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NATIONAL Stock Exchange (NSE) has in the recent past been in the news for all the wrong reasons. A stock exchange has two primary functions to perform. One, to provide a platform to enable investors to buy and sell securities in the most efficient and transparent manner. Two, it essentially functions as the ground level regulator to ensure that the market functions smoothly wherein all participants follow the rules of the exchange to avoid any default or crisis and protects the interests of investors, especially small or retail investors who are considered more vulnerable than other participants. Unfortunately, the exchange has not only been found wanting on both these counts, but has indeed been indulging in what can best be described as unbecoming of an exchange of the stature of NSE.
The forensic audit carried out by SEBI has found that NSE gave preferential access to some brokers on its algorithmic trading platform by allowing them to co-locate their servers on the exchange’s premises so that they can be the first to connect to the specific servers and enabled them to profit unfairly or illegally. This is a grave issue and serious governance lapse where the system is being manipulated to put one set of brokers at an advantageous position at huge cost and peril for other brokers and investors at large. In the same way, NSE has been found to be playing against the investors whenever they complain against any member broker by not only protecting the erring member brokers but also not allowing the investors to get any relief from the so-called IEPF (Investor Education and Protection Fund) that has huge funds meant to carry out investor education activities and compensate investors whenever any trading member defaults in payment.
Though a large number of complaints are received against NSE by various Investor Associations (IAs) that have never been resolved, a recent complaint made to the Society for Consumers’ & Investors’ Protection (SCIP) has proved beyond doubt that there is something seriously wrong with NSE as a stock exchange and ground-level regulator. One Mr Ashok Kaushik, who recently retired from the Delhi University along with his wife Geeta Kaushik, complained against trading member (TM) Moongipa Investment Ltd (MIL), when they found that delivery instruction slips issued for transfer of shares to Kotak Mahindra were dishonoured. TM failed to transfer the shares as it had already misappropriated the same to cover losses incurred due to personal deals by its directors (members of Aggarwal family).
Proceedings were referred to NSE and BSE by SEBI. Both the exchanges offered arbitration and the same was acceded to the investors as the Arbitration and Conciliation Act has been enacted to speed up resolution of disputes without hassles of litigation in courts. Arbitrators appointed by NSE and BSE awarded the amount arrived at in favour of these two investors. The Defaulter Committee Section (DCS) of BSE, without additional probe, honoured the award announced by its Ld. Arbitrator immediately.
On the other, the DCS of NSE refused to honour the award (NSE/ARBN/CM/D-0031/2015/0091/2016 dt. 28.01.2016 of Rs. 536,151.75 and NSE/ARBN/CM/D-0032/2015/0089/2016 dt. 28.01.2016 of `648,085.25) by citing an arbitrary and outdated directive adopted way back on July 2, 2010, that has never been put in the public domain. Moreover, the DCS requisitioned information relating to the investor’s Demat Account with HDFC, bank statements and trade data, post announcement of award by its Ld. Arbitrator. This has raised some very interesting questions/issues about the functioning of NSE.
- NSE has either not been enforcing rules and regulations that have been put in place to protect the interests of investors and avoid any systematic risk to the market, or it has been allegedly accommodating defaulting broker members for reasons best known to the top brass of the exchange. The exchange has not been able to enforce one simple rule that the actual settlement of funds and securities shall be done by the member at least once in a calendar quarter or month, depending on the preference of the client (Exchange Circular NSE/INSP/13606 dated December 3, 2009). Had this rule been followed, clients like Mr Kaushik would not have suffered a loss of this magnitude. NSE Auditors never assured zero quarterly trading balance as the defaulter TM kept Mr Kaushik’s holding in trading account for years with malafide intention.
- Since NSE has said that it adopted DCS directive way back in 2010 to refuse payment to the victimised investor, then why did it refer the matter to the arbitrator. Further, even the directive is grossly ill-conceived and arbitrary and will not pass the simple rule of natural justice and equal opportunity to the suffering investors. The directive states: “Where the claimant has failed to withdraw the credit balance and/or securities from the defaulter for a substantial period of time without trading activity, or substantially meager trading disproportionate in value to the quantum of the trade balance, or securities lying with the defaulter” is ascertained as loan transaction. On the one hand, this gives an impression that all those who do not frequently trade and buy stocks for long term (something that most of the investor education programmes of the exchange itself propagate) are not considered active investors, or the exchange itself wants to push the investors to be traders or speculators. The guideline is not only arbitrary, but is grossly in favour of delinquent fraudster brokers and is apparently redundant in India where regulations pertaining to stock exchanges and their brokers are still evolving.
- The above quoted assertion/guideline is not in public domain as also the other leading exchange—BSE—has no such guidelines made to put the investor at a gross disadvantage vis-a-vis trading members. Rest assured, if NSE makes these so-called guidelines public, it is bound to witness mass exodus of long term investors from the equity market—something that will negate the serious efforts made by the present dispensation to encourage people to invest their savings in financial assets instead of physical assets such as gold or real estate.
- The implication of the above guideline (treating LT holding as loan) may have serious inference and is fraught with grave repercussions like it will empower the broker/custodian to forfeit/sell shareholdings without consent of investors; banks will seize deposit in PPF A/c (15 years scheme) and jewellery and assets in lockers; mutual funds will enrich their managements by insider trading and unscrupulous trading. Such a scenario is truly frightening.
- The investor is a retired teacher of Delhi University and made these investments while in service to meet his and his family’s future needs. He never speculated in stocks and invested for the long term not knowing that the TM he so trusted will defraud him by keeping his holdings in the trading account without his express consent.
- Interestingly, the TM, Moongipa Investment Ltd (MIL), managed by Aggarwal family, was declared defaulter by SEBI on September 10, 2015. NSE declared MIL defaulter at its own leisure on November 9, 2015. The investor lodged the complaint with SEBI on August 14, 2015, immediately on MIL’s refusal to honour DIS in favour of Kotak Mahindra. The investor had been regularly paying annual maintenance charges till 2015-16 as he planned to sell the said investments after his retirement to make arrangements to buy a house. NSE seized the records/computers/server of defaulter TM in August 2015 itself. The seizure details are with NSE only and it is quite possible that the holdings of the investor had been part of seized holdings which were realised by NSE later on.
- NSE has till date taken no perceptible action against the TM as its directors are still leading comfortable lives, but duped investors like Kaushiks have been made to suffer. Also, the IEPF is allegedly not being used for the very purpose it has been set for.
- The simple act of NSE sidelining the Ld. Arbitrator’s Award on the basis of an unjust and arbitrary guideline despite incontrovertible proof against the fraudster not only proves the opaqueness of the exchange’s functioning but it has deprived investors like Kaushiks of their hard-earned money who made investments out of their post-tax earnings, believing in the solid regulatory mechanism of the exchange. This act of the exchange has and will embolden wrongdoers and fraudster brokers if the large number of complaints received against NSE brokers by SCIP is any indicator.
The exchange, that has plans to go public soon, has no robust system in place to redress investors’ grievances—those very investors are the reason for the huge profits the exchange is making every year. It seems that investors investing in the IPO of NSE run the same risk of no redressal as also the risk that the goose that lays the golden eggs, for the exchange may not prefer to stay with it the moment any worthwhile competition comes into being.


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We have seen many teasers from LG Mobiles in India for the upcoming 'W' series of smartphones.
The company has been teasing it on it's official social media channels and also on Amazon India. But till now we don't have any confirmation that how many devices will be there in the
Some new smartphones from the Korean OEM Samsung are coming very soon.We have now got some evidence to that.
The upcoming Samsung Galaxy M30s smartphone is now spotted passing through the benchmarking site Geekbench. As per the Geekbench listing, the Samsung Galaxy M30s comes with 4 GB of RAM in it.
Xiaomi is working on new smartphone and that's a no secret.
The latest news comes in the form of Xiaomi Mi CC9e. The name sounds a bit different than the usual naming strategy of Xiaomi however there could be some changes in the final naming of the Xiaomi Mi CC9e. The
Earlier today reported about the upcoming Vivo 1951 smartphone passing through the benchmarking site Geekbench.
Now we have another leagues for the upcoming Vivo smartphones that is called the Vivo 1913A where 1913A is the codename used internally for an upcoming smartphone. The upcoming Vivo 1913a smartphone is now spotted passing
A new smartphone from Chinese smartphone maker Vivo is now spotted passing through the benchmarking website Geekbench.
As per the Geekbench listing, the latest smartphone listed there is Vivo 1951 where the 1951 seems to be the codename internally used for upcoming Vivo smartphone. The Vivo 1951 smartphone is listed with
We have seen several leaks about the upcoming Nova series devices.
The upcoming devices from Huawei under the Nova series will be called the Huawei Nova 5 and the Huawei Nova 5i. The Huawei Nova 5 series official launch is scheduled to happen on June 21st.
Leaked specifications of Huawei Nova 5i:
Huawei is working on new smartphones and that's a no secret even after the US ban and ban from using Android.
The latest device we are talking about is the upcoming Huawei Nova 5i. The Huawei Nova 5i is spotted passing through the benchmarking site Geekbench. As per the Geekbench listing,
A new smartphone from Samsung is now spotted online. The latest device from Samsung leaked online is the Samsung Galaxy A90.
The Samsung Galaxy A90 comes with 6GB of RAM in it. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 mobile platform. The upcoming Samsung Galaxy A90 is also loaded
Motorola seems to be getting ready to introduce their next devices. The next devices from Motorola could be introduced under the Moto E series.
A new smartphone from Motorola under the Moto E series is now leaked online. The latest device from Motorola under the Moto E6 series is called the
Motorola is working on new devices and doesn't seem to be doing well in the smartphone market.
The company is working on a smartphone named Motorola One Action. The Motorola One Action is now spotted passing through the benchmarking site Geekbench. As per the Geekbench listing, the Motorola One Action comes
Huawei is working on new smartphones even after the ban for Android usage.
The company seems to be working on a smartphone under the Huawei Nova series. The latest device leaked online comes as the Huawei Nova 5i. The Huawei Nova 5i is now spotted passing through the benchmarking site AnTuTu.
We already have many devices from Samsung under the Galaxy M series like the Galaxy M10, M20 and the M30.
Now the company has now started teasing about the launch of Galaxy M40 smartphone in India. The company has also confirmed that the device will be available exclusively on Amazon India.
Recently we reported about the Redmi K20 smartphone leaked online. The device was leaked in pictures and some major specifications as well.
Now the upcoming Redmi K20 smartphone is spotted passing through the benchmarking site Geekbench. As per the Geekbench listing, the Redmi K20 smartphone comes with 6GB of RAM in
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is all set to officially unveil the next smartphone under Redmi brand. The upcoming smartphone from Redmi will be called the Redmi K20 and the Redmi K20 Pro.
The Redmi K20 is now leaked online in a poster showing some major specifications of the device. The upcoming

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Hold up. Have we all taken a moment to fully appreciate how insanely good Isolated Heroes new collection is? Cause shut the front door, I can’t even begin to deal with how beyond perfect this guy is. Dundee is just knocking it out of the park at the moment, and Samantha McEwen’s new collection “Kosovo Brides” is just another reason in an ever growing list on why I’m buckwild crazy for this city’s creative scene at the mo.
Isolated Heroes is pretty much in the business of making ugly clothes beautiful and without a doubt “Kosovo Brides” is McEwen’s strongest collection to date. Still fully channelling some fine,fresh,fierce 90’s deliciousness (the laser cut pink plaid cut is all but named for our fave Clueless gal Cher Horowitz) but also plays with some massive furry jumpers, sequined kimonos, out of this world digital prints and some of the finest faux fur jackets I ever did see.
The collection takes it’s inspiration from it’s namesake – “Kosovo Brides” and is really heavily influenced by traditional folklore, mythical tales and ceremony and rituals. In Kosovo, traditionally brides will have their faces painted, and be covered in ornate designs, sequins, jewels and beads as well as wearing layers and layers of clothing. The whole idea is to protect the bride from evil spirits and conceal her innocence/virginity. It’s obviously a much more wearable version of it, but the influence is still there. The high fantasy, romanticism, cool mythical and super luxe is all up in this collection.And like the bride, the collection is never more beautiful when it’s worn layered up. It’s a high impact collection, and every item on it’s own is a straight up statement piece but wearing pieces together just looks straight up unreal. Wallflowers need not apply.
Palette wise it’s almost sickly sweet, and like all of McEwen’s work to
date seems to channel some kind of weird tribal futurism. I say it
every god damn time I talk about Isolated Heroes but I always get MAJOR
tribe vibes. Maybe it’s the cosmic print (who saw that feeling fresh again any time soon?) or the embossed faux fur coats but I’m getting total apocalyptic retro sci-fi. If this is what the end of
the world looks like, I’m ready for it.
McEwen is clearly one of the most talented up and coming designers
working in Scotland today and her new collection is fucking unreal. For me it feels like all the bases are covered here without compromise. Androgyny and uber fem sit happily next to each other in this collection, and the saccharine pastels that predominate this collection never feel too pretty or girly. It feels fresh and edgy and sexy without having to answer to anyone. Also it’s the first collection in a long time that’s made me properly consider integrating a two piece in to my wardrobe so there is that.
Isolated Heroes is only going from strength to strength. and with this – her best collection to date IMHO I can’t wait to see what she whips up next. Till then I think it’s about time I embraced pastels….

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This summer has been hot to say the least.
I think we must be having a heat wave because I can hardly walk outside without breaking into a sweat within seconds. I think that my air conditioner is on the fritz too because it doesn’t feel like it is able to keep up with the hot temperatures outside and cool the house down as well as it used too. I am starting to get worried that our HVAC system is going to stop working all together. I really don’t want to have to buy a whole new HVAC unit because I know that can be very expensive. However, two days ago I noticed that the air really wasn’t coming out of the vents anymore. I had to call our local HVAC guy to see if we really would need to replace the HVAC system or if a small repair would do the trick. One the HVAC tech came out to the house I could tell by the look on his face that he didn’t have good news. I could tell he was about to say that we would need to redo the entire HVAC system if we wanted it to last for the rest of the summer. I really didn’t want this to be the case, but now we are going to have to figure it out or be without an air conditioner for the rest of the summer. Not having an air conditioner is not an option for us, so we are going to figure something out!


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Much has been said about sun protection, but how much do you retain?
1) Apply 30 min to sun exposure.
2) Apply 2-3 times per day (no exceptions).
3) Wearing a hat helps.
4) Sun damage can occurred on a cloudy day.
5) SPF only measures UVB, not UVA.
6) Most sunscreens last 90 min - read the label.
7) Vit D Controversy - how much sunlight do I need?
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Don't be fooled by the annual crush of holiday lights and music, or the two months still remaining until lawmakers return to the State Capitol: At least one key policy proposal faces a pivotal hearing this month in St. Paul.
How Minnesota doles out probation sentences will get another long look when the state's Sentencing Guidelines Commission meets on Dec. 19 for a public hearing over whether to formally urge lawmakers to limit the maximum probation felony offenders can receive.
The measure was a top priority for House Democrats last session. It also drew support from the libertarian-leaning Americans For Prosperity, but its prospects faded in the 11th hour of budget negotiations.
Enter Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, an advocate for changing the state's probation guidelines. His position ensures him a seat on the Sentencing Guidelines Commission. Last month, Schnell proposed that the commission recommend capping probationary sentences in its annual report to lawmakers in January. He noted that average probation terms vary from three years to more than seven years, depending on where people are sentenced. Some Minnesotans are serving decadeslong probation sentences.
But Schnell's move to advance probation caps at the Dec. 19 hearing prompted an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused him of violating open meetings laws. Their rationale was that he forced a vote on what was only listed as a discussion item on the commission's agenda before the meeting.
A final move to formally suggest that change won't happen until Jan. 9, when the commission agrees on its annual report to the Legislature. Though the report is not itself the last word, the commission's recommendations go a long way toward informing where lawmakers may settle on sentencing policy.
That wasn't lost on Schnell, who compared the probation debate to the 2016 battle to overhaul the state's drug sentencing guidelines. Schnell recalled that lawmakers were slow to take action on the changes until the commission spelled out its own suggestions.
This month's meeting also could offer a partial glimpse at Gov. Tim Walz's 2020 legislative wish list.
Walz, a Democrat, joined Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson in co-writing an op-ed for Time magazine calling for changing probation guidelines around the country. They pointed out that Minnesota and Missouri are two of 20 states where more than half of prison admissions are because of technical supervision violations, not separate crimes.
Walz describes criminal justice reform as part of a broader package of priorities that includes education, housing and voting rights. But this is one issue he thinks is unifying.
"I think there's going to be things that the Republican Senate is certainly not interested in that I think are important, but I'm not going to be wasting valuable time this session," Walz said in an interview. "I think this one holds great potential for bipartisan support."


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After the resignation of the People’s Party adviser on Saturday evening and the appointment of Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, also of the People’s Party, as his successor, Green Party deputy adviser Werner Kogler welcomed the developments and announced the continuation of the ruling coalition of the Greens and the People.
Opposition parties were less enthusiastic about changing the chancellor, as they hoped, after negotiations in recent days, that a new four-party coalition of Social Democrats (SPÖ), liberals (FPÖ), liberals (NEOS) and liberals (NEOS) would exclude the ÖVP. Grune).
Pamela Rende Wagner, head of the SPÖ, expressed disappointment that the Greens had not left the coalition. He believes that the same government policy will continue as before.
According to him, the People’s Party “sacrificed” Korzu to stay in power.
He stated that although Kurz was no longer a chancellor, as faction leader and party leader as the Shadow Counsellor, he would continue to move the threads. The Social Democratic politician doubts that the ruling coalition will be able to function successfully in the future and that government action will bring stability.
Pete Meinl Reisinger, president of NEOS, called for the advisor’s belated resignation. He believes that integrity is a prerequisite not only for the position of chancellor but also for the position of leader of the parliamentary faction.
Kurz will also assume power in his new position
FPÖ chair Herbert Kekel says that by fleeing MPs’ immunity, Kurz is breaking his promise to clear himself of corruption allegations as soon as possible. The pro-liberty politician also believes that although Kurz is no longer a chancellor, the political leadership of the People’s Party will remain with him.
The government crisis in Austria stems from the fact that the Economic and Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (WKStA) is investigating the immediate counsel’s environment on suspicion of bribery and breach of trust.
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"Journalists" keep refusing to Google my bio (below). For those who still won't: I graduated from Harvard Law in 2001 and have been a criminal defense lawyer and criminal investigator. I'm a political columnist at Newsweek and teach journalism and pre-law. https://www.sethabramson.net/bio
(I apologize for having published books of poetry—it's clear that that precludes me from having other skills or writing on any topic other than poetry, my law degree and years of trial work notwithstanding. FYI, my title is Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences.)
The impetus for the last two posts was having to see in a magazine I subscribe to—I won't say which one—that my "credentials" for writing about criminal law and criminal investigation are *not* having worked in both fields but being a "creative writing professor" (which I'm not).
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Here is how it works. You get your zucchini (yellow squash or carrot).
Now what? I saute mine on the stove top for about 5 minutes. This leaves them a bit al dente. I don't like my regular pasta this way, but for a veggie it's nice to have a little crispness to it. :) I add onion powder, Himalayan sea salt and pepper. MMM
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Oops, although thinner than a human hair, 0.02mm compared to 0.05mm, tolerance is still worlds apart. In the ultra-precise domain of high-tech engineering, how could things have gone so wrong? There are reasons.
Splitting hairs in millimeters
Terry Gou’s robot army of smartphone assemblers just got orders to retreat back to the R&D lab for refinements: seems that the robots are caught in a tolerance bind.
Remember that 0.02mm is thinner than a human hair.
For Foxconn (Hon Hai), that’s a major defeat. A reversal of fortune that may be exacerbated by the fact that other OEMs, most notably Samsung and Motorola, may also reject these mechanical workers for their Smartphone product assemblies.
Seems inconceivable that Foxconn could have gotten it all so wrong, especially since it is Apple’s major partner in the phone assembly business and an insider with trusted past performance.
Gou had hoped to put 10,000 nimble-fingered Foxbots on his production lines, joining the 1.2 million human workers in his factories across China. That 10,000 would have begun the onslaught to eventually deploying 1 million Foxbots in those plants.
Delays have plagued Foxconn’s million-robot army since it was first announced in 2011. That year, Gou claimed that his company already had 10,000 robots deployed. That number was due to swell to 300,000 in 2012, then balloon up to 1 million by 2014.
This first batch of 10,000 not making the cut means that Foxconn will have to scramble around to hire tens of thousands more humans, which is the exact opposite direction that the company wished to travel. Currently, Foxconn has recruiters at train stations signing up new workers as first-timers embark after long trips from their home villages to the city.
Impressive as a 0.05mm tolerance is for robot assemblers, the Foxbots are still not precise enough for Apple’s iPhone 6 requirement of 0.02mm.
Haste makes waste
Ryan Whitwam, reporting for ExtremeTech, said: “Most robots don’t have the manual dexterity required to drop tiny components into devices on an industrial scale. The technology required to make this work exists, but you’d have to design entirely new industrial robots to make it happen.”
Two crucial oversights in Foxconn’s development of the robots may have been that the iPhone 6 is markedly different from previous Apple Smartphones.
Apple’s iPhone 6 — both standard and “phablet” variant –boasts a completely revamped design with a thinner chassis and next-gen A8 SoC (system-on-a-chip technology) that is a 2 billion-transistor, 20nm powerhouse.
Despite almost doubling the transistor count, the die size is startlingly 13 percent smaller. Such rearchitected design changes up the ante on precision assembly.
Also, “Foxconn was looking to save money fast,” said ExtremeTech, “so it used automotive robots as the basis of the Foxbot design.”
Concurring with that view, is MacRumors‘ Kelly Hodgkins: “The lineage of the robots, which were adapted from the car manufacturing industry. The larger, clunky robots are not designed with the flexibility necessary for the assembly of Apple’s thin and complex devices.”
“Foxconn reportedly is working on the second-generation Foxbot, but the technology still may need additional years of refinement before it can make a meaningful contribution to the assembly process,” she said.
ExtremeTech added that Gou’s team is “reportedly redesigning the robotic arms in hopes a more precise version will get Apple’s seal of approval. That could take several years of research, but the resulting robots could have much greater finesse. There?s even talk of abandoning the automotive robot frame and instead designing something more like a human arm with multiple fingers.”
So what was so much at stake that haste may have sunk the ship? “Each Foxbot can complete an average of 30,000 devices per year, meaning a release of 10,000 would theoretically yield 300 million iPhones if completely tasked to that production line,” the site said.
Also, at a cost of $20,000 to $25,000 each — which is cheap for an industrial robot — the robots (pay once and use forever) could also represent a substantial savings for Foxconn’s payroll and housing costs. The company currently employs over 1 million workers at its various factories across China.
Removing workers 10,000 at a time would offer up substantial savings. Miscalculations, missteps in design and haste, however, caused the Foxbot army to about face and march for home.


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Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in biology, microbiology, infectious diseases or related natural sciences field and two years of professional post degree research experience in the appropriate field; or a Master’s degree in biology, microbiology, infectious diseases or related natural sciences and 1 years of professional post degree research experience in the appropriate field.
The preferred candidate will have experience working with bloodborne pathogens and handling blood specimens; experience performing diagnostic infectious disease testing, experience performing nucleic acid extractions, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods ( conventional, real-time and /or droplet digital PCR); experience with next generation sequencing methods and data analysis; experience preparing standard operating procedures and conducting clinical test validation studies; experience using spreadsheets and databases.
Duties Description The Research Scientist 1 will be involved in clinical and public health laboratory functions related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), including clinical testing, surveillance and outbreak investigations. Responsibilities will include processing blood specimens; reviewing and managing specimen data; performing serological and molecular test methods; performing quality assurance tasks and maintaining proper records and documentation. Duties will also include assisting in the development and validation of new laboratory methods; performing troubleshooting and optimization experiments; analyzing experimental data; preparing standard operating procedures; contributing to abstract and manuscript preparation; preparing poster and slide presentations; utilizing computer software and database systems to analyze data and manage specimen repositories and supply inventories. The selected candidate will also be cross-trained by the Diagnostic Immunology laboratory in serologic test methods; maintain competency in all clinical test methods and serve as a resource for surge testing during infectious disease outbreaks.
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I frequently discuss meditation at work and in my personal life. This post is for those that are comfortable with meditation.
I recently started using Insight Timer in my cell phone. I discovered a past life meditation that was an amazing experience.
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My personal experience was unexpected. I discovered many things about myself, including why I love astronomy in this life.
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had reason to smile; two weeks were knocked off of his six-week suspension for bad behavior.
In news that will be particularly welcomed by Pittsburgh Steelers fans whereever they are, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will miss the first four games of the NFL season, two games less than many fans had feared.
The news came after the quarterback's Friday meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell who apparently was persuaded by Roethlisberger, and Steelers owner Art Rooney who accompanied the bad boy QB, that the Big Ben was a changed man.
Goodell had initially suspended the quarterback for six weeks following a woman's claim that the quarterback had sexually assaulted her in a Georgia nightclub's restroom. The prosecutor never filed charges but warned Roethlisberger, who's had other behavioral problems, to grow up.
While Roethlisberger will be returning two weeks earlier than expected, meaning he should play against Cleveland in the sixth week of the season (the fifth week of the season is a bye week for the Steelers) it still means there are big issues for the Steelers in terms of the quarterback position.
Byron Leftwich, who was supposed to start in Roethlisberger's place has an injured knee. The likely starter as the season begins appears to be third stringer Dennis Dixon whose running ability reminds many fans of the old Michael Vick when he was the Atlanta Falcons QB.
His play calling and passing abilities have caused some football fans to wonder if Dixon will be be able to keep the Steelers in the hunt until Leftwich or Roethlisberger returns, whoever is first.


text: One of the applications that fuel cells may have is the supplying of homes with electrical power. When considering applications of this type that call for greater power, a research group in the UPV/EHU’s department of Mineralogy and Petrology has studied the use of one type of material, perovskites, for the design of these cells. Fuel cells are similar to batteries, but they differ from them mainly in that they are continually resupplied by the reagents consumed, typically oxygen and hydrogen. “After the process to generate electricity, they produce heat and water as waste products,” explained Dr Karmele Vidal, researcher in the UPV/EHU’s IMaCris/MaKrisI group. That is why they are listed as “clean energies, since they do not emit greenhouse gases in the energy conversion process," added the researcher. The UPV/EHU’s research group has worked on a specific type of fuel cell: solid oxide fuel cells or SOFCs that operate at a high temperature. Unlike conventional cells, their ion conducting electrolyte is solid, which offers various advantages with respect to other types of cells, as Vidal explained: "The materials are relatively inexpensive, their sensitivity to impurities in the fuel is low and they are highly efficient and powerful. What is more, as the components are solid, their configuration is much more versatile as they can be manipulated." On the downside, however, the researcher highlights that ”very expensive materials are used because the cells operate at high temperatures.” “Many pieces of research indicate that the improvement in the contact between the interconnector and the cathode is one of the significant challenges in the production of SOFCs,” pointed out Vidal. For this it is necessary to use new materials that will improve bonding between these components without reducing the cell’s capacity. The materials used as a contact layer between the interconnector and the cathode must have high electronic conductivity, good chemical and structural stability at the operating temperature (the cells operate at 600-800 ºC). Preovskites, for the cathode and contact layer In order to meet all these requirements, the UPV/EHU’s research group has opted for perovskite type materials. The name comes from a relatively rare mineral in the earth’s crust, but it has been extended to a more general group of crystals that have this same structure. In their research, they have been working with perovskites to design certain components in the parts of the fuel cell, like "the cathode and the contact layer. We saw that perovskite type materials are good electron and ion conductors; so they are suitable for the design of the contact layer and cathode, respectively," said Vidal. As important as the type of material used to manufacture fuel cell components “is the way it is synthesised. The priming temperature and time taken are, among other things, variables that affect the material’s microstructure, which is crucial as far as its properties are concerned,” explained the researcher. Among the synthesis methods studied, the means for priming the perovskites that has offered them the best results is combustion. Basically, this consists of a reaction between nitrates as the oxidant and glycine as the fuel. This causes self-combustion, the flame reaches a high temperature and the formation of the necessary material takes place. Right now, there are prototypes and one or two commercial products based on these fuel cells, but the main problem they face is that “they are not yet very cost-effective although work is being done on this aspect," she pointed out. As they are devices for supplying power thought up for equipment requiring high power, Vidal takes the view that they offer a way of "decentralising the dependence that currently exists on the electricity grid, apart from offering a means for producing electrical power that is not dependent on oil." Quite honestly,” she concludes, “I believe that this technology will come into its own when the current system becomes more expensive owing to the increase in crude oil prices.” Further information This collaborative line of research is being conducted at the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology in collaboration with the R&D centre Ikerlan-Energía (Araba-Alava), the Institute of Materials Science of Aragon (CSIC-Spanish National Research Council-University of Zaragoza), with the Pontifica Universidad Católica of Peru, and with the School of Chemistry of Birmingham University. The IMaCris group is led by the professor of Crystallography and Mineralogy Maribel Arriortua. Reference: A. Morán-Ruiz, K. Vidal, M.A. Laguna-Bercero, A. Larrañaga, M.I. Arriortua. “Effects of using (La0.8Sr0.2)0.95Fe0.6Mn0.3Co0.1O3 (LSFMC), LaNi0.6Fe0.4O3- (LNF) and LaNi0.6Co0.4O3- (LNC) as contact materials on solid oxide fuel cells”. (2014) J. Power Sources, 248 1067-1076.

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Police: Suspected drunken driver hits police car
FENWICK ISLAND – A suspected drunken driver Thursday hit a Fenwick Island police vehicle that had another person pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence, Delaware State Police say.
At about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, the Fenwick Island officer was parked on the northbound shoulder of Coastal Highway north of Lewes Street conducting a traffic stop on a suspected drunken driver, police said. Master Cpl. Gary Fournier said it’s the State Police policy not to release the name of an officer involved in a situation such as this for 24 hours.
Heath Clifford McDermott, 42, of Bel Air, Md., hit the back left part of the officer’s 2013 Ford Explorer patrol vehicle with his 2010 Nissan Maxima, police said. In the Explorer along with the officer was Shawn E. Moran, 59, of Wilmington. The impact caused the Explorer to hit the back of the 2005 Toyota Sequoia that had been pulled over, according to police.
The Nissan Maxima turned over. McDermott was flown to Christiana Medical Center, where he was admitted with nonlife-threatening injuries.
McDermott’s 48-year-old female passenger was taken to Beebe Healthcare and treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. The officer, Moran, and a 58-year-old man and 60-year-old man who were passengers in the Sequoia were all treated and released at Beebe.
The investigation is ongoing.


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For a lot of people Chicago is home. It is a big city with a mass of history and even more fun things to do. For others, however, it is a “war zone.” It is not Chicago, Illinois—the windy city—it is “Chiraq, Killinois.” This name was given to Chicago because the number of deaths in Chicago has exceeded the number of deaths in Afghanistan.
According to wnd.com the total number of murders in Chicago from Jan. 31, 2003 to Dec. 31, 2012 was 4,797 while the number of deaths in Afghanistan was 2,166 from Oct. 7, 2001 until now.
Violence in Chicago is still increasing rapidly. According to the Chicago Police Department’s weekly statistics Chicago has already surpassed the number of deaths from last year. They reported that there have been 51 homicides in comparison to last year’s 49 homicides as of Feb. 17. That means there was 4 percent increase in homicide the past year and a 16 percent increase the past two years.
Among those 51 murders is Hadiya Pendleton. Pendleton was a 15-year-old sophomore at King College Prep High School. She was fatally shot on Jan. 31 at a park after school. The shooting was in broad daylight after being released form school early due to exams. Pendleton was not involved in any gang related activities. She was merely an example of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Michael Ward has been charged and convicted with the murder of Pendleton. He was also charged for shooting the boy who accompanied Pendleton the day of her murder. Kenneth Williams was also charged. Both Williams and Ward were gang members seeking revenge from a rival gang. They saw the group of students gathering and instantly shot fire.
Daniel Owusu-Bempah, a freshman computer science major, is a Chicago native. He said he knew Williams and had a class with him his sophomore year of high school. Owusu-Bempah reported that Williams did not seem like the type of person who would do something like this. “He was the class clown,” he said.
Owusu-Bempah has a little brother that attends King College Prep High School and he said he was scared for his brother because of what happened to Pendleton can “happen to anyone.” Owusu-Bempah said before he left for college, he made sure to tell his brother the okay spot to hang out. He also showed him the places—like the park Pendleton killed—not to hang out.
Marcella Slay, freshman legal studies major, is also a Chicago native. She graduated from Morgan Park High school. Morgan Park is located in one of the rough neighborhoods in Chicago. It is a fairly large public high school and has students from all over Chicago. According to Slay, this is one of the reasons why this school has so much violence. People from different gangs clash and this creates tension in and outside the classroom.
“The police department isn’t doing their job,” Slay said. She said that crime is excessive and nothing is being done about it.
Earlier this year, Slay said a boy by the name of Tyrone Lawson also known as “Ty Weezy,” was shot after attending a basketball game at Chicago State. He was a senior honor student at Morgan Park. He was caught in between a fight with Morgan Park and Simeon High School.
According to Slay, lives are being taken away unfairly. Gang violence and violence in general has a ripple effect on not only the students that are involved, but the innocent students who just got to school to get an education. In 2008, Slay said that someone dear to her became a victim to gang violence. She said he was in a gang and he was simply on a rival gang’s territory and was shot and killed on April 1, 2008.
“It can be scary,” she said. Some gangs fight over territory in a three to four-mile radius. She fears for her family that still lives in Chicago.
Both Slay and Owusu-Bempah agree that the only way to cease violence in Chicago would be by brute force. “Police officers should be on every single block…not every other block,” Owusu-Bempah said.


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It’s been a few weeks since my last post about Rainy. She continues to train as an agility cat. Her veterinarian has also signed papers needed for her to train as a therapy cat. I’ll write more on that later. For now, let me tell you about our past week. It included our return to a nearby park, introduction to a puppy, and a social with one of my friends.
I’ll start with our return to a nearby park. As usual, I took Rainy to the park in our pet stroller and then let her out on leash when we arrived. As she sought refuge underneath a bench, I sat and sweated and tried not to have doubts about our goals. A father and his son stopped to chat with me. The boy was wearing a hat with cat decals. He wanted me to see it and to know that he liked cats. His father told me that his son liked the speed of cats. After the two left, I picked Rainy up and placed her on the bench beside me. She didn’t try to get down but instead ate goat cheese from my hand. I decided to push her to the next level by walking around with her in a grassy part of the park. Rainy sat and politely refused to budge. Her ears remained perked and her eyes stayed wide, vigilant to the activities and noises around us. Not being able to get her to relax, even with treats, I placed her back on the bench. When we had enough of the heat, I encouraged her to walk with me to the park entrance. Rainy showed no resistance to this idea and seemed to enjoy the short stroll, perhaps because the nearby bushes gave her a stronger sense of security than the more spacious grassy area had.
One might say our outing was a partial success. But I had doubts due to her slow progress, enough that I decided to ask questions at some Facebook groups. First, I posted in a cat agility group. Unfortunately, no one in the group could offer any advice. Cat agility is still in its infancy. While there are at least two professional organizations that host cat agility shows, no one in my group has ever tried training their cat to do agility outside of the privacy of their home.
Having struck out with the cat agility people, I next posted to International Cat-Assisted Therapy (I-CAT). What does cat therapy have to do with agility? Well, if Rainy is to do agility outside of our home, she needs to feel comfortable with new people and places. And if she can be comfortable in strange situations, she might as well become a therapy cat, right?! To be honest, I’m still figuring out the best ways to meet Rainy’s needs, hence, the questions I posed to the therapy group. This time I got better results. The therapy group’s members graciously told me about how they had started with small INDOOR spaces, then moved to bigger INDOOR spaces, and only then ventured OUTSIDE. A few mentioned that their cats didn’t particularly care for the outdoors. Nonetheless, many did fine with the hustle and bustle of hospitals and schools. Their responses renewed my hope!
For our second adventure, I decided to introduce Rainy to a new dog. The cat therapy group members advised me that therapy cats may very well encounter dogs. I admit that this makes me nervous. After all, some dogs and cats are mortal enemies—especially those dogs with a strong prey instinct. For that reason, I will always want to closely monitor Rainy’s encounters with dogs. In this instance, however, I feel relatively safe. The dog we’ll meet is a three-month-old toy poodle named Toby. He belongs to my in-laws. We have a toy poodle of our own, and so Rainy is already comfortable with the breed. Puppies make me less nervous because their lives are centered around play. And if we’re going to continue to take our pets with us when we visit my in-laws, Rainy and Toby need to get acquainted. All the same, Andy and I took precautions. I sat with Rainy in our in-laws’ dining room and let her simply observe their dog from the safety of my lap. Rainy and Toby were curious about each other, but neither pulled out their claws or bared their teeth. Next, we put Rainy and Toby on opposite sides of a baby gate. Then we dropped morsels of food and let the two of them sniff each other through the gate. Again, they remained friendly. Success!
For our final adventure, I took Rainy with me when I went for a walk with a friend. My friend walked Barnaby and I pushed Rainy in the pet stroller. We visited the Hamann Rose Garden. When we reached the first gazebo, I unzipped the pet stroller to give Rainy some food and water. She immediately wanted out to explore. On the ground, she sniffed the bushes and listened to the rush of traffic. As with the park, I then deposited her next to me on a bench. To my surprise, she curled up next to me and seemed content. My friend took photos. We caught up on news while the pets relaxed. Eventually, I returned Rainy to her stroller, but only because it was getting late and not because she had requested it. I’m not sure what was different about the two locations, but Rainy seemed truly comfortable on this outing. What a great way to end the week!


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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 no.6 Cape Town Jun. 2012
Nagib du ToitI; Junet van der MerweII
INagib du Toit is a consultant ophthalmic surgeon and senior lecturer
IIJunet van der Merwe is a senior registrar, in the Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town
A 24-year-old black female (HIV-positive) was referred to our clinic with a 4-week history of an ulcerative lesion of the right upper and lower eyelids. She was on treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and had been admitted to a secondary level hospital. She had no other ocular symptoms or signs. A tissue biopsy of the lesion revealed multinucleate squamous cells with ground glass viral nuclear inclusion bodies, indicative of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. The ulcer healed with oral and topical acyclovir therapy, confirming a herpetic origin. There is only one other reported case of this type of ulcerative eyelid lesion caused by HSV; the patient in this case was also immunocompromised.
Opportunistic infections and uncommon neoplasms are known to occur in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The most common eyelid manifestations are Kaposi sarcoma, Molluscum contagiosum, Verruca vulgaris, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.1 Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients with an ulcerative lesion of the eyelids. The ulcer may mimic a neoplastic lesion in morphology, but the acute nature of onset and patient background should alert the clinician to an infective process. The diagnosis can be confirmed by biopsy and histology. Initiation of appropriate, early treatment should have good results, as evident from this report.
A 24-year-old unemployed female presented to the ophthalmology service with a one-month history of a gradually enlarging, ulcerative lesion of the right lower and upper eyelids in the area of the medial canthus. The patient history was that of being HIV-positive with a CD4 cell count of 49. She had not been started on antiretroviral treatment. She was known to have pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and was on treatment for TB about 2 weeks prior to presentation. She initially presented to a secondary level hospital with a mildly-red, irritated right eye and had been treated with chloramphenicol eye ointment. After 2 weeks of treatment, with the lesion extending to the eyelids and having developed a slight mucopurulent discharge, the treatment was changed to dexamethasone eye drops at the secondary hospital. After a further 2 weeks with no improvement, the patient was referred to the ophthalmology service. It was thought that the lesion might be related to the patient's pulmonary TB. The lesion was ulcerative in morphology and had a reddish-yellow granulomatous appearance, with slough in the base and rolled overhanging edges (Fig. 1). The patient did not have any other ocular symptoms or signs.
Incisional tissue biopsies were taken at various sites, including the margin of the lesion, and some surrounding normal tissue. Histology showed multinucleate squamous cells with ground-glass viral nuclear inclusion bodies, indicative of HSV infection. No acid-fast bacilli were identified on Ziehl-Neelsen staining. There were no granulomas present and no dysplasia of the epithelium. The patient was treated with oral acyclovir (800 mg 5 times per day) for 1 week and topical acyclovir ointment (to be used until the lesion healed). There was a marked improvement, with the ulcer almost completely healed after only 1 week of treatment. The patient was advised to continue treatment, but did not return for follow-up.
HSV infection of the eye can vary from mild blepharitis to sight-threatening chorioretinitis. Primary infection of the eye is usually subclinical but reactivation of a latent infection can lead to recurrent disease. HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections are known to take atypical forms and persist longer in immunocompromised patients. In this situation, they tend to ulcerate early and may appear as chronic, enlarging necrotic lesions. There are reports of similar lesions presenting on the ear, nose, mouth, neck, legs, back, and genital region in immunocompromised patients.1
A similar case was reported by Sturm et al. in 2006;1 the patient had an ulcerated lesion of the eyelid which had been present for 2 months and 'mimicked a malignant lesion'. The diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy and the patient responded to famciclovir treatment.
Ophthalmic infections known to occur with HSV include blepharoconjunctivitis, keratouveitis, acquired ankyloblepharon, and membranous tarsal plaque.1 There have also been a few published reports of various unusual ophthalmic presentations of herpetic infection: recurrent HSV eyelid infection,2 herpetic meibomianitis,3 herpetic-associated refractory (to corticosteroids) pemphigus vulgaris involving the eyelids,4 as well as other lesions simulating neoplasia in the genital and peri-anal areas.5 The patients were HIV-positive in many of these reported cases.
In conclusion, this case illustrates a rare clinical presentation of ocular herpes - one of the many manifestations of herpetic infection. Awareness of these unusual presentations in the immunocompromised needs to be created for correct diagnoses and prompt, effective treatment for HSV to achieve good outcomes.
1. Sturm JM, Levine MR, Singh A, et al. Herpetic lesion mimicking lower eyelid malignancy. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;22(2):147-148. [ Links ]
2. Milazzo L, Trovati S, Pedenovi S, et al. Recurrent herpes simplex virus (HSV) eyelid infection in an HIV-1 infected patient. Infection 2007;35(5):393-394. [ Links ]
3. Singh MP, Sharma A, Ratho RK. Herpetic meibomianitis: an unusual case report. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2007;38(3):466-468. [ Links ]
4. Brandao ML, Fernandes NC, Batista DP, Santos N. Refractory pemphigus vulgaris associated with herpes infection: case report and review. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 2011;53(2):113-117. [ Links ]
5. Mosunjac M, Park J, Wang W, et al. Genital and perianal herpes simplex simulating neoplasia in patients with AIDS. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2009;23(3):153-158. [ Links ]
Accepted 31 January 2012.
Corresponding author: N du Toit (email@example.com)


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Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. Additional features at this hotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, wedding services, and a television in a common area. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge) that operates within 70 km.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.
Timisoara Opera House - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Victory Square - 0.1 km / 0.1 mi
Huniade Castle - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Romanian Orthodox Cathedral - 0.4 km / 0.3 mi
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Piata Uniri - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
St. George's Cathedral - 0.8 km / 0.5 mi
Politehnica University - 1.3 km / 0.8 mi
Piata Balcescu - 1.5 km / 1 mi
Iulius Mall - 1.7 km / 1 mi
Millennium Church - 2 km / 1.2 mi
Piata Traian - 2.2 km / 1.3 mi
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- This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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Regarded by many lovers of the curious and the crazy as one of the best children?s books of all time, Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland is the subject of much speculation and excitement, even 152 years after it was first published..
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In August 2014, the website lovereading.co.uk reported that Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland has sold 100 million copies and is translated into 97 different languages. On top of that, the book has been turned into multiple film adaptations, including the Disney and the Johnny Depp versions, and multiple stage adaptions, the big one of the times being Alice?s Adventures Underground.
Yet, as much as the story lives within our hearts as a fond childhood memory, there are several facts, and the odd speculation, circling the book, that are not so well known, and could hold the power to shatter our dearest memories.
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For example, many literature boffs believe the Queen of Hearts, an angry red queen who screams for blood and who comes into Alice?s life when she is just coming of age, is a representation of menstruation.
Oh yes. And it only gets weirder.
According to research, Lewis Carroll was a paedophile, and the ?real? Alice was one of his victims.
Here?s the theory.
Lewis Carroll, a pseudonym for Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was born with a stutter, and as a result, suffered an unhappy childhood. Despite this, he did well at school, and in 1855, he became mathematical lecturer at Oxford University. He was also an avid photographer.
This is where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the Dean of the University, and her sisters. He had been lecturing for two years when, on an outing to photograph the cathedral, he met with Alice, her sisters and their governess. In his diaries, he claimed, ?we became excellent friends ? We tried to group them in the foreground of the picture, but they were not patient sitters? (Dodgson, Diaries, 1.83). At the time, he would have been twenty-four, Alice not quite four.
Since that day, Carroll became a regular visitor to Alice and her sisters, entertaining then with crocket, boating trips and picnics. It was on one of these picnics (4th July 1862), when Alice was aged ten years old, that Carroll created the story of Alice in Wonderland. Following pleas from Alice to write it down, Carroll did so, and the story that we know today was published 1865.
But within this time, all ties between the Liddell family and Charles Dodgson had been cut off, and the pages of Carroll?s diary that could hold clues mysteriously ripped out, most likely by a Dodgson decedent. There are many theories surrounding this, but the main theory is that Alice received a proposal from Dodgson in this time, and her family, outraged by the unsuitability of the match, ended all contact.
Melanie Benjamin?s novel Alice I Have Been, published in 2009, retells the story of Alice Liddell?s unique friendship and, yes, potential romance, with Lewis Carroll, and if you want to learn more about the ?real? Alice, and her relationship with Carroll, this is an excellent start.
So was Carroll really a paedophile and was Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland the result of an illicit affair? Certainly the very recent research would have us believe so, but the truth us, what really happened will probably never be known for sure. What you can go on is the little evidence that we do have.
Photographs taken of Alice Liddell and her sisters around the time, which see the girls placed in suggestive poses.
The original illustrations that accompanied Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland, drawn by Sir John Tenniel but influenced by Carroll?s own early sketches. While the illustrations don?t particularly resemble Alice Liddell that accurately, the illustrations can be interpreted by some as suggestive, with Alice being sexualised by her slim waist, and her mature facial features, including long lashes, which make her look much older than she would have been. She is also drawn to be holding a baby (well, a pig, but you get the idea).
While not directly linked to Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland, Dodgson?s 1862 poem Stolen Waters follows a youth who finds salvation for his sins through repentance. There is a mention of a child whose youth must be treasured, and who seems to tempt the speaker in some way, possibly in a ?burning kiss?. While the poem is too long to print in full here, you can read the text at Classic Literature.
Similarly, in the third edition of Alice?s Adventure?s in Wonderland, Carroll published a acrostic poem, spelling out Alice Pleasance Liddell, in which the S forms the line ?Still she haunts me?, a line which Katie Roiphe adopts for the title of her book, also about the relationship between Alice Liddell and Charles Dodgson.
It seems that if Dodgson did feel any unsavoury inclinations to Alice or her sisters, or any other child he had befriended, he was strict enough with himself never to give in. As a deeply religious man, it was likely that he felt the weight of his conscience heavy upon him.
In the end, with the little evidence we have, based mostly on speculation, it seems we will never truly know. What do you think? Was Lewis Carroll a paedophile?
One last thing you might not have known about Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland: Despite the loss of contact and the abrupt end of a long and intense friendship, Alice Liddell chose to name her third and youngest son Caryl. Now what do you make of that?
With thanks to @Ellena Restrick, and Tom Crawshaw.
Just a few other important sources when writing this article were:
Morton N. Cohen, ?Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge [Lewis Carroll] (1832-1898)?, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7749, accessed 6 Nov 2017]
Morton N. Cohen, ?Hargreaves [Liddell], Alice Pleasance (1852-1934)?, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/55226, accessed 6 Nov 2017]

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Unlike Benchmade’s Black Class, designed for tactical use among armed services personnel and law enforcement, or the company’s Gold Class, with its luxurious materials and limited-production designs, the Benchmade Blue Class features knives crafted to provide durable, reliable service as everyday carries for people who rely on cutting tools for their work, relaxation, and hobbies. These Blue Class knives use high-quality materials, feature innovative opening mechanisms, and reflect Benchmade’s focus on offering the premium attributes of custom designs in the more cost-effective form of production knives. Just because they’re meant to become a reliable part of your every tool kit doesn’t make these knives ordinary, however, and the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock is no exception. With the introduction of this new monolock, Benchmade doubles the number of its knives that feature titanium handles and frame lock mechanisms.
Although Benchmade holds a patent for its monolock design, the company isn’t known for making many frame lock knives. In fact, the 761 Ti Monolock, introduced as a new model at the tail end of 2014 and dubbed Benchmade’s flagship folder, represented the sole frame lock design in the company’s entire 2015 catalog. The public reaction to the debut of the 761 Ti Monolock mixed considerable enthusiasm with a small measure of controversy, the former for the knife’s chamfered styling and the latter for the thinness of its blade and frame lock. Some hailed the 761 Ti Monolock as a welcome new direction for Benchmade, whereas others expressed more critical assessments of its likely durability, especially in the heavy duty use to which many people subject an EDC.
Now, with the introduction of the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock into the company’s lineup, a smaller sibling takes its place next to the 761 Ti Monolock. If you’re already familiar with the 761 Ti Monolock, you’ll find the new Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock’s design surpassingly familiar, from its drop-point blade with thumb stud opener to its titanium handle and frame lock. The 761 Ti Monolock’s modern look, its easy-opening blade, and its thoughtful design touches all appear here in the more compact package of the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock.
Many of Benchmade’s best-known, best-selling designs reflect the company’s tradition of partnering with leading custom designers to produce knives that pair the exclusive features and innovative materials typical of limited editions with the manufacturing capabilities, production quality control, and marketing reach of a big company with a well-established network of dealers. In the case of the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock, however, the look and the feature set all come directly from Benchmade’s own in-house team. The same home-grown roots hold true for the 761 Ti Monolock, the larger knife that’s the antecedent of and the inspiration for this new design.
The Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock features a drop-point blade shape. In this configuration, the spine of the blade curves down slightly toward the point, in a convex shape that offers greater tip thickness than other designs often selected for EDC use, such as the clipped-point. Single edged, with a relatively generous belly curve on the cutting surface of the blade, a drop-point makes a strong choice for users who face a wide variety of cutting chores. Look for this blade profile among hunting knives, tactical blades, and tools designed for chefs. A side-mounted thumb stud opens the blade of the 765 Mini Ti Monolock, which moves smoothly and swiftly on thrust bearing washers. You may feel compelled to compare the blade deployment on the 765 Mini Ti Monolock to the responsiveness of an automatic mechanism.
You’ll find a plain cutting edge on the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock, unless you opt for Model 765S, which includes serrations, or rip teeth, on the left side of the blade. Three groups of teeth occupy just under half the cutting edge of the model 765S Mini Ti Monolock, giving it an extra advantage when you’re faced with rope, paracord, wood, or other fibrous materials to cut.
The Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock’s drop-point blade features a satin finish, reducing reflective glare without adding an overall coating. To personalize your knife, opt for Benchmade’s lasermarking service, which can add a commemorative message or symbolically important graphics to the blade or handle of most Benchmade designs at an additional charge. You can select this option when you purchase your Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock or add it later.
Remember that Benchmade’s LifeSharp warranty service can restore the factory sharpness to your knife if and when it loses its edge. Ship your product back to Benchmade’s Oregon headquarters, and a dedicated team of technical specialists will disassemble, clean, and refurbish your knife, as well as sharpening it to its original performance. Note that the LifeSharp service does not apply to the serrated portions of Benchmade blades.
Two of Europe’s leading steel companies, Austria’s Bohler and Sweden’s Uddeholm, merged to form Bohler-Uddeholm. This European steel producer created M390 using third generation powder metal technology. The result is a super steel with superior corrosion resistance, hardness, and wear resistance. Bohler refers to M390 as “Microclean” in reference to its ability to achieve a true mirror finish in applications that require it. Frequently used in creating surgical blades, M390 can be somewhat difficult to sharpen, although other steels far outdistance the challenges it presents. This high-carbon stainless steel alloy incorporates 1.9% carbon, 20.0% chromium, 0.3% manganese, 1.0% molybdenum, 0.6% phosphorus, 0.6% tungsten, 4.0% vanadium. Thanks to the addition of vanadium, M390 measures 60 to 62 HRC on the Rockwell Hardness Scale. The high chromium content well exceeds the threshold for stainless steel and points to M390’s excellent corrosion resistance. Chromium also increases tensile strength and hardness. Molybdenum contributes to edge retention, as well as high-temperature strength, while tungsten boosts wear resistance, especially in combination with chromium and molybdenum.
Like its bigger sibling, the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock features a sandblasted, oiled handle that’s milled from 6AL-4V billet titanium. The finish gives the handle a textured feel under the hand, similar in tactile qualities to the sensation of touching a powdercoated surface.
Benchmade chose 6AL-4V, a Grade 5 titanium alloy, for the strength-to-weight ratio this lightweight exotic material offers, as well as for titanium’s corrosion resistance in exposure to the natural environment or to production chemicals. Titanium weighs 60% more than aluminum but offers twice as much strength. It’s 45% lighter than low-carbon steels, with greater strength, and can be used for surgical implants because the human body doesn’t reject it. This versatile metal owes the start of its prominence in today’s industrial use to the boom in titanium production during the 1950s, as aircraft and aerospace manufacturing emerged in importance and titanium became useful in structural components, hydraulics, and engine components for aircraft, rockets, and spacecraft.
Titanium alloys fall into three major categories, including alpha, alpha plus beta, and beta, depending on the types of elements added to these alloys as stabilizers. As the name of this particular alloy shows, its formula incorporates 6% aluminum (an alpha stabilizer) and 4% vanadium (a beta stabilizer), making 6AL-4V an alpha plus beta alloy. Unlike alpha-phase titanium, which demonstrates strength, and beta-phase titanium, which can be made extremely thin because of its ductile qualities, alpha-beta-phase titanium combines both strength and ductility. 6AL-4V exceeds the strength of pure titanium, and offers the same stiffness and thermal properties as the pure substance. This particular alloy accounts for more than half the titanium used in production, thanks to its high strength, light weight, corrosion resistance, and suitability for use in multiple types of production methods. It can be rolled, forged, pressed, drawn, extruded, or milled, and it also demonstrates increases in strength after suitable heat treatment. Benchmade machines the handles for the 765 Mini Ti Monolock from billet titanium alloy rather than casting them, which contributes to the smooth lines of the chamfered design.
You can sum up the hallmarks of the handle design on the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock in one word: Precise. From the crisply rendered chamfering inside the lanyard hole to the chamfered milling on the gripping surfaces of the handle, both scales feature a look that’s long on clean lines and easy in the hand. Benchmade uses billet titanium and sophisticated 3D milling to produce these parts, which renders them in the modern design that also characterize the 761 Ti Monolock. The final finish owes its character to sandblasting, giving the handle a relatively non-reflective character consistent with its natural color.
The basis of a monolock or frame lock design renders the lock bar as an integral part of the handle itself. When the Benchmade 761 Ti Monolock debuted, some reviewers thought it used too thin a lock bar for the sturdy, enduring service that should characterize an EDC knife, but the mechanism has proven itself in the year since the 761 came on the market. Like the 761, the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock incorporates an adjustable stop pin to customize how far the blade opens. The entire body of the knife holds together with a minimal collection of hardware, including only three Torx screws along with the blade pivot. Inside the open design, scalloped standoffs add to the distinctive look of the 765 Mini Ti Monolock, which adds a custom look to a production knife.
On the spine of the blade just inside the handle, jimping grooves set flush with the back of the handle and align with the jimping grooves on the inside of the open design. The geometric symmetry of this functional feature enhances the appearance of the knife.
The Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock features a sandblasted, oiled titanium pocket clip attached with two Torx screws. Like its bigger sibling, the 761 Ti Monolock, the new 765 features a clip that covers the blade pivot. Unlike the 761, however, the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock includes a reversible tip-up or tip-down pocket clip, a feature that some reviewers criticized the 761 for failing to include.
Knife Dimensions and Weight
The dimensional differences between the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock and the 761 Ti Monolock define the principal distinctions between these two closely related products. At 7.46 inches long open and 4.22 inches long closed, the 765 Mini Ti Monolock runs 1.14 inches shorter open and 0.65 inches shorter closed than its larger relative. Its blade runs 3.24 inches long, 0.49 inches shorter than the 761 Ti Monolock. It weighs in at 3.16 ounces, or 1.2 ounces less than the 761 Ti Monolock. The two knives feature almost identical blade thicknesses, at 0.115 inches for the 765 Mini Ti Monolock and 0.12 inches for the 761 Ti Monolock. Likewise, their handle thicknesses also match up closely, at 0.41 inches for the 765 Mini Ti Monolock and 0.42 inches for the 761 Ti Monolock. These sets of similarities point to the functional equivalence of the knives’ monolock mechanisms.
If you’re looking for a compact folding knife with a precision milled titanium handle and a smooth, quick opening blade action, the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock may be just the ticket to become your next everyday carry. This new Benchmade design packs the same level of precision and performance that you’ve seen or heard about in the 761 Ti Monolock, but in a smaller size with the flexibility of a tip-up or tip-down pocket clip. With two blade finish options, including either a plain edge or the convenience of left-side serrations, the Benchmade 765 Mini Ti Monolock pairs the good looks of precision millwork with the high performance of thrust bearing washers on a frame lock knife. Of course, a monolock with a thumb stud doesn’t lend itself to ambidextrous use, so if you’re not right handed, you may want to look elsewhere for an EDC.
Shipped stowed away inside a protective layer of plastic within a microfiber storage bag tucked into Benchmade’s trademark Blue Class box, the 765 Mini Ti Monolock is the only frame lock knife among Benchmade’s new introductions for 2016. Reviewers found much to like in the looks, feel, and performance of the 761 Ti Monolock when it came on the market for 2015, and the the new 765 Mini Ti Monolock looks ready to repeat that noteworthy introduction.
|765 Mini Ti Monolock
|761 Ti Monolock
|Weight||3.16 oz.||4.26 oz.|
|Handle material||Machined and sand-blasted 6AL-4V billet titanium with thrust bearing washers||Machined and sand-blasted 6AL-4V billet titanium with thrust bearing washers|
|Blade material||Bohler M390 Microclean super premium stainless steel||Bohler M390 Microclean super premium stainless steel|
|Blade hardness||60-62 RC||60-62 RC|
|Blade edge type||Plain (765) or serrated (765S)||Plain (761) or serrated (761S)|
|Pocket clip||Titanium, tip-up or tip-down||Titanium, tip-down|
|Sheath material||Sheath sold separately||Sheath sold separately|
|Benchmade product class||Blue Class||Blue Class|
|User||Right handed||Right handed|
|Manufacturer’s suggested retail prices||765 and 765S: $355||761 and 761S: $390|

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It was in 2017 when everybody seems to be talking about cryptocurrencies. Surely, this was the year when BitCoin and other popular cryptos peaked. Cryptos appear to be popular to millennials, but Gen X and few baby boomers still give this currency a chance. Now, what exactly is a cryptocurrency? Cryptos are basically currencies that are regulated through encryption techniques. It’s now considered as a digital asset that is ideal for secure financial transactions. Cryptos are mainly used to transact online and invest in startup businesses. People see its value because unlike bank transactions, whatever you do with your cryptos
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Llandaff Cathedral Choir will be giving a concert of well-known choral music at the Cathedral next Wednesday, July 12, at 7pm.
The concert marks the culmination of the first year of the choir under the direction of Stephen Moore who took up the appointment of Director of Music in September 2016.
He said, “The Cathedral Choir has gone from strength-to-strength this year, with an increase in confidence meaning a large amount of choral music has been learnt and performed. This concert gives us the chance to show off what we get up to on a daily and weekly basis, and to perform some wonderful choral music on our home turf! I hope people from across the diocese will want to come and experience the labours of a year’s hard work.”
The choir will perform music by Howells, Ireland, Mendelssohn, Walton and Wesley, amongst others. Tickets are priced at £10, £8 (concessions) and £5 for students and can be purchased on the door. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the concert.
Pictures of the choir courtesy of Huw Riden.