The dog days of summer (with apologies to our ‘down under’ friends) brings out the heat of rumors, speculation, and the ever present ‘what if’ scenarios which make Mac watching so much fun.
What’s next? That little white, $999 polycarbonate MacBook, the only MacBook, is looking awfully lonely. Does Apple have a new MacBook on the way? It will run OS X. But Mac OS X or iPhone OS X, or both?
Stay with me. It’s not so harebrained as it may sound at first. Most of the rumors this year regarding new Apple products are centered around a tablet device, a thin, wireless, Mac pad with a 10-inch touchscreen.
That’s where the fun speculation begins, especially since the whole idea is filled with competing considerations. For example, Apple sells a huge number of those aforementioned white polycarbonate MacBook models to schools.
Apple doesn’t want to jeopardize that lucrative, bulk sales business with a revolutionary model that may not catch on. On the other hand, Apple has shown a willingness to sacrifice a popular model (the iPod mini comes to mind) for an improved model (iPod nano).
Then again, a less expensive MacBook, say at $799, could cannibalize sales from the more expensive and highly profitable MacBook Pro models, shrouded in their aluminum glory case.
Of course, Apple knows the future is small and thin, and pocketable, shown by their success with the iPhone and iPod touch models (over 40-million sold in two years). On the other hand, it’s unlikely that a MacBook tablet would fit in a pocket.
So, will the new MacBook, or whatever replaces the lonely white MacBook, at the low end of Apple’s portable devices, be a Mac, or a larger iPod touch? The speculation-o-meter is hitting new levels.
Dan is correct. It’s hard to imagine such a device being less powerful than an iPhone or iPod touch. It’s also difficult to believe that it would be as powerful as a MacBook Pro model, with all the bells and whistles such ownership provides.
The Apple tablet device must fit somewhere between the current iPhone/iPod touch area, and the traditional MacBook notebook line. I’m in agreement with Dan and Kate regarding a thin, wireless, WiFi, Bluetooth, and possibly 3G/4G cell phone data option (ala Verizon’s MiFi service).
I don’t like the term tablet because it’s been a relative failure in the Windows PC world. It’ll either be called a MacBook or an iPad (leveraging both of Apple’s device lines), but not tablet anything. That’s just too 2001.
The real question is, will this MacBook cum iPad run Mac OS X and the tens of thousands of Mac applications, and, ostensibly, Windows, or will it run iPhone OS X with tens of thousands of applications, utilities, and games, all from the App Store?
Or, and this is where the tree limb shakes in the breeze and doesn’t feel all that comfortable (though having Intel Inside on a Mac brought frowns, too), will this nifty new sub-$1000 device run both?
Both? As in Mac OS X and iPhone OS X. Technically, it’s doable. Intel Macs already run iPhone OS X for iPhone app developers. If such a tablet device is smaller than a MacBook Air, then it’s ready made for a multi-touch screen.
Now we’re back to those competing features. Multi-touch, as in the Cocoa interface for the iPhone/iPod touch is perfect on a small touch screen. Mac OS X is not, but could be altered to be effective without a keyboard.
Or, and I hear a few cracks on my tree limb, will the tablet device come with an onscreen keyboard, and an optional physical keyboard?
Almost exactly two years ago there was plenty of speculation about an Apple tablet device called iSlate. Slate, as a term, doesn’t work for me any better than tablet.
Would such a device, priced well under $1,000, be an acceptable device for schools? Would it cannibalize Apple’s MacBook Pro line? The iPhone, with all that capability, and tens of thousands of apps, is really an add-on product—for the most part, we don’t ditch our Macs or PCs and use only the iPhone. It’s just not practical.
The iPhone is the ultimate portable. The MacBook substitutes as a desktop Mac with portability built in. Would the MacBook tablet iPad be another add-on device; one which we add to our list of Apple products?
Whatever it is, it will be larger than an iPhone and iPod touch, and probably more powerful and capable, yet it cannot have all the power, features, bells, and whistles of the MacBook Pro line.
Let me recap where my tree limb has taken those of us willing to speculate and prognosticate for Apple’s future devices. The name? iPad or MacBook. The OS? Both Mac OS X and iPhone OS X. Wireless, Bluetooth, USB, video out, no SuperDrive, SD card slot, 10-inch multi touch screen.
Wait. There’s more. On screen, multi-touch keyboard, one click option to run iPhone OS X apps and games in Mac OS X, and an optional keyboard. Both aluminum and plastic models. Optional MiFi model. Priced from $699 to $999.
Is that the best of both worlds? Is that the future of handheld devices? Is that the future MacBook? Sure. Why not? Now, when?


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Mysuru, January 30:- “Universities should take up the initiative to highlight the works of Tyagaraja more,” said renowned Carnatic classical musician, Dr Sukanya Prabhakar.
She was speaking at Tyagaraja Aradhana and memorial of Kanakadasa and Purandara Dasa at Karnataka State Gangubai Hanagal University of Music and Performing Arts University in the city on Tuesday.
“Tyagaraja, Kanakadasa and Purandara Dasa are like oceans. One life is not enough to study the works of even one of the three. It is the challenge in front of the students to analyse and understand the works of these greats. Purandara Dasa was a guide for Tyagaraja. Though there are many study materials on them, a framed study should be held and universities have to take up the initiative,” she said.
Renowned violinist Dr Mysuru Manjunath, Karnataka State Gangubai Hanagal University of Music and Performing Arts University Vice Chancellor Dr Sarvamangala Shankar, Registrar Prof Niranjan Vanalli and others were present. (MR/KS).

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In honour of Victorian engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette and to mark 200 years since his birth, the first new open space is set to be opened along the River Thames as part of work to create London’s new super sewer.
The proposed ‘Bazalgette Embankment’ space which is due to open by 2024 is being created in the river near Blackfriars Bridge and will be one of seven new embankments proposed for the capital.
Sir Joseph Bazalgette is the Victorian engineer most famous for his work on the sewer network in the 1860s, which transformed the public health of London and remains the system we rely on today – despite the huge surge in population growth.
To mark the construction of the 25km Thames Tideway Tunnel, the seven new landscaped areas will feature at Chelsea, Albert, Victoria and Putney Embankments, as well as at Blackfriars Bridge, King Edward Memorial Park and Heathwall Pumping Station.
This is the first time, since the Victoria and Albert Embankments were built in Victorian times, that new areas of land on the River Thames have been created, offering additional open space in central London for all to enjoy.
The shape of the embankment near Blackfriars is already mapped out in the Thames with steel girders, which will make way for a permanent structure in the coming years.
The name of ‘Bazalgette Embankment’ is subject to approval by the City of London, but the land will offer 1.5 acres of accessible space, with new opportunities for cafes and shops, art installations, and a landscaped area for leisure and recreational use.
Sir Peter Bazlagette, the engineer’s great-great-grandson, has welcomed the news of the application to name the land. “In my ancestor’s day, he too built iconic new embankments which helped shape our famous capital city,” he said. “It would be an honour to see his name getting the credit it deserves as his system is expanded to cope with modern-day London.”
Tideway has also already revealed that Londoners will get a first of its kind opportunity to dip their toe in the much cleaner water at Victoria and Chelsea Embankments and at King Edward Memorial Park with the sites becoming ‘floodable’ at high tides.


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Lucknow: New Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday issued instructions to senior officers throughout the authorities and police stress, telling them to kind out cow vigilantism and moral policing with an iron fist.
Consistent with critiques, Adityanath said that failure to rein in components indulging in cow vigilantism or moral policing will invite stringent movement.
The UP CM is reportedly concerned over mutton shops being torched in Hathras district, and a number of other different conditions of moral policing the place youthful women and boys in nice conversations had been allegedly harassed by anti-Romeo squads of the police.
Adityanath on Thursday paid a shock go to to the Hazratganj Police Station in Lucknow to look at regular preparedness and said the rule of laws is likely to be established throughout the state.
Yogi, who has saved the Residence portfolio with himself, took a spherical of the premises this morning, catching policemen and officers abruptly.
"I have come here to inspect as to how the rule of law is enforced in the state and gauge the morale of the police, and see what effective action can be taken in this regard," the chief minister knowledgeable data people.
"The rule of law will be established in the state and government will not hesitate in taking whatever steps are required for peoples' welfare," he said.
Yogi moreover enquired regarding the working of the police stress from the officers present there and inspected the crime division and cyber cell of the state police.
Cautioning that this was not his remaining inspection nevertheless solely a beginning, he exuded confidence that an enchancment is likely to be seen the least bit ranges.
Looking for to ship a sturdy message that laxity in imposing laws and order will not be tolerated, Uttar Pradesh police has suspended over 100 policemen given that new authorities led by Yogi Adityanath assumed office.
Most of these suspensions had been in Ghaziabad, Meerut and Noida. In Lucknow, seven inspectors have been suspended.
The crackdown adopted directives issued by DGP Javeed Ahmed numerous days once more to find out the "black sheep" among the many many policemen.
PRO UP Police, Rahul Srivastava, said, "More than 100 policemen, mostly constables, have been suspended as per the directives of the DGP to identify the black sheep and take exemplary action against them."
The directive was issued to all the Superintendents of Police via video conferencing by the state police chief and Principal Secretary (Residence) Debashish Panda hours after Yogi Adityanath assumed office.
With out mincing phrases, the Chief Minister had moreover yesterday directed officers to maintain up punctuality and hygiene.
All through his go to to the annexe establishing, the place the CM's office is located, he was irritated to see stains of paan and paan masala all through and directed the employees to not chew tobacco or eat masala whereas on obligation.


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WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Play ball is something that the Watertown American Little League plans on doing this season, but it won't be your traditional season.
The league was set to open on May 2, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those plans have been pushed back until late June, when phase four of reopening is planned to take place.
“What we decided to do because we lost all that time and preparation is we’re going run what’s called a sandlot-style Little League,” said Watertown American Little League president Jeff Wekar said, “where the kids are placed into age brackets, they will come to the field and they’ll be divided among teams when they show up.”
The abbreviated season will run about five weeks and the kids will play about 10 games, with extra precautions taken for both players and fans in attendance.
"We're going to get our guidance from the county and the health department,” Wekar said, “but things that we're going to put in place, we're going to ask the spectators to wear face masks, we're going to only have 3 kids in the dugouts and then we'll put the additional kids on the bleachers on first and third base side and then we'll put the spectators kind of in the outfield."
COVID-19 has also prevented the league from doing their annual tag fundraiser, where kids seek donations at local businesses, leaving the league short of those funds.
So the league has come up with a virtual tag day instead.
“The Watertown American Little League Facebook page tomorrow will have a link directly to the gofundme page,” Wekar said. “They can email email@example.com to get information, they can also call 315-771- 2688.”
If all goes as planned, one of the nation’s longest-running leagues won’t miss a beat in the 2020 season.

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ceramic made in replica with this earthenware.
a superb Italian glazed earthenware, coated with opaque white enamel and ornamented with metallic colours
Any other type of glazed colored earthenware or faience
some sort of pottery, with opaque glazing and showy decoration, which achieved its biggest excellence in Italy within the 16th century.
Decorative enameled pottery, especially that of Italy from the fifteenth into the seventeenth century.
As put on modern-day pottery, a kind of ware that aftereffects of shade partially imitates the pottery above defined, especially in big pieces useful for architectural design, garden-seats, vases, etc.
very embellished earthenware with a glaze of tin oxide

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The substance use treatment landscape is ever changing, adapting to the many different needs of individuals in recovery. That’s because not everyone responds the same way to a specific treatment process, which requires health professionals to develop other methods of recovery support that fit the wide variety of situations out there.
Intensive outpatient programs are yet another option, tailored specifically for those who need rigorous treatment but can’t risk leaving home. Ideal for employees, for parents, or for people who otherwise can’t commit to an in-patient setting, an intensive outpatient program aims to combine everyday life with drug abuse treatment.
What is an Intensive Outpatient Program?
Unlike an in-patient program that requires participants to live within the treatment center throughout the duration of the process, an intensive outpatient program requires that individuals attend therapy sessions and other treatment schedules as they resume living at their own home.
These programs were tailored for individuals with a home setting that’s conducive for recovery. That means they are surrounded by supportive, loving family and friends that won’t sabotage their recovery progress. Intensive outpatient programs are also often the treatment of choice for individuals with work or family commitments that they can’t leave behind to join an in-patient program.
What to Look for in An Intensive Outpatient Program
So, what makes a good intensive outpatient program? There are several factors to look into if you’re looking to find the best outpatient drug rehab center near me. These include:
The first and most important factor to look for is whether the treatment program uses therapies and approaches that are evidence-based. There are way too many programs out there that replicate what they think therapy should look like without actually consulting medical journals and research when developing their program.
Evidence-based treatment programs use established treatment concepts that have been tried and tested throughout the years. Therapists should know what questions to ask, how to respond to participants’ questions, and what to say based on scientific evidence as opposed to simply using subjective ideas to cater to participants.
The best outpatient drug rehab programs are the ones that are readily available to those that need them. If an outpatient drug rehab center is asking you to submit way too many documents that could take months to complete, or if they’re asking you to wait in line before you get admitted into their program, it’s best to look elsewhere.
Remember, substance use disorder is a condition that requires timely and rapid care and treatment because of the nature of dependence, addiction, and tolerance. As soon as you realize the need for treatment, it’s best to get into a program as soon as possible.
Yes, there will be times when you’ll get to enjoy therapy sessions with others enrolled in the program. But that doesn’t mean you all have to get exactly the same treatment. Individualized outpatient drug rehab programs place emphasis on the specific struggles and difficulties that each participant has. In doing this, health workers target individualized weak points that might be the cause for drug use in the first place.
It’s also important to keep in mind that individualization doesn’t only come in the form of the treatment process itself. Even your therapists, counselors, and other health care workers should be able to tailor their behavior and demeanor to match every individual patient. This helps create a more comfortable atmosphere for each participant, encouraging them to trust more readily and reveal vulnerabilities.
Strong Social Support
One of the challenges with an intensive drug rehab program is that it’s outpatient. That means that once the individual returns home, therapists and counselors have no power to control what happens outside their treatment center. With temptations and urges a very real threat, relapse is a potential danger.
For this reason, your chosen intensive outpatient treatment program should provide strong social support through a variety of avenues. Online groups, frequent individual updates, and access to recovery resources should be ever available for individuals to support their journey even while they’re at home. Some programs even have visiting schedules so therapists and health care workers can assess the situation at home.
Your intensive drug rehab program should be anything but short. For the effects of treatment to really make an impact, it’s important that these programs help individuals establish routines and healthy coping mechanisms which could take months. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, individuals should spend no less than 90 days in an intensive treatment program to increase the chances of success.
But other than the duration of treatment, the time spent in treatment each week should also be closely monitored. According to experts, participants should spend an average of 12 hours in treatment every week, but the hours vary from person to person. Others can cope fine with just 9 hours clocked in each week, while others need to be present at least 20 hours a week.
A good program shouldn’t be just interested in the here and now. Intensive outpatient programs will end, and you will graduate from the intensity and level of care that they provide. But that doesn’t necessarily mean you can live your life independently of any sort of sobriety support.
Intensive outpatient drug rehab programs should keep your future in mind, giving you options to transition you into a less intensive treatment style once you’ve successfully completed their program. Always ask about their future plans for your sobriety journey to find out how they plan to support you once you’re deemed fit to move on to the next step.
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If you’re looking for the best intensive outpatient program Dallas has to offer, you should consider the qualities of a reliable center. No doubt, there are lots of service providers out there these days, and while they all have one goal in mind, not all of them will be a fit for your needs and preferences. So don’t hesitate to shop around, ask questions, and scout your options. Doing so should help you find an ideal provider that can help you successfully overcome your situation.

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Use red or yellow watermelon (or both) for this summery dessert, and pair it with the best store-bought brownies you can find.
Makes 8 servings
Place watermelon in large bowl. Whisk fresh lemon juice and sugar in medium bowl until sugar dissolves. Whisk in vodka and crème de cassis. Season mixture to taste with salt. Pour mixture over watermelon. Cover and chill at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours. Sprinkle with chopped fresh mint and serve.

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The handles are touched everywhere in the day. When you open the door, close the window, and pull the cabinet, you need the help of the handle. So every day, there is a close connection with the handle, and the handle is frequently used. It is precisely because the handle is touched today. Such a touch handle must cause certain damage to the handle or reduce the service life of the handle. Therefore, in daily life, you must learn how to maintain the common sense of the handle. There are many types of handles, and the materials are also different. According to the market, the daily handles are made of wood, plastic, alloy, ceramic, and stainless steel. Stainless steel, alloy and other handles are usually used. Because these handles are more practical, the stainless steel handle manufacturers will share with us some maintenance tips for stainless steel handles. 1. Start with the equipment and talk about the maintenance. The equipment time of the stainless steel handle should be carried out after the room has been decorated and the site has been cleaned, so as to avoid bumps in the construction process or when cleaning the site. Contains acid-alkaline detergent to clean the handle. 2. The surface of the stainless steel handle is more lubricated. Usually, I use a soft dry cloth to clean it. Assuming that the handle is in a place with a lot of oil in the kitchen, then you can use a dry cloth to dip the talcum powder to wipe the surface vigorously. It will shine as new immediately. 3. When cleaning stainless steel handles, do not use acid-base or corrosive detergents. This will simply corrode the metal and shorten the service life of the handle.


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40,000 rocketeers in Cornwall, coding space robots, and amateurs help study Jupiter. Every week I recap headlines like these from around the world the feature the growing number of people taking space exploration in their own hands.
- Space Makers: Cornwall’s student rocket car makers, US teen rocketeer on her passion for rocketry
- Amateurs in Space: Coding contest in space, teens’ zero-g science, Philippines’ amateur radio satellite
- Exploring the Solar System: Planning for America’s solar eclipse, amateurs help study the planets,
- Exploring Deep Space: Science teachers studying black holes, citizen scientists helping astrophysicists, and amateur astronomers contributing to new research
- Outreach, Tourism, and Other News: Astronomy outreach in the UAE, Australian kids visiting Nasa, and European teachers studying Mars
The Cornish Times reports on the thirty volunteers who will help forty thousand Cornish kids race rocket cars. They are taking part in an education program run by Bloodhound SSC, the British attempt to set a land-speed record. A car powered by a jet fighter engine and rocket will speed more than 1000 miles per hour across the deserts of South Africa. Using safe model rocket motors, the student-built cars won’t hit those amazing speeds but will get kids thinking about becoming engineers.
Teenaged rocketeer Ava Badii won the grand prize in the Team America Rocketry Challenge's essay contest. Even though her all-girl high school has only 350 students, it still fields a 9-person rocketry club that made it to the TARC finals in 2016. Badii describes the opportunities TARC opened for her and how the "passion for rocketry" ignited by competitive rocket contest has launched her towards a career in aerospace engineering.
Amateurs in Space
Zero Robotics is an annual programming contest for teens in the United States, Australia, and the European Space Agency's member nations. Schools form teams that write code to control Nasa's Spheres robots. A series of qualifying rounds leads to the championship round when finalists see their code uploaded to the International Space Station and watch the robots do their thing. CBS19 reported on the Virginia high school that has reached the finals for the fifth year in a row. They have teamed up with schools in Britain and Australia to write the final code. The championship is coming up on January 27.
Every year tens of thousands of students in the United States and Canada take part in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program. More than sixty-one thousand students have participated in the SSEP in its six year history by sending research to the International Space Station. The program’s tenth mission into orbit launches next month on top of a Space X rocket. Tennessee's Knox News reports on one team of students who will study the effect of zero-g on the bacteria that causes pink eye. When the eleventh mission launches this summer, New York’s WHAM reports, it will include a cyanobacteria experiment designed by Rochester-area teens.
Amateurs have been making satellites since the dawn of the Space Age. Most of these focus on supporting satellite-based amateur radio, allowing ham radio operators around the world to communicate with each other... through space. But not all amateur radio satellites are amateur-built. The Sun Star wrote this article about the amateur radio capability of Diwata-2, the Philippines' second microsatellite. Its main mission is to provide remote sensing data and support emergency responders. Part of its payload, though, is an amateur radio transceiver. The satellite will give more than a thousand ham radio enthusiasts scattered across the archipelago another way to connect.
Exploring the Solar System
Planetary scientists with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Planetary Science Institute need help exploring Mars - and they are turning to the public to get the job done. Planet Four: Ridges displays images from Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for the public to analyze. As they mark the ridges they see in the images, the project will build a map of these features. Scientists will use the map to plan future MRO observations... and maybe someday astronauts. A post on the project’s blog explains how to recognize sand dunes on Mars.
Millions of people will look up in the skies above America to watch this year's total solar eclipse. Communities that lie beneath the eclipse’s path expect the event to boost their economies. The Clay County Progress described how a North Carolina community has created an eclipse task force. Community leaders expect up to 30,000 people to show up for the eight minute event. The Clay County Eclipse Task Force will ensure that everyone stays safe - and spends money at local businesses. Science writer Elizabeth Howell explained on Seeker how many of the eclipse tourists will do a bit of science at the same time.
Brain Bank Manc's latest blog post explains how amateur astrophotographers images of the planets rival anything the pros created a few decades ago. The secret: a webcam and a small telescope are all you need to make your own lunar or solar images. (You could even do it with a camera and telephoto lens) Of course Nasa takes things to another level by flying its Sofia observatory as high as 60,000 feet on a Boeing 747. An outreach program lets science teachers join each flight. They sit side-by-side with the professional astronomers collecting data from across the Universe. The San Bernardino Sun wrote about two local teachers - one middle school, the other elementary school - who flew with Nasa last week.
Each time Nasa's Juno spacecraft's orbit carries it close to Jupiter, its on-board camera captures detailed images of the planet's storm-wracked surface. What makes this mission different is that scientists don't choose the JunoCam's targets - the public does. UPI looked at how the JunoCam project engages people around the world in the exploration of Jupiter.
A new preprint (arXiv: 1701.03484) describes a study of Jupiter’s clouds that relied on amateur images of the giant planet. Getting time on the big professional observatories is extremely competitive - many telescopes are oversubscribed many times over. Amateurs, on the other hand, can make observations whenever they want. And the high-quality images they produce can provide a lot of scientific value. The authors of this paper observed Jupiter with the Very Large Array (the one Jodi Foster works at in the movie Contact). Images captured by amateur astronomers in Australia, France, and Germany helped place their observations in context. Many of the amateur planetary images used by the professionals are stored in an online archive, the Planetary Virtual Observatory & Laboratory. Another preprint (arXiv: 1701.01977) describes the database’s latest updates and expanded coverage of all planets in the Solar System.
Japan’s space agency JAXA has discovered gravity waves in the atmosphere of Venus. Writing in Sky & Telescope, writer David Dickson includes a shout-out to the amateur astronomers who capture an impressive amount of detail of the second planet. But he did not explain why amateur observations are important. Most professional telescopes cannot look at Venus since the planet does not rise far in the sky. The mountaintop observatories cannot point that close to the horizon. Even if they could, Venus is so close to the Sun that scientists risk burning out multi-million dollar instruments. Amateurs, on the other hand, don’t face these problems. But it takes skill to get anything more than an image of a fuzzy disc. A link at the end of Dickson’s article will take you to a 2004 article that shows what one amateur was able to do.
Exploring Deep Space
The Nasa/Ipac Teacher Astronomy Research Program (Nitarp) is a thirteen-month professional development program for science teachers that gets them involved in an actual astrophysics research project. WHSV reports on a Virginia teacher who brought two students into his research project. [Last year I interviewed Florida teacher Linda Childs about her experience in Nitarp.]
A new preprint (arXiv: 1701.04817) describes AstroImageJ, a research-grade astronomy app that is accessible for high school students, undergraduates, and amateurs. The paper documents the program's features and performance for the scientific community. It also describes how amateur astronomers working on the KELT project have used the software to make their exoplanet discoveries.
Astrophysicists at the University of Notre Dame recently observed the surprising dimming of a binary star system. Much of their work relied on data from the Kepler Space Telescope and the university’s recently opened Sarah L Krizmanich Telescope. A team of amateur astronomers with the American Association of Variable Star Observers contributed time series observations. A preprint (arXiv: 1609.01026) lists the twelve contributors as co-authors.
Another preprint (arXiv: 1701.01857) describes citizen science-enabled research. Scientistsused Hubble data to study green pea galaxies. First discovered by citizen scientists contributing to the Galaxy Zoo project, green pea galaxies have regions of intense star formation that made them look green in the project’s false-color images. The authors of this study used the nearby green pea galaxies as analogs for the Universe’s first galaxies. The James Webb Space Telescope should be powerful enough to observe these galaxies, but astronomers need to understand how to process the data. Observing the citizen scientists’ discovery with Hubble let them do a dry-run.
Alabama's WAAY-TV interviewed a Nasa astrophysicist who wants the public to help the search for gravitational waves. Tyson Littenberg is a member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (Ligo) collaboration. He is also the lead scientist for Gravity Spy, a citizen science project that will help make Ligo's work more efficient. Littenberg explains why ordinary people can do things computers can't and how their contribution could help scientists peer into colliding neutron stars and the earliest days of the Universe.
The Milky Way Project enlists citizen scientists to map the bubbles and shock waves created when stars burst to life. The blast of stellar wind pushes away the surrounding clouds of interstellar gas. This creates structures that look like bubbles in space telescope images. The Milky Way Project re-launched last October and received 500,000 classifications within a few months. That still leaves 1,500,000 classifications to go to hit their goal of mapping star-forming regions in our galaxy.
Outreach, Tourism, and Other News
A summer school for European teachers will use space science to introduce inquiry-based learning techniques. The Mars Mission Summer School will challenge the teachers to plan an expedition to the red planet. The weeklong workshop will be held in Athens, Greece, in early July.
A Jordanian balances her career in the aviation industry with motherhood and a rapidly expanding astronomy-focused presence on social media. The United Arab Emirates' main paper The National profiled Salam Katanani whose Arabic-language Instagram videos have attracted more than 35,000 followers over the past six months.
Twenty-five Australian girls spent two weeks at Nasa's Johnson Space Center, the Sudney Morning Herald reports. They were part of a program to encourage more young women to pursue studies and careers in science and engineering. The group toured the Mission Control Center, dined with astronauts, and attended hands-on workshops with space technology.

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Home > News > Making gadgets lighter, smaller and more energy efficient
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Making gadgets lighter, smaller and more energy efficient
Thanks to the work of EUREKA project E! 2839 MESCI I electronic devices such as PDAs, computers and mobile phones will be smaller, lighter and more energy efficient.
This breakthrough has been achieved as the Dutch, German and UK partners have succeeded where many others have failed - by making the production of miniature electric and computer systems, known as nanotechnology, economically viable.
New synthesis method may shape future of nanostructures, clean energy: Findings advance efficient solar spliting of water into hydrogen fuel September 2nd, 2014
Accounting for Biological Aggregation in Heating and Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles September 2nd, 2014
Engineers develop new sensor to detect tiny individual nanoparticles September 2nd, 2014
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01/21/2021 India (International Christian Concern) – While much of the foreign policy for the Biden Administration is still taking shape, many watchdog organizations and experts are keeping an eye on India, and thus far see little change. The United States shares a close interdependent relationship with India in regards to international trade, security policy, and geopolitics. However, India’s rapid decline in religious freedom and the ongoing persecution of religious minorities continues to be a trouble spot for the relationship. The Trump administration failed to pursue a hard policy line on checking this decline in India, and even rejected recommendations by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to list India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) – a decision that was highly criticized by many stakeholders, human rights activists, and policy experts.
Early reports from meetings with incoming Biden administration indicate that policy will not likely change much going forward. Public statements denouncing India’s human rights violations are unlikely, but the administration will likely continue to raise the issue diplomatically with Indian counterparts.
The Trump administration’s visit earlier this year to India was overshadowed by massive civil unrest surrounding the crackdown on Muslims, Christians and religious minorities by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. These crackdowns have been exacerbated by radical anti-religious freedom policy propagated by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as well as its more radical affiliate organization, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
Many stakeholders urged President Trump to speak out on these human rights violations publicly. Instead of criticizing the violations, Trump publicly praised the work done by the Modi Administration on advancing religious freedom. Trump later reported that he had challenged Modi on these issues during their private dialogue.
The fact remains that Indian local, state, and national governments continue to pursue a hardline approach to non-Hindus. The government and organizations like RSS continue to propagate a strong narrative celebrating religious nationalism which only stokes the divisions in the society as a whole. Persecution cases of Christians alone have sky rocketed since Prime Minister Modi took power in 2014 with his BJP.
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Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, leveled a series of sensational allegations in an appearance Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, implicating President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Attorney General William Barr, among others, in the Ukraine pressure campaign to gin up damaging information about Trump’s rivals.
“President Trump knew exactly what was going on,” Parnas told Maddow. “He was aware of all my movements. I wouldn’t do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani or the president.”
"It wasn't just military aid. It was all aid," Parnas tells @maddow. "Basically the relationships would be sour. We would stop giving them any kind of aid, unless… there were several demands at the point — the most important one was the announcement of the Biden investigation." pic.twitter.com/DYwDUofVnl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 16, 2020
But Parnas did not document many of claims, including those about Trump’s knowledge of his activities. (Parnas told the New York Times Wednesday that he not speak with Trump directly about his efforts, but that Giuliani told him Trump was up to speed.) And without more evidence, assertions by Parnas, who is struggling to stay out prison and clearly eager to court Trump’s critics, warrant significant skepticism. It is uncertain how his allegations may affect Trump’s Senate trial, which is set to start next week. Republican senators are largely opposed to hearing from witnesses or considering evidence outside the impeachment report House Democrats completed last month. And Parnas is not even among witnesses Senate Democrats have proposed calling.
Parnas, who was indicted in October for alleged campaign finance violations committed while cultivating top Republicans, worked closely with Giuliani, Trump’s lawyer, in an effort to pressure Ukraine to announce an investigation into Vice President Joe Biden’s role in the 2016 firing of a Ukrainian prosecutor suspected of corruption. Trump’s backers have claimed without evidence that Biden acted to stop an investigation into a gas company, Burisma, that had put his Biden’s son Hunter on its board. Such a probe might have helped Trump in the 2020 election, in the event Biden received the Democratic nomination.
As part of the scheme Parnas met with various Ukrainian officials. He told Maddow he would regularly call Giuliani, who, on speaker phone, would encourage Ukrainians to help Parnas by telling them Parnas represented Trump. Parnas also helped to engineer Trump’s removal of Marie Yovanovitch, the ambassador to Ukraine. Parnas said her ouster was a condition insisted on by Yuriy Lutsenko, at the time Ukraine’s prosecutor general. Yovanovitch had been sharply critical of Lutsenko’s failure to pursue corruption cases. The Biden investigation was the quid for the quo of Yovanovitch’s ouster, according to WhatsApp messages Lutsenko exchanged with Parnas, which were released Tuesday by House Democrats.
Parnas said that the vice president was part of the scheme to force Ukraine to announce a Biden probe. After Trump dropped a plan to attend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration in May, Pence was set to go instead. But when Ukrainian officials balked at announcing an investigation, Parnas said he warned them that Pence would not attend. When Pence did not go, Parnas said they took the demand for a probe more seriously.
Parnas told Maddow that Pence “had to know” about these machinations, given the vice president’s involvement in the region. “He couldn’t have not known,” Parnas said. Pence has denied any knowledge of the scheme.
Barr has tasked a subordinate, Connecticut US Attorney John Durham, with running an investigation into the origins of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Giuliani and Parnas had hoped to find information in Ukraine they could pass on to Barr and Durham that would discredit the Russia probe and help Trump politically. During their famous July 25 phone call, Trump had pressed Zelensky to share information with Barr.
Parnas told Maddow that Barr is close to Giuliani as well as Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing, a conservative husband-and-wife legal team that’s helped Giuliani seek dirt in Ukraine. “Attorney General Barr was basically on the team,” Parnas said. A Justice Department spokesperson told Maddow that claim was “100 percent false.”
Parnas also suggested that John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, has vital information. Bolton, who has offered to testify in the Senate trial if he is subpoenaed, “was definitely involved in the loop,” Parnas said. “He knows what happened there,” Parnas added.
Senate Republicans have already voted to start Trump’s trial without seeking testimony from Bolton or any other witnesses. But after the trial starts, they could still decide to hear from witnesses. On Wednesday night, Parnas made a good case that he should get an invitation.

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|RAIKKONEN AND SURTEES PAIR UP WHILE HAMILTON WOWS CROWD ON FINAL DAY OF FESTIVAL OF SPEED|
|The final day of the 2014 Goodwood Festival of Speed more than lived up to its theme of 'Addicted to Winning' as two Ferrari Formula 1 legends, John Surtees and Kimi Raikkonen, were united for a unique moment on the iconic 1.16-mile Hillclimb on Sunday.
The 50th anniversary of Surtees' 1964 F1 title was marked with a special run up the hill in his Ferrari 158 in tandem with Raikkonen's 2007 title-winning F2007 that the Finn drove right behind him.
Current title contender Lewis Hamilton per...[Read more...]|
|MASERATI AND RUXTON AMONG FEATURED MARQUES AT 2014 PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS d'ELEGANCE|
|PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (February 20, 2014) -- Maserati, a marque renowned for its racing greats as well as road cars offering both elegance and sporting performance, takes center stage at the 64th annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The event, often said to be the most intense collector car competition in the world, will be held on Sunday, August 17, at The Lodge at Pebble Beach.
Additional 2014 features range from rainbow-hued Ruxtons and antique steamers to the elegant coachwork...[Read more...]|
|SILVERADO'S PICK-UP BOX MAKES TOUGH JOBS EASIER|
|DETROIT – When it comes to pickup trucks, the usability of the back end is just as important as the power under the hood. Customer-focused innovations to the cargo box of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado were designed to make it easier to see, secure and access what's back there.
'Silverado owners are the doers of the world,' said Lloyd Biermann, Silverado marketing manager. 'Our goal when designing the Silverado's pickup box was to create something that was stronger, more durable and vers...[Read more...]|
|YOKOHAMA TIRE CORPORATION GEARS UP FOR THE 2013 MOTORSPORTS SEASON|
|Plans include a new team in the ALMS GT Class and continued efforts in the GTC and GT3 Challenge series, off-road racing and drifting
FULLERTON, CA (March 7, 2013) – From desert racing to drifting, Porsche 911 GT3 to Ferrari 458, Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) is busy tuning up for the 2013 racing season. 'This will be an exciting year,' said Andrew Briggs, YTC director of product planning and motorsports. 'We have a new ALMS partner, a historic teaming in off-road and a strong, over...[Read more...]|
|Auctions America By RM's Spring Carlisle Auction Kicks off 2012 Northeastern U.S. Collector Car Season|
|Auctions America by RM will return to the Carlisle Expo Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on April 26-27, 2012, to kick off the collector car season for the Northeastern U.S. with its Spring Carlisle auction.
Featuring nearly 300 American hot rods, muscle cars, classics and memorabilia during its two-day sale, the Spring Carlisle auction is held in conjunction with the Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet & Corral (April 25-29), hosted each year by Carlisle Events. The auction is one of se...[Read more...]|


- Automotive and Ro-Ro Terminal at the Port of Fremantle
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Competition analysisPlease refer to the Public Competition Assessment.
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|Executed s87B undertaking - 2 April 2015 ( PDF 7.09 MB )||2 Apr 2015|
|23/12/2014||ACCC commenced review under the Merger Process Guidelines.|
|02/02/2015||Closing date for submissions from interested parties.|
|16/02/2015||Closing date for further submissions from interested parties regarding draft key performance indicators.|
|20/02/2015||Former proposed decision date of 26 February delayed at the request of VQIRT.|
|02/04/2015||ACCC announced it would not oppose the proposed acquisition, subject to a 87B undertaking accepted by the ACCC.|


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Fresh from the press: World Bank Development Report highlights governance is key for development.
CIES panel: how can open data be used to improve transparency and fight against corruption in education?
In recent years, countries as different as Kenya, Mexico and the Philippines have witnessed increased activity in access to information initiatives and calls for more transparent and accountable governments. The development of technology centers, along with social movements demanding the right to information, have indeed encouraged an array of activities responding to calls for access to information.
ETICO unveils new features in continued fight against corruption in education
The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) is redoubling its efforts today in the fight against corruption in education with enhanced tools, resources, and functionalities on its ETICO platform.
Mainstreaming a culture of integrity for youth in the Asia Pacific region
From 15 to 17 November 2017, IIEP participated in the Ninth Regional Conference of the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific, which took place in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Open government in education: learning from cities
For The IIEP-UNESCO Letter, Muriel Poisson discusses new research that focuses on learning from cities worldwide on how to promote open government in education.
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According to the resolution of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from 28.04.2015 №PP-2340 about "On measures to increase the proportion of the value of private property and the economy", in order to promote foreign investment, the level and the role of private ownership in the national economy that is cardinally increased through the deepening the processes of privatization and selling to private investors, primarily to foreign ones, and the state's share of assets in the authorized capital of enterprises and on this basis to ensure the modernization and technological renovation, organization of production of competitive products on the domestic and external markets, JSC “Farg'onaazot” has been approved into the list of joint stock companies, where the share of state and economic management bodies are subject of realization by strategic foreign investors.
Based on the resolution of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan #PP-1623 from October 4th, 2011 about "On the Program of priority measures to increase production volumes and the development of new types of competitive products", as well as, in accordance with the Resolution of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan #PP-2264 from November 17th, 2014 , "The investment program of Uzbekistan for 2015", the company has been implementing the project on "Reconstruction and modernization of urea and ammonium nitrate."
The project implementation will increase the capacity of production of nitrogen fertilizers, reduce energy consumption and thereby, reduce their net cost, ensure the competitiveness of fertilizer production of JSC “Farg'onaazot”.
Due to increasing the consumption of fertilizers in the country and in the world, the implementation of the above mentioned project by modernization and replacement of outdated nodes has a great importance in the development of JSC “Farg'onaazot”.
Management of analysis of production costs, reduction in cost and resource-saving.
The main tasks of the management are:
- a comprehensive analysis of the activities of enterprises and their units to ensure the reduction of production costs, reduce the cost of production, save and more efficient use of raw materials, materials and fuel and energy resources (FER) of enterprises, with the formation and use of information, material, financial and organizational measures, aimed at the effective management of consumption and consumption processes;
- coordination of works on deep analysis of the factors affecting the level of raw materials, materials and energy costs, with a view to more rational use of production capacities, material and labor resources, increasing economic efficiency and profitability of production, contributing in general to reducing the cost of products produced by chemical enterprises;
-development of a set of specific measures to drastically reduce costs through the organization of competent control and accounting for the consumption of raw materials, materials and fuel and energy resources, using modern automated control systems, the introduction of modern resource and energy-saving technologies and equipment;
- wide introduction of effective methods to reduce production costs.

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Stylish and elegant exterior design
The LED headlamps combined with the stylish front grille show that there’s room for more, even in perfection. So, drive the Ciaz and experience life on a whole new level.
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Once you step inside the Ciaz, you might never want to step out. And we don’t blame you. The Ciaz offers everything you need, and more, making it a complete sedan. Plush interior along with 7-inch car audio system makes Ciaz a drive like no other.
Smartphone Linkage Display Audio
The audio system features a touch-panel display as intuitive as a smartphone. Connect your smartphone via Bluetooth®* or USB cable to use your apps through the display. * Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Performance is what drives us to the next level. That’s why the Ciaz comes with a powerful 1.4L petrol engine. It makes the driving performance exceptional and a whole lot peppier. So cruise faster to wherever you want to go in life.
The K14B VVT engine incorporates cylinder heads and piston crowns. Also, with friction reduction in each engine component, it delivers great dynamic performance with excellent fuel efficiency.

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The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) led by Sultan of Sokoto, has said that abduction of hundreds of Katsina students by bandits on a day President Muhammadu Buhari visited the state was a slap on the President.
The Muslim group stated this in a statement on Monday by its Secretary-General, Khalid Aliyu.
The group advised Buhari to rejig the security architecture since there are “insinuations that for pecuniary benefits, some top echelon among the security operatives don’t want the insecurity to end.”
JNI further called on Buhari to learn to address the nation whenever tragedies occur and stop his government issuing “empty condemnations,” when ordinarily, he should address the people that voted him into power.
“How come the bandits took their time, gathered the schoolboys, heaped them on bikes, and whisked them away without being rounded up by the security agencies? Mr. President needs to hearken to the call of Nigerians,” JNI added.
President Buhari and his administration have continued to receive knocks over the missing students, who were kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State by bandits recently.
While Katsina government put the number of missing children at 333, the Federal Government said only 10 of them were missing.
However, few of the students, who escaped from their captors said over 500 of them were kidnapped.
The state governor, Bello Masari had revealed on Monday that the abductors had made contact, and asked for ransom, but that any amount had not been mentioned.
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The Obermeyer Dakota Hat has a festive Nordic snowflake pattern around the bottom and a big, removable pom-pom on top. This cute winter hat is made with soft cotton and rayon, and it's lined in fleece to keep your ears extra warm.
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Cover to cover: Norman Rockwell’s renowned Saturday Evening Post art showcased at Mystic Museum of Art
17 Jun 2022
Walking into the Mystic Museum of Art feels like traveling into the past.
Along the deep blue walls in the Davis Gallery are an array of images that capture this country during the early and mid-1900s with a gently humorous point of view and an appreciation for Americana.
A circa WWII solder, looking woozy with happiness, is waited on by two comely women, one wearing a USO armband.
A boy who could pass for Tom Sawyer is caught mid-cartwheel, his bare feet flung into the air. A woman dressed in a long white dress and straw hat plays croquet.


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The Bay Area has a higher number of bridges or overpasses with structural deficiencies than other major metropolitan areas, according to a report released Wednesday by a coalition that is fighting threatened cuts in federal transportation spending.
About 21 percent — or 380 bridges or overpasses — are structurally deficient in the metro area covering most of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and Marin counties, according to the report by Transportation for America. That rate is the second highest in the nation among metropolitan areas with more than 2 million residents. The highest was metropolitan Pittsburgh, with deficiencies in 30 percent of its bridges and overpasses.
Bridges in the San Jose metropolitan area, which includes Santa Clara and San Benito counties, have the highest deficiency rate among regions with populations between 1 million and 2 million people. About 19 percent, or 189 bridges, are structurally deficient, the coalition reported.
A deficiency doesn’t mean a bridge is in imminent danger of failing, but that work or increased inspections are needed, the group said. The report does not name specific structures, but a map on the group’s website, http://t4america.org, shows the Carquinez Bridge as having a deficiency rating because of poor pavement. The site also identified the following bridges as deficient because of deck pavement: the Highway 24 bridge over Acalanes Road in Lafayette; the Monument Boulevard overpass over the Walnut Creek channel near the border of Concord and Walnut Creek; and a West Grand Avenue bridge over railroad tracks in Oakland.
The report was based on a federal inventory database rating bridge pavement, structures and foundations in 2009, the most recent figures available.


Due to the impact of COVID-19, international engineering market development and overseas project implementation are affected to some extent. CDQ and power generation project for our company in Iran has entered the final sprint stage. As the first CDQ and power generation project in Iran of our company, the importance of this project to Iranian market of our company is self-evident, the owner and the top management of our company attach great importance to this project. After receiving the oversea task, I felt heavy responsibility on my shoulder and resolutely accepted the challenge.
As the first group of our company to rush to overseas projects, Song Leiming, Wei Baoxin and I set out for Iran on April 26, 2021. With the deepening of the project, the technical strength of the project department was further enhanced with the participation of Song Yang, the automation professional engineer of the automation branch, Li Wen, Luan Chao, Lv Weilin and Liu Xinglei, the power generation experts of Yaohua Luxin.
With joint efforts of all colleagues of the project management department, after nearly six months of struggle, unremitting persistence and overcoming difficulties, the CDQ and power generation project was successfully put into operation in November 2021, and the performance guarantee assessment under the contract conditions was completed. The CDQ and power generation project operates well and has won unanimous praise from the owner. For this reason, the top management of this Iranian coking plant sent a letter of thanks to the CDQ and power generation project department. From the letter, I felt the owner's recognition towards SDM. We have overcame all kinds of difficulties and reaped the joy of success.
The smooth operation of the CDQ and power generation project has won the trust of the owner. SDM is a reliable partner at all times. I am also proud of my meagre efforts.
The CDQ project has attracted widespread attention in the Iranian market. With the enhancement of Iranian government awareness of environmental protection and the appeal of steel plant workers for improvement of production environment, CDQ projects get favored by the Iranian steel industry. The owners of several major steel plants in Iran visited this CDQ and power generation project undertaken by SDM, giving recognition and expressing their desire to invest in CDQ projects.
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An Illustrated History of the PORT OF HULL AND ITS RAILWAYS
This is the third Irwell Press book written by Mike G. Fell OBE concerning ports and their railways. The previous two have covered King’s Lynn and Goole. Mike, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, was in charge of the Port of Hull for sixteen years from 1987 until 2003 and previously was a stevedoring operations manager at the port for three years from 1977 to 1979. The book describes and graphically illustrates the history of the port and its railways from the time of the opening of Queen’s Dock in 1778 until the present day. One of the book’s chief aims is to dispel the widespread notion that Hull was only a fishing port. The fishing industry was once very important to the City of Hull but it actually formed only a small part of the port’s overall commercial activities. Hull’s success was founded on its ability to offer excellent facilities to increasingly larger ships which traded worldwide with a great variety of cargoes and the export of coal from the South Yorkshire coalfield, all of which arrived by train.
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Johns Hopkins Medicine Home Care Coordinator/Discharge Planner - RN (AAMC) Weekend Option in Baltimore, Maryland
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Johns Hopkins Health System employs more than 20,000 people annually. When joining the Johns Hopkins Health System, you became part of a diverse organization dedicated to its patients, their families, and the community we serve, as well as to our employees. Career opportunities are available in academic and community hospital settings, home care services, physician practices, international affiliate locations and in the health insurance industry. Great careers continually advance here.
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The Home Care Coordinator/Hospital Discharge Planner (HCC) is a licensed nurse who has a thorough understanding of available home care services and products, eligibility requirements, and resources available in the community. The position acts as a discharge planning resource to Hospital staff involved in home care planning, and facilitates continuity of care for the patient transitioning to home based services.
Graduate of accredited RN/LPN program required
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RN/LPN in the State of Maryland and CPR
Two (2) years home care or home care discharge planning experience preferred.
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The Saudi Water Sports and Diving Federation (SWSDF) launched the Kingdom Sports Fishing Championship 2023 in Jeddah today. The event has the participation of more than 170 fishermen from 13 countries divided into 31 teams. The tournament will continue until October 28th.
This initiative aligns with the ambitious Vision 2030 of stimulating and developing the promising entertainment and sports industry in the Kingdom. It aims to showcase the potential of the Red Sea as a thriving water sports destination with a prosperous future.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of SWSDF, Prince Sultan bin Fahd bin Salman, emphasized the importance of the Kingdom’s Sports Fishing Championship in promoting watersports activities in the Red Sea. He added that millions worldwide practice the sport of fishing, and by organizing this tournament in the Red Sea, they want to provide a comprehensive vision for the world. He said this would enable them to see the capabilities and relative advantages of the Red Sea in hosting international marine championships, and the Kingdom’s ability to host sport fishing tournaments at the highest level will achieve its desired goals.
The tournament also confirms the pioneering role played by the Ministry of Sports in establishing various sports, encouraging members of society to practice them, and exploiting the potential of the Red Sea coast to practice different water sports.
The Saudi Red Sea Authority works as a successful partner alongside the Border Guard and SWSDF. It ensures the protection of the environment in which the maritime, water, and recreational sports and activities in the Red Sea are carried out.
Source: Saudi Press Agency


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Police request traffic control on I-94
MOORHEAD, Minn. (Valley News Live) - Traffic was backed up in both east and westbound lanes of I-94 around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. According to dispatch audio, police were looking for someone in the area.
The Minnesota State Patrol assisted the Moorhead Police Department with traffic control on the interstate. The Moorhead Police Department says they were dealing with a man having a mental health crisis.
The as of 1:15 p.m. traffic was moving again on the interstate.
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Alabama Voices: City celebrates 'The Immortals' on Monday
Come to Union Station in downtown Montgomery on Monday at 5 p.m. for statue unveiling of The Rainbow Soldier
On Monday, Montgomery will host hundreds of visitors from towns big and small across our state. The occasion marks the moment a century ago when Alabamians congregated at Union Station to send off the 167th U.S. Infantry Regiment of the famed 42nd Rainbow Division as these soldiers left on train to fight alongside our French allies in World War I.
Approximately 3,677 Alabamians of those who served in World War I, many of whom had been members of the Alabama National Guard prior to America’s involvement in the war, answered the call to serve in the 167th Regiment, putting on hold their careers and daily lives in places like Opp, Evergreen, Opelika, Cullman, Montgomery, Greenville, Andalusia, Mobile, Birmingham and Bessemer. When Alabama’s Rainbow Division veterans returned triumphant in May 1919, they were welcomed home by a crowd numbering in the thousands for one of the largest, most spectacular celebrations in Montgomery’s recorded history.
These men cemented their reputation as some of the toughest soldiers in The Great War, earning the nickname “The Immortals” in recognition of their bravery in pushing back the Germans at the Ourcq River, one of the most critical points of the war. Their heroics and sacrifice in the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm established an enduring legacy among military scholars. However, success came at a high price as the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm remains the second deadliest battle in Alabama history.
Now, exactly 100 years to the day Alabama’s Rainbow Soldiers left Union Station en route to the annals of history, we will renew our commitment to forever honoring the service and sacrifice of the 167th Infantry Regiment in a ceremony open to public.
On behalf of the great city of Montgomery, Alabama, we invite everyone – especially these soldiers’ descendants across the state – to join us at Union Station in downtown Montgomery on Monday at 5 p.m. to unveil and dedicate a new statue immortalizing the 167th Regiment. The Rainbow Soldier, a bronze sculpture designed by acclaimed British artist James Butler, R.A. will stand as a testament to our troops and a place of pilgrimage for heroes’ families thanks to the Croix Rouge Memorial Foundation and made possible through the generosity of Korean War Silver Star veteran and longtime business and community leader Rod Frazer. Refreshments, food and an array of patriotic family activities will be available. For more information, please visit www.visitingmontgomery.com.
We thank Mr. Frazer for his continued generosity and leadership. One of the preeminent authorities on the 167th and author of Send the Alabamians: World War I Fighters in the Rainbow Division, Mr. Frazer has cemented the legacy of The Immortals across the globe. He commissioned the Croix Rouge Farm Memorial in 2011, a counterpart to our soon-to-be-unveiled Rainbow Soldier, which stands at the site of the Battle of Croix Rouge Farm in Fère-en-Tardenois, France.
Todd Strange is mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.


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Guildhall will be at Theatre Craft 2019 on 11th November at the Royal Opera House. Find out more and sign up to attend here
Theatre Craft is a free theatre careers event for anyone who wants to work in theatre in a role that is not performing onstage. There will be workshops and information on offer about all kinds of roles, stage management, props, costume, producing, set design, casting, sound, lighting, make up and prosthetics, wigs, directing and loads more.
Hope to see you there!

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A top Victorian health bureaucrat told a court she did not agree with comments made by Premier Daniel Andrews that the state’s former curfew was to assist law enforcement.
Michelle Giles, who was acting as deputy public health commander when she signed the order extending the curfew from September 14, contradicted Mr Andrews’ previous statements that the purpose of the curfew was to assist police.
She was speaking on Thursday as part of a trial challenging the legality of the curfew brought by Liberal Party member and cafe owner Michelle Loielo in the Supreme Court of Victoria.
Wearing a black blazer and occasionally sniffling, Prof Giles was calm under questioning from barrister Marcus Clarke QC.
“I’m aware of the comments, but I don’t agree,” she said.
“Particularly the law enforcement one, and I’ve always been consistent in my position about that. The curfew, in my view, was about reducing the movement of people. That was the public health rationale for the curfew.”
Victoria’s police chief and chief health officer have both publicly stated they did not request the curfew, and Mr Andrews told reporters on September 11 that it “simply means police have an easier job”.
On Thursday Mr Clarke put to Prof Giles that she did not use independent thinking to assess the directions she signed and acted out of “obedience” to the Premier.
“I definitely do not agree with that,” she said. “It was my decision. I was not dictated to by anybody.”
Prof Giles was appointed on August 3 as senior medical adviser in the Department of Health’s Case Contact and Outbreak Management team working to stop the spread of COVID-19.
She accepted an offer on September 9 to act as deputy public health commander while Finn Romanes, who usually holds the role, was on leave before she signed the order extending the curfew — which was first put into place from August 2 — on the evening of September 13, also reducing it from 8pm to 5am, to 9pm to 5am.
She told the court she was not involved in coming up with restrictions, including the curfew, but her role was to review and authorise them.
She said she believed the curfew would help stop the spread of COVID-19 because case numbers went down after it was originally implemented.
“The curfew in isolation – there is not evidence in support of that,” she said.
“But there is evidence to support the curfew as part of a package of directions that has been shown to reduce infections in Victoria.”
She said when stage 3 restrictions were implemented in Victoria case numbers continued to rise, but after stage 4 restrictions were introduced, including the curfew, they fell.
“My understanding of the curfew, from a public health perspective, has always been about restricting the movement of people and interaction between people,” she said.
“My decisions are not about the economy, my decisions are about health.”
Mr Clarke asked her if she sought data before she made her decision on how the curfew would affect loneliness, depression, and anxiety; domestic violence victims; people who need treatment for cancer and heart disease; and how it would financially affect businesses — and she said she hadn’t.
“I did not specifically obtain any data on that,” she said.
“I saw myself as balancing the risk to the population from coronavirus, against the impact on individuals.
“What I was most worried about was the risk if I removed those restrictions too early, or too quickly.”
The woman suing the Victorian Government over the state’s former curfew says she feels “a sense of dread and anxiety” whenever she sees the Premier.
Michelle Loielo is asking the Supreme Court of Victoria to declare that the curfew – which was revoked from Monday – was never legal.
In her second affidavit filed with the court, she said she lived in fear that the curfew would be reinstated.
“Every time I see the Premier Daniel Andrews on the television, and every time I hear the Premier speak, I feel a sense of dread and anxiety,” she said.
“I feel this way because I am insecure about whether he is going to reimpose the curfew simply because he has the power to do so.”
While the curfew was in place she feared being pulled over by police, she said – even though she knew she was driving for one of the four legal reasons to be outside between 9pm and 5am.
“On social media, I have seen video footage of the police arresting a pregnant woman in her home and smashing a car window to remove a woman from her car,” she said.
“I don’t know what the circumstances of those incidents were, but seeing that footage made me incredibly anxious, as a woman, driving home after curfew hours, that I might be pulled over in my car by the police.”
Ms Loielo is a Liberal Party member reportedly seeking preselection to run against Andrews’ Labor government at the next election.
She is a widowed mother-of-three who runs a cafe on the Mornington Peninsula and said her business had suffered a 99 per cent reduction in turnover since lockdown restrictions came into effect.
Defence lawyers on Wednesday argued the case was redundant because the curfew had already been revoked.
They said it was not the place of the court to rule on any potential future curfews.
But Justice Timothy Ginnane on Thursday said he would hear evidence and wait for the trial to play out in full before coming to a decision on whether Ms Loielo’s claims – that the curfew breached her human rights – had legal standing.
The trial continues.


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The house had been tidied. The fire had been lit. The kitchen was warm with the aroma of Shepard's Pie a– Ezekiel's favourite. Mrs Young was a good wife, real good. She muses at her reflection. Some powder here, a little lipstick there. Red. Deep, passionate scarlet. She loves the colour. Pity.
Yes, she's a real good wife who treats her husband like gold. She flicks an invisible speck of lint off her pale dress. Perfect. He deserves it, don't he? Such a busy man. She arranges her auburn curls neatly over her delicate, pale collar-bones. She has to look her best for her Ezekiel.
It's five-forty five. He'll be here soon. Better fix 'im up his drink 'for he arrives. He's home at six every evenin', no matter what time work ends. Busy, busy. People to see. He'll come home, sit down in front of the fire and leave his shoes beside his chair.. He'll sit there, sweet-smellin' and smug and she'll ask ,"Busy day, sweetheart?"
He'll moan about insubordinate inferiors and traffic. She won't bother him with the trivialities of her day. She'll be sympathetic and rub his neck, pretend not to notice the pink smudge on his starched collar, the collar she'd washed and ironed herself. It's a ghastly shade, the smudge. Cheap-lookin'. As cheap as the sickly sweet scent that will cause her fingernails to dig into his shoulder blades a little too hard.
"I'll go get your brandy, shall I? I fixed it real good tonight."
She wonders if the others treat him this good. She'd bet her bottom dollar not one of 'em had ever fixed his brandy this good.
She'll watch as his cheeks redden. Her scarlet lips will curl into a smile as he clutches at his gut. She'll saunter to the kitchen – dinner's ready! – as he retches and gasps for breath. Some men just can't hold their arsenic.
She narrows her darkly-lined eyes at the mirror and pouts her red lips. Yes, it's a pity that it's the only red she'll see tonight. But she was always one for elegance. Besides, the carpets had just been cleaned. Pity.
A/N: Yes, it's inspired by that song from Chicago.

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Celebrate National Week of Deaf People with a special storytime event.
Deaf Children Australia and the State Library invite you to a very special Platypus Playhouse Auslan Storytime. Starring legendary entertainer Todd McKenney as the English storyteller and David Grant as the Auslan storyteller.
After storytime you’ll be taken on a tour to discover all the fun places for children to enjoy at the Library.
Register at [email protected] before 11 September. You can also join us online. The event will be live streamed on DCAs Youtube channel.
IS THIS A FREE EVENT? Yes
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: State Library NSW


The wait is never ending for the landowners of Toongkudenba township at Panbang, in Zhemgang. They are yet to get the final approval for constructing houses on their plots. The area has been identified as an extended township of Panbang town over a decade ago. Residents say the wait is at the expense of their time and resources.
After Toongkudenba Township was indentified for development as an extended town of Panbang town in 2013, 56-year-old, Drukgyel, worked on constructing a house on his plot in the area.
In 2015, he collected raw materials like sand, timber, and stones. But much to his dismay, without much headway in the town development works, the construction materials remain covered in the bushes.
Drukgyel says the timber he got for construction is rotting. “They should at least build an access road to our plots and tell us when we can start our construction. However, we are kept in the dark” added Drukgyel.
Wangdi Drukpa is another resident who shares similar concerns. “Toongkudenba was identified for town planning a very long time ago but we don’t know what went wrong on the way. We don’t know if there were budgetary issues or other problems.”
Another Panbang resident, Bumpa says the town do not even have access road to reach construction materials. Bumpa added “the area has no basic amenities in place, we can’t go ahead with our construction works.”
At the moment, residents mostly live in semi-permanent houses. Some of their homes have become old and worn out.
Drukgyel said the officials threatened to demolish any structures constructed without approval in the township area. Residents have also been asked not to sell their plots until a directive is given.
The BBS tried to contact officials at the Panbang Dungkhag office, however, they were not available for comment.
It was learnt that the government is yet to give a green light to the residents to start their construction works.
A source said that internal road construction works have been awarded to a contractor and works are expected to begin soon.
Toongkudenba township is about two and half kilometers away from the Panbang Town. It is expected to become a commercial hub for central and eastern Bhutan.
Today, there about 40 households living in the area.
Pema Samdrup, Zhemgang
Edited by Kipchu
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Aura Air has released new test results from a trial held by Innovative Bioanalysis Laboratory in California, demonstrating the system's effectiveness in eliminating 99.998% of Influenza A. The virus is the primary cause of seasonal flu, projected to affect 6,400,000 – 11,000,000 Americans in 2021-2022. Flu is considered a major epidemic linked to a wide array of illnesses that may affect school attendance, worker absenteeism, and daily productivity.
In order to simulate real-life indoor spaces, testing took place in a sealed 10'x8'x8' chamber, which is around half the size of a classroom. According to the results, Aura Air devices successfully removed 99.998% of Influenza A within 60 minutes, with a significant impact of 63.69% in the first 15 minutes and 79.4% after 30 minutes.
Aura Air supplied a smart air device designed to be mounted on the ceiling or wall in a room to decrease the concentration of pathogens and particulates in the air of an occupied space. This study evaluated the Aura Air unit's effectiveness in its ability to reduce aerosolized Influenza A.
The test was conducted in a 10'x8'x8' chamber following BSL-3 standards. The temperature during testing was approximately 68 ±2F, with a relative humidity of 30%. A 2.47 x 107 CEID50/mL concentration of Influenza A viral suspension media was nebulized into the room with mixing fans before collection. Air sample collections occurred at 0, 15, 30, and 60 minutes of device operation.
The experiment displayed an accelerated reduction in viral concentration than the natural viability loss observed in the controls. After 30 minutes of operation, 5.17 x 106 CEID50/mL of active Influenza A was recovered in the air. The device reduced active Influenza A concentrations to 4.80 x 102 CEID50/mL after 60 minutes.
The results were plotted to show the amount of active Influenza A collected with and without the Aura Air operating for 60 minutes. The control displayed a gradual viability loss over time, while the Aura Air displayed a more rapid reduction. Against aerosolized Influenza A, an initial concentration of 2.47 x 107 CEID50/mL decreased to 8.95 x 106 CEID50/mL after 15 minutes of exposure. More prolonged exposure resulted in a more significant reduction in collectible, active Influenza A virus, as shown by the 5.17 x 106 CEID50/mL collected at 30 minutes and 4.80 x 102 CEID50/mL after 60 minutes.
The wall-mounted Aura Air device demonstrated a significant reduction of aerosolized Influenza A virus in a controlled environment. At 15 minutes of operation, a 63.69% gross reduction of active Influenza A was observed and a 99.998% gross reduction after 60 minutes of operation.
When aerosolizing pathogens and collecting said pathogens, some variables cannot be fully accounted for, namely, placement of pathogen, collection volume, collection points, drop rate, surface saturation, virus destruction on collection, virus destruction on aerosolization, and possibly others. Every effort was made to address these constraints with the design and execution of the trials. And these efforts are reflected in the meaningful recovery of virus in the control test.
Considering the variables, the Aura Air device achieved a measurable amount of reduction at each time point (T-15, T-30, and T-60), demonstrating the device efficiently reduced Influenza A from the air samples collected under controlled conditions.