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Run by the Charlie Foundation, this calculator can be helpful when you’re using keto as a therapy to help manage a medical condition. The calculator helps estimate calorie needs based on weight, assists in determining a macro ratio and macros needed per meal, and can calculate macro numbers on the basis of meals and snacks you enter into the system. Also takes into account fluids, supplements, and medications.
Before starting, ask yourself what is really realistic for you, Mattinson suggests. Then get your doctor’s okay. You may also work with a local registered dietitian nutritionist to limit potential nutrient deficiencies and talk about vitamin supplementation, as you won’t be eating whole grains, dairy, or fruit, and will eliminate many veggies. “A diet that eliminates entire food groups is a red flag to me. This isn’t something to take lightly or dive into headfirst with no medical supervision,” she says.
Wondering what fits into a keto diet — and what doesn’t? “It’s so important to know what foods you’ll be eating before you start, and how to incorporate more fats into your diet,” says Kristen Mancinelli, RD, author of The Ketogenic Diet: A Scientifically Proven Approach to Fast, Healthy Weight Loss, who is based in New York City. We asked her for some guidelines.
The ketogenic diet is usually initiated in combination with the patient's existing anticonvulsant regimen, though patients may be weaned off anticonvulsants if the diet is successful. Some evidence of synergistic benefits is seen when the diet is combined with the vagus nerve stimulator or with the drug zonisamide, and that the diet may be less successful in children receiving phenobarbital.
The ketogenic diet is not a benign, holistic, or natural treatment for epilepsy; as with any serious medical therapy, complications may result. These are generally less severe and less frequent than with anticonvulsant medication or surgery. Common but easily treatable short-term side effects include constipation, low-grade acidosis, and hypoglycaemia if an initial fast is undertaken. Raised levels of lipids in the blood affect up to 60% of children and cholesterol levels may increase by around 30%. This can be treated by changes to the fat content of the diet, such as from saturated fats towards polyunsaturated fats, and if persistent, by lowering the ketogenic ratio. Supplements are necessary to counter the dietary deficiency of many micronutrients.
Having support is very important with weight loss. If everyone can get on board, it will be easier to achieve your goals. Talk to your family (or friends, roommates, etc) before starting your diet and let them know your plan. Explain why you are making this decision and ways they can help you succeed. Even if they do not change with you, that's okay! Go forward with your plan! They may decide to join you once they see you succeed with weight loss.
A particular diet may be chosen to seek weight loss or weight gain. Changing a subject's dietary intake, or "going on a diet", can change the energy balance and increase or decrease the amount of fat stored by the body. Some foods are specifically recommended, or even altered, for conformity to the requirements of a particular diet. These diets are often recommended in conjunction with exercise. Specific weight loss programs can be harmful to health, while others may be beneficial and can thus be coined as healthy diets. The terms "healthy diet" and "diet for weight management" are often related, as the two promote healthy weight management. Having a healthy diet is a way to prevent health problems, and will provide the body with the right balance of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
The nerve impulse is characterised by a great influx of sodium ions through channels in the neuron's cell membrane followed by an efflux of potassium ions through other channels. The neuron is unable to fire again for a short time (known as the refractory period), which is mediated by another potassium channel. The flow through these ion channels is governed by a "gate" which is opened by either a voltage change or a chemical messenger known as a ligand (such as a neurotransmitter). These channels are another target for anticonvulsant drugs.
The ketogenic diet is a mainstream dietary therapy that was developed to reproduce the success and remove the limitations of the non-mainstream use of fasting to treat epilepsy.[Note 2] Although popular in the 1920s and '30s, it was largely abandoned in favour of new anticonvulsant drugs. Most individuals with epilepsy can successfully control their seizures with medication. However, 20–30% fail to achieve such control despite trying a number of different drugs. For this group, and for children in particular, the diet has once again found a role in epilepsy management.
Because the ketogenic diet alters the body's metabolism, it is a first-line therapy in children with certain congenital metabolic diseases such as pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) deficiency and glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome, which prevent the body from using carbohydrates as fuel, leading to a dependency on ketone bodies. The ketogenic diet is beneficial in treating the seizures and some other symptoms in these diseases and is an absolute indication. However, it is absolutely contraindicated in the treatment of other diseases such as pyruvate carboxylase deficiency, porphyria, and other rare genetic disorders of fat metabolism. Persons with a disorder of fatty acid oxidation are unable to metabolise fatty acids, which replace carbohydrates as the major energy source on the diet. On the ketogenic diet, their bodies would consume their own protein stores for fuel, leading to ketoacidosis, and eventually coma and death.
Live It! This phase is a lifelong approach to diet and health. In this phase, you learn more about food choices, portion sizes, menu planning, physical activity, exercise and sticking to healthy habits. You may continue to see a steady weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds (0.5 to 1 kilogram) a week until you reach your goal weight. This phase can also help you maintain your goal weight permanently.


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New Zealand’s telecommunications and competition regulator The Commerce Commission is seeking feedback on a code to protect consumers who are at particular risk of needing to contact emergency services and only have access to a home phone to make the contact.
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has released draft guidance to help the telecommunications industry understand its approach to monitoring and enforcing obligations on telco Chorus - and other local fibre companies (LFCs) - to allow retailers access to unbundled fibre services with acceptable terms and prices.
New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has released a draft decision on a new regulatory regime for the country’s fibre broadband networks, requiring the companies to publish performance measures, such as profits, quality of service, and expenditure.
New Zealand mobile consumers are benefitting from an increasingly competitive market environment and the established presence of three independent national network-based providers, according to the country’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission.
Most New Zealanders are able to reliably stream high-definition video, such as Netflix and YouTube, most of the time, according to the competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, which says fibre performs the best in delivering video streaming services to consumers.
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has issued Internet provider MyRepublic with a formal warning after it failed to meet its statutory obligations to provide information needed by the Commission to allocate the Telecommunications Development Levy.
Competition in New Zealand’s mobile services market is trending in the right direction, with pricing, coverage and choice of services a positive for consumers, according to a new report from the country’s competition enforcement agency.
New Zealand’s competition enforcement agency, the Commerce Commission, has released a framework paper outlining its approach to implementing new provisions under the Telecommunications Act to improve retail service quality for consumers.
New videos released by New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission aim to “demystify” broadband services and help New Zealander’s navigate their way through broadband options available to them.
New Zealand’s major mobile phone network companies will still have to provide access to their networks for new mobile operators entering the market, following a decision by the competition regulator against investigating whether mobile roaming services should be deregulated.
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, is undertaking a study on the performance of the country’s mobile market and delivery of services to consumers.
Thousands of New Zealand households are being roped in to help the country’s competition enforcement agency, The Commerce Commission, monitor and improve broadband performance.
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, is looking for feedback from the telecommunications sector on the funding for its plan to implement new regulation for fibre networks.
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has launched a study of fibre services, to help it prepare for future regulation of fibre networks across the country.
New Zealand’s competition enforcement and regulatory agency The Commerce Commission, is resuming a study to consider what, if any, changes are needed to the telecommunications sector to better promote competition.
New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has revealed increasing concern over service quality and the growing number of consumer complaints about retail telecommunications in the country.
Ninety per cent of the recent reductions in the regulated wholesale broadband prices charged by New Zealand's Chorus have gone through to consumers, according to a study by the New Zealand Commerce Commission.
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- KSP 544 Sub Inspector Vacancies, Last Date: 13th October 2016
- KSP 5311 Constable Vacancies, Last Date: 17th October 2016
KSP Recruitment 2016: Exclusive job opportunity for People of Karnataka holding 12th / SSC / Graduation or any Bachelor Degree. Government of Karnataka decided to give opportunity to youth of the state. Therefore mega recruitment project approved for job seekers to join Karnataka Police Department. According to KSP Recruitment 2016 – 2017 total 544 vacancies open for Sub Inspector in Civil, Wireless, Armed Reserved and Special reserved category. After announcement of this recruitment news thousands of unemployed people reached to our site and expressed their desire to apply for KSP Sub Inspector Recruitment 2016. They think this is very good chance to get a government job in the Karnataka State. Use rec16.ksponline.co.in website to access direct link of online application and apply for KSP SI jobs. The KSP recruitment authority has developed an online system (http://rec16.ksponline.co.in/) to register application form. This system already activated on 19th September 2016 so apply online using this on or before 13th October 2016.
KSP Recruitment 2016
Karnataka State Police Department is a law enforcement agency of state government. Visit rec16.ksponline.co.in website to know notification, instructions, FAQ, News & Events, Post Name, Important Dates and online application form. We created this KSP Recruitment article to share all Karnataka Police latest job opening information. The recruitment happens regularly for posts like Constables, Sub Inspector, SPL.RPC-KSRP, Assistant Sub Inspector, Computer Operator and plenty more.
Upcoming Jobs: Karnataka State Police informed about new vacancies approved by state government for the year 2016 – 2017. The notification alongwith “Apply Online” link will available third week of Sep 2016. We are waiting KSP Notification 2016 Sub Inspector post to share job information below.
Updates: Finally authority updated main portal with latest vacancies. Total 544 vacancies open for Sub Inspector posts out of which 398 vacancies approved for SI Civil (Men & Women), 28 for SI Wireless (Men & Women), 90 for SI Armed Reserved (Men) and 28 for Special Reserved (Men). Apply online at rec16.ksponline.co.in website only from 19th Sep to 13th October 2016.
KSP Vacancy 2016 Details
Total Number of Vacancies: 544
- Sub-inspector (Civil) (Men & Women): 398
- Sub-inspector (Wireless) (Men& Women): 28
- Armed Reserve Sub-inspector (Car/dar) (Men): 90
- Special Reserve Sub-inspector (Ksrp) (Men): 28
Recruitment Portal: rec16.ksponline.co.in
Educational Qualification: Candidate ready to apply for KSP Sub Inspector Recruitment 2016-17 should have Graduate degree / bachelor degree or equivalent recognized qualification.
Age Limit: Date for calculating Sub Inspector cut off age is mentioned in employment notice.
- Lower age: 21 years
- Upper age: 28 years
How to Apply for KSP Recruitment 2016-17
Karnataka State Police has started registration process at their recruitment portal. Instruction to fill application given below:
Procedure to Apply Online
- First fill website address in browser: rec16.ksponline.co.in
- Now scroll down the homepage carefully
- Now you can see table which show latest recruitment, total number of posts, eligibility, date of application commencement, closing date and “Apply Online” link
- Those ensured minimum eligibility can click on ‘Apply Online’
- You will redirect to http://pcnhk16.ksponline.co.in/ web page
- Read all information and register with site
- Fill online application and submit the Form
Fee Charges: The Application fee for General Category is Rs.250 and for SC/ST Rs.100.
|Post Name||Official Links|
|Sub Inspector Civil||http://psinhk16.ksponline.co.in/|
|Sub Inspector (Wireless)||http://psinhkwireless16.ksponline.co.in/|
|Armed Reserved SI||http://rsinhk16.ksponline.co.in/Default.aspx|
|Special Reserved SI||http://sinhk16.ksponline.co.in/|
- Opening Date of Sub Inspector Online Gateway: 19th September 2016
- Closing Date: 13th October 2016
KSP Recruitment 2016 – 2017 web article updated with latest vacancies. Register free with govtjobform.in website to get all Karnataka government job information direct into your email inbox


Bihar Police Constable PET Admit Card 2015, Hall Ticket, Call Letter | CSBC PET Exam Call Letter is now Available to Download at www.csbc.bih.nic.in :
Young and dynamic contender to apply Bihar Police Department has issue and uploaded on Admit Card on Physical Efficiency Test examination in from of Bihar Police Constable PET Admit Card 2015 or CSBC PET Admit Card 2015 on its official website at www.csbc.bih.nic.in and all the candidates they have download hall ticket for the same now.
Every year Bihar Police Department has announced recruitment notification and lots of candidates to apply for this posts. So candidates download their admit card on its official website before the examination session in PET. The candidates selection will be done on the basis of their performance in the PET, PST, Medical Examination, Written Examination and Personal Interview. Candidates selection will done on held in written examination.
All candidates admit card will be download before admit card candidates not able to examination hall. For more details about the Bihar Police PET Exam Admit Card 2015 along with hall ticket, call letter you can just view the official website at www.csbc.bih.nic.in
Exam Type: Bihar Police PET
Exam Date: 21st March, 2015 to 20th April, 2015
Screening Test Dates: 16th March, 2015 to 14th April, 2015
Now exam will be taken on 21st March, 2015 to 20th April, 2015 across the sate in Bihar Police. So candidates download their hall ticket before the examination. To download their admit card following steps are given.
How to Download Bihar Police PET Admit Card 2015:
- Visit official website at www.csbc.bih.nic.in
- Go to link of Bihar Police PET Admit Card 2015 will be given, click on it
- Now enter your required details such as roll number, application number and then submit on it
- Admit card will be display on the screen
- Save it, take print out of it
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Last Tuesday, we attended the opening of The New Museum’s Triennial: “The Ungovernables”. It was our first time at an opening as “Babes At The Museum” so of course we lost all control and snapped away like crazy. As expected, there was a sea of babes in snazzy garbs and spiffy style shuffling through floors. More photos HERE.
Allese in front of Amalia Pica’s Venn Diagrams (under the spotlight) - Argentina’s dictatorship of the 70s banned “Venn diagrams” from primary school curricula.
Amanda listening to the controversial phone conversation’s of corporate lobbyist Nira Radia in CAMP’s ‘Act I: Swearing in Whispers.
Anya is a writer and editor from Vancouver. Here she is in front of South African artist Kemang Wa Lehulere’s Remembering the Future of a Hole as a Verb 2.
Twins Augusta & Tallulah in front of the mahogany obelisk of Iman Issa’s Material for a sculpture representing a monument erected in the spirit of defiance of a larger power.
Brunella flew in from Peru to support her friend Rita Ponce de Leon who was exhibiting her ink drawings on paper in Acepto que nada es mio.
Elena and Sari taking a break on art collective Slavs and Tatars’ PrayWay.
Sarah and Neha conversing on art collective Slavs and Tatars’ PrayWay.
All photos by Xavier Aaronson
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Chewable stocks: what investors need to know
soft (NYSE: CHWY) has a lot of moving parts in its business. The pet food retailer has a huge e-commerce segment, as well as a significant footprint in the growing pet health care niche.
In this video, taken from “Beat & Raise”, broadcast on December 10Fool contributors Rachel Warren and Demitri Kalogeropoulos discuss key highlights investors should know about Chewy as they follow her efforts to dominate her industry.
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Rachel Warren: There is actually a lot to cover here. I’ve talked a lot about Chewy this week. But for those who may not have heard that, I’ll give a little insight into this company before diving into its latest earnings report, which it released yesterday, I believe.
Chewy is an online retailer of pet products. You can find just about anything for all types of pets on chewy.com, whether they are bigger – like farm animals, like horses – or dogs, cats, fish. So everything from food to treats to medications. The company has a telehealth service called Connect With a Vet, where Chewy’s customers can connect online and via chat or phone for a fixed fee, connect with a licensed veterinarian for any health concerns their pet has. company.
The company has also just announced a very exciting partnership with Trupanion, which is a well-known pet insurance provider. Starting in Spring 2022, Chewy will be offering customers access to Trupanion’s pet insurance policy on its platform, and you will be able to purchase it through there as a pet owner. Really interesting business model, lots of different income streams.
The stock, if anyone’s been careful, is going down [laughs] by many. Year to date, the stock is down about 42% and the stock is down about 13% in the past five days. Shares were down in both post-trade and pre-trade trading after the earnings release. Also, before the release of the company’s quarterly results, I read a report, I think it was on Barron, which analysts at Wedbush lowered the stock from outperformance to neutral on Monday, expecting slower growth in a COVID world. The stock is down, has fallen a bit further in earnings, which has resulted in a lot of really positive things in its earnings report, which we’ll dive into here in a second. And then there were a few weak points, which we’ll also dig into. Mixed earnings, slightly lowered its forecast for future earnings. But Chewy has been a publicly traded company since 2019. It has only been public for a few years.
Was founded about 10 years ago, then acquired by PetSmart. The companies are two individual entities and PetSmart eventually transferred part of its stake to a company called BC Partners. Chewy saw a huge increase in customer demand in the early days of the pandemic. There were a lot more people in the house and there was a huge demand for inventory. The company has spent a lot of money to increase its available inventory to meet this demand. There are thousands of brands on the company’s website for buyers to choose from.
The company has millions of square feet of execution space spread across the United States. It is currently working to resolve some of its supply chain issues, which we will see shortly had an impact on its third quarter results.
One way to achieve this is to open several automated distribution centers over the next year or so, and plans to open four by the end of 2022, for a total of 14 distribution centers. He is doing a lot to try to solve this problem of “we have a labor shortage, we have backlogs in the supply chain”. And one of the ways I think he tried to attract workers is by switching to a hybrid remote work model earlier in the pandemic. It’s just an interesting thing to note about the way the company runs its business.
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Some types of cake stands and plates are pedestal cake plates, floating and tiered cake stands. Cake stands and plates are available to suit different styles of cakes.
Pedestal cake plates turn a cake into a centerpiece by holding the cake a few inches above the table with a decorative pedestal base showing below the plate. Floating cake stands feature shelves suspended at the back of the cake, which is then positioned out of sight, to give the cake's layers the appearance of floating. Tiered cake stands feature either pedestals that stack smaller layers on top of larger layers, or a decorative external frame to hold the layers in place.


The Perry Township Planning Commission is reviewing plans for two housing developments in the Route 61 corridor.
The first plan is for Perry Village, a 22.6-acre development of 154 town houses behind Rubright Construction Inc., 64 E. Bellevue Ave.
Another plan calls for constructing 14 three-story apartment buildings, for a total of 297 multi-family apartments, on a 40.7-acre plot behind Kuzan’s True Value Hardware, 1069 Pottsville Pike.
The developments would include a clubhouse, pool, dog park and basketball court. Water and sewage would be provided by the Perry Township Municipal Authority.
Plans for the developments were presented and accepted for review at an Aug. 4 planning commission meeting.
The developer behind the projects is Metropolitan Management Group, Wyomissing, according to minutes from Perry Township’s July meeting.
Metropolitan’s website states that it manages 19 housing complexes in southeastern Pennsylvania and has developed more than 2,220 single-family building lots and 3,000 apartments since 2002.
Joe Body, township engineer and zoning officer, said the plans have yet to be approved by any township board and remain in the conceptual stage.
A resident who wished to remain anonymous expressed mixed feelings about the project, since they didn’t want to see any more warehouses in Perry Township, and were worried that additional housing may increase traffic, overload emergency services and strain local schools.
That resident also said one of the developer’s reasons for building the apartments — to provide low-cost housing options for Perry warehouse workers — might not pan out if workers would rather continue taking the bus to work instead of moving.


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Bloodshot: Rising Spirit #2
- Publisher: Valiant
- Written By: Lonnie Nadler, Various
- Art By: Felipe Massafera, Ken Lashley
- Language: English
- Digital Release Date: December 19th, 2018
Bloodshot's handlers have a problem: their valuable asset isn't quite the blank slate they'd hoped for, and keeps rejecting the false memories they attempt to implant into his mind. Can Project Rising Spirit recoup their losses and produce the perfect supersoldier at last - or is their new prototype at risk of being shelved permanently? Celebrated writer Kevin Grevioux (The Underworld franchise, New Warriors) and acclaimed artist Ken Lashley (X-Men) deliver a powerful blow to the freshly rewritten psyche of Valiant's larger-than-life legend!

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Easy Gluten Free Chocolate Fudge Cake
½ cup vegetable shortening or butter
1 ¾ cups Premium Gold® Gluten Free Flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 ½ cups sugar
1 cup milk (more if needed for consistency)
1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and set oven racks one place below the center. Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans or line the bottoms with parchment paper.Melt the chocolate – either in the microwave or in double boiler over hot water – do not melt to boiling. Let cool slightly.In large bowl, stir shortening or butter until soft.
In medium bowl, mix together flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar. Blend into shortening.
Add ¾ cup of milk and vanilla and mix until the dry ingredients are moistened. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed for 1 minute. Scrape the bowl and beaters often with a rubber spatula. Add melted chocolate. Beat 1 minute on medium speed. Add the remaining 1/4 cup of milk and eggs. Mix well and beat 1 minute with mixer, scraping bowl and beaters as needed.
Pour the batter equally into the two prepared pans. Tap the pans on the counter to release air bubbles.
Place pans in oven at least 2 inches apart.
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until center springs back when touched or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack. Enjoy with frosting!
Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting
1 – 16 oz. package powdered sugar
¼ tsp. salt
4 Tbsp. milk or cream
1 tsp. vanilla
6 Tbsp. soft butter (3/4 stick)
In medium bowl, stir together sugar, salt, milk and vanilla until rather stiff, doughy paste.
If the mixture too stiff to stir, add a ¼ tsp. of milk at a time until you can stir. Add butter and beat mixture until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled cake.
For chocolate frosting, add 1 to 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder and 1 additional Tbsp. of milk or cream.

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Features hoods without exhaust in the ventilation for the kitchen
Who does not like to sit in the kitchen for a cup of tea? And if the beloved wife will cook there, then watch this and chat about the day. In the kitchen there must be a comfortable atmosphere. Unpleasant odors and gas decomposition products can ruin the pastime on it. And if people have a studio apartment? Life in it without hood is simply unthinkable! Simple ventilation (natural ventilation) cannot help solve this problem. For the purpose of eliminating discomfort, an exhaust hood should be used, which will facilitate the discharge of exhaust air.
All exhaust kitchen devices are divided into three types.
- Circulating (diverting). They are directly connected to the duct pipe.
- Recycle. Their principle of operation is to purify the air with the help of special filters.
- Combined. Equipped with both filters and duct, which allows them to work in two modes. Rarely used.
In some situations, circulation and combined ventilation design is not possible. It happens that the air duct is too far away or too high from the hob. Sometimes people just do not want to mount a corrugation that can ruin the interior a little. In a high-rise building, the installation of a circulation model of the hood can provoke a complaint from the neighbors about odors coming from your kitchen to them in the ventilation. In this situation, you can use a special stand-alone hood without venting air into the ventilation.
Principle of operation
With the help of a reliable multistage filtering system, this device cleans the air from various kitchen pollutants: odors, grease, and burning. At its core, the device does not pull the air out of the room, but is its filter. The recirculation hood consists of a housing, the motor itself and fans, of which there are always two. They are inside the top of the filters or between them.Working performance depends on the power of the electric motor. When installing such a system, it is necessary to provide for the nearest location of a 220 volt outlet. Internal parts of the hood are made of non-oxidizing materials.
Recirculating hoods for the kitchen are used in the following cases:
- the hob is located very far from the vent and it is not possible to dismantle the pipes;
- ventilation cannot be used directly due to its deterioration;
- bad, too high location of the vent.
Since the device has a whole range of protective filters, the hood is also called filtration. It consists of two levels of protection. The first level of rough cleaning is special acrylic cleaners. Their main component is a filter made of acrylic. This may also include models with paper or non-woven disposable cassettes. The disadvantages of acrylic and paper filters are that they are intended for single use. Their lifespan does not exceed six months. Also filters of metal (aluminum, stainless steel) can be attributed to the first level of cleaners. They are more profitable because they do not require replacement.Rinse them thoroughly with hot water and soap once a month. It is better to choose those hoods that have at least 5 layers of metal mesh. A smaller amount will be ineffective. The second level is characterized by a hood with carbon filters. Coal is a well-known eco-friendly natural absorbent.
Unfortunately, carbon tapes are also disposable.
The type of housing electrical extracts differ.
- Horizontal. Their geometry is parallelism of the cooking surface.
- Vertical. The filtering surface is perpendicular to the plate, which takes up a lot of space. For such systems, you must have a very large kitchen.
- Inclined. As the name implies, are located at an angle to the stove. They have a number of advantages, as they work efficiently and silently, and they also save a lot of space.
- Telescopic (cassette). A variation of the built-in hood that, if necessary, extends, increasing the suction surface. After cooking it can be pushed.
By way of installation may be as follows.
- Suspended. Mounted on the wall and usually contain a hinged additional panel to increase the effective filtration area.
- Inline. Mounted inside the kitchen unit.Very compact, but differ in low productivity.
- Island Serve for those plates that are not located close to the wall, but at some distance.
The material of which the body is made, there is also a difference.
- Metallic (stainless steel, aluminum). They are usually performed in high-tech style. When using them, you can emphasize the modern style of the interior.
- Enamel. Such devices are easy to wash and care for them. The most inexpensive members of the family hoods.
- Strained glass. Very beautiful models that require careful care. It is easy to fight that brings some inconvenience to the use of this technique.
Advantages and disadvantages
Based on numerous reviews of the operation of exhaust hoods without exhaust in ventilation You can determine the main advantages of this type of system.
- Two-level filtration of air cleans it very well from various household pollutants.
- This type of exhaust device operates at extremely low levels of noise and vibration.
- Conventional hoods partially block the ventilation ducts. The recirculation hood will allow you to clean the air without stagnation. It will complement the ventilation system.
- If a gas boiler is located in the apartment, the use of a conventional exhaust will create backdraft, which is very dangerous and can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. To avoid such an incident, it is necessary to use the hood without the air.
- At the request of the client, this hood can be installed not only in the kitchen, but also in any room, for example, in the garage.
- It does not take up much space, which saves space for other irreplaceable elements of the kitchen interior. This is especially important for small-sized kitchens in modern apartments.
- These devices are very light, which is a plus for delivery and installation.
- Recycling hoods have a more concise and versatile design compared to conventional systems.
- Installation of such a structure is much cheaper than installing a system with an air vent.
- These devices eliminate odors much better. They will not be able to penetrate to the neighbors in the ventilation channel, if you live in an apartment building.
- Purification using a filter allows you to not use natural ventilation for a long time, which preserves the temperature regime of the dwelling.You do not have to once again use heaters or split systems.
- The device consumes a small amount of electricity.
- With this device there is no need for maintenance of the ventilation duct.
- The price of such devices may pleasantly surprise the buyer.
Together with the obvious advantages of such a filtration system has several disadvantages.
- It is necessary to replace filters regularly. Besides the fact that this is an additional financial expenditure, it is necessary to spend time on this work. For a large family, this can be a real problem, as frequent cooking increases the consumption of filters. Also not lucky fans of fatty foods and fans to smoke under the hood. Such things reduce the life of the cleaning system.
- Filters for the system are difficult to find, despite the presence of numerous analogues.
- If you accidentally delay the replacement of the filter, the hood can fail and require expensive repairs.
- Recycling hoods are sometimes more expensive than conventional ones.
- The design of such devices is less diverse than conventional hoods.
- If air pollution is strong enough, the filtration system may not cope with its purification.
- Compared with the classic air exhaust hoods, the efficiency is not so high and is about 70%.
How to choose?
By choosing a recirculation hood, The following points should be considered.
- The power (performance) of the system must match the size of your kitchen. In a private house the size of such a room can be significant. When choosing a device without access to the roof with a lower power, air purification will be insufficient. In order to properly select the required power, it is necessary to carefully study the technological passport of the selected product. There must be a suitable size of the room. Do not choose a hood with a power much higher than the required. This will increase energy costs and significantly increase the noise level in the room.
- Before buying appliances, measure your hob. In the ideal situation, the dome of the cleaning device should protrude 10 cm beyond the plate.
- It is better to choose a hood with lighting - it is very convenient for a good housewife who spends a lot of time in the kitchen.
- Examine the prices for the types of filters used in the selected device.Since they are to be replaced, it is better to immediately pay attention to whether you can regularly update them or better choose a cheaper option.
- Select the care products for the metal parts of the hood and its body. Calculate their cost. For example, for tempered glass hoods, special care is needed, which will require additional cash expenditure during the operation period.
- Find out which models have the ability to change the speed limit. The acquisition of such a system will allow you to adjust the intensity of the filtering process depending on the amount of food prepared. This will help you in some cases save electricity.
- In modern models there are additional options like gadgets: electronic touchscreen display, timer, clock, temperature indicator, automatic switch on of the device, remote control. If these functions are necessary for you, then pick up to yourself an extract with them.
- Read customer reviews on the Internet. Perhaps they will help you decide on the choice of apparatus.
- It is important to remember that the more functions of the presented equipment, the higher its cost.
The considered recycling devices are manufactured by many well-known brands:
- Ariston lets out very beautiful and stylish extracts without branch in ventilation. at the same time, the quality assurance of this company for the manufacture of household appliances is beyond doubt;
- hoods Integra famous for the best filters and many additional features;
- devices Bosch highly valued for their German quality;
- another German company Zigmund-shtain equally competes with others due to the original design of household appliances.
Of course, there are many other brands in stores.
The choice is yours.
So, the filtration system is selected. Now you need to install it. An experienced master can do it in a matter of minutes.
The installation of the recirculation hood is carried out in the following order.
- The equipment mainly has fixtures for the ceiling or wall. Check the strength of the base to prevent the hood from dropping. If built-in appliances, prepare a cabinet for it.
- Inspect the mounting kit according to the instructions.
- Mark the line between the appliance and the hob.To do this, there are rules for placement and standards of this distance: to the gas stove - 75 cm, and to the electric one - 65 cm. Sometimes these figures according to the instructions may be slightly different: 60 cm and 50 cm, respectively.
- Check whether the air after cleansing to go into free space.
- Provide the possibility of connecting the hood to an electrical network with grounding.
- Install the hood attachment with a drill or screwdriver, pre-marking the places for them.
- Hang the hood on the mount.
- Turn on the network and test performance.
If you do everything right and apply proper care for recirculating hoods, then you can enjoy many years of trouble-free operation of this system. There are cases when such devices are necessary because of the configuration of the kitchen. It happens that they are chosen because of ergonomics. Despite the reason for use, they are worthy modern representatives of household kitchen appliances, which helps to make the pastime in the kitchen as efficient, healthy and pleasant as possible.
You will learn more about exhaust hoods from the following video.

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I am trying to run the sdcard_twrk64f120m demo in the MFS examples and when the SD card is inserted I see:
shell> Installing MFS over SD card driver...
Error while opening a:\ (UNKNOWN ERROR !!!)
Anyone seen / solved this before?
Tried several SD Cards. None worked. Then I inspected the hardware where I found my problem. Cold solder joints on the SD Card connector pins! Re-soldered them and all is well.
Thank you so much for your time and help.
I will try to help you with your issue.
Please, what KSDK version do you use?
Thanks for the help.
I am using KSDK Version 1.3.0. TWR-K64F120M board. IAR Embedded Workbench 7.30.1
according to your error message
Error while opening a:\
it looks on problem with SD Card.
at the moment I tested the demo and on my side it works without problems.
Please, see the video which I attached you. (I skipped building project)
Please, did you try another SD Card? What file system do you use?
Retrieving data ...


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For a long time, the main problem faced by the auto finance industry is risk control, and bad behaviors such as data fraud, fraudulent payment and loan evasion, secondary vehicle arrivals, and gps personal tracker removal are not uncommon. A car, both sides have exhausted their means. Take car loans, for example. From the aspects of vehicle evaluation, review, registration and loan to borrowers, including post-loan application, telephone verification and collection, risk control still faces huge challenges in this series of processes. The mutual game between the two sides makes auto financial risk control have to be repeatedly mentioned in the industry.
Car locator is the most effective means of risk control for related enterprises such as auto finance and auto loan, but due to improper product selection, it cannot truly achieve the purpose of risk control. In the past, the locator function was monotonous, the performance was unstable, and it did not have the function of anti-detection and disassembly alarm.
Choosing a locator with anti-interference, anti-detection, anti-disassembly, installation-free and ultra-long standby is more reassuring for the vehicle, and it is more efficient and safe to manage. This locator is also known as a car thief and loan scammer's nightmare.
Wiring type: real-time positioning, small, concealed installation, anti-disassembly! Know the location of the vehicle at any time, playback historical tracks, electronic fences, etc. Driving out of the specified range can be prevented. There is also a built-in battery in the GPS locator. When someone damages the line, the platform will immediately issue an alarm prompt. You can immediately know that your equipment has been compromised, so you can take steps to avoid losses!
Wireless type: simple operation, zero installation cost, small size, concealed installation position, dual-mode positioning, double protection against shielding. The standby time is as long as 3-5 years, the performance is stable, and there is no need to worry about the situation that cannot be located due to lack of power.
The current gps personal tracker technology is mature and powerful, and many brands, if you don't have a deep understanding, it is difficult to know which gps personal tracker terminal has more accurate positioning and better risk control.
gps personal tracker https://www.eelinktracker.com/Personal-GPS-Tracker/

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Ezu Augmented Reality Print
We offer two options for the Ezu Prints. The augmented reality feature is available for any option you choose.
Aluminum: Our aluminum prints are made by sandwiching a black, solid plastic core between two aluminum sheets. Your NFT is printed using our high-quality photographic print and attached to aluminum. The aluminum does not show through, it is a mounting system that offers a sleek design. This is the perfect mounting option for our prints making it highly durable and warp-resistant. Aluminum is 1/8″ thick with a white coating on the back. Comes with a 3-piece PVC Float Block attached to the back for easy hanging.
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- The mounting system will vary by country. See the photo gallery.
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Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment discusses how to preserve wild reindeer population
A meeting held to discuss how to preserve the wild reindeer population was chaired by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Yelena Panova. The discussion involved representatives of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources (Rosprirodnadzor), Russian regions, specially protected natural territories, and organizations representing the interests of the small indigenous peoples of the North (SIPN).
According to the Director of the Department of State Policy and Regulation of the Hunting Sector Andrei Filatov, priorities for preservation of the species include restraints on wild reindeer hunting and stricter controls on withdrawal of the animals within the established quotas.
The high number of predators, primarily wolves, was identified as one of the main factors behind the decline in the reindeer population. The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the Krasnoyarsk Territory have instituted wolf hunting prizes in an attempt to deal with the problem.
Rosprirodnadzor Deputy Head Amirkhan Amirkhanov said it was necessary to cut short reindeer hunting at wintering sites.
"February and March witness destructive hunting, the first victims being female reindeers that are starting to migrate towards their calving habitats. The new hunting rules drafted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2020 provide for cutting down the reindeer hunting timeframes," he said at the meeting, held via videoconference.
After hearing the reports of the representatives of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), and the small indigenous peoples of the North, Yelena Panova focused on the need to streamline the distribution of quotas for wild reindeer hunting with account taken of the needs of the SIPN. In this connection, she instructed the relevant ministry department either to improve the existing reindeer hunting quota distribution mechanism as soon as possible or to develop a new transparent and clear arrangement jointly with Rosprirodnadzor, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and the SIPN.
Amirkhan Amirkhanov added that the small indigenous peoples of the North should play a determining role in distributing the region's hunting resources.
"The indigenous inhabitants should have the decisive say in determining the withdrawal rates, quotas and reindeer withdrawal sites, because so far we are both losing the reindeer population and destroying the traditional way of life of the indigenous inhabitants," he said.
The meeting also stressed the need for large-scale aerial surveys to specify the data on the current status of the species. The Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory has planned a sweeping aerial survey for 2020 and 2021 at the Taymyr reindeer population's habitats. The Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is raising funds to carry out aerial surveys of the Yana-Indigirka reindeer population.
The participants also discussed how to restrict the hunting of migrating wild reindeer in areas affected by the disaster at Thermal Power Station-3 in Norilsk. According to the Director of Central Siberia Nature Reserve Pavel Kochkarev, between 12 and 15% of reindeer from the Central Taymyr group migrate along the bank of the Pyasina River. Later the animals may head south and be killed near villages, something that would entail the risk of people eating oil-contaminated meat and offal. Ms Panova said that an interagency working group would deal with this problem separately.


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The Intimacies of Four Continents
Lisa Lowe is Professor of English and American Studies at Tufts University. She is the author of
Autobiography Out of Empire
This chapter discusses the autobiographical genre as an illustration of the aesthetic narration of liberal emancipation, focusing on The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789), the first autobiography in English by an enslaved African, in which the self-authoring individual is developed out of the collective subjectivity of colonial slavery. Equiano’s Narrative negotiated the voices of abolition and slave resistance, and the logics of coloniality in which trade in people and goods connected Africa, plantation Virginia, the colonial West Indies, and metropolitan England. As the subject writes his life, and comes to possess the meaning of slavery as his own past, the autobiography as a liberal genre does the work of subjugating the history of the collective enslaved within a temporality in which it is legible as the origin out of which the free modern subject emerges. Canonical interpretations of Equiano’s autobiography as the quintessential narrative of progress, in which the slavery of the past is overcome and replaced by modern freedom, may obscure the complex currents of the transatlantic world on which that promised freedom rests.


Thad Wheeler’s first observation upon becoming Warhill High’s football coach in 2014 was the players needed to get stronger.
Entering his fourth season, Wheeler, a state-record-setting lifter in his days as a high school football player in Georgia, says that mission has been accomplished.
“Strength was a limiting factor, but we’ve been able to go four (seasons) in the weight room and that’s not something we’re trying to overcome anymore,” Wheeler said . “This can be a dominating group.”
Competing, not dominance, will be the objective on Friday when the Lions (4-7 a year ago) host Peninsula District power Heritage at Wanner Stadium in the season opener for both. The...


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My love of food is a complicated one. I was brought up in an Italian household. For those of you who don’t know that means we have food laid out on the table all day every day and theoretically times in between. I never thought much about what I was eating, I just knew it was delicious.
When I hit college my relationship with food changed. I developed a phobia: emetophobia (click the link and feel free to research and learn about a pretty common phobia that no one really talks about). My world went from not ever thinking about what I was eating to constantly fearing every bite I took would some how cause me to be ill. I began to avoid situations I truly enjoyed and knew I needed to seek help. After eight years working on loving this side of me and learning how to interact in social settings without letting this fear consume me I felt as if I was making progress.
I created this blog a few months ago in hopes for it to be a place to share recipes and possibly party planning ideas. I thought the name was clever a play off my insecurities with food. However before I could even start, my relationship with food changed again, in a way I didn’t expect.
I began to realize I didn’t always feel very well. It seemed as though there was always a rock in my stomach, or my bathroom habits weren’t as “normal” and happy go lucky as they should have been. With my phobia these feelings were only amplified. I was always worried these feelings must mean that I was about to be sick at any moment. Finally, I decided to reflect inward and realized this wasn’t normal, even with my phobia something was off. I wanted to see if there was anything I could do to help my own sanity.
I decided to see a Functional Medicine doctor. In my own words Functional Medicine tries lifestyle changes to eliminate symptoms that other types of practices may have prescribed medication to relieve. They want to eliminate the issue not just treat it.
Through the guidance of my doctor and lovely tests…lovely should probably be read with a sarcastic tone…which I will describe in a later post I was diagnosed with “leaky gut“. What’s the best way to heal a leaky gut? An elimination diet. Now not only was my relationship with food strained due to my phobia, but it would further be put under a microscope in order to hopefully remedy these digestive symptoms I’d been having.
That’s what brings me here. I wanted to share my experiences with you as a reader. Hopefully if some of the things you read about here ring true for you it can encourage you to feel empowered to embark on your own gut healing journey. You’ll find honest (not always glamorous) thoughts, experiences, and recipes throughout these pages.
Hopefully through this outlet my relationship with food can change again, this time for the better.

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The search warrant was the result of an investigation conducted by the Big Spring Police Departments Narcotics Unit after receiving information of drug sales and probable location of Theodore Rios, who was wanted for a parole violation and was considered armed and dangerous.
After a search of the residence, officers found a quantity of methamphetamine and money.
David Rey Gonzales and Kendra Lynn Brown were both arrested for Possession Controlled Substance; and Paul Steven Meeh and Kellie Moana Warf were both arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. This is an ongoing investigation and no further information is available.
(Information from PermianBasin360.com)
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The Mutt-i-grees team from North Shore Animal League America and Yale University's School of the 21st Century is pleased to partner with Queens College Professional and Continuing Studies Department to offer The Mutt-i-grees Curriculum Certificate Program - Theory and Practicum for Classroom Implementation.
Thanks to the support of Caitlyn Colman-McGaw, programming assistant for young adult education and engagement at New York Public Library, branches across the boroughs are joining our Mutt-i-grees in the Library initiative and introducing children, teens, and families to the importance of shelter pet adoption.
This fall, members of the Mutt-i-grees team presented alongside students educators from Echo Mountain Primary School, Union Elementary School, and Gilbert School District at a regional training in Phoenix, AZ.
We had a blast with students from MS 131 in Manhattan this fall during our first visit to New York Public Library’s Chatham Square Branch. The visit was one of many planned over the coming months as part of our growing relationship with the Library. The students, who are members of Careen Halton’s Class 707, walked over to the library during one class period as part of their ongoing visits with Jeff Katz, Senior Young Adult Librarian, and his team.
This fall, members of the Mutt-i-grees team participated in a Parent-Toddler Workshop, which is part of a series hosted by Jackie Narkiewicz, Head of Children's Services at Copiague Memorial Library in Copiague, NY. This workshop series provides caregivers with opportunities to learn about resources in their communities and Jackie uses this venue to invite community partners to speak on issues relevant to attendees (often on subjects related to parenting: foods for toddlers, potty training, etc).

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Welcome to Hoosier Sports Nation | Indiana Basketball and Sports Forum
Welcome to HoosierSportsNation 3.0 -- our newest and best iteration. We promise we won't bite -- come on in and register to join the party!
Massive topic on why the B1G sucks, why defense is overrated, why you should give Crean more credit, and some potential red flags with Archie.
Maedhros replied to ADegenerate's topic in General Basketball DiscussionWish I could like this post multiple times. Archie's focus on defense feels like a high floor/low ceiling approach out of step with the best teams in today's college basketball. Teams like Villanova and even Purdue showed the value of having shooters everywhere, while Archie is working hard to implement a pack line defense designed to encourage shots from the perimeter. It's early and we don't yet know what his Indiana teams will eventually look like or what adjustments Archie will make, but I have concerns. His recruiting priorities so far seem to reflect his desire for length and defense over playmaking ability on offense. Landing Romeo was a coup, but outside DJ Carton we've been awfully late to the party on guards in the 2019 class.

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Readers ask: How To Remove Haldi Stain From Clothes?
- 1 How do I get turmeric stains out of clothes?
- 2 Does toothpaste remove turmeric stains?
- 3 Can vanish remove Haldi stains?
- 4 How turmeric stains are removed from clothes Class 10?
- 5 Are turmeric stains permanent?
- 6 How do you get dried curry stains out of clothes?
- 7 How do you get turmeric stains out of plastic phone cases?
- 8 Can turmeric stain your teeth?
- 9 Why is the turmeric stain on a white shirt turned red when washed with soap?
- 10 How do you get yellow stains out of clothes?
- 11 Why do turmeric stains turn red?
- 12 What is the fastest way to remove turmeric from face?
- 13 Why are turmeric stains not removed from clothes after washing with soap?
- 14 Why is it advised not to wash turmeric stained clothes with soap?
- 15 Is turmeric acidic or basic?
How do I get turmeric stains out of clothes?
Sprinkle a bit of cornstarch, baking soda, or flour onto the stain and leave for 20 minutes; this will help draw the oil out of the fabric. Submerge the stained part of the fabric in a bowl of white vinegar for about an hour. Apple cider vinegar also works well, but it will leave your fabric with a yellow tinge.
Does toothpaste remove turmeric stains?
Try Toothpaste To Remove Turmeric Strain White toothpaste, not the gel variety, will work for this hack. After the stain has been lifted using tissue, apply a thick layer of toothpaste on the surface and let it sit for ten minutes. Using cold water, wipe it away while minimizing the spread of the stain.
Can vanish remove Haldi stains?
Fill the sink with cold water and add two to three tablespoons of a powerful laundry detergent like Vanish Oxi Action. Immerse the fabric in the mixture, and let it sit for 20 to 30 minutes. If the stain is still visible, spray it with a liquid stain remover.
How turmeric stains are removed from clothes Class 10?
Baking Soda:- To remove the turmeric stain use the baking soda paste. Apply the baking soda paste on the stain. Let it for 15 minute then rub. The stain will be removed with this method.
Are turmeric stains permanent?
Turmeric stains can be remarkably persistent. While quickly pre-treating with detergent and washing your soiled garment or fabric is almost always a wise choice, it may not necessarily remove your stain on the first attempt.
How do you get dried curry stains out of clothes?
Just mix one tablespoon of liquid dish washing detergent with a tablespoon of white vinegar and around half a litre of cold water, then apply the solution to the stain with a clean cloth. Use a sponge to soak up the excess liquid, if there is any. Repeat the process until the stain disappears.
How do you get turmeric stains out of plastic phone cases?
Mix equal parts water and baking soda to build a paste, and simply apply the paste onto the container. Allow for the paste to dry for about 15 minutes, and scrub away with warm water.
Can turmeric stain your teeth?
Turmeric Spice The bold deep yellow pigments in this spice can turn your teeth just as yellow over time. Turmeric can also stain anything it touches, so be careful when using it.
Why is the turmeric stain on a white shirt turned red when washed with soap?
On washing with soap, a turmeric stain on the cloth turns to red because. soap solution is acidic.
How do you get yellow stains out of clothes?
A mixture of baking soda, peroxide, and water applied directly to the yellow stain will remove it. Mix equal parts of baking soda, peroxide, and water in a small container. Apply the mixture to the stain and use a bristle brush to rub the mixture in to the fabric.
Why do turmeric stains turn red?
Turmeric stains are red because of the presence of tartaric acid in it. As tartaric acid is an acid and when it washed with soap which contains sodium hydroxide which is a base.
What is the fastest way to remove turmeric from face?
Start by mixing 1 tsp of baking soda with 3 tbsps water and gently scrub your skin in circular motions. Wash the paste off with lukewarm water, and again, wash your face with a cleanser and water to remove turmeric and baking soda residue.
Why are turmeric stains not removed from clothes after washing with soap?
Answer Expert Verified This happens because turmeric contains an acid and a compound called cucumine. And soap and detergent contain sodium hydroxide which is a base. So, when an acid and base reacts, neutralization reaction takes place where the stain becomes neutral. Use a dry detergent bar and rub it on the stain.
Why is it advised not to wash turmeric stained clothes with soap?
Turmeric is a natural acid-base indicator and if it falls on a white shirt and washed with soap, which is basic, it turns to red which makes the stain worse. This is because turmeric contains a compound known as. This on reacting with the fatty acid (present in soap/detergent) changes its colour to red.
Is turmeric acidic or basic?
The turmeric is acidic in nature and it is yellow in color. When turmeric paste is added to the acidic solution, it remains unchanged. The color in the acidic solution is yellow. When turmeric paste is added to the basic solution the yellow color changes to red color due to the neutralization reaction.


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The Inquisition is back, and this time it has set up shop at the United Nations. Consider the resolution “Combating the Defamation of Religions” passed by a comfortable margin last week at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva (and passed by the General Assembly every year since 2005).
The resolution decries a “campaign of defamation of religions,” intensifying since 2001, in which “the media” and “extremist organizations” are “perpetuating stereotypes about certain religions” (read: Islam) and “sacred persons” (read: Muhammad). It urges UN member states to provide redress “within their respective legal and constitutional systems.” Capitalizing on cartoon riots and Western anxieties over the excesses of the war on terror, the language conflates peaceful criticism of Islam with anti-Muslim bigotry and seeks to stifle speech in the name of “respect for religions and beliefs.”
In my capacity as UN representative for the secularist think tank Center for Inquiry, I spent a surreal two weeks at the Council participating in the negotiations over the language of this resolution, sponsored by a 57-member intergovernmental body called the Organization of the Islamic Conference, or OIC.
After one of these sessions, I found my way into a private conversation with the chair of the negotiations, a delegate for the government of Pakistan. We were soon joined by the representatives of the United States, Canada, and the European Union. There we were, “the West,” standing at the front of an empty conference room, gingerly trying to reason with this feisty, yet solicitous, Pakistani diplomat.
The American delegate noted that, “History shows that criminalizing speech doesn’t work,” when the chair interrupted her to propose a case he hoped would hit home. Suppose someone were to say that the Virgin Mary was not a virgin but a promiscuous woman? What could be the purpose of this statement, he asked, except mockery?
Canada pointed out that ‘defamation’ has a specific legal meaning—involving the spread of falsehoods that harm some individual—which is not applicable to cases of religiously offensive speech. For starters, religious personages like Mary and Muhammad are not alive, so they’re not, legally speaking, persons who can be harmed. Undeterred by the Canadian’s reductio ad absurdum, the Pakistani delegate responded that this is precisely why we need the authorities to protect them against insult: they are not around to defend themselves.
Never mind how one would demonstrate, in a court of law, the falsity of a scurrilous rumor about a far-distant and long-gone (and quite possibly never-there) religious figure. Ironically, all the world’s heretics could never do more damage to the reputations of gods, saints, and prophets than has already been done by their devoted followers. The odd thing about God is that no matter how much He is slandered, his livelihood never seems to suffer as a result. One of the perks of being a necessary being, I guess, is that you never lose your job no matter how unpopular you become. In that respect God may be the ultimate bureaucrat. I didn’t bring this up.
It would all be absurdist comedy if it didn’t have such grave consequences. Defamation of religions resolutions are far worse than useless; they are a direct threat to human rights. While they will have no impact on blasphemy in Western democracies (which already censor themselves far too often), they serve to legitimize the suppression of peaceful political and religious dissent elsewhere—first and foremost in the Islamic states themselves.
Despite its public claim to represent the interests of the so-called Muslim world, the OIC is criticized most strenuously by those within OIC countries, like Arab human rights advocates and persecuted minority faiths like the Baha’i and the Ahmadiyya. These vulnerable communities know that the talk of safeguarding belief abroad will only safeguard the abuse of power at home.
In Pakistan, blasphemy is a crime punished by death or life in prison. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are regularly used against the Ahmadiyya, who are officially considered apostates, guilty of leaving Islam. In January of this year, four Ahmadi boys were arrested and charged with desecrating the Prophet because of something they allegedly scrawled on the bathroom wall of a mosque in Punjab province. Although no evidence was presented, the head of the local police felt that “the gravity of the case against Islam justified arresting the children first.” Local Sunni extremists had made it clear that they would avenge the insult if the authorities would not.
Pakistan’s hypocrisy is virtuosic. Even as it appeases the most hateful elements in its society—actually imprisoning and killing its religious minorities for nothing more than civil dissent from orthodoxy—it spouts self-righteous lectures at Europe and America on the stereotyping of minorities and the need to promote diversity.
This issue is not a simple matter of faith versus speech. It is also faith via speech, and here secularists and believers converge on what is fundamentally sacred: the freedom of the individual conscience. As I put it in a statement on the floor of the Council last fall, “every religion begins with a prophet or teacher who speaks the truth as his or her conscience dictates it, no matter who may disagree. The advance of religious truth hangs, in the end, on the right to doubt, to dissent, to discover. To combat the so-called defamation of religions is, then, in the end, to combat religion.”
The US delegate started to explain why her country would continue to resist this whole approach, but the chair was looking away, reading a message on his Blackberry. Apparently he was unaware that he was exemplifying America’s winning solution to the problem of speech that offends: Ignore it, and if that’s not enough, start your own conversation.
Meanwhile, the Islamic states and their political allies are hard at work extending legal human rights to religious beliefs by expanding the protections against “advocacy of religious hatred” found in existing international treaties. And as of now, they have the votes to do it.

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For over 70 years, one of the highlights of Albany Tulip Fest has been the crowning of the Tulip Queen, a remarkable young woman who will serve as Albany’s Ambassador for one full year. At a recent press conference in Washington Park, Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan announced the five 2019 Albany Tulip Queen finalists.
Meet Your Finalists
The five finalists were selected from a pool of dozens of nominees who underwent a series of interviews with a committee of local leaders. Each one was chosen based on their volunteer service, commitment to the local community, and leadership skills.
Although only one of these women will be crowned the 71st Albany Tulip Queen, all five will participate in volunteer projects throughout the year and work on community service and literacy advocacy initiatives.
As introduced by Mayor Kathy Sheehan, the five finalists are:
- Emily Barcia-Varno, Age 22, Glenmont
- Isabella Burnett, Age 19, Albany
- Parneet Kaur, Age 19, Green Island
- Megan Morrill, Age 23, Latham
- Michaela Schramm, Age 18, Loudonville
The 2019 Albany Tulip Queen Coronation will take place on Saturday, May 11, at the Lakehouse Stage in Washington Park during the annual Tulip Fest. The coronation is presented by Citizens Bank and will feature Mayor Sheehan, 2018 Tulip Queen Sawyer Cresap, and Chad O’Hara of B95.5.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Mexico has fired its ambassador to UNESCO, Andre Roemer, who is Jewish, for protesting against his country’s decision to vote for a resolution denying Jewish ties to Jerusalem.
“For not having informed diligently and with meticulousness of the context in which the voting process occurred, for reporting to representatives of countries other than Mexico about the sense of his vote, and for making public documents and official correspondence subject to secrecy,” read the official statement released on Oct. 17.
However, the Latin American country announced it will now change its vote from “in favor” to abstain on the proposal concerning the preservation of cultural heritage and religion in eastern Jerusalem.
“Changing the vote reiterates the recognition that the government of Mexico gives to the undeniable link of the Jewish people to cultural heritage located in East Jerusalem. It also reflects the deep appreciation that this government has for the Jewish community and in particular for their significant contributions to the welfare and economic, social and cultural development of Mexico,” the statement also said.
For the first time since 2010, Mexico will oppose a proposal by the Palestinian-Arab bloc in UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
“Sadly, the ambassador to UNESCO was sacrificed, but it meant a change to the perennial tradition of following the vote of the Latin American bloc, which passed an absurd and biased resolution by a majority,” wrote Jewish Mexican news portal Enlace Judio.
In a personal protest, Roemer walked out of last week’s vote in Paris, leaving his deputy to cast the country’s vote. He also apparently contemplated resigning his post, but was urged not to by Israel’s ambassador Carmel Shama HaCohen, who wrote him a personal letter praising him as a friend of the Jewish state.
UNESCO’s resolution, sponsored by several Arab countries, referred to the Temple Mount and Western Wall — Judaism’s holiest sites — only by their Muslim names, and condemned Israel as “the occupying power” for various actions taken in both places.
Mexico was one of the 24 countries that voted in favor of the resolution. Six nations, including the United States, Germany and Britain, voted against and another 26 abstained.
Following the vote, Israel suspended cooperation with the UN cultural organization. In a letter sent to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett accused the body of ignoring “thousands of years of Jewish ties to Jerusalem” and aiding “Islamist terror.”
Bokova herself distanced herself from the resolutions in a statement, saying “nowhere more than in Jerusalem do Jewish, Christian and Muslim heritage and traditions share space.”


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Isaac! 51 incredible women will be recognised at local Inspiring Women in Isaac events and we want you to join us in celebrating their achievements. Events will be hosted in Moranbah, Nebo, Clermont and Glenden throughout March 2021. Details about local events are available on the website. Places are strictly limited so make sure you RSVP by completing the registration.
The events are open to everyone so we hope to see our region’s men coming along to support the women in their lives.

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Moving into a New Year
January 11, 2019
Happy New Year! As 2019 begins, please join us in pausing to reflect on some milestones from the past year in suicide prevention, as well as how we can make the most of the year to come. In 2018, suicide prevention continued to gain momentum as a national priority, with increased public awareness and media attention, as well as new resources and partners engaging at the local, state, and national levels. At the same time, new data revealed that we still have work to do if we are to reach our goal of reducing the national suicide rate. In the year ahead, let’s work together to build on our successes—continuing to expand our reach, make our prevention efforts more effective, and spread hope to those at risk.
Providing safe and effective suicide care in health systems continues to be essential for reducing suicide in the U.S. and around the world. At the end of last year, over a thousand health care systems had adopted the Zero Suicide model and many are seeing improvements in patient outcomes. Ensuring the quality and consistency of suicide care has increasingly become a priority, with the release of new standards and guidance, such as the Action Alliance’s recommended standard care report, CARF International’s standards manual supplement, and the Council on Accreditation’s standards for public agencies and private organizations. In 2019, the Joint Commission will be requiring hospitals to meet a new patient safety goal for suicide prevention, and SPRC will be releasing new resources on financing suicide care.
The past year saw a large number of data releases and analyses from the CDC and other sources, highlighting the continued upward trend in suicides in the past 20 years. At the same time, these data included important new information that can help us improve prevention efforts, including the need for suicide prevention in settings beyond behavioral health care. As we continue to reinforce the multiple strategies needed for effective suicide prevention, more and more partners and sectors are stepping up to help carry out comprehensive prevention efforts. The Action Alliance has been instrumental in bringing the construction and entertainment industries, public safety groups, faith communities, and firearms stakeholders to the suicide prevention table. People with lived experience of suicide are also playing an increasingly important role in our field, helping to identify what works in suicide care and how lived experience can be included in prevention efforts.
As the evidence linking suicide and opioid misuse grew in 2018, new partnerships have formed to help address this intersection. Many in the suicide and substance abuse prevention fields are collaborating on innovative ways to tackle some of the shared risk factors behind recent declines in life expectancy. SPRC featured some of these examples in our collaborative two-part webinar series on the connection between opioid abuse, overdose, and suicide and the role of chronic pain. As we enter a new year, it will be critical to continue to examine these connections, including the impact of loneliness and isolation, and work together to tackle the complex issues behind deaths of despair.
We’ve also seen changes this year in how our field is speaking about suicide prevention and how the media is covering it. With the Action Alliance Media Messaging Workgroup bringing together key national partners, the field is communicating a more unified message, emphasizing hope, recovery, and prevention steps everyone can take. This collective effort has helped bring about a new kind of news coverage—one informed by the voices of people with lived experience, which emphasizes hope and healing over sensationalism. In 2019, we look forward to continued collaboration with local and national partners to convey shared prevention messages.
In 2018, SPRC continued its commitment to bringing relevant, evidence-based resources to the field in grateful collaboration with diverse partners. We released an array of resources to address key challenges in suicide prevention, including:
- An updated Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Primary Care Practices
- The second edition of After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
- New data resources, including Breaking Down Barriers: Using Youth Suicide-Related Surveillance Data from State Systems and Suicide Surveillance Strategies for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
- An updated and redesigned version of our free Counseling on Access to Lethal Means online course
As we enter a new year, please join us in building on the momentum of the past year’s successes and renewing our commitment to meet the challenges ahead. Together, with partners new and familiar, we can reverse current trends and connect more people across the country to support and hope.


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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Dario Strbenac
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> I have a GRangesList and some of the GRanges elements of it are replicates that I'd like to pool together. I can't get the c() to work with GRanges that are in a GRangesList.
> Length Class Mode
> 8 GRangesList S4
>> tmp <- do.call(c, IPlist[1:2])
> Error in do.call(c, IPlist[1:2]) : second argument must be a list
> Is there a smarter way of achieving my use case than using c() ? I've got GenomicRanges 1.2.1.
> Note that it also doesn't work if I have a standard list of GRanges.
>> tmpList <- as.list(IPlist)
>> tmp <- do.call(c, tmpList[1:2])
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R> do.call(c, unname(as.list(IPlist)))
The names() of the GRangesList is likely getting in your way here.
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Entourage  (story, screenplay and directed by Doug Ellin based on the television series by the same name [2004-2011] [IMDb]) continues basically where said series left-off. As such the film continues to simultaneously satirize and glamorize Hollywood excess.
The gang of four -- the ever wildly lucky / successful actor Vinny Chase (played by Adrian Granier) along with his decidedly less lucky / less talented older 1/2 brother Johnny "Drama" (played by Kevin Dillon) and buddies Eric (played by Kevin Connolly) and "Turtle" (played by Jerry Ferrara) all of once humble Brooklyn neighborhood roots -- is back.
And, well, Hollywood's been "very, very good to ALL of them" ;-). Vinny's become a wildly successful movie star deciding here to take a stab at directing as well. Eric's become his wildly successful manager (bagging / bedding two models, one blonde, one brunette, in a twelve hour period, fulfilling the Beach Boys' California promise of "Two girls for every boy..."). And even "Turtle" (formerly Vinny's driver) has become an independently successful "Tequila tycoon." Okay maybe it hasn't been so good to Johnny Drama, but at least his younger 1/2 brother Vinny still looks after him and continues to believe in him. And in as much as there's any plot development in this film at all, given that everybody else's arrows seem to be going (wildly) up ... guess what happens to "Drama's" fortunes in this film?
Yes, the film may irritate some as basically a "pile it on" teenage-BOY's / teenage-BOY(at-heart)'s wish-fulfillment fantasy answering the "burning" question: "What would it be like IF EVERY CONCEIVABLE DREAM / FANTASY that one _ever had_ actually came _wildly_ true?" (Hint: It'd probably be PRETTY DAMN AWESOME ... ;-). Yet, the film continues the series' charm of being SO GOOD NATURED (even as it certainly would NOT win any feminist film awards ... I don't think there's a single woman character in the film that was more than (again) some teenage boy's fantasy ...) THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO HATE THIS FILM.
"Wouldn't it be nice?" Well, YEAH, I return to the reality that for most men/boys (and I'm one of them ...) it'd be "pretty damn awesome" ;-). I mean, this is a film that could have had even Osama Bin Laden humming "California Dreamin..." (with again about as much consideration given to the women in the story as an radical Islamicist would give ... And, well, bikinis, "birthday suits" and burkas do actually all start with the letter "b" ...).
I would just end that in Dante's Inferno, the ring for those who stripped the world bare in this life (the rapists, the sodomites and the usurers) was that of a scorching desert waste with a steady firey rain in the next. For if one so thoroughly strip-mined this world for _all_ its potential for happiness, what would be left to experience in the next?
Still, it's hard to not like these guys or suspect that a fair number of the younger male Hollywood movie stars (Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo di Caprio, James Franco ...) are living pretty much exactly this dream... and one wonders, what if Osama Bin Laden had simply been "a better-looking / less awkward-looking guy" ...
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The police are investigating a string of vandalism acts by apparent supporters of blogger Roy Ngerng, who was last week served a letter of demand for a post on May 15 alleging that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had misappropriated Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings.
Mr Ngerng apologised to PM Lee last Friday, and admitted that the allegation in his May 15 post is false and "completely without foundation".
He added: "I unreservedly apologise to Mr Lee Hsien Loong for the distress and embarrassment caused to him by this allegation."
On the same day, information and advertising boards at several bus stops around Clarke Quay were found defaced with text such as "We support CPF blogger" and "Return CPF money" in black block letters, according to a report in The New Paper yesterday.
Yesterday, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) confirmed that graffiti was found at six bus stops, one of which was right outside the Old Hill Street Police Station.
The police confirmed that a report was lodged early last Friday. It is understood that LTA contractors were dispatched by mid-afternoon to clean up the affected areas.
When The Sunday Times visited the vicinity of the Old Hill Street Police Station, there were no traces of the graffiti.
The culprit or culprits could face up to three years in jail or a fine of up to $2,000, and could also receive between three and eight strokes of the cane.
Moulmein-Kallang GRC Member of Parliament Denise Phua condemned the acts which occurred in her ward and called for common sense to prevail.
"Such forms of negative expression are not useful in helping Roy Ngerng's current situation or addressing the deeper issues concerning CPF withdrawal," she said.
"The issue calls for a rational, deeper and more constructive dialogue."
Mr Ngerng, while asking the authorities to exercise "forgiveness and leniency" in dealing with the vandals, urged supporters not to resort to illegal means to show their support.
"This might not be the most appropriate way to get their message out...," he told The Sunday Times.
Instead the 33-year-old health- care worker suggested that they can join him at Hong Lim Park next month for an event that he is organising in protest against the CPF scheme.
He added that he would like to get in touch with those responsible for the vandalism should they be charged by the police, so that he could see how to help them procure legal assistance.
Last Friday's acts of vandalism came less than three weeks after the rooftop of a block of Housing Board flats in Toa Payoh was painted with profanity directed at the ruling party and the police.
Five 17-year-olds were arrested and charged with vandalism, criminal trespass, and other charges days after residents spotted red graffiti splashed on a wall of the 22-storey block in Lorong 4 Toa Payoh on May 7.
By 11.30am, the graffiti was painted over by Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council.
Last month, four boys aged nine and 10 were arrested on suspicion of vandalism after vulgarities and a slogan linked to loan sharks were found spray-painted on property and cars in Punggol.

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Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.), a rising star in the Democratic Party, was tapped to respond to President Trump’s first State of the Union (SOTU) Address, an opportunity riddled with perils and potential. The State of the Union response can be a make-or-break opportunity for young, ambitious politicians.
Although State of the Union Addresses are typically too slow-moving for many Americans, they remain one of the most watched political events of the year, and the response to the State of the Union is the minority party’s opportunity to provide an alternative vision for the future of the country.
What we learned in Kennedy’s SOTU response last night is that Democrats don’t appear to have a vision for America — or even a coherent policy proposal to offer. There’s plenty of charisma, sure, but nothing of substance.
In President Trump’s address, he highlighted the tremendous economic growth the country has experienced over the past year.
“African-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded,” Trump noted. “And Hispanic-American unemployment has also reached the lowest levels in history. Small business confidence is at an all-time high. The stock market has smashed one record after another, gaining eight trillion dollars and more in value in just this short period of time.”
Kennedy’s response? He called the past year “chaos” and downplayed the state of the economy.
“We see an economy that makes stocks soar, investor portfolios bulge, and corporate profits climb but fails to give workers their fair share of the reward,” Kennedy said.
Really? Perhaps Mr. Kennedy thinks the millions of Americans who have received $1,000 bonuses over the past month aren’t getting “their fair share of the reward,” but I’m willing to bet those workers are rather pleased with how things have turned out since the Republicans slashed tax rates.
And what about the billions of dollars corporations have said they will spend in investment over the next decade because of lower corporate tax rates? Apple alone has pledged to repatriate about $252 billion in funds held overseas to the United States because of the changes to the tax code, and the company plans to add 20,000 new jobs.
Kennedy also complained about the Trump administration’s alleged “zero-sum game.”
“They are turning American life into a zero-sum game,” Kennedy said. “Where for one to win, another must lose. Where we can guarantee America’s safety, if we slash our safety net. Where we can extend health care in Mississippi, if we gut it in Massachusetts. We can cut taxes for corporations today if we raise them on families tomorrow. Where we can take care of sick kids if we sacrifice Dreamers. We are bombarded with one false choice after another. Coal miners or single moms, rural communities or inner cities. The coast or the heartland.”
Every single one of these claims is misleading, factually incorrect, or a deliberate lie. For instance, there is no plan under consideration that would “extend health care” in some states while gutting health care in others. With that said, it’s true Obamacare has been a massive disaster and that Republicans want to roll it back and replace it with a more efficient free-market system. But the new system wouldn’t “gut” health care; it would make health insurance much more affordable for everyone, and states would have more control over how their health insurance markets work, allowing them to decide what programs need to be reformed and which do not.
Kennedy’s suggestion that Republicans chose to place the burden of the tax cuts on families is flat-out lie. Republicans’ tax reform legislation cut taxes for corporations, small businesses, and families; it doesn’t penalize families to pay for tax cuts. The claim that families will have to pay for the tax cuts in the future assumes a future Congress and president will choose to let the individual rate tax cuts expire. That is extremely unlikely to happen, but even if it were to, it would be liberals, who are constantly calling for tax increases, working to end some of the tax cuts, not Republicans. Further, congressional Republicans stated repeatedly they wanted to make the individual rate tax cuts permanent, but it is Democrats who have refused to work with them on legislation that would accomplish that.
Kennedy’s statement that Republicans are forcing people to choose between “Coal miners or single moms, rural communities or inner cities” is an absurd, deceptive attempt to create a false narrative based on absolutely nothing Republicans have proposed or plan to propose. Let’s not forget that it’s the Democrats, led by their fearless leader Barack Obama, who waged a ruthless war on the coal industry. Free-market advocates have been fighting tooth-and-nail ever since to save it. Further, it’s the supporters of massive government that are constantly forcing people in rural America to subsidize spending programs primarily focused on inner cities, not pro-liberty Republicans and moderate Democrats.
Perhaps even more striking than the lies Kennedy spewed throughout his SOTUS response was what he didn’t say. What are liberals offering the American people? What policies are they suggesting that will make things better? What exactly does “pay their fair share” mean? Why has the economy skyrocketed since President Trump was elected? All questions Kennedy didn’t bother addressing. Instead, he chose to bizarrely cry out for “unity” while at the same praising divisive groups such as Black Lives Matter.
Kennedy’s charm and liberal platitudes undoubtedly played well with left-wing activists, socialists, and Antifa protesters, but in the Heartland, hard-working Americans are only interested in real policy ideas and the results (or lack of results) they produce. If Kennedy and his comrades in the Democratic Party want to convince voters to support their cause in 2018 and beyond, they are going to need to do better than this.