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Below please find real estate market reports for three Silicon Valley counties where I’m most active: Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, and Santa Cruz County. First we’ll provide the data for single family homes, then condos and townhomes, for each region. (“Silicon Valley” is 95% within Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, plus a little of Santa Cruz County and a small part of Alameda County. Alameda County uses a different MLS system, and I don’t usually sell there, so am not covering it in my reports.)
Late-Summer Early-Autumn 2020: Three Silicon Valley Counties
Santa Clara County Real Estate Market Report for September 2020
First, Santa Clara County – home to San Jose, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Santa Clara, Campbell, Los Gatos, Saratoga, Monte Sereno, Milpitas, Morgan Hill,and a number of other cities and towns. This area has generally come up in price about 2-3% since last year, though in September the median sale price is almost 16% higher in 2020 than in 2019! Since last month, sales prices are up a hair and median list price is down approximately 2% from last month, though it is up around 10% compared to 2019. Of course, it hasn’t been even growth. Late summer 2019 and winter saw drops after last year’s highest peak in sales price around late spring. We’re currently nearing the usual seasonal start of cooling, but activity is strong with both prices and the sales to list price ratio coming above the sales averages of 2019, although still below peak prices from May 2018.
And the condominium and townhouse report for Santa Clara County:
This year shows about a 5% drop in sales price for condos and townhomes since last year, and about a 3% dip in median sales price and a stable median list price from last month.
What does it cost to buy a single family home in the city of San Jose? There are many San Jose districts and their values vary by about 2 to 1 from the highest to lowest priced areas in this large, sprawling city with about 1,000,000 residents.
In this article we’ll take a look at the main, fairly well defined districts and discuss the cost of purchasing a house in each one. After each small description, there’s a link to a post on my popehandy.com website for that area. You can also find relevant information on my Valley of Heart’s Delight blog, SanJoseRealEstateLosGatosHomes.com – just click on the “Neighborhoods” link.
Lastly, if you’d like to see a map of where these parts of San Jose are located, please click on this link to find this article with a helpful map: San Jose is big and sprawling: where are the districts?
Today on the Valley of Heart’s Delight Blog, I looked at the real estate markets for Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino, and Los Altos.
All four of these areas are known for good public schools, proximity to the coastal range, and a nice way of life. All but Cupertino have a quaint downtown area, and those three communities each have about 31,000 residents, while Cupertino is more than double that. For folks relocating to the San Jose area for work, most likely, all four will be considered if schools are a priority.
To see how these 4 highly regarded communities compare in terms of market conditions and what you can buy for your money, please visit:
Market comparison: Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino and Los Altos on the Valley of Heart’s Delight Blog.
People coming from out of the area to relocate to Silicon Valley might not know what to expect from the weather in the San Jose, Santa Clara County, or Silicon Valley Area. Does this part of California ever rain? How hot is the summer? What is the climate like?
In a nutshell, this is a “sub-tropical” area, or a place that enjoys a mild “Mediterranean climate” that is most heavily influenced by the close proximity of the shoreline and the Pacific Ocean. Temps are mild, we get little rainfall compared to many parts of the country.
More specifically, we usually get about 10-20 inches of rainfall a year (less on the east and more on the west) and enjoy as many as 300 sunny days a year. Winters seldom see many hard freezes (but they can happen).
A typical summer day has highs in the mid to upper eighties but very low humidity – so it feels much cooler. Heat waves and heat inversions can run the temps up to the low to mid 100s in the hottest parts of the valley. Luckily it doesn’t happen much, or stay for long! Once in awhile, a rare storm in summer will bring high humidity and thundershowers, but for the most part, summers are dry. The hottest month is typically August.
The coldest month, usually, is December. A January day will often have a high in the 60s or 50s, depending. A cold day here is when it does not get into the 50s (not too common). By February, though, the worst is usually over and it’s even possible to have freak warm days that hit 80 degrees!
Our weather varies from year to year. Some years we get drought conditions and may require water rationing . Other years we get lots of wet weather from the Pacific – temps are warmer but there’s much too much rain: those are the El Niño years. Most often, though, winters aren’t that bad – evenings can be nippy as temps drop into the 20s on the worst nights in December or January. It will make the news that people should cover their citrus trees so they aren’t damaged by the freezing temps. Continue reading
It can be challenging for people moving to Silicon Valley to get a sense of pricing for home buying. So to compare “apples to apples,” let’s take a hypothetical case of a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home of approximately 2,000 SF house (appx 185 square meters) and see how the cost looks in one area versus another.
Today I compared several cities and areas using the formula: single family homes of 1800 – 2200 SF, 3-5 bedrooms, 2-3 bathrooms, on lot sizes of 5000 SF to 10,000 SF that have sold within the last 30 days (short window of time due to price changes in the last 6 months or so – first dropping in the 2nd half of 2018, and now nosing up again).
DOM means “Days on Market”, the number of days a home was listed as available before pending.
Please note that this is a rough estimate of home prices. In many areas, cities, or towns, there can be multiple school districts. In those cases, the home price will be impacted by which school district the property is located within. (If you are interested in prices for similar homes a year or two ago, please also scroll down to find similar charts and data.)
I have arranged this chart in descending order by Sales Price. This is usually how I organize the data, and you can see certain markets shifting position, moving up or down the order depending on what’s hot. To compare, below is a report from April 3rd, 2019 using the same formula.
In the past, I’ve done similar studies, but using a larger window of time to even out any aberrations.
In most cases, the most expensive and desirable places have either the best schools or shortest commute location or both. Had I ranked these for school scores, you’d find that Cambrian is fairly high up and a good “bang for the buck” location – though not a super short commute for folks who work in Mountain View (though not so bad for people working in Cupertino). None of these is especially close to North San Jose (Cisco).
Palo Alto is a gorgeous, exciting area with all kinds of wonderful features – beautiful neighborhoods, lower crime, great schools, short commute. It is usually the most expensive area on this list. But if you didn’t found a successful startup company or inherit a couple of million bucks, it can be hard to buy a single family home there. Many people would like to live in the shadow of Stanford University, but the budget just won’t allow it. What, then?
Please use the list above as a way to get your bearings on nearby areas in the South Bay (southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area). This is not an exhaustive list – it’s just most of the areas closest to Highway 85 or the West Valley Freeway. You can study various cities, downs, and districts within the region at my stats site, popehandy.rereport.com. (Free and you do not have to register unless you want email updates.)
Finally, it should be noted that one of the main drivers of home values is school districts. In the San Jose / Silicon Valley area, the school district boundaries do NOT follow the city or town boundaries. Los Gatos, for example, has 3 different elementary school districts, with varying scores which impact home values. So too with Saratoga and many other areas, San Jose especially! All this to say that the figures above are only ROUGH GUIDES. When you break it down to micro-markets, the picture changes more. But as a starter guide, I think you’ll find the above info helpful to give you a general idea of how far your money can go in home buying for areas in Santa Clara County from Palo Alto to Blossom Valley.
Want to do a deep dive on any of these areas? Please visit my Valley of Heart’s Delight Blog to learn about them.
Historical comparisons of home prices in the same / similar areas
Here’s similar info from about 22 months ago (one change is that the lot sizes used before was a range of 6,000 to 10,000 SF, and in 2019 I went down to 5,000). I also thought it would be useful to share the number of sales represented, since obviously a small number may not be truly representative of home values in today’s market.
January 25, 2018: Continue reading
When people relocating to Silicon Valley get “sticker shock” on our real estate prices, most of the time they look for more affordable places in which to live that are close by. Often finding neighborhoods with good schools comes into play. Or perhaps they simply love the scenic town of Los Gatos but can’t buy in town (95030 and 95032 zip codes are “in town” and 95033 is the unincorporated county areas with a Los Gatos mailing address). The mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz – the coastal range – is home to a number of communities such as Chemeketa Park, Holy City, Aldercroft Heights, the Lexington Reservoir area (the town of Lexington is under the reservoir now!), Alma, Redwood Estates (Upper Redwood Estates, Lower Redwood Estates) and more.
The Los Gatos Mountains are a specialty area and I don’t usually work them. I frequently will refer them out or team up with someone else who knows a lot more than I do about the unique things you need to worry about if buying up there.
There are many plusses to living in the Los Gatos Mountains: clean air, more open space (less crowding), beautiful vistas, great schools (top rated public schools), lower housing costs. It’s a fabulous place if you have horses or just love more seclusion. The folks who live in the hills absolutely love their communities and homes.
At the same time, there are special consideration if you live in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Here’s a list of potential issues that mountain residents may face:
Many residential roads are private & there are private road agreements in place (so owners must agree on paving, clearing brush or trees too close to the road, pay if the road washes out in a mudslide to clear it or if soil beneath it gives way, etc.)
- Utilities: in the valley, we have Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) and public water (most of us have San Jose Water). In the mountains most or many of them have propane gas (not P G & E), they do have electric from PG & E though, and well water. Our recent drought – which ended officially this week – was not severe but with a worse drought the wells can run dry and then mountain residents have to truck water in, which is very expensive. You also must periodically check well water for arsenic and other elements and purity. (Also there’s septic instead of sewer. Not a big deal but it’s one more thing to maintain.)
- Fire concerns – the wildland areas are at risk of fire in summer, so the fire marshall’s regulations are to keep brush cleared a certain distance from your house to help lessen the risk. (Google “fire santa cruz mountains” and you will get a lot of news returns on fire danger and past fires).
- Winter weather issues – the higher elevations can get snow a couple of times a year – doesn’t last long but can make roads impassable (not as low as Chemeketa Park but near the summit and perhaps upper Redwood Estates). Trees sometimes fall and block roads and driveways during heavy rainfall. Our redwood trees have VERY shallow roots and I think this is why they come down in strong winds and rain, but I’m not sure. The lovely trees are green year round, including winter. They can keep the sun away if you’re in a heavily forrested area, though. I had friends who lived near the summit and they said that in winter, sunshine never touched their property. Finally, with all the trees and more severe winter weather in the Mtns, residents there lose electricity more often than we do in the valley (due to trees falling I am sure).
- Beach traffic – the mountain communities are all pretty dependent on Hwy 17 (there are few alternatives) and there’s a wave of traffic tie ups as coast visitors come and go with the warm weather.
- San Andreas Earthquake Fault – runs pretty much down the spine of the coastal range (on or close to Summit Road). The summit is the “sunniest” area in the mountains, so if I lived there I’d want to be where there’s more sunlight – but that would mean straddling one of the most powerful and most scary earthquake faults on the globe. I won’t do it!
- Travel time – hwy 17 can be pretty smooth but once off the road, it can be 10 to 20 or more minutes until you get to the house, so the total travel time to whereever you’re going can be long. That’s especially true if there’s an accident on 17, which is not so uncommon with all the curves in the road. There is a large grocery store on Summit Road so it is not necessary to drive to the valley for the basics.
- Resale issues – even in a “hot” market, it takes far longer to sell a mountain home than one on the valley floor. Agents in my office say that on a typical open house up there they get one or two people per hour. It is not uncommon for a mountain house to take a year to sell. I just checked the average Days on Market and it’s 63. In todays hot sellers market, that’s significantly longer than in the valley but far less than when I last updated this post in March 2011 when the Days on Market were 212.
- Bugs – in addition to drywood termites and subterranean termites, up in the SC Mountains they also have dampwood termites.
If you’re interested in learning more about the mountains, please email me! I can get you more info and partner with a “mountain agent” to get you the best deal on a property in the coastal range near the San Jose area.
Finally, if you are not sure which area is in Los Gatos vs having a Los Gatos mailing address (which can also happen in pockets on the valley floor), the best resource is the map of the town’s boundaries, which you can find here: http://www.losgatosca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/338
What’s available in the mountains today?
How’s the market in 95033 this week?
Listed at $2,000,000 and sold with 4 offers for $2,300,000. Closed on August 14, 2018
Original post on this listing is below:
If you’ve been hunting for a move-in ready Cupertino home for sale with Monta Vista High School, this is your lucky week! Set in the beautiful Three Oaks neighborhood, close to Rainbow Drive and S Stelling Road, this sunny house was expanded in 2011 and more updates were done in 2018, including fully remodeling both bathrooms. The addition brought 600 SF of kitchen, family, and office space to the home – and they are exquisite!
The home at 1190 Crestline Drive, Cupertino CA 95014 features 3 bedrooms plus an office (which could be converted to a bedroom), 2 remodeled baths, a spacious living room, dining room, alcove off the dining room (originally the location of the “old” kitchen), a spacious kitchen – family room combination with a large, vaulted ceiling. There are recessed lights in the living, dining, kitchen, and family rooms. The kitchen-family room area offers 2 skylights with retractable shades. Both bathrooms and also the dining room provide sun tunnels. There’s loads of natural light!
Flexible floor plan and more options for another bed, bath, or?
The space which was the original kitchen is now an alcove, but it is possible to create another bedroom there – or use it as a study, music room, hobby room, or play area. It’s got a sewer line there, since it was previously a kitchen, so it may be possible to add a bathroom, too.
- 3 bedrooms + office and alcove
- Office has closet adjacent – could possibly convert office to bedroom
- 2 newly remodeled baths in 2018
- 1715 SF (per county)
- Lot size 6007 SF (per county)
- Built in 1963, expanded in 2011
- No carpeting – mostly hardwood floors, some laminate, some Italian porcelain tile
- Flexible layout—sewer plumbed to possibly add 3rd bathroom and another in original kitchen area
- Schools: Regnart Elementary, Kennedy Middle & Monta Vista High
MLS # ML81714661
OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULE:
Thurs., 7-19-2018 9:30am to 12:30pm (broker tour AND public open house)
Sat., 7-21-2018 2pm to 4pm
Sun., 7-22-2018 2pm to 4pm
You can learn more about this Cupertino home for sale and see all the photos on either of these two sites:
As you may know, I have a number of blogs relating to Silicon Valley real estate (I will list them below). My family and I live in Los Gatos, and my office is in Los Gatos too, so my focus is that town and the nearby areas, such as Saratoga, Cupertino, Campbell, Monte Sereno, and parts of San Jose such as Cambrian and Almaden and Willow Glen. One area I’m working on for the blogs, as well as for my Facebook business page, Google + and Twitter are video “drive throughs” of neighborhoods. I’m starting in Los Gatos but eventually hope to get to all of the areas listed above.
Right now, I’ve got 5 Los Gatos neighborhood videos on my YouTube channel, plus slideshows of a few more areas and parks. Additionally there are some slideshows up of Saratoga and parts of San Jose. Interested in an up close view of these parts of Silicon Valley? Please visit my channel: http://www.youtube.com/PopeHandy Or start with the Los Gatos playlist, below. The first one is a slideshow of Los Gatos as a general intro, and after that there is a mixture of slideshows and drive throughs. Enjoy!
Other blogs about Silicon Valley real estate, homes and neigbhorhoods:
Valley of Hearts Delight – aka San Jose Real Estate Los Gatos Homes
Belwood of Los Gatos blog
Edit: I originally wrote this post on August 12, 2013, but it is still accurate today, January 25, 2018, and probably will be for years to come.
- Palo Alto (very costly)
- Cupertino (less expensive for the school scores compared to other areas up to #5 on this list)
- Saratoga (very expensive)
- Los Altos & Los Altos Hills
- Los Gatos & Monte Sereno (95030 & 95032)
- Parts of San Jose in Cambrian 95124 and Almaden 95120 (very good value)
- The Los Gatos Mountains (zip code 95033)
- Parts of Fremont (Mission San Jose area)
How hard could relocating from San Francisco to Silicon Valley be? It’s the same time zone, the same “San Francisco Bay Area” region, and depending on which part of Silicon Valley you target, the drive time could be all of 20 minutes – or perhaps well over an hour.
Relocating from San Francisco to Silicon Valley can be a little bit of a culture shock, which is surprising given the close proximity of the two areas. What’s so different?
(1) Most noticeably, the scenery is different.
You won’t be seeing the Golden Gate Bridge, facing frighteningly steep hills, or catching a view of the Pacific Ocean from the Cliff House when you’re in Silicon Valley. Nob Hill, the Wharf, Ghirardelli Square, Union Square, Market Street, Mission Dolores, the SOMA district and so many other colorful parts of the city will be places you visit on weekends rather than drop in on some evening for supper. The scenic beauty of San Francisco may be the thing you will miss the most if you move out of that fabled city.
Beauty isn’t absent from Silicon Valley, though! There are views of the San Francisco Bay in many places (Foster City and Redwood Shores especially). Scenic vistas of the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains can be enjoyed from many locations in the South Bay, especially Los Altos, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, and the Almaden Valley in San Jose. Part of Silicon Valley reaches into North San Jose, Milpitas, and Fremont, where views of the eastern foothills can be quite lovely, too. Some of these communities have a high elevation and can see the bay as well as the valley.
If you are relocating from San Francisco to Silicon Valley, you’ll want to be outdoors more and enjoy the many open spaces available to you. Parks and hiking areas abound on the Peninsula and in Santa Clara County. For example, you’ve probably driven past Crystal Springs Reservoir many times- but did you know that you can hike there? Santa Clara County has a network of trails following various creeks. The Los Gatos Creek Trail (with some adjacent percolation ponds) runs from Lexington Reservoir down into the valley, stopping at Meridian Avenue. There are also trails around parts of the bay – and eventually trails should ring the whole SF Bay Area, but that may take quite awhile.
At Vasona Lake County Park in Los Gatos you can rent a paddle boat and roam the lake in style! Or how about sauntering on horseback in the low foothills of Saratoga at Garrod’s? A day at Filoli in Woodside is always good for the soul – lovely places to walk around both outdoors and in. (Really spectacular during the holidays, too.)
Got wine? You’ll get great views if you take in some wine tasting in Saratoga (several spots, also at Cooper-Garrod’s if you want to sip wine after riding horses) or Cupertino at Ridge Vineyards, too. There are dozens of wineries in Silicon Valley, including J Lohr near the San Jose airport.
Lovely sights are bountiful in The Valley. Continue reading


Suspected vandals attack Jigawa water plant, steal items worth ₦20m - Commissioner
The commissioner added that the rampant theft and destruction of water facilities across the state is causing hardship to the citizens in terms of access to potable water and causing set to government efforts to provide water for all.
The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba, made this known when he inspected the facility on Friday. Garba, who expressed worry over the incident, said government will take drastic measures against those sabotaging its efforts to provide potable water to residents of the state.
“This is very sad and unfortunate indeed. Items worth over ₦20 million were stolen by the vandals.
“This is the first time this is happening since the creation of this water facility in Birninkudu in the last 50 years.
“This is happening across the state as it happened in Kazaure where about 20 boreholes were destroyed, cables dug out and carted away, it also happened in Babura, Gumel and Dutse. So it rampantly happening,” Garba lamented.
He added that the rampant theft and destruction of water facilities across the state is causing hardship to the citizens in terms of access to potable water and causing set to government efforts to provide water for all.
The commissioner therefore, advised the general public to take full ownership of all facilities and other critical infrastructure provided by government facilities in their respective communities and report any suspicious movement around such facilities to the security agencies for prompt action.
Also speaking, the Zonal Manager of the Jigawa Water Baord, in charge of Birninkudu, Buji and Gwaram, Malam Yunusa Shuaibu, who was among those attacked by the suspected vandals, told newsman that the hoodlums attacked the facility at about midnight on Tuesday.
“It was on Tuesday around midnight that a gang of people numbering about 10 carrying dangerous weapons attacked the facility where I the manager and two other staff were attacked.
“They tied me up and hit me and other staff with stick, while one staff managed to escape.
“They cut off cables and stole items worth over ₦20 million, in they ransacked the facility,” the official alleged.
Shuaibu listed the items stolen by the suspected vandals as high lift cable (150mm×4core), DB cable (100mm×4core), two high lift rotor (75kv), three Kickstarters (100kv), four solar batteries (300arm) and computers.
Others are stock cable (6mm flexible, 150mm×4core, 100mm×4core and 16mm×4core), two batteries (150arm 12vol), pump (30kv), seven impellers, overload spear parts, iron slab and five mobile phones.
Also, commenting the Chairman of the Council, Alhaji Magaji Yusuf, pointed out that the a substantial number of residents of the area depend on the facility for their daily water need. Yusif said two third of the 200,000 residents of the local government could not get access to water due to the vandalism.
He added that the facility, built in 1972, treats 400 cubic litre of water per hour. The chairman promised that the council will take proactive measures to forestall future occurrence of the incidents.
According to him, the council will also take immediate action to ensure that water supply continues, pending the general repair of the facility by the state government.
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After an exceptional performance at regionals, the Clinton High School Dark Horses continued to have an amazing showing in tennis. Getting its third victory in a row on the year against rivals Greene Central, the win advanced them to the third round of the 2Adual team playoffs.
This time around, the Horses were playing at home and came away with a resounding 5-0 victory to proceed to the semifinals. Keeping up with the traditional dominating fashion that they’ve had all season, they claimed those five wins in straight sets in singles matches.
Cooper Brewen at court one, where he’s been all year, defended home base by getting the win. Peter Darden at court two finished his match up before Brewen and also came away with a victory. Camden Thompson, at court three, did the same as the Horses continued to roll against the Rams. Over on the opposite side of the fence is where Trevor Leggett, Sammy Sutter and Lukas Jerez were battling. Leggett took the court five match, with Sutter getting a victory at court six to wrap up the second round.
Jerez, who was playing at court four, did not finish his match as the day was already decided by Clinton. With that they got the 5-0 win and ended the day as doubles were not played.
The Dark Horses now improve to 13-0 on the season and advance to the eastern semifinal. They will be facing off against North Lenoir on Monday at 4 p.m. as they look to defend home court once again.
Reach Michael Hardison at [email protected] Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @SampsonInd.

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August 20, 2003 |
NEW DELHI: The entire civil aviation machinery and security agencies went into a 'panic' spin on Thursday morning as the remote transponder of an Indian Airlines aircraft set off a hijack alarm at the high-security Delhi airport. Though the commander of the Srinagar-bound Airbus A320 informed the air traffic control (ATC) that there was no hijack, security agencies were not willing to take any chances and the airport was closed for a couple of hours. The aircraft was isolated and detained while the crew as well as the passengers, which included Union minister of state Chamanlal Gupta who once held the civil aviation portfolio, were screened before signalling an all-clear, allowing the airport to be reopened for normal operations.
January 1, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: The airport development fee (ADF) levied to outgoing passengers at Delhi airport will be halved from Tuesday to Rs100 for domestic travellers and Rs600 for international flyers, a move that comes after the government failed to get the charge abolished. The civil aviation ministry had on October 16 sent out a press note directing the Airports Authority of India to infuse more equity into the Delhi and Mumbai international airports with the objective of abolishing the fee, which is charged to bridge the gap in project funding.
July 21, 2011 |
Marcel Hungerbuehler had joined as Chief Operating Officer of the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) replacing Peter Noyce, who quit the organization to join an NGO. Prior to this Hungerbuehler had worked as the CEO of Bangalore International Airport before he moved out in February this year. He would report into I. Prabhakara Rao, CEO for Delhi Airport , who looks after overall operational activities of the airport. "Marcel is an expert in airport operation and has global experience in managing airports.
April 21, 2013 |
To paraphrase the words of Michael O'Leary, the eccentric chief executive of European no-frills carrier Ryanair, airline bosses are "aerosexuals". They spend a lifetime in planes or airports because their job demands as much. One morning last December, I spotted Aditya Ghosh , president of IndiGo, the budget carrier, at the Delhi airport. Ghosh, who was due to fly to Mumbai, was talking to three colleagues. A few passengers, who had identified Ghosh (the IndiGo colours he wears are a giveaway)
April 15, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: The number of check-in and immigration counters at the Delhi Airport will be increased to deal with the rush of passengers. While the security check gates have been increased from eight to 14, the number of immigration counters on the departure side is being enhanced from 28 to 52 and that on the arrival side will go up to 48 from the present 28, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha...
March 6, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: A large hike in airport tariff, as is being sought by Delhi airport operator DIAL , could reduce the number of flights through the national capital and hit the low-cost airlines hard, a study by a prominent credit-rating agency said today. "We expect the tariff increase to result in some reduction in the number of flights to and from Delhi over the next two to three years," the Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said in a report. It said any "large increase in tariffs could moderate the strong traffic growth" through the Delhi airport over the same period, though in the long-term air traffic growth was bound to grow.
June 3, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday approved setting up of new immigration counters and increasing the strength of CISF personnel posted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here, a move that may bring relief to travellers. A panel headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrashekar that went into infrastructure facilities at the airport decided to increase the number of immigration counters from existing 56 to 100, which will reduce queues and congestion within the airport, official sources said here.
October 29, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: The operators of IGI airport here, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), today announced the launch of "GMR Delhi Airport " application on Windows 8 platform. The application, launched in collaboration with Microsoft, provides a host of utility features like real-time flight information, live weather information, access to all passengers' facilities available at the airport, a statement from the DIAL said. Smartphones and tablets usage is growing phenomenally as the primary means of information with passenger's expectation of having instant access to real-time, relevant and reliable information when on the move and this new application on windows 8 platform will serve the purpose allowing us to deliver that experience seamlessly on mobile devices and pads, DIAL CEO I P Rao said.
August 7, 2012 |
FRANKFURT: Calling the 346 per cent hike in Delhi airport charges by India' s airport regulator AERA as "unreasonable and unacceptable", German carrier Lufthansa has said that major international airlines are holding a crucial meeting in mid-August to discuss the issue. Noting that over 10 international airlines operating out of India have filed a case in the Delhi High Court against the steep increase in airport charges, Axel Hilgers, Lufthansa's Director South Asia, said that the Delhi airport's operational cost is "too high.
May 14, 2008 |
NEW DELHI: Stung by Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia's criticism of the pace at which Delhi airport is being upgraded, civil aviation minister Praful Patel has retaliated. In a sarcastically-worded letter, the minister has accused the Planning Commission of delaying modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports with 'constant' objections. He also pointed out the inconvenience faced by passengers is mainly due to lack of co-operation from agencies like immigration and security which do not provide adequate staff to handle growing traffic volume, as a result of which more than a dozen counters remain vacant even as queues build up before the manned ones.


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Police Say New York Man Rammed Victim’s Vehicle Off Road
Police say a domestic dispute was the cause of an ugly incident that saw a New York state man using his vehicle to hit another vehicle multiple times. Authorities have charged the suspect with numerous violations, including endangering the welfare of a child.
Officials say the suspect had already had an order of protection against them at the time of the incident.
Suspect Hits Vehicle Multiple Times
The New York State police said in a press release that they were called to a domestic disturbance on the afternoon of March 1. Police said after an investigation that a 30-year-old suspect from Cambridge, NY intentionally struck a vehicle with his vehicle multiple times. State police say the repeated impacts caused the victims' vehicle to leave the road and lead to two of the occupants suffering injuries.
Police say the victim’s vehicle was occupied by one adult and five children under the age of 17. Police also say the incident happened while an active court-issued order of protection was in place protecting four of the vehicles’ occupants from the suspect.
Police say they located the suspect the following day and arrested him.
New York Man Arrested On Thruway Allegedly Had BAC Over 2X Legal Limit
Police say they stopped a vehicle in late February for various vehicle and traffic violations. What they did not know at the time was the operator of this motor vehicle was allegedly driving over two times the state's legal limit.
New York State Police said in a press release that they stopped a vehicle that evening on I-90 in the city of Albany. Police say the man from Jamaica, Queens was intoxicated a the time, and his blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.18%. that is over two times New York's legal limit of 0.8%.
The release said the suspect has also been charged with Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated, as well as the previously mentioned felony.


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Wall mount fans are great for your grow rooms. You can set them up easily and also save space that you can utilize for other purposes. What is a grow room wall mount fan? As the name suggests, a wall mount fan can attach to your grow room wall. They...
Wall mount fans are great for your grow rooms. You can set them up easily and also save space that you can utilize for other purposes.
What is a grow room wall mount fan?
As the name suggests, a wall mount fan can attach to your grow room wall. They are large and bulky, so they are unsuitable for use in a grow tent. Nevertheless, their capability of getting attached to the wall of a grow room means that you can easily save precious floor wall space.
Why should I use fans in my grow room?
It is necessary that you use a wall mount or other circulating fans in your grow room. This is essential because your room needs good air circulation. Your plants need fresh air because a gentle breeze makes the stems strong. If you let the air become stagnant, it could become a breeding ground for pests that can destroy your plants. Fans also help reduce humidity and extra heat in your grow area.
Which fan should I choose for my grow space?
At Groindoor.com, you can choose from a vast range of fans ranging from 12 inches to 36 inchesin size. To choose the right fan, you need to consider the cubic feet per minute (CFM) value, which indicates how much air the fan can move every minute.
You should also know that you need to pair your fan with a fan speed controllerthat allows you to adjust the fan speed according to the time of the day and your grow space's temperature. You can automate this process with the help of a controller.
Some fans come with a built-in fan speed controller. This is ideal because you can use lesser devices and save yourself from the trouble of buying different devices.

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RANGELY — Tamarisk and Russian olive problems? Everyone is invited to an educational meeting and discussion about invasive tree species and methods to control these harmful plants. Find out about financial assistance Tuesday, July 22 at 7 p.m. in the Weiss Center at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely.
The Rangely School Board and superintendent annually decide upon district goals in their board/superintendent agreement.
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A history of the first Canterbury flour mill and of Charles Haylock and his family who arrived in Akaroa in 1850.
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It can be an expensive business signing young players these days. Premier League clubs can shell out tens of millions knowing full well that they may not get a return on their investment.
Manchester United, for example, spent £37m on Amad Diallo, and the jury is very much still out on whether the Ivorian international will be able to fulfil his potential.
When starlets near the end of their contracts, though, they can be snapped up for a pittance, and in today’s list we will look at some potential bargains that Premier League teams could sign next summer.
Press the next page as we look at five players (who are 23 or younger) who could leave their clubs at the end of the season.


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The Mt. Greenwood Community and Business Association will host a Holiday Stroll on Friday, Dec. 10, from 4-7 p.m.
Participating businesses from Sacramento Avenue to Pulaski Road will host a variety of events and special offers. The stroll also includes live reindeer, special characters, music, raffles and more.
For more information, call Mary Gill at (773) 881-0622 or email email@example.com.
The Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, 3857 W. 111th St., will host its sixth annual Red Tractor Craft Fair on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event will feature arts, crafts, kids’ activities and more. Visitors can also enjoy a festival ride in a real tractor.
Chicago Gaelic Park, 6119 W. 147th St., in Oak Forest, will celebrate Thanksgiving with a delicious all-you-can-eat buffet dinner on Thursday, Nov. 25, from 2 to 5 p.m., with live music from 3 to 6 p.m.
The feast will begin with a choice of soups and an extensive salad bar. The main course includes turkey, ham and roast beef along with the traditional trimmings, coffee and dessert.
Reservations are required and must be paid in advance. Seating is limited.
Tickets are $32 for adults and $16 for children 4 to 12 years of age and include all the food and entertainment. A cash bar will be available.
For more information or tickets, call (708) 687-9323.
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Gaelic Park will host its 10th annual Carraig Challenge Cross Country 5K run or 1.5-mile walk on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 10 a.m.
Packet pick-up will be from 8 to 9:45 a.m. The event will take place at Gaelic Park.
Registration is $30 per participant. Student/family registration for three or more is $25 per participant. There will be no race-day registration.
At the finish line, each registrant will be provided with a Carraig Pub drink ticket, water and hot cup of soup.
Proceeds benefit Gaelic Park Charities.
For online registration, visit racetimeinfo.
The Beverly Area Arts Alliance will host the annual Uprising Holiday Market, on Saturday, Dec. 4, from noon to 4 p.m., at RMH Design, 1804 W. 103rd St.
The market will showcase the release of the limited-edition Beverly Mural print. Only 75 prints, signed by artist Mitch Egly, will be available for a donation in support of the Beverly Area Arts Alliance.
Uprising will also feature more than 20 vendors plus DJ Ruta Spencer, Steering Cocktails libations, Beverly Phono Mart, and Made.
For more information, visit beverlyarts.org.
Holiday Wagon Ride
Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens, 7402 Lake Katherine Dr., in Palos Heights, will host holiday wagon rides on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 6 or 7 p.m.
Get in the holiday spirit by enjoying a wagon ride to look at the neighborhood lights and decorations. Finish the evening with a craft and a hot beverage.
Cost is $12 per person.
For more information or to register, call (708) 361-1873 or visit lakekatherine.org.
Money Tree Hunt
The Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce will host a Money Tree Hunt on Nov. 27, Small Business Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Collect clues to find the hidden tree at a business in Evergreen Park. The prize is $250.
No purchase is necessary.
To register, visit evergreenparkchamber.org.
The Drama Group will present “Sweat” on Friday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m., at the Milord Studio Theatre, 330 W. 202nd St., in Chicago Heights.
Additional performances will be held Dec. 4, 10 and 11 at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 12.
Filled with warm humor and heart, Pulitzer Prize-winning “Sweat” tells the story of a group of friends who share drinks and laughs while facing the possible loss of their blue-collar jobs due to modernization. When layoffs chip away at their trust, they fight to stay afloat.
Audience members will be required to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test results within 72 hours of the performance.
For tickets, visit the website at dg.booktix.com.
Families looking for a unique winter light show this year will find it in the ninth annual Illumination: Tree Lights at The Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Rt. 53, in Lisle, with five new features and a curated selection of music from around the world along the path.
Illumination attendees will find familiar favorite features from previous years, as well as the newly created experiences of the arboretum’s 26-foot tall Human+Nature Hallow sculpture lit at night, a glittering entry gateway, passage through 150 colorful lanterns, a blanket of white lights across a hilltop meadow and a conifer trail lined with dozens of spectacularly colored light reeds.
Illumination will open at 4:30 p.m., last entry at 8:30 p.m. Lights go out at 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are recommended to be purchased online in advance since many nights traditionally sell out and tickets may not be available at the door.
Ticket prices range from $8 to $24 per person. Children under age 2 are free of charge.
For more information or tickets, call (630) 725-2066 or visit mortonarb.org.
The Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Rd., will host its 40th annual Holiday Magic on Nov. 26 to 28, and Dec. 1 to 5, 8 to 12, 15 to 19, and 26 to 31, from 3 to 9 p.m.
Holiday Magic features over 2 million LED lights. Reservation times for Holiday Magic are in 15-minute increments.
Zoo admission and parking tickets, which must be reserved in advance, are $24.95 for adults, $17.95 for children ages 3 to 11, and $19.95 for seniors 65 and over. Parking is $15. All tickets are nonrefundable.
For information, visit the website at czs.org.


Why not shred some tarmac with one of the new slick bikes from BMW.The BMW Cruise Bike and Mountainbike Enduro will have a hip new design with exciting colour accents. Alongside the Touring Bike, the Mountainbike Cross Country and the BMW M Carbon Racer Bike, theses bikes promise lots of fun and a smooth enjoyable ride.A technical update guarantees the premium quality of a genuine BMW. Riders benefit from a 60-year heritage of BMW engineers applying their automotive expertise to bicycles. Safe to say – sound engineering. Great handling and customisable settings give every climb and descent maximum comfort and superlative safety – proved by independent testing facilities that subject BMW bikes to superior testing.To keep up with the latest BMW news, visit the official BMW Facebook Fan Page or follow them on Twitter via @BMW_SA.


Britacel’s combination of tradition, innovation, dedication has made it the leading label in the textile finishing industry. With a humble start in 1989, of 12 tonnes/month with only specialty in silicones, Britacel has grown to a whopping 16000 metric tonnes/year of silicones and other auxiliaries. Brilliant concoctions, dogged determination, cutting-edge technology, and strong moral values all embody what Britacel stands for.
The company’s offerings today include finishing chemicals, pretreatment chemicals, sizing chemicals, dyeing aid, printing auxiliaries, and a number of niche offerings too. The company’s solutions are widely used by manufacturers of home textiles, sarees and dress materials, knits, garmenters, digital printers, denims, yarns, premium shirtings and suitings.
Britacel is the only company to use Ethicrop for its textiles. “We support sustainability and we are committed to deliver it in every way we can. We do every bit of our part to salvage nature, such as minimising plastic waste, providing thermal insulation and rainwater harvesting at our plant in Goa, while ensuring consistently high and unmatched quality,” said the company.
Meet the Britacel team and study the company’s products and solutions at Dyechem World Exhibition, from June 3-5, 2022 in Tirupur.


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Introducing a small but effective solution to safeguard your seedlings from pesky small animals. We all know how irresistible those tender leaves are to chickens, rabbits, squirrels, and other pests. Don’t let your hard work go to waste! With a small plant cage, you can protect your seedlings until they grow strong enough to withstand these curious creatures.
Why Choose Individual Cages?
You might be wondering if it’s worth investing in individual cages rather than a larger garden cage. Let’s explore a few reasons why the former is a better choice:
- Seedlings grow at varying rates based on their variety and species.
- Individual cages offer quicker access compared to large garden cages.
- They are easy to build and handle.
- Suitable for use in raised beds, containers, and in-ground gardens.
- Plant cages can be customized in size to suit your needs.
- They can also protect your vegetables until harvest time.
Building Your Small Plant Cage
Building these plant cages is quick and straightforward. While working with hardware cloth may not be the easiest, it provides better protection than chicken wire.
What You’ll Need:
- 1/2″ hardware cloth (2′ width is ideal for protecting seedlings for a few months)
- A pair of tin snips
- Wire clip pliers
- Wire cage clips
- Tape measure
How to Build It:
- Roll out the hardware cloth to your desired length and cut a straight line using tin snips.
- If you want a specific size for your plant cage, roll the cloth into that size, mark it, and cut accordingly.
- Fasten the cloth edges together at both ends to form a cylinder shape.
- Complete the fastening along the length of the cylinder using cage clips or by weaving the wire that came with the hardware cloth.
- Press one end of the cylinder as flat as possible, lining up the holes, and fasten it with cage clips.
- Your plant cage is now ready to use!
Ames Farm Center offers a variety of gardening supplies to help you create the perfect plant protector cage. Visit amesfarmcenter.com to explore their range.
Using the Plant Cage
To ensure the stability of your plant cage, use garden staples to hold it down if you have curious animals or critters that might knock them over. Alternatively, you can install the cages by twisting them into the ground and allowing the soil to dry around the bottom of the cage. This will provide additional support and stability.
If you’re ready to protect your seedlings from unwanted visitors, consider building these small, customizable plant cages. Your seedlings will thrive, and you’ll have peace of mind knowing that your hard work is safe and secure.
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15 Oct Weekly Recipes – Fall Stews
The leaves are changing…The air is cooling down…I’m busting out my sweaters and boots…so…that means it’s Fall, y’all!!!
And that means it’s time to get some stews cookin’ on the stove! I LOVE having soup for dinner – add some homemade paleo bread, brown rice or quinoa (depending on the soup) or a side salad and you have a delicious and nutritious meal!
And…do you know what makes great leftovers for lunch??? Soup from the night before!
So, here you go…here are some clean-eating Fall Stew recipes for you!
Coconut Curry Chili
Makes: 10 cups
Hands-on time: 10 minutes
Total time: 27 minutes
- 1 1/2 tsp red curry paste
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, divided
- 1/2 cup uncooked bulgur
- 1/2 medium sweet potato, peeled and cubed (2 cups)
- 1 large green bell pepper, chopped (2 cups)
- 3 cups cooked kidney beans or BPA-free canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed well
- 1/2 cup light coconut milk
- 2 cups jarred or boxed tomato purée (aka passata)
- 2 scallions, chopped
- Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
- In a 4-qt pot, add curry paste, cumin and a bit of broth. Mash mixture and stir until paste is no longer in lumps. Add remaining broth, bulgur, potato and bell pepper. Set over high heat and bring mixture to a boil. Cover tightly, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add beans, coconut milk and tomato purée to pot and stir. Cook, uncovered, for 7 minutes, until bulgur is tender and chili is thick. Stir in scallions and black pepper and serve.
Country Style Beef and Green Pepper Soup
Hands-on time: 20 minutes
Total time: 55 minutes
- 2 1/2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 12 oz extra-lean ground beef
- 2 medium green bell peppers, diced
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 lb fresh tomatoes, chopped
- 4 oz fresh green beans, trimmed and broken into 1-inch pieces
- 1 cup frozen whole-kernel corn, thawed and patted dry
- 2 cups coarsely chopped green cabbage
- 3 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a Dutch oven on medium-high, tilting Dutch oven to coat bottom lightly. Add beef and cook for 3 minutes or until browned, stirring frequently. Drain beef on paper towels; set aside.
- Heat 1 tsp oil in Dutch oven on medium-high. Add bell peppers and onion and cook for 6 minutes or until edges begin to brown, stirring occasionally. Add beef back to Dutch oven along with tomatoes, beans, corn, cabbage, broth and oregano. Bring mixture to a boil over same heat, then reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until beans are tender-crisp.
- Remove Dutch oven from heat, stir in remaining ingredients, including remaining oil, and let stand for 10 minutes before serving to allow flavors to meld.
Slow Cooker Stout and Chicken Stew
Cook Time: 4 hours
- 6 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided, plus more to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, plus more to taste
- 2 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, trimmed
- 4 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
3 pieces bacon, chopped
- 1 2/3 cups Guinness beer or other stout (14-ounce can)
- 1 pound whole baby carrots or large carrots cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 8-ounce package cremini or button mushrooms, halved if large
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups frozen baby peas, thawed
- Combine 6 tablespoons flour with 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a shallow bowl. Dredge chicken thighs in the mixture to coat completely; transfer to a plate.
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add half the chicken and cook until well browned, 2 to 4 minutes per side; transfer to a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker. Reduce heat to medium and repeat with the remaining 2 teaspoons oil and chicken thighs. Arrange the chicken in an even layer in the slow cooker.
- Add bacon to the pan and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. Sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup flour over the bacon and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes more. Add stout and use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Pour the mixture over the chicken. Add carrots, mushrooms, onion, garlic and thyme, spreading in an even layer over the chicken. Pour broth over the top.
- Cover and cook until the chicken is falling-apart tender, 4 hours on High or 7 to 8 hours on Low.
- Stir in peas, cover and cook until the peas are heated through, 5 to 10 minutes more. Season with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper.
- Make Ahead Tip: Trim chicken, chop bacon; prep onion and garlic; defrost peas. Refrigerate in separate containers.
Squash, Chickpea and Red Lentil Stew
- 3/4 cup dried chickpeas (or canned)
- 2 1/2 pounds kabocha squash, (see Note) or butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 cup red lentils
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon saffron
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1/2 cup chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
- 1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
- If you are using dry chickpeas, make sure to soak them overnight in at least two inches of water. If you are using canned chickpeas, skip this step.
- Combine all ingredients EXCEPT the peanut, cilantro leaves and lime juice into the slow cooker
- Cook on low for 51/2 to 6 hours
- Stir in lime juice. Sprinkle with peanuts and cilantro
I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as my family and I do!! Please share these with others AND comment on which one is your favorite! I’d love to hear from you!!

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Not all security threats come from outside your organization. Employees are a leading cause of data breaches according to a 2016 report by Experian. In this report, over half the companies surveyed said they had suffered a security incident or data breach due to a malicious or negligent employee.
Some employee security risks can be dealt with through staff training and the implementation of security policies; for example, ensuring all users on the system are educated in password security and follow the company’s BYOD policy. Moreover, it is important to plan a secure employee exit beforehand.


The University of Tennessee board of trustees on Friday approved the process to sell the president's Sequoyah Hills house, but the board must still sign off on whatever offer is made on the property.
Also during the second day of the trustees' annual fall meeting on the Knoxville campus, Interim President Jan Simek said the search for a new UT system president could begin by spring 2010, with one trustee asking that the search committee look within the university system for candidates.
The potential sale of the 940 Cherokee Blvd. president's home generated the most discussion, with some trustees opposing it because of the property's historical significance to UT and its potential to bring in donors. Others said the money could be reinvested in other areas of need.
"This is a great place to showcase the university," trustee Doug Horne said. "A president would be more apt to host dinners and fundraisers at their home if we own it rather than if we gave them a subsidy."
The home was obtained in a $90,000 gift purchase in 1960, according to university officials. In fiscal year 2008, the university paid $155,000 for maintenance and $192,000 in fiscal year 2009. This year, with no one occupying the 11,000-square-foot house, maintenance is $50,000, UT spokeswoman Elizabeth Davis said.
"You could give two or three people housing allowances for what we have to pay for in maintenance," trustee Jim Murphy said.
The board ultimately approved the sale, with trustee Charles Wharton and student trustee Tyler Forrest voting against it.
Trustees decided not to set a minimum sale price on the home. Their decision will go before the state building commission for approval.
During his president's report, Simek said the search for the new UT president could be under way by spring 2010, with a successor appointed by spring 2011 when his two-year contract expires.
Wharton said he "would like to see our search committees look at people we have in the system already," noting that search firms sometimes look outside in order to justify the money they're being paid for the search.
Simek also said that in the face of shrinking state funds, the university has to find ways to generate revenue. He said he would likely bring forward plans for "differential tuition between campuses, between programs."
In other action Friday, the board of trustees approved:
n A $796.3 million request for combined capital projects and maintenance for the next five fiscal years. The request will be submitted to state government.
n The revision of UT Chattanooga's graduate admission requirements to increase the minimum grade point average from 2.50 to 2.70 for all undergraduate work.
n The closure of the Memphis location of UT Knoxville's master of social work program as a result of budget cuts.
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Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Genomics, Cancer Biology, Development, Epigenetics, Genetics, Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Stem Cells & Regeneration
Regulation of stem cell function and tumorigenesis by epigenetics and biomolecular condensation (phase separation)
The broad interest of the Jiang lab is how gene regulation at the chromatin, transcriptional, and post-transcriptional levels controls the stability and plasticity of cell identity, how dysregulation of these mechanisms lead to diseases especially cancer, and how we may develop novel strategies to combat these diseases based on these mechanisms. In particular, we are studying how epigenetic mechanisms and liquid-liquid phase separation regulate stem cell function and tumorigenesis.
We have been studying the functional role of efficient H3K4 methylation in regulating stem cell fate determination and tumorigenesis. We have shown that Dpy30, one of the core subunits of the Set1/Mll family of H3K4 methyltransferases, plays an important role in the fate determination of embryonic, hematopoietic, and neural stem cells. Our recent work has shown that H3K4 methylation governs two fundamental cellular processes, energy metabolism and DNA damage response at the chromatin level in support of the mission of stem cells in maintaining tissue homeostasis.
Moreover, our recent studies using our genetically engineered mouse model strongly suggest that cancer cells hijack this epigenetic modulator to drive a gene expression program supporting tumorigenesis, meanwhile creating “epigenetic vulnerability”. We are currently studying the molecular mechanisms underlying such epigenetic vulnerability and also developing pharmacologic intervention strategies to target this modulator for potential cancer treatment. As a proof-of-principle, we have developed Dpy30-inhibitory peptides that suppress and sensitize MYC-dependent blood cancers.
In a new research direction the lab has taken recently, we have become extremely interested in how disease such as cancer is controlled by the spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression through liquid-liquid phase separation, which is emerging as a fundamental principle in organizing intracellular biochemistry and often drives the formation of biomolecular condensates.
We have identified AKAP95 as a novel protein that associates with Dpy30, enhances the histone methylation activity, and co-activates transcription. These results provide novel insight into how epigenetic modifications and transcription are regulated. My lab has later shown that AKAP95 regulates splicing by direct interactions with pre-mRNA and RNA-processing factors. We then discovered an important role for AKAP95 in promoting tumorigenesis. Mechanistically, AKAP95 forms phase-separated condensates, and the proper fluidity and dynamicity of the condensates are crucial for the abilities of AKAP95 in regulation gene expression and tumorigenesis. This is one of the early studies to directly show a critical role of biomolecular condensation in cancer, and the first study to demonstrate that material properties of the condensates are important for gene control and cancer. In a more recent work, we have shown that UTX/KDM6A, a chromatin regulator frequently mutated in human cancers, suppresses cancer (including leukemia) through its phase separation property, which enriches key histone modification activities in the condensates and controls the leukemia gene expression programs through multiple-levels of chromatin functions.
Phase separation regulates a very diverse range of cellular processes. In addition to our continued research on how AKAP95 and UTX phase separation regulates their molecular activities, we are also working on several other nuclear proteins that may regulate the process of gene expression through their phase separation property.
Currently, our research is funded by the NIH, DoD, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

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The IRENA Global AtlasAn online geographic information platform designed to provide resource assessment and mapping data covering solar, wind, bioenergy, geothermal and marine energy.
Renewable energy projects face challenges on the institutional, policy and regulatory level and the market and project level. There is also a perception of high technology risk, cumbersome administrative procedures, insufficient transparency in the project cycle, as well as limited access to institutional and commercial financing instruments. In the absence of proper planning, the effective development of renewable energy projects can be hindered by obstacles such as lack of capacity to develop bankable project proposals, insufficient access to transparent financing options, and lack of access to project stakeholder networks.
To improve project quality, market visibility, access to finance, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) facilitates renewable energy project development and financing via its online platforms:
Project facilitation activities support the deployment of renewable energy projects by helping project developers secure financing more efficiently and supporting investors and lenders to build stronger project portfolios. The benefits of project facilitation include increasing financing flows towards renewable energy projects, strengthening the renewable energy project development base, enhancing the quality of renewable energy project proposals, linking renewable energy project stakeholders via hubs and networks and disseminating knowledge and information on bankable renewable energy projects.

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A mini-shoot offers a 30 min 'on-location' family portrait session with 8 digital images, selected by you. It's the perfect way to update your family album! The 'Mini Session Unlimited' upgrade allows clients to take home all of the images in their online gallery for an additional one-time fee of $150. Additional single images can be purchased from your session at $25 each. NOTE: GST will be shown at checkout.
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A comfy-cute pair of striped pants – with pockets! All you need to know to make this summer the most comfortable season yet. Linen is a great fabric to wear during the summer – it’s light weight, it’s an open fabric that lets your skin sweat and breathe and keep cooler than other materials, and it’s soft and durable to handle all of your summer fun.
Print out the PDF (linked above) and cut out the shapes. Match up the same-labelled sides (for example, match side A to side A and tape together using a clear tape). You will have one large piece for the pants body, one piece for the cuffs, one piece for the waistband, and one piece for the pocket. Cut out your fabric using these pattern pieces. This pattern includes a 1/2″ seam allowance.
1. Sew pocket piece onto body of pants.
2. Iron pocket outwards.
3. Sew sides of pants together, following the outer edge of the pocket.
4. Iron seams open on sides of pants.
5. Sew crotch together in the front, leave the back crotch seam open.
6. Sew waistband together, first on the outside edges, and then on the front edge. Iron all seams open.
7. Pin into place, matching seams together.
8. Sew waistband onto pants, with right sides together. Fold the unsewn, raw edge of the waistband over by 1/2″ and iron. Pin the waistband together at the end, matching the seam, and pin the crotch seam.
9. Sew back crotch seam and waistband seam in one continuous stitch, and iron seam open. This will allow you to fold the waistband over to hide the raw edges of the seam.
10. Sew leg cuffs together on the outside seam, then iron seam open.
11. Pin leg cuffs to pants, matching the sewn seams together and then pinning outwards, with right sides together and the cuff pinned onto the outside of the pants.
12. Sew using a 1/2″ seam allowance.
13. Iron seam open. Fold the raw edge of the leg cuff over by 1/2″, iron.
14. Pin the inseam and leg cuffs into place, matching crotch and leg cuff seams together. Sew inseam using a 1/2″ seam allowance.
15. Iron seams open.
16. Fold at the seam where the cuffs attach to the legs, iron, and pin into place.
17. Fold down at the seam where the waistband attaches to the pants, iron, and sew into place. Leave an opening of about 1″ in size.
19. Use a bodkin, a safety pin, or your favorite method of putting elastic through a channel and slide the elastic into the waistband. Secure the elastic to itself, stitch the waistband closed.
20. The final step! Fold the cuffs on the pants leg up by about 1 1/2″ or so.
You now have an adorable pair of comfy pedal-pusher style pants! Congrats! Don’t forget to share your creation with us in the comments below!
If you want to make a pair of these pants out of the same fabric, just get 3 yards of our amazingly soft IL052-822! I’m really impressed with this fabric and I know you’ll love it too.

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The 2021 FINA World Men’s Junior (U20) Championships will be held in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague.
Originally, Buenos Aires (Argentina) was selected as the host city, but the Argentines had to give up the organization because of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. This decision was reached jointly with FINA TWPC, the organization’s COVID-19 working group, and the Confederation of Aquatic Sports of Argentina.
FINA didn’t want to cancel the competition and started looking for a new host.
The Czech Republic, Greece, and Montenegro were in the circle of candidates, and FINA decided the move the Championships to Prague. The dates remain the same: August 28 – September 5.
The final list of the participating countries will be known in July after national federations confirm (or cancel) their participation.
The national teams of Egypt, South Africa, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand were on the preliminary entries’ list in April.

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Anglo-american literature Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Anglo-american literature Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
-american journalist, novelist
-worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star
-served with a volunteer ambulance unit in Italy in World War I, was seriously wounded
-an european correspondent for the Toronto Star, lived in France
-a correspondent in the Spanish Civil War
-a foreign correspondent during World War II – he was involved in most european campaigns and was present at many battles
-in 1954 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature
-in 1961 commited suicide
Three stories and ten poems (1923) – early short stories
theme of shattered indiviuals seeking refuge from the demands of the world
A Farewell to Arms (1929) – novel, established his reputation
portrays an English nurse and an American ambulance-service officer whose intense relationship was in stark contrast to the background of war
Winner Take Nothing (1933) collection of stories
Death in the afternoon (1932) – about bullfighting
The Green Hills of Africa (1935) – novel, concerned with big-game hunting, focused on the corruption of individual goodness by mass culture
To Have and Have Not (1937) – author acknowledges the possibility of men triumphing over social problems
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) –novel from the Spanish Civil War
shows, that the boudage of one people leads to the boudage of all
Across the River and into the trees (1950) – novel, reflects his sardonic view of war – World War II
not successful, unfriendly critic
The Old Man and the Sea (1952) – a short novel about an aged Cuban fisherman´s lonely expedition to catch a great fish
won a Pulitzer Prize
George Orwell (1903 – 1950)
-pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair
-was born in India, studied in England, lived in London and Paris
-fought in the Spanish War
-considered himself a democratic socialist, hated totalitarianism, became more and more desillusioned with the aims and methods of Communism
-died of tuberculosis in London
Animal Farm (1944) – a political fable based on the story of the Russian Revolution and its betrayal of Stalin
plot – a group of barnyard animal overthrow and chase off their human master and set up an egalitarian society of their own
the animals´leaders – the pigs – subvert the revolution and form a dictatorship, whose boudage is even more heartless than that of their human master
problems with publishing
made him famous
Nineteen Eighty-four (1949) – novel, warning against Nazism and Stalinism
is set in an imaginary future in which the world is dominated by three totalitarian police states
hero – the Englishman Winston Smith – longes for truth and decency – becomes a secret rebel against the government and the leading party, which changes the truth and rewrites history to suit its own purposes – Smith is imprisoned and reeducated by brainwashing, he loses his independent mental existence until he can love only the figure he previously most hated: the apparent leader of the party = Big Brother
warns of the potential dangers of totalitarianism
Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900)
-irish wit, poest, dramatist
-wrote in English and French
-born in Dublin, his parents were interested in literature, studied in Dublin and Oxford, lived in England, USA, France
-arrested and accused of being a sodomite, sentenced to two xears in prison
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) – romantic alegory in the form of fairy tale
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) – his only novel
about a young man, who doesn´t want to get old – instead of his face a portrait of him changes – all the bad things he did occur in the portrait by changing the face
Lady Windermere´s Fan (1893) – paradoxical society comedy
A Woman of no Importance (1893) – society comedy
Salomé (1893) – drama about unnatural passion, halted by the censor, because it contained biblical charakters
The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) – satiric play about Victorian crisis
The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1893) – ballad about inhuman prison conditions
Jack Kerouac was born in Massachusetts in 1922. He was a writer who attended Columbia University (1940-42) and roamed about and took odd jobs before he became associated with the Beat movement. His fiction, very loose in style and structure, includes The town and the city (1950), tracing the Martin family from 1910 in Lowell, Massachusetts, through the war years and the dispersal of the eight children; On the Road (1957), a quasi-autobiographical tale of Beat characters ranging around the nation in quest of experience; Dharma Burms (1958), a comparable novel but eight more emphasis on the discovery of truth or ‚dharma‘ through Zen Buddhism; The Subterreans (1958), about a love affair between a Beat writer and a Negro girl; Doctor Sax (1959), an early novel fictively recreating the author’s youth; Maggie Cassidy (1959) about the adolescent Jack Duluoz searching for love and identity; Tristessa (1960), portraying the morphine addiction of a Mexico City prostitute; Big Sir (1962), a sequel to On the Road, about the crack-up and withdrawal to the Carmel area of a leader of the Beat movement; Visions of Gerard (1963), about the great grief of a French-Canadian family of Lowell, Massachusetts, when its religious young son dies, and Desolating Angels (1965). Mexico City Blues (1959)collects poems, Lonesome Traveller (1960) gathers travel sketches, and Book of Dreams recounts the author’s dreams in stream-of-consciousness style.
Herbert George Wells
Herbert George Wells was born in 1866 as a son of a small tradesman and professional cricketter. He was apprenticed to a draper in early life, a period of which reflections may be seen in some of his best novels (The History of Mr. Polly, Kipps, The Wheels of Chance). He became a teacher at Midhurst Grammar School and subsequently graduated at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington. He followed the teaching profession until 1893, when he definitely adopted that of letters. A vivid light is thrown on the circumstance of his life and mental development by his interesting Experiment in Autobiography (1934).
Well’s novels divide themselves broadly into three groups: 1) fantastic and imaginative romances, in which, after the manner of Swift in Gulliver’s travels, the author projects himself to a distant standpoint – the moon, the future, the air – and views our life from outside, e.g. as an angel sees it (The Wonderful Visit); 2) novels of character and humour, of which The History of Mr. Polly (1910) is the type; 3) discussion novels – discussion, that is, in the main, of human ideals and progress – to which Well’s essay on The Contemporary Novel serves as a general introduction.
Well’s publications include: The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When the Sleeper Wakes (revised as The Sleeper Awakes), Love and Mr. Lewisham, The First Men in the Moon, Anticipations, The Food of the Gods, A Modern Utopia, Kipps, The War in the Air, Tono-Bungay (one of Well’s most remarkable works, a picture of English society in dissolution in the later 19th century and of the advent of a new class of rich), Ann Veronica, The History of Mr. Polly, The New Machiavelli, The Country of the Blind, Bealby, Mr. Britling sees it through, The Outline of History, Short History of The World, The World of William Clissold, The Open Conspiracy, The Science of Life, The Shape of Things to Come.
Heller, Joseph (1923- )
Joseph Heller himself has recounted the story of his early life in his latest book Now and Then (1998). He was born in Brooklyn in 1923 and grew up on Coney Island. At the outbreak of World War II, he worked first in a navy yard and then enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces, training at bases in South Carolina before flying sixty missions as bombardier in B-25s in North Africa and Italy.
After the War he went through college and graduate study at the University of Southern California, New York University (B.A. 1948), Columbia (M.A. 1949), and Oxford (Fulbright Scholar, 1949-50). During this time he began to publish short fiction. Two years of teaching composition at Penn State followed, till in 1952 he returned to New York as a writer in advertising and promotions for Time, Look, and McCall’s. Hunched at his Time desk one morning in 1953, Heller wrote out longhand the first section of „Catch 18,“ the start of his war novel Catch-22 (1961). The extraordinary and sustained impact of that novel, both with critics and readers, was only the beginning of a literary career that now encompasses eight major books as well as stage plays, screenplays, short stories, articles, and reviews.
Heller’s long-mulled second novel, Something Happened (1974), switched attention to the anxieties and competition of civilian management. Good as Gold (1979) has a double target: not only does it follow a hustling English professor into the world of presidential public relations, but it is also searchingly concerned with the ex-professor’s identity as a Jewish-American and his relations with his extensive family. God Knows (1984) carries that theme daringly into the Old Testament itself, reimagining the deathbed autobiography of King David in Heller’s distinctive mingling of the philosophical, the satiric and the absurd.
In the early 1980s, Heller became first paralyzed and then seriously weakened by a deadly nerve disease, Guillain-Barre Syndrome; with his friend Speed Vogal, he interpreted this experience and his recovery in the collaborative work No Laughing Matter (1986). Heller’s next (anti-)novel, Picture This (1988), juxtaposes great figures from Western culture (Plato, Rembrandt) with twentieth-century America to exploit the recurrent clashes between genius and power. His most recent novel, Closing Times (1994), comes full circle by reuniting the wartime heroes of his first book–Yossarian, Milo Minderbinder, and the others–in New York fifty years later. Closing Times received wide critical acclaim: according to one reviewer, it showed „a national treasure at work,“ and it brought renewed recognition of Mr. Heller’s place as one of the greatest and most distinctive of twentieth-century Anerican novelists.

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Local telecommunications network providers have been approved to pilot several Mobile Money services next month after more than two years of waiting.
Pandemic and digitalization trend have become catalyst for the growth of artificial intelligence conversational automation market which is potentially about $10 to $12 billion.
Injecting $45 million in a Series B funding round, global investment firm KKR has become the biggest investor in KiotViet, a store management enabler, according to a from the investment firm.
Since the beginning of the year, the State Bank of Vietnam has licensed five non-bank institutions to provide intermediary payment services, increasing the total to 44.
- Pandemic and digitalization push Uniphore to explore $12 bln voice AI market 1
- Vietnamese startup KiotViet raises $45 mln from a global investment firm KKR 2
- Boom in e-wallets, contactless payment amid pandemic 3
- GIC-Backed Vietnam Tech Firm Considers $3 Billion SPAC Merger: Bloomberg 4
- Pandemic presents tech industry unprecedented opportunities to grow 5
- Vietnam to tighten control over social media livestreaming 6
VNG Corp., whose investors include a unit of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, is considering going public in the U.S. through a reverse merger with a blank-check company.
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the tech industry unprecedented opportunities to grow, Mr. Nguyen Minh Duc, Managing Director of HP Vietnam told the review.
The Ministry of Information and Communications has proposed several regulations to tighten control on livestream activities on social media like Facebook and Youtube.
Vietnam was the 10th country in the world in terms of smartphone users in 2020 with more than 61 million, according to a recent report on the global mobile market.
Vietnam registered 2,915 cyber assaults in the first half of 2021, an increase of 898 over the same period of last year, according to the Vietnam National Cyber Security Center.
Tribee, a leading provider of employee motivation system, has supported Biti’s, the country largest shoe retailer and producer to increase employees’ happiness and retail sales with its platform.
Global giants Amazon and Alibaba are racing to recruit more Vietnamese vendors on their platforms seeking to boost their share of a booming e-commerce market.
Sharing infrastructure will help Vietnamese carriers reduce investment costs and speed up 5G coverage.
SISA and Bankograph have entered into a strategic partnership, combining Bankograph’s financial technology expertise with SISA’s experience in cybersecurity and compliance.
ThinkZone, the accelerator program with the largest size of investment and support in Vietnam, has opened its 4th Batch providing $500,000 direct investment in tech startups.
ELSA, an app that helps by using speech recognition technology to correct English language pronunciation, announced it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by Vietnam Investments Group and SIG.
AI Inside, a Japanese startup that helps companies convert paper documents into electronic data using artificial intelligence, is entering Vietnam after the COVID-19 pandemic boosted business in its home market.

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I have a 3D globe I'm rendering using a single 2048x2048 texture (supposedly the max resolution for iphone/ipad). This limits the amount of zoom possible where at some point the 2048x2048 doesn't give me enough resolution. Can someone point me to some LOD techniques that may be used to achieve better resolution on zoom? Thanks!
You might want to take a look at a technique called "Virtual Texturing". It is used in video games such as Rage developed by id Software to simulate very large textures.
Googling these terms should give you plenty of results such as this one: http://www.silverspaceship.com/src/svt/
Hope this helps.

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Researchers assess online raw milk cheese products
Posted: 24 November 2015 | Victoria White | No comments yet
A group of researchers from the Institute of Milk Hygiene at the Vetmeduni Vienna have analysed raw milk cheese ordered online to find out if the products adhere to hygienic rules…
A group of researchers from the Institute of Milk Hygiene at the Vetmeduni Vienna have analysed raw milk cheese ordered online to find out if the products adhere to hygienic rules.
Dagmar Schoder decided to investigate raw milk cheeses for the study as they are made from unpasteurised milk, which puts them at a higher risk of microbiological contamination.
“We chose raw milk cheese because it is a high-risk product. As raw milk is unpasteurised, it can be easily contaminated with harmful bacteria. Even a small amount of bacteria, for which raw milk cheese offers ideal growing conditions, can reach critical proportions after a longer ripening, storage and transport time. The product is then no longer edible and may even make consumers ill. For this reason, special care must be taken during production, storage and transport,” said Schoder.
Schoder and her colleagues ordered 108 different raw milk cheeses from 21 online retailers in seven European countries (France, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and Belgium).
Listeria monocytogenes and E. Coli identified in some raw milk cheese samples
The researchers found Listeria monocytogenes in two cheese products. The faecal bacteria Escherichia coli was found in 32 products. Its presence indicates poor conditions of hygiene during production. Salmonella were not found in any of the cheese samples.
“Some of the producers apparently have shortcomings in terms of hygiene,” explained Schoder. “Furthermore, when making online purchases, I recommend consumers to check if a product is adequately packaged and cooled when it arrives.”
The shipping period of the online products was between one and five days. “Cheese must be cooled,” Schoder stresses. But this was not the case with over 60% of the raw milk products purchased. “If raw milk cheese is not cooled, bacteria will grow more quickly. A longer transport journey and improper packaging increase the risk for consumers.”
Only 19 of the cheeses fulfilled the EU labelling requirements (Directive 2000/13/EC and Regulation 853/2004). Of the cheeses purchased, 37 were not labelled as “raw milk cheese” and 43 labels had no “use by date”. Information on storage requirements was missing in more than half of the cheeses.


Inductively Coupled Plasma – Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
|Model||Prodigy 7 (Teledyne Leman Lab)|
ICP-OES is used for a wide range of applications in the following industries:
- Oil Analysis
- Soil samples
- Plant tissue samples
|Image Stabilized Plasma||Yes|
|Optical Resolution (pm)||0.007nm @ 200nm|
|1st measurement from standby||10-15 minutes|
|Need Correction for EIEs||No|
|RF Generator Frequency||40.68MHz|
|Pixels Anti-Blooming and AntiSaturating||Yes|
|Spectral Range||165nm – 1100nm|
|Camera Cooling for Reduced Noise||-30C|
|Increase purge for <185nm||Not Required|
|Axial/Dual View Tail Cut||Air Knife – Zero Maintenance|
Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP- AES) is an emission spectrophotometric technique, exploiting the fact that excited electrons emit energy at a given wavelength as they return to ground state after excitation by high temperature Argon Plasma. The fundamental characteristic of this process is that each element emits energy at specific wavelengths peculiar to its atomic character. The energy transfer for electrons when they fall back to ground state is unique to each element as it depends upon the electronic configuration of the orbital. The energy transfer is inversely proportional to the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation,
E = hc/ λ … (where h is Planck’s constant, c the velocity of light and λ is wavelength), and hence the wavelength of light emitted is also unique.
Although each element emits energy at multiple wavelengths, in the ICP-AES technique it is most common to select a single wavelength (or a very few) for a given element. The intensity of the energy emitted at the chosen wavelength is proportional to the amount (concentration) of that element in the sample being analyzed. Thus, by determining which wavelengths are emitted by a sample and by determining their intensities, the analyst can qualitatively and quantitatively find the elements from the given sample relative to a reference standard.
The wavelengths used in AES ranges from the upper part of the vacuum ultraviolet (160 nm) to the limit of visible light (800 nm). As borosilicate glass absorbs light below 310 nm and oxygen in air absorbs light below 200 nm, optical lenses and prisms are generally fabricated from quartz glass and optical paths are evacuated or filled by a non absorbing gas such as Argon.
Charges (inclusive of GST)
|Standardization & Estimation||1475/-||295/-||708/-||Per sample|
|Estimation for subsequent sample||531/-||118/-||472/-||Per sample|
|Sample preparation||3835/-||885/-||1770/-||Per sample|
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