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Pelosi, Boxer turn up heat to make the Hill green / They want Congress' buildings to become national models of energy efficiency
Their goal, which they say should set an example for others across the country, is to make Congress' vast complex of buildings more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
The effort grows out of the two leaders' concern over global warming, an issue they hope to address in legislation that the new Democratic Congress could pass this year.
Their actions also reflect a nationwide boom in interest in green buildings that reduce their impact on the environment.
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The San Francisco Democratic speaker sent a letter Friday to the House chief administrative officer, directing him to report back to her by April 30 on how a "Green the Capitol" initiative could be implemented. She said she wants the House, which has about 10,000 employees scattered across several million square feet of office space, to institute "the most up-to-date industry and government standards for green building and green operating procedures."
On the Senate side of the Capitol, Democrat Boxer has used her role as the new chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee to initiate a pilot program to get senators to adopt more energy-efficient lighting in their offices.
So far, seven Senate offices have joined hers in a pilot program to install "dimmable ballast" lights that sense the brightness of outside light and dim or intensify internal lighting accordingly. The change can cut electricity use an estimated 50 percent.
Boxer also is pushing a bill to accelerate energy-efficiency retrofits in federal office buildings across the country.
"I think it's fantastic," Doug Catlin of the U.S. Green Building Council said of the efforts to address energy use in buildings that, in the case of the Capitol itself, date back two centuries.
"People look to their members of Congress to be leaders, to set an example," said Catlin, head of the nonprofit council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program for existing buildings. The program is a rating system for the adoption of green materials and environmentally friendly operating practices in buildings.
Even before Pelosi's letter, other House leaders had begun studying how to turn their offices into more efficient users of energy. Catlin was recently asked by the staff of the House Science and Technology Committee to go over its space in the 42-year-old Rayburn House Office Building, by far the biggest of the Capitol's office buildings with 2.4 million square feet of office space.
The other two office buildings for House members are older. The Cannon Building, with 672,000 square feet, opened in 1908, and the 600,000-square-foot Longworth Building opened in 1935.
The historic Capitol itself, which throughout much of its 207-year history has been a construction zone, is undergoing a vast underground expansion along its east front for a half-million-square-foot visitors' center that will also include more office space.
Senators are dispersed among three office buildings.
Catlin said that much could be done to save energy in the H-shaped Rayburn Building without spending a lot of money. He said the building's system of heating for Washington's winters and famously hot and swampy summers probably could be fine-tuned to use less energy without replacing lots of equipment.
Even if expensive heating and air conditioning systems have to be replaced, Catlin said the government might be able to save money by using "performance contracting," in which private firms would finance the equipment and would be paid back out of the energy saved by the upgrades.
Security concerns prevent lawmakers from opening most of the windows of the Capitol and their office buildings.
Catlin said lighting could be upgraded, much as Boxer is starting to do in the Senate, and motion detectors could be installed in offices to turn off lights when no one is present.
He said that in many cases, a lot of energy, and dollars, can be saved by improved metering of energy use. That makes people aware of how much energy they're using and increases the likelihood they'll conserve.
Catlin said windows could be coated on the outside with ultraviolet-reducing film to reduce heat entering buildings and keep out harmful UV rays.
And he suggested that office cleaning could be switched to daytime so that lights could be turned off at night, although when Congress is in session staffers work late into the evening.
Buildings that follow the council's green design standards use one-third less energy than their conventional counterparts, which translates into a lot of energy in a nation with about 4.5 million commercial buildings encompassing 72 billion square feet of space. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that buildings use more than 70 percent of the nation's electricity and more than 50 percent of its natural gas.
And if the House wants to get more exotic, it could install solar panels to make electricity or to heat water or could plant roof gardens to keep buildings cooler in the summer and capture storm water runoff.
In Pelosi's letter, which also was signed by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, D-Carson (Los Angeles County), who chairs the House Administration Committee, House officials were told to report on current conditions in the buildings and offer a timetable for improvements. Money for the work would have to be appropriated by Congress.
Greening the Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco has asked the chief administrative officer of the House to recommend by April 30 ways the Capitol and lawmakers' offices can establish "green building and green operating procedures" to reduce energy use, become more environ-
mentally friendly and save money.
Here are some suggestions from an expert, Doug Catlin of the U.S. Green Building Council:
-- Place motion detectors in lights.
-- Fine-tune heating and air-conditioning systems to use less often.
-- Coat windows on the outside with ultraviolet-reducing film to reduce heat entering buildings and keep out harmful UV rays.
-- Plant more trees nearby to shade the buildings and lower the inside temperature during the capital's hot, humid summer.
-- Place solar panels on the roofs.
-- Clean the buildings during the day so lights can be off at night.

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These are extraordinary times and extraordinary times require public and private sector utilization of extraordinary measures to solve societal issues like the housing crisis. This issue cannot be properly addressed piecemeal.

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Sinn Fein TD Eoin Ó Broin and Fine Gael Senator Regina O’Doherty will guest-present Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder this week.
With the Oireachtas recess in place, the station decided to hand the reins over to two of Ireland’s most prominent politicians for its evening drivetime show.
"After a busy, and often turbulent, year for politics, this will be an opportunity for Newstalk listeners to hear from elected representatives on both sides of the political spectrum,” a spokesperson for the station said.
Deputy Ó Broin will present the show on Tuesday, Senator O’Doherty will lead the way for Tuesday’s show and Kieran Cuddihy will be back in his chair on Thursday.
Speaking about the news, Ms O’Doherty said: “Not that old a dog that I can’t learn a few new tricks! So looking forward to presenting The Hard Shoulder and getting my teeth into the big stories of the day.”
Newstalk’s managing editor, Patricia Monahan, said: “While the Dáil and Seanad may have gone into recess, the issues that exercise our listeners on a daily basis have not gone away.
"The cost of living crisis, the housing shortage, the ongoing impact of the pandemic are things that continue to affect their lives every day.
"We welcome this opportunity to have representatives of two of Ireland's biggest political parties hear directly from those listeners and to give them a chance to engage directly on these issues and many more.”


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War crime? Syrian rebels execute POWs
A horrifying amateur video from Syria emerged online, showing an apparent mass execution of Assad supporters in Aleppo at the hands of rebels from the Free Syria Army.
The footage shows several bloodied men stripped down to their underwear being forced to kneel by a wall amidst a throng of excited, machine gun-touting men.
Once their captors open fire, the camera jerks away as the crowd momentarily disperses, seemingly unprepared for the nearly 40 seconds of uninterrupted shooting that follows. As the gunfire dies down, shouts of “Allahu Akbar!” resound as the once skittish onlookers victoriously raise their guns in the air, approaching what appears to be a pile of stripped-down corpses.
One of the victims has been identified as Ali Zein Al-Abidin Al-barri; the rebels accused him and his family of killing 15 FSA soldiers during a truce in Aleppo on Tuesday.
The video depicting the apparent massacre has not been verified, though the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said such vengeance was a crime as Islamic law does not authorize the execution of prisoners.
Clive Baldwin, a senior legal adviser for Human Rights Watch (HRW), told BBC News: "What it looks like is execution of detainees and if that is the case, that would be a war crime."
Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov condemned the shooting. "The brutal massacre of government supporters by the opposition in the city of Aleppo shows that human rights violations are being committed by both sides,” he wrote on Twitter.
It is not the first time that reports have emerged of rebels carrying out executions against pro-Assad forces without trial.
Ahmed, a rebel fighter from the Amr bin al-Aas brigade which operates in the Syrian town of Azaz, recounted the execution of a Syrian army sniper named Rami who was shot dead after a graveside “trial,” Reuters reports.
Ahmed says Rami was firing from the top of a high minaret at a
local mosque before he was
"We took him right to his grave and, after hearing the witnesses' statements, we shot him dead," the agency sites Ahmed as saying.
Ahmed made it clear that his forces often capture “handfuls of soldiers” in battle, saying that his men would create courts for the captured men and execute them.
However, when pressed on the specifics of creating makeshift
courts to justify killing those captured in battle, Ahmed
"The culture of lawyers has long passed. I mean a guy like that," Ahmed said, referring to the slain sniper Rami, “what do you think his fate should be?"
Such extra-judicial killings might be a sign of things to come if the 17-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad spins further out of control.
Asia Times Online correspondent Pepe Escobar told RT that such massacres occur “all the time” in today's Syria. He believes, however, that summary executions of this nature will push minorities to fight against the rebels.
“I received this video from a source in Arabic, and then I asked for a translation. This is a very important clan in Northern Aleppo. Some of them were executed in cold blood, this is what this two and a half minute video shows. This is an extended clan. They have like 20,000 brothers, sisters and extended family in this tribal clan,” Escobar said.
“So this means that all of these people, instead of being recruited to the opposition, now they will fight the opposition because they are being executed in cold blood. This explains, among other things, why Christians all over Syria are taking up arms to defend themselves. Because they know if there is a post-Assad controlled [government] by Sunni hardcore elements, including Salafi jihadists, they are going to be unprotected minorities. At the moment they are protected minorities under the Assad regime," he continued.

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A Yahoo e-mail account opened by the woman at the center of a massive and ugly journalistic hoax might provide the last nail in the coffin for her claims of innocence. Lawyers representing a University of Virginia official suing both “Jackie” and Rolling Stone magazine for defamation have discovered the account, opened up the day before an e-mail from a mysterious “Haven Monahan” tried to convince another U-Va student of Jackie’s love for him. The attorneys for Nicole Eramo have filed a motion accusing “Jackie” and her lawyers of hiding this information — and they may have a smoking gun on that allegation, too, as the Washington Post’s T. Rees Shapiro reports:
New evidence shows that a University of Virginia student who alleged that she was gang raped at a campus fraternity created the fake persona of the alleged ringleader of the attack, according to lawyers representing a U-Va. official who is suing Rolling Stone magazine for defamation. …
The data from Yahoo that Eramo’s lawyers acquired via subpoena shows that the e-mail account “[email protected]” was created on Oct. 2, 2012 while connected to U-Va.’s computer network. The next day, Duffin received an e-mail from “Haven” passing on a letter Jackie had written to “Haven” about Duffin. In the letter, Jackie confesses her love for Duffin.
In a civil lawsuit, both sides are entitled to full discovery, and Eramo’s team specifically demanded any information Jackie possessed about “Haven.” Her attorneys insisted that they and Jackie have complied with the requirements of discovery. However, this information only recently came to Eramo’s legal team via the subpoena. The data trail on the account suggests that the law firm lied earlier to Eramo’s attorneys about the status of their discovery compliance:
In the most recent court filing, Eramo’s lawyers note, however, that the data from Yahoo shows that someone on the Stein Mitchell law firm’s network accessed the [email protected] e-mail address on March 18, 2016. Four days later, Eramo’s lawyers assert in court filings, Jackie’s lawyers sent another letter indicating “that Jackie was not in possession of these emails.” …
Data also shows that Jackie has not complied fully with a court order to hand over everything in her possession for evidence that could be used in the trial for the lawsuit, Eramo’s lawyer wrote. They have deposed her, under court order, regarding the Rolling Stone story, but parties to the lawsuit have been barred from discussing that deposition.
Worth noting: Jackie got deposed only after the alleged deception on discovery, as a judge ordered her to do so a couple of weeks after the law firm accessed the e-mail account. A court might find this alleged lack of discovery compliance troubling, especially considering the timing. If true, Jackie’s attorneys didn’t do their homework very well about the data trail that e-mail systems leave. Once they accessed it, they would have had no way to cover their knowledge of the system. Maybe they should take a couple of lessons in data forensics, eh? Or maybe they just got one.
That’s more of a sideshow, though. The new evidence makes it painfully clear that “Haven” not only never existed, but that Jackie deliberately created the persona for the purposes of fraud. (If it wasn’t Jackie who did so, then how did her attorneys access the account in the first place?) She catfished Duffin in an attempt to get his attention, and then everyone else in an attempt to get everyone’s attention with phony allegations of rape and official hostility toward victims, using “Haven Monahan” as the mastermind of the attack. And the saps at Rolling Stone turned out to be easy marks, until others (like Shapiro) did the investigative reporting that Rolling Stone and Sabrina Rubin Erdely pretended to do.
Small wonder Jackie isn’t fully complying with discovery. It will be interesting to see what else she’s hiding.

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Want great skin, a sharper mind + vibrant health (and to get through cold & flu season unscathed)?
If you only commit to adding one healthy food to your diet, it’s a good idea that it’s the small but mighty blueberry.
Why? These little berries are SO packed with beautifying, immune boosting + brain enhancing benefits (just to name a few) that eating just a cup a day is a total game changer.
Plus, superfoods like blueberries can be like a gateway drug – once you start with one (and begin seeing & feeling results), you’re gonna want more.
Here are some of the amazing things that blueberries can do for:
- Your brain: This beautiful berry is one of the highest foods in antioxidants, which can give your brain a boost (increasing concentration / helping to heal damaged brain cells / improving motor skills & memory). Just a cup of blueberries a day can stimulate the growth of new brain cells.
- Your skin: Blueberries are packed with vitamin C, which can hydrate the skin and increase collagen production (preventing wrinkles & increasing elasticity). Vitamin C can also help strengthen the blood vessels below the surface of your skin, which can help repair or prevent broken capilaries & spider veins. The antioxidants in blueberries neutralize free radicals that can damage skin cells, and can help protect your skin from the sun. (All things that keep your skin looking youthful). Blueberries can also help normalize oil levels. They’re anti-inflammatory, and can help reduce redness, scars & acne.
- Your hair: Proanthocyanidins in blueberries have been found to stimulate hair growth.
- Your overall health: Blueberries can strengthen the immune system, help prevent urinary tract infections and a number of diseases. They can help reduce abdominal fat and cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. They’re great for gut health and can protect against intestinal inflammation, especially when paired with probiotics (See this article for details.) Bonus: Anything that’s great for the gut is also fantastic for the immune system, brain & skin.
1. Whenever possible, eat WILD blueberries:
- It’s said that wild (low bush) blueberries contain 48% more antioxidants than per serving than the larger, cultivated blueberries. (I think they taste better, too)
- I’ve been enjoying the wild blueberries by Wymans for the many years, (you can find them in a 5 pound bag at Costco which seems to last forever). I thought that since they were wild that they didn’t need pesticides, but I was disappointed to find out recently that Maine wild blueberries may be sprayed.
2. If you can’t get wild blueberries and are concerned about pesticides, go organic. (Number of Chemicals found on blueberries when grown conventionally: 52). Antioxidants are also found in higher quantities in organic blueberries than in conventional ones.
3. It’s best to eat your blueberries raw, since heat can damage some of their delicate antioxidants. Luckily the nutrients are preserved when frozen.
4. I enjoy blueberries in smoothies (one of my favorites is a cup of frozen blueberries + 1/2 a frozen banana + a handful of spinach + about 1-2 cups of almond milk). Blueberries and raw Kefir are also a great combination, since the berries are so beneficial when combined with probiotics.
Do you eat blueberries on a regular basis, and if so, do you have a recipe you can share? Leave a comment on my facebook page to spread the love!
Drawing from the Dirty Dozen series – © Liz Davison 2011
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India’s weekly domestic copper scrap prices for Berry, heavy and sheet cuttings fell by Rs10,333/mt ($145.17/mt), Rs13,667/mt ($192.03/mt) and Rs20,000/mt ($280.97/mt), respectively. Demand from switch gear manufacturing companies in Maharashtra and Gujarat fell by 20pc.
Prices for domestic armature wire, turnings and utensils scraps rose driven by a rise in the three-month official LME copper contract which increased by $12/mt to $5,735/mt on Wednesday.
The Davis Index for copper armature wire rose by Rs7,500/mt to Rs406,000/mt del India consumer from the prior week. Earlier, scrap traders were reluctant to stock up inventories in anticipation of weak demand. Now their inventories have thinned, and supply of armature wire has tightened in Indian markets. This supply crunch coupled with increased demand by 15pc from copper product manufacturers in Delhi and NCR areas drove the prices upwards.
Among other scrap grades, the Davis Index for domestic copper Berry scrap fell by Rs10,333/mt to Rs419,667/mt del India consumer. The index for copper heavy and sheet cutting fell by Rs13,667/mt, Rs20,000/mt to Rs411,333/mt and Rs400,000/mt del India consumer, respectively.
The demand for busbar rose by 7pc from the prior week from several electric equipment manufacture companies in southern India.

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Are you an aspiring journalist looking to find her way in the communications field?
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In our Twitter chat next Tuesday (Nov. 29) at 9 p.m. ET, we'll be joined by Cindy Hatcher, Senior Editor at Cooking Light magazine. She'll be joining our chat to give you some advice on how to pursue a career in the communications industry and answer the questions you may have about your upcoming job or internship search.
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June 6 - ***GRAPHIC IMAGES*** Amateur video purportedly from Hama shows the aftermath of an attack by pro-Assad forces. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
*****STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES***** ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION Activists said pro-Assad forces killed at least 78 people, including children, in Syria's central province of Hama on Wednesday (June 6). Some of those killed in the village of Mazraat al-Qabeer were stabbed to death, the activists said, and at least 12 bodies had been burned. Some activists who spoke to Reuters said at least 40 of the victims were women and children. Unverified video posted on Wednesday on a social media website purports to show a burned out house and charred corpses. Syria's 15-month revolt against President Bashar al-Assad's rule has grown increasingly bloody in recent months, raising concerns the country may be slipping towards civil war. The killings came less than two weeks after a massacre in the Syrian town of Houla, in which security forces and pro-Assad militia men known as 'shabbiha' killed 108 people, nearly half of them children. Syrian forces had been shelling Mazraat al-Qabeer and the nearby village of Maazarif, which are around 20 km (12 miles) from the central city of Hama. Both massacres took place in the presence of United Nations observers, a 300-strong force sent into Syria to observe a ceasefire deal brokered by international envoy Kofi Annan. The truce was hardly observed by the government or the rebels, who last week said they would no longer honor the ceasefire because of recent killings. There was no comment from the government, and events on the ground are difficult to verify as Syria tightly restricts access to international media. Activists called for an immediate investigation.


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- Origins of Modern Germany
- Senses of Place
- Women and Men: 1760–1960
- States, People, and Nation, 1760–1860
- International Conflict, War, and the Making of Modern Germany, 1740–1815
- Cosmopolitanism and the German Enlightenment
- The Atlantic Revolutions in the German Lands, 1776–1849
- The End of the Economic Old Order: the Great Transition, 1750–1860
- Escaping Malthus: Population Explosion and Human Movement, 1760–1884
- Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, 1760–1871: Enlightenment, Emancipation, New Forms of Piety
- The Formation of German Nationalism, 1740–1850
- German Literature and Thought From 1810 to 1890
- Germany: The Nation State
- Nation State, Conflict Resolution, and Culture War, 1850–1878
- Authoritarian State, Dynamic Society, Failed Imperialist Power, 1878–1914
- The Great Transformation: German Economy and Society, 1850–1914
- Race and World Politics: Germany in the Age of Imperialism, 1878–1914
- Germany 1914–1918. Total War as a Catalyst of Change
- The German National Economy in an Era of Crisis and War, 1917–1945
- Dictatorship and Democracy, 1918–1939
- Piety, Power, and Powerlessness: Religion and Religious Groups in Germany, 1870–1945
- The Place of German Modernism
- Nationalism in the Era of the Nation State, 1870–1945
- Todesraum: War, Peace, and the Experience of Mass Death, 1914–1945
- The Three Horseman of the Holocaust: Anti-Semitism, East European Empire, Aryan Folk Community
- On the Move: Mobility, Migration, and Nation, 1880–1948
- Germany 1945–1989
- Germany is No More: Defeat, Occupation, and the Postwar Order
- Democracy and Dictatorship in the Cold War: the Two Germanies, 1949–1961
- Generations: The ‘Revolutions’ of the 1960s
- Industrialization, Mass Consumption, Post-industrial Society
- Religion and the Search For Meaning, 1945–1990
- Culture in the Shadow of Trauma?
- The Two German States in the International World
- Contemporary Germany
- <i>Annus Mirabilis</i>: 1989 and German Unification
- Germany and European Integration Since 1945
- Toward A Multicultural Society?
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In the ruins of World War II, culture was meant to mend the spiritual wounds and traumatic losses of everyday life by providing meanings and orientations unscathed by the functionalization of aesthetic culture during the Nazi era. This article focuses on the culture ballgame cast under the shadow of trauma raged by the war and its aftermath. Art, literature, theater, film, and music, in both emerging Germanys, were no doubt embraced as conduits for a resurrection of the spirit. However, the traumas left by the immediate past led artistic practitioners and their recipients alike to believe that such a resurrection could only succeed if aesthetic experience was allowed to unfold in relative distance to postwar politics. Postwar German culture, in each of its initial four occupational zones and later in both of its Cold War incarnations, cannot be subsumed under one rubric, let alone be retold with the help of one master narrative.
Lutz Koepnick is Professor of German, Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St Louis.
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* Testing strategy has focused heavily on contact testing/tracing, enabling the identification of a large number of cases, including asymptomatic ones
* Existing resources and facilities re-purposed, rapidly expanding capacity by 2,900 new hospital beds, including 700 new ICU beds
* Containment strategy appears to be working with majority of positive cases so far having presented with a 'very mild disease (91%), with only around 1% requiring treatment in an ICU and 8% requiring hospitalisation'
* Qatar has received global recognition for its efforts to contain Covid-19 pandemic due to having one of the world's lowest mortality rates
HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari, has provided officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO) with an overview of Qatar’s strategy to contain and curb the spread of Covid-19, which has focused heavily on contact tracing to isolate, test and treat as part of breaking the chain of transmission.
"Qatar has received global recognition for its efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic due to having one of the lowest mortality rates in the world," the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said in a statement on Thursday.
The virtual meeting marked the third public dialogue session convened by the WHO.
“To date, more than 94,000 people in Qatar have been tested for Covid-19. Our testing strategy has focused heavily on contact testing/tracing, which has allowed us to identify a larger number of cases, including those who are asymptomatic, as part of a strategy to limit the spread of the disease. Not only does this strategy save lives by stopping the spread of the virus, but it also allows us to treat people earlier and to take proactive steps to prevent complications associated with any existing medical conditions,” HE the Minister said.
“This approach results in a higher number of positive cases, as we can identify clusters, but it is why we have a very low Covid-19 mortality rate and have had a very low number of patients who require ICU care and hospitalisation,” she explained.
The containment strategy "appears to be working with the majority of positive cases in Qatar so far having presented with a very mild disease (91%), with only around 1% requiring treatment in an ICU and 8% requiring hospitalisation", the statement notes. To date, the country has recorded 10 deaths, with a majority of these patients having co-morbidities.
Five hospitals, including two newly opened hospitals in Mesaieed and Ras Laffan, have been designated as dedicated Covid-19 treatment facilities, and the country is collaborating with local, regional and international partners, including the WHO, on a variety of Covid-19 guidelines and care solutions.
In addition to a comprehensive screening and testing strategy, which has seen the establishment of quarantine hotels and isolation facilities with over 30,000 beds, the country has taken a whole-government approach and launched a mobile tracing application, implemented extensive social distancing measures and spearheaded a multi-language, multi-platform public education campaign.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in radical changes to the way medicine is delivered. We have re-purposed existing resources and facilities and have rapidly expanded capacity by 2,900 new hospital beds, including 700 new ICU beds. We have established contingency plans that will enable us to redeploy manpower from other parts of the healthcare system,” HE Dr al-Kuwari said.
“Most outpatient care is now being provided virtually, through telemedicine visits, and we have introduced a number of new services, including an urgent care telephone consultation service, a drive-thru blood coagulation clinic and a medicine delivery service. We are trying to ensure that our most vulnerable citizens are protected while ensuring optimal care for all patients, especially the seriously ill,” she added.
International aid efforts
HE the Minister of Public Health Dr Hanan Mohamed al-Kuwari highlighted Qatar’s international Covid-19 aid efforts during her virtual meeting with World Health Organisation officials.
These efforts have seen Qatar sending medical equipment and supplies to several countries, including China, Iran, Italy, Spain, the US, Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Rwanda and Nepal, and providing financial support to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
Qatar has also aided refugee camps in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
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Fremont PTO presents its annual "Holiday Boutique" featuring unique merchandise from nearly 40 artisans, crafters and area merchants. The boutique is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Fremont Intermediate School, 28754 North Fremont Center Road, Mundelein. In addition to the boutique vendors, there will be a "Scholastic Book Fair" and an opportunity for children to make and purchase their own gifts for family and friends. Admission is free.
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Nothing lifts the mood like the romance of a sunset, and fashions spirits have been raised as designers showcase a blazing spectrum of colours. Hot orange, red, yellow, amber and pink tones light up S/S 13 in vibrant flashes. Worn as a column of solid colour, as seen at Roksanda Ilincic and Carven, or paired together in corresponding shades, inspired by Fendi and Daks, both styles promise warmth and thoughts of the long days of summer. Naturally, they are perfectly complemented by the cool, serene hues of the ocean, with cobalt, turquoise, cerulean and azure acting as calm alternatives.
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Writer and Director Parker Finn along with the cast of the upcoming horror thriller ‘Smile’ gather to discuss the creation of a new type of horror.
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Smile stars Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert, Caitlin Stasey with Kal Penn and Rob Morgan.
The film is executive produced by Adam Fishbach and written and directed by Parker Finn.
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By Dan King - Newcastle United Club Reporter
Welsh tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones will perform Bread Of Heaven in tribute to the late Gary Speed before Newcastle's home game against Chelsea on Saturday.
Hailing from Llanbedrgoch, Anglesey, he made his professional operatic debut in 1995 with Welsh National Opera as Ismaele in Nabucco. Among the roles he has sung for the company are Duca in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La Boheme, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'Amore, the title role in Gounod's Faust and most recently Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly and Don José in Carmen.
He has also performed roles for other British companies and in Europe and America. Jones' extensive concert repertoire includes Verdi's Requiem and Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde.
He has appeared with many orchestras, among them the Academia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Trondheim Symfoniorkester, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jones will lead the 52,000-strong crowd in a rendition of the hymn while supporters in the East Stand hold up black and white cards showing the number 11 - the shirt Speed wore at Newcastle.
All supporters will be provided with hymn sheets at the turnstiles, and upon completion of the hymn a minite's applause will take place.


CARMEL, Ind. — Indiana school districts are facing staffing shortages.
Students are getting ready to head back to school, but many school districts still need bus drivers and food service employees.
“This is something all school districts across the country are facing,” said Gary Clevenger, assistant director of Facilities and Transportation at Carmel Clay Schools. “At the beginning of last year, before we started, we were already 30 down. We lost another 20 just not coming back due to the pandemic.”
He said the district wants to hire 40 to 50 bus drivers and another 15 in food services.
“I could hire 40 drivers today and have every one of them on the road when we start school. If I had 50 drivers I could have 10 on standby,” he said. “Yeah, we are very short, but we are making it work.”
Jennifer McFarland, the director of Food and Nutrition Services at Carmel Clay Schools, told WISH-TV there’s a nationwide shortage of employees in food service.
“In years past, we usually have a few positions to fill, but not to the volume we are experiencing now,” she said. “So, this year we do have double the positions open than we have had in years past. So, I think just the volume we are trying to recruit and onboard is higher than normal.”
The jobs are on a 180-day schedule, with flexible hours and summers off. Carmel said the pay for food services starts at $13.83 an hour and goes up to $16. Bus drivers for the district start at $110.50 a day and can go up to $115.50.
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There is more than one band called Stormhold.
1) Stormhold is a melodic death metal band formed in Gomel, Belarus in 2004.
2) Stormhold is a speed-power-metalband from Gislaved, Sweden.
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There are two bands with this name:
1. Heavy metal group from Sweden. See Metal Archives
2. Slam-oriented death metal from Northwest Indiana.
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The heavy metal band was formed in 2004 in Sweden
Martin Bengtsson (Formerly Arch Enemy & Armegeddon) - Guitar, Vocals
Fredrik Nordstrandh - Guitar, Keyboards
Robert Persson (Formerly Dragonthrone) - Drums
Martin Karlsson (Formerly Dragonthrone) - Bass
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The band started as the original Paganizer lineup (Deadbanger era) getting back together for a drunken project. The band turned into something more serious in the meanwhile. Read more on Last.fm . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
THIS ENDING was created in 2005 but the history goes further back than that. The band existed in a previous incarnation as A Canorous Quintet which was formed in 1991 by Fredrik Andersson, Mårten Hansen and Linus Nirbrant. After some changes the line-up was complete with the addition of Leo Pignon and Jesper Löfgren. The band released an Ep; "As Tears" 1994 and two full length albums; "Silence Of The World Beyond" 1996 and "The Only Pure Hate" 1998. They performed numerous shows with acts like At The Gates, Dissection, Hypocrisy and Edge Of Sanity to name a few, and got known for being a very aggressive live band. They have received a cult following since the mid nineties especially in Sweden and Germany.
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Life insurance tips
Life insurance can be used in many different ways: as a pension provision, as financial security for the surviving dependents in the event of death, as a repayment vehicle, or as security for loans. Find out here the advantages and disadvantages of life insurance and what you should pay attention to before and after concluding the contract.
Benefits of life insurance
The premium payments in a life insurance policy are tax-deductible to a limited extent if the payment is intended to be in the form of annuity payments. Due to the 2016 wage tax reform, special expenses can only be taken into account for existing contracts and only for the years 2016 to 2020.
Disadvantages of life insurance
Life insurance has the disadvantage that profit sharing is non-binding. In addition, they only have very little flexibility: if you need capital during the term, you can suffer high losses. The reasons for this are that the premium shares for life insurance and the insurer’s administrative costs are irretrievable. The brokerage commission of the seller also has an impact. There is also a long capital commitment.
When is life insurance necessary?
Pure risk insurance that only covers death makes more sense than mixed endowment and endowment insurance to protect surviving dependents. It can be taken out for a shorter period and a higher sum insured than is possible with life insurance. In this way, it can be adapted to the current life situation (eg until the end of the children’s training periods).
What you should pay attention to before signing a contract
Life insurance requires a long-term financial commitment and a contractual commitment over many years. Before you decide on a product or a provider, you should obtain comprehensive information and clarify various questions for yourself. Here is a small checklist:
What type of insurance do I actually take out?
What many people often do not realize is that not all life insurance is the same. So take a close look at the offers:
- Is it an endowment and life insurance? Then there is money after a certain term (experience) – or in the event of death (death).
- Is it life insurance? Then it is pure risk insurance that only pays out a contractually fixed sum in the event of the insured person’s death.
- The “premium-subsidized future provision” is sometimes referred to as life insurance. It is a very special form of insurance that is regulated in the Income Tax Act and is intended to be made attractive by a state premium. But be careful: the state premium is not fixed and the yields are often meaner.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of classic endowment life insurance?
Endowment life insurance is a combination of old-age provision and risk protection for family members. It still makes sense. For contracts concluded after January 1st, 2004, the guaranteed interest on a capital life insurance is only 2.75% (before it was at least 3.25%). There are also non-guaranteed surplus shares.
The conclusion of capital life insurance as a company pension through salary conversion is interesting. The self-employed can deduct this insurance as pension expenses.
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Two memorials have been planned for Naomi Lewis, children's writer and critic, who died on 5 July at the age of 97. The official celebration of Naomi's life and work, organised by her brother Toby and nieces Rae and Gina, will be held in Central London in September, with details to come shortly. Those in the children's book world who knew Naomi and would like to be informed about it are invited to contact the family by email on 'raelewis at blueyonder dot co dot uk', or on the following numbers: 0208 994 4310 or 07981 600222.
Another, organised by a neighbour, Brian Blandford, will be held at the Conway Hall this Saturday, 25 July.
Many in the children's book world met Naomi Lewis even in recent years, since she continued to attend literary parties until quite recently; I expect I am not the only one surprised to learn how old she was. Both the Times and the Guardian contained substantial obituaries. They were full of colourful details.
Blake Morrison spoke of Lewis's sweetness of nature, and of how she remembered the names of children she had never met, and of her twice-yearly, hand-written, much-corrected round-ups of children's books - lucid and authoritative once deciphered - in the Observer. Beverley Naidoo admired Lewis's ability to encapsulate the spirit of a book in a few words (invaluable for those round-ups). The coverage also informed us of Lewis's commitment to animal rights, her refusal to review any book that entailed cruelty to animals, her rescuing of stray cats, and her habit of taking injured birds for flying practice in rooms at Conway Hall, safely away from her cats.
We learnt of her committed humanism and her lectures for the South Place Ethical Society - on Primo Levi's literary achievement, on A History of Heaven, and the intriguingly entitled Is Queen Victoria Dead? And that her career as a critic began when she repeatedly won New Statesman competitions under a variety of assumed names, until she finally made her identity known to the editor and was immediately employed. We heard about a perfectionism that made her correct her writing until the last minute so that publishers had been known to wait outside a door for sheets of writing to be successively slipped under it. Of how she once left a mischievous note on the lap of sleeping Julian Symons in the London Library, causing him never to visit the library again. That in an interview for Books for Keeps she was asked if she believed in fairies, and replied: 'Of course, but I am never sure if they believe in me.' And a former pupil wrote in praise of her as an inspiring teacher, her poetry lessons a joy, remembering her enthralling enunciation of Keats Ode to Autumn.
All these details and more made Lewis come across like a richly drawn character in fiction. It made me regret, as is so often the case with posthumous revelations, that I did not know more about her sooner. But what I, and so many people, will remember, is her encyclopedic knowledge of children's literature, and that she wrote so beautifully. Of her prolific output of writing I reviewed only a few books: one was Elf Hill, her collection of retellings of tales from Hans Christian Andersen, in whom she was an expert. The stories, I said, were told with rare and often heart-stopping elegance . She wrote to thank me, in a finely turned letter that embodied the sweetness of nature Morrison referred to.


PrenaTest® is Now Reimbursed by Swiss Statutory Health Insurance Programs
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Now many pregnant women who are insured in Switzerland could benefit from the PrenaTest®. As the first non-invasive prenatal test in Europe for the detection of chromosomal disorders from maternal blood it will be reimbursed by the statutory health insurance (OKP) in Switzerland starting July 15, 2015. This decision was made by the Federal Department of Home Affairs (EDI) on recommendation of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (BAG).
The OKP will cover the costs for the PrenaTest® for pregnant women from the twelfth week of pregnancy, in which a first trimester test has determined an increased risk of at least 1:1000 for the trisomies 21, 18 and 13. In comparison to invasive diagnostic procedures, the PrenaTest® does not present a risk of procedure-related miscarriage. Therefore the BAG expects that the number of performed invasive examinations will significantly be reduced.
“We are very pleased that the PrenaTest® is now available to many affected women in Switzerland. This was a very important goal,” Dr. Michael Lutz, CEO of LifeCodexx AG, comments on the decision of the EDI. “Applications for inclusion of the test in the OKP have already been made by the end of 2013. The positive decision of the Swiss authorities is a clear confirmation that the safe and reliable examination method has proven itself in very short time and is now fully accepted by the doctors. To date, approximately 5,000 pregnant women in Switzerland have already opted for PrenaTest®.”
This is the first time worldwide that non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT) are covered by a state-based health system as part of general health care. In spring 2015, LifeCodexx AG concluded an agreement with Helsana, the leading Swiss health and accident insurer to cover the high-quality PrenaTest® for pregnant women insured by Helsana.
In Germany, the PrenaTest® could become a standard benefit of statutory health insurance programs on a trial basis. To date, it has been paid for by more than 50 private and statutory health insurance programs in Germany and Switzerland in many individual cases. More than 2000 gynecologists in German-speaking countries already offer the PrenaTest® to affected pregnant women.
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Operators are subject to driving rules and equipment requirements (if applicable) when operated on the public streets or highways (which includes the main traveled portion of the road, shoulder and sidewalk). This means that an operator could be cited for speeding, failure to signal, unsafe change of course, driving on the sidewalk, DWI (this would apply to anywhere in the state and not just the streets/highways), and all other driving rules contained within state law that would apply. They may also not ride more than two abreast and may not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. On a laned roadway, they must operate within a single lane.
On October 22, 2014 PA house bill 573 passed into law, which is Act 154, which changes the definition of "pedalcycle" (bicycle) in the PA state vehicle code. "Pedalcycle" is now defined as a vehicle propelled solely by human-powered pedals or a "pedalcycle" (bicycle) with electric assist( a vehicle weighing not more than 100 pounds with two or three wheels more than 11 inches in diameter, manufactured or assembled with an electric motor rated no more than 750 watts and equipped with operational pedals and travels at speeds less than 20 mph). This bill allows the usage of pedal assisted bicycles in PA that follow the adopted state guidelines.
Since fat tire electric bikes are suitable for a wider variety of situations than a standard cruiser or commuter e-bike, they have the potential to appeal to more people. For example, hunters and campers are ideal candidates for fat tire e-bikes, as they’ll benefit greatly from the heavy-duty tires and powerful motor when they’re navigating difficult wooded trails with lots of gear.
Controllers for brushless motors: E-bikes require high initial torque and therefore models that use brushless motors typically have Hall sensor commutation for speed and angle measurement. An electronic controller provides assistance as a function of the sensor inputs, the vehicle speed and the required force. The controllers generally allow input by means of potentiometer or Hall Effect twist grip (or thumb-operated lever throttle), closed-loop speed control for precise speed regulation, protection logic for over-voltage, over-current and thermal protection. Bikes with a pedal assist function typically have a disc on the crank shaft featuring a ring of magnets coupled with a Hall sensor giving rise to a series of pulses, the frequency of which is proportional to pedaling speed. The controller uses pulse width modulation to regulate the power to the motor. Sometimes support is provided for regenerative braking but infrequent braking and the low mass of bicycles limits recovered energy. An implementation is described in an application note for a 200 W, 24 V Brushless DC (BLDC) motor.
"Electric-assisted bicycle" means a bicycle with two or three wheels, a saddle, fully operative pedals for human propulsion, and an electric motor. The electric-assisted bicycle's electric motor must have a power output of no more than one thousand watts, be incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than twenty miles per hour on level ground, and be incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device beyond twenty miles per hour.
With a 150mm-travel RockShox Yari fork and 132mm of rear travel from the RockShox Monarch Plus R shock, the Remote CTRL is Kona’s first dual-suspension e-mountain bike. It’s powered by a 250-watt Bosch Performance Line XC mid-drive motor that uses the company’s progressive E-MTB mode that is adaptable to rider input, which means you don’t have to toggle through assistance modes while riding. It offers assistance up to 20 mph, and the 500Wh integrated battery is the largest Bosch currently offers. Beefy 27.5x2.8-inch Maxxis Recon tires offer plenty of traction and also help to absorb smaller hits.
In the Netherlands all train stations offer free bicycle parking, or a more secure parking place for a small fee, with the larger stations also offering bicycle repair shops. Cycling is so popular that the parking capacity may be exceeded, while in some places such as Delft the capacity is usually exceeded. In Trondheim in Norway, the Trampe bicycle lift has been developed to encourage cyclists by giving assistance on a steep hill. Buses in many cities have bicycle carriers mounted on the front.
While I would have loved to see some higher end components such as disc brakes or built-in lights, the bike still works well for what you get and is a pretty good value for the price. One missing component that I feel would make a big difference is a kickstand. I’ve never seen an e-bike that didn’t come with one, outside of ultra premium multi-thousand dollar road and downhill e-bikes that try to save every gram of weight. But for a commuter, a kickstand is pretty important. You can always add a cheap $7 kickstand from Amazon, but I would have preferred they save us the step and include their own cheap kickstand.
Electric bikes advertise with a huge array of varying ranges, but what is the dominant factor is range? Electric bike range is determined by the battery, and just like other lithium battery products like laptops and cell phones the batteries performance can fluxuate based on a variety of external factors. Extreme cold, rider weight, head winds, hills, rough terrain, tire pressure and many other factors. But since we need to start somewhere to get the general range that a battery can produce there is baseline that we can reference to get a good indicator of range. Take a look at...
In the United States electric bikes have seen slow but steady growth since the late 90’s and as a result, in 2001 congress was lobbied and passed the first and only bill to define ebikes in federal law. This law, 107-319, exempts electrified bicycles with operating pedals using motors under 750 watts limited to 20 mph from the legal definition of a motor vehicle.2.
Having spent some quality time with Wing’s e-bike, I understand why so many people are excited about the growing popularity of electric-powered vehicles like bikes and scooters. They take a lot of the work out of getting from point A to point B, while retaining all of the joy. They can give you more confidence when navigating a treacherous city terrain that prioritizes cars over people. And let’s face it: bikes are cool, and always will be.
At first glance, Wing’s e-bikes share some design features with Dutch e-bike company VanMoof’s flagship bikes, most noticeably the elongated top tube (23.3 inches) with embedded front and rear lights. There are differences — VanMoof’s battery is embedded in the frame, while Wing’s is external — but to look at them side-by-side, one could easily conclude that Wing is just a less-expensive version of the VanMoof.
Put the wheel with the electric hub on your bike and connect the brake components. Simply reverse the process you used to remove the wheel in order to reinstall it. Be sure to adjust the chain so it fits properly if you’re replacing the back wheel. If the bike has rim or cantilever brakes, simply close them over the new wheel using the lever. If the bike has disc brakes, put the pads back in place and secure them using the clips, springs, or cotter or retaining pin.
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None of this would matter if the VanMoof Electrified S2 (and its close relative the X2) wasn't fun to ride, but it is a blast. Like the Brompton, it pulls off the neat trick of powering you along but giving the illusion that you're doing the work, reacting quickly and cleverly to the speed of your pedalling and the difficulty of any incline you're on.
I had gotten this to build an electric bike but I have never worked with wires before so I didn't realize that we needed to attach our own connectors to the wires. The person who I talked to at Joyisi was super nice and explained that to me and even offered to send me connectors for free. I had already ended up getting a different bike altogether though and so I just wanted to return the battery. But because I am returning it for my own reasons (as opposed to the battery being faulty), they would normally have me pay for return shipping and deduct the cost of shipping to me (which is a lot, because they are international) and the inspection fee from my refund, but they were super nice and offered to take on most of the costs and I would only have to pay for the return
Great question… a real world situation from someone doing their best to follow the law but also be realistic about time/distance. What follows is my opinion on the matter based on lots of electric bike riding experience, this is not legal advice. You can probably ride with electric assist across the dirt way with no issues and avoid any negative response that might arise as long as you’re polite to other cyclists and pedestrians and pedal along without going too fast. If someone called you out about it you could easily hop off, walk your bike and explain that you use the assist to help make your commute possible or possibly, like me, you have a knee injury and it’s difficult to pedal through softer terrain like gravel. Another different approach might be to shut the bike off completely before entering the gravel section, you could even take the battery off and put it in a backpack or as mentioned earlier… just walk the bike. Imagine if you had a motorized dirt bike and were just pushing it along a sidewalk… this kind of vehicle definitely is not allowed on sidewalks or most gravel paths like the one you’re describing but if you were escorting it carefully, you’d be honoring the spirit of the law and if an officer or pedestrian jumped out and started questioning you about your “motorized vehicle” it is my feeling that a genuine explanation and apology or request for guidance would go very well. I personally have never had issues riding electric bikes in part because I am thoughtful about how I use them. I do occasionally switch them off and sometimes I get off and walk. I have asked police in many cities across the US what they thought about ebikes and in every case I have received positive interest and support with guidance to ride safe with a helmet and follow traffic laws in the street. I hope this helps and I wish you well, it’s nice that you care enough to ask and I hope you’re treated well by others out on the road. The flip side of this response is that I have been harassed, yelled at and even swerved at by automobiles when riding bicycles and electric bikes. This usually happens in the evening after work lets out when traffic is heavy and I’m riding on the shoulder or in the street (where marked to do so) and I believe it has to do with territory, testosterone and socio-economic standing more so than laws or anything like that.
Class 1 makes great inroads to establish set boundaries for off road/natural surface trail access for eMountain bikes. There is fierce resistance from some mountain biking purists to allow ebikes on trails. BPSA and IMBA have done good work to justify the impact of class 1 ebikes on natural surface trails, and eliminate the wear-n-tear argument, though IMBA members are not 100% on board.
I eventually got used to it over time, but at first having both kids behind me made the bike feel like it would sway to or fro perilously. I think it was just too much weight to navigate safely, and would be fine with younger kids that didn’t come close to the 120-pound weight limit for the rear cargo area. Overall I’m still a bit partial to a box-style bike if I’m hauling multiple kids and want to be able to see what they’re doing.
The Freedom’s motor gives you five different levels of boost, and the 36-volt battery offers up to 35 miles of range. You can track your power level and speed, as well as your battery life, on a digital display mounted to the handlebar. I have to admit I spent nearly all my time on the Freedom riding in the highest level, where I could pedal up to 19 mph to 20 mph without even breaking a sweat.
But unlike other battery mounted controllers, the Baserunner also stands on its own too. If you upgrade to a different battery model in the future that doesn't fit the cradle, simply remove the Baserunner from the base and use it as a miniature stand alone controller with your new battery pack. That's Grin thinking about your future options for you.
Built around a heavy-duty alloy frame, the GSD eschews many of the traits of other cargo bikes: long wheelbases, bigger wheels, and especially, an unwieldy ride. Yet it boasts an extensive capacity, nimble handling—even fully loaded, thanks to a short wheelbase and 20-inch wheels—and enduring range in a package not much bigger than most non-cargo e-bikes. The stout frame holds a 250-watt Bosch motor that gives up to 275 percent of your power back to the pedals and reaches 20 mph. The GSD has room for two battery packs, extending the batteries’ combined range to a claimed 150 miles and making the Tern one of the longest-lasting e-bikes on the market. A laundry list of accessories and a (claimed) 396-pound carrying capacity round out the GSD’s status as an epic day-tripper.
Controllers for brushed motors: Brushed motors are also used in e-bikes but are becoming less common due to their intrinsic lower efficiency. Controllers for brushed motors however are much simpler and cheaper due to the fact they don't require hall sensor feedback and are typically designed to be open-loop controllers. Some controllers can handle multiple voltages.
Beginning January 1, 2017, manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles will be required to apply a label that is permanently affixed, in a prominent location, to each electric bicycle, indicating its class. Should a user "tamper with or modify" an electric bicycle, changing the speed capability, they must replace the label indicating the classification.
Another type of electric assist motor, often referred to as the mid-drive system, is increasing in popularity. With this system, the electric motor is not built into the wheel but is usually mounted near (often under) the bottom bracket shell. In more typical configurations, a cog or wheel on the motor drives a belt or chain that engages with a pulley or sprocket fixed to one of the arms of the bicycle's crankset. Thus the propulsion is provided at the pedals rather than at the wheel, being eventually applied to the wheel via the bicycle's standard drive train.
This is list of the best performing, best value electric bikes for 2018 / 2019. For each category I list two models, the first recommendation is based on performance and the second is based on affordability. As you explore the list and get to know EBR, check out the ebike community forum for more personalized feedback. Share your height, weight, budget and intended use (along with bikes you like) to get advice from actual owners and moderators.
J. K. Starley's company became the Rover Cycle Company Ltd. in the late 1890s, and then simply the Rover Company when it started making cars. Morris Motors Limited (in Oxford) and Škoda also began in the bicycle business, as did the Wright brothers. Alistair Craig, whose company eventually emerged to become the engine manufacturers Ailsa Craig, also started from manufacturing bicycles, in Glasgow in March 1885.
There are individuals who claim to have lost considerable amounts of weight by using an electric bike. A recent prospective cohort study however found that people using e-bikes have a higher BMI. By making the biking terrain less of an issue, people who wouldn't otherwise consider biking can use the electric assistance when needed and otherwise pedal as they are able. This means people of lower fitness levels or who haven't cycled in many years can start enjoying the many health benefits E-bikes have to offer.


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By Claudette Roulo
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 – The U.S. military health system is unique among the world’s military forces, the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs said here yesterday.
The system is able to “simultaneously engage in combat, medical operations, support a comprehensive peacetime health system and respond to humanitarian crises around the world,” Dr. Jonathan Woodson told members of the House Appropriations Committee.
Woodson added that “the hard-earned medical lessons of Afghanistan and Iraq have transposed themselves to the civilian environment with life-saving practices that benefit all of American society.”
The medical readiness of the armed forces remains at the center of Defense Department strategy, Woodson said.
“That strategy is coupled with our mission of maintaining a medical-ready force,” he said, “a force of professionals that are well-trained, engaged in ongoing clinical practice and supported by military hospitals and clinics that are operating at optimal medical capacity.”
“As we maintain our readiness, support combat operations and deliver health care services to 9.6 million beneficiaries, we must also be responsible for the budget set we are given,” Woodson said.
Sequestration continues to present significant challenges to the health care system, he said, adding that it would create potentially catastrophic effects if it continues through 2014. Military medicine programs must absorb $3.2 billion in budget cuts over the rest of fiscal year 2013, which ends Sept. 30, Woodson said, a nearly 8 percent reduction. About half of that reduction is coming from the funds available to pay the TRICARE military health plan and private-sector health care providers, he noted.
“In light of this,” Woodson continued, “the department has proposed both internal and external reforms that are further expanding our joint engagement in almost every facet of our operations.”
Internally, he said, the department is reforming how the Military Health System is organized, with the goal of continuing to develop a health care system that integrates the services, the Veterans Affairs Department and the private sector.
“We are charting a collaborative path forward to eliminate redundancies within the Military Health System, improve business practices and clinical outcomes, and effectively manage care for the service members and their families,” Woodson said.
“Externally,” he continued, “the administration is once again asking the military retirees to pay more than they do today for health benefits that they have rightly earned and now receive, but proportionately less than when TRICARE was initiated.”
The department must make tough decisions and determined tradeoffs in an era characterized by more limited resources, Woodson said.
“Our proposals will slow the growth of retiree health benefit costs to the department over time,” he said, “while keeping in place the comprehensive medical benefits that retirees receive, and ensuring that this program is there for future generations.”
The proposed changes do not affect most active duty families, Woodson said.
“Additionally, our proposals exempt the most vulnerable within our retired population, to include families of service members who died on active duty and families of service members who are medically retired,” he noted.
Many challenges lie ahead for military medicine, Woodson said.
“We are working to mitigate the harmful effects of sequestration involving civilian personnel and cuts in vital military research,” he said. “We continue to identify approaches to curb unnecessary utilization of health care services. We are increasing our emphasis on wellness, and we are deepening our collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs.”

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