temperatures to grow. You should be able to grow mango trees in USDA zones 9-11. If you live in an area that experiences cold winters, keep your mango tree indoors during the winter months.
Yes, mango tree roots can invade pipes and destroy concrete foundations.
When a homeowner plants a mango tree in the wrong spot, the plant’s aggressive root system can cause problems. The large, deep-rooted trees can crack or lift slabs of concrete and cause plumbing problems.
Mango trees have been known to damage underground pipes as much as 8 inches below the surface of your yard.
The roots of the mango tree can also spread out in all directions, making it difficult to control the plant’s growth. The tree will grow quickly and can even cause damage to a house if it is planted too close to the foundation.
In some cases, however, even these well-behaved trees can cause problems if you plant a mango tree in the wrong spot because its roots can crack or lift foundation and cause plumbing problems.
You should also be aware that mango trees are very sensitive to soil salinity and require careful attention to irrigation. If you live by the sea or elsewhere where salt accumulates in your soil, it’s best not to plant a mango tree at all.
If you live inland and have well-drained soil, your best bet is to plant a dwarf mango tree. This variety will grow only about 10 feet tall, making it easier to manage than the taller varieties.
It also produces fruit earlier in its life cycle, meaning you can enjoy your first crop sooner.
If you’re in a pinch and can’t wait for your mango tree to grow, there are many varieties of dwarf mango that you can buy as a seedling. You can also purchase small trees at most garden centers or nurseries.
While healthy mango tree roots are not likely to invade your home’s foundation, they may need to be pruned if they start causing problems.
If you have a healthy mango tree, your roots are unlikely to invade the foundation of your home. But if they do, it’s important to prune them as soon as possible.
One reason for this is that overgrown root systems can damage the structure of your house and cause cracks in the walls or foundation.
Another reason why you should prune your mango tree’s roots is that they may be growing into areas where they shouldn’t be going—like inside rooms or toward other plants that you want protected from damage by their invasive nature.
If left unchecked, these kinds of problems can lead to very serious consequences down the road: like moldy walls or even structural damage due to too much pressure being exerted on them at once.
Mango trees are great to have in your backyard, and many people love growing them. However, if you think you might be planting your mango tree in an area where there is potential for problems with its roots.
It’s important to do some research on how big the plant will get before deciding where it should be planted. Also make sure that whatever soil type or drainage system exists in a given location will support the species of tree being considered.


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Polk State has received its second LEED certification through the U.S. Green Building Council — and this time it’s gold.
Polk State recently received notice that its newly constructed Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School building has met the requirements for LEED Gold certification. LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system developed by the USGBC. To earn LEED certification, a structure must adhere to strict standards for everything from energy savings to water efficiency. Gold is the second-highest level of certification
“This is an honor for the College and a credit to our partners in this project,” said Polk State President Eileen Holden, “And it is an appropriate recognition of the College’s stewardship philosophy. We care about our community, and we are proud to grow in a way that enhances local sustainability.”
Lakeland-based Straughn Trout Architects designed the Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School building, continuing decades of collaboration since the College’s inception. Straughn Trout Architects partner A. Ernest Straughn prepared the original master plan for Polk’s Winter Haven and Lakeland campuses, and the firm has designed numerous buildings and renovation projects on both campuses.
“We are very excited with the success of this project that embodies the forward-thinking character of Polk State as well as our firm,” said Jerry Trout, principal of Straughn Trout. “The state-of-the-art facility complements the campus while at the same time creating a unique identity and home for Polk State’s COL High School.”
A USGBC list of LEED-certified buildings shows that the Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate building is one of only two in the county with gold-level certification, and the only to receive certification through the LEED for Schools program. LEED for Schools addresses issues such as classroom acoustics, mold prevention and environmental site assessment.
According to the USGBC, LEED is recognized as an international mark of green building excellence, with more than 44,000 commercial projects in all 50 states and 120 countries participating.
The College is on a “hot streak” with LEED certifications. Earlier this year, working with Lakeland-based Furr & Wegman Architects, the College earned its first LEED certification for its Lakeland Student Center, a project that involved retrofitting an existing building to meet LEED standards. The Polk State Chain of Lakes project is entirely new construction and represents the first project in the College’s long-term commitment of having all new buildings meet LEED standards; the College’s Clear Springs Advanced Technology Center currently under construction in Bartow will also adhere to LEED.
“We think this award says a lot about what Polk values,” Holden said.
Robbie Manikis, project engineer for planning and construction on the Winter Haven campus, agreed.
“We’re teaching people to be more responsible when it comes to using energy and to be more green,” he said.
The 14,545-square-foot Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School is located on the College’s Winter Haven campus. Built by Tampa-based A.D. Morgan Corp., it opened in fall 2011.
Among the features of the building that contributed to its LEED award are:
•All roof surfaces collect rainwater that is then stored in a 6,000-gallon tank and used for outside irrigation and toilets. The rainwater-collection system, combined with low-flow water fixtures, reduce the building’s water use by 37 percent over comparable buildings.
•Extensive insulation, extended overhangs that shade the building from direct sun, a daylight harvesting system that adjusts indoor lighting as needed depending on the amount of natural light available, and a high-efficiency HVAC system mean the building uses 28 percent less energy than comparable buildings.
•Its landscaping consists of Florida-friendly plants that do not require irrigation once established. When plants do need watering, a micro-irrigation system uses collected rainwater, eliminating the use of potable water for irrigation.
•Storage racks and access to showers and changing facilities encourage the use of bicycles.
•Seventy-nine percent of construction waste was recycled or salvaged; 18 percent of the content of construction materials is recycled; 15 percent of the contents of construction materials were extracted and manufactured from within 500 miles; and 70 percent of wood products were harvested following certified forestry practices that protect forest ecosystems.
The building, in addition to being a physical example of environmental stewardship, is also helping to educate students about green building and design. Straughn Trout orchestrated a partnership between Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School and the Green Education Foundation, an international nonprofit that offers free programs providing curricula and hands-on activities for K-12 students and teachers, encouraging them to think holistically about global sustainability concerns and solutions. Through the partnership, Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate students may take an independent-study elective on green building, using the building as a firsthand example of achieving water and energy savings.
“The Green Building Course is designed to educate students on green building attributes and benefits, and provides them with the educational resources necessary to understand, identify and improve environmental inefficiencies within their own school buildings. The long-term results of this program will be a student population more aware of their own environmental impact and better prepared for the new 21st-century green economy,” said Tim Hoeft, LEED accredited professional at Straughn Trout, who has participated in Green Buildings Course classwork at Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate.
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate Professor Suzy Halverson, who teaches the Green Building course as part of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum, said students who opt for the elective learn about topics such as energy and water efficiency, indoor environmental quality and sustainability, as well as the materials that are used in green building. The building is used as a firsthand example of green building to foster discussion and help bring those concepts to life for students.
Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate High School Director Bridget Fetter says the building’s impact on instruction will be long-lasting.
“Green building is really the way of the future, and we’re proud that at Polk State Chain of Lakes, our students are learning in a state-of-the-art building. Everything, from the rainwater collection system, to the extensive use of natural lighting, to the use of Florida-friendly plants, is a learning opportunity,” she said.
Polk State College operates Polk State Chain of Lakes Collegiate in Winter Haven and Polk State Lakeland Collegiate as public, charter high schools. Students fulfill high school requirements while also earning college credit — all at no cost. In many cases, students graduate with both their high school diplomas and associate degrees.


An ambitious new vision to deliver the Oldham town centre of the future is set to go to public consultation before being marketed to potential development partners.
Oldham Council has been developing a masterplan looking ahead to 2035 with key schemes across five strategic town centre sites totalling 21 acres. The benefits would be the provision of new homes, 55,000 sq metres of new and refurbished employment space, and economic activity worth an additional £50m per annum to Oldham’s economy.
To see a PDF of the master plan click here.
The masterplan seeks to remodel Oldham town centre to match the local authority’s aspirations for it to be a vibrant place with high-quality attractions, an excellent cultural and shopping offer and a night-time economy that make it stand out as a destination within Greater Manchester. Key to that is transforming the area into a thriving place where more residents want to live and spend leisure time. This is to be supported by housing and schools better reflecting communities’ needs and producing high-skilled residents working in a stronger local economy where businesses want to invest. If every masterplan element is delivered it could be worth an estimated 560 full-time jobs during construction, plus up to 700 new operational jobs in Oldham.
The plan is the first step towards creating a town centre that works better and is aspirational for everyone – from residents to families, public sector partners and businesses/traders of all sizes. A priority proposal in this plan is to deliver a new Tommyfield Market on the existing site with a new 600-capacity multi-storey car park adjacent to attract additional footfall, plus complementary new retail/leisure units and quality public spaces.
A new Civic Hub is also proposed using land including the former Oldham Sports Centre to host a multi-agency public sector centre providing more effective accommodation and cost sharing, plus new commercial office space. The current Civic Centre, Magistrates Court and Oldham Police Station sites could be the location for a refurbished QE Hall with a new hotel, plus offices and homes. Additional homes could go at the current Rock Street car park site and the surrounding area. Subject to Cabinet approval on July 10, work would begin to present these opportunities to market and share risks/costs with the private sector.
The masterplan identifies a large number of publicly-owned sites that are under-used or no longer fit for purpose. These include Tommyfield Market, the Civic Centre, Oldham Police Station, the former Oldham Sports Centre and Oldham Magistrates Court, and the current Oldham Coliseum Theatre. Existing movement and footfall in Oldham town centre has been analysed and anticipated future pressures on housing, school places, public services and infrastructure are also factored in.
Jean Stretton, Oldham Council Leader, said: “This is the biggest forward planning exercise we’ve ever had for Oldham town centre – it’s exciting and it’s about the kind of place we want it to be in the future. Many positive regeneration schemes are already improving our town centre – like the Old Town Hall, the Cultural Quarter with a new Coliseum Theatre, and the Independent Quarter – but we cannot make the mistake of standing still.
“This is about agreeing the type of place we want Oldham to be and having a clear plan to achieve it. The plan will be shaped and refined further as residents, partners, business and traders have their say in extensive consultation over the coming year. The plan looks to improve connections in and between different sites so that footfall and movement works better. It also strives to increase town centre resident, visitor and user numbers to make it a place that thrives round the clock. We have the opportunity to do what other local authorities have done and look to share assets and cut costs with public sector partners to benefit everyone.
“We also have a fantastic opportunity to attract private sector development partners into a joint venture to deliver this scheme, or specific elements of it, and we’re confident this will be attractive to them. It is one of the biggest and most ambitious town centre schemes in Greater Manchester. Due to the amount of land that is publicly owned, there are relatively few issues around site assembly, and these plans can deliver a return on our investment back to the public purse. When consultation gets underway I would urge everyone to do your bit, get involved and give us your views and ideas. We all have a stake in Oldham town centre’s future and this is a fantastic opportunity transform its prospects over the next two decades.”
Subject to Cabinet approval, Oldham Council would take this opportunity to market by the end of 2017 with a view to appointing a preferred delivery partner(s) by summer 2018.


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Starting up this morning’s music video update is a lyric video from Bury Tomorrow with their new track “The Maiden”. This track is a metalcore yawn fest with a generic deathcore breakdown. Trash vocals with a blend of alright melodic riffing makes for an average song. Meh.
Next up is Grave with a new song “Passion of the Weak” from their new album “Endless Procession of Souls”, which will be available on August 28th through Century Media. The song is groovin death metal, some old school style definitely. Decent headbanger.
Bringing up the rear, he he…up the rear, is Borknagar with their blackened folk hit “The Earthling”. Lot’s of great nature shows and a dude travelling on foot. For some strange reason it makes me want to play Skyrim or Dragon Age really bad. Damn you folky metal music! It’s a dull video but a really good song.


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Spain's BBVA opens crypto-trading for Swiss clientsEuropost
The Spanish BBVA announced it was starting trading with bitcoins as part of services offered to private banking clients in Switzerland, Reuters reported. The move follows several calls from customers interested in digital asset investment. The bank said the new business would include bitcoin trading and custody services, with the prospect of extending it to other cryptocurrencies. It would not offer advice on these types of investments, the statement said.
BBVA elaborated that during a gradual introduction it had detected a "significant desire" among investors for crypto-assets or digital assets to diversify their portfolios despite their notorios volatility and high risk. The trading service comes amid growing institutional interest in bitcoin asstets. The largest cryptocurrency is seen by investors and some companies as a hedge against inflation as governments and central banks release stimulus packages.
El Salvador became the world's first country to adopt bitcoin as legal tender even though central banks globally have repeatedly warned that investors in the cryptocurrency must be ready to lose all their money. Major economies, including China and US, have signaled in recent weeks a tougher approach, while planning to develop their own central bank digital currencies.
BBVA said it was limiting this new cryptocurrency service to Switzerland because the country has clear regulation and widespread adoption of digital assets. BBVA is present in Switzerland through a fully owned franchise, focused on international banking services.

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CYSO musicians experience superb music instruction from Chicago’s most respected professional musicians, perform in the world’s greatest concert halls, and gain the confidence and responsibility necessary for a successful future.
CYSO offers full and string orchestras for students from elementary to high school. Auditions take place each spring.
Four steel ensembles open to students from elementary to high school. No previous steel or percussion experience required to join.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS
CYSO believes that the arts are vital to building strong communities. By partnering with organizations already working in Chicago’s diverse neighborhood, we are able to reach young people with limited access to instrumental music programs. Our Community Partnership Programs include neighborhood-based ensembles, free workshops, and educational concerts.
CYSO musicians are offered unparalleled experiences and performance opportunities rarely available to young musicians.
Our orchestras perform in world-class venues and at high-profile events throughout Chicago and around the world. CYSO’s international touring program has taken students to Europe, Asia, and South America. Our students regularly appear on WFMT’s Introductions and have performed on the national broadcast series From The Top. CYSO was the first classical music ensemble to play at Lollapalooza, and ensembles have performed for dignitaries such as First Lady Michelle Obama and Chicago mayors Rahm Emanuel and Richard M. Daley. In 2015, CYSO students played alongside the Chicago Bulls for the team’s 2015 video holiday card, and appeared with Justin Timberlake at the 2012 Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament opening ceramony. Whether on stage at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall or in front of 80,000 screaming fans, CYSO musicians appear on some of the best stages in the world.
100% of CYSO students go on to college, with approximately half of each year’s graduating class pursuing music at some of the nation’s finest conservatories and universities. Many students also go on to become music professionals and win positions in the top orchestras in the nation.
Most importantly, whether or not they continue their music studies after graduation, students leave CYSO with a strong sense of discipline, self-confidence, and a deep appreciation for the arts.


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Kyle Doperalski is a radio and television sportscaster at New Mexico State University and Executive Producer at News New Mexico. At NMSU, he calls Aggie football, men’s basketball, baseball, volleyball, women’s basketball and softball, on radio and television. While at NMSU, Doperalski has managed the Aggie Sports Network (radio) and created/developed/implemented the television network “Aggie Vision” seen in over 8,000,000 homes on cable and nationally on satellite. He was named top national volleyball broadcaster in 2008 by the AVCA for his radio and television play by play. In addition to play by play, Doperalski is the coaches show radio and television host.
Doperalski arrived at NMSU in August 2006 from Lincoln, Nebraska where he worked for Lincoln’s ESPN radio affiliate and called play by play for 21 sports and Husker softball for the Pinnacle Sports Network. Working in all aspects of radio and television broadcasting, he got a taste of everything from play by play to production to engineering. A 2005 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Doperalski was all-Big 12 in track & field while the Huskers claimed four Big 12 track & field championships during his collegiate years. In the classroom he was an Academic All-Big 12 honoree on multiple occasions and was a regular on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. As an undergrad, Doperalski was awarded two national top five Citations for Excellence in Publications from CoSIDA for his work in the Nebraska Sports Information Office.


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On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the Geneva Historical Society will sponsor the lecture “A Brief History of the Erie Canal” by Thomas X. Grasso, an internationally known expert on the canal and president of the Canal Society of New York State.
The lecture will be a slide-illustrated talk dealing with the history of the Erie Canal and the many obstacles that were overcome during its construction. Grasso will stress the development of the canal in Western New York and will briefly note the canal’s future potential as a tourist destination. This program is being offered in conjunction with the exhibit A Monument of Progress: The Erie Canal, on display at the Geneva Historical Society until Saturday, Oct. 11.
Thomas Grasso received his Bachelor of Arts degree in geology from the University of Buffalo and a master's degree in paleontology and stratigraphy from Cornell University. He has written numerous publications on New York State canals, French canals, and New York geology for both professional and general audiences. Grasso is president of the U.K.-based Inland Waterways International and is a commissioner to the U.S. National Park Service’s Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission.
The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Geneva Historical Society Museum at 543 South Main Street, Geneva. Refreshments will be served following the program, which is free and open to the public. Funding for this program comes from the Samuel B. Williams Fund for Programs in the Humanities. For more information, call 789-5151.

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By Timothy R. Homan and Chris Strohm, Bloomberg |
June 18, 2013
Intelligence-gathering efforts by the U.S. have helped prevent more than 50 terrorist attacks in more than 20 countries, including one planned at the New York Stock Exchange, government officials said.
Commodity bears crawling out?
High-frequency trading fees need transparency
Singapore Exchange to launch yen futures
Natural gas at an inflection point?
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INDIANAPOLIS – Colts quarterback Andrew Luck has been named AFC Offensive Player-of-the-Week for his outstanding performance last Sunday against Miami.
Luck completed 30-of-48 passes for 433 yards, with two touchdowns and earning a 105.6 rating as the Colts posted a third straight victory.
Luck set an NFL record with his yardage total, eclipsing the previous mark of 432 yards set by Cam Newton of Carolina last season. Luck's total also is the league's top mark this season.
It was the fourth time this year the Colts have won a game with a fourth-quarter or overtime comeback – Minnesota, Green Bay, Tennessee and Miami.
Luck helped Indianapolis snap eight or more plays on eight straight possessions to open the game. He was doing so against a Miami defense that ranked high in numerous NFL categories. Miami topped the NFL by allowing only 26.4 percent of third-down conversions. Luck helped the Colts convert 13-of-19 such chances, including hitting 13-of-17 third-down passes for 204 yards and one touchdown.
Through eight games, Luck has 2,404 passing yards, tied for the second-most in the AFC. His four 300-yard passing games tie Peyton Manning's NFL record that was set in 1998 while he was with the Colts.
This is Luck's first such honor. Wide receiver Reggie Wayne won the honor after catching 13 passes for 212 yards and one touchdown against Green Bay on October 7.


British Horse Racing Authority Warren Hill Newmarket Film Scotland Yard Biggest Case
The Carroll Foundation Trust case took a further disturbing twist with new shocking revelations which now involve yet another Police Authority in this ongoing organised crimetax fraud heist operation which stretches the globe. Sources have confirmed that the Suffolk Police Service Chief Constable continues to retain the compelling criminal evidential Carroll Trust prosecution files concerning the multi-million pound Warren Park Estate at Warren Hill Newmarket which was owned by the Carroll Global Corporation Group of Companies. It has now been disclosed that Warren Park was the target of a criminal seizure operation executed by the HSBC banking institution in concert with the FBI Scotland Yard named crime syndicate which continues to operate in offshore tax havens with impunity. It has emerged that the British Horse Racing Authority and Weatherbys have held evidential material regarding the Warren Hill Newmarket scandal. Political commentators close to this case of international have remarked that these Suffolk Police dossiers disclose a shocking trail of criminal subversive cover-up attempts linked to co-ordinated obstruction offences believed to be directly involving the tax havens of the Bahamas Gibraltar and the Cayman Islands which are thought to have all been utilized effectively as criminal offshore money laundering platforms in the Carroll Foundation Trust and parallel Carroll Maryland Trust cases. Further sources have revealed that the FBI have obtained new ...
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There are four ways that you can reheat pork tenderloin: on the stovetop, in a slow cooker, in the oven, and in the microwave.
Even as an experienced chef I used to dread reheating pork tenderloin. Luckily for you, I have managed to perfect my methods over the years and are now ready to share them with you.
In this post I will show you everything you need to know about reheating meat and even help you make sure the pork tenderloin turns out just right the first time around. Let’s begin!
Yes, you can reheat pork tenderloin with great success but there is something that you should be aware: it will not be the same as when you prepared it.
For one thing, the meat will lose some of its outer crispiness. Instead, it will be more tender. This is why I would suggest you use reheated pork tenderloin in sandwiches or in a similar fashion.
Here are the methods that you can use to get the best results:
This is my most preferred way to reheat pork tenderloin. It is also the most effective way as it heats up the meat quickly but without the risk of losing moisture.
For this method you are going to need a pan with a well-fitting lid. You can use it use whole or sliced pork tenderloin.
Pour a little neutral flavored oil into the pan. Place on the stove and adjust to medium heat – heat until the oil can be easily moved around the pan. Turn the heat down to low. For slices, arrange the pork in a single layer on the pan. Place the chunk of pan, close the lid, and heat for a few minutes.
If you are reheating pork tenderloin slices then flip the meat frequently – every minute or so. Replace the lid each time. It is done when it begins to steam. For a larger whole chunk flip it over every three or so minutes.
I approve of the slow cooker method as well as you can reheat pork tenderloin without it drying out. However, you should know that your pork will continue to cook in the slow cooker. On the upside if you get it right, you end up with tender meat that can easily be pulled apart.
You will need to add gravy to the slow cooker to ensure that the meat retains moisture and flavor. If you don’t have any, chicken broth is a reasonable substitute.
I would advise slicing the pork, but you can add a whole tenderloin if you want. To ensure that it heats more evenly it is best to cut a large hunk into two smaller pieces.
Place the pork tenderloin in the slow cooker – in a single layer for slices. Add half a cup of gravy and half a cup of water. A cup of water or broth can work as well.
If you have a Warm setting on your slow cooker, use this. Otherwise, use the Low setting. Set the timer for 20 minutes.
An oven is ideal for reheating pork in larger quantities. I always like to add some liquid with this method so it doesn’t dry out. If you are reheating sliced pork tenderloin then I would add some broth. For a whole pork tenderloin, brush with melted butter.
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place the pork tenderloin in a baking dish or deep oven safe dish. Pour the broth on top. When the oven is sufficiently heated, place the dish on the middle oven rack. Cook for 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
If I’m being honest I prefer the other methods to heating up tenderloin in a microwave. For one thing, you can only heat up small amounts at a time. What’s worse, though, is that reheating leftovers in the microwave can lead to cold spots. This means that some parts of the pork tenderloin may be cold while others are warmed to perfection.
First things first, always slice the tenderloin before reheating. Place this in a microwave safe dish and sprinkle with some broth if you want. Most of these appliances have a reheat setting. Use this if it is available.
Otherwise, set the heat to medium and microwave for about 5 minutes at a time. Check the meat – if it is hot to touch and warmed evenly, then it is ready.
As you can tell, stove top warming is my favorite way to reheat pork tenderloin or reheat meat in general. While slow cooker is pretty great, it can change the texture of the meat.
The oven is up next, but you do have to be careful about not heating the pork tenderloin too much. The risk for drying out the meat is high here.
As I have already mentioned, I’m not the biggest fan of the microwave but it does come in handy when you’re rushed for time. I would lower your expectations for the results, however.
As you can imagine, this all depends on the reheating method that you are using. The size of the pork tenderloin or the thickness of the slices come into play here as well.
The stovetop make take around 10 minutes, while the oven and slow cooker can take up to 20 minutes. The microwave can be around 5 minutes or longer.
Now, in the previous sections I have used time to indicate how long the pork tenderloin should be heated for. This is because most people prefer to track the process via minutes.
I use a meat thermometer, though, and I would recommend that you do the same. The reality is that time isn’t the most reliable measurement here. This is because the time to reheat can be affected by how thinly you have sliced the meat, the size of your tenderloin, and the settings on your stove, oven, slow cooker and microwave.
When it reads 165 degrees Fahrenheit, then it is reheated to perfection. At this temperature the meat is thoroughly heated and considered safe for consumption.
Ive noticed that a lot of people will use tenderloin and pork loin interchangeably, but they aren’t the same. They are both considered lean meat but they aren’t from the same part of the pig. What’s more, they differ in shape and size as well.
Tenderloin is thin and small while pork loin is wider. They are cooked quite differently as well. Pork tenderloin should be cooked quickly over high heat and pork loin should be grilled or slow roasted.
This is why I would suggest reheating pork loin in the oven. This will maintain the flavors of the meat. It is best to reheat the whole pork loin rather than slicing it first. Brush the meat with melted butter and reheat for about 20 minutes.
Let the meat rest for about 10 minutes and then slice and serve.
This is tricky – trying to artificially maintain the meat’s heat runs the risk of drying out the meat. Due to this, I try not to keep pork tenderloin warm without serving for longer than an hour.
One method is to place the meat in a preheated oven. Make it a point to keep basting it though so that it remains moist.
This method works best for a pork tenderloin that has just been prepared, though. If you try it with reheated meat, you are not going to like the results. You should only reheat pork tenderloin just before you intend on serving it.
Here are some ideas of what to do once you are done reheating pork tenderloin:
This is my favorite way to use leftovers. The key here is the right sauce – you need something that complements the pork tenderloin but that doesn’t overpower the natural flavors. If you want to keep it simple, then mayo will do.
Pad the sandwich with lots of fresh, crunchy vegetables.
This is great if you want to keep it low carb. Once again, you need to think carefully about your salad dressing. While I prefer a creamy option, you may want to choose something lighter, perhaps an olive oil based dressing.
You may be surprised to learn that there is more to reheating pork tenderloin than you may have initially realized. It is important to learn the right way to do things, though, as this gives you more delicious results.
You can now choose the option that works best for you or experiment with them all. At the end, you will have tender and juicy pork tenderloin!

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A graduate of Moundridge High School will be making a homecoming in November as keynote speaker for a meeting of the Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association.
Patricia Goering Smith, a 1963 graduate of Moundridge High School, will speak about her book, "Revolution Revisited: Behind the Scenes in East Germany," 1989, at the SMCHA fall banquet on Nov. 7 at the Pine Village Wellness Center in Moundridge.
Her book tells the story of East Germany’s non-violent revolution in 1989 and features a handful of mostly young activists in Leipzig, East Germany. The organization and actions of this small group of activists mobilized the movement for democratic reforms and ultimately brought down the East German state and the Berlin Wall and changed the world.
Before the wall fell, Smith had the opportunity to study German at East Germany’s College of Economics (Hochschule für Ökonomie) in Berlin, and during this time she had firsthand experience with the Stasi. In early 1990, shortly after the wall fell, she spent several months in East Berlin hearing stories of revolution and conducting preliminary research for her dissertation.
A traveler and student of cultures and places, Smith has lived and worked in Berlin, Romania and New Zealand. She worked and traveled in Eastern Europe both during the communist era and after, and she continues to document the region and the transitions, including German reunification, with her writing and her camera. Although she has called Seattle and the Washington coast home for 40 years, she spends part of every year in central Kansas.
For more information on the banquet and Patricia Goering Smith, visit the Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association website at www.swissmennonite.org.

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When I set out on my dissertation research, my main question was whether and how interfaith dialogue functions to transform people. I had a hypothesis that people do interfaith dialogue because when doing it they experience a shift in perspective, behavior, or identity construct. I wanted more detailed data about the transformation that occurs through interfaith encounter.
But after a year of research, I have found that transformation does not concern all dialoguers. My starting hypothesis has to be broadened because, in the interfaith reconciliation and dialogue world, not everybody is focused on transforming the world or even achieving a huge social impact. I generally see two categories of investment.
One is the people who strongly claim that interfaith engagement must accomplish something, must be productive, must make a difference. I see this as a very worthy and crucial impulse, although I become more skeptical of its credibility as I delve more deeply into the incredibly numerous methodological complications of identifying, measuring, or guaranteeing the presence of such progress or efficacy when it comes to matters of subjective understandings, relations, consciousness, and transformation of long-held beliefs and thought patterns. That said, I don’t think these people should stop trying. I think I naturally tend toward membership in this group—concern about efficacy. I say I incline this way “naturally” because I do think this preoccupation is a matter of deep-seated temperament, and even though I am well-versed in the empirical challenges of establishing activistic efficacy over anything other than a very, very longitudinal study (like “the arc of history” or “since Vatican II”), I still stubbornly cling to the idea that people who are worried about the world should be doing something to improve it. I think this inclination is my temperamental response to my existential anxiety. Despite the trouble inherent in developing firm quantitative, material indicators of progress, dialoguers focused on efficacy tend to plan their activities in contexts that would be more likely to make an impact, such as political meetings, local school curriculums, and local hospitals.
There is a second category of interfaith engagers: those who are not overly invested in efficacy. They are concerned about mourning. Deepening relationships. Following their curiosity. Supporting each other. Enjoying meals together. Getting through another day. Creating joy. Articulating values. Human being. And when I liberate myself from a productivity-oriented hunger for efficacy and dwell in human-merely-being (to quote ee cummings), I glimpse the necessity and gift of this position too. Methodologically, it is a more sound investment to allow the dialogue itself to be the product of dialogue. Personally, I believe that it is probably healthier and more honest.
Overall my sense is that we need both approaches. In fact, I believe that interfaith dialogue is more likely to last as long as both approaches are intact, because the healthiest, most sustainable ecology is predicated on diversity and hybridization.
Now, I’ll delve more deeply into the difficult task for interfaith activists who want to inspire transformation through dialogue.
The first methodological challenge of measuring dialogue-inspired transformation is to decide what exactly should be measured. If one could identify concrete legislative or policy shifts that arose directly as a result of dialogue efforts (such as the peace dialogues conducted by Sant’Egidio officers in Mozambique and the Balkans), these could be used to indicate a type of transformation. With a very longitudinal study, say, “since Vatican II,” we could demonstrate that more people are attending interfaith programs. We could count the number of participants at certain events, and compare the demographic of religious belonging at interfaith events to the general local religious demographic. But I have found that many interfaith organizations do not count heads or record such numbers. Moreover, it is notoriously difficult to measure religious belonging—how much harder would it be to measure the percentage of religious belongers participating in interfaith dialogue? It is very hard to develop a concrete, quantitative index of efficacy for the interfaith movement.
If we want to measure personal, subjective paradigm shifts or whether people feel they achieved “mutual comprehension” (a frequent goal of dialogue), there are a number of psychological tests available, such as The Intercultural Development Inventory (Hammer), the Attitudinal and Behavioral Openness Scale (Caligiuri and Jacobs), the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (an empathy scale by Mark Davis), or scales that measure capacities for encountering difference, such as Differentiation of Self (Skowron). These are quantitative measures for personal change that introduce all the limits of using surveys and ratings to express personality. Quantitative personal narratives of change can be collected, but this form of data also introduces confounders regarding self-reporting, memory and consistency. Both quantitative and qualitative research on personal transformation primarily reveal impressions or ideas of change, or changed perspectives, but say little about changed behavior. Most of my subjects describe or rate their experiences of transformation in cognitive terms, describing attitude and perspective shifts. This may show that people may feel differently but do not always do differently, or perhaps (among my subjects) that their behavioral starting point was not religious violence to begin with. Amongst the majority of interfaith activists, the personal movement is not from violence to peace but from ignorance to education, from insularity to friendship.
Therefore the efficacy of dialogue is very hard to demonstrate quantitatively, or more concretely than as an object of the narratives and discourse of the interfaith society. The fact that interfaith dialoguers often relate narratives and discourses of transformation reflects the intensity of their interest in and commitment to transformation—even if this data is not a concrete indicator of progress, and may not even clarify what constitutes “progress” in dialogue.
When communities speak of transformation, are they merely finding solidarity in their shared values, in the content of their conversation? What will become of their community if they realize that the very product of their dialogue about transformation may, in the end, be their dialogue about transformation? Is “transformation” more of a dynamically motivating Platonic ideal than a reality?
Anybody over 30 will probably say no. We know we’ve changed over the years, in some ways for the better, and some of us as a consequence of direct and focused efforts to transform ourselves. Maturity is a real phenomenon. How can we count it? Most of us can’t—but we still know it is happening. Measuring transformation remains a mystery, seemingly one of faith and private experience, of personal testament, of certain happening but constantly shifting substance. Its elusive aspects do not allow us to deny its reality.
I’m drawing a not-so-subtle parallel between the experience of faith and the experience of transformation. Both are predicated on things gone unseen and unmeasured. Most faithful people find it immaterial that their faith experience cannot be measured, and might say their faith is not subject to empirical demonstration. After all, it wouldn’t be very faithful if a faithful person abandons their faith in the absence of evidence–or if their faith is predicated on generating empirical evidence (for example, continuously seeking proof that prayer affects healing, even though the amalgam of well-conducted, controlled studies are inconclusive or detect low correlations). Mature faith actually takes in the observable world and makes sense of it in the terms of their elastic, embracing faith. Most forms of faith evade measures and proofs. The presence of faith in God is no proof of the existence of God.
And yet–and yet–experiences of faith or transformation can determine everything about a person’s quality of life and their level of motivation to keep engaging with–and striving toward–these constructs of faith and transformation. Even if God and social change are “merely” dynamically motivating ideals, the journey of standing in relation to these ideals–and sometimes experiencing them to be as real and true as any documentable piece of material evidence–can make life rich and meaningful.
So between those dialoguers who aim for change and those who aim for relation, may there be understanding that we need both of you.
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Silver – The Window Of Opportunity is [Permanently?] Closing Fast.
Silver – The Window Of Opportunity is [Permanently?] Closing Fast. by Michael Noonan – Edge Trader Plus
We just found this article in Draft status, never published. Not sure if we failed to hit the “publish” button and forgot about it, or not? While slightly more than a month old, it is still relevant.
Tuesday 14 February 2017
The single most question most people ask or want to know is where will silver be in a week or month and when? We gave up asking that question over three years ago after realizing that 2014’s movement in silver would not be much different than 2013, and we repeated this observation for 2015 and 2016. It is now 2017. The number of forecasters/market experts that were calling for considerably higher prices during those years was legion, yet silver remains closer to its recent bottom without having made a sustained rally to those widely anticipated much higher levels.
Will silver ever reach considerably higher prices? The temptation is to issue a resounding “Absolutely!”, but nothing is guaranteed. The known supply and demand for silver [and gold] has been out of kilter for years. Silver and gold [all Precious Metals] are the only markets that do not reflect reality. The supply has never been smaller relative to insatiable demand while prices continue to languish near their recent lows. Yet, asking where the price of silver will be in the future is totally missing the point.
The more pertinent question that should be uppermost in everyone’s mind is, “Will I be able to buy silver [and gold] in the near future at any price?!” There is currently a war on cash being waged, ostensibly to “fight terrorism,” but in reality, it is the globalists that are eliminating cash and along with it, individual rights, freedom, and privacy.
The globalists in charge of the world’s fiat currencies will not tolerate competition and have done everything to prevent the only form of true money from interfering with their fiat Ponzi scheme of trafficking in worthless paper, now mostly digitalized substitutes. By eliminating cash, you will have no financial privacy because all of your transactions will be tracked and monitored [expect your taxes to increase], be subject to negative interest rates, [a form of government confiscation of your money], and also be subject to bail-ins as the banks steal your “money” in order to cover up their losses from all the risks associated with their bad lending practices and even greater, unfathomable derivative exposure.
All profits are taken by the banks. All losses are socialized onto the people.

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I WAS THERE | RIOT EXPERT RECORDS LAUNCH feat. RKDA @ SHEBEEN – 28. 05.16
To celebrate the launch of Riot Expert Record label, and the release of Melbourne three piece RKDA’s debut EP – CS the band played blinding show at Shebeen alongside Aeora and OCDANTAR.
Aeora set the night off with ease. Despite having barely a handful of tracks out in the world, she’s garnering a reputation quickly, impressing all who hear her. This set showed exactly why. Powerful vocals, engaging lyrics and a stage presence expected of acts of a significantly larger size she put on a captivating show. Hidden as a silhouette thanks to the back lighting of the light set up, she was a captivating image, working her way around her small set up. The addition of a guest violinist was a nice touch, adding a depth to the performance, and a cover of Glass Animal’s ‘Gooey’ created a degree of accessibility for those not yet familiar with her work. The three tracks that have been released were presented flawlessly. The set closed on her latest single ‘Medicine’ which despite being strong recorded, became something else live, a force that could not be denied. Aeora is quickly working into being one of the best alt pop acts locally, and it would be a surprise if she wasn’t making larger ripples soon.
OCDANTAR faced a hard slot. Sandwiched between two very active, visual, live acts he worked his electronic set well but was a lacklustre performance to view. Fortunately, however, music isn’t about the visuals, so while eyes may not have been locked onto him, the room had a groovy vibe rippling through the audience. The set could best be described as a cosmic experience. The material was superb, if unexpected in its style. A comment on how he was new to performing live teased a stronger future of live performance which is good, because you cannot deny that the material presented is the perfect sound track to a let of field, yet dance worthy night. The set took on the awkward line of electronic music to think about, and that to shimmy alongside, and came out for the better.
Shebeen’s stage is notoriously small, and its light set up one of the plainest around. So when you saw RKDA jammed together on stage, with a wall of lights behind them, you knew you were about to be transported to somewhere new. As the first bar of ‘Spaces’ hit, and the lights kicked in the audience was throw into another world, the plastic plants at the corners of the stage the only reminder of the venue. While the audience was often blinded, the band appeared as shadows, with each action a clear cut image against the blistering light show. Sonically, the set rarely haltered, each song more or less ran straight into the next, with brief respites provided for interaction with the room. All the material form CS was played, alongside some new material and a cover of Delia Derbyshire’s ‘Zwizih Zwizih OO-OO-OO’ slipped into the set perfectly. The performance felt exceedingly well rehearsed, with each track wrapping itself around the room quite comfortably, and every action from the band feeling comfortable and organic. It was very much a visual performance, turning a series of tracks that in many ways are enjoyed best when lost in thought and turning it in to an experience that borders on being overwhelming, in all the right ways. As the set came to a close on ‘Coffee’ it was a harsh jolt back to reality, the forty or so minutes prior had flown by, RKDA consuming every ounce of concentration of those in the room. Closing on ‘Coffee’ provided a nice nature to the set, starting on their first release and closing where the EP closes off.
Each act that played this show had a noticeably different sound and style, but what was made abundantly clear, is that they not only are they musicians that you should be watching, but they are acts you should expect to be playing shows on a bigger scale soon. For each, in their own distinct way holds the potential to be an act that could steal the show on any scale.
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The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National People’s Power (NPP) of the Parliamentary Opposition stated that the appointments to various high positions that the current Government has made in an allegedly illegal manner would be revoked under a future Government led by them.
Several parties including the main Parliamentary Opposition, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and other Opposition groups and civil society organisations have raised concerns over the appointment of Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Deshabandu Tennakoon as the 36th IGP of the country.
Commenting on the matter to The Daily Morning, NPP Parliamentarian, Vijitha Herath said: “This appointment is (Tennakoon’s appointment as the IGP) illegal and the necessary legal actions have already been taken against it. They are going ahead.”
Under a future NPP Government, he said that all appointments that have allegedly been made in violation of the due procedure would be revoked. “We cannot revoke the ‘illegal’ appointments by force. So, we will rectify them through proper legal procedures,” he said.
Tennakoon’s appointment has attracted criticism over certain lawsuits including fundamental rights petitions involving his past conduct, and the allegation levelled by SJB and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa that the relevant appointment had not received the Constitutional Council’s approval. The appointment has also been challenged before the Supreme Court.
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And of pimps, prostitutes and phone sex. For the GMB, which was formed through the merger of more than 100 smaller workers' organisations and can date back its antecedents to 1889, is about to swallow up one more: the International Union of Sex Workers. If the vote goes the right way, prostitutes and other allied workers will soon be eligible to become full members of Britain's third biggest union.
The key mover behind this extraordinary development in labour relations is Ana Lopes, perhaps Britain's most unlikely shop steward.
Eloquent, soft spoken - and wearing a T-shirt declaring" Sex Workers of the World Unite" - Ana has been a telephone sex-line operator for six years. "When I first came to London I found it so expensive I had to get a job. Being a sex-line operator is perfect for me. I decide when I go to work and when I stop." As a PhD student at the University of East London, she appreciates its flexibility. "I can take a break altogether from working if I've got exams on. It fits well around my studies."
She is paid around £6 an hour, and says she is happy in her work. But she can see all around her others who do not work in such good circumstances. "The sex industry is filled with women being forced to do things they are not comfortable with."
That is why the International Union of Sex Workers was established in March 2000. Ana runs it along with Monica, a prostitute, and Chris, a sex outreach worker. "The union gives us a voice. An individual sex worker cannot change the laws or their working conditions. A collective of many organised sex workers can do this." Although she must have made this speech many times before, Ana is passionate. She tugs at her fringe and goes on: "We need a union as much as other workers. We want to establish ourselves as legitimate workers in a legitimate industry. We've are fed up with being stigmatised."
At the moment, though, the IUSW has just 70 members - "It's hard for sex workers to join us. We don't even have an office," she complains. Hence the search for mainstream trade union representation. "Sex workers should be allowed to join any general union. Their work is legal and they have a right to be represented."
Originally, the big unions did not want to know. "They didn't want anything to do with us. They think the involvement of sex workers will discredit their union. We were not taken seriously, and considered something to laugh about."
This scepticism runs deep. A spokesperson for the TUC, unaware of the GMB initiative, says: "I'm not sure that the unions would represent people who are working illegally on the black economy and who are not part of the tax system. It would be highly unlikely that a sex workers' union could affiliate with the TUC unless prostitution was legalised."
In fact, the law surrounding prostitution is more confused than that. Selling sex is legal but soliciting for trade is not; and any house containing more than two working girls is an illegal brothel.
This has to change, reckons Ana. "The Metropolitan Police are interested in listening to our demands," she says. "They have been positive about our plans to set up a unionised brothel in London because we would cut out the pimps and managers, and therefore much of the violence." But the police are also cracking down on streetwalkers. "The idea is to clean up the community, but all that happens is that prostitutes are driven to dangerous areas where they have no protection and are vulnerable. The outreach workers can't find them and they are totally reliant on their pimps."
The result was until recently a stalemate. For the past two years Ana has been trapped in this catch-22: without the backing of a union, it was almost impossible to change the laws regarding sex work. Without the legalisation of prostitution, the unions didn't want to know.
Then she approached the GMB. Negotiations with union organiser Lisa Venes have been uncharacteristically smooth. Venes welcomes the merger. "I haven't heard any negativity within the GMB about the sex workers. The illegal aspect of their work is precisely why they need representation. Here is a group of workers with very specific problems and we can help them. We can campaign on their behalf, put pressure on Parliament and hopefully change the laws regarding prostitution."
The proposal is that sex workers would have their own branch within the London region of the GMB. They would have their own secretary and chair, they would send motions to regional council and would nominate a delegate to go to the national congress every two years.
Certainly the union - already home to footballer Henrik Larsson, former House of Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd and 750,000 blue- and white-collar workers - has moved on from the days when it was in the business of swallowing up organisations with names such as The Amalgamated Jewish Tailors, Pressers and Machinists' Trade Union and the National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives.
Hence the open meeting in March, to which every sex worker in town is invited. The merger will be discussed and it will be put to the vote. Ana is optimistic that her colleagues will give it the green light. "I can't think why they would say no. This is a great thing for sex workers, a really great thing."Reuse content

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Questions on Rheem/Ruud dual fuel in ATL
We have a Rheem furnace (RGPL), a Ruud heat pump (UPPA), and a Honeywell VisionPro 8000 thermostat (not sure specifically which model). The system install was a saga that took place from Nov '05 through April '06. Somehow, the original installer found a heat pump that'd been in someone's warehouse for over a year and put it in at our place. After original GC quit, I had to bring in a 2nd company to finish the system.
I'm trying to understand better how it's set up, mainly to see if I can adjust where the second stage is called for and avoid a service call. I was home yesterday, while the outside temp was ~40F and noticed that the gas heat was running. Having gotten what I thought was a pretty good electric bill last month, I was surprised to see the gas bill come in higher than expected. Guess that's why.
I've looked through the VP setup some, and I believe there's also a dual fuel kit (that's what the memory register for that option says, anyway). My understanding from reading here is that the VP should be able to handle this function.
So, here are my questions:
1) How can I find out where the switchover between stages is set and adjust (the temp down, presumably) if necessary? I honestly don't know what the dual fuel kit looks like, but I assume it's a board mounted at the furnace.
2) Would it make more sense to have the VP run the dual fuel setup? This is probably within my capabilities, with some guidance. At the least, it'd be nice to have an outdoor temp indicator at the VP, which isn't there now. Seems like this is a signal coming in from the heat pump that could be passed on to the VP, or would I need a separate sensor?
You have dual fuel by virtue of the fact you have a heat pump working in conjunction with a gas furnace.
The vision pro 8000 is designed to enable user access on a limited level. The technician set up menu is where the details are hidden on changeover, deadband, remote sensors, etc.
You need to verify whether or not your heat pump has low ambient oeration capabililty. You also need to find out what amount of heating performance the unit will deliver as the outdoor temperature drops. Air to air units don't give off much heat when outdoor ambient temp falls below 40 deg F.
Your system may well be operating normally. Get a qualified technician out there to check it out.
Thanks. I've looked at the installer manual for the Vision Pro. My setup has a "1" entered in register 0210 for an external fossil fuel kit.
I've read a lot about heat pumps being able to handle down closer to 30F than 40F. I don't have the specific perfornance data for the installed unit (unlike Carrier, Rheem/Ruud don't publish any of that online).
If I could save some money on running the gas and still keep the place warm by lowering the cutoff temp for the heat pump, I'd like to do that. If it's something that can readily be done without a service call, that'd be great, too.
Try looking for an outside thermostate most likely mounted on the heat pump possibly under the cover plate for the electrical hook up. It will have an adjustment to raise it up or down. You can go up or down with the set point on the outside temp. Once the gas furnace is engaged the outside temperature will have to raise up about 2 degrees warmer to switch back to heat pump again. You will have to play with the ajustment some to get it to where you want it. Good luck.
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1 thing to keep in mind with the fossil fuel kit set point. Being gas furnace the F.F. kit will lock out H.P. below set point. If you have freezing rain overnight and H.P. is locked out ice will form on H.P. fan blades causing quiet a commotion with vibration when H.P. kicks back on.
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(i) recommend having a QUALIFIED technician rewire the 8000
to control everything, then reset parameters on the stat,
in order to lock out your furnace to desired temp., you can also
lock your heatpump out at desired temp, dont try it yourself
you can damage systems and cause personal injuries!
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HOUSTON – The family of a kidnapping victim killed by an agent in a botched 2018 FBI raid is appealing an appeals court decision that the agent who fired the shot will be able to get qualified immunity.
Ulises Valladares, 47, was blindfolded and bound when he was shot and killed by the federal agent at a home in northeast Houston while a team was trying to rescue him, according to investigators.
At the time of the incident, former Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said two agents were breaching a window of a darkened room at the back of the home where Valladares was being held against his will while another team entered the front of the home. The tool being used to break the window fell inside the home, and one of the agents used the front of his rifle to continue the breach, Acevedo said. Acevedo said Valladares grabbed the agent’s rifle and began pulling it. The agent felt that he was about to lose the gun and fired, hitting Valladares, Acevedo said. Vallardes later died.
READ MORE: Who was Ulises Valladares?
Valladares’ family spoke Tuesday saying their fight for justice is far from over. According to the family, the fight is now against a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals out of New Orleans that granted qualified immunity to the agent. That immunity is used to protect a government official from a civil lawsuit unless the plaintiff’s constitutional rights were clearly violated.
Despite the court’s ruling that the FBI agent did not violate Valladares’ constitutional right when he was killed, the family is arguing that the shooting was a clear violation of his rights. The court said the agent’s actions were unintentional, but Valladares’ family is saying otherwise.
According to the family, qualified immunity protects bad officers. Valladares’ half-sister said she openly discussed the controversy of qualified immunity with Valladares’ 15-year-old son.
“I think it should be a conversation in many homes because citizens should know what is going on,” she said. “They should know their rights. They should know what kind of misuse of legislation that there is.”
If the court rejects the appeal, the family can continue the process through the Supreme Court.


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Continental Realty Corporation (CRC), a Baltimore-based real estate investment and management company, has announced the promotion of Malcolm Anderson to Service Manager for Central Island Square in Daniel Island, South Carolina. Mr. Anderson was previously CRC’s Service Manager for The Village Apartments in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In his new position, Mr. Anderson will focus on a wide variety of responsibilities to assure the proper service operations of Central Island Square, a mixed-use project containing 313 multifamily units and nearly 30,000 square feet of retail space. His role will include overseeing the upkeep and maintenance of common areas, handling service calls to address the needs of residents, and directing capital improvement projects. Mr. Anderson will also train team members and supervise activities of third-party vendors.
Situated at 50 Central Island Street adjacent to Interstate 526 (Mark Clark Expressway), Central Island Square consists of two, three-story and two, four-story buildings. Featuring studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units, as well as six townhomes, the mixed-use project was acquired by CRC earlier this year. Community amenities include an outdoor resort-style swimming pool, a community clubhouse equipped with a state-of-the-art fitness center and dedicated yoga and group exercise mezzanines, and an outdoor hammock garden and tranquility courtyard.
Mr. Anderson’s career with CRC began in 2010 at Brookview Apartments in Baltimore, where he oversaw the operation of 158 apartments and managed the activities of two employees over the course of five years. He transitioned to Falls Village Apartments, where he spent four years managing four team members and maintaining 320 apartments. Mr. Anderson was subsequently selected to handle service responsibilities for The Village Apartments, a 300-unit multifamily community in Raleigh, where he also supervised a capital improvement project that entailed a project-wide renovation, the addition of amenities including a cycle studio and package lockers, and the expansion of the dog park.
Mr. Anderson attended The Community College of Baltimore County and has earned certifications and training in several specialty areas, including workplace safety. He is also a graduate of CRC’s Leadership Development Program.
“Central Island Square, is a highly-complex development and we believe Malcolm’s organizational skills, ability to manage vendors, and attention to detail make him the ideal professional for this assignment,” explained Scott Hamlin, Vice President, Multifamily for CRC. “He has proven to be the consummate team player across several relocations and his quest for continued growth demonstrates his commitment to the organization.”
Continental Realty Corporation (CRC) is focused on acquiring value-add retail and multifamily properties located throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States. Headquartered in Baltimore and founded in 1960, CRC is a full-service commercial real estate and investment company. The privately-owned firm owns and manages a diversified portfolio of retail centers consisting of more than five million square feet of commercial space, as well as nearly 10,000 apartment homes. Positioned throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, the portfolio’s value exceeds $2 billion. For additional information, visit www.crcrealty.com.
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Does your past shape your future?
Your past does not define your future. You can change if you want to, live differently if you desire, and make a new life however you see fit at any age. You do not have to do what you have always done. You have the strength inside yourself to reinvent your life.
How do I accept my past and move on?
How to Let Go of Things from the Past
- Create a positive mantra to counter the painful thoughts.
- Create physical distance.
- Do your own work.
- Practice mindfulness.
- Be gentle with yourself.
- Allow the negative emotions to flow.
- Accept that the other person may not apologize.
- Engage in self-care.
How can I forget the past and be happy?
Living in the Past? 7 Ways to Let Go and Live a Happy Life
- Let the Emotions Flow. “Cry.
- Don’t Let Negative Thoughts Cloud Your Mind. Allow yourself to express your emotions, but don’t dwell on them.
- Learn From Your Experience. Take away the positives from past experiences.
- Stop Being the Victim.
- Don’t Wait for an Apology.
- Expand Your View of Yourself.
- Live in the Moment.
How good is a 2 year olds memory?
Children a few months under 2 retain memories of experiences a year earlier—half their lifetime ago. But they won’t retain those memories into adulthood: No one remembers their second birthday party. The average earliest memory—fragmented and lonely, but real—doesn’t date until around 3½ years of age.
What should a 2 year old be able to count to?
Your 2-year-old now First a child is able to identify when there is one, and more than one (though not whether it’s two or six). By age 2, a child can count to two (“one, two”), and by 3, he can count to three, but if he can make it all the way up to 10, he’s probably reciting from rote memory.
Do toddlers remember being born?
Despite some anecdotal claims to the contrary, research suggests that people aren’t able to remember their births. The inability to remember early childhood events before the age of 3 or 4, including birth, is called childhood or infantile amnesia.


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PAUL POPE's new graphic novel Battling Boy debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and the original art is now the focus of a series of traveling art exhibits in the United States and Europe. Image Comics presents POPE's large, lush, brushy original drawings, represented here in detail, photographed from the actual art boards, with minimal editorial interference or digital editing. This is a wide sampling from the various touring exhibits, featuring the art in its original format, with text in English, French, and Italian. The book focuses on the subtleties of the drawings in process, replicating the experience of seeing the art in person. 63 originals from Battling Boy are showcased, along with detailed close-ups of the pages. A critical essay by CHARLES BROWNSTEIN, executive director of CBLDF, is included. POPE himself contributes an essay on the influences behind Battling Boy, as well as his process and technique. This is a must for any POPE fan, student, fellow artist, or fan of the medium. MONSTERS & TITANS is a celebration of the original art from one of the most critically-acclaimed American cartoonists of our time.