Is your water filter rated to remove dangerous contaminants likee. coli bacteria, Cryptosporidium causing cyst, or even pesticides? That small pitcher filter you're constantly filling may not be keeping you safe and is only making your water taste good. If you're looking to have clean, safe, and better-tasting drinking water for you and the family, a gravity water filter from Aqua Rain is a great choice. Contaminants from aging city water infrastructures, bacteria, cyst, and viruses can compromise the quality of your water - AquaRain is the natural gravity water that can keep your water safe from these dangerous materials.
Quick Specs: 3 GallonWater Capacity | Filters 0.5 gallons per hour | Filter lifespan is up to 10,000 gallons | Made in the USA
How does the Aqua Rain 303 Gravity Water Filter work? The AquaRain 303 gravity water filter is a water purification method that removes contaminants through a patented ceramic filter. The gravity water filter is made of two stacked tanks, the top for purifying water and the bottom for collection. You simply fill the top tank with unfiltered water then gravity pulls the water downward and through the filters and drips into the collection tank. A spigot is on the bottom tank for easy dispensing
AquaRain 303 Top Features:
Highest Quality Ceramic Filter - Patented filtering technology is unmatched in terms of quality, longevity, and contaminant filtering power. Each water filter is made in a computer controlled kiln and individually tested. Filters can last for years
Eco-Friendly- Uses no electricity. Aqua Rain mimics the Earth's natural water purification process
Safe Water For Entire Filter Lifespan - The only filters that have been lab tested with fully expended filters (ready for disposal) and STILL passed USEPA standards.
Better Tasting Water - Bad tasting water means bad tasting food and drinks. Clean tasting water from Aqua Rain is perfect for cooking and drinking.
Emergency Situations - Aqua Rain can handle extreme situations where clean water isn't available - Aqua Rain can filter water from untreated sources without electricity. Turn tap water, rainwater, and even groundwater into clean, potable water.
Filter up to 10,000 Gallons - The AquaRain 303 can potentially last from 6-13+ years on a single set of filters with typical water sources.
Know When to Replace - Aqua Rain is the only gravity water filter with an end-of-life gauge to tell you the ceramic filters are used up and are ready to be replaced.
Made in the USA - Every part of the Aqua Rain - the medical grade stainless steel, the water spigot, and the ceramic filters - are all produced in the USA.
Why Would I Want an Aqua Rain Gravity Water Filter?
There are many reasons an AquaRain gravity water filter is a great tool to have in your household.
Safer water - One of the best advantages to a gravity water filter is the removal of bacteria and cyst that may be present in your water. These live organisms can cause dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever; with a powerful and reliable gravity water filter like Aqua Rain, these microorganisms can be filtered out.
Better than just carbon filters - Upgrade from that small pitcher you're continually refilling that is supposedly making "purified" water. Small carbon filters are not filtering out bacteria, cyst. Aqua Rain's patented ceramic filter has passed USEPA standards to remove bacteria & cyst.
No electricity required - Gravity water filters do not require any boiling of water or electricity to filter and purify water. This makes the Aqua Rain gravity water filter perfect for where electricity is limited like when camping or RV living, tiny homes, and even in emergency situations.
Reduce bottled water usage - If you're buying bottled water, chances are it's because of your water at home doesn't taste good. Save money with an Aqua Rain gravity water filter to get you great tasting water that you can use with a refillable water bottle.
Better tasting water - Most city water has many chemicals like chlorine to make water safer but causes poor taste. Aqua Rain's high-quality ceramic filter filled with silvered, granulated activated carbon (GAC) make the water taste better. Bad tasting water leads to bad tasting food. Non-chlorinated water is essential for fermented foods and makes foods like coffee, tea, and boiled pasta taste much better compared to straight tap water.
Emergency situations - If you're in a situation where potable water or electricity is not available, the AquaRain can be used to filter raw water from a lake, stream, water from a toilet tank, and even flood water. No electricity is required for gravity water filters!
From the metal housing down to the spigot, AquaRain gravity water filters are made in the USA. The metal of the AquaRain 303 housing is made from #T304 22 Gauge medical grade stainless steel and is produced in Wisconsin at a facility specializing in products for the medical industry. The plastic spigot is also made in the USA. Other competitors like the Berkey water filter can't claim to be made in the USA. Unlike Berkey, Aqua Rain will tell proudly let you know all the materials used to manufacture its ceramic filters.
AquaRain Ceramic Filter Construction
The ceramic elements are made from American sourced diatomaceous earth that is fired in small computer-controlled kilns. This small batch process allows complete and accurate control of the porosity of the finished product. These ceramic shells are then filled with pure coconut shell carbon that has been proven to have superior performance over the bituminous coal-based carbon. The AquaRain system incorporates a small amount of metallic silver with its carbon filter beds to inhibit bacteria growth within the damp environment. The AquaRain's ceramic elements are by far the most consistent, high-performance ceramic filters available.
Aqua Rain Water Filter Test Results
What does Aqua Rain gravity water filter remove from my water?
Many water filters will say that they can reduce contaminants in your water. This language can be deceptive because any company can make claims to reduce something even if it's reduced by a very small percentage. AquaRain ceramic filters remove at least 99.9% of the three main biological organisms that cause illnesses. Those organisms are Cyst, Bacteria,and Viruses. Even the smallest organisms smaller than 0.1 microns have been shown be removed by the Aqua Rain at the end of the filter's life*.
*End-of-life Filter Testing*
When water filters are tested by labs, the filter company will send in a brand new filter for testing. Aqua Rain is the only gravity water filter company to have their test filters scrubbed down 10% below their End Of Life tolerance (fully expended filters, ready for disposal)and exposed to contaminated water before laboratory testing to demonstrate the safety and reliability of the AquaRain filter. This is to show that through the entire lifespan (6-10+ years) of each filter that the Aqua Rain will continue to keep your water safe from cysts, bacteria, and viruses.
Here is a chart showing what the gravity water filter Aqua Rain removes when a new filter is installed and an end of life filter is installed:
In every case, end-of-life AquaRain ceramic elements surpassed the stringent EPA standards for a bacteria and cyst purifier. Aqua Rain will also remove other organic contaminants, metals, and chemicals that can affect the safety and taste of your water.
How does the ceramic filter remove contaminants?
Observe how thick the ceramic walls are on the Aqua Rain filter. The silvered, granulated activated carbon is sourced from coconuts instead of cheaper coal sources.
The AquaRain system filters water in a very natural way. The force of gravity gently draws water down through ceramic stone, much the same manner as nature processes ground water through the earth. The microfine pore structure of the AquaRain ceramic filters will remove dangerous organisms such as protozoan cysts like Cryptosporidium and Giardia lamblia and microscopic bacteria like E. coli and Salmonella. These organisms are trapped because the ceramic is made from diatomaceous earth - this material creates a tortuous path that micro-organisms cannot travel through.
Enclosed within the ceramic shell is a concentrated bed of Granulated Activated Carbon (GAC) formed from a nutshell source. The GAC also is paired with self-sterilizing metallic silver. The high performance silvered GAC bed will adsorb various organic chemicals such as MTBE and pesticides, remove chlorine compounds including carcinogenic halogens, and improve the taste and odor of the water. AquaRain is pro-mineral, the gravity water filter will leave in the naturally occurring electrolytes and minerals found in your water.
Ceramic Filter Lifespan
How many gallons of water can the Aqua Rain 303 filter?
The amount of water you'll be able to filter is dependent on the water source you are using. The Aqua Rain 303 Gravity Water Filter (which has 3 ceramic filters) is rated to filter up to 10,000 gallons of water from a typical household water source. Ceramic elements on competing gravity water filters may say to replace after 6 months of use, while on Aqua Rain filters, there is no time limiting their lifespan.
The Aqua Rain 303 can filter approximately 10,000 gallons of water from a typical household water source before the elements need to be replaced. If a family of four uses between 2 to 4 gallons of water a day, then that set of 3 filters will last between 6 to 13+ years when used with a typical household water source and with proper cleaning.
How often do I need to clean or maintain my gravity water filter?
Having clean water shouldn't be a nuisance to take care of. Some gravity water filters require priming and re-priming of their filters and some require special storage of the filters if it is not going to be used for long periods of time. Research the cleaning process for the gravity water filter you are considering. Some can only be cleaned so many times, some even require you to peel (with a vegetable peeler) layers of the filter off to clean it properly.
The Aqua Rain water purifier filters only need to be cleaned every 4-12 months depending on your water source. You know it's time to clean when the flow of your water is starting to slow down. This means contaminants are clogging the outer most layer of the ceramic. Simply use the included green scrub pad to gently brush the filters while running it under water/ The ceramic filters can take up to 200 cleanings if moderate care is taken and light pressure is used with the included green scrub pad. For the stainless steel housing, simply wash with some mild dish soap and water.
How do I know when it's time to replace my filters?
Aqua Rain is the only gravity water filter to include an end-of-life gauge to tell you exactly when the ceramic filter is used so you can order replacements. With this tool, there is no guessing or counting gallons of water to try and figure out if your filter is still properly working. When cleaning your filters, you are scrubbing small amounts of clogged ceramic off, making the walls thinner. After cleaning, check the filter with end-of-life gauge. When you can fit the end-of-life gauge over the ceramic filter, you know its time to replace it.
The inner carbon filter works by adsorbing and/or reducing certain chemicals and has a finite lifetime based on the concentration of the compounds being reduced. Generally speaking, the carbon capacity should exceed the life of the ceramic portion of the filter when processing water from most water sources. If you are worried, annual replacement of filters should guarantee sufficient carbon capacity for maximum protection. Please note that should the carbon become exhausted, the water filters are still fully effective for the removal of protozoic cysts and harmful bacteria, provided that the remaining ceramic wall thickness still passes the end of life gauge test. A typical indication that your carbon may be used up is if you start to taste chlorine (if your municipal water source adds chlorine to its water).
Already have a Gravity Water Filter like Berkey Or Propur water filters?
If you already own a gravity water filter like a Berkey water filter or Propur but don't want to drop the money to upgrade to an Aqua Rain? The powerful and long-lasting ceramic filters made by Aqua Rain will actually fit the Propur and Berkey gravity water filter system. Simply purchase as many filters as you need for your Berkey (or other) system and install them into your unit. If you are curious if your gravity water filter is compatible, you can contact Aqua Rain directly at 1-800-572-2051 or by email firstname.lastname@example.org
What if I have a known water problem?
Always be safe. If you know for sure that you have issues with e. coli, heavy metals, or other high concentrations of contaminants in your water supply, any gravity water filter, no matter how good, is not the correct solution. Don't put a band-aid on a bullet wound. Call a water expert to find a permanent solution to your water issue.
Still have questions about Aqua Rain?
Let us know any questions you have about AquaRain, we'll be happy to help you with your concerns. You can reach out to us through email email@example.com at or by phone at 866.852.4268
I love the Aqua Rain because it's perfect for cooking. Subpar tasting tap water makes subpar tasting food, and this especially translates when you're making water-based foods. Drinks like brewed tea and coffee suffer from poor tasting water. Even when you're making a flavored simple syrup or batch of pasta - these foods really take on the flavors of your water. That's where Aqua Rain shines - it makes large quantities of clean tasting water and also gives me the peace of mind that my water is safe to drink as well. I've personally go to handle the competition's filters and Aqua Rain's feel much sturdier and are rated to last longer, and lab testsprovethat they'll continue to protect throughout the entire lifespan of the filters.
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Early-life low socioeconomic position (SEP) increases the risk of adult major depression; however, associations vary according to the measure of SEP and adults’ life stage. Although maternal education often predicts offspring health better than other SEP indicators, including paternal education, it is unclear how maternal and paternal education differentially influence early-adult depression, and how early-life and adult risk factors may mediate the association.
Longitudinal data come from the Canadian National Population Health Survey from 1994/1995 to 2006/2007, restricted to a sample (N = 1,267) that was aged 12–24 years in 1994/1995. Past-year major depressive episode (MDE) was assessed in 2004/2005 and 2006/2007 using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Short Form for Major Depression. Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for the association between both maternal and paternal education and MDE, adjusting for respondent’s demographics, early-life adversities, adult SEP, psychosocial factors, and physical health.
Offsprings of mothers with less than secondary school education had higher odds of MDE (adjusted OR 2.04, 95 % CI 1.25–3.32) relative to those whose mothers had more education. Paternal education was not associated with MDE. Although adult income, student status, psychosocial stress, and several early-life adversities remained associated with MDE in the fully adjusted model, the estimate for maternal education was not reduced.
Maternal education was associated with MDE in early adulthood, independent of paternal education and other early-life and early-adult risk factors.
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We are thankful for data provided by Statistics Canada [National Population Health Survey Household Component, cycle 7 (2006–2007), Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2008] and data access through the Québec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre, McGill University. Amelie Quesnel-Vallée is supported by a Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec Health and Society Research Scholar Junior 2 Award. Rebecca Fuhrer holds the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada Research Chair in Psychosocial Epidemiology. This work was supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Research (operating grant MOP 77800 to AQV) and the Quebec Inter-University Centre for Centre for Social Statistics Matching Grants Program to ALP.
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Park, A.L., Fuhrer, R. & Quesnel-Vallée, A. Parents’ education and the risk of major depression in early adulthood. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 48, 1829–1839 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-013-0697-8
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APWorks, a subsidiary of Airbus, says it has produced the first 3D-printed motorcycle chassis from aluminum powder. The prototype, know as Light Rider, has an exoskeletal frame that carries a 6kW electric motor producing up to 130 Nm (95.8 ft-lb) of torque, and weighs just 38 kg (84 lbs). That’s some power-to-weight ratio.
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New Zealand shares fell on the first day of the month in a muted trading session after institutional investors staked out positions yesterday. Contact Energy and Summerset Group Holdings declined.
The S&P/NZX50 Index dropped 58.14 points, or 0.7 per cent, to 8,383.87. Within the index, 34 stocks fell, eight rose, and eight were unchanged. Turnover was $96 million.
The benchmark index gave up some of yesterday's gains when it jumped 1.7 per cent on turnover of more than $200m. That month-end positioning by large investors coincided with Xero's final day of trading on NZX to become solely listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
"It was the end of the month as well, and that's often when you get the big portfolio trades which influence outcomes over a day, settling positions for the end of a period or whatever," said Greg Easton, investment adviser at Craigs Investment Partners.
"Today's so quiet, and that probably does reflect that a lot of that positioning was completed yesterday."
The worst performer was Contact Energy, down 2.3 per cent to $5.46, with Summerset falling 2.1 per cent to $5.63.
"A lot of the gains yesterday happened towards the end of the day's trade, which really does indicate it was that funds management end of the market dictating things," Easton said.
The stocks that gained the most yesterday faced the biggest losses today, with SkyCity Entertainment Group down 1.9 per cent to $4.07, paring some of Wednesday's 4.3 per cent gain. Air New Zealand dropped 1 per cent to $3.05 having gained 3.7 per cent yesterday, and Sky Network Television dropped 1 per cent to $2.88 after it advanced 3.6 per cent previously.
The best performer today was Fonterra Shareholders' Fund, which rose 1.5 per cent to $2.69, while Mainfreight gained 1 per cent to $26.01.
Outside the benchmark index, Pacific Edge shares rose 12 per cent to 43 cents after the cancer diagnostics firm signed its first commercial deal to supply its suite of Cxbladder tests in Singapore.
The Dunedin-based company said it reached a commercial agreement with a unit of Raffles Medical Group to use the bladder cancer tests in Singapore. Under the deal, the Raffles unit will coordinate specimen collection, shipping and reporting of Cxbladder tests for the medical firm's patients in the Asian city.
"They've signed heaps of these sorts of agreements in the States where we've been looking to see the revenue flow from, but it really hasn't started so while this is possibly good news it is going to be a long time before revenues really flow," Easton said.
"It's good that they're out there selling it anyway, and the product obviously has a market."

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It was a time of deep magic. And dragons. And the uncertainty of when the next dragon attack would come.
This is "Fox" Lockhaven's world. Soon to be 14 years of age, he trains as a dragon fighter. Like his mother is. Like his father was. But Fox wants no part of the "flash and clash of metal", as he calls it. He does not want to end up a victim of dragon flame as his father had seven years prior. On that night. The Burning Night.
But he continues training. And he waits. He waits for an opportunity to find his father, for Fox believes his father is still alive. Somewhere.
Fox also waits to see if he will be selected in the Culling, the lottery that determines which 14-year-old Loughmarian will become a sacrifice to the dragons.
But time is running out not only for Fox, but for all life on Gaia, as a creeping blackness known as the Corruption threatens to devour everything in its path.
In addition to the Corruption, another ancient evil lies in wait, plotting, for the perfect opportunity to strike.
A leader is needed to save Gaia. A powerful, confident leader to turn back the darkness. Can Fox, this young, fearful boy who wants only to work in his garden and learn the magicks, become this leader? Will he be the one to rise up against a god and a Titan?


March 24 - At the Ansan Wa~ Stadium, coach Uli Stielike led the South Korea national team against Lebanon in match 7 of the second round of the 'KEB Hana Bank Russia World Cup AFC Qualifying'. Korea won the match 1-0. With this win, Korea stretches it's record in qualifying to seven matches where they won and did not concede a goal. This ties Korea's historic record of seven clean sheets in row, initially set back in 1978 and then again in 1989.
Furthermore, Korea also ties their historic record of clean sheets in all matches at eight in a row, going back to last August's 0-0 draw with North Korea at the East Asian Cup. The original record was set by coach Han Hongki's team in 1970.
Today, Korea started with a 4-1-4-1 formation. Hwang Uijo (Seongnam) was selected as the lone forward. The attacking midfielders were Koo Jacheol (Augsburg), Lee Jaesung (Jeonbuk), Lee Chungyong (Crystal Palace), and Ki Sungyueng (Swansea City). Han Kookyoung (Qatar SC) was the defensive midfielder. The four-man defensive line was Kim Jinsu (Hoffenheim), Kim Keehee (Shanghai Senhua), Kwak Taehwi (Al Hilal), and Jang Hyunsoo (Guangzhou R&F). Donning the goalkeeper gloves was Kim Jinhyeon (Cerezo Osaka).
From the start, Lebanon set out to attack. The reason being if they didn't win this match it would be very difficult for them to advance to the final round of qualifying. However, their attacking didn't work. Korea too, put a lot of pressure on Lebanon. Koo Jacheol showed deft touches and a lot of movement while Hwang Uijo was focused on causing problems for the opposing defenders.....


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The raw material of the EVOH bottle is ethylene, which is the copolymer of vinyl alcohol. EVOH bottle toughness is good, can withstand deformation has a strong flexibility, especially external transparency, gloss, mechanical strength, scalability, wear resistance, cold resistance and surface strength are very excellent. EVOH bottles can be used repeatedly, and today with the high performance of EVOH bottles has been widely used around the world.
EVOH bottles have been widely used as high barrier materials. The film types of this material in addition to non-tensile type, there are biaxial tensile type, aluminum evaporation type, adhesive coating type, etc., biaxial tensile type and heat resistant type for aseptic packaging products.
The barrier properties of EVOH bottles depend on the ethylene content, in general, when the ethylene content increases, the gas barrier decreases, but it is easy to process.
The remarkable features of EVOH bottles are excellent barrier properties to gases and excellent processability, in addition to transparency, gloss, mechanical strength, scalability, wear resistance, cold resistance and surface strength are excellent.

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Google and MeitY Startup Hub to assist 100 Indian startups
By Team Startupcity | Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 09:15 IST
As part of the Appscale Academy's Class of 2023, MeitY Startup Hub, an initiative of the IT Ministry, and Google announced training and development support for 100 early- to mid-stage entrepreneurs in India. Following a thorough evaluation process that considered their innovative and creative concepts, product quality, product scalability, and talent diversity, the 100 businesses were picked from over 950 applicants.
The cohort, which includes Varanasi, Ernakulam, Surat, Dehradun, Allahabad, and many other cities, is made up of almost 50% residents from Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities. A woman founder is in charge of about 37% of the cohort.
"The country's economic growth and the worldwide socioeconomic transformation are being fueled by the ongoing local digital revolution. India is the largest startup hub in the world, with small and developing towns and cities accounting for close to 50% of acknowledged startups "said Akash Tripathi, joint secretary for MeitY and CEO of MyGov.
The cohort includes startups like Enguru (a live learning platform), BabyG (a parenting and baby development app), Louie Voice Control (helping people operate other apps using their voice), Dhenoo (knowledge platform for dairy farmers), GeeCom India (e-commerce opportunities for farmers) and EyeCan (helping the visually-impaired with virtual assistance).
The other startups include Neend (mindfulness app that's helping people sleep better), Glii (queer dating app), ProjectHero (networking platform for construction workers), Kurukshetra (strategy game inspired by Indian mythology), ZenOnco Cancer Care (app for cancer patients and caregivers), and more.
"It's inspiring to see how our regional entrepreneurs are using their companies to make a real difference. The first cohort of businesses received outstanding support from Google, and we are forward to collaborate with them again "said MeitY Startup Hub CEO Jeet Vijay. According to Aditya Swami, Director of Play Partnerships at Google Play, they are eager to assist a new cohort of 100 entrepreneurs in growing their app companies.
The six-month training will include workshops on UX design, business model and monetisation strategies, international expansion best practises, and data safety and security procedures. The selected entrepreneurs will be trained through this curriculum as part of the project.
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Once we finished reading, I laid out these retelling cards (you can print them too!, click here!) and I asked her to tell me about the story. We started with the setting and moved along the path to the end. At first she was a little bit confused. She's never had to tell me what she listened to. But by the end, she wasn't skipping a part! I found the idea originally on Pinterest but I didn't like how it was for the "Wizard of Oz" - I wanted to make them more generic, which is why I made my own. If you are interested in the other ones, please, go to her website and print them. And check out the rest of her blog, it's pretty amazing!
Retelling is not a skill that children are just born with. They must learn how to do this in order to be a great reader! Here are some more tips:
- The "If you give a ___ a ___" books by Laura Numeroff are great books to teach retelling. They are simple, basic and a lot of fun! There are many of her books out there including If you give a Moose a Muffin, If you give a Mouse a Cookie and If you give a Pig a Pancake.
- When you are in the car, retell the old classics (Golidlocks, Three Little Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, etc.). In the beginning you will have to do the whole story. After a while, get your child to start filling in the different parts. In the end, your child will be able to tell YOU the story.


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In the case of explosions and fires, the rocks undergo cycles of heating and cooling, that is, they are exposed to considerable heat first and then cooled after extinguishing the fire. The purpose of this paper is to study how the temperature in a heating-cooling cycle can affect the physical and mechanical properties of fiber concrete (FC). During the heating phase in a heating-cooling cycle, experiments were performed on samples that were initially exposed to temperatures of 300, 500 and 700 °C and then cooled gradually to ambient temperature. At the same time, a series of experiments were performed on samples that were not exposed to a heating-cooling cycle. For this purpose, non-fiber concrete (NFC), polypropylene fiber concrete (PFC) and glass fiber concrete (GFC) samples were fabricated. The effect of the heating-cooling process on effective porosity, longitudinal waves velocity, uniaxial compressive strength, and tensile strength of PFC and GFC samples were investigated and compared with the NFC samples. The results show that fiber concrete containing 0.5% glass fiber has the highest tensile and compressive strength at 300 ° C. Fiber concrete containing 0.5% polypropylene fiber at 500 ° C has the highest compressive strength and at 700 ° C has the highest tensile strength among all types of non-fiber and fiber concrete with different percentages of fibers.


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Every January I sit down with magazines, scissors and glue to make a wish board. Every January for the past three years I glued a picture of a sophisticated dish on a large white plate to represent a meal at Michelin-starred restaurant.
As per visualization law, I imagined myself all dressed-up sitting in a fancy dining hall and eating a 9-course dinner. As per Murphy’s Law, I happened to have my first Michelin-starred meal served on a paper plate at a hawker center. You see, my first ever Michelin meal took place in Singapore, at the cheapest Michelin star restaurant in the world.
A Look Inside the Cheapest Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Singapore and the World
In 2016 Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle, an unpretentious stall in Singapore hawker center, received 1 Michelin star. Trying their chicken rice, Singapore’s national dish and the cheapest Michelin-starred meal in the world, will set you S$2 (US$1.5) back.
To say eating here was on the top of my Singapore agenda is an understatement. I headed to China town on the first day in the city straight after a 24-hour flight.
Standing in front of what looked like a proper restaurant with tables and chairs and a larger-than-life sign I felt dissonance between my expectations and reality. In this case, though, reality was way better than expectations. So clean and neat…
Google maps was adamant I was in the right place. The line in front of the door also indicated I was in the world-famous hawker center stall. What exactly a hawker center is I didn’t know on my first day in Singapore and that was the source of confusion. Something felt off. What I am going to say next will sound strange, but… finding a clean comfy restaurant instead of a small street food stall felt disappointing.
As it turned out, the instinct was right. The restaurant in front of me was a newly opened branch. To find the original stall all I had to do was turn around and walk into a complex across the road, for that’s what a hawker center is – an open-air complex with many stalls inside selling inexpensive local food.
I could have the exact same food at the comfort of an air-conditioned restaurant opened by the same chef, but technically that restaurant doesn’t have a star. The chef, Chan Hon Meng, received his Michelin star for the hawker center location and it doesn’t automatically apply to other restaurants in the chain.
There’s no distinction between Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice and Noodle and other stalls in hawker center, except for the long queue of hungry tourists with phones and cameras in hand. I am guilty of being one of those annoying people hanging out near the grill in hopes of a perfect shot until I was scolded by the cook and asked to move. Well deserved, Yulia.
Reviews online will try to scare you away by saying there’s a two-hour wait line, but in my case it was only half an hour. Two minutes after placing an order I was holding a plate of hot chicken rice in my hand still unable to believe I am about to have my first Michelin meal.
Chicken Rice, the National Dish of Singapore
Chicken rice is something you will find on every corner of Singapore, in both street stalls and upscale restaurants. The seeming simplicity of this dish is what wins you over at the first sight: poached chicken served on top of white rice with dipping sauce of freshly minced red chili and garlic.
As Prianka Ghosh describes the cooking process on The Culture Trip:
“The first step in making Hainanese chicken rice is poaching the entire chicken at once, with many chefs swearing by the practice of quickly placing the poached chicken in freezing water to create a thick jelly layer all around it. The real test for the dish is the rice, which is made from the stock skimmed off during the poaching process, mixed with ginger, garlic and pandan leaves. Each chef has their own recipe and secret ingredients for achieving the best rice; the ultimate goal is that the rice is tasty enough to eat on its own.”
The chicken, moist and juicy, fell apart once I poked it with my fork. Funny story about the fork: I got it along with a kid’s meal that a very caring Russian flight attendant sneaked out for me during the flight to Singapore because he thought I might enjoy kid’s pancakes more than a regular omelet. So I took the fork with me and I use it now instead of plastic cutlery when I eat out.
It was my first ever chicken rice, so I had no point of reference to say whether this one was better than any other in Singapore. It was a genuinely good meal, but I couldn’t shake off the feeling that I expected a little bit more. I can’t help but wonder: would I feel different if I came to this stall before its international fame?
I often think how hard it must be to work after receiving such an honorable award. The next day you come to the kitchen and do exactly the same as you did for all those years before. But all of a sudden every client expects the food to be life-changing. What would be called superb before the star will provoke all kinds of thoughts after: “Does it live up to the fame?” “Oh, I’ve had much better in that little corner shop!” “A street food stall with a Michelin star?”
As a chef, how do you keep going? In the video that got over eight hundred thousand views about his tiny hawker stall, Chan Hon Meng described it best: “I hope that every chef will put in their best effort as if he [the Michelin inspector] is tasting your food at every moment. That is out most important takeaway and only then will your food display your passion.”
Have you ever eaten at a Michelin-starred restaurant? Would you wait in line to try chicken rice at the cheapest Michelin-star restaurant in Singapore?
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Postdoctoral Scholar on the Triplett-Van Doren No-Tillage Experiment
The Ohio State University
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Type: Full Time
Internal Number: R75663
General Goals: The Ohio State University invites applications for a postdoctoral research position focused on long-term tillage and crop rotation experiments in Ohio. This position will be responsible to synthesize nearly 60 years of crop yield data from the Triplett-Van Doren long-term experiment, explore resilience of crop performance to climate anomalies, and evaluate the long term impact of tillage and crop rotation on soil organic carbon stocks. The selected candidate will also provide support to create a public database to share data and experiment information with a broad range of stakeholders, and develop a comprehensive report of data availability and publications.
Write scholarly journal articles reporting main findings of long-term field experiments.
Assist with compilation efforts of soil and crop/yield data as well as management notes from the experiment.
Provide support to create a public database and input data, experiment description, and management information.
Play collaborative role in coordinating research efforts across multiple states and institutions.
Contribute to on-farm research efforts to engage with producers.
Help with management and maintenance of the Triplett-Van Doren long-term experiment.
Activities: 75% Data analysis and writing 15% Data stewardship and engagement with public database 10% Collection of field data and soil samples and laboratory analysis
PhD in ecology, agronomy, soil science, environmental sciences or related field
Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrated experience in managing and analyzing large data sets, and conducting literature synthesis.

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Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston
Expected publication: October 22, 2019 – St. Martin’s Press
Review galley courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley
New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly). Now, Brackston returns to the Found Things series with its sequel, Secrets of the Chocolate House.
After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora’s antique shop.
But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering to Xanthe from long ago about secrets wanting to be shared.
While looking for new stock for the shop, Xanthe hears the song of a copper chocolate pot. Soon after, she has an upsetting vision of Samuel in great danger, compelling her to make another journey to the past.
This time she’ll meet her most dangerous adversary. This time her ability to travel to the past will be tested. This time she will discover her true destiny. Will that destiny allow her to return home? And will she be able to save Samuel when his own fate seems to be sealed? (publisher)
My take: Xanthe and her mother are new proprietors of an antiques shop and they must find enough stock to be ready for holiday shoppers to make a success of their business. Xanthe is well-suited to this job because interesting objects ‘speak’ to her. In the first book of the series it was a chatelain from the 1600s that took Xanthe on the adventure of a lifetime. Now, in the second book, Xanthe isn’t sure she wants another adventure but when she touches a recently acquired chocolate pot she envisions the man she met the first time she travelled. She realizes she may not have a choice whether or not to return to him. At the same time her ex-boyfriend turns up and instantly reminds her of why he’s an ex. Xanthe is faced with decisions and choices in the current day as well as a few centuries earlier. It all added up to an enjoyable time travel that left me looking forward to the next book in the Found Things series.
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I’m not so sure about the time travel aspect but I’d give this a try since you obviously enjoyed it.
Mary, I loved your review. I enjoyed the first book so much. I can’t wait to get my hands on this second one.
Great review, and I love that cover! You had me at chocolate…LOL. But I am also now intrigued about the series and must read the first book. Thanks for sharing.
The word chocolate in the title grabbed my attention first , then the cover. I think I might like this but since I’m not a fan of time travel I’ll have to think on it a bit.
Sounds like a good time travel book with some mystery and possibly romance.
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This sounds like a great series! I like the time travel/antique shop themes.
Sounds quite good. LOVE the cover!!
Thanks for your review.
Chocolate and time travel! Two of my favorite subjects. 🙂 I’ll have to look into this series.
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National Geographic : 1965 Feb
Forty-one days and 300 miles of polar ice the rifle was in my hands. Even as I sighted, I knew it was hopeless. At that season, with little winter fat left on him, he would have sunk the instant I killed him. The last days of April came-we had spent a month in the ice. Now we rationed our pro visions severely. Pemmican for the dogs was in shortest supply, and were it not for injuries to the animals themselves, it might have dis appeared. Crippling wounds on the trail from accidents and dogfights-are unavoid able. One cannot abandon a disabled dog-it is heartless to leave him to starvation or the polar bears. One can only shoot him mercifully and, when food is so scarce, feed the meat to the hungry survivors. I sometimes think of the Arctic as a great, formless creature, waiting grimly and patient ly for man to make a mistake that will betray him. One day I made such a mistake, though luckily it cost me only severe frostbite instead of my life. I had moved out ahead of the toboggan teams to reconnoiter the trail on skis. After an hour or so I suddenly realized that I had gone too far-I could hear not even the faint est sound of men or dogs. The wind, which blew so often out of the southwest behind us, should have carried the sounds more than a mile. I turned into the wind and began to Wind-frayed Stars and Stripes and wel come handshakes greet the author beside the radio mast at Arlis II. But the expedition arrives too late. Threat of spring storms and breakup of polar pack forces the turnback 200 miles short of the Pole. United States Air Force supply planes flew the assault team back to Greenland.


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When storing your wrenches, a tool storage chest, wrench holder or a standard tool box can be useful. Tool boxes and cases for wrenches, include soft cases in rollout and box style, as well as heavy plastic cases or even heavy duty steel, titanium and aluminum toolboxes for the serious mechanic. Wrenches can be stored in tool chests, roll up cases, and will help you find the exact tool you need for getting extra leverage on a stubborn bolt.
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Commonly known as "Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth" or various other names. No one is certain who created this pattern, and it's been around for many years. These are so easy and fun to make that once I finish one I cast on another one!
5 Free Knit Dishcloth Patterns. There's something satisfying about making something both functional and pretty!
This is the pattern I have used for ever so many years - glad others use it too! Simple, mindless, and goes really fast. LOVE this pattern
Waffle Knit Dishcloth By Debbie Andriulli - Free Knitted Pattern - (ravelry)
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Lots of dishcloth patterns on this site.
They don't call it Nana's Favorite Dishcloth Pattern for nothning! This incredibly easy knit dishcloth pattern is perfect for beginners.
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I can't get enough of this sweet little dishcloth kntting pattern! 5 Free Knit Dishcloth Patterns

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NHPCO shares important policy considerations during November to protect the integrity of the Medicare benefit for patients and families facing life-limiting and advanced illness and offers resources on finding a quality hospice.
Hospice in the U.S. has evolved since it began as a largely grassroots, volunteer-driven movement in the 1970s. Recent analysis targeting the growth and limitations of hospice may confuse the public about the role and value of person centered, end-of-life care. November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, the perfect opportunity to engage with local hospices and learn more about the benefits and value of hospice and palliative care.
“Every year, more dying Americans and their family caregivers are receiving the interdisciplinary care and support that hospice provides,” said NHPCO President and CEO Edo Banach. “In their final weeks, days and hours many were able to spend time at home or other home-like settings surrounded by family– as opposed to the sterile environment of a hospital or intensive care unit, thanks to the support of hospice.”
In July, NHPCO published a document, Hospice Program Integrity Initiatives, that offers suggestions for improving care delivery, transparency and strengthening consumer confidence.
In examining challenges faced by the hospice provider community, NHPCO reminds the public of the importance of not overlooking the greater benefit hospice provides to so many at what is often an incredibly difficult circumstance – the end of life.
Understanding the Value of Hospice Care
To provide additional considerations regarding the value of hospice care in the U.S., the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization published a policy brief earlier this year, Hospice: Leading Interdisciplinary Care. It outlines key aspects, goals, and benefits of hospice care.
Through evidence-based quantitative research and extensive case-study analysis, Hospice: Leading Interdisciplinary Care illustrates the physical, emotional, spiritual and financial benefits of hospice care for patients, families and communities throughout the country. Commissioned by NHPCO and developed by Dobson|DaVanzo & Associates, the brief serves as a comprehensive guide for those who seek to learn more about the Medicare Hospice Benefit and understand why an integrated, person-centered care model should be adopted more broadly in America’s evolving healthcare landscape.
NHPCO stresses that hospice care is cost-effective for Medicare and its beneficiaries. By avoiding expensive treatments and procedures solely designed to prolong the life of terminally-ill patients, hospice users reduce Medicare spending while still receiving quality, patient-preferred, end-of-life care on their own terms.
Helping Choose a Quality Hospice
For individuals or family caregivers seeking information about hospice care, NHPCO’s CaringInfo.org offers basic information about the scope of services hospice provides. A helpful worksheet, Choosing a Quality Hospice for You or a Loved One, offers some questions that families might ask when considering options for a hospice provider.
Additionally, the CaringInfo.org website offers an online Find a Provider tool that can help people find a hospice service provider that best meets their specific needs.
NHPCO issued a National Hospice and Palliative Care Month Proclamation for November that is available on the organization’s website.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was executed in Germany in 1945.1 Bonhoeffer’s ideas and beliefs have continued to resonate long after his death, particularly his theory of stupidity. Bonhoeffer argued that it was not evil people who were the greatest danger to society- it was stupid people.
Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity:
Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity is rooted in his belief that there are two types of people in the world: those who think and those who don’t.2 According to Bonhoeffer, the latter is far more dangerous than the former. Evil people, he argued, are often intelligent and motivated by a clear goal. They know what they want and are willing to go to great lengths to achieve it. Stupid people, on the other hand, are often driven by a mix of selfishness, laziness, and ignorance. Stupid people lack the ability to think critically and evaluate information and are often content to blindly follow whatever is put in front of them.
Bonhoeffer believed that the proliferation of stupid people in society posed the greatest threat to democracy and freedom. He argued that stupid people were easily manipulated and could be used by those in power to achieve their goals.3 They were the foot soldiers of authoritarian regimes, blindly following orders without question.
Moreover, Bonhoeffer believed that stupid people were a greater danger than evil people because they were far more numerous. Evil people, he argued, were relatively rare, and it was often easy to spot them. Stupid people, however, were everywhere, and they were often difficult to identify. They blended in with the crowd, and their stupidity was often mistaken for innocence or naïveté.
Read: Mind-blowing Experiments Say That Reality Doesn’t Exist If You Are Not Looking at It
The relevance of Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity today:
Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity has profound implications for modern society. In an age of fake news and disinformation, it is easier than ever for stupid people to be misled and manipulated. Social media has made it possible for false information to spread like wildfire, and many people are willing to believe whatever they read or hear without questioning its veracity.
Moreover, Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity sheds light on the rise of authoritarianism in many parts of the world. Populist leaders have been able to mobilize large numbers of people by appealing to their basest instincts and exploiting their fears and prejudices. They have used propaganda and disinformation to create a climate of fear and distrust, and they have demonized their opponents in order to maintain power.
In conclusion, Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity highlights the danger posed by those who lack critical thinking skills and are easily manipulated. Stupid people are not necessarily evil, but they can be used by those who are. In order to protect democracy and freedom, it is essential that we promote critical thinking and educate people to be more discerning consumers of information. We must also be vigilant against those who seek to manipulate us and use fear and ignorance to maintain their grip on power. Only by recognizing the danger posed by stupid people can we hope to build a more just and equitable society.
Keep Reading: ‘Don’t Look Up’ Is Basically About How Collectively Stupid Society Is
- “Ethical and religious thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” Britannica
- Fortress Press
- “Bonhoeffer’s “theory of stupidity”: We have more to fear from stupid people than evil ones.” Big Think. Jonny Thomson. January 26, 2023.

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Icelandic Volcano Eruption: News Item Sample
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Iceland closed its main international airport and canceled domestic flights Sunday due to a powerful volcanic eruption.
Airport and air traffic control operator ISAVIA said Keflavik airport, the country’s main hub, was closed at 0830GMT (4:30 a.m. EDT), and would stay shut for the rest of the day.
In April 2010, officials closed the continent’s air space for five days,fearing the ash could harm jet engines.Some 10 million travelers were stranded.
The Grimsvotn volcano, which lies under the uninhabited Vatnajokull glacierabout 120 miles (200 kilometers) east of the capital, Reykjavik, began erupting Saturday for the first time since 2004. Grimsvotn also erupted in 1998, 1996 and 1993. The eruptions have lasted between a day and several weeks.
University of Iceland geophysicist Magnus Tumi Gudmundsson said this eruption, which began Saturday, was Grimsvotn’s largest eruption for 100 years.
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Adekunle Gold, a very popular musician, and songwriter in his native Nigeria, has released his first single, “Do You Mind?.”
Adekunle Gold has swiftly become one of the most talked-about artists working today.
With its buoyant rhythm, smooth voice, and sincere words, the song’s chorus is irresistible to sing along to. The new song is a joyous ode to one’s good fortune.
Not only is the song wonderfully catchy but it was produced by Kel P, a Nigerian music icon.
This brilliant record was produced in response to the overwhelming success of his last offering, “Party No Dey Stop,” on which he worked with another top-notch Nigerian singer-songwriter and Marlian Music signee Zinoleesky.
Any music fan would be smart to add this unforgettable song to their playlist.
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Karachi: A video of actress Neelam Munir and Ahsan Khan is going viral on social media in which both are seen speaking Pashto.
An interesting video from the set of actress Neelam Munir Khan and Ahsan Khan’s drama serial “Qiyamat” is going viral. In the video, it can be seen that Ahsan Khan and Neelam are sitting in a car and the shooting of the play is going on.
Meanwhile, a little girl comes and says to Neelam Munir in Pashto, “Is this (Ahsan Khan) your husband?” To which Neelam Munir gives an interesting response and says O God! And then Dupatta puts it on her face and starts laughing and Ahsan Khan jokingly says yes I am her husband.
Later, Neelam Munir explains to the girl in Pashto that he is my husband, but not only in the drama.
It should be noted that Ahsan Khan, Neelam Munir and Amar Khan are working in the drama serial “Qiyamat” these days. From the set of the play, Ahsan Khan often shares funny and interesting videos of the shooting on social media.


BLACKROCK ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL 2012
On Saturday 13th of October the ceremony for the Blackrock Animation Film Festival Awards took place in the Michael Smurfit Business Graduate College. It was a wonderful night and congratulations to the winners of the following categories:
1. Best Animated Short Film by 12-18 year olds – ‘Rubbish Express’ by participants of the Pure Project.
2. Best Storytelling – ‘No Little Brothers Allowed’ by Graham Scott
3. Best Irish Student/Graduate Short Animated Film – ‘Spiders’ by Graham Tormey and Fiona Healy
4. Best International Short Animated Film – ‘Self-Portrait’ by Il Luster Productions, Netherlands.
5. Best International Student/Graduate Short Animated Film – ‘The Fairy Tale Cookery Chronicle’ by Kamil Jarowek
6. Best Irish Short Animated Film – ‘Origin’ by Souljacker Productions.
7. Community Recognition Award – ‘Flee’ in ‘Should Have Got a Takeaway’ by Kilogramme Animation, UK.
We would like to thank the winners for their particaption and attendance and wish them every success with their films in the future!


American Diabetes Association Announces Support for Changes to the Inflation Reduction Act
Senate Reconciliation Bill Would Reduce the Price of Insulin
Today, Senate Democrats, including Senate Diabetes Caucus Co-Chair Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), announced potential updates to the Inflation Reduction Act, which was released earlier this week. The Senate bill could now include a $35 monthly cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin, and it could also allow Medicare to directly negotiate the price of insulin products with drug manufacturers. The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) has been the leading advocate for insulin copay caps across the country, resulting in the enactment of these out-of-pocket limits in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Additionally, the ADA has been a vocal supporter of Medicare price negotiation for prescription drugs, especially insulin.
“One in every three dollars spent on drugs in the U.S. is spent on someone with diabetes, and we believe strongly that prescription drug reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act should specifically address the rising cost of insulin,” said Lisa Murdock, the ADA’s chief advocacy officer. “The ADA is grateful to Sen. Shaheen for her work to ensure people with diabetes benefit from this historic legislation.”
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About the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization fighting to bend the curve on the diabetes epidemic and help people living with diabetes thrive. For 81 years the ADA has driven discovery and research to treat, manage, and prevent diabetes while working relentlessly for a cure. Through advocacy, program development, and education we aim to improve the quality of life for the over 133 million Americans living with diabetes or prediabetes. Diabetes has brought us together. What we do next will make us Connected for Life. To learn more or to get involved, visit us at diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383). Join the fight with us on Facebook (American Diabetes Association), Spanish Facebook (Asociación Americana de la Diabetes), Twitter (@AmDiabetesAssn) and Instagram (@AmDiabetesAssn).


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Our comprehensive approach to poverty eradication identifies families near starvation and nurtures them through a process. It begins with addressing their basic needs first - determining their immediate needs to stabilize their HOME. We provide primary EDUCATION for their children. We improve their HEALTH through access to an affordable integrated healthcare system. And we provide the tools, resources, education and training to develop economic opportunities - or WORK - for the family to lift themselves out of poverty.
Once a social worker has identified a family in despair, they determine what their immediate needs are to stabilize their home, beginning with food. A family cannot focus on education and economic opportunities if they are starving.
Clean drinking water and sanitation are huge problems for most of the developing world. Contaminated water causes chronic sickness. Sickness affects their ability to work. Not working causes loss of income. In rural Bangladesh, the problem is more serious due to the density of their population. Ponds and rivers are used by animals and humans alike for bathing, drinking and washing, and are highly contaminated by bacteria, human and animal waste. A solution we provide is the installation of household sanitary latrines for our families and a clean water well for the village if needed.
We help families repair their homes so they remain dry and stable. Homes are made from natural materials at hand which can deteriorate during the rainy season.
To prepare families for work, we also must address any health issues that is preventing them from working. Medical services are subsidized for the poorest families. The average cost of stabilizing an extremely poor family in rural Bangladesh is typically less than $100.
Illiteracy keeps generations of Bangladeshi children tied to the poverty of their parents. Without an education, they are destined to work at low paying jobs or manual labor all of their lives. Our Child Development Centers are changing that.
We provide two years of primary education (1st and 2nd grade) to 30 children per school and base the curriculum on government school standards which includes learning Bangla, English, math and social studies, and adds music, dancing, art, poetry and exercise for a more well-rounded education. Children learn to respect others, work together and develop imagination.
Education is a partnership with the village and the parents of our students. The village provides a hut, and we hire and train women from the area to teach. All workbooks and supplies are provided and a commitment is made by the mothers of our students to prepare a nutritious snack or meal each day. The school is four hours a day, six days a week, and is year round. This allows children to help in the fields and work at other income-producing jobs to help provide food for the evening meal. The cost of providing this education to the children is only $66 per child per year for a total of $2,000 per school of 30 children. Funding the cost of the entire two year school ($4,000) gives the donor naming rights.
Assessments given by the government schools at the beginning of 3rd grade have indicated the quality of the education provided with the majority of our students scoring higher than others. Ten percent of the children who complete the two years at one of our Child Development Centers are unable to make the transition to the free government schools because their families are too poor to afford the $6.00 annual fee charged for uniforms and school books. Our Continuing Education Fund ensures that every child has the opportunity to continue their education.
Access to healthcare is important to families in Bangladesh in order to maximize their ability to work and provide for their families. Existing healthcare facilities are often too expensive and too far away for most people to use. PSDI is currently able to provide some healthcare in the areas they serve through two collaborations.
A collaboration was formed between PSDI, the Poverty Eradication Program in Bangladesh, local Bangladeshi people and the Japanese government to build a hospital in a rural area in Netrokona in 2015. The hospital is equipped with an outpatient department, rooms for six beds, doctor and staff rooms, a dispensary and a pathological laboratory. It is open seven days a week. The hospital is serving 27 surrounding villages and 25,000 people. They are currently seeing an average of 670 patients a month with that number increasing month to month as villagers become accustom to the services being available.
Vitamin Angels, a non-profit organization in California, worked with PSDI to provide Vitamin A, multivitamins for children and pregnant women as well as Albendazole for children. This is a deworming medicine to ensure children can absorb the Vitamin A into their systems. Without these vitamins, children can lose their eyesight before the age of 5. We have served over 40,000 women and children through Vitamin Angels.
Future plans include the reopening of four clinics in the areas we serve in the coming years. These clinics will be staffed with a doctor, paramedic and trained social workers who will provide medical assistance outreach in the areas they serve. Each clinic will serve hundreds of families, both poor and middle class. A sliding fee scale is used so that the extreme poor can afford care while fees from the middle class help to offset future costs.
Economic opportunities typically target women in the household to allow them to earn additional income to support her family. Economic opportunities can be in the form of a small business such as tailoring, embroidery or a small shop or can be in the form of small cottage industries where groups of women work together and combine their skills to produce enough inventory to be financially successful. Examples of these industries are silk worm rearing, garment making and making quilts, mosquito nets and bedding.
Other types of economic opportunities include:
Forestation programs, including the planting and caring for a plot of trees at their homestead or on the roadsides; in the roadside program the family receives 60% of the profits from selling the wood when matured, the government receives 20% for the use of their land, and we receive 20% to reinvest in the program
Agriculture programs such as planting vegetables, fruit and other crops; creating fish ponds and fisheries; raising livestock and/or poultry; families keep some of what they grow and raise to consume and sell the rest at local markets
Women are taught to understand finance, learning how to grow their assets and how to save money. Once families show responsibility and success in acquiring and maintaining their assets, they have availability to small loans to grow their assets and speed up their uplift out of poverty. Providing responsible microcredit loans is critical to poverty eradication.
A wide variety of programs and strategies are employed in order to empower the poor and eradicate poverty from their lives and their local areas. We support democracy in our relationship to the poor by treating everyone equally. This especially includes respecting women's rights and involving them in the process and working with local people and institutions in this commitment to poverty eradication.


YouTube fends off Viacom’s intellectual property lawsuitApril 19, 2013 3:49 pm Leave your thoughts
One of the more common sights on YouTube are posts from users who have uploaded a clip from a movie or a particular song. It's a convenient way for the public to share their interests and make it easy to find "that one clip" from a film. But with this comes with a bit of an understanding that, if found, the clip will likely be taken down by YouTube, which is understandable since the footage is the intellectual property of a certain film or media company.
In these instances, there is rarely much action taken after the site has removed the video. That is, except for a recent lawsuit from Viacom, which was unhappy with the way that its intellectual property had been thrown around the internet without its consent. However, the media organization isn't going after individual users, which would be an unwieldy and ultimately fruitless endeavor. Instead, it went after YouTube – and it's parent company Google – itself.
According to reports that emerged early on Friday, this too was a lost cause, as a judge ruled against Viacom, stating that, because YouTube removed unauthorized videos, it is legally protected by the safe harbor provision of the Copyright Act. Viacom plans to appeal the ruling.
"This ruling ignores the opinions of the higher courts and completely disregards the rights of creative artists," Viacom spokesman Jeremy Zweig said in a statement. "We continue to believe that a jury should weigh the facts of this case and the overwhelming evidence that YouTube willfully infringed on our rights."
The YouTube-Viacom case is a unique one, dealing with thousands of videos and millions of users. Empirically, though, it is similar to what many business have to deal with. Companies looking to make sure their intellectual property is protected are encouraged to seek small business legal advice.
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Randomness in Neural Networks: An Overview by Simone Scardapane, Dianhui Wang
Neural networks, as powerful tools for data mining and knowledge engineering, can learn from data to build feature-based classifiers and nonlinear predictive models. Training neural networks involves the optimization of non-convex objective functions, and usually the learning process is costly and infeasible for applications associated with data streams. A possible, albeit counter-intuitive alternative is to randomly assign a subset of the networks’ weights, so that the resulting optimization task can be formulated as a linear least-squares problem. This methodology can be applied to both feedforward and recurrent networks, and similar techniques can be used to approximate kernel functions. Many experimental results indicate that such randomized models can reach sound performance compared to fully adaptable ones, with a number of favourable benefits, including (i) simplicity of implementation, (ii) faster learning with less intervention from human beings, and (iii) possibility of leveraging over all linear regression and classification algorithms (e.g.,`1 norm minimization for obtaining sparse formulations). All these points make them attractive and valuable to the data mining community, particularly for handling large scale data mining in real-time. However, the literature in the field is extremely vast and fragmented, with many results being reintroduced multiple times under different names. This overview aims at providing a self-contained, uniform introduction to the different ways in which randomization can be applied to the design of neural networks and kernel functions. A clear exposition of the basic framework underlying all these approaches helps to clarify innovative lines of research, open problems and, most importantly, foster the exchanges of well-known results throughout different communities.
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Australian punk band Human Dinosaur Machine has just debuted the second single from their upcoming album, “Trash”. Highly infectious with dark undertones, this song will have fans new and old hungry for more.
The 30-second intro immediately showcases the band’s quirkiness, comprising instruments you wouldn’t typically find in a rock song. The sound of an organ and bottle percussion ushers us into the track before the vocals kick in. The vocals are calm but filled with attitude as they’re joined by a punchy electric guitar. The song picks up speed for a short chorus before settling back into its original rhythm.
Around the 2:30 mark, the guitars and drums pick back up, driving the song forward while the contrasting vocals stay calm against the dynamic musical backdrop. The vocals are given the opportunity to really shine during the bridge, with the lyrics “it’s all just trash” being the most emphatic. A sorrowful fiddle shows us to the end of the song, accompanied by the occasional piece of bottle percussion. They’ve also released an accompanying music video to match:
“Trash” follows the release of the popular “Ventilator”, the first single from their upcoming album. If you like these two singles, keep your eye out for their self-titled debut LP, due to release in early 2024.

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Alexander Alexandrovich Lukin ( 1901 , Odessa , Kherson province , Russian Empire - 1975 ) - member of the partisan movement, staff member of the Soviet special services, lieutenant colonel , writer.
|Alexander Alexandrovich Lukin|
|Date of Birth||1901|
|Place of Birth||Odessa ( Kherson province , Russian Empire )|
|Date of death||1975|
|Type of army||NKVD|
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Member of the Civil War . Member of the RCP (b) in 1918-1921, 1936-1940 and since 1944. He worked in the Odessa Cheka , in the late 1920s under the leadership of D.N. Medvedev - assistant commissioner in the Kherson GPU .
In 1933-34 he investigated the case of arson on October 22, 1933, a workshop for the production of submarines of the "M" series at the plant named after Andre Marty .
In 1934 he worked in the Odessa regional department of the GPU of the Ukrainian SSR, was arrested for ten days. He graduated from the Kharkov Institute of National Economy .
In July 1940, he was removed from the post of deputy head of the Special Department of the UNKVD in the Moscow Region and expelled from the party (reinstated in October 1944).
Member of World War II . Since June 20, 1942, he was in the task force of Colonel Medvedev , was thrown behind enemy lines (parachuting twice to the German rear - in 1942 and 1943), the head of intelligence intelligence of the Pobediteli detachment of the OMSBON NKVD of the USSR. Then, in the 4th Directorate of the NKGB of the USSR (head of the 4th department) and the deputy head of the NKGB operative group.
Upon his retirement, from 1955 A. Lukin was actively engaged in literary activities. Among his works:
- “Employee of the Cheka” (co-authored with D. Polyanovsky ) (see also the film of the same name)
- "Operation Gift"
- Quiet Odessa (co-authored with D. Polyanovsky) (see also the film of the same name),
- "Deceptive silence" (co-authored with V. Ishimov ),
- “Without special signs”
- "Interrupted Jump" (co-authored with T. Gladkov ),
- “The Girl from Rzhev” (co-authored with T. Gladkov),
- “Gray-haired” (co-authored with T. Gladkov) / Collection “Chekists”. - Kaliningrad, 1963.
- “The conspiracy did not take place”
- “Nikolai Kuznetsov” (co-authored with T. Gladkov) ( ZhZL series - 1971).
- “Strong in Spirit” (feature film), script writer (co-authored with A. Grebnev)
- “In silence, before the thunder” (co-authored with V. Ishimov) // Smena journal No. 939, July 1966.
He was awarded the orders of the Red Banner , World War 1 degree , Red Star ; medals "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st degree , "For the defense of Moscow" , etc .; Chekist badges of honor (15 and 50 years old).
He was awarded the Polish Order - Golden Cross " Virtuti Militari ".
- Special Forces (film)
- Korolev N.F. Special Forces detachment. - M.: Publishing House DOSAAF , 1968.