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Students work with a partner to practice adding polynomials of geometric figures. The twist, however, is that the activity requires students to partner up to combine their respective half of the cartoon character SpongeBob in order to add up his total perimeter, which is made up of various polynomials. On the graphic organizer provided, students should record their work and sketch a picture of the SpongeBob they created together.
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With the demand for skilled tech workers a growing need across the world, it only makes sense that teaching women life skills (like coding) can help further their prospects of getting a job, providing for a family or pursuing their education. Here, we round up seven NGOs and start-ups changing the lives of people through the only universal language: code.
Code To Inspire
Co-founded by Vogue Codes speaker John Lilic, Code To Inspire commits itself to teaching girls and women in Afghanistan how to code, setting them up for a job in the country’s growing tech industry. By giving the students access to resources and job placements, this NGO is providing women with the skills they need to succeed in a self-sustainable way.
Funded by donations from large tech companies in the US, CodePath provides free classes for budding coders from professional industries to hone skills they might need for the future.
Girls Can Code
Also based in Afghanistan, Girls Can Code seeks to empower women by teaching them code, an initiative put together by the The Womanity Foundation. Aimed at protecting both the livelihoods and integrity of women, the program wants to create employment in a country where opportunities for woman may be otherwise limited.
Zariya is a website which connects women in India who have been the victims of violence with a free legal and counselling help. Made with the support of Code for India, the website is bridging the gap between stigma and support, allowing anyone with an internet connection to seek the support they desperately need.
Code For India
Founded in Silicon Valley, Code For India takes on partnerships with NGOs, as well as creating their own initiatives, to ensure NGOs are properly equipped to execute projects thanks to working technology.
Based in South America, Laboratoria trains up women as developers to go on and work in the tech industry, and with 75 per cent of their coders finding employment after they graduate, something is definitely being done right.
Based in Cambodia and produced in partnership with Google, InStedd helps Cambodian youth learn to code and build apps which will go back and help their community.
This article originally appeared on Vogue.com.au

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The DTE Enviro-Drum was developed in 2007 for the processing and stabilization of organic wastes, including dairy manure, food scraps, biosolids, septic, and other compostable materials.
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As a leading provider of innovative dairy manure handling equipment throughout North America, DariTech Inc. brings its products to the environmental field through DT-Environmental (DTE). With the Enviro-Drum, food, biosolids, and other organic wastes can be handled in a controlled environment. With proper mixing and aeration, the composting process is greatly accelerated, leading to reduced land and storage requirements and much lower manpower and other operating costs. Odors are easily managed with a biofilter by maintaining negative air pressure in the drum. Built to last with extra heavy duty components, DTE systems bring excellent quality and workmanship to institutional applications such as universities, hospitality, health care, corrections, wastewater treatment plants and others. DTE makes it possible to affordably process and recycle organic waste on site.
National Archives – MD Composting of cafeteria and soiled paper waste. Finished compost to be used on the grounds.
SolOrganics – FL The EnviroDrum will help with the final process of recycling biosolids. Eliminates odors and accelerates the composting process without green waste or additives
Charlotte Airport - N.C. Food service and organics from Charlotte Airport, finished product fed to worms for vermi-composting.
Washington Department of Corrections – WA Washington Department of Corrections installation to compost facility food waste and biosolids from the on-site Wastewater Treatment Plant
De-Watering Technology – NL New EnviroDrum will compost collected septic and green waste, saving on hauling and disposal costs

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A Latent Class Analysis of Heterosexual Young Men’s Masculinities
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Parallel bodies of research have described the diverse and complex ways that men understand and construct their masculine identities (often termed “masculinities”) and, separately, how adherence to traditional notions of masculinity places men at risk for negative sexual and health outcomes. The goal of this analysis was to bring together these two streams of inquiry. Using data from a national, online sample of 555 heterosexually active young men, we employed latent class analysis (LCA) to detect patterns of masculine identities based on men’s endorsement of behavioral and attitudinal indicators of “dominant” masculinity, including sexual attitudes and behaviors. LCA identified four conceptually distinct masculine identity profiles. Two groups, termed the Normative and Normative/Male Activities groups, respectively, constituted 88 % of the sample and were characterized by low levels of adherence to attitudes, sexual scripts, and behaviors consistent with “dominant” masculinity, but differed in their levels of engagement in male-oriented activities (e.g., sports teams). Only eight percent of the sample comprised a masculinity profile consistent with “traditional” ideas about masculinity; this group was labeled Misogynistic because of high levels of sexual assault and violence toward female partners. The remaining four percent constituted a Sex-Focused group, characterized by high numbers of sexual partners, but relatively low endorsement of other indicators of traditional masculinity. Follow-up analyses showed a small number of differences across groups on sexual and substance use health indicators. Findings have implications for sexual and behavioral health interventions and suggest that very few young men embody or endorse rigidly traditional forms of masculinity.
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To celebrate the end of a full and successful summer, our team held a Harvest Festival at the Wesley Colbert Zion Street Community Garden. We invited friends and neighbors to come to the garden and enjoy our Farm Stand and activities for kids. Everyone in the program contributing the planning different aspects of the event.
Each garden team made poster boards describing the work they accomplished this summer to display in the garden, including pictures from each site.
The Kids’ Activities team put together a zucchini racing booth and a bobbing for apples booth. They also organized a garden scavenger hunt for the kids.
Dylan worked with kids to construct and race zucchini and corn soap box cars. We decorated them with wire ears (and sometimes tails).
One of our participants, Liz, taught us how to make natural dyes earlier in the summer. She used the dyes to make a natural face-painting table.
After all the kids got their faces painted (some a few times), they turned the tables on our artists!
The Entertainment team invited local musicians to perform at the festival.
After they sang their set, it turned into an open mic, where some of our guests and many kids sang their hearts out!
We were entertained by break dancing by Dat, Rushion, and Liz, which evolved into everyone dancing!
The Food team put together a Farm Stand and developed a menu based on ingredients we grew in the garden and foods we learned to cook in workshops this summer.
We picked ingredients that morning to sell at our farm stand and cooked all day to prepare fresh bread, pesto pasta, zucchini bread, salad, cookies, pickles and spaghetti!
It was a beautiful night to celebrate the beginning of the harvest with our neighbors. We can’t wait to do it again next year!


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Celebrities are going away to the Maldives to rejuvenate after being stuck at home for the longest period of time. After completing Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai, Disha Patani has headed to the Maldives with rumoured beau Tiger Shroff. While the latter is posting on Instagram already, Disha has been giving a sneak peek via her Instagram stories.
Disha recently posted another picture of herself on her Instagram story. In the picture, the actress is looking towards the sea in a black dress. In another story, she posted a video using a filter and smiling. She was wearing a green top.
On the work front, Disha Patani will soon begin the shooting for Ek Villain sequel. The actress will reunite with Mohit Suri after Malang.
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To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage. A dove-house filled with doves and pigeons Shudders hell through all its regions.
Poetry It is a collection of lessons that a person goes through during their lifetime. This essay will examine the notions of innocence and experience through references to the poetic techniques applied in the poems. Infant Joy is one of the poems by Blake which falls in the Songs of Innocence.
The idea of innocence is also portray by the joyous and happy tone used throughout the poem. The child, who is the persona, verbalizes as if it is so grateful to be alive. This is also shown through the use of poetic techniques such as repetition.
It provides us the visual of a very adorable baby and allows us to envision a newborn child, so naive and unaware of the dangers of this world. The technique Blake has used in structuring the poem sets it out in resemblance to a lullaby.
The short sentences, simple words and optimistic language add to the notion of innocence as infancy and innocence are often associated with one another.
Blake uses similar techniques in The Chimney Sweeper innocence as he did in Infant Joy to portray the notions of innocence.
He has once again used a child persona and simple language to identity the inexperience and purity in the poem. Poetic techniques such as symbolism, repetition, visual and aural imagery are used to assist in creating this theme of infancy and ingenuousness.
There are many uses of symbolism throughout the poem. One being the bright key which symbolises freedom and hope for the chimney sweepers, the other being the coffins which represent their death and the actual chimney that the children would have usually died in. You can visual the children soaring and giggling across the green plain on a bright sunny day and see the big smiles on their faces as well as hear them laughing.
The use of words such as: As William Blake is fascinated in the marriage of opposites, all of his songs of innocence partner with a song of experience.
Infant Sorrow contrasts to Infant Joy as it holds negative connotations. This is done by setting a lost, hopeless, depressing and despairing tone. This tone is created by poetic techniques such as visual and aural imagery, simile, and figurative language.
Visual and aural imagery can be identified when the child is explaining how it was brought into the world. This is also the use of figurative language as the child is not literally like a demon in the cloud however it is implying that it feels that way.
The child senses that its parents are not very supportive of it being brought into the world and the child feels as though it is alone and will have to get by on its own without the love, support and comfort of its parents. That is why it has chosen to say it is like a fiend hid in a cloud because it feels out of place and on its own.
The diction used in this poem demonstrates that it is a song of experience as it uses words such as: These words give negative connotations and therefore add to the theme of hopelessness and desperation.
The Chimney Sweeper experience uses similar techniques as Infant Sorrow to depict the notions of experience.
Blake has set a resentful and bitter tone through the child persona as we hear about the child condemning its parents for their actions. Poetic techniques such as juxtaposition, metaphor and aural imagery are used to enhance these themes. It is suggesting that the child is the little black thing as it is covered in soot from the chimneys, and is lying on the white snow.
The child is conveying how its parents make up the heaven of our misery, implying that they are the heaven of our misery. This metaphor holds negative connotations as the child expresses how his parents are guilty of putting him in this misery.
When analyzing the diction used in the poem, words such as:William Blake invented a printing technique known as relief etching and used it to print most of his poetry. He called the technique illuminated printing and the poetry illuminated books.
In conclusion, William Blake’s fascination with the marriage of opposites is clearly established in his poetry. The contrast between innocence and experience is clear in his songs of innocence and songs of experience as innocence is associated with youth and purity and .
Poetry examples by William Blake, with poetic terms and definitions. Various poems by William Blake. Important art by William Blake with artwork analysis of achievement and overall contribution to the arts.
description & Analysis: Songs of Innocence and Experience, a collection of poems written and illustrated by Blake, demonstrates his equal mastery of poetry and art. Blake printed the collection himself, using an innovative technique Nationality: English.
“William Blake’s poetry demonstrates his fascination with the ‘marriage of opposites’”. William Blake was a poet of the s. He wrote purely through juxtapositions.
“William Blake’s poetry demonstrates his fascination with the ‘marriage of opposites’” William Blake uses a diversity of techniques to demonstrate his interest in the ‘marriage of opposites’.

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|Publication number||US7823409 B2|
|Application number||US 11/628,927|
|Publication date||Nov 2, 2010|
|Filing date||Jun 7, 2005|
|Priority date||Jun 7, 2004|
|Also published as||US20080196438|
|Publication number||11628927, 628927, PCT/2005/376, PCT/DK/2005/000376, PCT/DK/2005/00376, PCT/DK/5/000376, PCT/DK/5/00376, PCT/DK2005/000376, PCT/DK2005/00376, PCT/DK2005000376, PCT/DK200500376, PCT/DK5/000376, PCT/DK5/00376, PCT/DK5000376, PCT/DK500376, US 7823409 B2, US 7823409B2, US-B2-7823409, US7823409 B2, US7823409B2|
|Inventors||Holger Colding-Kristensen, Frank Hellström|
|Original Assignee||Scanico A/S|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (4), Classifications (12), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This application claims the benefit of Danish Application No. PA 2004 00889 filed Jun. 7, 2004 and PCT/DK2005/000376 filed Jun. 7, 2005, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
The present invention concerns a freezer for cooling and/or freezing of products lying on a conveyor belt, and which are conveyed through a freezing zone for the freezing where upper ejector plates are provided above the conveyor belt and lower ejector plates are provided below the conveyor belt for inflow of air into the freezing zone while applying an impingement principle. A freezer according to the invention may be used in combination with a closed, thermally insulated housing.
The present invention furthermore concerns an ejector plate for a freezer for cooling and/or freezing of products lying on a conveyor belt, and which are conveyed through a freezing zone for the freezing, where upper ejector plates are provided above the conveyor belt and lower ejector plates are provided below the conveyor belt for inflow of air into the freezing zone by using the so-called impingement principle.
An example of a freezer using impingement-technique is known from JP 2001-120243 A. In this freezer, ejector action is applied which is produced by longitudinal slots that extend cross-wise of the conveyor belt on which the products are disposed. These slots cannot be said to constitute an ejector plate, and between the ejector slots there are provided transverse ducts enabling return of the injected air.
The products that are frozen will primarily be products of relatively limited size, such as burgers, fish fillets, rissoles or similar, placed loosely on a conveyor belt. However, the invention is not limited to such products, as the impingement principle may also be used for thick products.
The conveyor belt is moving through the freezing zone where above it as well as below it ejector plates are provided and which are furnished with holes. These holes typically have some extent and may be tubular so that the air is injected with orientation largely perpendicularly to the surface of the belt. An inflow of air to the freezing zone, impinging on the products, is hereby obtained. By using these ejector nozzles instead of inflow apertures in plates above and below the freezing zone it is avoided that the air flows in parallel with the conveyor belt and leaves the belt laterally. If this happens, there is risk of the products being blown down from the belt due to the applied air speeds.
The impingement technology is based on a very high airspeed. Thus airspeeds up to 40 m/s may be operated with by injection in against the product. Hereby is achieved a very efficient breaking of the air layer around the product so that a great freezing efficiency is attained.
With the present invention, it is aimed at achieving an improvement of existing technology and increasing the freezing capacity by combining the impingement principle with traditional air cooling while simultaneously making the freezer easy to clean.
According to the present invention, this is achieved with a freezer of the kind indicated in the introduction, which is peculiar in that the ejector plates are provided with transverse return air ducts with orifices disposed in a plane for the ejector plates and facing the conveyor belt, and that the return air ducts are arranged so that return air, at least partly, is conducted transversely to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt through the freezing zone in areas in immediate vicinity of the conveyor belt.
The ejector plate according to the invention is peculiar in that it is provided with transverse return air ducts with orifices disposed in a plane for the ejector plate and facing the conveyor belt, and that the return air ducts are arranged so that return air, at least partly, is conducted transversely to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt through the freezing zone in areas in immediate vicinity of the conveyor belt.
The freezing system according to the invention includes a freezer located in a closed thermally insulated housing. As mentioned, the freezer includes a conveyor belt upon which the products are placed, and which is disposed between two perforated ejector plates. Furthermore, the freezer has a system of blowers providing air to be circulated through the ejector plates, past the product and then to exhaust ducts. The exhaust ducts from the freezing zone are connected to a heat exchanger/evaporator where the air is cooled for subsequent recirculation via the blower back to the injection side of the ejector plates.
We are thus speaking of a plant where air is circulating inside a thermally insulated housing where a low temperature is present, which e.g. may be down to −40° C. or even lower. Inside the housing, a differential pressure exists at each side of the blower and thereby also at each side of the freezing zone.
Prior art freezers have a large volume, and thus it is not uncommon that the width of the freezer housing is 3 meters or more, with a height of 2 meters or more. The length and width of the freezer housing depends on the needed capacity. According to the present invention, a freezer housing will be made with sectional division, where each section can be 3, 4 or 5 meters long, and where these sections may be combined to a given number determined by customer requirements.
By making a freezer according to the invention it is preferred that heat exchanger/evaporator is disposed at a position immediately under the conveyor belt. The air coming from discharge ducts at one or the other side of the freezing zone will hereby flow down and pass through the evaporator and be sucked out through a blower which preferably will be disposed at a position which is juxtaposed to the evaporator. The blower will then blow air upwards to an injection compartment which is disposed above and below the upper and lower ejector plates, respectively.
The blower is driven by a motor which may be disposed optionally at the inner side or at the outer side of the housing. Heat may hereby be given off by the motor outside the insulated housing. Harmful influence on the temperature inside the housing is hereby avoided. Furthermore, disposition outside the housing itself will contribute to greater serviceability, as easy access to the motor is provided.
Generally, a freezer housing will be made so that a sidewall may be opened in order to provide free access to the side of the conveyor belt. The opening sidewall in a freezer housing according to the invention will preferably be the side where the electric motor is disposed.
Air, which is conducted into the freezing zone from above and from below, will traditionally be conducted directly downwards through discharge slots which are largely vertically oriented. In principle, this means that the air, after having impinged on a product on the conveyor belt in the freezing zone, is conducted directly out from the freezing zone. This passing out/discharge of air is also provided in order to avoid the above problem of blowing the products off the conveyor belt.
With a freezer system according to the present invention, a greater efficiency and better utilisation of the cooling capacity in the air blown into the freezing zone is desired. This may be achieved by providing longer time of contact between the air and the products.
This has hitherto been difficult due to the risk of blowing the products off the conveyor belt.
According to the present invention, the ejector plates above and below the conveyor belt are provided with transverse return air ducts. These ducts have a cross-section which may be polygonal or curving, e.g. triangular, four-edged, pentagonal or have semi-circular shape or other curved shape. A freezer or an ejector plate according to the invention may preferably have return air ducts which are peculiar in that they are largely triangular and are oriented with a corner towards the conveyor belt, that each corner is cut off so that no acute angles between adjacent wall parts are formed, and that the return air ducts are connected with the ejector plates via short wall parts which are largely perpendicular to the plane of the ejector plates.
The return air ducts thus appear with their triangular cross-section oriented towards the plane where the perforated zone of the ejector plates is located. The return air ducts thus have a relative narrow stem which is formed by the short wall part running perpendicularly to the ejector plates.
The shape of the return air ducts is thus primarily based on a narrower mouth and a wider duct. With such a shape it will be possible to return air without too large counterpressure occurring in the return air duct.
In order that small products are not blown away from the conveyor belt, return air ducts will primarily be dimensioned so that a transverse airspeed of about 10 m/s is attained, which is to be compared with the airspeed of about 40 m/s in the impingement area. With return air ducts having a wider duct bottom than mouth, a largely mushroom-shaped cross-section may be used as alternative to the triangular shape. With this shape, a need for relatively large return air ducts is provided for, reducing the pressure drop and thereby also enabling reduction of the need of large blowers and thereby the energy demand. Furthermore, by using the largely triangular cross-sectional shape or the mushroom shape, it will be possible to reduce the installation height compared with a rectilinear cross-sectional shape of the return air duct.
Furthermore, it is to be provided that the impingement zone, i.e. the part of the plate with perforated holes, is to be relatively large compared with the area for the return air. The return air ducts are therefore made with relatively narrow width with the mouth in the perforated plate. If the return air ducts had triangular shape with rectilinear course in direction against the holes in the ejector plate, inferior flow conditions would occur in the border areas close to the return air ducts, and thereby insufficient airspeed for achieving an efficient impingement effect.
By using the short wall parts extending up from the perforated plate, it appears that good flow conditions are achieved in immediate association with the mouth of the return air ducts, so that an efficient impingement effect also occurs by the air injected in the openings situated in the edge area adjacent to the mouth of the return air ducts. The transverse ducts enable the air to flow transversely of the moving direction of the conveyor belt. As ejector plates are traditionally disposed very close to the underside of the conveyor belt and at a position immediately above the top side of the products to be passed through the freezing zone, the mouths of the return air ducts will be in close contact with the top side of the product and the underside of the conveyor belt, respectively. A cross-wise air sweeping by the return air is thus effected which may produce an additional cooling effect.
It may thus be said that the freezing system according to the present invention involves a method where the air is conducted through the freezer by a combination of airflow perpendicularly to the path of the products through the freezer, and a flow in parallel with the course of the products through the freezing zone with orientation perpendicularly to the conveying direction of the products.
By such a method, extended contact time between the air and the products is attained, whereby a more efficient cooling is obtained.
By the present invention, ejector plates with a hole pattern are provided. Ejector plates with hole pattern cover 70% or more of the area over the conveyor belt on which the products are placed. The return air ducts will cover up to 30% of the area and typically a considerably lesser part, e.g. down to 20-28% of the area over the conveyor belt on which the products are placed. It may thus be said that in a freezer sections, impingement plates, are formed, between which there are sections for return air ducts.
As the return air ducts have a mouth located in the plane of the ejector plates and facing the conveyor belt, the return air, or at least part of the return air, will be conducted in a transverse movement in relation to the direction of movement of the conveyor belt. By this transverse movement, the still cold air will sweep the products situated on the conveyor belt between a set of ejector plates. The products will thus be cooled by the impingement principle in combination with a subsequent heat transmission by means of the air sweeping in the return air ducts.
Based on a power calculation in a cooling plant having a normal airspeed of 3 m/s across the product, and setting this as index 100 for the freezing efficiency, an increased airspeed of 8-10 m/s across the product will then entail an efficiency with an index of about 120. If impingement technology is used instead, operating with airspeeds of 30-40 m/s, the index for the freezing efficiency will be between 300 and 400, typically about 350.
With a freezer according to the present invention, where about 70% of an area is covered by ejector plates, and about 30% is covered by return air ducts, typically there is dimensioned for an average airspeed of about 10 m/s in the return air ducts. With basis in the above calculation, about 13% higher efficiency may be attained compared with a freezer with ejector plates which do not enable utilisation of the return air for additional cooling.
By designing the return air ducts with largely triangular cross-section where the corners are cut off, or a largely mushroom-shaped cross-section, it is possible to avoid sharp corners that are easy to clean.
By terminating the outermost corners of the triangular cross-section of the return air ducts with short wall parts, obtuse angles will appear which will contribute substantially to easy cleaning of the freezer.
Usually, the major part of the injection air passed through the ejector plats will come up from one side, normally the top side. According to the invention, there will be provided the same number of return air ducts on both sides of the conveyor belt. This ensures a more efficient airflow through the freezer, and at the same time ensures that a transverse airflow is established, improving the efficiency.
It is preferred that the return air ducts have increasing cross-section in direction of the airflow for establishing a largely uniform airspeed across the return air ducts.
It is preferred that return air ducts in the upper and lower ejector plate will usually be disposed opposite each other so that return ducts are situated immediately opposite each other at each side of the conveyor belt. Hereby is avoided the risk of light products being blown away from the conveyor belt by the impinging air.
The return air ducts are dimensioned so that it is possible that the cold injection air coming from the pressure zone can be passed through the evaporator/heat exchanger without too large counterpressure occurring in the system.
A hole pattern will be formed in the ejector plates. The hole pattern may be formed in relatively thick plates in order to form the above mentioned ejector nozzles, or alternatively tubular stubs may be formed, ensuring perpendicular orientation of the airstream relative to the products for establishing the impingement effect.
In order to achieve even distribution of the impingement effect across the entire width of the conveyor belt and thereby evenly distributed across the products disposed on the conveyor belt, it is preferred that the hole pattern is disposed with apertures that are oriented obliquely in relation to the conveying direction of the products or in other ways mutually displaced as seen in the direction of movement of the conveyor belt. Furthermore, it is preferred that the openings are staggered so that subsequent to passage through the freezing zone the products have been imparted an even impingement action over the entire width of the conveyor belt, and thereby also across the entire width of product.
The perforation or hole pattern may be staggered by disposing the apertures obliquely in relation to the direction of transport of the conveyor belt. However, it has also appeared possible to achieve a more even distribution of the impingement action across the entire width of the conveyor belt when it is only ensured that succeeding apertures in the conveying direction of the conveyor belt are displaced in the transverse direction of the conveyor belt with a spacing that approximately corresponds to half their diameter when operating with round impingement apertures.
With a hole diameter of 6 mm, the displacement of succeeding apertures will thus be 3.75 mm.
In the freezing housing there is a plate arrangement that divides the housing into a pressurised zone between the evaporator, the heat exchangers and the injection side of the ejector plates, and a second zone with lower pressure where the air flows out from the return air ducts and flows to the inlet side of the heat exchanger/evaporator. It is preferred that this plate arrangement is suspended on vertical rods (columns) or a support holder beam, so that the plate arrangement may be pivoted away from its normal position in case of cleaning. Hereby is achieved a cleaning-friendly construction.
It is preferred that the support holder beam is a longitudinal support holder beam which is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the machine at a position opposite to the conveyor belt. Furthermore, it is preferred that the support holder beam is suspended pivotably, at least at its top side, but alternatively also at its underside. The plate structure and possibly also the conveyor belt may hereby be mounted on the support holder beam and be pivoted away from their normal position to a service position, where easy access is enabled for the purpose of cleaning the components of the system. At the inner side of the housing, the plate arrangement will bear against contact faces that are secured at the inner side of the housing for providing an airtight joint between the two pressure zones of the housing. It is preferred that the plate is disposed at one side of the contact face facing the overpressure zone of the housing. The overpressure will hereby contribute to press the plate against the contact face. By using suitable sealing material on the contact surface in the housing and the contact face in the plate construction, efficient sealing is ensured so that the air may only flow from one zone to the other through the ejector nozzles of the ejector plates.
It is possible to swing the entire plate construction together with the conveyor belt clear, or, alternatively, the plate construction may be divided so that only a part of the plate construction is swung clear of the conveyor belt, which remains in fixed position during the cleaning.
In a freezer according to the invention it is preferred that the return run of the conveyor belt is provided in a separate tunnel in the housing. A separate pressure zone is hereby formed which communicate with the surroundings. Hereby is provided least possible exchange of air in the housing with air from the surroundings, facilitating obtention of the best possible air balance in the housing of the freezer. Furthermore, this will also entail that requirements for sealing lead-in openings in the housing for the return run of the conveyor belt are minimised.
In the pressure zone in the housing where the cooling air is passing, there will be a leakage risk at the passage openings for the run of the conveyor belt on which the products are placed. In order to reduce the risk of air flowing out through the passage openings of the belt from the pressurised housing to the surroundings, it is preferred that a return air duct is formed adjacent to the wall of the housing, and which is made with such size that the airspeed in the opening area with the passage openings of the housing becomes 2-5 m/s. This will provide that there is very little risk of air flowing out of the housing.
A freezer according to the invention will preferably be divided into sections, so that on very long units a series of freezing sections as mentioned above are used. With such sectional division it will be possible to perform disconnecting of heat exchanger/evaporator in order to obtain defrosting. As heat exchanger/evaporator is disposed under the conveyor belt, there will be no need for a construction for draining off water from the defrosting around the products on the conveyor belt. The water may in a simple way be led out on the water to a drain. Furthermore, it is advantageous to dispose heat exchanger/evaporator under the conveyor belt, as less demands to the dimensioning of the freezer are made hereby, compared with traditional freezers where heat exchangers/evaporators are mounted on machine frames at a position above the conveyor belt. The construction will thus facilitate cleaning and provide the advantage that partial defrosting may occur in long units while these are operating.
The invention will now be explained more closely in the following with reference to the accompanying schematic drawing, where:
A housing 1 with an insulated wall 2 contains a conveyor belt 3 having an upper run 4 on which products 5 are placed, and a lower return run 4′. The upper run 4 and the products are situated in a freezing zone 6 between an upper ejector plate 7 and a lower ejector plate 8. The housing 1 includes a heat exchanger 9 and a blower 10. Air flows according to the arrow 11 through the system, and the housing thus has a pressure zone 12 where a larger pressure exists than in the pressure zone 13 of the housing. The pressure zones are divided by a plate arrangement 14. The conveyor belt and the plate arrangement 14 are suspended on a support holder beam 15, and the plate arrangement abuts on a contact surface indicated by 16. The support holder beam 15 is pivotably suspended as indicated by 17 and 18 at its top side and underside, respectively. Together with conveyor belt, ejector plates and plate arrangement, the support holder beam may be swung clear for the purpose of cleaning. As mentioned, as alternative to the support holder beam vertical rods (columns) may be used for the suspension of the plate construction.
A motor 19 driving the blower 10 is located outside the housing 1. The housing 1 has a sidewall 20 which alternatively may be disposed in the position 21 shown with broken lines.
Furthermore, there is indicated a four-edged shaped return air duct 23 in the lower ejector plate 28. In the upper ejector plate there is illustrated a transverse return air duct 22 which is disposed between transverse rows of pipe sections 27. In
Defrosting may be performed in several ways, e.g. as sequential defrosting with full production continuing, as sequential defrosting with limited capacity or by intermediate defrosting during interruption of production.
With such a system it will be possible to get considerably longer periods of operation and thereby lower production costs. As the defrosting may be performed concurrently, the need for cleaning by interruption of production will be reduced as well.
The return air ducts 23 provided in a lower ejector plate 8 appear more clearly from
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“All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.” So says Isak Dinesen.
Isak Dinesen was born April 17th, 1885 as Karen Dinesen. A woman brought up in her own description, “as a woman equipped to do nothing more than marry.” Born into a world of privilege, she would find the landscape of societies’ expectations, bleak and barren to her developing intellect and sense of adventure. She would marry the Swedish Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke in 1913 after a failed love affair with his brother. Together they moved to Africa to find fortune and adventure. She ran the coffee farm while he ran safaris for the rich and famous. It was there in the silence of the African landscape that Karen found her voice. A voice birthed from the mystery of African folklore and a longing for an American landscape that her father had brought back stories of. In the quiet of the evening, she would find herself entertaining guests and there she would sit, smoking her cigarettes, and imbuing the African night with magic.
My personal love affair with Isak Dinesen’s stories started shortly after my own first failed marriage and I watched a movie called Babette’s Feast. It’s a simple story of a great chef in exile from her homeland and sent to live in a religious community many miles away from the bright lights and refined culture of Paris. Her new family, two spinster sisters, instructed her how to cook the simple fish porridge they ate every day and that God is pleased with sacrifice. But in this community of religion and sacrifice Babette found a meanness and meagerness to their existence. The religious community had become judgmental and small minded- to Babette’s thinking; they had forgotten how to love. When Babette unexpectedly comes into a great deal of money, she chooses sacrifice, but her sacrifice is not one of self-denial for it’s own sake, but rather a sacrifice for love and to do for these people what she has done for all the great people of Europe. She takes the money and buys the ingredients for a great meal; a meal to be prepared in honor of the two sister’s father; who was before his death, the religious leader of the community. The entire community was invited, and Babette would be able to show her gratitude for the kindness she had been shown.
When Babette is asked why she would spend all her winnings on one meal, she simply replied, "that all an artist ever wants, is the chance to do her best"; and so she does. The simple town’s people, who have never eaten such delight, look, at first suspiciously on the extravagant meal. However, as the evening continues and the meal is consumed, something magical happens. All the love that was put into the preparation, begins to change the simple town folk, into loving neighbors once again. Once mean spirited and unforgiving, the town’s people go through a transformation, a transformation that only a true and intimate contact with love can provide.
Babette's Feast was first published in Women’s Day Magazine here in America and made into a movie in 1987 under the direction of Gabriel Axel. I first saw the film in 1991 and so began my journey into the mind and magic of Isak Dinesen. She is of course most well known for her book “Out of Africa” made into a film in 1985 directed by Sydney Pollack staring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.
You may be asking yourself at about this time, why have we gone to such lengths to tell you about Isak Dinesen, when you have visited to find out about Tin KB Coffee Co Pictures. First, to simply tell you who she was, of her great legacy, and to inform the curious of the stories that I hope to tell. Not only did Isak Dinesen leave behind a treasure trove of short stories, left untold by cinematic magic, but also there are many other stories written by women about woman, still left untold in cinematic history.
Secondly I named the company after Karen Blixen. Tin KB Coffee Co is itself an acronym that stands for “This is Not Karen Blixen’s Coffee Co.” Karen’s Coffee Company was sold in 1931 when it failed to make a profit. The aim for Tin KB Coffee Co Pictures is the exact opposite. The name is a reflection of my desire to be successful and turn a profit. Something Blixen's company could not achieve.
My name is LB McGill and I would like to tell these stories; as a filmmaker and artist. I hope you will join Tin KB Coffee Co. Pictures in bringing these tales and other great stories to the big screen.
Love & Blessings~ L.B.


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Stranded on a beach Hank (Paul Dano) has had enough and is ready to end it all when a corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) washes up on shore giving him new hope – as well as a way to chop wood and start fires. It’s kind of like Cast Away but with Harry Potter playing Wilson.
All we know about Hank is that he is an outsider, a bit of a weirdo but sweet at heart. All we know about Manny is that he is dead, at least we’re sure he’s dead until he starts talking – prompting Hank to teach him all there is to life, mostly: love, farts and masturbation. In return Manny offers his body as a tool, appearing to have fantastical powers. If you hadn’t guessed from the title Swiss Army Man is ridiculous. It is pure comic absurdity channeled into the template of an indie film.
Hank’s life lessons are usually accompanied by elaborate props and scenes fabricated from twigs and refuse, giving the film an impossibly complicated homemade aesthetic that is so common of independent films – think: Be Kind Rewind, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist or more recently Me, Earl and the Dying Girl and Adult Life Skills. It feels like an elaborate parody at times, with classic moments like hands rolling out of windows and underwater kisses – just with one of the character’s dead and propped up with sticks or his own flatulence. It’s this level of humour that prevents it from getting too serious, or at least when it seems to get serious it is undermined completely by its silliness.
Not so much concerned with whether he is a hallucination or not, Swiss Army Man ventures into the bizarre by trying to tell a serious story through the profanely juvenile. It embraces its absurdity and wears it with pride. The score is put together brilliantly, a cappella chorus that is sparked by Dano and Radcliffe imitating stirring and triumphant film music. Dano’s recent turn as Brian Wilson comes to mind, not only in his vocal harmonies but in his disturbed state of mind.
The repetition of certain jokes does get tired but much like Manny’s corpse they seem to have a second life after a time. Swiss Army Man is a bold film that sticks to its style and delivers something altogether different and a bit weird.

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Wreaths Across America, the non-profit organization that organizes wreath placing at the graves of fallen service members every Christmas season, announced Monday that Arlington National Cemetery will not allow the wreath-placing event on December 19 to take place this year.
The organization announced on its Facebook page:
This afternoon, Wreaths Across America was made aware of the decision by Arlington National Cemetery to no longer allow the placement of veterans’ wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day this year, which is scheduled across the country at more than 2,400 other participating cemeteries for Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020.
As an organization, we are shocked by this unexpected turn of events. To say we are devastated, would be an understatement.
It has been a trying year for all, and we too, want all our volunteers, donors and their communities to remain safe! This is why over the last six months, the team at Wreaths has been working tirelessly with local, state and national officials to ensure that all of our outdoor wreath-placement events are done so safely, following local rules and mandates.
Like our U.S. Military, we will adjust and adapt, and work together towards fulfilling the mission which is to Remember, Honor and Teach. Our Gold Star Families have lost too much for us to just give up. Please stay tuned for more details about how you too can recommit to the mission and join us in remembering all those laid to rest at Arlington elsewhere in the country, in their honor.
This afternoon, Wreaths Across America was made aware of the decision by Arlington National Cemetery to no longer allow…
Wreaths Across America has upheld the tradition for the past 23 years on the second or third Saturday of every December, on Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington and more than 2,400 participating cemeteries across America.
The Arlington National Cemetery said in a press release on Monday that it was cancelling wreath placing due to COVID-19. It said:
Following a thorough analysis of the annual Wreaths Across America Wreaths-In event this year, and in close collaboration with the Joint Task Force, National Capital Region, we determined that we could not implement sufficient controls to mitigate the risks associated with hosting an event of this size under current and forecasted infection and transmission rates, while still conducting a respectful and honorable public event.
“We did not make this decision lightly. Despite the controls developed to disperse potential crowds in time and space, and required personal safety protocols, we determined that hosting any event of this scale risked compromising our ability to accomplish our core mission of laying veterans and their eligible family members to rest,” said Karen Durham-Aguilera, Executive Director, Office of Army National Cemeteries and Arlington National Cemetery.
“We reviewed various options to safely execute this long standing event and held numerous consultations with WAA leadership and local government and public health officials. We understand that although this is disappointing for so many, we could no longer envision a way to safely accommodate the large number of visitors we typically host during this event,” she said.
The cemetery will allow family pass holders and visitors to visit the cemetery and place wreaths on their own. However, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) urged Army leaders to reconsider the decision, noting that thousands of people marched in D.C. streets in support of former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump.
“Surely volunteers can responsibly place wreaths on the graves of our fallen heroes at Arlington,” he tweeted:
I encourage Army leaders to reconsider this decision. Thousands of people have marched in DC streets the past couple weekends for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Surely volunteers can responsibly place wreaths on the graves of our fallen heroes at Arlington. https://t.co/rSHZC5qJoV
— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) November 17, 2020
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), a Navy SEAL veteran, called on Arlington to reverse its decision:
Reverse your decision. https://t.co/KxWGShfdxX
— Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) November 17, 2020
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) called on Trump to step in:
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) November 17, 2020


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This group meets the second Monday of the month, September through May, at noon, in the Program Room at the Simsbury Public Library. We read both classic and contemporary mysteries and have been meeting since 2002. Books are chosen thematically; this Fall’s theme is “Minnesota Nice?,” mysteries set in the ‘Land of 10,000 Lakes’.
Our meetings for Fall 2020: (online at Zoom)
September 14: P.J. Tracey, Monkeewrench (2003)
October 12: William Kent Krueger, Mercy Falls (2005)
November 9: David Housewright, A Hard Ticket Home (2005)
December 14 : John Sandford, Dark of the Moon (2007)


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Liberation Labs secures $30M for equipment at Richmond plant
New York-based Liberation Labs announced Wednesday it has secured $30 million in equipment financing for its biomanufacturing facility in Richmond.
The precision fermentation manufacturer first detailed plans in January for the $115 million facility, which will come with 45 new jobs.
The facility will be built on a 36-acre lot in Richmond’s Midwest Industrial Park and will have a fermentation capacity of 600,000 liters, the company said.
The company is currently in the detailed design phase of the project and said it has ordered all of the major engineered equipment needed for the facility, including its 150,000 liter fermenters.
“This new financing, combined with our seed raise, allows us to not only secure all the needed equipment, but also to continue investing in our team to move the overall project forward at speed,” CEO Mark Warner said in written remarks. “Traditionally it is challenging to secure this kind of funding for a first-of-a-kind facility, but this lease financing reflects the belief in our vision and strong team by our committed equity and equipment finance investors.”
Warner told IIB in January the facility will use a precision fermentation process to make alternative proteins that can be used in food products such as milk.
Construction is slated to begin in June with an initial startup of the plant slated for the end of 2024.
Liberation Labs has already begun hiring for some positions at the Richmond plant, which Warner said has room for expansion.


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Hérouville-Saint-Clair wants to retain a large plant dominant in its development while making sure to save money on its electricity consumption. These elements, among others, contribute to the implementation of a sustainable development approach.
The lighting master plan takes into account all the recommendations necessary to ensure quality public lighting that is environmentally friendly and saves energy. Parks and gardens that are not illuminated create an impression of « black holes ».
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This week, Division of Quaternary Geology of the Department of Geology celebrate two happy events.
First, professor Siim Veski and Senior Researcher Anneli Poska received National Research Award in the field of geosciences and life sciences for the research cycle “Lessons from the Past: Post-Glacial Environment in a Changing Climate and Increasing Human Impact”.
Second, the Quaternary team published an article in the prestigious journal Nature Ecology and Evolution: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01652-4
During 2018–2021, Siim Veski and Anneli Poska published a total of 38 research articles in top journals in their field. The main focus of this work has been on exploring the links between vegetation, climate and human activities in Europe over the last 15,000 years. What makes the research cycle unique is the integration of primitive DNA, lake benthos and human activity data into a single body of information that helped identify the extent of ongoing rapid climate and environmental change and predict its potential consequences. Many of the processes that scientists' reports warn us of – ecological disaster, loss of natural habitats, destructive forest fires, rapid climate change, increasing species extinction – can be observed, studied and understood through the prism of the past, especially in the wake of many periods with a more favorable climate conditions thousands of years ago. Human activity began to affect the vegetation of northern Europe about 4,000 years ago due to the spread of agriculture, and has been affecting it at an increasing rate ever since.
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A hotel in Bethlehem.
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A wonderful Hotel filled with Art and History.
A museum within to explain the divided wall.
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Banksy has not only left his paintings on the wall
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Looking for cuts wherever they can find them, legislators in several states are considering delaying their presidential primaries or holding party-run caucuses instead to potentially save millions of dollars.
States traditionally have battled over scheduling their primaries early in the election cycle to attract more visits from presidential candidates and to garner national media attention. But heading into 2012, some states are acknowledging that they won’t have the early influence of New Hampshire or Iowa and would rather try to save some money.
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In all, lawmakers in at least 10 states and the District of Columbia have proposed delaying or canceling their presidential primaries in 2012, with some — though not all — saying they’re doing so to save money. Those moves come as other states, including Florida and South Carolina, continue pushing for the earliest possible primary dates, while trying to avoid running afoul of Republican and Democratic national committee rules.
A committee in the Alabama House last week passed a bill that would shift the state’s primary from the first Tuesday in February to the first Tuesday in June.
“This is an economic issue,” the bill’s lead author, Republican state Rep. Steve Clouse, told POLITICO. By folding a standalone February presidential primary into the state’s other primary votes in June, Alabama’s Legislative Fiscal Office estimates the state will save $3.9 million. “Saving these costs makes more sense for us than hoping for a few visits from the candidates,” Clouse said.
Alabama traditionally has held its primary in June but moved it to February in 2008. Legislators made that decision in better economic times, Clouse said, when holding an early primary seemed like a good way to attract candidates, campaign workers and press to the state. Not only could the state potentially gain in political influence in the first round of contested Democratic and Republican primaries in a generation, but out-of-staters would also be spending money on hotel rooms, restaurants and other costs of the campaign trail. “Unfortunately, a lot of other states had the same idea, and we got lost in the shuffle,” Clouse said.
In early 2009, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe signed a bill that will push the state’s primary back to May in 2012. In 2008, the primary was held in February — part of an effort by state lawmakers to draw a greater share of presidential hopefuls’ attention to the state, the same reasoning Alabama lawmakers had in pushing their state’s primary ahead.
One state too large to get lost in the shuffle is California. But there, too, a state legislator is advocating pushing back the 2012 presidential primary.

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Teen stabbed in Ajax fight amid crowd of 20 students, police search for suspect
Published February 16, 2022 at 3:32 pm
A teenager was stabbed in a fight outside of a gas bar in Ajax amid a crowd of 20 students and police are searching for the suspect.
Durham Regional Police reported investigators were on scene at a commercial lot near Rossland Road and Harwood Avenue North via Twitter around 2 p.m. February 15. Officers said one of the students was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
Investigators are at a disturbance at a commercial lot at Rossland Rd and Harwood Ave North after a fight amongst several students. One teen suffered minor injuries and taken to a local hospital.
— Durham Regional Police (@DRPS) February 15, 2022
Officers arrived to area about an hour prior to their announcement. The crowd of teens reportedly scattered from the scene when police showed up.
Police found one teen, a 17-year-old boy, suffering a non-life threatening stab wound. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
DRPS said in a later statement officers searched the area, but did not find any suspects. Investigators are asking the public for any evidence or information they may have to help identify the parties involved.
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Bikeshare's Income Disparity Problem
Eric Jaffe delves into the findings of a report by the Mineta Transportation Institute regarding the growth of bikeshare systems in the United States. The report, "Public Bikesharing in North America During a Period of Rapid Expansion: Understanding Business Models, Industry Trends and User Impacts [pdf]," includes data revealing the systemic challenge of delivering bikeshare to low income populations.
After showing some of the income disparities found in systems like those in the Twin Cities, Salt lake City, Toronto, and Mexico City, Jaffe shares a point made in the report: "Many systems don't make much of an effort to place bike-share stations in low-income neighborhoods. Only nine of 21 selected systems interviewed by the report authors said equity factored into station location. The business end of bike-share potentially plays a major role here: Tourist locations tend to generate the most membership and the most revenue..."
Jaffe notes that a new system expected to launch next spring in Philadelphia will deliberately target low income neighborhoods for stations, providing a model of equity-based planning for bikeshare systems around the country (and world).


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Mailbag: With teams getting close to shutting down until training camp, John Clayton examines some of the biggest remaining questions.
Will the NFL push back the dates on the offseason? Not if the players' union has anything to say about it, writes John Clayton.
While the Jets and Giants engage in a war of words, one coach could be fighting for his job, writes John Clayton.
After weathering an early season firestorm, Tom Coughlin has the Giants riding high. But a loss to Dallas would severely hinder their chances of winning the NFC East, writes John Clayton.
The Giants may not be playing for only a playoff berth; they may be playing to save Tom Coughlin's job. That's just one of the intriguing subplots of Week 17, writes John Clayton.
Even with all the distractions surrounding Terrell Owens, the Eagles should continue to be the class of the NFC East.
With Tom Coughlin, Bill Parcells, Joe Gibbs and Andy Reid, the NFC East is a coaching hot spot.


Update 20:19 – Headlines Update
A cruise ship on its way to Malta had to make last minutes changes after a passenger tested positive for COVID-19. On Monday, the MSC Seaside, which was meant to stop here in transit, was not permitted to enter the Valletta Cruise Port. It had left Syracuse, Sicily, on June 1 for a seven-day tour around the Mediterranean. Times of Malta
A 42-year-old man has been grievously injured after a fight broke out in Mellieha on Monday afternoon. The incident happened at around 12:15 pm in Triq il-Marfa. MaltaToday
Solitary confinement in prison systems should be abolished as it goes against fundamental human rights and causes permanent damage to the persons that have to go through it, the dean of the Faculty of Social Wellbeing said. Professor Andrew Azzopardi called for a complete reform in this system, saying that solitary confinement is “torture” and that no benefit stems out of this oppressive practice. Malta Independent
A Togolese man was fined on the spot after he was found to be carrying €11,365 in undeclared cash while boarding an Istanbul-bound flight on Monday morning, in what marks the 22nd such interception by Customs this year. Customs said that the man, who was travelling to Ghana, was selected by its Anti-Money Laundering Team for a currency check and asked how much cash he was carrying. Newsbook.com.mt
Update 1350 – Following Malta Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement of zero new cases, WHO’s regional director Hans Kluge congratulated Malta while stressing on the importance of continued discipline without taking measures that jeopardise any of the sacrifices done.
Updated 1235 – Health authorities have confirmed that no new cases were identified while two patients recovered. Active cases stand at 72.
Malta will be reporting no new COVID-19 cases for the first time in 11 months. Health Minister Chris Fearne revealed this on Twitter this morning. “Today is the first day with zero cases since last summer,” Fearne wrote.
“It is essential that we remain disciplined and responsible,” he added.
The Independent says that the tourism authority has granted Paradise Exiles in Sliema a permit to set up tables on the shore, just opposite the establishment. The authority said that the permit is valid until the end of June.
In-Nazzjon quotes PN Leader Bernard Grech who said that a PN government would shut down Mount Carmel hospital and open a new hospital. He said that mental health needs to be given the quality care it deserves.
L-Orizzont speaks to nutritionist Susan Borg who observed that many people were more careful of their eating habits during the lockdown this year. She said that some of her clients took the opportunity to improve their diets.
The Times reveals an agreement between the government and the Marsascala Sports Club to build a new waterpolo pitch funded by public money after the original site was handed over to Sadeen Group in 2016.
The Independent reports that the Covid-19 government vouchers can start being redeemed from today. People over 16 years are entitled to €100 worth of coupons that can be spent at restaurants, accommodation services as well as retail shops and cultural centres.
In-Nazzjon covers an interview with PN Leader Bernard Grech who said that the business community is facing uncertainty and pledged that a Nationalist government would review the tax system to ensure a level playing field for local companies.
The Times says that the process to appoint a head at the Asset Recovery Bureau has stalled as the government expressed reservations over the person nominated by the body. The Bureau has been without a CEO for five months.
L-Orizzont quotes Prime Minister Robert Abela who welcomed the positive predictions by credit agency Fitch Ratings. Abela said that the government is credible and delivers.
Social reforms leading to tangible progress – PM
PM Robert Abela said on Sunday that the number of people requesting social housing went down by almost half in just five years thanks to successful social reforms. He said that there are some 1,900 people waiting to be assigned social accommodation. “We have registered significant success here and that is because of the government’s policy of investing in people and social services. We don’t want people to be dependant on government hand-outs but to be able to pick themselves up,” he said.
PN says Malta failed to make UK green list due to Govt delay
Malta was left out of the UK’s green list of safe travel destinations was a result of the government failing to take decisions earlier in the year, Opposition leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday. “When the numbers were high, we had called for action. Had the government taken decisions and listened to our pleas earlier, we would have reduced numbers earlier and so we would have also been able to promote Malta as a safe destination earlier,” Grech said.
More efforts on AML required despite progress – FATF
Despite Malta’s successful completion of the Moneyval evaluation on anti-money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force has asked for a number of reforms and improvements that the country still needs to enact in the fight against financial crime. The requests relate to low seizures of criminal assets, lax rules on lawyers providing fiduciary services, and the “low quality” of suspicious transaction reports being handed to the authorities by banks and other entities.
The number of active cases in Malta is 74, after three new cases were registered on Sunday. There were 5 recoveries reported.


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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The US Department of Defense today said it has awarded the Institute for Systems Biology a contract for nearly $7.7 million to use next-generation sequencing to identify biomarkers that predict post-operative sepsis during the asymptomatic phase of infection.
The work is being done for DoD's Defense Threat Reduction Agency and is expected to be completed May 29, 2016, DoD said.
Through an ISB spokesperson, Kai Wang, a principal scientist at ISB, told GenomeWeb Daily News, in an e-mail that research will be directed at identifying biomarkers in peripheral blood. Wang, along with Adrian Ozinsky, an assistant professor at ISB, are the principal investigators on the DoD contract.
A "comprehensive and integrated systems approach will be used to discover, quantify and validate biomarkers of sepsis," Wang said. "With this approach, we aim to produce biomarker tests to guide therapeutic intervention at the earliest possible stage after infection and thereby prevent the onset of potentially dire systemic sequelae."
He added that next-generation sequencing will be performed to characterize the blood transcriptome, "both the endogenous and exogenous origin" to identify potential biomarkers.

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With the B motor you loose horse power.
If I wanted to ride down the road without vibration I would buy a Cadillac.
THC, you are correct, I have read that you lose about 3 hp with the TC "B" . Pretty easily made up with a cam. One of the things that has always held me back from a TC in general is the $1000 dollar hit for upgrading to an Andrews gear driven cam set (something, for me, that would be mandatory).
As for the vibration, aren't HD's supposed to be the Cadillac of motorcycles? Vibration is ok for short rides or when I was younger (I've owned a shovelhead and a solid mount evo sportster), but for eating highway miles at speed I'd rather do without, thank you.
Thanks for the replies, I'm not quite ready to pull the trigger but I am exploring my options before I start putting money into my RK that I won't be able to recoup.
Any reliability issues known for the twin cam B
relating to the balancers?
I think the sweet spot for me would be the 2002 model year with a carb (still has the Timken bearing on the drive side of the crank).