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Back when I sold software for a living — this would be during the last ice age — a witty software developer in my company stuck a floppy disk to his filing cabinet with a refrigerator magnet. Scrawled on the disk’s label were our flagship product’s name and the words “source code.”
A magnet applied to magnetic media, of course, is liable to cause problems, and that was the joke. Our product was riddled with bugs, but we were the market-share leader, and management just kept cranking out diskettes for unsuspecting customers. That left us holding the bag, taking calls from customers reporting problems and demanding resolutions.
Every day was like a long slog through a swamp. You can tell a customer that a fix is on the way only so many times before your credibility crumbles. Once that happened, we kissed our references good-bye. The competition sensed the blood in the water, and it was only a matter of time before the layoffs began.
But those were the bad old days. It couldn’t happen now, with all the technologies available to build better products and offer better service.
Perhaps it could. According to the annual customer experience management (CEM) report from the Strativity Group Inc., the situation in customer support is bad and getting worse. What’s most striking about the report is that many executives surveyed acknowledged their inability to serve customers. In many cases they even showed a lack of interest in doing so.
The Strativity numbers are chilling: In 2004, only 31 percent of executives said they had the tools and authority to serve their customers, down from 37 percent in 2003; 65 percent agreed that their firms’ executives do not meet frequently with customers, up from 54 percent in 2003; a whopping 83 percent said they did not know the average annual customer value; and 59 percent of senior executives surveyed acknowledged they did not deserve customer loyalty, up from 45 percent in the prior year.
Of course, 2003 and 2004 were not great years for the economy, and many businesses tried to find ways to cut costs. It’s a given in CRM that companies cut costs by automating service, allowing fewer people to do more work. But the Strativity report reveals that we’ve gone a step further, actually reducing support.
Although executives in the survey said that customer strategies were a high priority, the results tell a different tale. A significant majority (90 percent) of these same executives said they did not know the cost of total resolution, and 89 percent did not know the cost of a customer complaint. These are the people making decisions about investments in customer service, and their executive ignorance is showing. In North America only 25 percent of executives said that they are investing more in people than in technology, a drop of 13 percent in just one year.
Not surprisingly, this situation has had a chilling effect on employees. The mentality of cost reduction above all else has resulted in an under-motivated customer support force that is nevertheless driven by metrics with confused priorities: Only 18.8 percent of the executives said their employee compensation plans emphasized quality over productivity, down from 33 percent a year earlier.
Last week The Economist online published some short articles about the negative impacts that the MBA degree may be having on business. According to an article called “Bad for Business?” — which quoted the late London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal and others — business schools for decades have been teaching from a set of flawed assumptions. According to the article, the assumptions are “simplistic enough to allow business school academics to develop grand theories of management supported by elegant mathematical models and empirical analysis that appeared scientific, and thus earned their subject academic respectability, but were, in fact, a pretense of knowledge where there was none.”
If one of the flawed assumptions is maximizing shareholder value above all else — and it is — we can see a clear connection to the cost-cutting that has left customer service in the sorry state that Strativity found it in.
What would happen to our consumer-driven economy if consumers grew tired of maximizing shareholder value at their own expense?
It’s not an idle question.
Denis Pombriant is founder and managing principal of Beagle Research Group. An influential thought leader in the CRM industry for more than five years, Pombriant researches emerging trends in CRM and publishes research reports that can be found on the company’s Web site and on other influential Web sites in the CRM market. In 2003 CRM Magazine named Pombriant one of the most influential executives in the CRM industry. He is also quoted extensively in Paul Greenberg’s CRM at the Speed of Light, third edition. His latest report is titled “KeyFindings: CRM Market Events, Observations, and Analysis 2004.”


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The basest instincts or the noblest intentions? An interview study of survivors of emergencies and disasters John Drury, Chris Cocking & Steve Reicher BPS SPSAC06 Popular images of mass emergencies and evacuations ‘Panic’: ‘Instinct’ overwhelms socialization Emotion outweighs reasoning
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The evacuating/emergency/disaster crowd as a social (not individualised/instinctual) phenomenon
‘Sociality’ is limited to that of the small group:
A possible explanation for some aspects of mass emergency behaviour
Shared fate in relation to threat/emergency creates sense of we-ness (Clarke, 2002)
Drawing on the SCT account of help/cohesion to explain behaviour in mass emergencies:
H1: In the face of danger there is a perception of shared fate, and hence a common identity emerges
H2: The common identity means that those in danger help others, including strangers
H3: if there is no common identity, there will not be this level of help.
Most who described a sense of threat (13 vs 1) also referred to a sense of unity (12 vs 7) in relation to this threat:
TC: Oh yeah of course I I get on the train every day. So a train journey you would normally take is, you know, I myself get on the train at ten to seven in the mornings, sit down, open the paper and there might be one or two people talking out of a completely packed carriage.
TC: So, you know, that that sort of thing and the perception… of of being involved in that, and everyone’s involved and let’s do, let’s group together’
Most who described a sense of unity (12 vs 7) also described giving help to others (12 vs 6) and, even more so, cited examples of others helping others (18 vs 3) – sometimes at a clear cost or risk to the personal self:
‘the behaviour of many people in that crowd and simply trying to help their fellow supporters was heroic in some cases. So I don’t think in my view there was any question that there was an organic sense of… unity of crowd behaviour. It was clearly the case, you know.. it was clearly the case that people were trying to get people who were seriously injured out of that crowd, it was seriously a case of trying to get people to hospital, get them to safety .. I just wish I’d been able to.. to prevail on a few more people not to.. put themselves in danger.’
At the Fatboy Slim beach party, while some felt in danger (from the tide and the crush) and described a sense of unity, for another interviewee there was no perceived danger, and others present were perceived as not part of a common group and indeed were seen to behave as competing individuals:
’It wasn’t a group thing, it was a very individual lots of individuals together... I felt like I was with my .. five or six friends and that was it.. and it was like the others were the enemy [ ] It wasn’t like ‘oh I was at Fat Boy Slim, I experienced all the the bad times with my fellow clubbers,’ it wasn’t like that, it was the opposite.’
‘the fact that people were trying to barge past me, I thought that was really selfish. No-one was letting me go first. There was no courteousness at all’
(Fatboy Slim 3)
Newspapers (victims’/witnesses’ accounts):
Our interviews. Process: Threat, shared fate, unity, co-operation
LB1: There was people generally giving what they had … you might have a bottle of water or something they would have given them straight away to the other people but you know there [ ] was definitely empathy and unity among everyone on the train
CC: can you say how much unity there was on a scale of 1-10?
LB1 I’d say it was very high I’d say it was 7 or 8 out of 10
CC: ok and comparing to before the blast happened what do you think the unity was like before?
LB1 I’d say very low- 3 out of 10 I mean you don’t really think about unity in a normal train journey, it just doesn’t happen you just want to get from A to B, get a seat maybe [ ] I felt that we’re all in the same boat together [ ] … yeah so I felt exactly I felt quite close to the people near me

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El Ten Eleven - “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool”
Fans of Gary Hustwit should recognize this band immediately. El Ten Eleven featured prominently in Hustwit’s documentary Helvetica by providing all the music for the film. They’re set to feature just as prominently in Hustwit’s next documentary, Objectified. In fact, this song, whose title is so good I can’t think of anything witty to say about it, provides the background to Objectified’s trailer
I tend to think of El Ten Eleven as a simpler version of Ratatat, largely because their approach is similar: two guys with guitars and no lyrics (ETE, however, uses fewer electronics). El Ten Eleven’s songs are short, crisp, and don’t waste a lot of time with bogus filler, a problem that plagues a lot of “post-rock” bands. “I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool” is the second track on ETE’s latest record These Promises are Being Videotaped, released this past April on Fake Record Label.


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A man is born to become God, and this is the principle. A rose flower is grown in a rose plant. In the same fashion whether a man knows or not, a perpetual action is running within him, how he will be transformed into God. This action is termed as perpetual change by the Buddhists. No! this is not the perpetual change, but should be termed as perpetual evolution.
Sri Jibankrishna or Diamond
Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.
...a condemned man who, at the hour of death, says or thinks that if the alternative were offered him of existing somewhere, on a height of rock or some narrow elevation, where only his two feet could stand, and round about him the ocean, perpetual gloom, perpetual solitude, perpetual storm, to remain there standing on a yard of surface for a lifetime, a thousand years, eternity! - rather would he live thus than die at once? Only live, live, live! - no matter how, only live!
And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government a perpetual, anxious, and unceasing effort to reduce that, which at any times exists, as fast as shall be practicable consistently with integrity and good faith.
Christ is not a reservoir but a spring. His life is continual, active and ever passing on with an outflow as necessary as its inflow. If we do not perpetually draw the fresh supply from the living Fountain, we shall either grow stagnant or empty, It is, therefore, not so much a perpetual fullness as a perpetual filling.
A. B. Simpson
The theatre is a tragic place, full of endings and partings and heartbreak. You dedicate yourself passionately to something, to a project, to people, to a family, you think of nothing else for weeks and months, then suddenly it's over, it's perpetual destruction, perpetual divorce, perpetual adieu. It's like eternel retour, it's a koan. It's like falling in love and being smashed over and over again.' 'You do, then fall in love.' 'Only with fictions, I love players, but actors are so ephemeral. And then there's waiting for the perfect part, and being offered it the day after you've committed yourself to something utterly rotten. The remorse, and the envy and the jealousy. An old actor told me if I wanted to stay in the trade I had better kill off envy and jealousy at the start.
In our worship of certainty we must distinguish between the sound certainty and the sham, between what is gold and what is tinsel; and then, when certainty is attained, we must remember that it is not the only good; that we can buy it at too high a price; that there is danger in perpetual quiescence as well as in perpetual motion; and that a compromise must be found in a principle of growth.
The President may indeed in one respect resemble the commander of an army in peace, but in another and more essential sense he resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. He must sooner or later be convinced that a perpetual calm is as little to his purpose as a perpetual hurricane, and that without headway the ship can arrive nowhere.
There is a concerted effort to keep you and me, you know, the people, away from what it [war]really looks like, 'cause when you're selling war, when it's such a big industry. What they don't tell you is the rest of it and the down side of it. And so obviously there is a lot of money and a lot of time and effort being spent on that campaign "perpetual war for perpetual peace".
When you look at the crucifix, you understand how much Jesus loved you. When you look at the Sacred Host you understand how much Jesus loves you now. This is why you should ask your parish priest to have perpetual adoration in your parish. I beg the Blessed Mother to touch the hearts of all parish priests that they may have perpetual Eucharistic adoration in their parishes, and that it may spread throughout the entire world
And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to do is to understand those others who are our fictional characters, somehow to gain entrance to their minds and feelings, to respect them for themselves as human individuals, and to portray them as truly as we can. The whole process of fiction is a mysterious one, and a writer, however experienced, remains in some ways a perpetual amateur, or perhaps a perpetual traveller, an explorer of those inner territories, those strange lands of the heart and spirit.

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Catch fish and earn money for upgrades in this unique twist on the tossing genre!
No fish were hurt in the making of this video...only frozen. Zombie Fish!
What do you think, Real or Fake? You be the judge!
The fishy gets a fast deep freeze and then lives to swim another day.
This is pretty wild. Its called jugging. Look at the fish some chick catches with bottles.
Armed with homemade weapons and armor, these guys go head to head with asian flying carp.

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Appearance: dark green powder with special smell.
Properties: green water soluble liquid, soluble in water, aqueous solution for the black body, after dilution for transparent green, with higher concentration and deepen, light resistance, good thermal endurance, good stability.
Ingredients: main ingredients for sodium copper chlorophyll (sodium), sodium copper chlorophyll sodium (3).
Method of use: diluted with purified water color to the required concentration can be used
Within the food coloring: mixing raw materials according to the dosage and coloring.
Food skin color: can be used to dilute after soaking or spraying method.
Use: can be widely used in food coloring, beverages, cosmetics, medicine.
Features: has a natural green plants is tonal, strong tinting strength, thermal and light stability is a bit poor, but has good stability in the solid food, in the PH < 6 solution of precipitation, this product is suitable for neutral or alkaline (PH value 7 to 12) food.
1.Chlorophyll clears up odors of putrefaction effectively.
2.Chlorophyll play an important role on cancer prevention.
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Scope of application: canned green peas, fruit and vegetable juice, fruit drinks, juice drinks, carbonated drinks (taste), dispensing wine, ice cream, ice lolly, jelly, make-up, cookies, candy, pastry.As a daily-use chemical raw materials, used for various kinds of green medicine toothpaste and cosmetics.

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Quiet parking space located behind the old schoolhouse in Horrenbach. As a special treat in the cold season, the barrel sauna invites you to enjoy a soothing sweat (for a fee). Ideal starting point for winter hikes/walks in the foothills of the Alps, cross-country skiing or skiing in the Eriz ski area (small but particularly popular with families).
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On December 15th the Lithuanian school “Genys” celebrated Christmas. A festively decorated hall invited young and old to enjoy Christmas program. The director greeted all the children and their parents and encouraged all of us to continue learning Lithuanian and enjoy our Lithuanian traditions. Before we started our program, children sang the Jingle Bells song in Lithuanian and invited Santa Claus, with his big bag of presents, to watch the program.
The Christmas celebration began with our youngest Lithuanian community memebers “Kiskio klubas” song. Our school’s music teacher Vanesa Kaselionis helped children to prepare for a play “Katino Kaledos”. Children sang, danced and acted. The kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade children sang and danced to the song “Ejo pro Sali ziema”. Everyone did a wonderful job. Santa Claus was so amazed by everyones performance that opened his big bag and handed out presents to the children’s delight. There were many happy children. After the performance everyone gathered at the tables to enjoy delicious Lithuanian food.
We look forward to continuing celebrating Lithuanian holidays with the Lithuanian community in 2019.
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|Reviews for Rory, Rose, Jess, and Jake|
| Amelia Wolfson chapter 8 . 10/2/2015
Seriously? You marked this complete when it clearly is incomplete. Please either finish or mark the story incomplete.
| Heart.Or.Head chapter 8 . 10/29/2011
Wired but love the idea. What are the songs. Whats with Jake and you have it as a complete.
| kylielink chapter 8 . 3/8/2010
going to read it now.
| kylielink chapter 7 . 3/7/2010
can't wait for more, like this story
| APap chapter 7 . 3/6/2010
So excited! :) love this story!
| MidnightRaven23 chapter 6 . 6/16/2008
Uh oh why's Jess talking to Crystal not good. Loved the chapter! Can't wait for next one! :)
| megan chapter 2 . 6/11/2008
just out of curiousity why do you have her wear a mask. I get that its helpful for lane,paris and jess but what bout her other fans wouldnt they want to see the face of the person they come to see perform
| Serenity'sVision chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
Tell me he's not gonna do something stupid! Good chapter! Update!
| gilmoregirlsalwaysforever chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
that was really good update ASAP pleaase! no not crystal! ew hahaha but it makes the stroy good. anyways write more soon please
| Literati44 chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
ally you update! and i cant believe rory told jess that shes rose maylie!~! WOW and i get why he wouldn't talk to her, but its getting so good, so pleaseIPDATE a.s.a.p. and i really want to know what happens with jess and crystal! soo please UPDATE :):)
| Curley-Q chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
Jess is being a jerk, he should understand that Rory was insecure about his reaction. Please conrtnie
| RoryAceHayden147 chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
Wow Getting better.
Update as soon as possible!
| RoryAceHayden147 chapter 1 . 6/8/2008
This kind of sounds like Hannah Montana/ Miley Cyrus.
I don't really like her but I will still follow the story.
| Katie chapter 6 . 6/8/2008
Ok I am officialy mad at you for that ending. Please double please update soon or I might cry.
I'm loving the story!
| Stepheyy chapter 6 . 6/7/2008
Hannah Montana much? lol sorry no affence but this seems like a cheap rip off of Hannah Montana


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Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue
THE STORY: Tracing the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family, the play focuses on nineteen-year-old Elliot, a recently anointed hometown hero who returns from Iraq with a leg injury and a difficult question: Will he go back to war a second time? While on leave, Elliot learns the stories of his father and grandfather who served in Korea and Vietnam before him.
“ELLIOT, A SOLDIER’S FUGUE is that rare and rewarding thing: a theatre work that succeeds on every level, while creating something new…Without ever invoking current politics, ELLIOT, A SOLDIER’S FUGUE, manages to be a deeply poetic, touching and often funny indictment of the war in Iraq.” —The New York Times.
“In Quiara Alegría Hudes’ intriguing new play, the title character…shares what it’s like to be a Marine in Iraq…Simple, poignant and achingly evocative, these sequences are both utterly realistic and profoundly moving.” —Time Out New York.
“A lush and evocative tone poem about the way the landscape of the soul is transformed by war.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


HOUSTON (AP) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is scheduled to make a major announcement regarding the Affordable Care Act in Houston.
Sebelius is returning to Texas on Monday for a second time this month to promote the national health care overhaul.
Republican leaders in Texas have refused to cooperate with the mandatory expansion of health care coverage. Gov. Rick Perry rejected federal funding to add 1 million uninsured working poor people to Medicaid. His administration has also refused to set up a Texas-specific health care exchange to help people buy health insurance and determine if they are eligible for a subsidy.
Sebelius will speak at a training event in Houston designed to help inform and insure young, healthy people who currently don’t have health coverage.
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Mother’s Day is coming up on May 11th. With a little thought and creativity, you can show mom how much you care–without breaking the bank. Take some time and really think about the mother in your life; it can be your mother, stepmother, grandmother, or the mother of your children. What are her interests and hobbies? What is important to her? What makes her feel special? Get out a piece of paper and a pencil, and write down all your thoughts to those questions and let the creative juices flow.
Does the mother in your life love gardening? Instead of buying fresh-cut flowers in a vase, buy some pretty potted plants that can be planted in window boxes or decorative planters. One year, I bought several six-inch terra cotta pots, and I let each of my children paint one. We filled them with dirt and a geranium, and they presented the pots to their grandmother.
What mother doesn’t enjoy family pictures? Take some fun snapshots of your family ,and buy some unique picture frames for them. If your mom likes scrapbooking, you can take your photos and design a few clever pages to add to her scrapbook.
Stories From the Past
Is your mom interested in genealogy and family histories? My mom loves to collect journals, pictures, and memorabilia of ancestors and family members. For Mother’s Day every year, each of my three sisters and I write journal pages of the past year to present to our mom. We write about our adventures with our families, changes in our lives, and experiences that made us grow. My mom has a folder for each of us to keep our stories in. My mom loves this Mother’s Day tradition, and I love the opportunity to record my family’s story.
Spending time with mom is one of the best ways to show you care. Take her to her favorite restaurant, or take a stroll through a park and bring a picnic.
Tell the mother in your life how you feel about her. Tell her what you appreciate about her. Say, “I love you.”


Great London Smog
During the 19th century, the increase in industrialisation in the major cities of Britain gave rise to a dramatic increase in air pollution. Throughout the autumn months, during periods of calm, smoke particles from industrial plumes would mix with fog giving it a yellow-black colour. Such smogs, as they became known, often settled over cities for many days. Wind speeds would be low at these times causing the smog to stagnate, with pollution levels increasing near ground level. London became quite famous for its smogs, and many visitors came to see the capital in the fog.
During the first part of the 20th century, tighter industrial controls and the declining importance of coal as a domestic fuel led to a reduction in smog pollution in urban areas. However, on December 4th 1952, an anticyclone settled over London. The wind dropped and the air grew damp; a thick fog began to form. The Great London Smog lasted for five days and led to around four thousand more deaths than usual. The deaths were attributed to the dramatic increase in air pollution during the period, with levels of sulphur dioxide increasing 7-fold, and levels of smoke increasing 3-fold. The peak in the number of deaths coincided with the peak in both smoke and sulphur dioxide pollution levels.
In response to the Great London Smog, the Government passed its first Clean Air Act in 1956, which aimed to control domestic sources of smoke pollution by introducing smokeless zones. In addition, the introduction of cleaner coals led to a reduction in sulphur dioxide pollution.


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Four Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a confrontation with Taliban on Friday.
The country's army reported that security forces raided two hideouts in a former Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan which led to a gun exchange between both parties.
The army further revealed that the first raid was carried out in the Tank district, killing two of the Taliban fighters in the process.
Another raid happened in the North Waziristan district, where the army captured one of the Taliban fighters before four soldiers were killed in the battle. The military added that they seized massive weapons during both raids.
Pakistan has for long been a playground for terror groups such as the TTP bandits that operates across the border with Afghanistan.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have confirmed the army raid was on one of its hideouts.
The TTP, founded in 2007, is one of the most notorious groups in the region. They were responsible for a 2014 attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan that killed nearly 150 school children.
The latest violence in the country comes months after the TTP and the Pakistani government agreed on a truce in Islamabad.
The deal broke on December 10, after the Taliban accused the government of violating the terms of the deal.

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A host of people, from state officials to local business owners, were on hand Thursday to tout a pilot manufacturing program with a “green” focus.
That’s green as in environmentally friendly and in improved profits for the manufacturers involved in the initiative.
The program, conducted under the direction of the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership and funded through the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, involves 45 small and mid-size manufacturers and is projected to have an economic impact of $54 million over the next five years. It’s also designed to reduce pollution and waste.
Despite the success, there is no state funding set aside to continue to the program, said Mike Klonsinski, chief operating officer of the newly launched Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., a public-private entity that is replacing the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. Klonsinski led WMEP for 13 years until accepting a position in Gov. Scott Walker’s administration and the pilot program launched under his direction.
Additional funding could be made available through a pool of money from the state designated to support business expansion in Wisconsin or from other sources, he said.
“We still want to accelerate business growth,” Klonsinski said.
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. plans to see if there are “unused” federal dollars that could be set aside for the program.
“We will look for other alternatives,” he said.
The pot of money the newly formed corporation will have to support business expansion in the state should be about $60 million, compared with about $34 million that the Department of Commerce had to work with under the last state budget, Klonsinski said.
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Yesterday’s debate was substantive. Of course, not the presidential debate, but the State Board of Education debate hosted by the Office of Campaign Finance.
Six residents are vying to be the At-Large Member of the State Board of Education, a nine-member board that has helped shape policy from the social studies curriculum to the DC School Report Card. The Washington Post’s Perry Stein, who moderated the debate, asked the candidates about their positions on a number of education issues and no one interrupted each other so individuals were actually able to offer their perspective.
By a show of hands vote, every candidate but Dorothy Douglas said the mayor should not have control of schools as Muriel Bowser currently has. “It’s already set in place,” said Douglas, a former educator, when asked to explain why she supports mayoral control of the school system. (The Council transferred power to the mayor over the state superintendent’s office in 2007.) However, Chris Martin, a father and entrepreneur, told the teachers’ union in its survey that he “believe[s] our current education system of Mayoral Control of [the Office of the State Superintendent of Education] and [DC Public Schools] and a separate Charter Accountability system can achieve equity.” He admitted during the debate his position on mayoral control is complicated but ultimately believes OSSE should be independent.
“The mayor forced teachers and parents to protest in the streets to say ‘we are not ready to open schools’ and very recently put together a hybrid learning plan that did not captivate or include the voices of teachers and parents,” said Mysiki Valentine, with the Fair Budget Coalition, when asked to provide a recent example where mayoral control has proven detrimental. (School unions have said they’ve been excluded from reopening talks.) “I don’t think the mayor has really articulated a vision for how she wants education to go. And if you are going to have mayoral control, you have to have a strong vision,” explained Jacque Patterson, with Rocketship Public Schools, a network of charters.
The candidates also voted on whether D.C. should put a cap on the number of charter schools, and only Valentine and Le’Troy Murphy, a former student of DCPS, agreed there should be a limit. For context, the deputy mayor of education expressed concerns to the charter board last year about it approving more campuses because of vacant seats in existing public schools. Schools’ funding is tied to enrollment. Those who were against a cap argued for the need for an assessment and parental choice. When candidates voted on whether they supported a Council resolution to remove police from schools, only Patterson, Valentine, and Dr. Ravi Perry, with Howard University, agreed with lawmakers. But Patterson told the teachers’ union in its survey that he believes police and private security have a role in schools.
The debate got heated when Stein brought up the city’s five-star ranking and whether it is an effective way to measure schools. “I don’t agree with it. And I actually have to take responsibility for some of it because I sat on it as a task force,” said Patterson, “I think we put too much emphasis on the actual test scores.” (Patterson also signed a 2017 letter in support of the framework.) In response, Perry said “I would have never sat on any committee that played a role in that. And frankly, no apology is really acceptable to be honest because the data was clear then that standardized tests are racist and the outcomes produce racist outcomes that lead to resegregation of schools.” Patterson defended himself, saying “hindsight is 20/20.”
One thing the candidates all agreed on: The Council has not provided “rigorous” oversight of schools.
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- Six months of police data show the vast majority of people stopped, frisked, or arrested by D.C.’s special gun recovery and narcotics units were Black. [DCist]
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- Mayor Bowser proposes reforms for D.C.’s minority and small business contracting process. [WBJ, Twitter]
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- Stream these six movies and shows about D.C. this fall. [Washingtonian]
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- Inside the Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams performance at the Kennedy Center Opera House, the first indoor musical event there since the March COVID-19 shutdown. [Post]
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- The first presidential debate dissolved into chaos because of Donald Trump, who at one point refused to condemn White supremacists. Baltimore Ravens quarterback and former Washington Football Team star Robert Griffin III was among the viewers horrified by what they saw. “Some people are willing to create a race war more than a war on racism,” he wrote on Twitter.
- NBC Sports Washington’s Nick Ashooh argues that the Washington Football Team and Baltimore Ravens, who play each other on Sunday, haven’t played enough meaningful games to have a “real rivalry.” [NBC Sports Washington]
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Tsyganova criticized Buzova and Sobchak, calling them “deformity” provoking irritation
In one of the last interviews Vika Tsyganova spoke about her more popular show business colleagues. She made it clear that she didn’t like how Sobchak and Buzova are gaining popularity.
Recently, journalists decided to ask the opinion of Victoria Tsyganova on the new bill against the promotion of the criminal lifestyle. During the interview, it turned out that the Queen of Chanson is not in awe of modern pop. In particular, Sobchak and Buzova, in her opinion, is what spoils modern culture.
“Prison romance is a protest of the society that there is no justice in the country. Sobchak and Buzova, who are constantly broadcast on TV - this is the ugliness that makes people go under the illusion of struggle, in the search for Robin Hoods, ”Tsyganova told Ura.ru portal.
She is sure that people get annoyed when they see on the screen how Buzova and Sobchak demonstrate the wrong values.Tsyganova believes that such propaganda permissiveness will not bring anything good. In her opinion, the law on the prohibition of the criminal subculture will not help to reduce the interest in music on prison subjects.
Almost everyone has forgotten about the chanson singer Vika Tsyganova, she has not appeared in public for a long time. But Sobchak and Buzova are the main newsmakers of the country. In just a year, Buzova made a stunning career as a singer and became so popular that some stars never dreamed of. Ksenia Sobchak distinguished herself by the fact that she recently announced her desire to become president of Russia. But people remember the former "merit" of the presenter.
Biography of the singer, photo, personal life, husband, children, cause of death, listen to songs online


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I always talk about how I love creating customs for people . ...well this was a different take than my usual drinkware designing but I was up for the challenge - and i must say it looks pretty badass! Customer took ride out this past weekend and I got this picture
Project: design and painting of snorkel system plus add matching decal in black on waterproof speaker. The only actual decal is on the white speaker - snorkels are just painted and sealed
Half way through the week and today is bright and sunny....so of course I must share something bright to match. Finally posted this and the black version in the SHOP for print - oh yeah make sure you stop by. Sale ends Saturday. Have an idea of something you'd like but don't see it- no biggie email your questions or message me from the shop. No DMs please. Ty
Thanks again for the all support of my creative side. So blessed.
Have a fabulous day friends!!!
Happy Sunday ! Windy but beautiful here! Hope everyone is enjoying their last day of the weekend. Hopefully you are chilling out with loved ones.
No matter what you are doing today -just make sure it is a good day.
Oh & Don't forget the spring sale is going on
Happy Wednesday Friends!!! Today the weather is wet and gloomy. I wish it was the opposite. What's It like whereyou are?
I love designing customs for my clients. This customer's wife loves sunflowers & he wanted something personalized. I love the simplicity of the design he chose . Oh and lets talk about the color he decided to go with.... it makes the design pop out. It's so elegant. His wife is going to love it !!
FAVOURITE TO MAKE //
Cups, cups and more cups...you may refer to them as vessels, containers, beakers, tumblers, quaich, porringer and many other names but I do it for the love of cups.
HOW I STARTED // In hind sight I suppose it started in my mum’s business ‘Brooklands MG’, a world of classic car parts, restoration, auto testing and rallying. My brother and I grew up immersed in a life a making stuff work and while I didn’t realise it until later, metal fabrication runs in the blood. Pete, my brother now runs @Brookfab (that’s him with my mum in the Silverstone photo) his own fabrication & bespoke motorsport components company while I pursued smaller scale metalwork in Silver & Goldsmithing. So while I studied at a college and took an apprenticeship I like to believe it started before I ever knew what metal-smithing was.
WHERE // Having moved to Crossgar (Co. Down, Northern Ireland) a little while ago I was fortunate to be able to bring my workshop with me. While it is an ever evolving project of converting an extremely cold stable, I adore it and where I am based couldn’t be more idyllic. We rent a property on the stunning #RademonEstate Yes that is where they make @shortcrossgin – I know spoiled.
My work has travelled to places like the Arctic Circle, Japan and Denmark and sells both nationally and internationally from galleries, shows, & exhibitions.
HAPPY WEEKEND EVE!!! Well what I have here to show you I think is just Perfect for the home.... you cant have too many coasters! This leaf set is available along with others. ...PLUS I am making more but the process takes time and consists of multiple steps. Each set of 4 is and will be only $15.50 plus s/h within USA Only
In an uncharacteristic social media moment of madness I have decided to take part in the @joannahawker March Meet the Maker.
Photo of me in the Arctic Circle at Arctic Design week this time last year.
So Day One: Who!
I am a silver and goldsmith based in Crossgar, Northern Ireland-In a nutshell I play with hammers and blowtorches to make expensive things to drink from. Silver and gold allow me to indulge in an on-going fascination with cups, vessels and drinking rituals.
Generally I if am not in a very cold workshop I am out walking my two dogs, or curled up somewhere drinking tea with a good book.
Its so warm and beautiful here. Some are hating it already. Im over here like seriously ? Light breeze & temps like 75/60s ..ummm yes PLEASE!!!!
On another note I just love the ability to use mockups because you get to see what your photographs/designs would look like on a wall or if they'd match with a certain theme and/or decor.
Tell me - do you do this as well with your designs ? What do you like most about the ability of mockups? I'd love to know . ...or if you have any tips - go ahead and share em with all of us!
Broncos custom in the books! Hope everyone had a nice weekend and that you got to spend it with those you love and care about. I had a great outdoorsy weekend with my little family. Making memories is a must!!! Before you know it your kids will be adults and gone. Cherish the times you have!
Orabella here! Hello world. Well my mommy is working on some new ideas for her shop. Go check out her story to add your two cents to the poll
Happy Day yall! Be proud ! You've made it to the half mark of the week . Yayyyyy! So tell me did you get to witness the Blue Blood moon that happened this morning?? I hope everyone has a stellar -day
OH and don't forget .....the sale ends the 3rd
Small Shop Saturday!!!! Hey yall! There's a sale going on in the SHOP. Ends next Friday the 3rd
InstaWorld meet Orabella !!! My newest baby that was gifted to me by my longtime love. I just love her & him for getting her for me. I received her the week before thanksgiving.
Of course this is completely out of my feed zone but I just felt that i wanted to introduce her to you guys....so here she is!
Awww look at these cuties. Homemade gifts really are the best. Especially when they can be personal..... I cant wait to share with you what's inside these . ...butttt you have to wait until AFTER the holiday (cant ruin the surprise)
What kind of homemade gifts are you gifting your loved ones this year??
Here's a custom intergalactic space themed hand painted stainless tumbler I just finished for a returning customer. I love the personal ideas she brings to me to bring to life for her. I just love creating and just can't thank my clients enough for loving what I can do. I love to be creative and artsy but to be able to do all this for people to enjoy around the country is just the cherry on top of my creative sundae. Thank you very much!!! Wouldn't be possible without each and every one of my clients support over the past 1.5 years


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Karna in his previous birth was a rAkshasa who was a great , almost undefeated warrior and was subdued by Nara and Narayana. The Rakshasa (I forget his name) had an armor with 1000 chinks. Nara and Narayana each performed penance for a 1000 years and fought him for the next 1000 years. They alternated their penance and battle. Each such 1000-year battle merely chipped off 1 chink from the rakshasa's armor. This occurred 999 times and one chink still remained. Narayana stated that the rakshasa will be defeated/killed in his next birth and their next avatara. This same rakshasa with one remaining chink in his super-armor was born as Karna with vestigial armor and earrings.
Sun God is praktyaksha nArAyana, sarva sAkshi and the bestower of health, wealth, wisdom and self-realization. Anyone who has received his grace is certainly a force to reckon with. Even Lord Hanuman received his formal education from Sun God. Karna was born by the grace of the great sage Durvasa and the grace of the Sun God.
He is a warrior non-pareil. It is said the Karna was defeated in battle only after 6 forces combined against him. These 6 are Krishna, Arjuna, Salya, Indra (who appropriated his armor and earrings), kunti (who asked him to spare her sons), mother earth (who cursed him)
His generosity and charity are extolled even by the Gods (e.g. Indra)
He is a loyal friend.
Had Krishna not intervened, he would have won Draupadi in the matsya yantra test conducted for her prospective groom.
His dedication to his cause is indeed praiseworthy. He is said to have vowed to give up liquor and meat till he defeated (or was defeated by) Arjuna
However, he lied to Parasurama about his caste and received his curse and heckled at Draupadi. These are particularly tragic in this warrior's history.
The story of Nara/Narayana and the rakshasa and other stories about Karna can be found in the BHagavata and Mahabharata.
Karna is special because of the fanfiction created by his fanatics irrespective of his portrayal in manuscripts of Mahabharata
1). He was gifted the celestial armor and ear-rings due to the request of Kunti to Surya but his fanatics skipped this part in folklores to show his birth as a tragedy
2). Suta wasn't a lower caste but a mixture of Brahmana and Kshtriya hence had the status of high caste.
3). Karna was loved by his foster parents but his fanatics made his foster mother Radha hate him initially to help him gain sympathy.
4). Kunti kept taking report of Karna through her spies when he was getting raised up by Adhiratha and Radha but again this part is also skipped.
5). Karna was taught by Drona and Kripa the art of warfare along with other Kuru princes but this part is not only skipped but horribly modified to not only help Karna in gaining sympathy but also in demeaning Drona.
6). Karna was cursed by Parshurama when the letter found out the reason of Karna's rejection by Drona in teaching Brahmastra and Parshurama tagged him a wicked person.
7). Karna was very rich even before becoming a King as he used to donate golds and diamonds.
8). Karna only equalled Arjuna in Rangbhoomi not surpassed him.
9). Karna wasn't rejected in Draupadi swayamvar but failed to string the bow.
10). Karna was defeated by Bhima in his Rajsuya conquest.
11). Karna didn't protested in Draupadi's humiliation.
12). Karna wasn't drunk in Ghoshyatra still he was defeated by Gandharvas.
13). Karna lost to Arjuna many times in Virata war and lost his brother in front of his sight.
14). Karna was rescued from Satyaki on 12th day of Kurukshetra war.
15). Karna was defeated by Abhimanyu on 13th day and the former attacked the latter when the latter was chariotless and bowless.
16). Karna was defeated by Bhima,Satyaki and Arjuna on 14th day.
17). Karna was overpowered by Arjuna on 16th day.
18). Vijaya bow wasn't given to Karna by Parshurama rather it was unknown son of Bhrigu who gave Vijaya bow to Karna.
19). Karna was defeated by Bhima on 17th day despite having Vijaya bow.
20). Karna openly accepted that Arjuna alone defeated him in Virata war and Arjuna is unmatched warrior on 17th day.
21). Karna was killed fairly by Arjuna on 17th day.
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – The McLeod Safe Kids Pee Dee/ Coastal will host the Kohl's Cares Safe Seats at the Beach on June 25 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. in the Myrtle Beach Kohl's parking lot on Hwy 17 Bypass South.
According to a news release from McLeod Safe Kids, certified McLeod Safe Kids certified child safety seat technicians will check installation of child safety seats, correct those in need and educate parents and guardians on proper installation and use.
Persons wanting to participate should have a car, child safety seat and a child present. Expecting parents are asked to bring a child safety seat.
The technicians have a checklist of child safety seat qualifications to ensure safety for children. If a technician deems a new seated is needed, one for each car will be available while supplies last. The safety seats are funded by Kohl's Cares for Kids.
The event is completely open for those wanting to attend. In the case of rain, the event will be canceled.
For information regarding the event, call McLeod Safe Kids Pee Dee/Coastal at 843-777-5021.
This event is funded in part by the McLeod Foundation. McLeod Safe Kids Pee Dee/Coastal works to prevent accidental childhood injury, which is the leading cause of death for children aged 14 and under. For more information, please visit www.McLeodSafeKids.org or on Facebook under McLeod Safe Kids.


Nagham Mahmood Aljamali*
Department of Chemistry, College of Education, Kufa University, Iraq
Received Date: March 20, 2015; Accepted Date: March 28, 2015; Published Date: April 06, 2015
Citation: Aljamali NM (2015) Zetasizer Technique in Biochemistry. Biochem Anal Biochem 4:168. doi:10.4172/2161-1009-1000168
Copyright: © 2015 Aljamali NM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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In this review study of zetasizer technique and, using in molecular weight of compounds and large molecules, applications in most of fields like bio molecules, determination of molecular weight of organic chemistry
Flexible; Nano; Coefficient; Physical
Overview of Zetasizer: The SZ-100 nano partical series instruments are flexible analytical tools for characterizing the physical properties of small particles. Depending on the configuration and application the system can be used as a particle size analyzer, or also used to measure zeta potential, molecular weight, (MW) and second virial coefficient (A2). Typical applications for the SZ-100 include nano particles, colloids, emulsions, and submicron suspensions (Figure 1).
Particle size analysis is performed by dynamic light scattering (DLS). Depending on the physical properties of the sample, the dynamic range is 0.3 nm-8 μm. The lower limit is influenced by concentration, how strongly the sample scatters light, and the presence of large, unwanted particles. The upper limit is influenced by the density of the sample since DLS is modeled on all motion coming from Brownian motion, not gravitational settling.
The charge on the surface of particles is characterized by the SZ-100 by measuring the zeta potential of a suspension. The sample is injected into a disposable cell and a measurement of the particle electrophoretic mobility results in the calculated zeta potential. The zeta potential of the sample is most often used as an indicator of dispersion stability. Large magnitude zeta potential values indicate that an electrostatically stabilized suspension will remain stable. The zeta potential is often measured as a function of pH or other change in the chemistry to help formulators create new products with a long shelf life. Conversely identifying conditions at which the zeta potential is zero (that is, the sample is at the isoelectric point) allows one to choose optimum conditions for flocculating and separating particles (Figure 2).
The same instrument can also be used to measure the molecular weight and second virial coefficient of proteins, polymers, and other molecules. The user prepares several solutions with known concentrations and then uses the system in a static light scattering mode to create a Debye plot, which results in a calculation of both MW and A2.
What does the Zetasizer Nano do?
The Zetasizer Nano range of instruments provides the ability to measure three characteristics of particles or molecules in a liquid medium. These three fundamental parameters are particle size, zeta potential and molecular weight. By using the unique technology within the Zetasizer system, these parameters can be measured over a wide range of concentrations (Table 1).
|Particle size and molecular size||Zeta potential (particle size diameter)||Molecular weight|
|Measurement range||0.3nm-10.0 microns (diameter)||3.8nm-100 microns||980Da-20M Da|
|Measurement principle||Dynamic Light Scattering||Electrophoretic Light Scattering||Static Light ScatteringUsing Debye Plot|
|Sample volume range||12-20 µL||150µL||12-20 µL|
|Sample concentration||Up to 40%w/v|
Table 1: Measurements of molecules.
• Particle size, zeta potential, molecular weight, and second virial coefficient all in one instrument
• Wide range of particle sizes and concentrations
• Particles size measurements at both 90° and 173°
• Multiple particle size measurement modes for working with small particles and weak scatterers
• Small volume cells for both particle size and zeta potential
• Zeta potential is a scientific term for electrokineticpotential  in colloidaldispersions. In the colloidal chemistry literature, it is usually denoted using the Greek letter zeta (ζ), hence ζ-potential. From a theoretical viewpoint, the zeta potential is the electric potential in the interfacial double layer (DL) at the location of the slipping plane relative to a point in the bulk fluid away from the interface. In other words, zeta potential is the potential difference between the dispersion medium and the stationary layer of fluid attached to the dispersed particle.
• The zeta potential is caused by the net electrical charge contained within the region bounded by the slipping plane, and also depends on the location of that plane. Thus it is widely used for quantification of the magnitude of the charge. However, zeta potential is not equal to the Stern potential or electric surface potential in the double layer , because these are defined at different locations. Such assumptions of equality should be applied with caution. Nevertheless, zeta potential is often the only available path for characterization of double-layer properties.
• The zeta potential is a key indicator of the stability of colloidal dispersions. The magnitude of the zeta potential indicates the degree of electrostatic repulsion between adjacent, similarly charged particles in a dispersion. For molecules and particles that are small enough, a high zeta potential will confer stability, i.e., the solution or dispersion will resist aggregation. When the potential is small, attractive forces may exceed this repulsion and the dispersion may break and flocculate. So, colloids with high zeta potential (negative or positive) are electrically stabilized while colloids with low zeta potentials .
There are four electrochemical phenomena that can be used for the determination of zeta-potential, electrophoresis, electroosmosis, streaming and sedimentation potential. Electrophoresis and streaming potential are the most important commercial effects that have been exploited to determine zeta potential. The Malvern Zetasizer uses electrophoresis, however electroosmosis is an interfering effect that must be considered. There are a number of ways of accounting for this effect (Figures 3 and 4). The use of measurements at the stationary layer is one method that is discussed in the next section .
• Positively charged particles on the surface, moderate
Adsorption of anions, moderate ionic strength positively charged particles with no specific adsorption, low concentration of electrolyte
• Negatively charged particles, strong specific cation adsorption, moderate electrolyte concentration .
The conventional method for measuring zeta potential is to observe the migration of particles in a dispersion with a microscope and measure their velocity using a stopwatch. The current technique of laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) has mostly replaced this laborious measurement procedure.
Both techniques are based on measurement of the migration rate of dispersed particles under the influence of an electric field. The observed velocity (v), divided by the strength of the applied electrical field (E), is a direct measure of the electrophoretic mobility (μE) of the particles examined v/E=μE.
The zeta potential can be calculated from the mobility using the Henry equation.
μE = ε * ξ * f(κ a)/6πη
ε − dielectric constant of the medium, η − viscosity of the medium, f(κa) - correction factor which takes into account the thickness of the double layer and particle diameter. The unit κ is a reciprocal length. 1/κ is frequently described as the thickness of the double layer. In practice an approximation can be made for f(κ a), this is f(κa)=1.0 for non-polar media,f(κ a)=1.5 for particle dispersions in polar media.
f(κa) = 1.5 is a good approximation for particles >100 nm in aqueous solutions with an ionic strength >10-3 M. This is known as Smoluchowski approximation .
μE = ε * ξ /4 πη
at 25% C it is simplified to ξ= 12.85 μE mV.
The second limiting case f(κ a)=1.0 applies for very small particles in media with a low permittivity. This is known as the Hückel approximation.
• If the conventional microscopic observation technique is compared with modern techniques, the advantages of the LDV methods are many. Some important advantages are:
• Statistically better measurements
• Seconds measurement time rather than 10-30 minutes
• Measurement of smaller particles, 5-10 nm rather than a minimum of 200 nm
• Measurement of zeta potential distributions
• Improvement in measurement repeatability due to a reduction in the Joule heating effect
• Ability to automate complex measurements (e.g. pH or concentration dependences)
The electrophoresis cell
comprises a quartz glass capillary 50 mm long, cross section 5 mm by 2 mm, with electrodes at both ends. The capillary is sealed by valves to form a closed tube.
The stationary layer
In the same way that an electrical double layer is associated with charged particles, the same structure exists at the charged capillary wall. This leads to a liquid flow in the cell due to electroosmosis. This adds a velocity to the particle mobility at all points in the cell except at a special position called the stationary layer or stationary plane. This is created in a closed capillary because of the return flow in the center of the cell. At the stationary layer the fluid flow along the cell wall is exactly cancelled by the return flow. Measurements at this position give the true electrophoretic mobility (Figure 5) .
The position of the stationary plane is dependent on the cell geometry and can be calculated for symmetrical shapes of capillary.
Zeta potential measurement technique
In contrast to the traditional microscope measuring technique, in the LDV method the particle image is replaced by the illumination of particles by intersecting laser beams, the observer's eye by the photomultiplier, and the stopwatch by the correlator .
The Malvern system is called the Zetasizer. This system is available with different combinations of measured parameters (Figure 6). These are zeta potential, size, pH and conductivity. The features of this system are its ease of use provided by pre-aligned optics and single button measurement software .
In this optical arrangement the scattered light from particles in the measurement zone is mixed with attenuated light from the illuminating laser that is directly focused on the detector. These two beams intersect at a low angle, 12.7 degrees. This effectively increases the resolution as the effect of Brownian motion is greatly reduced at forward scattering angles. At higher angles, Brownian motion causes a problem as it 'smears' out the velocity spectrum, making it difficult to resolve mixtures of particles with different mobilities .
Signal processing and data evaluation
The measurement technique used is often known as Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV).
Moving particles in the measurement zone shift the frequency of scattered light proportional to their velocity.
The scattered light is detected by a photon counting photomultiplier and the signal input to a digital correlator. This can be thought of as simply an efficient frequency analyzer using a Fourier transform algorithm to disentangling the mobilities of perhaps thousands or millions of particles into a number of mobility channels (Figure 7).
As well as moving due to electrophoresis, the particles are moving due to Brownian motion. This makes the peak width broader than it should appear. To correct for this a measurement is done with no field present. The width of the peak produced will then be due only to the Brownian motion, and this width can be subtracted from the width produced by a measurement with the field applied .
Electrode polarization and determination of sign of the zeta potential
An alternating electrical field is used in order to exclude effects due to electrode polarization. The direction of movement of the particles is therefore periodically reversed during measurement.
In addition to this, one of the two laser beams is modulated by means of an oscillating mirror in order to determine the direction of movement and thus the sign of charge of the particle. The modulator adds a known frequency to the signal. The direction of particle movement, and therefore the sign of the charge, can be identified in this way because the frequency detected due to the particles either adds or subtracts from this modulator frequency. Figure 8 shows the time link between the direction of the electrical field and the phase of the modulated beam. With this scheme the maximum amount of data is collected with the minimum electrode polarization.
A second advantage of the modulator is that particle mobilities at zero give a measured frequency, which is that of the modulator. This means that low mobility particles can be measured with the same high accuracy as particles with high mobility.
Applications - possibilities for automation
Properties of ultrafine disperse systems (dispersions, suspensions, and emulsions) can be examined or predicted using the zeta potential. To use this parameter, it is important to understand that the zeta potential is not a parameter of a particle alone. The zeta potential is dependent, as already discussed, on the particle and on its environment. Zeta potential data with no an exact description of the conditions under which it was measured are rarely meaningful. Controlled changes of the environment, such as pH, that lead to modification of the zeta potential, can give important information about the nature of the particle surface and the robustness of a dispersion to changes in the parameter .
A single measurement of the zeta potential of dispersion in a defined set of conditions is rarely useful for the purpose of characterization. Knowledge is required of how the zeta potential varies as parameters such as pH, conductivity and other factors change


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Create The Cake
Wedding Cakes - Autumn
Square is a great shape for autumn cake designs.
Add deep colors (like reds) with a satin ribbon at the base of the
This is a good way to avoid dying your guests teeth and lips
with dark colored icing!


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International Day of Friendship
The significance of Oman’s role at the forefront of efforts to spread peace and friendship came into focus as the world celebrated International Day of Friendship on Friday. The sultanate’s friendly policies are a result of the strong pillars laid down by its leaders.
The International Day of Friendship is celebrated on July 30 annually and to mark the occasion, Muscat Daily spoke to diplomats about Oman’s friendly ties with their countries.
H E Leslie M Tsou, US Ambassador to Oman, said, “On behalf of the US Embassy and the American people, it is my pleasure to wish Oman a happy International Friendship Day. The partnership between the United States and Oman is deep and historic. In 1833, the United States signed a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Oman. Since then, the relationship has grown exponentially based on the strong economic, cultural and security cooperation between our countries, and the strong bonds of friendship between our peoples.”
The US and Oman’s treaty of friendship and navigation of 1833 was replaced in 1958 by the Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights, and the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1972.
On the occasion, H E Munu Mahawar, Ambassador of India to Oman, said the two countries share a special and deep friendship that is rooted in millennia-old historical links and based on mutual trust and respect. “Today, India-Oman relations have evolved into a vibrant, multifaceted and strategic partnership. There is strong desire among the leadership and peoples of both countries to nurture and further strengthen these bonds of friendship,” he said.
Oman has been working tirelessly to promote good and equal relations with other countries, adopt a policy of good neighbourliness and non-interference in others’ internal affairs, and respect international law, conventions and customs.
According to Embassy of Italy in Muscat, the sultanate’s stance and approach of friendship comes from the Late Sultan Qaboos bin Said’s vision of Oman as a friend of all. His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has promised to follow the same vision for the promotion of ‘peaceful coexistence between nations’.
“With its firm foundations and principles to support right and justice and a desire to work together with other peace-loving countries to promote peace and stability in the region, Oman built a foreign policy that countries of the world admire and respect,” Alessandro Garbellini, chargé d’affaires at the Italian embassy, said.
“The partnership and friendship between Italy and the sultanate is based on the respect and promotion of these same principles. Italy and Oman share an established tradition of collaboration in culture, heritage preservation and the arts as well as at the economic level in the fields of engineering, infrastructures, energy and transport. Such cooperation is broadening to more and more sectors, including fisheries, technology, education, manufacturing, environment and tourism, further fostering the ties between the two friendly countries,” he added.
H E Kim Chang Kyu, Ambassador of South Korea to Oman, said, “The Republic of Korea has been deeply grateful for all the support and assistance offered by the sultanate. The benevolence, tolerance and passion for peace of the sultanate are the foundation of our amicable partnership.
“Under the wise leadership of His Majesty Sultan Haitham, the bilateral relations between our two friendly countries will further develop for the benefit of our peoples.”
Being an active member in all international organisations of the United Nations, Oman prioritises respect for international laws and conventions, and supports cooperation between countries and regions.
H E K K Ahsan Wagan, Ambassador of Pakistan to Oman, said, “As Thomas Aquinas said, ‘There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship’. On this occasion, let me state that Omani people are the most friendly and welcoming people on earth. They are kind, honest, courteous, polite and helpful and their relations with expatriates are exemplary.
“I have the honour of enjoying their unmatched hospitality. With these unique characters, Omani people hold a special place in the community of nations. During these challenging times when the world is suffering from a global pandemic, I pray for everyone’s safety and wellbeing.”
The sultanate’s strategic geographical location has an impact on linking it with many countries that overlook the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean. This in turn outlines its foreign policy and relations with neighbouring and other countries, reflecting on safety of navigation and freedom of transit, thus preserving the security and stability of the region.
On the occasion of International Day of Friendship, H E O L Ameer Ajwad, Sri Lankan Ambassador to Oman, said the visionary leadership of the Late Sultan Qaboos followed by His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik in adopting a consistent and cordial approach has helped the sultanate establish friendly relations with the entire world. “The relations between Sri Lanka and Oman are deep rooted and characterised by bonds of friendship,” the Sri Lankan envoy said.

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#1 ) Use the damn net. This wouldn't be practical in his case (he fell walking between two buildings) and it's not his schtick.
#2 ) Give it up. You're too old. No good. He probably wanted to die this way since the others did as much before him. It's a good way ... really. To die doing what you love best.
#3 ) This one would work. Put a little grappling hook on the pole and tie the pole to your wrist by straps.
How about a longer pole? And ... arched to put the center of gravity lower.
#5 ) In fact, you could make it long enough and vertical enough that, coupled with its angular inertia, you couldn't possibly lose your balance even in the highest wind. Wire walking in a hurricane? On the other hand, such verticality would interfere with guy wires holding the walking wire steady.
How about a line connected to the grappling hook and concealed within the pole that pays out slowly when it catches on the wire. Your weight pulls it out and you are lowered to the ground very safely. Mountaineers (climbers) are familiar with such devices.
#7 ) How about a simple parachute? The grappling hook pulls out a parachute. Yah! Hmmmm.... no ... it would get hung up on the wire or guy wires ... but ... he'd still be hangin' there alive, eh?
#8 ) Have a robot do the walking. That would solve it. Karl stays on the roof and uses a "joy stick". But who's gonna' care about that. They come to see a "bounce", a fall, a death? A youthful girlfriend of mine was in the stands at the first great Wallenda fall in Detroit. She said they "bounced".
#9 ) How about some "grabber" shoes that lock onto the wire at each step? It would be difficult to work out ... but feasible?
#10 ) Last and my favorite ... the new Ebtx Solid Parachute With this gizmo, when you fall, you hit a panic button and the pole blows out extensions which upon, hitting the ground, collapse back into the pole and the energy is absorbed by hot compressed gas exiting through a small hole at the top. Needless to say, you only get one chance to do this right. The army could use this (if they have too many guys on the payroll ;o)


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Polina Barskova, Anna Glazova, and Maria Stepanova belong to the last generation of Russian poets formed by the Soviet experience. Born in the 1970s, they are old enough to have visceral memories of Soviet life but young enough to move adeptly with the new influences, new media, and new choices introduced in the post-Soviet era. Educated in Soviet, European, and U.S. universities, they share a cerebral firepower they exercise in their chosen professions—Barskova and Glazova as scholars, teachers, and translators, Stepanova as an influential online journalist. Together they represent a contemporary Russian culture that extends beyond national borders: Barskova has immigrated to the U.S., Glazova is based in Germany, and Stepanova is a lifelong Muscovite.
Their generation is also the last one raised on Russian modernism, which these poets are renovating from within. While many younger poets are writing free verse, Barskova and Stepanova exercise their mastery of verse form even as they experiment with more open texts; Glazova’s minimalist poems are influenced by late European modernism. While they possess the modernists’ erudition, they decline to worship high culture. They have no patience for modernist mythologies of the poet, which they treat with skepticism and humor. They have put behind them the modernists’ death match with totalitarianism to think critically about current politics and culture. They mistrust lyric emotion, confidently moving beyond Marina Tsvetaeva and Anna Akhmatova as poets of female desire while remaining conscious of themselves as writing women. Women are more influential in Russian poetry than ever before, as the forthcoming anthology of these poets’ work signals (Relocations, Zephyr Press, 2013).
Polina Barskova’s poem was written in Russian but has an English title, marking her relocation to the English-speaking world even as she turns to her Saint Petersburg past—hence her attention to the figure of Orpheus, named in the funhouse mirror of a title she gave her first book of poems after emigrating, Eurydeus and Orphice. With every new book, she shifts her manner and attention, giving her career an exceptionally mobile, open-ended feel. That sense of freedom is palpable in “The Act of Darkness,” whose atmosphere is bohemian, even decadent. Anna Glazova is more ascetic, more focused on existential concerns, and strongly influenced by Paul Celan, whom she studies and translates into Russian. In each small poem, she closes in on a sensory event, pushing beyond the surface of experience to discern its “laws,” warping her native language to the purpose. Maria Stepanova, an independent journalist, investigates the life of culture, namely, the physical and social body in all its symptomatic readability. (She titled one prize-winning collection Physiology and Small History.) Her poem about visiting the Moscow Zoo while pregnant with her son showcases her antic imagination and sardonic feminism. Stepanova’s poetry, like her journalism, answers the Russian situation, now more fractured and chaotic, and always commanding our attention.
Catherine Ciepiela writes about and translates modern Russian poetry. She is the author of The Same Solitude: Boris Pasternak and Marina Tsvetaeva and co-editor of The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems, by translator Paul Schmidt. She is currently translating into English Tsvetaev’s poetry collection After Russia. Ciepiela teaches at Amherst College.


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Thursday, February 09, 2017
The world called, and Angie has answered with the most magnificent, masterful and moving third season of TBS's Angie Tribeca yet. Rashida Jones, Hayes MacArthur, Jere Burns, Deon Cole, Andrée Vermeulen and Jagger will be back when the powerful police drama (ha!) returns Monday, April 10, at 10:30/9:30c, exclusively on TBS, a division of Turner. TBS's first-ever police procedural, Angie Tribeca is the brainchild of Nancy and Steve Carell, who are executive-producing the series along with showrunner Ira Ungerleider. Spectacular guest star list includes Chris Pine, Natalie Portman, Michelle Dockery, Niecy Nash, Jack McBrayer, Rob Riggle, Heather Graham, Ed Helms, Mary McCormack, Ernie Hudson, Michaela Watkins, Constance Zimmer, John Michael Higgins, Rob Huebel, Liam Carroll, Timothy Omundson, Jessica St. Clair, Rachel Dratch, Jean Smart, Andrew Bachelor and many more.
In season three, Angie Tribeca makes television history by going where few shows dare to go: a third season. In pursuit of an animal rights activist turned serial killer, Tribeca (Jones), Geils (MacArthur) and Tanner (Cole) travel outside of their jurisdiction to New Orleans, New York, Miami, outer space and Universal Studios Hollywood. The season begins with the first episode and ends with the climactic last episode, barely stopping for episodes two through nine. If you liked Angie Tribeca's second season, you may or may not like the third season, which tackles issues such as dating again after divorce (Burns' Lieutenant Atkins), gambling addiction (Vermeulen's Dr. Scholls) and adjusting to life after amputation by a faulty hay baler (no one). One thing's for sure: Angie Tribeca's third season is shaping up to be among the top three seasons of the show so far.
NBC has made some date changes due to the Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The season finale of This Is Us is now scheduled for Tuesday, March 14 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. As a result, the series premiere of comedy Trial & Error is now scheduled for Tuesday, March 14 from 10-11 p.m. with back-to-back episodes. An original episode of Chicago Justice will air on Tuesday, March 7 at 10 p.m., immediately following the penultimate episode of This Is Us. In Trial & Error, in the spirit of true crime documentaries, this outrageous fish-out-of-water comedy features bright-eyed New York lawyer Josh Segal (Nicholas D'Agosto), who heads to a tiny Southern town for his first big case. His mission? To defend an eccentric "rollercizing" poetry professor (John Lithgow) accused of the bizarre murder of his beloved wife. Settling into his makeshift office behind a taxidermy shop and meeting his quirky team of local misfits, Josh suspects that winning his first big case will not be easy, especially when his client is always making himself look guilty. The cast also includes Jayma Mays, Sherri Shepherd, Steven Boyer and Krysta Rodriguez.
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02/07 - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - Sabrina Down Under
02/07 - So Little Time - Volume 1 - School's Cool - Boy Crazy
02/07 - So Little Time - Volume 2 - About a Family - Hangin' Out
02/07 - 227 - The Complete First Season (Mill Creek)
02/07 - Vice Principals - The Complete First Season (Blu-ray)
02/14 - Beavis and Butt-Head - The Complete Collection
02/14 - Grace and Frankie - Season Two
02/28 - Fuller House - The Complete First Season
03/03 - The Dick Van Dyke Show - Now... In Living Color! (Blu-ray)
03/07 - The Jamie Foxx Show - The Complete Second Season
03/07 - Mama's Family - Mama's Favorites
03/07 - That '70s Show - The Complete Series - Flashback Edition (Blu-ray)
03/07 - What I Like About You - The Complete Second Season
03/07 - You Me Her - Season One
03/14 - Newhart - The Final (Eighth) Season
03/14 - Unbrekable Kimmy Schmidt - Season Two
03/21 - Master of None - Season One
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Thursday, March 23
Superstore - "Mateo's Last Day" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT)
When Mateo (Nico Santos) faces complications with his transfer to a Cloud 9 Signature store, he becomes desperate to resolve his undocumented status. Meanwhile, Amy (America Ferrera) helps Glenn (Mark McKinney) battle an Internet troll, Jonah (Ben Feldman) and Cheyenne (Nichole Bloom) try to give Mateo legal counsel, and Dina (Lauren Ash) and Garrett (Colton Dunn) take issue with corporate.
Powerless - "I'm a Friend You" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT)
When Emily (Vanessa Hudgens) learns that Jackie (Christina Kirk) is in need of some extra cash, she can't help but try and do what she can to help her out. Meanwhile, Van (Alan Tudyk) is on a witch hunt and has his eyes set on Teddy (Danny Pudi), Ron (Ron Funches) and Wendy (Jennie Pierson).
Baskets - "Circus" (FX, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Christine turns to Arby's after Chip joins the Russians.
Thursday, March 23
- Anthony Anderson (black-ish/Guys with Kids/All About the Andersons) - Catch Anthony on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
- Connie Britton (Spin City/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Lost at Home) - Connie is a guest on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
- Whitney Cummings (Whitney) - Whitney visits Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Jenna Elfman (Imaginary Mary/Accidentally on Purpose/Courting Alex/Dharma & Greg) - Jenna appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) - Stephanie is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
- Matt LeBlanc (Man with a Plan/Episodes/Joey/Friends) - Matt visits LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings. He will also be on a repeat of Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- John Leguizamo (The Brothers Garcia) - John guest co-hosts LIVE! with Kelly, so check your listings.
- Zosia Mamet (Girls) - Zosia is a guest on Harry, so check your local listings.
- Kristen Bell (The Good Place) - Kristen chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
- Craig Ferguson (The Drew Carey Show) - Craig joins the Chew Crew on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
- Nick D'Agosto (Trial & Error) - Nick is a guest on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
- Emma Roberts (Scream Queens/Unfabulous) - Emma talks about The Blackcoat's Daughter on NBC's Today in the 9am hour. She will also be on the AOL Build Show at 11am.
- Woody Harrelson (Cheers) - Woody talks about Wilson on NBC's Today in the 9am hour. Woody and Laura Dern will be on People Now at 8:30am.
- Marcia Gay Harden (Trophy Wife) - Marcia is a guest on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.


The City of Fürstenwald/Spree has set the goal of being Germanys first city to have a complete renewable energy supply. EA Systems Dresden GmbH was contracted to calculate and examine the implementation possibilities of this undertaking. In the course of an energy study and using Green City / SimulationX, all energy requirements, generation and storage capacities are modelled and subsequently a decision base for further measures established.
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Theresa May has promised to frame an administration that can “give conviction and lead Britain forward at this primary time.”
Confronting down calls to remain around Labor and the Lib Dems, a rebellious Mrs. May has chosen to stick on to control by framing a minority Conservative government.
Talking outside Number 10 after a meeting with the Queen to seal her proceeded with prevalence. She stated just the Conservatives and the DUP. I have the authenticity and capacity to give that sureness by summoning a larger part in the House of Commons. I was having secured the biggest number of votes and the best number of seats in the General Election.
Democratic Unionist Party
She and her group are attempting to deliver a little working dominant part in the coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party.
She said the two gatherings had appreciated “a stable relationship” over numerous years.
“This gives me the certainty to trust that we will cooperate in light of a legitimate concern for the entire United Kingdom,” she said.
“This will enable us to meet up as a nation and channel our energies towards a useful Brexit bargain that works for everybody.
“That is the thing that individuals voted for last June. That is the thing that we will convey present. How about we get the opportunity to work.”
DUP MPs are meeting to talk about the circumstance and one revealed to Sky’s senior political journalist Beth Rigby prior: “We would consider a supply and certainty course of action to ensure Theresa May has adequate support to keep her in government.”
As an end-result of shoring up the Tory greater part, the gathering has requested significant more assets for Northern Ireland, more impact, and association in exchange bargains.
A formal assertion is yet to have come. The Prime Minister is relied upon to begin her Cabinet reshuffle soon.
DUP pioneer Arlene Foster affirmed she had talked with the PM and that her gathering was in “exchanges with the Conservatives to investigate how it might be conceivable to convey security to our country as of now of incredible test.”
“The DUP will dependably make progress toward the best arrangement for Northern Ireland and its kin,” she said.
“Yet, similarly we need the best for the greater part of the United Kingdom – and these are testing times.
“Transactions on our exit from the European Union are going to initiate, and we now confront vulnerability at Westminster.”
The move has been pummeled as a “coalition of disarray” by Lib Dem pioneer Tim Farron, who denounced Mrs. May for putting her “gathering before her nation.”
If she has an ounce of sense of pride, she will leave.”
England has a hung parliament after the Conservatives lost their greater part on a phenomenal night.
The Tories remain the most major party with 318 seats up until now and Labor at present have 261 – with 326 required for a greater part and only one place left to he called.
Work pioneer Jeremy Corbyn has additionally approached Mrs. May to remain down, pronouncing he is “prepared to serve the nation” after Mrs. May’s snap General Election bet staggeringly exploded backward – and a vastly improved than anticipated survey for his gathering.
Sky’s political editorial manager Faisal Islam stated: “This is the most excellent exercise in careful control. It was sufficiently intense when she had her particular dominant part.
“She is presently dependent on the DUP and total reliability from the Conservative Party – dependability that has not give to her over the Budget.
“So an entrancing time – Theresa May gazing intently at the camera focal point and telling the nation: ‘I am still in control.'”
Sky’s Northern Ireland reporter David Blevins stated: “The DUP have an exceptionally sensitive adjust to strike between how they utilize this power they all of a sudden wind up with, and how they guarantee that anything they request does not wreck endeavors to reestablish devolution here.
“On the off chance that they will press out some concession from the Tories, is that concession going to baffle Sinn Fein to the point where the possibility of devolution vanishes, and there is immediate govern from Westminster again in Northern Ireland.
“With the capability of that quick run being forced apparently by a Tory government shored up by the DUP.
“You honestly couldn’t make it up.”


To provide an update on progress with housing delivery across the district.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Affects more than 1 ward;
Decision status: For Determination
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/05/2023
Decision due: 27 Jun 2023 by Cabinet
Lead member: Portfolio Holder for Housing and Democracy, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration
Lead director: Service Director - Development
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Contact: Adele Buckley, Head of Housing Growth Email: email@example.com.
Consultation on sites within the programme happens on a site by site basis at key points which require decisions. This is lead by the Council or by its partners dependent on the approach to the site.
Consultation is a key part of any planning application which is made on any site and takes place prior to the submission of any planning application, and as part of the planning application.
Portfolio holders are consulted about key decisions in relation to sites.
Ward members are kept updated and informed at key points within the site development process.
Engagement with ward members regarding sites within the programme takes place on a site by site basis, as proposals for each site progress. For example, local ward members are informed when survey work takes place on site, and at key points during the development process e.g. when planning applications are made, when there is a start on site.
Portfolio holders are informed of progress on the overall housing growth programme via their regular briefing sessions, and specific, strategic issues and decisions in relation to each site are taken to them for decision.
Members/Officers Involved: Adele Buckley Joanne Bartholomew Cllr G Turner Cllr C Scott