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Stress surrounds us every day in subtle and substantial ways. Although we can’t eliminate stress from daily life, research shows that by intentionally stressing our bodies through exercise, we can change how we respond to stress and boost our resilience.
Resilience is essentially an emotional muscle, but a growing body of research shows that stressing our physical muscles by exercise is one way to increase our capacity to cope with daily stress.
“We want to experience manageable stressors so that we can develop stress resilience and not react with a big stress response every time something unexpected happens,” said Elissa Epel, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco and the author of “The Stress Prescription: Seven Days to More Joy and Ease.” “Our body not only can handle acute stress but loves it, and expects it when it’s short-term and manageable.”
The amount and intensity of exercise needed to improve stress resilience depends on the person, according to Tinna Traustadóttir, an associate professor of biological sciences at Northern Arizona University and the senior author of a 2021 study on the effects of exercise training on physiological stress resilience in adults.
In the study, the researchers randomly assigned 40 sedentary women and men, about half of them young adults and the rest aged 60 and older, to either eight-weeks of aerobic exercise training or a non-exercise control group.
Three times a week for eight weeks, the exercising volunteers pedaled, jogged or stair-climbed at a gym, their workouts focusing on prolonged, moderate intensity sessions on some days and shorter, high-intensity intervals on others. Intensity was based on heart rate relative to each person. The sessions progressively lengthened, from 30 minutes at the start of the study to 50 minutes by the end.
The goal of the study was to test whether regular exercise improved the individual’s response to stress, so the researchers had to come up with a way to re-create stress. They settled on a physiological stressor, inflating a blood pressure cuff to restrict blood flow in the forearm, which is considered a mild stressor mimicking what happens during a heart attack. Blood tests measuring the oxidative stress response followed.
At the end of the study, not surprisingly, the exercisers had improved their fitness, including a 15 percent gain, on average, in their aerobic capacity.
“This is just an eight-week, not a very long exercise intervention,” Traustadóttir said. “And we were able to show differences that after the exercise training, there was less of an oxidative stress.”
Traustadóttir also found that those in the exercise group had less oxidative stress than those in the control group who were not exercising. And the more a person had improved their fitness, the lower the stress response, whatever someone’s age.
One of Traustadóttir’s takeaways is that to build resilience, it’s not so much about what particular exercises are done, but doing them consistently.
“It’s whatever people will enjoy and will therefore do on a regular basis,” she said.
Why exercise can boost resilience
Studies of stressed-out mice offer clues to why exercise can help us cope better with stress and become more resilient.
In one series of experiments, researchers at Emory University studied the stress response in mice, some of which were allowed to run to their heart’s content on exercise wheels while others were kept inactive.
After three weeks, the scientists checked for markers of a brain chemical called galanin, which is known to increase with exercise and is associated with mental health. (People with variants in galanin-related genes are at higher risk for depression and anxiety disorders.)
As expected, the running mice showed higher levels of galanin. In fact, the more a mouse had run, the more of the brain chemical it had.
To induce stress, the researchers subjected the mice to mild shocks on their paws. All the mice were stressed by the experience, but the running mice bounced back sooner, returning to normal mouse behavior. Meanwhile, the non-running rodents continued to cower, still overwhelmed by stress.
The study suggested that for the running mice, exercise had increased galanin levels and helped them become more resilient.
Exercise “has profound effects on the way that your brain functions and how the neurons function,” said David Weinshenker, a professor of human genetics at Emory University and the senior author of the study. “It can actually change the neurochemistry in your brain and promote general brain health.”
Even walking can change the brain
Philip Holmes, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Georgia, defines stress resilience as the “ability to adapt to stress in a way that’s not deleterious.”
Part of his research deals with the neurobiological mechanisms responsible for stress resilience and the neurobiological effects of exercise. The most significant impact that exercise has on brain function is to promote neuroplasticity, Holmes said.
“That really just means changeability, literally a building of connections in the brain,” he said. “And one thing that we found that exercise does is it promotes these connections in the prefrontal cortex, which is a critical area for emotion regulation.”
Holmes’s research on rats and mice shows that even moderate exercise can activate the locus coeruleus, a small brainstem nucleus that is important for attention, arousal, motivation and cognitive function.
The exercise Holmes studied in rodents is analogous to brisk walking by humans. The locus coeruleus neurons make substances called trophic factors, which promote the building of neural circuits. The stress-resilient parts of the brain get better, healthier circuits while activated, Holmes said.
“So, every time we walk around the neighborhood, you’re making more of these trophic factors, building more of these circuits,” he said. “It may just be a little bit, but that will be beneficial.”
Weinshenker agrees that moderate exercise can change the neurochemistry in our brains and says any aerobic exercise that gets your heart rate up can be beneficial for stress resilience.
“It doesn’t even have to be vigorous exercise. It could be something just as simple as walking for 20 or 30 minutes a day,” he said. “It could be walking, running, biking, swimming. People play a lot of pickleball now.”
Epel calls the short, concentrated bursts of acute stress to our bodies, such as the stress we experience during exercise, “hormetic stress.”
The term hormetic, she explains in her book, refers to “something that in a larger dose would be harmful, but in a smaller dose is quite beneficial.”
“Hormetic stress works almost like a vaccine,” Epel writes. “You receive a micro-dose of the ‘virus’ (stress), and then, later, when you face a large, intense similar stressor, you’re essentially inoculated against it.”
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Also, for a specific period of its survival, jazz was considered as dance music. However, jazz artists were perhaps not attracted to this kind of music mainly because of its dance elements. From its original days, the genre seemed to have been music, which, in essence, musicians sung for themselves, as a way to liberate themselves from the firmness of standard dance or standard bands, as well as other forms of popular or commercial music that they found monotonous and easy to play.

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The German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech) commemorated on Tuesday 24th December the 7th anniversary of the visit of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said to its campus.
The 24th of December marks the private visit of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said to GUtech campus in Halban. The commemoration of the private visit of His Majesty is annually observed by GUtech community. Students and staff remember the day to reflect on the importance of the visit in GUtech’s history and on the vision of His Majesty the Sultan for Oman’s academic and research development.
In the late afternoon of December 24th, 2012, the founders of GUtech and members of the rectorate welcomed his majesty to GUtech campus and its facilities, few weeks only after its opening.
In visiting GUtech campus and meeting the founders and the rectorate, His Majesty confers upon it an unusual distinction. “We welcome His Majesty’s private visit to GUtech campus as a gracious expression of his trust in our university and a vital catalyser enticing us to work harder and faster for further progress” proudly declares Dr Hussain Al Salmi, Deputy Rector for Administration and Finance.
The significant and ever-lasting contributions His Majesty has made to Oman and to the lives of its people are universally known; not less impressive than the wise introduction of far-reaching reforms which has promoted the development of the education system, and the prosperity of the country in general.
As more as 3000 male and female students enrolled in the university in the last 12 years. More than 400 male and female students graduated from it while there are more than 2200 male and female students are currently pursuing their studies.
(c) GUtech/Text: Fatima El Madkouri
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Astoria is so much about history. Either it's already old, or it's going to change, and what you see will soon be gone. I took this photo on August 23, 2002, and as I type the blog post in December of 2008, the photo below is already history. The warehouses on the right have been refurbished and turned into a real estate office, a Coffee House, and some other things - or things in the making. They tried to keep the flavor, but of course it doesn't look old any more. I should take a comparison photo and link to it.
Both pictures were taken from the walkway along the outside of Baked Alaska, aka Doc's on 12th Street. The weather is so Astorian - low clouds with a sun break. I always love walking along the river. At the time I took the photo I lived in an apartment on Bond Street with a wonderful view of the water. I didn't know that by 2007, I'd be leasing the building that goes with the radio tower in these two pictures. You can't actually see the building from this vantage point.
Friday, August 23, 2002
Thursday, August 08, 2002
Lee and I took Steve Froiland, our visiting artist, to the beach at Oswald West State Park. It's one of the most beautiful places I know, and it's only a short hike from the highway south of Cannon Beach. This is the picnic area on a bluff above the sand and just north of a wild and wooded stream that runs into the sea. We had brought Steve from Minnesota to teach a drawing workshop, and for a couple of days we showed him a few of the beauty spots of Oregon. The three of us sat on the beach for awhile. Steve drew, teaching Lee and me while he did so. He loved to draw and paint - that was his life - and he was an incredible and generous teacher. He had a lot of patience and knew just what to say to help you understand.

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A worn outer tie rod end can cause uneven tire wear and loose steering on your 2005 Dodge Caravan. If you put off replacing a worn tie rod end it could eventually come apart causing loss steering control of your vehicle. You may hear and feel a clunk when turning if the tie rod end is severely worn.
To check for wear, put a hand on the ball and socket of the tie rod end. Push and pull the tire in and out. If the tie rod is worn, you should be able to see and feel excessive play between the ball and socket. Checking your tie rod ends as part of your routine maintenance should avoid any surprises. You will need to have your vehicle aligned after replacing the tie rod end.
You will need
- Clean rags
- Lug wrench
- Floor jack
- Jack stands
- Combination wrenches
- Tie rod removal tool
- Torque wrench
Park your vehicle on a solid flat surface. Loosen the lug nuts on the wheel where the worn tie rod is. Lift the vehicle with a floor jack and place jack stands under a solid section of frame on both sides of your Caravan to support it. Remove the lug nuts and wheel assembly.
Mark the position of the lock nut on the inner tie rod. Hold the inner tie rod in place with an open end wrench and loosen the lock nut with another.
Remove the cotter pin from the tie rod end stud. Remove the nut from the stud with a ratchet and socket. Separate the tie rod end from the spindle arm with a tie rod removal tool. Hold the inner tie rod in place and remove the outer tie rod end. Count the number of turns needed to remove it.
Screw the replacement tie rod end onto the inner tie rod the same number of turns as it took to remove the original. Insert the tie rod end stud through the hole in the spindle arm. Thread the nut onto the stud and torque it to 62 foot-pounds. Hold against the inner tie rod end and tighten the lock nut.
Install the wheel assembly and lug nuts. Tighten the lug nuts so the rim is flush on the hub. Lift the vehicle off the jack stands, remove them and lower the vehicle to the ground. Torque the lugs to 95 foot-pounds.
Have your vehicle’s wheels aligned by a certified facility with the proper equipment.


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1986:’On My Own’ a duet by Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald topped the pop charts this day. (Photo: YouTube)
Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.


The Muncie 4-speed transmission, renowned for it’s legendary durability and performance, has long been a favored choice among automotive enthusiasts and collectors. With it’s robust construction, the Muncie 4-speed is known to handle a significant amount of horsepower, allowing for thrilling acceleration and overall enhanced drivability. This iconic transmission, originally introduced in the 1960s, possesses a reputation for it’s capacity to handle significant power delivery, making it an excellent choice for high-performance vehicles.
How Much Torque Can a Muncie 4 Speed Handle?
The Muncie 4-speed transmission has long been known for it’s durability and ability to handle high levels of torque. With it’s robust design and heavy-duty components, it’s become a popular choice among performance enthusiasts and muscle car owners. The Muncie 4-speed is a manual transmission that was first introduced in 1963 and was produced until 1974.
The original Muncie transmission, known as the M20, was rated to handle up to 300 lb-ft of torque. However, with advancements in technology and engineering, Muncie developed a new version of the transmission called the Super Muncie. This updated version was introduced in the late 1960s and had the ability to handle significantly higher torque levels.
The Super Muncie was designed with stronger gears, improved bearings, and a reinforced case to withstand the increased torque.
The ability to handle higher torque levels is crucial for those seeking to maximize their vehicles horsepower output. When upgrading an engine to produce more power, it’s essential to have a transmission that can reliably transfer that power to the wheels. The Super Muncies increased torque capacity ensures that the power produced by the engine is effectively transmitted, allowing for improved acceleration and overall performance.
Furthermore, the Super Muncies durability and strength make it well-suited for harsh operating conditions and demanding driving styles. Whether youre launching your vehicle from a standstill or chirping the gears during aggressive downshifts, the Super Muncie is built to withstand the punishment and deliver optimal performance.
It’s ability to withstand higher torque levels makes it a reliable choice for high-performance applications where power and durability are essential. Whether youre building a classic muscle car or upgrading a modern sports car, the Super Muncie is a transmission that can handle the demands of high horsepower and torque.
How Does the Super Muncie Transmission Handle Different Types of Clutches (e.g., Single Disc, Dual Disc) and Their Torque Requirements?
- The Super Muncie transmission is designed to handle various types of clutches and their torque requirements.
- It’s been engineered to accommodate single disc clutches, which are commonly used in many vehicles.
- The transmission is also capable of handling dual disc clutches, which are often found in high-performance vehicles.
- With it’s robust design and durable components, the Super Muncie transmission can handle the increased torque demands of dual disc clutches.
- It features a strong and reliable input shaft that can transmit power efficiently from the engine to the clutch assembly.
- The transmission’s gear set is specifically designed to withstand the higher torque levels generated by dual disc clutches.
- In addition, the Super Muncie transmission employs an advanced hydraulic system that provides precise control over clutch engagement and disengagement.
- This ensures smooth and accurate shifting, regardless of the clutch type being used.
- Overall, the Super Muncie transmission offers exceptional performance and versatility when it comes to handling different types of clutches and their torque requirements.
The Muncie M20 is a widely used 4-speed transmission known for it’s wide-ratio gear ratios. Unlike close-ratio transmissions that have smaller gear ratios, the M20 was designed for normal street driving. Earlier models had a 2.56:1 first gear, while later units from 1966-1974 featured a 2.52:1 first gear.
What Is an M20 Muncie 4-Speed?
The Muncie M20 is a renowned 4-speed manual transmission that’s cemented it’s place in automotive history. Known for it’s robustness and reliability, the M20 was produced by the Muncie division of General Motors between 1963 and 197It was primarily designed for use in Chevrolet vehicles but was also used in other GM brands like Buick, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile.
The M20 is classified as a wide-ratio transmission, which means it offers a wide range of gear ratios for optimal performance in various driving conditions. This versatility is achieved through the use of a larger difference between gear ratios. This allows for better acceleration and smooth shifting, making it suitable for normal street driving.
In terms of ratios, the earliest Muncie M20 models featured a 2.56:1 first gear ratio. This provided excellent low-end acceleration for quick starts from a standstill. However, as time went on, the first gear ratio was revised to 2.52:1 in the later 1966-1974 models. This slight modification provided a small improvement in overall performance and versatility.
Other popular variations include the M21 and M22, which offered different gear ratios and applications. However, the M20s balance of performance and drivability made it a popular choice for both day-to-day driving and weekend cruising.
How to Identify and Authenticate an Original Muncie M20 Transmission
- Check the casting numbers on the main case and tailhousing.
- Look for the Muncie logo or identification number on the side of the main case.
- Inspect the transmission for any modifications or aftermarket parts.
- Compare the gear ratios with the known specifications of an original M20 transmission.
- Examine the input and output shafts for any signs of damage or wear.
- Check the condition of the shift forks and synchro assemblies.
- Inspect the speedometer drive gear and housing for proper alignment.
- Verify the presence of correct date codes and stamps on various components.
- Consult with experienced Muncie transmission enthusiasts or experts for further assistance.
While it’s challenging to provide a specific figure for the maximum horsepower it can handle due to numerous factors influencing performance, it’s widely recognized that these transmissions possess exceptional strength and reliability.


the so-Called Valet Parking, private firms operated Parking for passengers on the Zurich airport , you need to have to be taken into account in the planning of the Parking house P10 in the environmental impact assessment, if the infrastructure operator, such as a switch or a hub, to the airport. This was decided by the Federal court.
The Lausanne-based judge approved in a judgment published on a complaint of the traffic Club of Switzerland (VCS). The planning approval of the Federal Department of the environment, transport, energy and communications (Detec) for the planned car Park P10, with around 3000 Parking spaces, is repealed.
The Federal court has remitted the case to the Detec. This needs to clarify whether the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for this project currently. It was created before 2012. The previous development of the outside of the airport perimeter to the underlying Parking facilities had not been taken into account in the former SRP.
Contrary to the view of the VCS, the rest of the so-called Off-Airport Parking operators at the airport no switch or envelope of space need not be taken into account in the EIA, writes the Federal court. These Parking spaces would not be in such a close connection to the airport, as that they could be added to the airport facility.
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Despite an opioid crisis, most ERs don’t offer addiction treatment. California is changing that.
(VOX, January 8, 2019)
California is at the forefront of integrating addiction treatment into all points of care. According to Dr. Kelly Pfeifer from the California Health Care Foundation, “We’re trying to use the money and attention to the opioid epidemic to support our efforts to build a robust addiction treatment structure that is integrated with our health care system so that any person with addiction can get the care they need.” The Public Health Institute's Bridge Program is gearing up to award more than $8 million to as many as 30 hospitals in the coming weeks. Read the full article here.
The New York Times spent months interviewing addiction experts, individuals who developed addictions to opioids, and their families in an effort to answer two questions: Why do people use these drugs? And why is it so hard for them to stop? Take a look at the visual journey they created to convey the experience of addiction, from the lure of the first high, the agony of withdrawal, and the difficult work of recovery.
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A special connectivity service has been launched by the IGI airport which will allow perishable agro-products from the Northeast to be stored at the air cargo terminal before they are exported. Consignments of items like kiwi, ginger and even flowers will arrive from Agartala to be ferried abroad. The first such consignment arrived from Agartala in Tripura before it was sent to Dubai where the custom clearances took place. As per sources, flight frequency will be decided based on the demand of items. The perishable goods will be given to the products to ensure they remain fresh.
Delhi airport had recently started cargo shipment of northeast’s agro-based products to domestic markets with the first consignment arriving from Guwahati on September 11 for domestic consumption.
The products are perishable in nature and need extra care. The air cargo terminal at IGI airport has the capability of storing them effectively before sending these items abroad. DIAL had initiated a study in 2016 to assess the potential of agro exports from the northeastern region of the country into the international market, and have now launched a service in association with Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA). Agartala will act as the hub for eight north-eastern states from where the products will be sent to Delhi.
This move is likely to provide a boost to the north-eastern market with easier connectivity for their items. The eight states in the northeast will be covered under this, represented in six agro-climatic zones. Different kinds of fruits, vegetables, spices, ornamental and medicinal plants will also be able to get a market abroad.


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Within the next couple of days, Joe Budden will release his No Love Lost album. The project will officially be released on February 5 and is the third official album from Joe Budden. Earlier this week, Joe Budden released his long-awaited “NBA (Never Broke Again)” single that featured Wiz Khalifa and French Montana. Joe Budden also talked a lot about his track, “Last Day,” that features Juicy J and Lloyd Banks. Today, Joe Budden leaked this song from his upcoming album.
Listen to “Last Day” by Joe Budden ft. Juicy J and Lloyd Banks below:


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Drinking water that’s too hot can damage the tissue in your esophagus, burn your taste buds, and scald your tongue. Be very careful when drinking hot water. Drinking cool, not hot, water is best for rehydration . Generally, though, drinking hot water has no harmful effects and is safe to use as a remedy.
Why is boiled water bad for you?
However, if you boil the water too long or reboil it, you risk concentrating certain undesirable chemicals that may be in your water. Examples of chemicals that become more concentrated include nitrates, arsenic, and fluoride.
Is boiling water too many times bad?
If your water is safe to drink before boiling it, it should be safe to boil it more than once. There is a chemical build up that happens the more time water is reboiled, but it’s very minimal.
Is boiled water better than tap water?
Boiling water can only remove solids and bacteria, meaning it will not remove harmful substances such as chlorine and lead from tap water. Furthermore, boiling tap water with lead actually concentrates this contaminant making it more dangerous than if left alone.
How long can you drink boiled water?
Cooled boiled water will remain sterile for 24 hours as long as it doesn’t come into contact with any contaminants. So, it’s a good idea to store the cooled water in a closed container. Placing the container in the refrigerator will also keep the water drinkable even longer.
Is cooled boiled water good for you?
Drinking water, hot or cold, keeps your body healthy and hydrated. Some people claim that hot water specifically can help improve digestion, relieve congestion, and even promote relaxation, compared with drinking cold water.
Can you drink water that has been boiled twice?
We think this is one myth that science easily debunks, but if you are still worried about drinking twice boiled water, it’s also easy enough to refill your kettle every time you want a hot drink. So can you reboil water? Yes!
Why do the doctors advise us to drink boiled water?
Boiling the water kills microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or protozoans that can cause disease. Boiling makes the tap water microbiologically safe.
Is boiled water safer than filtered water?
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Boiling water does not purify it as it still leaves contaminants such as dirt, chlorine and heavy metals back in the water. On the other hand, water filters provide convenient, safe, and great tasting water without any hassle.
Is boiled water safer than bottled water?
Plastic bottles are bad for the environment, however, you do feel much safer drinking bottled water versus boiled water because bottled water doesn’t have any contaminants. Boiling water kills a lot of bacteria, however, it doesn’t remove dissolved chemicals or particulates.
How clean is boiled water?
Boil water, if you do not have bottled water. Boiling is sufficient to kill pathogenic bacteria, viruses and protozoa (WHO, 2015). If water is cloudy, let it settle and filter it through a clean cloth, paperboiling water towel, or coffee filter.
Does boiling water remove minerals?
Does Boiling Water Remove Minerals? No. Generally speaking, boiling water can help to kill the harmful bacteria in drinking water. Other than that, even if the water’s temperature rises over 100 degree Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit), it doesn’t remove any minerals.
Can you drink bathroom tap water if boiled?
Can You Drink Boiled Bathroom Tap Water? It is safe to drink because it is frequently found to have similar amounts of calcium and magnesium to mineral water.
What will happen if I drink hot water everyday?
Drinking warm water every day on a regular basis will help the body to break down fat deposits, relax muscles, and increase blood flow. An increase in blood circulation can rejuvenate skin cells and keep them nourished.
Does hot water damage kidneys?
Drinking too much hot water will put pressure on the kidneys by increasing the pace at which it functions. Since drinking hot water causes dehydration, the kidney is at risk. It would also increase the workload of the kidney, thereby leading to the overworking of this organ. This will eventually affect your kidneys.
How much hot water should I drink a day?
So how much fluid does the average, healthy adult living in a temperate climate need? The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine determined that an adequate daily fluid intake is: About 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of fluids a day for men. About 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) of fluids a day for women.
Is it OK to leave water in a kettle?
No, it is never okay to leave water inside the kettle.
Leaving water inside the kettle will result in limescale that will not only ruin the taste of hot beverages but will contribute to the shortened lifespan and weakened heating performance of the kettle.
What is the best water to drink?
Tap water is generally a better choice because it’s less expensive and doesn’t create single-use plastic waste. The pH level and mineral content varies between different types and sources of water, but these don’t drastically affect the overall healthfulness of the water.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of boiling water?
RO Purified Water:
- Boiled can remove only bacteria present in water but cannot remove toxic wastes and chemicals.
- Fuel is used for boiled water.
- Water can concentrate some of the toxic wastes which are not vaporized.
- The quantity of water will be reduced while boiling because some water may be lost as vapour.
Is boiled water the same as boiled water?
No, they aren’t the same. Boiled water is simply water that has had the temperature increased until it reaches its boiling point. This kills a host of bacteria that can make a person sick. Distilled water is water that has been stripped of all impurities, including minerals and microorganisms.
Does boiling water take sodium out?
Sodium (salt) cannot be easily removed from drinking water and cannot be removed through boiling or conventional filtration. Reverse osmosis, ion exchange or distillation systems can reduce sodium levels but these systems may be expensive to operate.
Is water from bathroom sink same as kitchen?
According to Hafren Dyfrdwy Limited (formerly Dee Valley Water Limited), the water in your bathroom taps has usually been stored in a tank in the loft. Hence, unlike the water in your kitchen tap, this water isn’t fresh from the mains.
Can you boil toilet water?
Do NOT pour boiling water down your sink or toilet. In recent years, DIYers looking to find a green alternative to chemical products have suggested pouring a potful of boiling water into a clogged sink or toilet to clear a clog.
Why does water from the bathroom taste different?
Because both faucets draw water from the same source, they can be both safe and delicious at the same time. In most cases, it’s just that the water in the bathroom is colder than the water in the kitchen, implying that it tastes different.
Why do Chinese drink hot water?
Under the precepts of Chinese medicine, balance is key, and hot or warm water is considered essential to balance cold and humidity; in addition, it is believed to promote blood circulation and toxin release.
Can hot water reduce belly fat?
Sufficient water intake helps in flushing out toxins from the body and gives a boost to the metabolism. And drinking a glass or two of warm water in the morning can help you in losing weight and belly fat.
Does drinking hot water affect blood pressure?
Plus, the steam from hot drinks will help clear your sinuses. Heat warms your body and helps blood flow throughout your body. Better circulation may lower blood pressure and reduce risk of heart disease. Having a cup or two of hot water is an easy way to get your blood flowing.
Is boiled water good for kidneys?
Drinking warm water daily in the morning flushes/clears out the kidney toxins and fat deposit in the intestine through the urinary region.
Is hot water good for the liver?
This combination works well for detoxifying the liver and eliminating toxins from the body. In a glass of warm water and add the juice of half a lemon to it. Mix it well and drink it in the morning. Have 10-12 glasses of warm water daily.
What does hot water do to your skin?
The truth is simple: washing in hot water is bad for your skin. It strips your skin of its natural oils. This can cause your skin to dry out, which can then spark a chain reaction: dry skin equals a compromised moisture barrier—which equals aggravated skin concerns.
Is drinking hot water good for skin?
Warm water is good for skin
It purifies the blood and makes your skin look radiant. Make sure you drink a hot cup of water every morning to have a glowing and healthy skin.
How often should you change kettle water?
If you are using it daily to heat water, the kettle should be descaled to remove hard water minerals at least four times a year. If the kettle has a water filter or cartridge, it should be cleaned every other month or as recommended by the manufacturer.
How long does boiled water stay sterile in the kettle?
You can also use a kettle, but make sure it doesn’t have an automatic shutoff, because the water must boil for 1 full minute. Boiled water can be kept in sterilized, properly sealed containers in the refrigerator for 3 days or for 24 hours if kept at room temperature out of direct sunlight.
How long can you use a kettle for?
Note: The average lifespan of a good quality electric kettle is 4 years to 5 years maximum. 2. Change in the taste of water: If the boiled water has a metallic taste or the colour of the water is changing, it is a sign that you need to replace your old electric kettle.
What is the healthiest water to drink 2021?
Mineral water and alkaline water may be some of the healthiest types of water because they provide your body with essential nutrients, but simply drinking safe, uncontaminated water should be your number one priority.
Why is Fiji Water Good For You?
Fiji water benefits your skin, keeps you hydrated and balances your electrolyte levels — according to its proponents. Fiji water benefits your skin, keeps you hydrated and balances your electrolyte levels — according to its proponents.
What is the purest water to drink?
Distilled water is sometimes called demineralized or deionized water. It is water that has everything removed including ions and minerals. It’s the purest form of water that you can get.
What are two disadvantages of boiling?
Disadvantages of boiling: Can be costly due to fuel consumptions Use of traditional fuel (kerosene/gas) contributes to indoor air pollution Risk of injuries of getting burned by the water (especially when children are around) Does not remove turbidity, chemicals, taste, smell, colour Time consuming- it takes …
Does boiling water remove calcium?
As you can se boiling the water causes the precipitation of solid calcium carbonate or solid magnesium carbonate. This removes the calcium ions or magnesium ions from the water, and so removes the hardness.
Does boiling tap water remove chlorine?
Yes, boiling water for 15 minutes is one way to release all the chlorine from tap water. At room temperature, chlorine gas weighs less than air and will naturally evaporate off without boiling. Heating up water to a boil will speed up the chlorine removal process.
What is boiled water called?
Distilled water is almost entirely pure. It is produced by heating water well past its boiling points so that it begins to vaporise. This vapour is then collected and condensed back into a liquid state that has had all of its impurities removed.
How do I remove sodium from drinking water?
The most common and effective way to remove salt from water is through physical filtration. Specifically, reverse osmosis systems are capable of removing salt and a wide variety of other contaminants from softened water.
What removes salt from the body?
Your kidneys are responsible for getting rid of sodium in your urine. Drinking more water increases urine production and helps flush out excess sodium. On average, adults need 8 to 12 cups of water a day to replace normal losses, which means you may need to drink more to get rid of the extra sodium in your system.
Can you turn sea water into fresh water?
Humans cannot drink saline water, but, saline water can be made into freshwater, for which there are many uses. The process is called “desalination”, and it is being used more and more around the world to provide people with needed freshwater.
Is shower water safe to drink?
In general, you should not drink water from the shower, Since the water comes directly from your water heater, which has been shown to have high levels of bacteria, contaminants, and chemicals, you should not be consuming the water coming from your shower.
Is toilet water cleaner than tap water?
More Bacteria Comes From Tap Water Than Flushing the Toilet, Study Shows. But the good news is that not all bacteria is bad. File this under one less thing we have to worry about: The amount of airborne bacteria that comes from a toilet flush pales in comparison to the microscopic stuff flowing in from the faucet.
Is toilet water the same as shower water?
Is The Water In The Toilet The Same As The Shower? A sanitary sewer line runs beneath the shower and toilet. The wastewater generated by both can be treated at the same facility. It’s also referred to as “gray water,” because it’s made up of nothing.

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Recording artiste A-Game has recently completed his European tour with Konshens and Di Bluprint Band. The ‘A-Game Everyday’ artiste who visited Portugal, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Denmark performed at several popular festivals such as Summer Jam Festival, Musa Festival and Oland Roots Festival just to name a few. “It was a great experience as well as a personal eye-opener; I was able to promote myself and assist in building the Subkonshus Brand” shared A-Game.
A-Game who is also the lead singer of Di Blu Print Band added that this was his first time touring with the Subkonshus CEO Konshens abroad but that he had worked with him on several shows in Jamaica. “I received such a positive feedback on this tour especially when Konshens introduced me as a new artiste in festivals that sometimes host up to 20000 people” A-Game further added. The tour which lasted for roughly one month also featured Subkonshus artiste Javada and producer Markhize.
When asked about his most memorable moment on tour he laughingly shared “On my day off from touring, it was the same day Brazil was playing Germany and I predicted the 7-1 victory for Brazil; the vibes was good and people were calling me a prophet because who would have predicted such a score but I did”. A-Game is set to release his first official collaboration with prominent UK DJ/Producer Benny Page; he was also recently featured on popular radio station, Reggae Vibes Radio Atlanta and Power 102.1 FM Boston.
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Three years ago I donated bone marrow stem cells in a San Francisco hospital to extend a stranger’s life. This is the thank you letter I received a few months ago from the spouse of that recipient.
I’m sharing this with the hope that at least ten people will spend a few minutes to join the bone marrow registry via www.bethematch.org! They’ll send you a cheek swab kit which you swab and then send back.
The reason I became a bone marrow donor is because a few thoughtful USC students stopped me in our campus center in 2013. They asked me to spend five minutes to potentially save someone’s life in the future. Four years later I got a call saying that my help was needed.
Please accept my call to get registered – so that you too can help someone in need. www.bethematch.org
Happy holidays everyone and hope that you have a great end to your year!

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The National Chairman of Delta Central 2023,a lobby political pressure group code named DC-23 and Deputy National Organizing Secretary (DNOS) of the Peoples Democratic Party,High Chief Sen Ighoyota Amori JP has commended His Excellency Sen Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa (Governor of Delta State) over completion and commissioning of the Multi-Billion naira state Secretariat in Asaba,by the Vice President of Nigeria,Prof Yemi Osinbajo yesterday 29th of November,2021.
Chief Amori in a statement,said Gov. Okowa has done noble and proved to Deltans that he is prudent in management,having embarked and completed such gigantic project in the midst of paucity of funds and poor state of the nation’s economy,due to the negative impact of the covid-19 pandemic.
Chief Amori noted that, Gov Okowa has redeemed all his promises to Deltans,who gave him the mandate in 2015 and subsequently 2019 by heading in the direction of building a stronger Delta State,through this giant infrastructure that will house the state government.
“I commend our Governor,H.E Sen Ifeanyi Okowa for this project and massive infrastructure.
May God continue to grant more vision to build a stronger Delta State come 2023.
Congratulations to all Deltans”Chief Amori added.
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The games sprang up loads of suprising results saw some big guns falling to the underdogs.
Manchester United started the season at home against Swansea. The game which was highly contested went the way of Swansea when they won 2-1 in Louis Van Gaal’s first match as coach of Manchester United. Everton shared the spoils with league debutants leicester City at the King Power Stadium.
Defending Champions, Manchester City defended their title against Newcastle by beating them by two goals.
Chelsea plays away to new entrants, Burnley today at 7pm local time at Turf Moor.
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AAT3D returns to IMTS to showcase its latest on-machine measurement and metrology solutions for the ‘Smart Manufacturing’ era.
Demonstrations included CappsNC in action on a DMG MORI DMU50 machine performing multi-axis, in-machine, non-contact scanning using a NIKON laser scanning sensor and touch-probe CAD-based measurement programs and reporting.
CappNC advanced measurement software enables machine tools themselves to perform measurements like a CMM. Offline programming with virtual machine models and using CAD data allow the machine tool to be programmed to perform complex measurement and reporting tasks, including multi-datum profile and true position analysis. This information can immediately be used to improve the machining process by adapting various machining parameters such as work offsets and tool offsets. Realistic program simulations, collision avoidance, and optimum measurement path generations for multiple geometric features makes it very easy to program and flexible to make changes for any type of machine tool configurations. This ultimately enables a very easy method of quickly generating metrology data directly at the production source.
AAT defines the process of generating metrology information directly on the machine tool and immediately using it to make adjustments as “Smart Machining“. Using closed-loop feedback to provide correction for the machining process allows the system to be self-adapting to factors that affect the machining process and the quality of products being machined. The software connects with the machine tool with an ethernet cable and can read and write to any controller parameter and has a live connection with the machine tool controller. This ability allows a powerful metrology software to run outside of the machine tool controller yet work as a part of the machining process.
“Although CMM-style inspection reports can be generated and saved on the server so that they can be reviewed by engineers or saved into a database for SPC analysis, what really makes the software powerful is its ability to convert the calculated metrology data into machining parameters and directly update the controller” states AAT Founder and CEO Ray Karadayi.
AAT invites companies looking for the next level of on-machine inspection software to reduce in-process work time, improve cutting accuracy, eliminate hands-on operation at the machine with full automation of inspection to stop by for a presentation of its Smart Machining solutions.
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HIGH POINT, NC -- Residential furniture new orders for November 2014 climbed 3% over November 2013, according to a survey from Smith Leonard PLLC.
The accounting firm said that year-to-date, new orders were tracking 6% over 2013. Approximately 75% of its survey participants reported increased new orders for November 2014 and 71% reported increased new orders for the year.
Along with new orders, shipments and backlogs were slightly up in November 2014 as well.
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Jos, Nigeria (CNN) — In yet another gruesome attack in Nigeria, suspected Boko Haram militants torched houses in a Nigerian village and killed at least 23 people, a local governor said Wednesday.
Gov. Kashim Shettima, the leader of Nigeria’s Borno state, told reporters that he personally saw more than 23 bodies buried in the village of Konduga after an attack Tuesday night.
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The Dutch counter terrorism organisation NCTV is trying to have a fledgling Dutch Islamic radio station closed down for transmitting ‘jihadist ideas’.
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Police are now renewing a plea for the public’s help in the case.
Last month police said the man, who is described as being of Middle Eastern descent, with a slim to medium build, and a prominent nose, may be linked to an additional seven unsolved sexual assault cases.
Thank you UK Pete, Fjordman and all who sent in material. Also, the thread that has garnered over 100 comments now is still active although it is slowing down. This comment thread is a truly excellent education in Islamic tactics and rhetorical devices when faced with polite and accurate historical information and Islamic scripture. If you have the time, have a look. There are three pages with links to newer pages of comments at the bottom.


March 25 and 29, April 1 and 5 Meeting Notes
The big tank was delivered this week. It is an 850 gallon fiberglass tank from
Structural North America, which will be our early test model for the full size X-Prize vehicle tank. The plan is that we can have a longer 1600
gallon tank fabricated with carbon fiber, which will have the same mass as the
850 gallon tank in fiberglass. There is
an outside chance that the 850 gallon tank may be the final vehicle tank if
we continue to have problems securing a high volume supplier of 90% peroxide,
we may be forced to a bipropellant solution with a lower concentration peroxide
oxidizer. That would be more
development work and technical risk for us, but it would make the entire
vehicle smaller, and allow the use of the off-the-shelf tanks.
I finally got a quote from Alliant Techsystems, the big
military conglomerate, for carbon filament winding the full size tank. I emphasized that it doesnt need to meet
any mil-specs, it just needs to pass a proof test. I was fearing a completely ridiculous price quote, but it didnt
turn out all that bad. They dont have
liner tooling for anything in our tank size range, but if we can provide the
liners, they could wind them for $15,600 per tank. Great, I thought!
However, they want $40,000 in non-recurring engineering expenses before
the first one is produced. That put a
bit of a damper on the enthusiasm, but if we make two or three tanks, it is
still in the ballpark of what I would be willing to pay. I have a couple more places to try before
nailing down an order.
The hanging weight of the fiberglass tank was 920 pounds,
but 44 pounds of that was in the manway flange, and another dozen pounds or so
in our rigging, so the tank is pretty much right on our expectations they are
all about one pound per gallon of capacity.
Our cabin weighs 200 pounds at the moment, but that doesnt include the
hatch, electronics, and air bottle. The
crush cones are only 37 pounds. The
parachute canopies that we were quoted for (before the vendor got cold feet and
backed out on us) had a weight of around 150 pounds for a fully redundant
system. The big unknown is large engine
thrust to weight. We are specifying
2400 pounds under the parachutes, which assumes three X-Prize standard
passengers, so if we go overweight on our test vehicle, we will just delete
some of the ballast for the phantom passengers.
Last week, one of the major goals was to finalize the
seating arrangements for the other two passengers in the X-Prize cabin, because
once we bond the cabin onto the big tank, working on it is going to be much
more difficult. We made a frame
arrangement in the cabin with two by fours and plywood, and tested entry and
exit for three people, but that was just on our boilerplate 2:1 eliptical tank
end. We werent sure if the filament
wound tank end would have similar contours, so final fabrication was held off
until we could sit it on the tank.
Happily, it still works out fine on the tank the center dome with the
flange goes higher, but the side slope away more, so it still works out. We will be doing final cabin fabrication
with aluminum and honeycomb boards in the coming weeks, then permanently
bonding the cabin to the tank.
We also did some timings of propellant venting through 2
ball valves, which is data we need to determine the dangerous times in the
flight profile where you may not be able to vent enough propellant for a good
parachute landing. A half full 60
gallon tank with 100 psi ullage pressure took five seconds to vent. A ¾ full tank with 200 psi ullage pressure
also took about five seconds to vent.
These numbers should scale linearly to the larger tanks, and by the
square root of pressure, so the 850 gallon tank half full with 400 psi would
take 35 seconds to vent completely. We
also tried putting one of our little cameras actually inside the tank to see if
we could see a swirl pattern as the tank was emptying, but the rapid expansion
cooled things so quickly that a dense fog was formed in the tank as it neared
We are resuming some work on alternate propellant
combinations, because it is looking like we will run completely dry of 90%
peroxide very soon now. We expect to
have more in two months, but that will leave us with enough of a dead spot that
we will want to at least be trying some other options. We are still focusing on lower concentration
hydrogen peroxide as the oxidizer, although we havent completely ruled out a
switch to a different oxidizer. Various
50% peroxide / fuel combinations can still run with uncooled nozzles, and should
be able to hit around 160s Isp at sea level.
70% peroxide / fuel combinations should get about 20 seconds more Isp,
but would require a cooled nozzle / chamber.
Our last set of tests seemed to indicate that 50% peroxide
doesnt decompose very well at all through our silver screen catalyst packs,
and we were unable to get combustion started with a fuel mix post-catalyst
pack. We had enough problems trying to
use solid rocket propellant for an ignition source that upcoming experiments
will use electrical means.
We tried using a finely atomized spray nozzle with a 50%
mixed propellant to see if it could be made to decompose or light in an open
air situation, but that didnt work either.
The next step was to try 50% peroxide with separate injection
of a catalyst fluid dissolved in a fuel.
Calcium permanganate solution was used as a catalyst in some of the
German peroxide mechanisms, reportedly because it is much more soluble in water
than other catalysts. We tried to track
down a supplier, but the two quotes we got were for several hundred dollars for
TEN GRAM quantities! No thanks. We have manganese acetate and potassium permanganate
on hand, which seems plenty reactive enough.
We know from previous tests that catalyst dissolved in fuel
will autoignite with 90% peroxide, but not with anything lower, so we installed
a glow plug between the two spray nozzles as an additional ignition source. The open-air tests didnt do anything
exciting. You could hear the peroxide
mist decomposing in the air, but it evidently didnt happen fast enough, close
enough to the glow plug to get anything started.
The next step will be to try the same tests, but move to lower
flow / finer atomization for the ignition system, and contain everything in a
chamber. If we get that working, then
we can stage in higher flow. We are
currently experimenting with high flow spiral nozzles from Bete, but we will
move to impingement nozzles for the ignition system.
We tried yet again to fly the 2 diameter vehicle, but we
still had problems.
The telemetry problem we were having, that I thought I had
fixed by changing the RF channel, came back.
The problem behavior is that sometimes when the flight computer starts
transmitting the UDP telemetry packets, the telnet TCP connection locks up, and
pings stop getting through. I thought
for sure I had found the root cause when I noticed that there was an IP conflict
between the laptop and one of the internal bridge IP addresses, but that didnt
change a thing. Cutting down the rate or
size of the telemetry packets didnt fix it either, but when I changed the
telemetry packet from a UDP broadcast to a UDP packet only addressed to the
laptop, the problem did disappear, and it didnt show up again the rest of the
day on Saturday. This is probably a
firmware problem in the Esteem bridges, but if the workaround holds, I can live
We got the damaged engine bulkhead fixed up and back in the
vehicle. All of the bolts that broke
off came right out with an easy-out extractor.
I still found it surprising that the bolts broke instead of zippering
through the 1/8 thick filament wound tube, but it sure made the repair
easier. One of the legs is still bent a
fair amount out of shape, but it doesnt hurt anything. We replaced all four manifold-to-engine
hoses. We were very careful not to kink
the short hoses during installation, but we still have some concern about
that. I ordered a set of convolute core
hoses that should be much more flexible (at the expense of more flow losses),
but they were a three week lead time item.
We tested a little 7 LCD from Xenarc with the flight
computer, but we didnt work out a good mounting position for it. We replaced the A/D board again, and removed
the currently unused four port serial board from the PC104 stack to reduce the
number of things we need to worry about.
I tested new abort modes for the things that failed the last
two times crossbow failure, and A/D converter failure. I also added an abort if the vehicle tips
more than 10 degrees.
Because it had always felt like one of the engines wasnt
making nearly as much thrust as the others while warming up, we manually set
all the valves to a specific position by using a drill bit as a feeler gauge
before we installed the hoses and put everything back together. When we powered on the flight computer, I
collected some A/D samples of the current feedback values. I had to do some averaging and conversions,
so I just saved the data off and we went about the testing, but I really wish I
had done it right then, because the data didnt make sense later three of the
valve positions werent even in the calibrated open / closed range. My current theory is that the servo valves
dont have any manual stops, relying only on their limit switches, and we
turned them the wrong way when setting them.
This may also have caused some of the problems we experienced later. This may also explain one of the other
mysteries with the current setup: one of the valve feedbacks is in a higher
range than the others. It may have been
rotated past its limit switch at some point.
I currently clamp the converted throttle positions to the 0.0 to 1.0
range, but I will start letting them go out of range, so we will clearly know
what happened if we see something in the 1 to 0 or 1 to 2 range.
We pulled the vehicle out and lifted up fairly high for the
water test of the new plumbing, but after loading some water and pressurizing, we
found that we had left the master cutoff valve closed again. I had added a warning light for this, but I
hadnt recorded the proper range values to make it accurate yet. Since we knew this position was closed, I
noted that, then we hooked up the manual valve switchbox and opened the master cutoff,
and I noted that value. The warning
light now functions correctly. However,
when we hooked everything back up to the computer and I ran water through all
the engines, engine 0 wouldnt move at all.
We had to take a break to wait for a few tornados and a hail
storm to move past our section of Dallas, so we pulled the vehicle back inside
to do some other work. We initially
thought that we must have bent a pin hooking up the manual switchbox for
opening the cutoff valve, but when we hooked the manual switchbox back up, that
couldnt move valve 0 either.
Eventually, Russ cranked it a little bit with a wrench, and it went back
to working. Seems like a limit switch
issue. Today, I went back over the data
logs (one of the smartest things I have done this project is make the remote
pilot application archive absolutely every telemetry packet, even if it isnt
in flight or manually saved, which makes this type of investigation a whole lot
easier) and was able to determine that valve 0 had stopped working before the
master cutoff had been opened. It
operated fine for the tests we did indoors, but when it closed after the final
test, it ramped down to a below-zero level on the pot feedback. This seems to have caused some problem with
the limit switches. I tried to
replicate this behavior with an older valve servo that I have taken apart at
home, but it didnt seem sensitive to it.
The internals have changed a bit in the more recent KZCO valves to allow
a visual position indicator on top, so the new ones might have an issue the old
After the nasty weather cleared off, we took it back out and
water tested again. Everything worked
properly, but we couldnt tell clearly if the engines were all flowing
correctly. We loaded up 2.5 gallons of
peroxide, hoisted it well off the ground, and slowly warmed the engines
up. Engine 2 was clearly not making as
much thrust as the others during the warmup pulses, but the warm-ups only go to
30% throttle, which is just barely opening for ball valves, so it might have
been a minor difference in initial calibration. After finally clearing all the water from the packs and getting
them up to operating temperature, I slowly throttled up for a liftoff. Unfortunately, the peroxide ran out just as
it was getting light.
When I looked at the telemetry, it showed engine 2, which we
thought was weak, throttling a lot higher than the others, which I took as more
evidence that we had a problem with one of the engines. Now that I look back more closely at the
data, it turns out I was wrong. It wasnt
just one engine going higher, it was a pair of engines going higher to attempt
to counteract the roll of the vehicle as it was hanging on the line under the
crane. I didnt notice the other
engine, trace because it was almost on top of the other one, and I was drawing
that number in yellow, which is very hard to see on the white graph
background. I have since changed yellow
graphs to purple, which shows up a lot better.
My current view of the data is that during throttle up, all the engines
were moving close to the same rate, and there isnt actually any real problem,
which helps explain the rest of our tests.
We did full-system measured water flow tests at both 100%
and 40% throttle. There was no radical
difference in flow rate, but engines 0 and 2 flowed about 20% less than engines
1 and 3. We could not come up with any
reason why engine 2 felt week, but I now believe it to just be an initial
position slightly more closed than the others, making it seem week at the 30%
After the 40% throttle test, I thought that two of the
valves stuck open at 40%, which had us highly confused, suspecting a blown
motor or blown driver board, but when we got it inside, it still responded fine
to the manual control, and when I talked to it on the computer again, it seemed
to be working fine. The really odd
thing is that the stored telemetry shows all the valves closing just as they
were supposed to, so now I am suspecting we may have hallucinated the problem.
In summary, I think that I now understand all of our issues,
and if we had just tried to fly it again on Saturday, it probably would have
The valve with the weirdly out of range feedback position
almost certainly overrated past the limit switch. This could happen on a shock landing, because we default to
leaving the valves commanded to close, relying on the limit switch to stop
them. The limit switches are reed
springs, so if the were banged hard enough to bounce off their contact, the
motor would have started rotating underneath it. We are using the very fastest valves available, which may
contribute to being able to run away from a bounced limit switch. I bet if we manually crank it a few degrees
past close, it will cycle back to the same range as the others.
It seems to be possible to stick the valve at the closed
limit switch. A reasonable argument
could be made that we should completely remove the limit switches, because the
computer can stop it properly with just the existing pot feedback. However, this would make controlling the
valves with the manual switchbox very difficult. Instead, I am going to change the code to have the computer only
go from 5% to 95% of the range of motion, so it should never actually hit the
limit switches in operation, except when we calibrate the valves.
The weak feeling engine is most likely an initial cracking
calibration issue. Instead of taking
everything apart and doing the feeler-gauge job, I will make a little
calibration utility that lets us creep the valves open with the computer, and
someone can just listen for when pressure starts escaping from the tank through
the engine. If we took out the limit
switches, we could also find the final closing point, which would let us
accurately determine the wide-open point halfway between. Instead, I think I am going to just assume
that only the initial calibration varies from engine to engine, while the total
range of motion is the same, which should be the case, given that they use
identical pots, and the valves are inherently 90 degree devices.


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- Key economic indicators are giving signs of economic expansion in the UK after most of the restrictions were lifted in July 2021.
- Lower coronavirus cases and positive economic data could boost the earnings and profitability of companies in the future.
The economic activity in the United Kingdom is bouncing back following the lifting of complete restrictions in July month. Key economic parameter like Inflation rate and manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) is giving positive signs, while unemployment rate in the UK continues to be lower. UK stock market has also given upbeat returns in the last one month. However, Britain has not entirely overcome the coronavirus pandemic. The country continues to report coronavirus cases; however the hospitalisation and number of deaths have not shown any spike mainly due to the effective vaccination program of the UK government.
Going forward, lower coronavirus cases and positive economic data could help boost the company’s revenue and profitability and benefit the stock price and stock market return.
Let us look at 4 FTSE listed stocks, Avacta Group, Barclays, Amigo and Vela, that are in focus today:
Avacta Group Plc (LON: AVCT)
FTSE AIM-listed company operates through two divisions: therapeutics and diagnostics. Over the years, the company has done researched and developed powerful anti-cancer treatments and has built a pipeline of novel cancer therapies.
The company has operations in the niche segment of cancer treatment, and hence the successful development of cancer therapies could boost the company’s revenue. In addition, the company has also begun the shipment of a 20-minute antigen test using a nasal swab, SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test. The test has been successful in detecting all the key variants of the virus, even the delta variant.
Avacta Group Plc trades at GBX 130.50, down by 6.79% on 26 August 2021 at 8.45 am GMT+1 with a market cap of £355.11 million.
Barclays Plc (LON: BARC)
FTSE 100 listed company is a major player in the financial segment, providing various financial products and services in the United Kingdom and globally.
The company is currently undertaking its share buyback program, which it announced at the start of this month. The lender plans to buyback £500 million worth of ordinary shares. Barclays Plc also plans to invest over USD 400 million in its India’s operations to grow its presence in the country.
Barclays Plc trades at GBX 184.74, down by 0.22% on 26 August 2021 at 8.45 am GMT+1 with a market cap of £31,363.58 million.
Amigo Holdings Plc (LON: AMGO)
The company is one of the leading providers of guarantor loans to individuals in the United Kingdom and has operations in the trading business.
The company reported revenue of £170.8 million and a net loan book of £340.9 million in the year ended 31 March 2021. The revenue was down mainly due to minimal new lending by the company to reduce loan defaults.
Amigo Holdings Plc trades at GBX 7.70, down by 3.75% on 26 August 2021 at 8.45 am GMT+1 with a market cap of £38.03 million.
Vela Technologies Plc (LON: VELA)
The company operates a venture capital (VC) fund. The VC fund invests in small and medium-sized companies located in Europe and the UK. It specialises in technology and hi-tech engineering solution investment.
Vela Technologies Plc provides good investment opportunities to investors who want to invest in early growth-stage companies that are yet to list on the exchange. It makes a per-IPO investment in the company. It has completed an investment of £750,000 in the Northcoders Group plc, which got recently listed on the AIM market. At present, Vela Technologies holds a 6% stake in the Northcoders Group plc.
Vela Technologies Plc trades at GBX 0.09, down by 2.78% on 26 August 2021 at 8.45 am GMT+1 with a market cap of £12.64 million.


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Sam Feldt – Heartfeldt Radio #285
Welcome to Heartfeldt Radio #285. In this episode I have two new Heartfeldt Releases for you. One by Danny Avila and one by 22Bullets and of course I have many other great tunes for you. Let me know in the comments below what you think and enjoy.
Danny Avila – Unlearn to love (feat. madugo):
22Bullets – On Our Own (feat. Lovespeake):
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Local identity is the best place that identifies yourself. Your ideal neighborhood
local_id is an app that able to process spatial data of your city, as the presence of libraries, hospital, pharmacies, metro stations... but also urban data, population density, build-up areas
If you want to find your local identity simply enter the required values in the “user parameter” and local_id calculate for you the ranking of district based on your needs.
A thematic map with gradient associated to the rating of the neighborhood, from the most attractive in green, to last attractive in red, will give you a clear and immediate overview of your local identity.
The result displayed on the map will be present in order of attractiveness in the “NIL classification”.
You can calculate, at any time, how much identify the place where you are, using GPS location, or the place where you wish to live.. by manually entering an address in the search section
Use local_id to find the ideal location for your next home, or calculate how much identify in your district.
The version 0.3 contains the processed data to the municipality of Milan extrapolated from the portal dati.comune.milano.it
The data acquired and processed are represented in mashups with google maps, containing Points of Interest but above the rating of the area displayed according to their expectations

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BA - Lakshmibai College, Delhi University
Prabhakar (Vocal Music) - Jai Jai Wanti School, Delhi
Renuka Garg did her schooling from GOVT Girls Senior Secondary School, Shakti Nagar, Delhi.
Thereafter, she did her BA from Lakshmibai College, Delhi University. After that, she did BA (Prabhakar) in Vocal Music from Jai Jai Wanti School, Delhi.She took musical training for almost 20 years and in 2005, she started teaching Music. She gives private tuitions for Music & she has named it Jugnu Music Classes.


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Sausage rolls can become a bit boring but this recipe has apples infused right into the sausage along with mixed herbs. They are too good to be dipped in tomato sauce.
this recipe is lovely even tho i grated the apple and halfed the amount of garlic it was a pleasure to cook and an even bigger pleasure to eat i also used shortcrust pastry - 26 Feb 2010 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)
YUM YUM I used an eating apple instead of a cooking apple, and this was lovely. Will definitely make again. Brilliant for our picnic - 15 Aug 2013 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)

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Strict security measures mark the grand military parade on the occasion of the 1st of October, in celebration of the 59th anniversary of the proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Cyprus.
President Anastasiadis and the political leadership welcomed the parade that began at eleven in the morning at Iosif Hadziosif Avenue in Strovolos. The Greek Government is represented by the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Panagiotopoulos.
This year, for the first time, a representative of the Serbian government, namely YPAM Alexander Vulin, is attending the parade, as the National Guard will present for the first time its new acquisition, the Serbian NORA B-52 cannon. This is the Nora-B52 155 mm of Serbian origin and manufacture.
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Personal finances can get tricky in your 30's and 40's. It's common to be trying to save for big events like having kids, saving for retirement, and buying a house, while also feeling like you're just starting to get a handle on your career.
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Stash was built to help beginner investors get started. You can buy fractional shares (partial shares) in companies that are household names like Apple, Google, Amazon, and more 1 . Normally a single share of these companies could cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars, but you only need as little as $5 to get started with Stash.
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BONUS: Stash will give you $10 to invest after you deposit $5 or more into your personal portfolio. 2
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Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2019
This is a silly little book that is good for a light read. Not sure if there's a good lesson to be had since Mr Hoppy basically deceives Mrs Silver constantly, but hey, who's to say there aren't different love stories to be had in this. The premise is pretty simple, a retired man pines for his downstairs neighbor, but he's a shy old fellow and find a way to talk to her. He pines to such an extent that he even resents and is jealous of Alfie, the receiver of Mrs Silver's love, who also happens to be a small turtle. She longs for the petite turtle to grow bigger and bigger but alas, Alfie is not one to rush things, as turtles prefer to do. Mr Hoppy overhears Mrs Silver's lament.... and gets an idea that begins with a little growth spell that begins with the "magical" words Esio Trot.
Whimsical and silly for the sake of being silly... and sometimes that's what we need to read.

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