One great things about 3D printers, is that they are designed in a way that large companies, small companies and even “do-it-yourselfers” can build their own machines. This has allowed for the emergence of companies which operate on very small profit margins, and extremely small amounts of funding during their start up. One such company is BadDevices.
BadDevices, is an Italian company run by two men, Stefano Pavanello and Christian Filippi. They have just informed 3DPrint.com that they have finished the construction of their first ten production models of their latest 3D printer, called the BadPrinter2. This 3D printer, is an FDM based machine that the men have been working on for quite some time now. This printer will replace their older model 3D printer, the BadPrinter1, which they admit was a rather large, slow, noisy and cumbersome machine.
After thorough trial and error, Pavanello and Filippi have come up with a 3D printer that they are very proud of, in the BadPrinter2.
“We have completed a first production of ten machines,” Stefano Pavanello told 3DPrint.com. “Some will be delivered directly to customers nearby, but some are available for sale. We are planning to open the official webstore at baddevices.it soon, possibly for the first half of September. We are a very small company, so we think that the initial production will start slowly and speed up later, reducing the lead time for delivery. For the first delivery we estimate a lead time of 5/6 weeks.”
The BadPrinter 2 looks to be a very solid 3D printer with quite the impressive specifications, as seen below:
- Hotends: Dual independent all metal hotends
- Heatbed: Aluminum Heated Bed
- Print Bed: Easy to remove 4mm glass printing surface
- Printing Volume: 226 x 230 x 210mm
- Layer Height: Maximum of 50 micron / 200 micron standard
- Positioning Precision: X/Y: 6.25 micron, Z: < 1 micron
- Filament Diameter: 1.75 mm
- Nozzle Diameter: 0.40 mm
- Printing Speed: 10mm/s – 150mm/s
- Free movement speed: 30mm/s – 230mm/s
- Printer Dimensions: 420 x 460 x 500 mm
- Printer Weight: 19 kg
The BadPrinter2 is also compatible with most of the available printing and slicing software that is on the market today which supports Marlin. It is also compatible with STL, AMF, OBJ, and DAE files, and allows for direct printing from an SD Card. The printer’s frame consists of welded carbon steel, which is powder coated black.
As for the price, Pavanello told us that it will cost 2050,00€ (approximately $2755 USD) VAT excluded for the double hotend configuration.
What do you think? Is this a 3D printer that you would consider purchasing? Discuss in the BadPrinter2 forum thread on 3DPB.com. Check out the video of the BadPrinter2 in action below:
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Theatre Department at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi presented a multiple Tony-Award winning production, Cabaret, in the Center of Arts, Wilson Theatre, on Tuesday, Feb. 18 until Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m.
The story of Cabaret centers on the relationship of a young American writer, Clifford Bradshaw, and a young English singer, Sally Bowles, who entertains at the less-than-reputable Kit Kat Klub. However, the Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them that, whatever their troubles, they will forget them at the Cabaret.
“It’s a great show that deals with a lot of discrimination to a group of people from a certain group, the Nazi party,” said A.J. Knight, who plays the Emcee. “It’s very similar to the events taking place now in Russia.”

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Main Meals, Famous Khachapuri Georgian Pie
Alcohol, Soft Drinks & Coffee
Indescribable view of Bacardi Bay and Rhodes between the mountains
Sounds of Nature
The Sunset Restaurant is a small mountaintop restaurant, it looks over the Datca Peninsula (aka Reşadiye Peninsula) and Rhodes Island in the far distance. It is run by a lovely couple. Bekir, who is passionate about growing and using his own produce. His wife Madonna who is originally from Georgia and is a fantastic chef.
You can chose your meal from the menu which is probably the shortest but the tastiest in the whole of Dalyan! Pepper kebab, fish, chicken or the delicious hachapuri which is a Georgian (country) dish of cheesy goodness. These are traditional Georgian dishes made by the owner’s wife. Handed down through the generations these are both tasty and filling. Alternatively you can sample a little of everything accompanied by Georgian carrot and walnut salad and mixed salad. The chicken, pepper kebab and fish are all cooked to perfection. The chef uses a unique marinade and barbecues the food using a mixture of grape and olive wood to give a distinct smoky flavour.
Whilst you are eating, the sun will be setting across the sea. This is a magical sight, the sky turning a kaleidoscope of colours.
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Typhoon crews raced to confront the aircraft fearing they would be used in 9/11-style atrocities in the UK.
RAF pilots ensured the four planes – either civil or private jets – had not been taken over by terrorists hell-bent on attacking Brit cities in suicide missions.
The alarms were triggered by their pilots failing to properly identify themselves to air traffic controllers.
All were found to be bona fide flights.
The Ministry of Defence revealed the figures in a Freedom Of Information request for the number of Quick Reaction Alerts logged in 2015.
They refused to reveal details of the aircraft intercepted by the RAF claiming that information could aid terrorists.
“Not all launches resulted in an interception. Some incidents were resolved before interception occurred”Air Command Secretariat official
An official at the Air Command Secretariat said: ''Not all launches resulted in an interception. Some incidents were resolved before interception occurred.''
Yesterday it was revealed Isis jihadists who killed seven and wounded 19 in a gun, grenade and suicide bomb rampage in Jakarta on Thursday were inspired by November's Paris attacks which left 130 dead.
The Indonesian operation was code-named 'concert' – a reference to the French capital's Bataclan theatre where most victims perished during a gig by rock band Eagles Of Death Metal.


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Miho Fukuhara has a new song, “Surely Someday”, done for an upcoming Nintendo 3DS game. “Surely Someday” is written by Miho Fukuhara and composed by Tomohito Nishiura.
The new game is “Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies” and will be released February 28th. It is the 6th entry in the puzzle game series “Profesor Layton”. The game follows Professor Layton around the world as he investigates a “living mummy” and the mystery behind the Azran civilization.

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I must admit, my knowledge about “The Dark Tower” universe is slim to none, but judging by reactions to this news it seems like fans are really perplexed by this casting.
According to Deadline actress Abbey Lee, who was featured in “Mad Max: Fury Road”, has signed on for Nikolaj Arcel’s adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower.” Now, the real confusing part is that her role is being billed as a female lead even though her character doesn’t appear in the books until the 7th volume in a minor role.
Abbey will play a character named Tirana who is described as being “sexy and dangerous” while having “fake human skin and cold snake-like eyes.” This seems to describe a set of characters known as the Low Men. So it seems like they might be taking some creative license with this adaptation, which is par for the course when it comes to Stephen King adaptations. However, how this change will be justified remains to be seen.
Abbey will join Idris Elba, who is playing Roland Deschain, and Matthew McConaughey who is set to play series antagonist the Man in Black. Stay tuned as this wild ride continues to build momentum.

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Tomorrow I start my first day of work at GetGlue. I’m nervous, excited, and anxious all rolled into one fluffy ball of dough. This fluffy ball of dough is wound so tightly right now that even though it’s tired from being kneaded all day it remains stubbornly against the idea of going to bed – even at this already late hour. Midnight is due to strike in exactly a quarter of an hour from the time of this bread of dough writing these words and the thought of tossing and turning in bed is so much more alarming than the eventually regret of dreadfully weariness on a Monday that will feel nothing like a Monday.
I’m due to catch the 8:37am train from Stamford into Grand Central. My iPad is charging in my room while I write, and my iPhone is lying limply alongside its resting big brother – waiting for me to bring in my other charger and give it full juice before the next morning of adventure and new-ness begins.
Aha! What excitement awaits! So much excitement! It’s waiting!
In the land of Harry things have been mighty busy. He has been away from his lovely blog, out marauding for new land and fresh fruit. He has been searching high above the coastline, cupping his hand above his eyes to shield himself from the sun’s mighty gaze. He stood there atop the cliff, gazing out past everything that he has since come to call familiar. He stood and gazed west, straining his eyes from their sockets, hoping to perceive success just before it broached the horizon.
And how did the sun beat upon his brow! Each un-tamed beam piercing his skin to draw sweat from its pore, their outward push beginning along his perspiring brow. The sun beat – the sweat swam! No relent until dawn when the winds from the south picked up their weight and began their singing song.
Yet it wasn’t long into the month when Success – in all her wonderful fashion – made her triumphant appearance over the divide. She stepped into sight as daylight touched the earth, smiling into the future as sun-rays cascaded around. The last winds of the night picked themselves up and threw themselves into her hair, casting all follicles asunder. And as she looked down from her perception above her eyes locked with Harry’s and time stood still. Magical white nothingness crashed into existence, erasing Harry and Success, leaving behind nothing but a clean whiteness that bleach couldn’t hope to come close.
It is with great joy that I can announce I have accepted a new job. Starting May 9th of this year I will begin work as Web Developer at GetGlue.com. The past seven months at dLife.com have proven tremendously rewarding however the lull of the future has proven too great to ignore. This next month will prove tremendously tumultuous due to all the changes occurring but please bear with me as I venture forward. Thank you – and thank you – for all of your support over the past couple of months. It would not have been the same without you.
Redesigning a website is never a light task. Depending on the size and breadth of the existing website it can sometimes be a horribly arduous undertaking. Yet usually redesigns are for the better. Without the pain of change there can be no joy from progress.
For the past couple of months I’ve been living this process. When I first began work at dlife.com I was quickly thrown into the middle of a 100%-top-to-bottom-bottom-to-top website redesign. This redesign was not just a visual overhaul but also an architectural one. Every aspect of the dlife.com website was to be touched, leaving no page un-modified.
Some two weeks ago the redesigned dLife was finally ready to go live. So on February 16th my co-workers and I hunkered down at dLife HQ till the early hours of the morning and launched dLife 2.0.
Take a look at the attached screen-shots to see how dLife looked before and after the redesign. And please – visit dLife.com and enjoy a premier online diabetic resource.

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"No One believes that my narcissistic mother is a monster." I have read and heard these comments often in my interactions with children of narcissistic mothers. So often this is the case, especially among other family members or friends of the family. Brothers and sisters have spent their lives identifying with the aggressor--the non mother narcissist. They are accustomed to abusive treatment; that is their reality. Then there is the golden child picked by mother to be her representative on earth. He or she has full range of the household and can treat his/her siblings as he pleases. This often involves inflicting physical, mental and emotional traumas that go on throughout the childhood of his/her victims.
Other children in these highly disturbed families try to voice the truth an are beaten down (sometimes literally for speaking out. The father is often weak, like a child himself and goes along reflexively with the egregious acts of his monstrous wife.
As adults these victims of the narcissistic mother are often not believed when they tell their relatives about the suffering they have endured. In fact they are ridiculed, criticized and told they are strange or exaggerating or talking about pure fantasy. "You have an overactive imagination, my dear."
These life stories of torment and in some cases torture, are true. This truth is immutable. It has been my personal experience that most people do not want to know the real truth because it is an embarrassment, a shock. It speaks of the forbidden. It causes alarm. When some individuals hear the truth about the suffering of children of narcissistic mothers they are in disbelief because they cannot imaging that another human being can be so treacherous--even evil. They fear the depths of human nature. Unconsciously this can be a avoidance of their own darker side, the Shadow.
Victims of narcissistic mothers deserve to be heard. It is a vital part of their healing. When they come together, support one another and give voice to the truth, they are healing themselves and reaching out to all of those who are still suffering. Alice Miller, the great psychoanalyst began a wave of healing with her classic book Prisoners of Childhood. She has spent much of her life giving voice to those who were defenseless against narcissistic parents. The reckoning has come. The voices are becoming stronger and growing in numbers. The time for healing has come. To learn about the narcissistic personality in-depth, visit my website:thenarcissistinyourlife.com
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The comedy follows two fictional candidates -- played by John Larroquette and Eric McCormack -- as they campaign for their party's nomination during the 1960 presidential convention in Philadelphia.
James Earl Jones portrays the beloved ex-president whose endorsement both candidates seek, while Lansbury plays the influential head of a women voters group and Candice Bergen plays the loyal wife of Larroquette's character.
"The relevance is quite obvious; everything that we are doing and saying on stage is pertinent to what is happening in all of the cities across America. This process of setting up the election," Lansbury, whose film credits include "The Manchurian Candidate," told United Press International during a recent news conference in Manhattan.
"I think most of us realize we are involved in history even as we get out there and play and do this wonderful piece of stagecraft because, as I said, it is so pertinent to what we're reading, hearing, watching on television and some of it is hilariously funny -- as it is when we watch it on television," Lansbury explained. "On top of that, you have this dichotomy. It's rather exciting and thrilling to think of getting out there and doing this and being on stage and knowing damn well the audience have just left their television sets at home and they've probably seen the same scene actually taking place in South Carolina or California. We're very much on the nose."
Donna Hanover, a journalist and former first lady of New York City -- she was married to Rudy Giuliani -- plays an intrepid UPI reporter in "The Best Man." She also was on-hand as moderator of the press conference and asked each of her co-stars to talk about what lured them to the project.
"For me, my manager started listing off the people in the cast and I said: 'Stop! You had me at Earl,'" McCormack joked. "After I heard the cast list, I said: 'I'm in. And what's the play?' But then to hear the play was by Gore Vidal and was this fantastic political epic that was hilarious, as well, was amazing. As I was reading it, I had Candice's voice in my head and James' voice ... I think this was beautifully cast."
"For once, I wanted not to be the deepest voice on the stage," Larroquette chimed in. "It really is something. Mr. Jones' voice is internationally, universally the best in the world. ... But, as Eric said, how can you pass up the opportunity to be on a stage with these people? No matter what the play is. It's very exciting. As some of you know, I have been in New York for a while now working [in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'] and the idea of coming back to do something like this was just impossible to pass up."
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"I like being the elder of a company," Jones, 81, confessed.
"You're not the elder," laughed Lansbury, 86.
"Every chance I get to work with some young kids, I sign on," Jones chuckled.
"Don't look at me when you say that," Larroquette, 64, deadpanned.
"The nice thing about this group is I'm pushing 50 and I'm the ingenue," said McCormack.


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Q. 35 Highlight any four areas where genetic modification of plants has been useful.
Genetic modification of plants is useful in different areas. Because of following reasons
(a) It increases tolerance against abiotic stresses (cold, drought, salt, heat).
(b) It reduces reliance on chemical pesticides (pest-resistant crops)
(c) It reduces post-harvest losses.
(d) It increases the efficiency of minerals used by plants (this prevents early exhaustion of fertility of soil)
(e) It enhances nutritional value of food, e.g., vitamin-A enriched rice (golden rice).
(f) It creates tailor-made plants to supply alternative resources such as starch fuels and pharmaceuticals to industries.

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Societal Values Should Be Included in Endangered Species Decisions,..
December 7, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is excluding significant research findings about human threats to protected species, researchers argue, even when the law governing the agency’s actions requires the use of all relevant data in determining whether species need protection from extinction.
A group of scientists, led by Jeremy Bruskotter of Ohio State University, argue in the December issue of the journal BioScience that research about societal values should be considered along with biological and ecological data in listing decisions.
The Endangered Species Act requires the secretary of the interior to make decisions about listing species “solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available.”
The researchers use the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2009 decision to remove gray wolves from endangered species protections to demonstrate how social science data can be used to inform species listing decisions.
In the case of the gray wolf in the northern Rocky Mountains, public opinion about wolves varies considerably among livestock owners, hunters and wildlife conservationists. But social science research about those opinions was essentially disregarded when the Fish and Wildlife Service removed wolves in the northern Rockies from Endangered Species Act protections in 2009, the scientists assert.
“The Fish and Wildlife Service didn’t use the data as required by law and they need to start doing this, especially when a species is so clearly subject to human-caused threats,” said Bruskotter, an assistant professor in Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources. “There is a lot of theory and data in the social science literature that could assist the Fish and Wildlife Service in evaluating human threats. What is holding them back is the agency’s myopic focus on biological data.”
That delisting decision was recently reversed by a federal court for reasons unrelated to the data used in the agency’s ruling.
Under the Endangered Species Act, federal officials must decide whether a species is threatened with or in danger of extinction as a result of any of five “listing factors” that relate to changes to the habitat, disease and predation, or overuse of the species for commercial, recreation, scientific or educational purposes. Those include “other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence.”
When the northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf population was delisted in April 2009, the Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged in its ruling that “human-caused mortality” nearly destroyed the species in the 1930s. However, the agency argued that “attitudes toward wolves have improved greatly over the past 30 years.”
In an extensive review of the research associated with the gray wolf delisting, which contained more than 200 citations, the Fish and Wildlife Service included a single 2002 study that examined public attitudes toward wolves.
“This is not for a lack of literature on the topic,” Bruskotter said, noting that studies on attitudes about wolves date as far back as the 1970s.
Bruskotter and colleagues summarized four key arguments made by the Fish and Wildlife Service in its decision that the northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf is no longer threatened or endangered as follows:
- Human attitudes are a potential threat to wolves because humans killing wolves initially decimated the species;
- The threat posed by humans has lessened substantially because public attitudes have improved in recent decades;
- State management of wolves will foster local support of wolves and wolf recovery; and
- Existing state regulatory mechanisms will “balance negative attitudes” and ensure recovery.
He and colleagues then analyzed social science research related to each of the agency’s arguments to determine whether the Fish and Wildlife Service gave adequate consideration to available social science data in its assessment.
In the few studies that have evaluated attitudes about wolves over time, Bruskotter and colleagues noted that findings are mixed on the subject. And the only study cited by the Fish and Wildlife Service in its ruling concluded that attitudes about wolves had been “stable over the last 30 years,” which contradicts the agency’s own contention that attitudes had improved over this time period.
A news media content analysis that Bruskotter co-authored, published in September, suggests that public discourse about wolves in the United States and Canada became increasingly negative from 1999 to 2008, and, according to Bruskotter, subsequent analyses suggested coverage in the northern Rockies was more negative than in any other region.
Under the Endangered Species Act, federal agencies monitor species for at least five years after they are delisted, but state wildlife agencies take over management. While the Fish and Wildlife Service suggested that returning wolves to state management would foster support for the wolves, an Idaho survey cited by Bruskotter suggests powerful stakeholders in the state — big game hunters and livestock producers — “are motivated to kill as many wolves as possible without returning wolves to federal protections,” according to the researchers.
Finally, the researchers question state managers’ ability to “balance negative attitudes” about wolves when state legislatures that exert authority over wildlife management have “evidenced clear hostility toward wolves,” Bruskotter said. They cited several recent legislative actions by states in the northern Rockies that call for the removal of wolves.
The researchers conclude that the Fish and Wildlife Service’s analysis about threats to wolves was guided by three faulty assumptions: that attitudes toward wolves are improving; that management of wolves by state agencies will foster support for wolves; and that the existing state regulations used as justification for withdrawing federal protection will persist under mounting pressure from powerful interest groups to reduce wolf populations.
“Risks that relate to humans range from direct killing of animals to a municipality encouraging development in areas where species are sensitive,” Bruskotter said. “The Fish and Wildlife Service will look at direct impacts, or the proximate cause of species decline. They don’t often step back and consider what lies behind those causes. And that’s one of the things we’re saying they need to do.”
The researchers noted that they are not suggesting that the Fish and Wildlife Service should cede control of decisions to “public whims,” but instead say they advocate for the use of information about values and attitudes of affected human populations to inform policy decisions.
That said, however, they assert that human attitudes may be as critical to some species’ sustained recovery as biological factors such as species population size, birth rates and reproductive success.
Bruskotter also noted that he sympathizes with the Fish and Wildlife Service because it is “hammered from every angle. This is not a condemnation of their action. It’s meant to be forward thinking — to provide a roadmap for how to incorporate social science information into future endangered species decisions.”
The researchers conclude, “It is time for the Fish and Wildlife Service to expand its view of what constitutes ‘science’ and fully incorporate the social sciences into listing decisions.”
ScienceDaily (Dec. 6, 2010)

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Simultaneously, we are facilitating private investment in small to mid-sized real estate, consumer credit companies and auto-finance businesses that are poorly served by institutional investors. We ensure that everyone wins, through a careful selection process, help the right investors find the ideal investments to diversify and strengthen their portfolios.
We provide an intermediary portal for accredited investors who want to access previously closed door, but high yield markets. In turn, these investments generate monthly returns, with payments linked back to the performance of the loans and assets. SyndiCrowd is diligent in assessing loan applicants - auto and real estate finance companies, consumer credit companies and developers - based on financial liquidity, operational strategy, legal and regulatory compliance, and the owner’s reputation.
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For many years, Brown County has been known for its rich history and artistic roots stretching back to its origin as an art colony in the early 1900s. It’s one of the things that makes Brown County so special and it’s something that continues to this day!
Brown County’s art heritage can be seen all around. From traditional forms of art such as paintings and ceramics to more unconventional art like upcycled furniture and handcrafted home goods, art is alive and thriving in Brown County. Which is why Simply 4 You, a new shop in town, is a perfect fit!
For the past 13 years, thousands have flocked to the historic and picturesque Story Inn for the Indiana Wine Fair. And this year was no different, except that I was one of those people!
Even though this year the weather was far less than ideal for late April (cool, rainy, and only in the low 50s), it didn’t seem to slow people down. With over 30 wineries from all across the state, the Wine Fair is one of the oldest and largest wine events in Indiana. No wonder people braved the weather to check it out. After all, who wouldn’t want to spend an afternoon filled with wine, food, and music!
The past couple of weeks, it’s been easy to see that I’m not alone in my happiness and relief that winter is over. The streets of Nashville have been busy with visitors strolling in and out of shops, parks and walking trails have been filling up, and even the animals seem to be much more active. It’s finally nice enough to be outside again and everyone seems to be taking advantage of it!
As the trails in the State Park and around the county begin to dry out, there are plenty of ways to get outdoors and enjoy Brown County in bloom this spring. There’s hiking, horseback riding, canoeing, camping, zip lining, and of course mountain biking.

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The 2012 election season is in full swing and while candidates are entering and exiting the stage at a steady pace what’s still up in the air is who the electorate will be.
All around the country individual states are not only redrawing district lines following the census but some are also changing voter identification laws that may significantly reduce the number of first time voters at the polls. Not to mention the normal process of purging voter lists before a federal election (remember Florida in 2000). With our nation becoming increasingly divided over politics and policy, preserving and expanding every citizen’s right to vote must become a top priority.
Following the 2010 census results every state in our nation is currently redrawing district lines that may change the balance of power not only in Washington but also on a state and local level. While the federal government administers the census, the actual process of redistricting is done in the States. In majority of cases, the redistricting process is controlled by the state legislature with approval by the Governor and a small number of states complete the process with an independent commission. The heavy polarization of political parties in states such as Illinois, Texas, North Carolina and California has forced the process to be more about parties maintaining political power rather than drawing fair districts. The redistricting process is technical, heavily political and deliberately doesn’t encourage participation from the average citizen. Yet our lack of participation can have devastating effects to our communities which we will have to live with for another decade.
Controversial redistricting in Illinois, Florida, and North Carolina have prompted some groups to consider lawsuits due to the unfair process and results. Latino groups have already filed suit in Texas where they argue that districts should be more reflective of the increased Hispanic population. 16 states such as Virginia, Louisiana, and North Carolina need approval from the Justice Department due to the 1965 Voting Rights act to ensure that minority voting strength is not diluted.
The attack on the rights of voters doesn’t stop there.
In addition to redistricting, several states across the country are also pursuing Voter ID laws that may significantly reduce the number of first time voters we see at the polls compared to the 2008 election. Since January of this year, thirteen states have pursued voter identification laws with supporters of the measure claiming the need to thwart election fraud. While the actual cases of election fraud are slim to none, voter identification laws adversely affect students, people of color, and seniors who largely vote Democratic. It is not by accident that these measures are largely proposed by Republican controlled legislators and governors seeking to reduce the number of Democrats going to the polls.
Governors in Kansas and South Carolina both signed laws that would require all voters to show photo ID in any election. Wisconsin and Texas prohibit the use of college issued photo ID for first time voters but in the case of Texas allows those with a gun license to vote. Pennsylvania’s proposal would adversely affect the Amish community requiring them to sign a declaration of their faith and have it signed by their Bishop. While the proposal in Ohio is so restrictive that it has even lost support from the Republican Secretary of State.
Instead of expanding and protecting our vote, these laws strangle the voice of American citizens and deprive us of the only right that puts us above money and corporations, our right to cast a vote. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are playing politics with one of our basic rights as citizens, ultimately deciding amongst themselves who can fire and hire them. I applaud the work of independent and non-partisan organizations that are monitoring and advocating on the behalf of voters such as the League of Women Voters, Brennan Center for Justice and the NAACP. Yet we must join them and become defenders of our own rights as voters. This time our voice must be heard before Election Day or come the second Tuesday in November your only choice may be to watch from the sidelines.
L. Joy Williams is a political strategist and founder of LJW Community Strategies, a boutique government and public affairs firm based in New York. Ms. Williams is a frequent commentator on politics, race and pop culture and is co-host of the widely popular podcast Blacking It Up! which airs live Mon-Thurs 1:30pm est.


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Breakfast room to laundry roomThe challenge: How do you add space for a washer and dryer without adding on a laundry room?
The solution: Renovate a tiny, unused breakfast nook into a double-duty laundry room and serving area.
By concealing a front-loading washer and dryer in a custom cabinet, homeowners created a multipurpose space. One minute it's a fully functional laundry with plenty of room for folding and hanging clothes. Then, once clothes are put away, it becomes a decorative serving area.
Because the space is in plain view, the owner chose to conceal the washer and dryer within a cabinet. Baskets hide clothing, and a plate rack is adapted for hanging clothes.
Blank wall to bookcaseThe challenge: How can you liven up an unused staircase wall while following a development’s design and architecture regulations?
The solution: Add a unique built-in bookcase for style and function in an unexpected place.
Instead of serving only as a path from one floor to the next, the savvy stairwell in this home offers creative storage and display space. To avoid ordinary linear shelves, boxes were built to fill the gap between the steps and the window. “Using random sizes and shapes, you obtain an artistic and visually stimulating stairway.
Closet to compact home officeThe challenge: How do you add a home office to accommodate busy family life?
The solution: Take an underutilized hall closet and turn it into a useful and attractive home office.
Here the owners began to think outside the box — and inside the closet. They added shelving and a laminate desk that runs the length of the closet, and installed electrical and phone lines for proper lighting and computer use.
They also livened up the space with vivid colors (aloe green for the walls, blue for accents and accessories), a custom framed bulletin board and a decorative butterfly motif.


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Re-conceptualising Total Quality Leadership: a framework development and future research agenda
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to theoretically explore the concept of leadership in a Total Quality Management (TQM) context by developing a new theoretical framework of understanding Total Quality Leadership (TQL) as well as by opening the dialogue in researching further key elements of TQL.
Design/methodology/approach: The approach that the paper adopts is conceptual. Based on exploration of the wider management and leadership literature of empirical and theoretical studies, this paper develops a framework of TQL.
Findings: The suggested TQL framework is composed by three main pillars, namely the proactive, adaptive and the relational. The former consists of elements like anticipation of current business environment complexities and filtering of information that enhances practice decision making. The second pillar refers to adaptation, autonomy and feedback while the last one emphasises on the importance of aspects like social interactions, engagement and empathy. The paper explains why the specific pillars with the additional elements are critical for TQM success.
Originality/value: Given the tremendous challenges that organisations face due to increased complexity and demanding competition of the business environments globally, the role of leadership as the major “soft” aspect of TQM approach, seems to be vital more than ever. But the type of TQL appropriate to enhance total quality success nowadays, is still (and should be) under continuous exploration. This conceptual study attempts to provide new theoretical insights of TQL as well as to open the dialogue around the main elements consisting of TQL and how the future research agenda is formulated.
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Bibi is merely pandering to his faltering hard-right base, meanwhile, it’s tearing Israel apart…!
|By: eCAHNomics Saturday November 22, 2014 4:00 am|
Here we are, the week before Thanksgiving. Twenty questions, of a sort: What will your menu be Thursday? Who preps the food? Who do you spend the holiday with, how many people; relatives, friends? How far do you travel, by what mode (air, train, bus, car…)? How long is your trip? How long do you stay? What traditions? Do you have to work? If so, will you celebrate another day? Will you bag the effort to cook at home and go to a restaurant? If so, what kind?
|By: CTuttle Friday November 21, 2014 6:50 pm|
Columbia Prof. Rashid Khalidi is dead-on with his assertion that we’re the biggest enablers to Israel’s illegal occupation…!
|By: Peter Van Buren Thursday November 13, 2014 9:16 am|
Ho ho, this is just hilarious. But serious.
You know what cruises are, right? A couple of days at sea, a day or two in some cheesy port, mostly time spent eating madly at buffets, sucking down booze, laying in the sun in between turns at the buffet and the bar, that kind of thing. Other than regular occurrences of alcohol poisoning, heart attacks on the massage tables and the occasional passenger overboard, cruises are pretty laid back vacations.
(Cue ominous music) Until. Now.
|By: CTuttle Friday November 7, 2014 8:00 pm|
It’s really an ugly scene in Jerusalem, folks…! Bibi is playing with fire…
|By: CTuttle Friday October 17, 2014 6:40 pm|
Putin, Erdogan, Saudi Arabia: The Balance Of Power Is Shifting
|By: DSWright Tuesday October 14, 2014 6:50 am|
It seems the Obama Administration jumped the gun on announcing that the US would be allowed to use its military base in Turkey to attack ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria as the Turkish government is now flatly denying they ever made such an agreement. Turkey was previously a noted supporter of ISIS and has always shown a lukewarm interests in taking on the militant group despite being a member of the Obama Administration’s coalition against ISIS. Turkey has continually said it would only agree to fight ISIS if there was also a plan to take out the Assad government.
|By: CTuttle Saturday October 11, 2014 8:00 pm|
Now, it’s interesting how the actual Kurds on the ground, are portraying it too.
|By: DSWright Friday October 10, 2014 6:49 am|
Civil unrest has been steadily increasing in Turkey as ISIS fights to fully takeover the Kurdish dominated city of Kobani that sits on the Syrian-Turkish border. This week has seen riots throughout Turkey in cities where Kurds are present with Turkish authorities yelling pro-ISIS slogans and hitting protesters with water cannons and tear gas.
The clashes have already turned violent with the death of over 25 Kurdish protesters and two police officers, but if Kobani falls the unrest and violence is expected to get considerably worse.
|By: GREYDOG Thursday October 9, 2014 6:50 pm|
Kobani in Syria’s Kurdish region has been resisting against ISIS for days, and in recent days the situation has been worsening due to ISIS advances. Civilians have been fleeing and taking refuge in Turkey; hundreds of thousands have been walking to the Turkish border, leaving everything behind. Across Turkey, there have been solidarity meetings with the participation of several political parties and civil society organizations. These rallies were being organized mainly by the Kurdish party HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party). Rallies turned into protests and then turned violent. The result so far is a curfew declaration in six cities and – until this writing – 15 killed.


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KTM RC390 and RC200 finally launched in IndiaPosted On: September 9, 2014 By : AutoLife Team
The wait is over…..KTM has finally launched the RC390 and RC200 supersport motorcycles in India.
The RC390 which is powered by the state-of-the-art, liquid cooled, single-cylinder four-stroke 373 cc engine with twin overhead camshafts, four valves and electronic fuel injection makes 43 bhp of power delivering highest level of smoothness. Similarly, the RC200 comes with a water cooled, 4-stroke engine which makes 25 bhp of power. Both the motorcycles are mated to a six-speed manual transmission.
The RC series has the same single-piece trellis frame found on the naked Duke. The orange painted frame has been modified to better fit the supersport ergonomics and dynamics. Equally lightweight as stable, the RC 390 is fitted with 17’’orange painted cast light alloy wheels and fitted with racer friendly Metzeler tyres – 110 mm wide at the front and an impressive 150 mm at the rear. KTM has given the RC200 MRF tyres. These grippy tyres impress with tremendous grip in both wet and dry conditions, as well as providing supreme durability. The RC200 gets an all-black colour while the 390 is black and white.
ABS is equipped as standard on every RC 390, ensuring maximum safe on any road condition. Fitted with ABS brakes, braking is done at the front via a radially mounted caliper and 300mm single-brake disc, while a 230mm disc is fitted to the rear. When taking the RC to the racetrack, the ABS can be turned off. However, RC200 will not receive ABS to keep costs affordable. A brand new steel fuel tank with 9.5l capacity (including 1.5l reserve) has been developed for the RC series.
Similarly, KTM has given the RC200 and RC390 twin projector headlamps and LED tail lamps. The brand new twin headlight opens a new direction for KTM style and perfectly matches with the racing supersport look of the RC. The 100% digital LCD display has everything you could expect from a state of the art KTM motorcycle, including engaged gear, fuel gauge and service reminder information. The compact underbelly, three-chamber silencer is positioned close to the bike’s overall centre of gravity.
The RC390 and RC200 are available in India at INR 2.05 lakh and INR 1.60 lakh, ex-showroom respectively. No word yet on availability in Nepal, though somehow we doubt that we will see the machine in mid-October.
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If a good crop of winter annual weeds often takes root in your fields, you're in good company. When harvest is wet, growers are able to make fewer fall herbicide applications.
For corn fields, rotated from soybeans, watch for herbicide-resistant marestail (horseweed), field pennycress, henbit, downy brome, chickweed, mustards, prickly lettuce, shepherd’s purse, dandelion and more, depending on your area. If your field is no-till, weed species and weed size may vary. Some no-tillers are reducing weed issues with a good spring cover crop.
To reduce the impact of winter annual weeds (and early spring weeds) on early corn growth, make burndown applications of residual herbicides before planting. (Keep in mind burndown herbicides and residual herbicides are not always the same.) This helps achieve a clean field prior to seeding, as these weeds that are flowering or showing stem elongation are more difficult to control while consuming soil moisture.
Late winter annual weed control also increases nitrogen uptake by growing weeds. A 2010-2011 eastern Kansas trial by Kansas State University showed that delaying weed control until near the time of corn planting reduced corn population by 526 plants/acre, reduced corn N uptake by 24%, and cut corn yields by 7.6 bushels/acre—compared to herbicide application in March or the previous November.
Five out of six site years saw yield loss from delayed weed control in a University of Nebraska study. Not controlling winter annual weeds saw yields drop more than 5%, and up to 10% in four of the six site years. The critical dates for winter annual weed control to prevent yield loss ranged from April 15 to May 5 for corn.
According to Meaghan Anderson, Iowa State University field agronomist, herbicide treatments made on sunny days with warm daytime temperatures above 55 degrees F and night temperatures above 40 degrees F will be more successful than cooler conditions. Increasing herbicide rates may be necessary if weeds are larger in colder conditions.
“Effective burndown treatments should follow herbicide label suggestions for carrier type, carrier volume, nozzle type and environmental considerations,” she says. “When selecting burndown treatments, consider the likelihood of resistant horseweed (marestail) biotypes in the field. Group 9 (glyphosate) and Group 2 (ALS) resistant populations are widespread across Iowa. Including 0.5 lb. a.e. 2,4-D LVE, 0.25-0.5 lb. a.e. dicamba (Group 4) or a saflufenacil product (Group 14) to glyphosate will increase the consistency of horseweed control, even in fields without glyphosate resistance.”
Anderson recommends to always check pesticide labels for planting restrictions. Most 2,4-D labels have a 7- to 14-day planting restriction for corn following a 2,4-D application. Ester formulations of 2,4-D allow for a shorter interval to crop planting than amine formulations. In addition, esters often perform better under the cool conditions commonly encountered with spring applications.
University of Illinois weed scientist Aaron Hager knows 2020 will be an even larger challenge with herbicide-resistant weeds. “Many Illinois producers have experienced resistance caused by a modification of the herbicide-binding site (known as target-site resistance), whereas fewer producers have dealt with instances where herbicide resistance results from enhanced herbicide metabolism,” he says. “Many weed scientists consider metabolic herbicide resistance as the next frontier of challenge for successful crop production.”
Hager and his colleagues announced a finding last year of waterhemp with Group 15 resistance (which includes acetochlor, dimethenamid, pyroxasulfone, and metolachlor). Such rapid metabolism by the weed is the same mechanism used by corn plants to survive Group 15 herbicides. This announcement was followed by reports of 2,4-D resistance in waterhemp in Illinois, Nebraska, and Missouri, (each of these states reported 2,4-D resistance prior to confirmation of Group 15 resistance) and in Palmer Amaranth in Arkansas and Kansas. And the Kansas Palmer amaranth population was also resistant to dicamba. All these cases are believed to be due to the weeds’ enhanced ability to degrade the herbicides.
Metabolism-based resistance (MBR) is different from target-site resistance (most common for Group 1, 2, 5 and 14 herbicides). MBR is non-target site resistance, which allows the herbicide to be detoxified before reaching the target site—posing unique threats compared to other resistance mechanisms.
Bottom line, it’s critical to develop herbicide programs that rely on multiple effective herbicides to provide full-season control to reduce the weed seed bank.
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Solar thermal process to produce cement without emitting carbon
Power industry is the largest contributor in the production of greenhouse gas emissions and the second in line is the cement industry, which is always overlooked. Going with figures, cement industry accounts for emitting five to six percent of carbon dioxide. Nine kilograms of carbon is released while producing ten kilograms of cement. Around three trillion kilograms of cement is consumed annually making this industry highly potential for reduction in carbon emissions. Since a long time processes to seize carbon from cement production are being explored, but up till now none has been successful in completely eliminating it. Grabbing the opportunity, a method for producing cement with zero carbon emissions has been developed by a research team of George Washington University in Ashburn, Virginia. It is also estimated that the production process will get cheap as compared to the one used at present in the cement industry.
The process is described as the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Production of cement (STEP) by the scientists and was recently published in their study in an issue of Chemical Communications. As explained by the scientists, during cement production 60 to 70 percent emissions of carbon occurs while converting limestone into lime and the rest is due to the fossil fuels burned during the decarbonation process. In the STEP process, solar thermal energy is used to heat the limestone as well as to assist in electrolysis, producing a different chemical reaction, depending upon temperature, separating limestone into lime and some other combination of oxygen and carbon atoms with no carbon dioxide as a byproduct. If electrolyzed below 800 degrees Celsius, lime, carbon and dioxygen is formed and when electrolyzed above 800 degrees Celsius, lime, carbon monoxide and superoxide is formed by the molten limestone.
As explained by Stuart Licht, Chemistry professor at George Washington University, it is possible to use carbon monoxide byproduct in the higher temperature reaction in other industries for purifying nickel, producing fuels and forming plastics and other hydrocarbons. Apart from its use, the solar thermal electrolytic process is producing it at considerably low market value. Lime, the main product can be easily removed as a slurry is formed by it at the vessels bottom and it doesn’t react with the other byproducts.
It was also added by the scientists that the projected cost of the STEP process will be cheaper than the existing cement industry process. In fact, if the value of carbon monoxide is accounted the cost of producing lime will actually be negative. Apart fromthat it can also be extended in other applications like purifying aluminum and iron, producing paper, glass, sugar etc.


Mirza Teletovic has been through those ugly shooting slumps, the kind that turns into three airballs in 39 seconds last season and an impression that he wasn't ready for the NBA.
Such is the life of a 3-point specialist: you're only as good as your confidence, which comes and goes with your playing time, which comes and goes with your last shot.
"It just takes a moment, you know," Teletovic said. "Once you get that spark. It's important to make that first shot. I make that shot, then I know (I'm going to go off).
"It's happened to me before. I can get in and miss 10 and then go back in and make 10 in a row."
Teletovic, the 6-9 forward from Bosnia who spent most of his career in Europe, was Brooklyn's second-leading scorer through the first three games of the series against the Heat, behind only Joe Johnson, a product of his 10-for-16 shooting from beyond the arc in Games 2 and 3.
With all the starpower and big contracts on the Nets, it was Teletovic who prompted Heat coach Erik Spoelstra to demand accountability and a better defensive effort from his players.
"Hope doesn't win you a lot of playoff games. It really doesn't. You have to own up and take responsibility for it," Spoelstra said. "Yes, (Teletovic) is on a great run right now and he has range. He's a big shooter, he's 6-9, so he can get it off above your normal close out. On most occasions, (our defensive effort has been) good enough. In this series, it's not. We've faced great shooters before. We've had to make adjustments, better effort, better awareness.
"It's the playoffs and that's what it's going to take. It will take more. Bottom line."
With all the storylines heading into this series, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade having to do a better job against Teletovic probably wasn't high on many lists. But that was Miami's top priority heading into Game 4.
"He is on the top of our board now," Wade said. "At the start of the playoffs you can't say he was on the top. Now he's moved up, where he comes in it's red alert and he's still letting it go."
It's not just Teletovic. Ever since Brook Lopez went down with his season-ending injury and the Nets adopted the small-ball style that catapulted them to a 34-18 record since January, they've lived and died with the 3-point shot.
It's simplistic and had held true ahead of Tuesday's Game 4 at the Barclays Center: if the Nets are hitting from long distance efficiently – like they were in the Game 3 blowout victory, when they shot 60 percent from long range – they can beat anybody, including the two-time defending champs.
It's also noteworthy that the Nets have shot markedly better at home – up five percentage points in the regular season, and three points in the playoffs prior to Tuesday.
It's a major reason the Nets went 28-13 in the Barclays Center this season, and 16-25 on the road.
"I'm pretty comfortable (in the Barclays Center)," said Johnson, who shot 10 percent points better at home from beyond the arc in the regular season. "I expect to shoot a little better at home. I expect us to play better basketball here. This is our home court and we have to defend it by any means."
The discrepancy in Deron Williams' 3-point shooting at home (43 percent) and on the road (32 percent) is also staggering.
But Teletovic's splits are fairly even. As the Heat was learning quickly, he's confident and unpredictable. And apparently he's always had an unapologetic 3-point trigger.


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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is right to be irked that it is not him but first daughter Ivanka Trump who will lead the US delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India.
The annual event is put on by the State Department and in the past has been attended by Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama.
This year, not only is the nation’s top diplomat not attending but the State Department, in a widely noted snub, is also withholding high-level delegation support from what is being billed as Ivanka’s most high-profile event representing the United States.
While tensions between the White House and the State Department have become apparent, what should also be clear to us by now is that Ivanka has no business representing the US on the global stage, especially at an international summit whose theme this year celebrates women’s empowerment.
Despite all her claims, Ivanka is no champion for women or our empowerment, and she has the record to prove it.
Despite touting her massive portfolio of “women’s issues,” and aside from her pending attempt to expand the child tax credit, Ivanka has not been successful in actually implementing anything.
She also stays disturbingly silent throughout her father’s systematic efforts to undermine women’s health and rights, standing idly by as the President supports bill after bill taking aim at women’s access to everything from birth control to workplace safety.
To make matters worse, Ivanka has demonstrated that even pay equity is not a real priority for her. She backed her father when he ended the Obama-era rule on gender-gap wage data collection, which enabled the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to collect salary data from large companies by race and gender to better understand patterns of pay discrimination.
“Ivanka Trump’s sporadic forays into discussions about her issue priorities, more often than not, have been largely rhetorical with few details and little concrete analysis of the economic, racial, gender, ethnic, geographic, and other differences that can influence policy needs and outcomes,” said the Center For American Progress (CAP), a left-leaning public policy research and advocacy organization.
“As a result, there has been virtually no tangible progress on any of the issues Ivanka Trump claimed that she would spearhead.”
The organization, which analyzed Ivanka’s work on women’s and working families’ issues in a report card, determined that her support for the Trump administration rolling back progress on equal pay sends mixed signals about her commitment to prioritizing the needs of all women and her ability to craft the policy solutions essential to women’s progress.
CAP gives Ivanka’s work on entrepreneurship, her most vocal effort to empower women, a D- letter grade.
So why is Ivanka representing America to the world? Because she is Donald Trump’s daughter.
Although she lacks any qualifications or credentials to represent the US on the global stage, India will not be the first time Ivanka will have led an official American delegation overseas.
Soon after her father took office, Ivanka, who is also a senior White House official, represented the US in Germany at the W-20, a summit of G-20 countries aimed at promoting women’s workforce participation and equality.
Ivanka even spoke on a panel alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel and was booed by the audience when she attempted to portray her father as a women’s rights advocate, prompting Ivanka to state that “the thousands of women who have worked with and for my father for decades when he was in the private sector are a testament to his belief and solid conviction in the potential of women and their ability to do the job as well as any man.”
But what Ivanka may have been able to (kind of) get away with in Germany is not going to work in India, because America is currently undergoing what could be a real cultural revolution when it comes to sexual abuse against women.
As the media in the US erupts with stories of sexual harassment and abuse allegations against high-profile men in virtually every industry, it is clear that the country is entering a dialogue which could impact women’s rights in America and around the world for years to come.
It is also clear that Ivanka can no longer spin her father, who has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct and was caught on tape bragging about assaulting a woman, as some women’s rights champion.
In addition, the President’s recent backing of Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore, who stands accused of pursuing sexual relationships with teenagers when he was in his early thirties, does nothing to improve Donald Trump’s own image as a serial abuser of women.
In the Moore case, Ivanka did publicly break from her father by saying, “There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children” and that she has no reason to doubt the victims.
But while she may have effectively glossed over her father’s misogynistic administration in the past, we are now in the #MeToo era.
And the days of Ivanka being deployed as her father’s most effective PR tool are over.
At a time of decreased US global engagement and diplomacy, having Ivanka represent America in any capacity on the international stage only gives the world one clear message — that nepotism and corruption remain deeply entrenched in the Trump White House.
*This piece of mine is published on CNN.*


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None of the WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene oxide nanoparticles.
None of the WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines contain graphene oxide nanoparticles. Social media platforms are rife with posts about COVID-19 vaccines containing graphene oxide nanoparticles. These claims are baseless. Graphene oxide is a compound that contains carbon, oxygen and hydrogen and is made by oxidizing graphite. It is an important material for graphene-based applications such as sensors and can also be used to make graphene, which is the strongest material in the world. Graphene oxide is cheap and water soluble. Nanoparticles is a generic term for materials in the nanoscale (under 100 nm), some of which are commonly used in modern medicine. Research on graphene oxide, also a nanoparticle, shows that it could be potentially useful in bio medicine, including vaccines. However, it may be a while before such applications of the material reach clinical trial stages. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides an exhaustive list of ingredients for the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Janssen COVID-19 vaccines. The UK Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) details the list of ingredients for the AstraZeneca vaccine. After a thorough review of the list of ingredients, it is clear that none of these vaccines contain graphene oxide nanoparticles. The ingredient lists of the vaccines have been published and tested by outside parties. Pfizer’s Senior Associate of Global Media Relations explicitly informed Reuters that “Graphene oxide is not used in the manufacture of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine”. MHRA also told Full Fact that “there is no graphene oxide in any of the authorised vaccines”. Dr Park Jong-bo, a researcher at Biographene, a company that develops graphene-based medicine, told AFP that "No vaccines on the market [is] based on graphene oxide." COVID-19 vaccines currently in use are "comprised of phospholipid layers, peptides or nucleic acids, and graphene oxide is not part of these categories," Park said. That said, a particular type of nanoparticle called a lipid nanoparticle is used in both the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. However, neither vaccine contains any graphene oxide nanoparticles. According to Health Desk, “Lipid nanoparticles, basically tiny balls of fat, are used in mRNA vaccines to protect delicate RNA molecules so the vaccine can enter the human body without being destroyed. Lipid nanoparticles have been recognized as potential drug delivery systems (ways to get medications into human cells, especially injectable drugs) since the 1960s.” Health Desk clarifies that a compound called polyethylene glycol (PEG) can be used to help keep lipid nanoparticles stable, as they are used in the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Again, there is no presence of graphene oxide in the PEG-lipid nanoparticles. Professor Penny Ward, chair of the Education and Standards Committee at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine told Full Fact that Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use lipid nanoparticles in the envelope which is used for transporting the mRNA. She informed Full Fact that these nanoparticles have been shown to mainly stay at the injection site and in the lymphatic system where immune responses to the vaccine occur. This was also corroborated by Dr Stephen Griffin, a virologist at Leeds University. In view of the above, it is safe to conclude that the COVID-19 vaccines do not contain graphene oxide nanoparticles. The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a lot of potentially dangerous misinformation. For reliable advice on COVID-19, including symptoms, prevention, and available treatment, please refer to the World Health Organization or your national healthcare authority.

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Wollondilly Council welcomes pledge for Maldon-Dombarton rail line
Posted on: 30.04.2019
Following strong advocacy for rail connectivity for the people of Wollondilly, Council has welcomed the South West Illawarra Rail Line (SWIRL) being put back onto the political agenda with the Federal Opposition’s recent pledge of $50 million towards the Maldon - Dombarton line.
Mayor Matthew Deeth said, “This is a good first step towards securing infrastructure and connecting Wollondilly to Wollongong and the metropolitan area.”
“We would certainly welcome the completion of the Maldon-Dombarton rail link but would like to see a commitment to a passenger service as well, particularly for the benefit of the Wilton growth area, the entire Illawarra region and to provide critical connectivity to Western Sydney and the second airport.”
“Wollondilly is a key geographical link through this massive strategic corridor,” he said.
As part of its election campaign, Labor has pledged $50 million to finally complete the Maldon-Dombarton freight rail link project, with plans to gain additional funding from the private sector.
Work on the 35-kilometre single-track freight line between Maldon and the Illawarra began in 1983 but stopped five years later and has remained untouched since that time, despite several funding pledges over the years.
According to a report by the Smart Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong in 2017, the SWIRL would cost $1.7 billion to construct.


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YR 11 ATAR Drama - Scripted Monologues
Come along to support our Year 11 ATAR Drama students as they perform their Scripted Monologues. These monologues are part of their Drama practical exam and have been personally selected by the boys. Expect a varied selection of fantastic pieces presented by our talented students.
Performances will be held in the Stow Studio, no bookings required.


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THUNDER BAY, ON --- May 4, 2012 Some concerts are more memorable than others, and the closing concert of the TBSO season titled “Titans” in reference to Mahler’s symphony by that name. Mahler struggled a great deal in writing all of his orchestral works, in the end he wanted his composition to achieve his very own high expectations. After all in music composers are competing against the giants from the past as well as their contemporaries.
Mahler wrote for large orchestral forces, his orchestra had more musicians than we will ever see on stage in Thunder Bay. There were 41 musicians on stage for this performance, there were two extra cellos, an additional French horn player, and the full single reed family of instruments were heard but one musician played more than one instrument. Bartholomew Poyser showed he is a multi-talent many by playing the tuba. There was a harp on stage as well as extra percussion and violin players.
Arthur Post has managed to pull a rabbit from a hat in that he has produced a convincing Mahler sound from our normally Mozart sized TBSO. The addition of a single French horn may not sound like a big deal but the horn section contributes a disproportionately large percentage of the sound you hear from the orchestra. I am sure that 4-5 horns could easily balance the rest of the orchestra. We have had an excellent string section for many years , the woodwinds have always been brilliant and in recent years equally brilliant brass players have rounded out the orchestra. So with a little imagination and the talent we have in this orchestra, Arthur Post has managed to do justice to Mahler’s Titan Symphony. I might add that the excellent venue, Thunder Bay’s Community Auditorium was a silent star in the programme.
The last concert of the season is always bitter-sweet. We had a great orchestral season this year; each concert offered so much to look forward to. This particular concert felt like a reunion of past and present. James Parker returned to play Mozart’s twelfth piano concerto. His playing, the music and the orchestra worked together to produce a sound that was simply sublime. He has played with the TBSO about four times in the past and as a member of the Gryphon trio he will be returning to grace our concert hall next season.
It was old home week for two other reasons as well. Steve Collins and Tim Fitzgerald, once members of the TBSO, were among the addition and substituting musicians on stage. Time had remarked how nice it was to come to Thunder Bay for this concert, “it’s such a great orchestra”.
This masterworks concert was programmed in the traditional manner, beginning with an orchestral appetiser, a concerto of note, and closing with a full symphonic masterpiece. Many of the other concerts in this season’s series contained elements intended to grow the audience and perhaps attract more pops people to these concerts. For whatever reason, this concert was the best attended concert for the masterworks series. No gimmicks!
Canadian composer Jordan Nobles piece opened the concert. His piece inspired by the mystery of the Aurora Borealis was new to me. It was everything that an orchestral appetiser should be. The beautiful sounds of the strings were highlighted with a very creative use of percussion. Bows were used to play cymbals and bells of various sorts. The sound was just right for the effect of the Aurora Borealis.
This will be a memorable concert, the orchestra needs to end on a strong note because it is the reputation and memory of this season that will help launch next season. All patrons entering the Auditorium Thursday night were greeted by orchestra members armed with a season’s brochure for next season. By subscribing early you cans save up to 40% of single ticket prices. Visit their website at www.tbso.ca for more information or call 807 474 2284.
Arts Editor: LakeSuperiorNews.com


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CCQ0555 - Home Sweet Home Trees
CCQ0555 - Home Sweet home Trees - (5x7) / (5.8x8.75) / (8x12)
The Tree Panels are Stitch and Flip rectangles / Pieced and quilted in the hoop in one hooping.
If you did not want to quilt then simply skip the quilting steps.
Also included are Mug Rug options
Please scroll down to see more details of the panels in this set.
This set can also be mixed with CCQ0553
These are all Digital Embroidery Machine Design Files.
You need an embroidery machine to use the design files in this set.
Stitch and Flip Quilt Design
This Set is available in (5x7)130x180mm or (5.8x8.75)150x225mm or (8x12)200x300mm
Stitch and Flip Rectangles/ Pieced and quilted in the hoop in one hooping
In This set You receive the following designs
|In this set you receive the following quilted Panels - Take Note that these panels DO NOT have any outside satin edge finish.|
|Tree 01 to 03 - uses Four contrasting fabrics for the tree - provided in the following quilting options|
|01 - Cross Hatch Quilting in one Colour||02 - Stipple Quilting in one Colour||03 - Mixed Quilting in three colours|
|Tree 04 to 06 - uses One contrasting fabric for the tree - provided in the following quilting options|
|04 - Cross Hatch Quilting in one Colour||05 - Stipple Quilting in one Colour||06 - Mixed Quilting in three colours|
TM01, TM02,TM03.TM04, TM05, and TM06 are the Mug Rug Options - done in the same quilting options as 01 to 06 above
X01, X02, X03, X04, X05, and X06 - are courtesy extra design files - with these I set the stitch lines up so when you add your narrow binding strips you will not cover the tips of the tree
in the 130x180mm set - 4.8x7 inch (122x180mm) Rectangles
in the 150x225mm set - 5.9x8.75 inch (150x222mm) Rectangles
in the 200x300mm set - 7.87x11.7 inch (200x297mm) Rectangles
Total of 18 design files in each size set
A PDF Document is included to assist you.
The designs are provided in DST/EXP/HUS/JEF/PES/VIP and VP3
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Foley advances to regional with semifinal win
MORRIS – The Foley American Legion team secured a trip to the Central Plains Regional Tournament with a 6-2 victory over Moose Lake in the championship game.
Foley beat Moose Lake 6-2 in the championship game. Tanner Brosh was 2-for-4.
Both Foley and Moose Lake will advance to regional play, which will be hosted Thursday-Sunday in Le Sueur and Henderson.
SARTELL 13, FOLEY 1 (7 INN)
SARTELL – A two-run homer off the bat of Tim Burns in the first inning set the course for the Muskies’ win.
Burns finished the game 3-for-4. Tyler Zelinski drove in three runs and was 2-for-3 for Sartell. Andres Deters had two hits and two RBI for the Muskies (25-1).
Adam Wenker pitched six innings and registered 12 strikeouts to earn the win.
Mitch Keeler was 2-for-3 with an RBI for Foley.
Sartell will be the No. 1 seed and Foley will be the No. 2 seed in Region 1C in Hinckley. Game schedules are TBD.


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When news broke recently that a 6-year-old student was beaten with a wooden paddle by her school principal in Florida, many people likely had to double check that it wasn’t a story from the 1950s.
In a sickening video, shot by the student's mother on her mobile phone, the child, who is crying, is bent over a chair. Principal Melissa Carter of Central Elementary School in Clewiston then hits the girl three times with a large paddle. The state attorney’s office announced Friday that the principal did not commit a crime in beating the child.
Incidents like the Florida case, while seemingly relics of the past, still happen every day in classrooms across the country.
While it may shock many Americans, corporal punishment is still legal in public schools in about 20 states – with a majority of them in the South.
More than 160,000 children are subjected to corporal punishment in schools each year, according to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. The most vulnerable students are often the targets of this misguided form of discipline.
According to Human Rights Watch and ACLU data, students of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to corporal punishment compared with other students. In fact, African American students, who account for 17.1% of public school students nationwide, made up for 35.6% of those who were paddled during the 2006-07 school year. Students with disabilities, who make up 13.7% of all public-school students, accounted for 18.8% of students who were subjected to corporal punishment.
Those statistics are admittedly dated, and the frequency of corporal punishment thankfully has been in decline for decades. But its continued prevalence and its damaging long-term effects on children make the issue one of serious concern for child advocates and educators.
Paddling inflicts lasting harm
In recent decades, multiple studies on corporal punishment have found that physical discipline from authority figures severely harms a child’s development and behavior.
For instance, a study that looked at the association between corporal punishment and different child behaviors and experiences found that parental corporal punishment was significantly associated with 10 negative child behaviors and experiences, including increased aggression, increased risk of physical abuse and increased anti-social, criminal and delinquent behavior as children and into adulthood.
Not only does corporal punishment affect children's behavior, but it is also linked to a decline in their academic performance. In a study looking at paddling and American College Testing scores, researchers found that states that paddled their students the most improved their scores the least, which eventually led to decreased school funding.
And in our most recent research, CHILD USA has found that children who are maltreated have more social skills deficits, learning disorders and poorer academic performance. Victims of complex trauma – instances in which violence or abuse is repeated or ongoing – are especially likely to have worse grades and academic performance as a direct result of their abuse.
That is why we are launching a new project that will examine restorative justice practices in schools and its impact on academic outcomes. Through our research, we hope to find how restorative justice affects academic outcomes, and which components of restorative justice are most likely to produce the intended outcomes.
We know for a fact that corporal punishment is an outdated, ineffective form of discipline, and it is clear we need to adopt a more holistic, scientifically informed practice to support children as they cope and heal so they can start to learn again.
Congress should pass federal ban
The federal government should pass legislation prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in public schools, conditioned on the receipt of federal funding.
We also need more funding for schools so that children who are in need and coping with trauma can get the services they need.
Every day we go without addressing the issue of corporal punishment, another child is at risk of being harmed. It’s past time to send a clear message that corporal punishment is abuse and is not the way to discipline our students.
All of society needs children to thrive, and we all pay when they don’t. The lives of our children are at stake, and educators, administrators and lawmakers must take action to end this barbaric practice.
Marci Hamilton is founder and CEO of CHILD USA. Jillian Ruck is the executive director of CHILD USA and a former public school teacher.
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