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- Explore different types of outdoor blinds and their relative cost-effectiveness.
- Understand the factors that influence the cost of outdoor blinds.
- Learn how Urban Studio Designs offers value in outdoor blinds solutions.
Finding the Right Balance: Quality and Cost in Outdoor Blinds Choosing the right outdoor blinds in Durban involves balancing quality and cost. At Urban Studio Designs, we offer a variety of blinds, each with its unique features and cost benefits.
Types of Outdoor Blinds and Their Cost Factors Understanding the types of blinds available and what influences their cost can help you make an informed decision.
1. Roller Blinds: A Popular Choice
- Material Quality: The type of fabric and durability.
- Size and Customization: Larger sizes and custom features may affect the cost.
2. Venetian Blinds: Timeless Elegance
- Material Types: Choices range from wood to aluminum.
- Mechanism Complexity: The cost can vary based on the operating mechanism.
3. Vertical Blinds: Perfect for Large Spaces
- Material Variety: Includes options like fabric, PVC, or vinyl.
- Design Complexity: Custom designs can influence the overall cost.
4. Motorized Blinds: Convenience at a Price
- Technology Integration: The added cost of motorization and remote control systems.
- Installation Requirements: Professional installation can be a factor in the overall cost.
5. Bamboo Blinds: The Eco-Friendly Choice
- Material Source: The quality of bamboo and its sourcing.
- Craftsmanship: The cost of handcrafted blinds may be higher due to the labor involved.
Comparing Costs Without Compromising on Quality Urban Studio Designs ensures that you get the best value for your investment. While specific prices are not mentioned, here are some factors that generally affect the cost:
- Durability and Longevity: Higher quality materials may cost more upfront but offer better longevity.
- Ease of Maintenance: Some blinds require less upkeep, saving you money in the long run.
- Aesthetic Appeal: Custom designs and higher-end materials can add to the cost but also to the value they bring to your space.
Choose the Best Fit for Your Budget and Style At Urban Studio Designs, we help you navigate these options to find blinds that fit your budget and style. Explore our range of outdoor blinds to find your perfect match.
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- How does the material of outdoor blinds affect their cost? The choice of material, from fabric to bamboo, can significantly influence the cost due to quality and durability factors.
- Do larger blinds always cost more? Generally, larger blinds require more material and labor, which can increase the cost.
- Are motorized blinds a cost-effective option? While motorized blinds may have a higher initial cost, their convenience and longevity can be cost-effective in the long run.
- How does the design complexity of blinds impact their price? Custom designs and intricate mechanisms can add to the cost due to the additional labor and materials required.
- Can I find affordable blinds without compromising on quality? Yes, Urban Studio Designs offers a range of options to suit various budgets while maintaining quality.
Selecting outdoor blinds for your Durban home is an investment in both functionality and aesthetics. With Urban Studio Designs, you can find the perfect blend of quality, style, and cost-effectiveness. Let us guide you to the ideal outdoor blinds solution that meets your needs and enhances your living space.

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2PM kicked off their world tour in Seoul!
The '2PM World Tour GO CRAZY" started off to 7,000 fans at 6PM KST on October 3rd at the Seoul Jamsil Indoor Stadium. The boys kicked off the tour with "Heartbeat", and continued onto other songs such as "Without U" and "HOT".
They performed a total of 27 songs, including hits "10 Out of 10", "It's Raining", "I'm Sorry", "Come Back When You Hear This Song", " Hands Up", and more. Taecyeon and Chansung had a unit stage together, as did Jun.K and Wooyoung, and Nichkhun and Junho. The boys also sang a 2PM version of Wooyoung's solo song "Sexy Lady", and also sang "A.D.T.O.Y", "Again & Again", "I Hate You", and "I'll Be Back", and much more.

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Hours after saying they thought the 13-year-old was dead, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday afternoon that the body of missing Florida girl Madeline Soto had been discovered in a wooded area.
At a press conference earlier in the day, Sheriff John Mina stated that her mother’s boyfriend is suspected of moving her body and that the case is being investigated as a homicide.
According to an update from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Madeline’s body was discovered by Osceola County Sheriff’s Office search teams at 4:30 p.m. in a wooded area off Hickory Tree Road.
The boyfriend of Madeline “Maddie” Soto’s mother has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of the 13-year-old girl from her home in Kissimmee, Florida.
“Madeline’s family has been notified. We have no additional information to release at this time. Kissimmee PD is the lead agency in this homicide investigation. That work continues,” the sheriff’s office said.
It is believed Madeline was killed in Kissimmee, where her family lived in an apartment, and that Sterns moved her body in the early morning hours Monday, Mina said.
“We have evidence that shows Stephen Stern’s returning to the complex and Madeline was visible in that vehicle. We believe she was already dead at that time,” the sheriff said. Authorities did not state what time that footage was captured.
Stephan Sterns, 37, is the prime suspect in the investigation.
The Disappearance of Madeline Soto
Madeline “Maddie” Soto went missing on February 26, 2024, sparking a massive search operation.
She was last seen by Stephan Sterns, her mother’s boyfriend. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office immediately launched an investigation into her disappearance, considering it a matter of utmost urgency.
A Florida Missing Child Alert was issued on February 27, 2024.
Stephan Sterns had been dating Maddie’s mother and was the last person to see her before she vanished. This fact immediately raised suspicions, leading investigators to focus their attention on Sterns as a person of interest.
The nature of their relationship and Sterns’ actions on the day of Maddie’s disappearance became crucial elements in the investigation.
Disturbing Discoveries on Sterns’ Phone
During the course of the investigation, detectives from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office uncovered disturbing images on Stephan Sterns’ phone.
These images, as well as videos, were of a criminal and sexual nature. The forensic examination of the phone also revealed attempts to delete evidence, indicating a potential cover-up.
Based on the findings from Sterns’ phone and the forensic analysis, authorities concluded that the alleged crimes were committed at Maddie’s home in Kissimmee. This discovery prompted the involvement of the local police, who took the lead in pursuing the sexual battery case against Sterns.
The specific details of the crimes and their connection to Maddie have not been disclosed to the public.
The Kissimmee Police Department arrested Stephan Sterns, 37, on charges of sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material. Although these charges are unrelated to Maddie’s disappearance, Sterns has now become the prime suspect in the case. He was taken into custody and transferred to the Orange County jail without bond.
Following his arrest, Stephan Sterns was brought in for an interview by both the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Kissimmee Police Department. However, before any significant questioning could take place, Sterns invoked his right to an attorney. This decision halted the interview and heightened suspicions surrounding his involvement in Maddie’s disappearance.
Sheriff John Mina of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office expressed the determination to obtain answers regarding Maddie’s disappearance. He emphasized that Sterns had an opportunity to cooperate with the investigation but chose not to.
“Stephan Sterns had an opportunity tonight to come clean with detectives and help lead them to information about Maddie’s disappearance,” Sheriff John Mina said in the X post. “Her loved ones deserve answers and OCSO and the Kissimmee Police will not stop until we find Maddie.”
Detectives from both the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Kissimmee Police Department are conducting thorough searches and interviews to gather any information that might lead to Maddie’s whereabouts. Despite their efforts, as of the time of writing, there have been no substantive updates in the search for Maddie.
“OCSO is still actively investigating Madeline’s disappearance and Sterns is considered the prime suspect at this time,” the sheriff’s office said.

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For the past year, Chile was closely watched as an assembly of elected officials wrote what was shaping up to be the world’s first constitution to confront the climate crisis. But change is hard. The proposal was firmly rejected on Sunday by 62 percent of Chilean voters.
The proposed constitution made the environment a consideration in almost every aspect of society and governance, from education to monetary policy. It required the state to cooperate internationally to adapt to and confront the climate crisis. It mentioned nature dozens of times, granted nature its own rights to be protected, and created an agency to defend them. Beyond that, the proposal also enshrined more than 100 new constitutional rights, from abortion to housing.
Despite Sunday’s vote, Chile isn’t done. There is strong consensus across the political spectrum that the existing constitution must be reformed. We don’t know how yet, but the effort will likely continue.
Let’s look at Chile’s attempt to address climate change through the constitution, and how it might work in the future.
Why it didn’t work this time
Constitutional changes happen in democracies when “there has been such an important change in society that institutions are rendered out of date,” said Pamela Figueroa, a professor at the University of Santiago Chile who researches constitutions.
Many democracies can modify their constitutions through amendments or referendums — and even that process can be far from straightforward. What pushed Chileans to totally rewrite theirs?
The current constitution was put in place in 1980 by one of the bloodiest dictatorships in Latin America. Chilean society has certainly changed since then. That was made dramatically clear starting in 2019, when Chileans staged enormous protests.
Critics of the 1980 constitution felt that it created gruesome inequality by giving too much power to the private sector. Among other things, corporations control many water resources, health care services and pension funds. In 2020, the government held a referendum to ask citizens if they wanted a change, and four out of five Chileans voted to replace the constitution.
After such an emphatic vote for change, some observers were surprised by the size of the proposal’s defeat. It made clear that this draft didn’t reflect popular opinion. “It appears clear that it was too ambitious, it was too much change,” my colleague Jack Nicas told me from Santiago, where he was covering the vote.
One reason Chileans rejected the proposal may have been the lack of dialogue across the political spectrum during the constitution-building process. As a former leftist president told Nicas, the proposal was “extremely partisan.”
In assembling the constitution-writing committee, known as the “constituent assembly” or Constitutional Convention, Chileans elected numerous outsiders, such as scientists and journalists, with little to no political experience. Leftists had the majority of seats, rendering input from conservatives almost unnecessary to approve any part of the proposed constitutional text.
In the end, a lot of issues that were approved by the assembly were contentious in the rest of society. The roster of new rights to Indigenous people, which included governing their territories and having their own court system, were among the most polarizing.
How it could work in the future
After Sunday’s defeat, it seems clear that political parties and leaders from across the spectrum are going to come together and figure out what’s next, Nicas told me. He added, though, that it’s unlikely any new proposal with more input from conservatives will enshrine as many protections to nature.
Still, in a country where 91 percent of people believe climate change should be a priority for the government, environmental issues will likely have a meaningful place in whatever Chileans ultimately approve.
While climate wasn’t Chileans’ main concern when they decided to change the constitution, it was certainly a major one. As my colleague Somini Sengupta wrote when she visited Chile, there was a pointed interest in transforming the country’s economic model, which is based on mining and natural resources. Some people saw it as too costly to the environment and to the Indigenous people who were left to live with the consequences.
Institutions are challenged when they don’t present a path for solving crises, Figueroa told me. The 1980 constitution was written without environmental problems in mind, which has made it difficult to quickly address complicated issues. A new constitution could create a new framework, a guide for what policies should do.
Take lithium mining for example. Though key to Chile’s economy, it has put a strain on water resources in some of the country’s most vulnerable regions.
President Gabriel Boric is developing new regulations that could make these mining activities more sustainable. But, if approved, the new constitution would have given his administration much bigger authority to enact protections.
In a moment when polarization is so prominent in public debate around the world, many Chileans were proud that their country chose to tackle its problems by improving institutions. Though this path is clearly complicated, it could offer a lesson for other nations.
“It showed how you can solve very complex crises through dialogue and democracy,” Figueroa told me. “But it doesn’t mean problems will be solved overnight.”
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Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who has in the past ruled out the possibility of joining politics, on Sunday made it clear why. He said he is just not cut out for it.
“Sometimes I feel I won’t be able to do as much as a politician as I can as a creative person… My strength is I am a creative person, I am a communicator. I can touch the hearts of people,” the 53-year-old actor said at NDTV Yuva, a conclave for the youth.
“Also, I am scared of politics. Who is not scared of politics? That’s why I stay away from it”, he added.
Aamir Khan, however, did make it clear that as citizens, we should question the government. “They are answerable to us, there is no doubt about that,” he said.
The actor, while speaking on water conservation efforts in Maharashtra, also said that not dams, but decentralized watershed management was the solution to the problem. But more than that, he said, he believed people are the solution.
“Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis too admitted to me that this problem of drought and water scarcity could not be solved till it became a people’s movement. That’s what we set out to do,” he said.
Aamir Khan had set up a non-profit company, Paani Foundation, in 2016, along with the team of his TV series Satyamev Jayate, to fight drought in rural Maharashtra. Paani Foundation conducts a competition called the ‘Satyamev Jayate Water Cup’, in which villages compete to win prizes for the best watershed management work.


PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are ready to offer Dele Alli a Tottenham escape route on a season-long loan, according to reports.
The French giants will then look to make his move a permanent one with Jose Mourinho open to letting the England star leave.
Alli looks braced to leave the North London outfit after being banished from the matchday squad for their last two league matches.
The 24-year-old was apparently left confused and upset by his treatment and is considering leaving the club.
According to RMC Sport, PSG are ready to make their move with Tottenham chief Daniel Levy 'considering accepting.'
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The two clubs have a prior history in the market, with PSG having sold Lucas Moura, 28, and Serge Aurier, 27, to Spurs in recent years.
And The Telegraph add the Ligue 1 champions firmly believe Alli has his heart set on a move to the French capital.
They are said to be 'increasingly confident' that a deal can be agreed with Tottenham before the transfer window closes on October 5.
A loan could be also be benficial for Spurs in the hope Alli can recapture his best form.
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When quizzed on Alli's absence from the team, Mourinho responded: "There are others waiting for the same minutes.
“It is an internal fight, fight between friends. Everyone will get chances to play."
And when asked whether Alli will still be a Tottenham player beyond the transfer window, Mourinho responded: “I believe so.”


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Elevation gain: 819 m
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Difficulty: Steep hike, switchbacks, and snowy talus and scree on alpine terrain
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PTFE-free micronized polyethylene wax additive for improving the scratch and abrasion resistance and increasing the surface slip
Article from PCI eMagazine - June 2023
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Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a substance with a unique behavior in coatings applications. It is used in all types of coatings to modify total mechanical performance and improve values for scratch resistance and abrasion resistance, while simultaneously lowering surface friction. If PTFE is used as an additive for paints and coatings, it has only a minor influence on gloss values or other optical properties, and is suitable for food contact applications. The substance itself is chemically inert, temperature resistant, and has a higher density in comparison to other wax additives, such as carnauba wax or polyethylene wax. Thanks to the higher density of PTFE, the wax additives can orientate throughout the entire coating film, in contrast to a number of other wax additives that orientate to the paint surface and only interact within the interfaces between the coating and the air (Figure 1).
Fig. 1: Orientation of wax additives
PTFE wax can be used on its own or in combination with other wax bases, such as polyethylene (PE) wax. When used in this manner, PTFE must have a very fine particle size and narrow particle size distributions. PTFE-based additives are typically delivered in a micronized form or as a dispersion type in organic solvents.1, 2
Polytetrafluoroethylene is a well-known representative of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The production of fluorinated polymers is a source of PFAS emissions, as well as the polymers themselves. This large group of synthetic chemicals has a wide range of use in our modern society. They can be found in textiles for rain and outdoor clothing, surface treatments, and impregnation to improve weather resistance and durability. PFAS are used in high-performance fire-protection clothing and firefighting foams, but also in everyday appliances such as frying pans, cooking pots, and food packaging to implement antistick or easy-to-clean properties. Furthermore, as mentioned previously, these substances are used in various paints, chrome plating, and construction materials to improve durability.
Despite boosting and improving upon several properties in these application fields, PFAS come with downsides and negative effects. Some PFAS are toxic to humans and are also well-known environmental pollutants. Due to the carbon-fluoride bonds, one of the strongest bonds in organic chemistry, they are very resistant and persistent to degradation. This is good for generating long-lasting properties in coatings applications, but harmful to the environment, where most of these substances can be easily transported over long distances from their source of release and then accumulate in natural environments. Studies have shown that PFAS can easily contaminate water sources such as rainwater, groundwater, drinking water, and soil. Cleaning polluted sites is difficult and expensive. In addition, these substances can often be found in human blood. Tests indicate that PFAS can weaken the immune system and are linked to elevated cholesterol levels and liver damage.
As a result, global regulatory bodies began to investigate PFAS-containing polymers and made it a global topic to increase public and scientific concern about the use of PFAS. Global regulatory leaders such as the European Chemical Agency, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of People’s Republic of China have already launched restrictions, limitations, bans, and directives on the use of PFAS.3-8
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Although PTFE is a substance with unique properties, there are alternatives available that have been developed as replacement solutions for typical PE/PTFE wax additives. BYK's new wax additives provide comparable performances with a focus on improving abrasion resistance and scratch resistance, at the same time. They offer a system-dependent reduction of the coefficient of friction (COF) and show only minimal impact on gloss, while suitable for food contact applications. These three new developed alternatives are now available for direct comparison to existing PTFE-based standard wax additives in solvent‑based and aqueous systems (Figure 2). All three new products have a solid delivery form and are micronized to a very fine particle size of D90:10µm. This provides reproducible performance in a variety of different application areas. CERAFLOUR 1050 uses a PE wax base and is especially recommended for clearcoats and haze-sensitive systems. CERAFLOUR 1051 uses a modified PE alloy as wax base and shows the best results over a wide range of application areas. CERAFLOUR 1052 uses a modified PE alloy as well and is recommended for systems with a lower COF demand.
Fig. 2: New PTFE-free wax additive family members
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To ensure that the new alternatives can keep up with the market standard that PTFE-based wax additives have set over the past few decades, developments were carried out in different testing systems and application areas where mechanical performance is important.
Food and beverage cans should protect their filling for several years. Because of these long storage times, the interaction between the packaging and the food must be minimized. Can interiors are typically coated with an organic layer that protects the integrity of the can from the effects of the food and prevents chemical reactions between the metal of the can and the food. On the other hand, the exterior is also coated to prevent the can from becoming damaged during storage or transportation, and provide an appealing appearance. This means that interior and exterior coatings need to fulfill specific requirements with regard to scratch resistance and COF values. The test against scratch resistance in the can industry is performed using the TQC-sheen-mechanized scratch tester 705 (Figure 3). A test panel is clamped down and slowly moved while a defined needle scratches the surface. Variable loads can be applied to achieve the destruction of the coating.9
Fig. 3: TQC-sheen scratch
A commonly used test method for evaluating the COF values of surfaces is the Altek 9505 mobility/lubricity tester. By traversing a weight across a sample, the coefficient of friction is determined and indicated directly on the electronic analog meter.10 Results obtained by these two methods of testing new wax grades can be found in Figure 4. The formulation used is a solventborne, bisphenol-A-free, polyester/melamine-based clearcoat, and all wax additives are used with 1% solid wax on total formulation.
CERAFLOUR 999 and CERAFLOUR 996 R are micronized wax additives based on PTFE-modified PE wax and serve as the market standard for comparison. Also, a coating sample without wax additive can be found in the figure. The results clearly show that all products can lower the COF of coating surfaces from 0.30 (without wax), to around 0.06 in total, using a wax additive. The values between PTFE-based and new PTFE-free products are highly comparable. The same statement is valid for the sheen hardness in this coating. The control sample without the wax additive shows a low performance level with just 100 g of scratch resistance. Using each wax additive, it is possible to increase scratch resistance up to 900 g. An exchange of PTFE-based wax additives with new PTFE-free products is possible, without losing performance.
Fig. 4: Comparison of COF and sheen hardness in a BPA-NI can coating clearcoat
Another area of application that is especially important is coil coatings, where the metal is coated before forming it into the desired shape. Prepainted metal provides a high-quality painted surface in a wide array of colors and textures. The surface of a prepainted metal can be either very matt or high gloss, smooth, orange-peel, or textured. Prepainted metals are available in a variety of steel and aluminum grades and alloys. Although the organic coatings used in coil coatings have a lower dry-film thickness than post-applied films such as automotive coatings, they still provide a particularly outstanding mechanical and optical performance. The continuous coil coating process offers the highest quality assurance standards through coil-to-coil consistency.11 This means that the desired values for COF and abrasion resistance must be precisely reproducible, reliable, and at perfectly adjusted levels to keep the application process running and allow the cutting and forming of all part types after the coating process. Of course, this should not cause damage to the coating itself or to the tools used for the cutting and forming processes. As well as excellent mechanical performance, the coating must provide constant gloss levels and good leveling with little to no flash-off time after application.12
An effective way to evaluate abrasion resistance in coil coatings is the Taber test (Figure 5). For this test, a test panel, approximately 100 mm in a square or round form, is mounted to a turntable platform that rotates on a vertical axis at a fixed speed. Two Taber-abrasive wheels, which are applied at a specific pressure, perform a characteristic rubbing-wear action in contact with the test specimen to generate a sliding rotation of the two abrading wheels. As the turntable rotates, the wheels are driven by the sample in opposite directions. One abrading wheel rubs the specimen outward toward the periphery and the other, inward wheel rubs toward the center, while a vacuum system removes any loose debris created during the test.13
The loss of weight is measured in milligrams after a specified number of rotating cycles. In Figure 6, the wax additives CERAFLOUR 996 R and CERAFLOUR 999 again serve as market standards for comparison with this solvent-based polyester/melamine coil coating system. All wax additives are used with 1% solid wax on total formulation. This shows that new wax additives CERAFLOUR 1050, CERAFLOUR 1051, and CERAFLOUR 1052 can offer an abrasion resistance that is highly comparable to the PTFE-based standards. They each greatly lower abrasion in comparison to the control sample without additive and keep the gloss at the same high level.
Fig. 5: Taber test
Fig. 6: Comparison of Taber abrasion and gloss in polyester/melamine coil coating
In the same polyester/melamine coil coating system, it is also clear that the new PTFE-free wax additives can have an additional benefit. They each show excellent leveling and a high distinctness of image (DOI) in comparison to the control sample, the without wax additive. In Figure 7, the reflection of a lamp is shown in the gloss angle on the coating surface. All new PTFE-free alternatives show superb leveling, but wax additive 1051 displays especially outstanding optical performance in this testing system.
Fig. 7: PTFE-free wax additives CERAFLOUR 1050, CERAFLOUR 1051, and CERAFLOUR 1052 in polyester/melamine coil coating
Another particularly important area of application for PTFE-based wax additives is the broad area of general industrial coatings, ranging from coatings for computers or consumer electronics through DIY aerosol and drum coatings to coatings for agriculture, farming equipment, and automotive interiors. Industrial coatings can be used for a wide range of substrates and are available for all types of coating technology, such as radiation curing, conventional drying, heat curing, or two-pack curing. They can be solvent-based, solvent-free, or aqueous, but one thing these coatings have in common is that they need to be scratch and abrasion resistant. One additional test method in this area of application is abrasion testing according to Wazau SN 27650 (Figure 8).
The device determines the abrasion resistance of coatings. It is suitable for surfaces that are exposed to minor mechanical stress, such as friction with textiles or paper. The test for abrasion resistance, according to this standard, can be performed on nearly any flat surface area. A paper tape is pulled over a coated plate at a constant speed of 100 cm/min and pushed onto the specimen area with a defined load using a cylinder. The measure for abrasion resistance is the length of the paper tape in centimeters needed to make the carrier material visible. Additionally, a desired value in centimeters can be set to which the paper is required to move over the specimen.14
Fig. 8: Wazau abrasion testing device APG SN 27650
The new PTFE-free products are evaluated in an aqueous one-pack acrylic emulsion with 10% organic cosolvent content for Wazau abrasion and Taber abrasion (Figure 9). Each wax additive is used with 2% solid wax on total formulation. The Taber test uses CS10 grinding wheels for 1,000 rounds at 500 g pressure at each side, and the Wazau abrasion test is evaluated at the maximum paper length that the coating can withstand. In addition, each sample is evaluated optically upon exceeding a paper length of 300 cm. The results show that all new PTFE-free products perform very well in the tests. They lower the Taber abrasion from 25 mg in the control sample without wax to 4 mg loss with the new wax additives. The results are highly comparable to both PTFE-based standard wax additives. The Wazau abrasion shows that all new PTFE-free products can withstand mechanical stress as good as PTFE-based products. In particular, the pictures including abrasion after the paper length of 300 cm show less damage to the coating and a more homogenous behavior in comparison to the control sample without wax additive and to PTFE-based wax additives.
Fig. 9: Comparison of Taber abrasion and Wazau abrasion in aqueous GI coating
After the evaluation of dozens of samples in the development stage and assessing them in a wide variety of areas of application, coating systems, and using different evaluation methods, it can be concluded that the newly introduced PTFE-free wax additives have the potential to replace PTFE-based PE/PTFE wax additives (Figure 10). They can match well-known properties such as abrasion and scratch resistance without the use of PTFE. They represent an alternative to PTFE-based wax additives without the downsides of the harmful impact on human health or the pollution of the environment. The results presented are selected highlights from a wide range of extended testing and development processes, and offer an overview of the potential that these new products offer. Upon concluding the full overview of this project, it is recommended to evaluate all three new products as replacements for PTFE-based wax additives, because the individual results can be system dependent. The main recommendation is to test CERAFLOUR 1050 especially for clearcoats and haze-sensitive systems, CERAFLOUR 1052 for systems with a lower COF demand, and CERAFLOUR 1051 where the best overall results are required in a wide range of application areas.
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Combining machine learning with best practices from software engineering and IT Operations (MLOps) is one of the hottest and growing topics in the machine learning field. Kubeflow is an open source toolkit for MLOps and the de-facto standard for MLOps on containerized environments like Red Hat OpenShift and vanilla Kubernetes.
We have now brought Kubeflow to IBM Power – and you can try it out on your own by following this blog!
Kubeflow from a bird’s-eye view
As a toolkit, Kubeflow comes with multiple tools for data scientists as shown in Figure 1. These tools help during the whole life cycle of typical machine learning projects that involve: building models, tuning models, deploying models to production, and managing in-production models. In each of these distinct steps, data scientists are governed with appropriate tools such as notebook-based development environments, Hyperparameter Optimization (HPO), model serving in production environments, and more.
Figure 1. Kubeflow provides several tools for data scientists
The most important and prominent tool in Kubeflow are pipelines. Pipelines inter-connect all those tools into a common, integrated workflow. From a technical perspective, pipelines formally specify the machine learning workflow (from data ingestion to model deployment) as an executable artifact. This formalization makes the whole process versionable, reproducible, auditable, and automatable – or, in other works, production-ready at scale.
A simple example pipeline
Let’s have a look at the example pipeline illustrated in Figure 2. The pipeline formalizes the steps from getting and preparing data, training a model, evaluating the model, exporting it, pushing it to a production environment, and deploying it there. Each individual step (a so-called component) was formalized by a data scientist either by:
- Leveraging Jupyter Notebooks (note the orange notebook icon on the left side of each of the first five components); this is where data scientists really feel like home or
- Reusing pre-existing Kubeflow components (note the Kubeflow icon in the last component and in the panel at the left); this is where we save lots of efforts by simply plugging in what we developed before in other pipelines (or what others have provided – for IBM Power we provide a whole catalog!).
Figure 2. A typical pipeline in Kubeflow
The only need for data scientists is that they must familiarize themselves with these pipelines, so that they can specify pipelines using Python SDKs or the graphical editor used in Figure 2. And that’s really it. Data scientists don’t have to bother with Kubernetes to bring their artifacts in the production (Kubernetes) environment. And, honestly, they shouldn’t. Mastering Kubernetes is neither their goal nor their profession (some might even dislike it).
The beauty of Kubeflow is that everything data scientists do – like running pipelines and serving models – is still fully backed by Kubernetes.
How Kubeflow makes Kubernetes-magic happen
Once specified, data scientists can run a pipeline (for example, by clicking the Play button at the top of the pipeline editor). Now, this is where the magic happens.
Kubeflow takes over full control and automatically packages each of the pipeline’s components into self-contained container images (pssst, the data scientists don’t have to know!). Afterwards, Kubeflow lets the Kubernetes cluster spawn and orchestrate pods from those images according to the pipeline specification – Kubernetes particularly ensures that data is passed from one pod to the other after the former pod is finished with its task. Eventually, the whole pipeline will be executed against the cluster. The data scientist can follow the state of execution graphically in Kubeflow’s UI.
The big advantage is that data scientists can fully leverage Kubernetes without having to know about it. At the same time, IT operations can profile, meter, and manage Kubeflow-created resource uniformly like any other workload they observe in their Kubernetes cluster.
Running Kubeflow on Power
IBM Power servers shine with their efficiency for AI and container workloads, their security, and their reliability. These benefits make Power a perfect deployment target for Kubeflow in production. Moreover, we created a rich ecosystem of reusable Kubeflow artifacts for Power with reusable components, adaptable Jupyter Notebook environments for development, security-hardened container images, and end-to-end examples – just check out my public GitHub repository.
We also made the installation on IBM Power super easy. An installation guide is provided in my repository but the gist is the following: Assuming you have either an OpenShift or a vanilla Kubernetes cluster on Power installed, simply execute these lines from a server node (bastion on OpenShift; master on vanilla Kubernetes) and follow the instructions to get Kubeflow installed:
Listing 1. Installing Kubeflow on IBM Power
Moving on with Kubeflow on Power
Now that you have installed Kubeflow, start using it. First, I recommend starting up and connecting to a notebook server (as shown in Figure 3) to get access to an in-cluster development environment.
Figure 3. Connecting to a notebook server for developing pipelines in Jupyter Lab
From here, load one of the examples from my examples repository, execute it, experiment, and have fun!
You have now gained a high-level understanding of Kubeflow on IBM Power. Stay tuned for more blogs on this topic, we’ve got lots of cool new features and success stories to share.


Johnny Depp's daughter Lily-Rose is the new face of fashion brand Chanel.
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A court hearing dealing with allegations that Johnny Depp's wife, Amber Heard, illegally brought their dogs to Australia has been adjourned until November.
Depp was accused of smuggling his dogs into Australia and was given 50 hours by the authorities to send them back to California or they would be euthanised.
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Preacher's frenzy / William W Johnstone with J A Johnstone.
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- Physical Description: 463 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
"There are two kinds of traps in the Old West. One is the kind that Preacher and his buddy Charlie uses to catch a mountain-load of fur pelts. The other is the kind that Charlie steps into-a trap set by a low-life gambler and his seductive partner in crime to swindle Charlie out of his fur money. Preacher hates to see a good friend get robbed. So he sets off after the grifters-on a riverboat bound for New Orleans. First, he infiltrates the criminal underworld of the French Quarters. Then, he's enslaved on a pirate ship heading straight to hell. Now, there's only one way out for Preacher. And that's to make a deal with the devil herself- a female of the species deadlier than the male ." -- Provided by publisher.
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That didn't take long! Miley Cyrus can't stay covered as she changes into crop top and hotpants to perform at Bambi Awards
She's been causing controversy over the past few months with her skimpy outfits, twerking and on-stage smoking antics.
Then shocked us all even more by turning up at the Bambi Awards in Germany covered up in a black vintage Jean Paul Gaultier maxi dress.
But it didn't take long for the popstar to go back to her old ways as she changed into a neon green crop top and hot pant combo with high fashion out of this world shoulder detail.
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Reptile: US singer Miley Cyrus performs during the 65th Bambi media award ceremony in Berlin in a flesh baring space age two piece after arriving in a full length black vintage gown
Back to form: Miley Cyrus completed her more revealing sci-fi inspired look with her cropped hair gelled back and bright red nails
Trophy: Miley's unusual outfit was made up of neon green material,which seems to change colour in different light and had sliver trim with large green plastic scale-like shoulder pieces
She completed her sci-fi inspired look created by New York fashion designers The Blondes with her cropped hair gelled back and bright red nails.
The unusual outfit was made up of neon green material with sliver trim and large green plastic scale-like shoulder pieces.
The 20-year-old performed her hit Wrecking Ball sitting on a stool with an acoustic band a far cry from her controversial performance at the EMAs, which saw her twerking with latex-clad dwarf.
Miley was awarded with a Bambi award in the category International Pop.
No latex in sight: Miley Cyrus performed Wrecking Ball with an acoustic band during the 65th Bambi media award ceremony in Berlin
Stop what you say: Miley performed before being awarded with a Bambi award in the category International Pop
Centre stage: Miley had the whole room captivated with her voice as the spotlight allowed her to shine on stage
Winning performance: Miley commented that she was tired from all the travelling she's been doing, but her tiredness did not show on stage
Staying sci-fi: Miley kept the space age theme going but arrive covered up before changing into a much more revealing outfit to perform
Having arrived in Berlin earlier that day following a visit to London on Wednesday, Miley admitted her gruelling promotional tour of Europe was leaving her exhausted.
She tweeted: 'All this travelling is finally taking its toll on me,' on arriving in Berlin for the annual Bambi Awards which celebrates German and international achievements in movies, TV and music.
Also on the red carpet at the Stage Theater was Victoria Beckham, Robbie Williams and Sylvie Van De Vaart.
Spice Girl-turned-designer Victoria arrived solo ahead of her acceptance of an award later that evening.
Excited: A gaggle of her most passionate supporters had gathered in the hope of seeing the star
Over there: A helpful security guard pointed her in the direction of her ecstatic supporters
And off she goes: It was not long before Miley was making her fans' day by signing their memorabilia
Boredom: Miley Cyrus messes around with a wig, she randomly packed for her German trip
She's off again: Miley slipped into tracksuit bottoms as she got ready to fly out of Berlin on Friday via private jet
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Acclaimed author Anne Perry delivers another installment of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series, which includes the novels Bluegate Fields (H1421) and Callander Square (H1083). Two dead bodies have been discovered, both similarly mutilated. As Inspector Thomas Pitt examines one body, he recognizes the man from a previous case. With the help of his perceptive wife, Charlotte, Thomas intends to solve this gruesome crime.
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"Davina Porter has done most, if not all, of Perry's Victorian-era mysteries, so her superb performance of this one comes as no surprise. She is convincing as male or female of any social stratum--and one's place in society was of utmost importance in those days. Here, Charlotte Pitt, wife of Inspector Thomas Pitt, pushes at the limits of the behavior of a dutiful wife as she helps him solve a series of gruesome murders that happen in a tawdry section of London. Somehow the lurid details don't sound so bad in Porter's crisp diction. Perry empathizes with the situation of Victorian women, both low and high born, so it's no accident that her novels feature gritty ladies of all classes. J.B.G. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine"
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|I tighten my seat every, EVERY single time I go out for a ride, but at about half an hour into the ride the seat starts coming loose, and in about 1.5 hour it comes out completely. ARRGHH!!, pissed me off.
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An investigative report in The City Press (22 December 2013) says that two Gauteng private investigators, and two former bank employees, have been arrested for allegedly selling bank statements.
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A private investigator told City Press that corporates often purchase the illegally obtained information to learn about competitors or potential business partners.
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You’ve been reading about this event on other blogs, I’m sure, but it’s well worth it for me to repeat the information of a fun event that will benefit a great cause. The 9:30 club will be hosting DC chefs and musicians this Sunday to benefit DC Central Kitchen. For the first time 9:30 club will expand to its exterior, making this the first indoor-outdoor event at 9:30.
Tickets are only $30, which gets you samplings from 18 popular DC restaurants – including U street area favorites Busboys and Poets, Church Key, Commonwealth Gastropub, Cork, Marvin, and Masa 14 (and other U Street Girl faves like Jaleo, Taylor Gourmet, and Sauca).
The crowd will also be treated to the sounds of DJ Will Eastman, US Royalty, Bluebrain, Fatback DJs, Beautiful Swimmers and Midnight Kids over the five-hour event.
If you didn’t know, DC Central Kitchen is celebrating its 21st year of combating hunger and creating opportunity. The Kitchen works 365 days a year to provide the area’s neediest people with nutritious food and empower chronically unemployed men and women with the skills they need to get their lives back together. In the past year, 47 men and women, many of them ex-felons, gained jobs through the Kitchen’s Culinary Job Training program.


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Many people tell us that we must have a great job just playing with dogs and cats all day. It is a great job, but the responsibility goes far beyond play.
First, a potential pet sitter considers the time and money required to establish the business. In addition to the time spent with the pets, we add travel time, training, scheduling, accounting and marketing. Initially, the pet sitter or team of pet sitters manage the visits and the office. On-line software and mobile phones make the tasks easier, but we quickly realize that we are doing more than walking dogs. After we pet sit, we manage the office, scheduling and sitters. Pet sitting is a full-time job!
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Recently we shared a post on our Facebook page about our association with Pet Sitters International. This is a link to an article that the international professional educational program posted. In addition to spending weekends, holidays and vacations with your furry family members, we stay current on trends, pet training techniques, foster opportunities and local events. We strive to be your resource for your pet’s care.
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As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity around the world, the need for reliable and convenient charging solutions becomes increasingly important. That's where the CCS Combo 1 Adapter by Stoke Voltaics comes in. Designed with quality and versatility in mind, this adapter ensures seamless charging experiences for EV owners, wherever their journeys may take them. However, it's crucial to consider the electrical compatibility when using the CCS Combo 1 Adapter internationally.
Understanding Global Electrical Compatibility:
Products with electrical plugs, including the CCS Combo 1 Adapter, are primarily designed for use in the United States. It's important to note that outlets and voltage standards vary across different countries and regions. Before purchasing and using the CCS Combo 1 Adapter internationally, it's vital to check the compatibility requirements of your destination. This step ensures that you can safely and efficiently charge your EV without any electrical complications.
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If you're planning to travel abroad with your electric vehicle and use the CCS Combo 1 Adapter, it's essential to consider the need for an adapter or converter. These devices help bridge the gap between different electrical standards, allowing you to safely connect your CCS Combo 1 Adapter to the local power supply. By using a compatible adapter or converter, you can ensure a seamless charging experience and protect your EV's charging system.
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Good morning, Folks. This layout was a series of unexpected happenings. The layout itself took quite awhile. A bit over 2 hours which seems like an eternity to me. I'm normally trying to complete a page in just about an hour and well, this one didn't turn out that way. It's funny when it comes to mixed media. I think you have to go into using those techniques knowing that everything you do may in fact be hidden by the end of the layout process. That certainly happened on this one. I loved the background I created. Unfortunately, it was too dark to allow my black birds to show up, and so I used the packaging from that Blue Fern studio chipboard to layer the main part of the layout.
The pictures used in this layout are from the church that sits in front of the cemetery where Edgar Allan Poe's grave resides, but more on his actual grave in the companion layout that will be forthcoming. The moon was full the night Stew and I went to check out the grave. We were in Baltimore for a play at the Hippodrome and arrived a bit too early, so we went exploring. For all the years I've lived in and around Baltimore (which is my whole life) and for how much I love Poe, I had never visited his grave site. This night checked that one off of the to do list. It was totally creepy to walk around the graveyard at night, but also something peaceful about it. It was also super cold, so we didn't stay very long. I definitely want to go back to explore some more, but this was a great way to spend the time we had before the show.
This layout was born out of an invitation I received from Tuesdae Hubbard for a YouTube layout hop she and other scrappers were participating in. I was so excited to be included. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. My internet failed and then there as life, so this is the first chance I'm getting to sit down and get this posted. If you want to follow along on the hop, you can start at my video below and then in the description box of the video, all other participants are listed. They are some seriously talented folks and I hope you'll check them out.
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BSN AND ADN NURSES 5
BSNand ADN Nurses
BSNand ADN Nurses
Theeducational level of the nurses is portrayed by their competenciesduring their nursing practice. In the United States, there are twodifferent ways of becoming a registered nurse. These are theassociate-degree level qualification and the baccalaureate-degreelevel qualification. Thecompetencies between the two nursing are different based on theeducation level and the expertise they are prepared to give in ahealth care setting. This paper seeks to explore the differences interms of competencies of the two nursing levels by discussing theirpractices. To put the differences into perspective, this paper willexamine a patient care scenario by describing how each of the twolevels of nursing will approach the situation in decision making.
Oneof the main differences in the competency of these two levels ofnurses is the educational qualification and knowledge acquired duringtheir training. The main focus for the ADN education program is togive the nurses the competency for the entry level to a hospitalsetting (Ridley, 2008). They do not have training for specializedmedical cases or decision making. The ADN qualification requires twoyears of nursing education that covers general courses (Christina,2006). On the other hand, the BSN is prepared for a broader practicescope that involves nursing management and research. The BSNqualification requires four years of formal education that coversin-depth medical, social and physical sciences.
Thecompetence for the ADN is centered on the care of the patient,especially the one involving the bedside care. Therefore, theircompetences are more on the hands-on-skills that are needed to handlepatients in a hospital setting. According to Christina (2006), ADNnurses are equipped with the general knowledge that enables them tocompetently handle patient care. On the other hand, the competence ofthe BSN is centered not only on the patient care, but also on thedecision making procedures that relate to health and clinicalsituations (Pam et al, 2003). A registered nurse will focus on thefacts about the patient, the history and the diagnosis before makingdecisions about the treatment and care.
Inaddition, the two nursing levels receive different responses andresponsibilities in a health care setting. According to the AACN, theBSN nurse will receive more appreciation from the employers becauseof the higher competencies arising from higher education (Rossetter,2010). The decisions made by the BSN are appreciated more andconsidered compared to those of the ADN. At the same time, the BSNwill get higher level responsibilities by the health care employersbecause of the health care skills that they add to the workplace. Onthe other hand, the ADN are given lower responsibilities and areconsidered to be the hands-on professionals in the workplace. Theyare not entrusted with higher responsibilities, especially when theBSN is available.
Thedecision making skills of the two levels of nurses are different andpresent one of the major competence differences between the two. TheBSN nurses are considered to be good at making decisions because oftheir advanced training in management (Ridley, 2008). Their maturitylevel of the two levels of nursing qualification is different.According to Pam et al (2003), the BSN nurses are also considered tobe more competent in terms of clinical skills and their ability tolearn. On the other hand, the ADN are not considered as elitedecision makers in the clinical setting because of their educationallevel. While they are consulted because of their patient care skills,they are not considered for management.
Thepatient case to illustrate the difference of the two levels is thepatient situation I experienced during my short holiday practice.There was a patient in the oncology unit, where I used to carry outmy observation practice. In the inpatient unit, both the ADN and theBSN nurses were involved in the caring of patients and note thechanges in the patients. At the same time, the hospital gave trainingto the two levels of patients on how to deal with patients afteradministration of biotherapy and chemotherapy. For this patient, hestarted shaking and chills, just after receiving a chemotherapydosage. The immediate present nurse had an ADN qualification. Hestarted panicking and could not handle the patient.
Instead,he called the BSN nurse who was in charge for the evening. The BSNwas calm and showed a lot of leadership in the way she handled thesituation. She took time to assess the patient and reviewed theadministrative record for the patient’s medication. After thereview, the ADN nurse gave the patient a morphine dose, whicheventually calmed the patient down. She later talked to the ADN nurseand gave her some advice on how to observe the patients in the unit.
TheADN and the BSN portray the differences in their competencies becauseof the different educational qualifications. While the ADN aretrained to take care of patients in the bed care situations, the BSNnurses are further trained on clinical decision making. As a result,the ADN have hands-on-skills compared with the management anddecision making competencies of the BSN. The review of the patientcase above shows the difference in their competencies as well as thedecision making skills between the two levels.
Christina,M.G. (2006). ADNto BSN:Lessons from Human Capital Theory. NursingEconomics. May/Jun2006,Vol. 24 Issue 3, p135-142
Ridley,R (2008). The relationship between nurse education level and patientsafety: an integrative review. Journalof education,47(4), 149-156
Rosseter,R.J. (2010). Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce as aresource. AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing (AACN),Retrieved From, <http://www.aacn.nche.edu/media-relations/NursingWorkforce.pdf>April 17, 2015
Pam,M., Yarbrough, S., & Danita, A. (2003). Professional Values Heldby Baccalaureate and Associate Degree Nursing Students. Journalof Nursing Scholarship. 20033rd Quarter, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p291-296


The Best R-Rated Home Insulation Materials for Exterior Walls
Residential exterior wall insulation is the least expensive solution for reducing your heating and cooling bills. Because of rising energy costs, engineers and building planners are always looking for new methods of exterior insulation.
There are several insulation products available that provide a higher R-value per inch for the exterior of your home.
R-value is the thermal resistance of all materials. It is typically measured per inch of thickness for comparison reasons. A material's thermal resistance is a measure of how slowly it transfers heat and cold from one side to the other. A higher R-value per inch is desirable for exterior walls.
Aerogel is the highest R-value-per-inch insulation available to residential builders. It is made using silica by extracting the liquid through supercritical drying. The resulting insulation is a blanket that has extremely low thermal conductivity. Aerogel has an R-value of 10.3 per inch. This product is not commonly used because of its high cost.
Closed-cell polyurethane is a sprayed-in-place type of insulation. The material expands dramatically when sprayed, filling all air gaps. Polyurethane has the additional benefit of being both an air and a vapor barrier. Slowing the movement of air is the best way to insulate your home. This type of insulation is very combustible and must be covered with a fire barrier such as drywall. It has a R-value per inch of 6.0.
Polyisocyanurate is a closed-cell foam board that uses trapped refrigerant gases instead of air bubbles. These boards are often finished with foil on one or both sides. Polyisocyanurate boards are good in applications where space is limited but budget is not. They have a per-inch R-value of 7.0.


These brushed permanent magnet DC gearmotors have a rated speed of 192 RPM and a gear reduction of 1:27. They work great on our robots as well as your own applications. These are excellent geared motors for robots.
This is a prebuilt customized programmable triangular omni vectoring robot platform (TP-251-003) that uses Nexus omni wheels. Its a great light duty robot kit great for indoor robotics that can vector in any direction controlled with Arduinos and xBee's.
This is our new prebuilt enclosed wheeled All Terrain Robot with scissor lift PTZ camera (TP-600-130). This robot is a great surveillance robot that allows you to see over counter tops, through windows, etc. that most low profile robots can not achieve.


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Is Shiyan a reflection of China?
Shiyan is fast changing. The question is whether anyone should be happy to see those changes. If it makes you think about what China is becoming, or for that matter, America or any powerful country, then it's all to the good. Shiyan is not a mirror to any particular nation. It is a world where disturbing things are happening without too many serious objections being raised. But then Kuan arrives.

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REDLANDS, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's soccer team picked up its second win of the season with a 2-1 edge over Emory (Ga.) in a neutral site game at Redlands on Sunday afternoon.
Offensive Highlights: Bri Pinal started off the scoring for the Regals in the 57th minute with her first goal of the season. Nina Winsick, meanwhile, notched her first career goal for the Regals off of an assist from Pinal in the 63rd minute. Shots on goal also came from Jordan Miller, Gabriella Sainz, Cameron Baggs, and Kali Youngdahl.
Defensive Highlights: Goalkeeper Coral Hasley finished the game with six saves, bringing her season tally to nine throughout the first two games.
The Opponent: The Eagles finished with seven shots on goal. Their lone goal came in the 85th minute from Shivani Beall, assisted by Hannah Meyer. Goalkeeper Danielle Staffin finished with 4 saves.
Next Up: Cal Lutheran (2-0) will head to the Northwest to take on Willamette (Ore.) on Friday, Sept. 9 at 5:00 p.m. followed by a match against Lewis & Clark on Sunday, Sept. 11 at 2:00 p.m.


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You can never be a thrilling motorbike riding stunt racer if you never did any deadly motorbike racing stunts in London city streets. Iconic fast bike races in NewYork city adds on the class in your tricky racing stunts and in your bike racing passion as well. Crazy stunt tricky bike racer is not one of the regular motorbike stunt racing games in fact, here you will see how drastically bike driving racers are doing thrilling motorbike tricky stunts.
Crazy motorbike riding stunt games in the streets of London or in front of London monuments is an ultimate classic view which adds a new life into the environment of the city motorbike riding stunt simulator. Now you are in the place where you can easily do heavy bike race stunts with no fear.
Roads of NewYork city in the city stunt bike rider game is especially designed for the heavy crazy motorbike riders so they can do mad bike races and impossible tricky bike stunts to show their talent and pro racing as well. Extreme heavy motorbike riding stunts on edgy and sharp roads where you need to cross the hurdles of the way just to complete the path to reach the next level.
Motorbike riding extreme stunt games with 3D simulator gives you the real life impact with high quality sound tracks to make it more real. Edgy racing stunt bikers track with such realish background voices will extent the players stay as well.
Heavy bike extreme stunt racing in front of beautiful cities like London and NewYork and amazing racing stunt adventure there is like a dream come true for every crazy ultimate motorbike rider. Going from easy to hard in this adventurous tricky bike racing and stunt games increases the heat of the stunt riding simulator game and make it difficult for the extreme crazy bikers to cross the leap.
Tricky stunt motorbike riding impossible driving loops, hurdles and road makes it deadliest task for the fast motorbike city stunt racers to cross it over with a single turn but professional and deadly bike driving city stunt riders do it with such a great finesse that really make a simple crazy bike rider speechless. But now you can also be a pro fast motorbike stunt, so you can easily win the city heavy bike races with hardest loops within it.
3D crazy city motorbike riding simulator gives a real life experience when it comes to fast stunt bike rider race. Racing adventure city motorbike games with multiple tracks and various extreme fast crazy bikes is really a high speed stunt motorbike racing adventure of this age.
3D simulation of heavy stunt motorbike rider enhances the interaction of the player with the stunt bike rider race game.
Multiple heavy bikes are available for the fast bike stunt racers so they can choose what they always really wanted.
With each hurdle pass and each successful stunt you’ll earn points that you can use after the level complete to upgrade your heavy fast bike.
Numerous different tracks with multiple hurdles in 3D environment increases the heat of the fast crazy stunt bike rider.
Highly responsive controls of the fast stunt bike enhances the UI.
With the progress in game background will be changed with different London and New York cities monuments.


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It was just a leisurely walk in the woods — one they’ve done many times — but this time was different. This time, they spotted something that they say they’ll never forget. It was Jan. 12 when two Ohio men found themselves staring at what they say resembled Bigfoot or Sasquatch in Salt Fork State Park.
“Should we even be here?” said Eric, one of the two men. Eric did not want his last name revealed.
The figure had the characteristics of Bigfoot — hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creature that dwells in the wilderness and leaves footprints. Depictions often portray them as a missing link between humans and human ancestors or other great apes.
Scientists have discounted the existence of Bigfoot, considering it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification and hoax.
Folklorists trace the figure of Bigfoot to a combination of factors and sources, including folklore surrounding the European wild man figure, folk belief among Native Americans and loggers, and a cultural increase in environmental concerns.
“Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Yeti. Ohio Grassman. Whatever you choose to call it, it really is all the same creature. Very big, hairy and tall, averaging 6 to 8 feet tall. With foot prints averaging from 13 to 17 inches long. It has been rumored to live in Ohio since the mid-1700′s. It has also been rumored to live in Ohio’s largest State Park. Salt Fork. Over 36 sightings have been reported to Don Keating of Newcomerstown since the middle 1980s. With the huge amount of alleged ‘evidence’ coming from Salt Fork’s borders, Keating decided to host the ‘Annual Bigfoot Conference’ at Salt Fork starting in 2005,” according to the Cambridge Guernsey County Visitors and Convention Bureau website.
At Salt Fork State Park, there are three locations where a Bigfoot is said to have been spotted: Morgan’s Knob (where much of an episode of the Animal Planet television show “Finding Bigfoot” was filmed), Parker Road (also known as “Buckeye Trail”), and Bigfoot Ridge — the park’s primitive campground where Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb filmed an episode of the “Today Show.”
In 2012, the Salt Fork State Park was named as one of USA TODAY’s Top Ten “Squatchiest” Places.
“Seeing the creature was scary,” said Nathan Gray, of Winterset, a crossroads located just east of Salt Fork State Park. “When I couldn’t see it anymore, that was terrifying.”
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May 07, 2013 — The Vermont legislative session is winding down for the year, but lawmakers still plan to tackle some hot button issues over the next week.
The legislature plans to address physician assisted suicide, driver's licenses for migrant workers, and marijuana decriminalization before the session ends.
Here's where those bills stand.
The Senate and the House passed dramatically different versions of the end-of-life choices bill. The Senate's version was loaded with amendments, and only guarantees that family members and healthcare workers won't be liable if a patient ends his or her life. The House passed a version that's modeled on the Oregon law. Now the two bodies will have to agree on a draft if the bill is to go forward.
The Senate passed the migrant worker driver's license bill 27-2 last month. Gov. Peter Shumlin has indicated that he will sign the bill.
Danilo Lopez is a migrant worker-turned-activist from Mexico who came to Vermont to work on a dairy farm.
"Today we continue in the struggle for drivers' licenses and we are sure we're going to win," Lopez said through a translator.
The House will read the bill for the final time later today.
And, finally, there's marijuana decriminalization. The bill says that possession of up to two ounces of marijuana will be punished by a fine, not by criminal charges. It passed in the House last month and will be considered by the Senate later this week.


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My latest project. Hope you enjoy! If you did feedback is as always very appreciated! :)
So I only built one attachment for this one, and that would be the foregrip. But imo it looks great and I love the feel of it! The mount sling is also a relatively new thing for me ,although people like silly and chris already did it though that I know. And also, the detailed mag from my m4 does a return in this one ;)
This family of rifles consist of two main types. The SCAR-L, for "light", is chambered in the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge and the SCAR-H, for "heavy", fires 7.62×51mm NATO. Both are available in Long Barrel and Close Quarters Combat variants.
Weapon taken apart/assembled. Very convenient for traveling/packing stock folded, also very convinient for traveling! charging handle pulled back
If you like that I Photoshop the images and cut them out, let me know. Because this seriously took me an entire day to almost only Photoshop, and I feel like if its not really that appreciated then why the f*** am I doing it :P Please tell me what you think
Anyhuuw Thanks for watching! This is my second summer project, might make another one. If you liked it and feel like sharing your opinion please leave a comment in the comment section bellow!
You make the most incredible assault rifles and this is no exception! I love the muzzelbreak very clever. The fore grip looks perfect. The rear stock looks like it was difficult to do but it too looks perfect. Outstanding work all around. Great video too.


The Cure look to be planning a big 2019 live-wise, and have announced another date to their quickly expanding summer calendar.
Robert Smith and co will headline Serbia’s EXIT Festival at the beginning of July next year, and are the first band announced for the bash.
The gig will follow a headline show in Dublin, and festival shows in Italy and Belgium.
Last summer, The Cure marked 50 years as a band with a huge London show as part of the British Summer Time series in Hyde Park.
View their upcoming tour dates below.
08 Dublin, Malahide Castle
16 Florence, Firenze Rocks Festival
29 Belgium, Rock Werchter
04 Serbia, EXIT Festival
17 Athens, EJEKT Festival
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They join Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and The Chemical Brothers at the Polish event.
Kylie delivers pop perfection, plus Miley Cyrus, The Cure and more highlights from Sunday at Glastonbury
The final day, and Worthy Farm is going out with all the whistles and bands.
The band also performed at their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Tame Impala, The Streets, Miley Cyrus and Pale Waves are also among those Pilton-bound.


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Retirement Accounts When You Change Your Job
This video discusses issues related to your retirement accounts when you move on from your job.
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Most women don’t shy away from the day-to-day financial decisions, but some may be leaving their future to chance.
Determine if you are eligible to contribute to a traditional or Roth IRA.
Learning more about gold and its history may help you decide whether it has a place in your portfolio.

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Posted by Scott F. Schilling (San Martin, United States) on 21 May 2015 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
A recent Moonset at Pinnacles National Park. A big thanks to Don Smith for great calculations!
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Excellent exposure to keep the scene dark but still with plenty of detail in the rocks!
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What an awesome sight, Scott! I love this one, DarkElf is so right - the detail is spectacular! Cheers!
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While he has been consistently bullish on bonds, Gary Shilling's allocation to that sector is now almost double the panel's average. "Since May stocks have basically gone nowhere and bonds have been rallying," he says. Shilling notes that economic stimuli from tax cuts and defense spending have already been absorbed and that the recession normally experienced in the first or second year after a Presidential election could be compounded by a rise in interest rates. And then there's oil pricing and terrorism. "Put all that together and the outlook for stocks is not all that rosy, and what's bad for stocks is good for bonds, Treasuries in particular." --Robert F. Keane
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[ecis2016.org] Observing that the proposed Chennai-Salem greenfield corridor would benefit people, the Madras HC has dismissed a petition by the Tamil Maanila Congress, seeking permission for holding a public meeting against the project
The Madras High Court, on July 5, 2018, dismissed a petition filed by a local Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) functionary, seeking permission for a public meeting in Salem against the proposed Chennai-Salem expressway project, saying that holding such meetings without fully knowing the ramifications and the vision of the government, should be avoided.
Justice T Raja noted that it was the first that time the government proposed to build an eight-lane highway, which would provide connectivity to villages and small towns between the two cities and cut down on travel time. “In my considered view, it would pave the way for many industries, factories and even multi-national companies to come and set up their establishments,” he said, adding that it would generate employment opportunities for the youth.
[ecis2016.org] Salem-Chennai highway not for benefit of any individual: TN CM
Petitioner KV Suseenthirakumar, president of the TMC’s Salem west district unit, said he had submitted two representations to the police, seeking permission for conducting a public meeting on July 8, 2018, to be presided over by party chief GK Vasan, giving an undertaking that it would be held in a peaceful manner. However, as the police had not given permission, he has moved the court.
Petitions challenging the land acquisition for the Rs 10,000-crore project, have been filed in the high court. Some quarters, including a section of farmers whose lands would be acquired for the project, have opposed it.
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