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Researchers believe that long term honey bee declines are a result of a complex set of factors. The primary suspects are:
- poor nutrition
- pathogens/ parasites
- poor quality genetic stock
Pollinators became a hot topic when thousands of hives in the US were found strangely empty starting in 2006. Since then, nationwide surveys have found that beekeepers lose approximately one third of their colonies each winter. The losses in 2006 were attributed to "Colony Collapse Disorder," where collapsed colonies still had a queen and some young bees, but most of the adult bee population disappeared . Since 2006, colonies losses have continued, but beekeepers have attributed these losses to factors other than Colony Collapse Disorder. However, the outbreak of Colony Collapse Disorder in 2006 served to bring international attention to long term, pervasive declines in honey bees and other pollinators.
Poor nutrition is thought to be a major factor leading to colony losses. Poor nutrition can be due to over-crowding honey bee colonies, using bees to pollinate crops that have low nutritional value, low nutritional value of food packets commercial beekeepers use inside hives during transport, and reduced abundance of flowering plant species (the bee's only natural source of food). Poor diet can also make bees susceptible to parasites and pathogens. Bees need high quality forage from diverse flowering plants.
Not surprisingly diet is important for bees, just like it is for us. Bees get their sugars from nectar, and their protein, fats and micronutrients from pollen. In order to balance their diets, most bee species need to gather pollen and nectar from a diverse range of flowers. When bees have a simple diet of just one type of pollen and nectar, they don't get all the vitamins, amino acids, fats, and antioxidants they need. Just like carotenoids, flavanoids, and alkaloids support healthy humans, researchers are finding that diverse diets support healthier bees [18-20].
When bees don't have sufficient forage, enough diversity, or high enough quality food sources, they are more susceptible to pathogens like Nosema (a gut parasite that causes dysentery), viruses and other parasites [18, 21]. When bee nutrition is low bees don't live as long. That can be a matter of life or death for the whole hive. A hive needs a sufficient number of bees to keep the hive warm all winter; when temperatures drop, the honey bees form a cluster that "shivers" to keep itself warm. If the population of winter bees is too low, they are unable to stay warm enough to survive the winter months.
Parasites and Pests
Imagine having a parasite the size of a dinner plate attached to your back sucking your blood. That is a little like what honey bees are dealing with when they are attacked by the varroa mite. The small hive beetle, the parasitic phorid fly, and tracheal mites are all also attacking honey bees. These parasites directly impact honey bee health, sapping their strength. They also interfere with honey bee immune systems and 'social immunity' behaviors. One study weighing the importance of 55 risk factors possibly involved in colony collapse disorder (CCD) found that aggressive mite control (indicated by presence of coumaphos miticide added by beekeepers in the hive) was the greatest indicator of healthy hives, though many other factors were involved . Several other studies showed that high varroa mite levels are the number one factor linked to winter losses of honey bee colonies, and treatments with miticides can improve survival rates [23-26].
In order to understand how parasites are impacting pollinators it is important to understand how bee immune systems work. First consider your own immune system. Humans have white blood cells and antibodies which attack foreign invaders as well as defense mechanisms including gut environments hostile to pathogens. Bees have a somewhat parallel immune response . They also have 'social immunity' as they work together to keep the hive healthy. For example, bees can show "hygienic behavior", where workers will locate and remove infested or diseased larvae and pupae. Honeybees secrete antimicrobial substances reducing the growth of pathogens in the colonies and raise their young in individual cells with strongly antimicrobial food sources (e.g. royal jelly). Another social immune response is an artificial 'fever' created in response to chalkbrood fungal infections, where bees will cluster and vibrate their muscles to raise the temperature high enough to kill the chalkbrood microbes. Honey bees also groom each other removing parasites.
Parasites often disrupt these hygienic behaviors. For example, when infected with mites, bees produce less of an enzyme, glucose oxidase, they usually secrete into food to sterilize it before feeding it to larvae. As a result young brood may be exposed to higher levels of microbes. Parts of the bee's individual immune systems also start to break down. Mite infected bees may produce less of the enzymes used to kill foreign invaders (think white blood cell like reactions) . Mites can transmit viruses and immunosuppress bees, so mite-infected bees often have incredibly high levels of viruses.
Honey bees are battling a number of new and common pathogens. American foulbrood bacteria is notorious and easily recognized by the slimy goo that strings out of the cells when beekeepers disturb a cell while checking the hive. This bacterium spreads quickly through the hive, infecting larvae. European foulbrood bacteria, chalkbrood fungi and Nosema gut parasites all attack our bees, possibly including some new species or strains of Nosema. Finally, bees have more than 20 types of viruses that have been identified so far.
Many of the major problematic viruses that affect bees are the ssRNA viruses, distant relatives of polio and foot and mouth disease. After Varroa, viruses are the second factor that has been linked to colony losses in the winter [25, 29]. Viruses can cause muscle spasms, impair learning, and lead to early death. Also, these honey bee viruses can get transmitted to other bee species that forage on the same plants. We still don't fully know how these viruses affect other bee species, but there have been some studies with solitary bees. Solitary bees generally go into a hibernation-like state called diapause where their reduced metabolism helps them live through the winter. However, RNA virus infected bees don't go into diapause. Their metabolism stays normal and they don't live through the winter.
The interaction of viruses and other stressors including nutrition and immune compromise from pesticide toxin exposure may be multiplying the severity of the problem. Penn State's Dr. Cox-Foster explains how this happens with the analogous example of polio on the human population. When polio was widespread, only 1.5% of the infected population actually had the severe symptoms of the disease. Symptomatic individuals often had low nutrition. Similarly, bees might only show severe symptoms and death from ssRNA viruses when their immune systems are compromised due to low nutrition.
Poor quality genetic stock
Honey bee stocks can vary greatly. Some colonies are more aggressive than others, some are better at performing hygienic behavior, and some have lower levels of Varroa mites. There has long been an interest by beekeepers and researchers to try to "breed a better bee" that is more resistant to diseases and more productive. Several lines of bees that are more resistant to Varroa are commercially available, including the "Varroa Sensitive Hygiene" stock bred by the USDA, "Minnesota Hygienic" stock bred by Marla Spivak (University of Minnesota), and the "Russian" stock.
Honey bee queens typically mate with 10-20 males! This means that the offspring the queen produces is very genetically diverse. Genetically diverse colonies are more productive and healthier. Beekeepers are becoming increasingly concerned that their queens are low quality and not well-mated, which would lead to unhealthy colonies. Also, if a queen is low quality, she will die faster, leaving the colony without a queen. In surveys of commercial colonies, a "queen event" - where the queen was lost and/or replaced by a new queen - was linked with colony death . There is a lot of interest in local queen breeding efforts, to improve the genetic stocks and the quality of the queens. Pennsylvania currently has a state-wide effort to breed better queens, led by Jeff Berta.
Honey bees across North America are exposed to multiple pesticides. The interactions between pesticides and long term effects can be difficult to predict. We will delve into recent information on pesticides and pollinators in our next issue.
15. (NRC), N.R.C., Status of Pollinators in North America, ed. C.o.t.S.o.P.i.N. America. 2007, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
16. United States Department of Agriculture, U., Report on the National Stakeholders Conference on Honey Bee Health, 2012: Alexandria, Virginia.
17. Cox-Foster, D.L., et al., A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder. Science, 2007. 318(5848): p. 283-287.
18. Alaux, C., et al., Diet effects on honeybee immunocompetence. Biology Letters, 2010. 6(4): p. 562-565.
19. Tasei, J.N. and P. Aupinel, Nutritive value of 15 single pollens and pollen mixes tested on larvae produced by bumblebee workers (Bombus terrestris, Hymenoptera : Apidae). Apidologie, 2008. 39(4): p. 397-409.
20. Morais, M., et al., Honeybee-collected pollen from five Portuguese Natural Parks: Palynological origin, phenolic content, antioxidant properties and antimicrobial activity. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2011. 49(5): p. 1096-1101.
21. Schmidt, J.O., S.C. Thoenes, and M.D. Levin, Survival of Honey-Bees, Apis-Mellifer (Hymenoptera, Apidae), Fed Various Pollen Sources. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1987. 80(2): p. 176-183.
22. vanEngelsdorp, D., et al., Weighing Risk Factors Associated With Bee Colony Collapse Disorder by Classification and Regression Tree Analysis. Journal of Economic Entomology, 2010. 103(5): p. 1517-1523.
23. van Dooremalen, C., et al., Winter Survival of Individual Honey Bees and Honey Bee Colonies Depends on Level of Varroa destructor Infestation. Plos One 2012. 7.
24. Dainat, B., et al., Predictive markers of honey bee colony collapse. PLoS One, 2012. 7.
25. Genersch, E., et al., The German bee monitoring project: a long term study to understand periodically high winter losses of honey bee colonies. Apidologie, 2010. 41: p. 332-352.
26. Guzman-Novoa, E., et al., Varroa destructor is the main culprit for the death and reduced populations of overwintered honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Ontario, Canada. Apidologie, 2010. 41: p. 443-450.
27. Evans, J.D., K. Aronstein, and Y.P. Chen, Immune pathways and defence mechanisms in honey bees Apis mellifera. Insect Molecular Biology, 2006. 15(5).
28. Yang, X.L. and D.L. Cox-Foster, Impact of an ectoparasite on the immunity and pathology of an invertebrate: Evidence for host immunosuppression and viral amplification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005. 102(21): p. 7470-7475.
29. Chen, Y.P., et al., Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Implications for Honey Bee Health. PLoS Pathog, 2014. 10(7).
30. vanEngelsdorp, D., et al., Idiopathic brood disease syndrome and queen events as precursors of colony mortality in migratory beekeeping operations in the eastern United States. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2013. 108(2-3): p. 225-233.
This article is part of a five part series describing pollinators, pollinator threats and on-farm conservation strategies as part of a collaboration between Penn State's Center for Pollinator Research and Penn State Extension Vegetable and Small Fruit Team.

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LONDON (Reuters) - American rapper will.i.am went straight to the top of the singles charts with “This is Love”, featuring Eva Simons, the Official UK Charts Company said on Sunday.
Making way was Maroon 5, the American pop rock band which dropped to number two with “Payphone”, featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa.
Chris Brown was also a new entrant at number three with “Don’t Wake Me Up”.
It was all change at the top of the albums chart too where the top two places were occupied by new entrants.
Straight in at number one were American rockers Linkin Park with “Living Things”, while Maroon 5 was number two with “Overexposed”. (Reporting by Avril Ormsby; Editing by Sophie Hares)


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Gold, Myths and Rituals
Between the years 200 and 850 AD, a series of chiefdoms and kingdoms emerged in the valleys and deserts of the northern of Peru.
The purpose behind the exhibitions that ”la Caixa” Foundation has dedicated over the years to the great cultures of the past is to enable audiences to discover ways in which men and women from different places and times have attempted to resolve the great universal questions, and to broaden our understanding of the world through studies of the most recent historical and archaeological research.
Behind great empires lie the bustling activities of different peoples and cultures, networks of relations and exchanges, contacts and influences between civilisations. The exhibitions that ”la Caixa” Foundation organises in the field of archaeology and history bear this idea very much in mind. Alongside the Egypt of the Pharaohs, Nubian and Coptic Egyptian culture are also presented.
Alongside Rome, Etruscan art. Alongside classical Greece, the rival Achaemenid Empire. In this way, the complexity of cultures from the past helps us to understand the complexity of today’s world, the diversity of ancient peoples, the diversity in the society of our own time.
Moche Art from Ancient Peru. Gold, Myths and Rituals joins this long list of exhibitions organised by ”la Caixa” Foundation in recent years with a view to expanding our understanding of how societies in ancient Peru before the time of Inca domination understood and organised their world. Moche art from the north coast of Peru is highly developed. Those that created these works reveal not only mastery of their art but also great knowledge of cosmological and mythological narratives that enabled them to explain the world.
Their magnificent creations show us how this society expressed its stories, beliefs, myths and rites in ceramics, and how their leaders displayed their power and divine ascendancy through attire adorned by the attributes of sacred animals.
The exhibition, organised and produced by ”la Caixa” Foundation, brings together 200 masterpieces of Pre-Columbian art from the collection conserved in the Larco Museum in Lima. Fine ceramic vases, jewellery and ceremonial objects, magnificent textiles and feathered works, as well as different objects for ritual uses, made from wood, stone, shell and bone precious metals; all this not only reveals the mastery of these artists from ancient Peru, but also helps us to see how the indigenous peoples of this region understood the world.
The exhibition ends with a section devoted to the mythological hero of Moche society, a character known to researchers as Ai Apaec (the god of creation).
The show also includes an important series of objects related to fertility rites, a crucial subject in a society whose main concern was to ensure the continuity of society. Moche culture, many centuries before the Inca expansion In 1532, the Spanish conquistadores, led by Francisco Pizarro, reached South America and found that much of this vast territory was under the rule of the Inca emperors.
Due to the profuse writings of historians, priests, visitors and colonial administrators, the Incas were the most widely-known Peruvian culture until the twentieth century. However, civilisation had emerged in the region thousands of years before the rise of the Incas. In fact, Peru is one of the few places in the world where civilisation emerged approximately 5,000 years ago.
On the north coast, the abundance of marine resources enabled settlers to find a permanent source of food. Fishing catches were increased by the domestication of cotton, 5,000 years ago, and the manufacture of nets. With food assured for the growing population, these vast fish stocks also provided the coastal dwellers with a valuable resource for trading with their neighbours in the highlands, vital for access to their water supplies. This made it possible to build works to irrigate the arid soil along the coast.
The coastal communities, under the leadership of authorities whose political and religious power was constantly growing, shaped the green valleys that now embellish the Peruvian coastline, becoming agricultural societies. Over the course of 3,000 years, the Cupisnique, Moche, Lambayeque and Chimu cultures all flourished in this region. However, throughout their history, the northern settlers maintained relations with other societies in the centre (Lima, Chancay), to the south (Nazca, Chincha) and in the highlands (Recuay, Huari) of the central Andes.
Nowadays, shining things do not surprise us. We live in a world in which many things shine, from lights to mirrors. Nor does sound surprise us, as everything makes a noise. However, it is important to remember that, in ancient times, only the wind, the water and certain animals made sounds, and the only things that shone were the stars in the Funeral mask with the face of Ai Apaec. Sound and brightness were considered supernatural due to their ethereal and intangible nature.
After the discovery of shiny metals such as gold and silver, the ruling elites took control over mining activities and the production of metal objects. Moreover, these elites monopolised the use of precious metals, controlling not only production, but also the transmission of the mythological messages contained in these objects, which were exclusively used by them. The jewellers that made such ornaments occupied a privileged social position, very close to the rulers themselves. They were the creators behind magical processes in which elements from nature were transformed into bright objects which made sounds and would, it seemed, last for all eternity.
The jewels produced by silversmiths and goldsmiths were used to adorn the chiefs, who appeared in ceremonies shining like the Sun and the Moon and sounding like the forces of nature. This confirmed their divine nature and their status as representatives of the gods on earth.
Gold and silver were very important to Andean cultures, though not for their economic value, but because they expressed the power of the stars and their descendants, the rulers. Gold shone like the Sun; silver, like the Moon and the stars. These stars ruled the skies, day and night, and as such were considered sacred by ancient Peruvian societies.
Moche Art from Ancient Peru. Gold, Myths and Rituals. Place: CaixaForum Barcelona (Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 6-8). Dates: from 5 March to 7 June 2015.

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Suppliers are attracted to a company that appreciates what they supply and pay for them promptly. Ethics in enhances partnerships. A reputation build on good ethics helps create a positive image in the marketplace. In other words they have a system of good corporate governance.
The world as a whole is held back by companies operating without business ethics. A system of good corporate governance requires the following: This may involve rejecting the route that would lead to the biggest short-term profit.
Why is business ethics important? In many cases, there was no thought of consultation with non-promoter shareholders. Customers are at ease buying products or services from a company they know to source their materials and labour in an ethical and responsible way.
Business ethics refers to the application of ethical values in a business environment. Ethical practices foster community improvement. Ethical practices can go beyond just making sure your business does not have a negative impact on people and the environment. They increase employee retention.
The increasing number of investors seeking out ethically operating companies to invest in is driving more firms to take this issue more seriously. Value-Based Ethics Value-based ethics get to the heart of your corporate culture.
Business enterprises are primarily responsible to six major groups: Proponents of shareholder wealth maximization as the single objective function for business argue that rational decision making requires a single objective for business: Ethical practices help in building and maintaining reputation.
For example, a coffee company which states all their raw beans are picked from sustainable plants where no deforestation has occurred, by people paid a good living wage, in an area where investments have been made to ensure that producing the coffee for a foreign market has not damaged the local way of life, will find that all these elements of their buying strategy becomes a selling point for their final product.
And realistically, this short vs. Ethics lead to long-term gains. It would be unethical for two brokers to do the continuing education together online to complete it collaboratively rather than individually. They seek information and want to influence decisions.
So if you want to make a normal profit rise and rise until you are making big bucks, you need to keep your business totally ethical. He argues that, like buildings, moral philosophy also has marked this movement: In order to get a good partner syour reputation must be built on a strong business ethics foundation.
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For example, a business which does not show care for where it disposes its waste products, or fails to take a long-term view when buying up land for development, is damaging the world in which every human being lives, and damaging the future prospects of all companies.
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Hong Kong’s largest craft beer festival returns to Hong Kong Island, where it will make it’s new home at the Central Harbourfront. Taking place October 9-10, 2015, this will be the fourth year of annual beer celebration, which drew over 11,000 attendees last year.
This year’s event will feature over 500 different beers from around the world and guest breweries from overseas. The beers will range from across 23 different countries, with 33 beers brewed locally right in Hong Kong. IPA lovers will have over 80 choices, while fans of darker beers can choose from over 40 different porters and stouts. There will also be over 60 different cider options for those who prefer something a little lighter or fruitier.
Food vendors will serve up everything from BBQ to burgers, while entertainment will include live bands and DJs, an Instagram photo booth, as well as the NOHO Beer Games Area featuring games like giant beer pong and flip cup. New this year is the family-friendly Wild West Market, created in partnership with the HK Markets Organization, which will also be open to the public.
In addition to the festival itself, Beertopia is also launching and leading the efforts behind HK Beer Week, a weeklong, citywide celebration of craft beer involving events and promotions at bars and restaurants across the city. It will take place October 2-10, in the week leading up to and culminating in Beertopia. Details for the specific events will be confirmed and released closer in mid-September on the HK Beer Week website: http://www.beerweek.hk
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This is an excellent kit. It is very rugged and will hold up to all the abuse I think I can through at it!
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Pictures in the directions were not very clear. make sure you keep the old hardware with all the nuts and bolts handy had to reuse a lot of the old nuts and bolts. The lift kit looks great and rides good. did not fit with the factory wheels that had a 5"backspace had to make 3/8" spacers to get clearence on the tie rod and upper control arm. To almost 30hours for two people to install.I previously had max cams up front to get a 2" level. now that the skyjacker kit is in the back is 1/2" lower than the front. would recommend 3" rear blocks (installed kit on a 2005 chevy 2500hd with duramax. Lots of grinding on front dif. to make it fit right.)
Reviewed By David P. K (Kiel, WI) Reviewed for a 2004 Chevy Silverado —7/18/2006 12:45 PM
After installing the Rancho Lift in our truck, we are very happy with the way it looks. But, installing it was not exactly as cut and dry as they say. Rancho really needs to clarify the install of the subframe as cutting the fins off of the front differential housing (DOES NOT) give enough clearance by the lower control arm bracket. You have to cut off the bracket no matter what to make it fit with enough clearance as to not have anything hitting. Also, the front shocks are only about a 16th - 1/8 inch away from hitting the factory bumper stop mounts. Other than that, it is a good system and does make the truck looks nice. Some tweaking always needs to be done!


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As per the fact sheet dated March 2020 released by the World Health Organization, 34 million children worldwide suffer from Hearing loss. Though Hearing loss in children is unfortunate, 60% of the cases are curable if diagnosed and treated in time.
It is the parent’s responsibility to be observant and detect signs of hearing loss in children. Toddlers cannot express themselves until they are a little older. Parents should note the small tell-tale signs to gauge the overall ear health of the child. In this article, we will offer some tips on detecting hearing loss in babies.
As parents, we should be extremely vigilant about our children and detect early signs of hearing loss in toddlers, especially if it is a mild hearing loss in a child. Severe or profound deafness, if any, is easier to identify.
Hearing loss in children is the child’s inability to hear sound spoken in a normal speech range. It is either hereditary or an acquired hearing loss.
How Do I Know If My Baby Has A Hearing Problem?
The signs of hearing loss in children are relatively easier to detect; however; detection of deafness in babies requires keen observation.
The table below indicates the baby’s speech development milestones.
|Actions And Activities
|The baby should recognise the parents voice and respond
|loud noise should startle the baby.
|The baby recognises all the familiar sounds and voices of all the family members
|The baby makes sounds in response to the pampering by parents
|The baby understands a few words like yes, no, mummy, daddy
|The baby speaks a few words clearly
|The toddler speaks a few short sentences
|The toddler follows simple instructions
|The spoken word count should increase to around 300 words
|Should be able to speak clear sentences and converse a little
|Should attentively listen to stories being read and listen to songs
How Do I Know If My Child Has A Hearing Problem?
There are always tell-tale signs that parents can observe and make a mental note of; if these signs are too frequent, it could indicate a hearing loss in a child.
- At times the child does not respond when called out. Kids occasionally do ignore if they are too engrossed watching television or playing with their toys. However, if it happens too often, it is an indication of hearing loss in kids.
- The child hears you but has a questioning look on his or her face or says – “Did you call me?” Or “what did you say?” This expression conveys that the child has heard but has not understood.
- The child tends to lean forward to hear or turns his head to hear with the better ear. This action is similar to how the elders with a hearing loss behave.
- If the child looks at you keenly while you are speaking, it is a sign of hearing loss in a child. They are trying to catch the words or lip read.
- The child speaks loudly. Since we all hear ourselves when we speak to know how loudly we are talking, due to the deafness in children, they hear themselves faintly and tend to speak loudly.
- If they always insist on increasing the television volume, it is a vital sign of hearing loss in children.
- If the child is attending school and is not paying attention in the classroom or is falling behind in studies, it is a sign that they cannot hear and understand the teacher.
Read our blog on What is Hearing Loss? All FAQs Answered for all your queries on the topic of hearing loss.
How Do You Test A Child’s Hearing?
- Free Field Pediatric Hearing Test
- Oto Acoustic Emission
- ABR or Auditory Brain Stem Response
It is compulsory to conduct a newborn hearing screening test for babies in most countries before they leave the hospital premises.
Let us get familiar with the hearing tests for babies.
1. Free Field Pediatric Hearing Test
The free field test is a simple basic hearing test; Tones of different frequencies are presented from a calibrated source of sound held about 9 inches away from the baby’s ear. The audiologist observes the baby’s reaction to determine if the baby can hear.
2. OAE or Otoacoustic Emission Test
The OAE test is to check the functioning of the inner ear. The inner ear responds and emits a faint sound when presented with an external sound. The OAE probe captures the sound produced by the inner ear; this action decides if the baby can hear well. OAE is a newborn hearing screening test and gives a “pass” or “fail” result in under a minute. In case the result is “fail,” the pediatrician will recommend further tests.
3. Auditory Brainstem Response Test
The audiologist conducts the ABR while the baby is asleep. Electrodes are connected to observe the activity in the brain when the sound reaches the inner ear. The test checks the pathways in the brain responsible for hearing.
Hearing Tests For Children
The following are the hearing tests for children.
Pure Tone Audiometry
Pure Tone audiometry is a subjective test. The child has to respond or indicate if he or she can hear the tones presented by the audiologist. Based on the child’s response, the audiologist prepares an audiogram, which shows the deafness levels at various frequencies.
The tympanometry test checks the functioning of the middle ear; the test checks the movement of the eardrum. The eardrum movement helps the audiologist diagnose if the child has a hole in the eardrum, or fluid accumulation, or an infection.
Parents should insist on hearing tests for children every six months.
What Can Cause Hearing Loss In A Child?
There are several reasons for hearing loss in infants; some of them are as follows;
- Otitis media or Infection and inflammation of the middle ear. Otitis media is widespread and affects 75% of the children by the time they are three years old1.
- Hole in the eardrum
- Accidental head injury
- Ototoxicity or deafness caused by certain medicines
- Viral or bacterial meningitis or mumps
Causes of Genetic Hearing loss Or Hereditary Hearing Loss
- Premature birth
- Mother suffering from diabetes
- Complications during delivery. For example, the lack of oxygen
- Alcohol or drug abuse by the mother during pregnancy
- Inheriting the hearing loss gene from one of the parents (Autosomal dominant hearing loss)
- Down syndrome, Usher syndrome, Crouzon syndrome
- Ear deformity (Anotia or Microtia)
Is There A Cure For Deafness In Babies?
It is perhaps an unfortunate moment when the parents detect symptoms of hearing loss in their children. Congenital disabilities or birth defects responsible for hearing loss in babies like Anotia2 (the external part of the ear are missing) and Microtia2 (the external parts of the ear are underdeveloped).
The physical deformity at times causes the ear canal to collapse or close. A collapsed ear canal will not allow the sound waves to reach the inner ear. In this case, the doctors advise ear reconstruction surgery (Otoplasty) to reconstruct the deformed ear or the collapsed ear canal. Otitis media or middle ear infection is temporary and is curable with proper treatment.
What Is The Hearing Loss Treatment For Children?
Besides the treatments mentioned above, assistive listening devices like hearing aids and Cochlear implants help the child to hear. Depending on the type of hearing loss and the severity of the loss, the audiologist will prescribe a suitable listening device. Read about the functioning of the Cochlear implant. Fitting an implant or a hearing aid will help the child pick up speech and learn to speak. The ability to hear will help the child to attend school and lead a near-normal life.
Read our blog on Cochlear Implant FAQs – All You Need to Know for all your queries on the topic of Cochlear Implants.
Audiologists prescribe hearing aids in the case of mild hearing loss in children. Hearing aids help to amplify the sound enabling the child to hear. A speech and language pathologist is required in the initial stages to help the child understand and to speak. Children and babies as young as six months of age have undergone cochlear transplant surgery.
Evie Smith from the United Kingdom and Kadence Lane from Mississippi were around three months old when they underwent cochlear implant surgery.
Babies with hearing aids are not an uncommon sight. Reputed brands manufacture pediatric hearing aids which are tamper-proof, durable, small in size and have an indicator so the parents can see whether the hearing aid is on or off.
Learning Sign language is another option parents should insist on, Sign language helps children with hearing issues to communicate with each other.
How To Prevent Hearing Loss In Toddlers
- Pediatricians recommend hearing tests every six months
- Make sure that the child takes all the necessary vaccines
- Mothers should lead a healthy lifestyle and consume a balanced diet during pregnancy
- Do not expose the child to loud sounds. Keep the volume of music and television at a low level.
- Toddlers should wear earplugs or noise-excluding ear muffs while attending a sporting event
Tips For The Parents Of Babies With Hearing Aids.
- The hearing aids have to be worn consistently for the child’s brain to get accustomed to the sounds.
- Parents must take efforts to talk to their children, as the brain develops quite fast in an infant, the child will pick up speech much faster as adaptation and development are fast.
- The parents should ensure that the device fits well, and no feedback sound is heard, or the ear mould does not hurt the child.
- Speech therapy is necessary as it helps the child immensely.
Though it is challenging for the parents, timely detection of hearing loss in children and speech therapy can make a big difference in the child’s development.

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The Power of Sensitivity: Success Stories by Highly Sensitive People Thriving in a Non-sensitive World
By Ted Zeff, Ph.D.
Foreward by Elaine Aron, Ph.D.
In his new book, available on Amazon, our friend Dr. Ted Zeff has compiled 44 uplifting stories that have been submitted from sensitive people from 10 different countries. Highly Sensitive People throughout the world have shared their triumphs and happiness living with the trait of high sensitivity, which will help the international HSP community to learn new ways to manage their trait and thrive in our non-sensitive world.
After each uplifting story, additional advice on each vignette’s theme is given, which frequently includes specific information on how to integrate that story’s success into your life. So sit back and enjoy reading these delightful and inspiring stories from HSPs as you learn new methods to empower yourself.


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- Darrald Bennett
- Patrick Roy gets a good-luck touch from Dave Reid.
I get dizzy whenever I enter the arena. It could be the drop in temperature down next to the refrigerating unit that keeps the pond frozen well into a Rocky Mountain June.
Maybe it's just the utter enormity of attention, the 20,000 angles of temptation, the swarm of stories converging on the moment. The series comes at you like the Avalanche on a power play, patiently changing the angles, getting a new look at the target, circling it into submission. One moment it's the carnival-like atmosphere outside the Pepsi Center, watching Devils hanging in effigy while kids get their hair colored maroon and blue, where everybody's looking but nobody's selling, running down rumors of a lone scalper asking $500 a pair.
Or maybe it's the churning sea of pompoms shaking their fists at me, every bit as hallucinatory as the Stanley Cup Finals should ever be in the folklore of our fantasies.
Mostly it's the unraveling action in the rink, where everything has gone the way a dramatist would want as the ninth month of the season gives birth to its final days. The icebound characters we're most emotionally attached to are at the center of the action, tragic flaws and all, challenging their destiny and stretching the limits of our vicarious suffering, touching the psyche where we never knew we were so sensitive.
The Avalanche have brought Ray Bourque to the brink, watching him turn the red light on and pump his fist. They have offered Chris Drury a bookend to his Little League World Series, his scrambling skates chasing pucks into the net. And they hang with Joe Sakic on the precipice of vindication. Even their enemies are storybook, exemplified in rock-headed Bobby Holik, the neutralizing Czech Devil who talks like the Terminator but has proven to be more formidable than Arnold's favorite dreams.
Moments that repeat themselves 82 times a season take on new significance in this rare and cherished time of year: the pre-game warm-up, the stretching, skating, shooting routines, Bourque clearing the ice, the last one out, swatting Adam Foote with his stick as they disappear into the tunnel for the final 24 minutes. The superstitious encounter each Av initiates with Patrick Roy, touching his skates, his stick, his pads as though they are blessing his shield in their own sacred ritual.
Roy's are the most intensely determined eyes in sports, the one aspect the camera can frame that few of us off the ice can ever really appreciate. But after losing the second game in a row Monday, Roy's eyes were losing their patience, aiming at the ceiling, fixing on the floor, and rolling back in his head, incredulous at post-game questions persisting after the dreamed-of return of Peter Forsberg.
The media masses have trouble with the attention span necessary for a seven-game series, changing the rules with each misperception of shifting advantages and morphing momentum, recasting it into a five-game, three-game and one-game series. Roy knows better the long-range reality of the seventh game, and he is aching with impatience to get back on the ice and prove it.
Colorado fans, notoriously fickle in vilifying contenders who lose the last game of the season, have been uniquely supportive of their hockey team. Theirs is that rarity of contemporary sports houses whose fans can glimpse, however fleetingly, beyond the score and appreciate winning performances even in losing efforts. They take deadly serious their part as the seventh man, vocally declaring their solidarity through all but the most hopeless of times.
"I hear them," Patrick Roy says when asked about the effect of 20,000 Avs fans chanting his name like a mantra toward oneness. They stood by their man in the first period, but they bolted for the parking lot when the fair weather turned and the score went to 4-1 in the final two minutes.
When you're bred for triumph, there is no harder thing than coming up a goal, a game short. It is those times when the crowd is more important than ever, picking you up when there's no hope left, celebrating the moments the record books will neglect. Anything less is too sobering to imagine.
There was no attempt to bid the team farewell Monday. No entertaining the possibility of a last game. Loyalty? Perhaps. Maybe faith. Or it might just be denial. Without Game 7, the story is a bitter tease. From training camp through deadline acquisitions, we didn't ask Bourque to the dance simply to chaperon somebody's else's homecoming coronation.
"There's no quit in us," Bourque said Monday, determined to find a way to play another game in Colorado. "I've got plenty of juice left. Believe me."
If both teams follow form, the Devils will squander their breathing room and the Avs will step up when they need to, bringing the world the Game 7 showdown it craves.
Everything is at stake, the defining moment of a 22-year span caught in the avalanche of an impending ending. Drink up of that dizzying feeling as the ground slips away beneath you, your feet spinning in futility as you try to keep pace with the mountain falling out from under you. Sweet inebriation.


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Families on housing benefit are priced out of almost all homes to rent in districts across Kent, according to new research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, in partnership with the Shepwayvox Team (SV Team) and other media outlets.
Research shows only 1.75% of two-bed properties in all the districts in the chart below were affordable. In the market rental areas of Kent, the Bureau & SV Team found just 17 two-bed flats to rent out of 969 advertised were affordable to those claiming the Local Housing Allowance: Canterbury had six, Ashford three, Maidstone three, Medway & Swale three Dover & Folkestone & Hythe two and Thanet had none. Moreover, even the affordable homes are often out of reach, because most landlords won’t let to benefit claimants – as the Bureau & SV Team found when we and they called 200 landlords across Britain and thirty here in Kent.
The local housing allowance (LHA) was frozen as part of the government’s austerity policy in 2016. The allowance, which varies from region to region, was supposed to cover the cheapest 30% of the local rental market. However, since the freeze rents have kept rising.
In a new and extensive piece of research, the Bureau collected the details of 62,695 two-bed rental properties across England, Wales and Scotland that were advertised on a single day. This consists of a day’s “snapshot” of all available two-bedroom properties for rent in the UK advertised by Nestoria (a property search engine that pulls in property ads from multiple sites.) By mapping these against the LHA rates in the Kent area, we found just 1 in 57 properties were actually affordable to people on benefits in Kent.
Our Council have taken to using monetary incentives to get landlords to take tenants. In 2017/18 it was ten times and the total amount offered was £13,550. In 2018/19 it was thirteen times and the total amount offered was £14,500. The largest single payment made by our Council was £2,000 for a two year tenancy.
In Canterbury, a district where 75,000 are eligible to vote, just 6 of 211 properties were affordable, while in Thanet, not a single two-bed flat was available.
The situation is dire as the data above shows, Dover and Folkestone & Hythe District had two properties that were affordable, out of 158 that were advertised. Is it any wonder then that 240 households have been sent away from the Folkestone & Hythe District and placed into temporary accommodation elsewhere in the last thirty months, as there was no appropriate accommodation in the district. In our district , which has an LHA rate of £115.07 a week, out of more than 150 homes advertised as for rent, only two were affordable – TWO.
Across Kent and the country, people are regularly having to rent more expensive homes and top up their housing benefit with other funds to cover the shortfall. The Bureau’s analysis found that the average British council would need to raise their benefit allowance by £100 each month to make the cheapest 30% of the two-bed properties sampled affordable.
Refusal to let to those on benefits makes the shortage of affordable properties even worse. Reporters from the Bureau contacted the landlords of 180 two-bed properties that would have been affordable on housing benefits. In each case the reporter claimed to be a single mother with an 8-year-old daughter.
Half of those landlords said definitively that they would not let to anyone on benefits. Of those that were left, more than half said they would consider letting to our hypothetical family, but only if they could fulfil further conditions, such as paying six months’ rent in advance or providing a guarantor. One property site asked for a week’s rent in advance to even talk to the landlord.
While many of the 30 landlords we contacted only refused to let when contacted in person, some were more blatant in their bias against tenants on benefits. The SV Team analysed the text of some of the advertisements and found 12 that explicitly stated “No pets. No DSS [a slang term for benefits claimants]” or “no housing benefit”. They have been reported
The Bureau’s work highlights the plight of those at the bottom end of the financial spectrum in our district. As they use more of their income to top up there rent, that means less for bills and food, which means for some a reliance upon foodbanks. As figures show use of foodbanks in Kent has risen by 15% between 2017/18 and 2018/19 according to data provided to us by the Trussell Trust.
The use of money meant for bills and food having to be spent on rent also means more debt issues. Between 2002/03 and 2018/19 in excess of 22,000 bailiff letters have been sent to people across our district. That is equal to 1,294 letters a year on average, or nearly 4 letters a day for the last seventeen years.
Being locked out of housing as the Bureau’s data shows does not just cause a homelessness issue, it creates debt issues, wellbeing issues, employment issues and food issues, to name a few. We must change this. This Governemnt must increase LHA rates if we are to reduce the number of homeless households in our district and this country.
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Trustees mull closure of 12 UCDSB schools as MPP asks them to fight province
Final decision expected March 23
At an Upper Canada District School Board meeting in Kemptville Thursday evening, Leeds—Grenville MPP Steve Clark called on trustees to stand up to Ontario's Ministry of Education by putting a moratorium on rural school closures.
Board staff recommend shuttering a total of 12 schools in the board. Seven of them are in his riding alone, the Progressive Conservative member said.
The final decision is expected March 23.
The Upper Canada District School Board, or UCDSB, covers a large swath of eastern Ontario including the communities in and around Cornwall, Brockville, Gananoque, Kemptville, Smiths Falls, Perth and the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.
"Basically, one in four elementary schools this board has in Leeds Grenville are slated to close," Clark said during his presentation to trustees.
"It's just unbelievable that the board would not take recommendations that were given to them. They didn't move forward on some of the suggestion that municipalities offered them to work together."
Board blames funding cuts, lower enrolment
On Feb. 15, after hearing from many parents, municipal and community leaders, board staff presented their final report, which explained that enrolment decline and provincial funding cuts for operating and maintaining schools mean some schools must close.
"The board has significantly more instructional space than it receives funding to operate and to maintain our schools ... The provincial funding the board receives for all aspects of schools favours the consolidation of schools to demonstrate optimal levels of enrolment and efficient use of school space," reads the report.
But on Thursday, Clark urged the trustees to change tack.
"My hope is the board will reject this report and challenge the province," he said.
Some trustees, including David McDonald who represents the Cornwall ward, didn't appreciate Clark's lecture.
"Thank you Mr. Clark for being here, it's not often we get an MPP to use the school board as a soap box for their political party," said McDonald, drawing a few boos from the audience.
McDonald went on to say it was Clark's party, a Progressive Conservative government, that implemented the current funding model back in the late 1990s under then-premier Mike Harris.
"That per-pupil funding has created the situation we have in our communities, not just in eastern Ontario, but across the province," explained McDonald. "That per-pupil funding is really to benefit the heavy density population municipalities."
'One board has to stand up'
With new provincial funding cuts, boards across the province are making similar decisions to close under-populated schools.
That board's chief financial officer said it's been close to two decades since board officials have had to make such sweeping facility decisions.
PC leader Patrick Brown has called for a March 7 debate at Queen's Park about a moratorium on rural school closures.
"It's devastating when a school is closed and children have to get on a bus and go long distances," said Clark, who's calling on the Upper Canada board to work with other school boards, municipalities and MPPs to figure out better solutions.
"One board has to stand up to the province and I hope it's this one."
Proposed UCDSB school closures
- Benson Public School, effective September 2017.
- Plantagenet Public School, effective September 2017.
- Rideau Centennial Public School, effective September 2017.
- Rothwell-Osnabruck School (Grades 7-12), effective September 2017.
- S.J. McLeod Public School, effective September 2017.
- Prince of Wales Public School, effective September 2018.
- Wolford Public School, effective September 2018.
- Oxford-on-Rideau Public School, effective September 2018 (subject to making space available at South Branch Elementary School).
- North Stormont Public School, at a date to be confirmed pending ministry approval for an addition at Roxmore Public School.
- Maynard Public School, at a date to be confirmed pending ministry approval for an addition or rebuild of Wellington Elementary School.
- St. Lawrence Secondary School/Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School, at a date to be confirmed pending ministry approval for the rebuild of a Grade 7-12 school in Cornwall.
- Toniata Public School, at a date to be confirmed pending ministry approval for the rebuild of a new Brockville elementary school to consolidate Toniata and Commonwealth Public School with Prince of Wales Public School.


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It’s a new week, which means more mixes and vibes coming your way from different corners of the world here on Mixtape Mondays. This week we touch down in Vancouver, NYC, Germany, Austria with some brand new one drop, big duplates, moombahton, and even some throwback hip-hop. Suit up.
Faction Sound Crew, 10 Year Anniversary Mix: Canadian killas Faction Sound Crew just celebrated their 10 year anniversary, and compiled this wicked three-part mix to commemorate the decade of party rocking, numerous quality mixtapes and the diverse tastes of selectors DJ Arems, DJ Tanner, and ’09 addition to the fam, DJ/MC/homie Iron Lyon. The original crew (which also includes MC Trigga and DJ Akshun) was formed in Vancouver, though Iron Lyon is based in NYC by way of MA and Miami, while Tanner just made the pilgrimage from BC to NYC himself about a year ago and is already doing damage in the club circuit. For their 10-year combination mix, each member submitted a completely different vibe, and each murdered it pon sight. Iron Lyon sets if off with Golden Era hip-hop classics. Arems goes in with a full on onslaught of clobbering reggae dubplates, all remixed by the man himself and blended over classic and modern rap instros, and Tanner flexes his affection for moombahton, leading off with none other than my remix for Federation’s Flatlands Remix Project, followed up by a tite selection of various moombah heat. Here’s to another 10 years of punishing clubs and idiot soundbwoys! Download here.
Sensi Movement, The Message: Germany’s Sensi Movement is back with a stellar new roots mix to get things blazing for 2012. Setting the tone with the phenomenal tune from Stephen and Damian Marley, “Tight Ship,” Sensi Movement keep the quality control up with crucial modern one drop from the likes of Luciano, Lutan Fyah, Protoje, Anthony B, Tarrus Riley, I-Octane, Marcia Griffiths, Queen Ifrica, Capleton, Jah Vinci, G Whizz and more. A sureshot of a download for those looking to set the week—and the New Year—off right. Stream below, download here.
Bassrunner Productions, The Dixie Riddim megamix: To promote the drop of their brand new Dixie Riddim, Bassrunner put together a quick mix to hype up the release, mixed by German champion sound Sentinel. The riddim itself is a potent roots blend, combining elements of new and old flavors alike. Produced by Luke Rich, the compilation boasts talents from both JA and EU, including some up and comers and bigger names like Rayvon and Shaggy, the original Red Fox (all three of whom just joined us and the Roots onstage at the Okayplayer Holiday Jam) and LargeUp fam Natalie Storm. Stream the mix below, purchase the album on iTunes here.


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Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 1 PROJECT EVALUATION Joseph A. Orlando, Ph.D, PE Platinum Energy, Inc. Springfield, Virginia 703 764-3004
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 2 Agenda Basics Case Studies Lessons Learned
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 3 On-Site Power Operating Modes On-site generation effect on facility energy requirements is dependent on operating mode: –Baseloaded –Electric or thermal tracking –Peak Shaving –Emergency and/or load interruption requirements Heat recovery - incremental decision for each mode. Absorption cooling - incremental decision based on electric or mechanical cooling as an alternative.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 4 Time of Day Rate Time of day rates produce high value for CHP produced electricity, however, limited on-peak hours reduce cost savings.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 5 Economic Measures Simple payback is the total project cost divided by the project’s annual savings. –Doesn’t consider time value of money. –Meaningless for projects where no equity is required as is typical for institutional applications. Net Present Value (NPV) or Present Worth (PW) is the present value of a series of future expenses and revenues. –Decision maker must establish the time value of money or discount rate as a function of interest rates and risk. Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is more typically used when equity in on-site generation is required.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 6 Back-up Power Electric power that is purchased when on-site generation is unavailable: –Scheduled (maintenance) and unscheduled outages –Firm or interruptible 2005 Energy Policy Act removes mandatory backup service if that service is available in the competitive market place.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 7 Third Party Financing/Performance Contracting Performance contracting is not to be confused with third party financing; –Performance contracting establishes design and operational requirements as basis for design/build contract. »Can be end user or third party financed. »Assignment of risks is key to viable performance contract. –Third party financing or third party ownership is frequently combined with performance contracting. »Very limited benefit for most institutional end users. Tax exempt entity e.g. university or hospital realizes 33% of net savings.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 8 Some Illustrative Case Studies
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 9 Boston Area CHP Project Office building, with computer center, located in NSTAR, Trigen and Boston Gas service areas: –Peak load of 5,500 kW, 24.1 million kWh and annual electric cost of $2,697,000 averaging $.112/kWh. –Requirement for 26,900 Mlb of steam at cost of $448,000. –Baseloaded 1,045 kW CHP system using reciprocating engine generator set with SCR @ $2,67 million »Operating cost decrease of $83,000. »Simple payback of 26.7 years »Pretax IRR of 4.2%, after tax return is negative »Pretax NPV of -$658,000, after tax NPV is -$327,000 –Significant fraction of cost reduction results from avoidance of Trigen steam and not CHP.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 10 Philadelphia Area CHP Project Hospital located in Philadelphia Electric and PGW service areas: –Peak load of 1,500 kW, 8.5 million kWh and annual electric cost of $656,000 for average cost of $.077/kWh –Requirement for 39.6 MMBtu of No. 6 fuel oil at cost of $280,000. –Baseloaded 900 kW CHP system using reciprocating engine generator set based on site loads @ $1.56 million »Operating cost increase of $603,000. »Both natural gas fueled and diesel fueled systems produce “losses”. –Peak shaving 375 kW system without heat recovery and no standby backup service @ $385,000. »Operating cost saving of $20,000.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 11 Bethesda, Maryland CHP Project Condominium located in Pepco and Washington Gas service areas: –Peak load of 2,050 kW, 9.7 million kWh and annual electric cost of $830,000 averaging $.086/kWh. –Requirement for 39,800 MCF of gas at cost of $358,000. –Load following 1,800 kW reciprocating engine CHP system with one 900 kW backup engine generator set @ $2.96 million »Operating cost decrease of $150,000. Use of engine heat in swimming pool valued at almost $100,000. »Simple payback of 19.7 years »Pretax IRR of 2.6%, after tax return is negative »Pretax NPV of -$976,000, after tax NPV is -$1,180,000
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 12 Detroit Area CHP Project University located in Detroit Edison and MichCon service areas with operating 4,500 kW cogeneration system. –Peak load of 8,500 kW, 59.0 million kWh. Supplemental purchases of 21.7 million kWh and annual electric cost of $1,379,000 averaging $.064/kWh. –Requirement for 278,000 MCF of boiler gas at cost of $1,354,000 @ 4.96/MMBtu. –Baseloaded 4,050 kW CHP system using combustion turbine generator set @ $4.93 million »Operating cost decrease of $263,000. »Simple payback of 18.7 years »Pretax IRR of 3.1%, after tax return is negative »Pretax NPV of -$1,424,000, after tax NPV is -$452,000 Decision made to shutdown existing cogeneration system January 1, 2005 due to high fuel costs. University in western Michigan shut down 10,000 kW in summer 2005 due to high fuel costs.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 13 Lessons Learned
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 14 On-site generation is typically valued at less than the average cost of electricity. Lower Value of On-Site Generated Power
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 15 Utility Backup All projects included utility supplied backup power for both schedule and unscheduled outages. Projects had ability to operate in stand alone mode if grid deenergized, however, primary source of backup was the utility grid with existing T&D. Cost of standby ranges from 1.4% to 3.7% of annual operating cost of CHP system. –On-site backup with redundant engine generator set would increase capital cost by 50% or more. –Redundant capacity is not cost effective as compared to utility supplied backup power.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 16 Diseconomies of Scale Increasing baseloaded capacity does not result in one for one increase in amount of on-site generation that can displace retail purchases. –There is such a thing as “too much generation” even for projects that are viable. System sized at 50% of peak load provides 70% of energy Doubling capacity increases supply to site load by 43%
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 17 Fuel Costs Case studies were performed prior to Katrina run-up in oil and natural gas prices. –While long term trend for natural gas prices is negative, they are not projected to drop to levels that support CHP. –No. 2 fuel oil prices are projected to increase over time, eroding savings from CHP.
Platinum Energy, Inc. Slide No. 18 Conclusions With diesel fuel and natural gas prices in current ranges ($9.00 to $13.00/MMBtu) baseloaded cogeneration based on displacement of retail purchases is not viable. Peak shaving systems may be viable depending on rate structure. Most peak shaving systems cannot justify investment in heat recovery and are less efficient than purchased power. Institutional clients require backup. Availability of backup at reasonable costs is uncertain under 2005 Energy Policy Act.


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Fiber Coupler/Splitters feature fused biconical tapered process.
Gould Fiber Optics
Millersville, MD 21108
Mar 22, 2013
Built on fused biconical tapered (FBT) process and proprietary packaging platforms, 1X3 polarization maintaining (PM) truly-fused fiber coupler/splitters offer high extinction ratio with polarization launch into single- or dual-axis (slow axis and fast axis). Tests have shown PER of greater than 18 dB and uniform split ratios. Harsh-environment resistant products are suited for use in fiber communication systems, gyroscopes, aerospace, laser, sensor, test, and measurement applications.
Automated ODF adapts PON splitting ratios to growth.
TeliSwitch Solutions Ltd
Jul 30, 2012
Featuring adaptive splitting capabilities, PON-AODF(TM) Automated Optical Distribution Frame upgrades Passive Optical Networks to be adaptable to service penetration and bandwidth demand changes. System preserves optical links during power loss or maintenance, and supports remote service provisioning and remote network testing. Implementing PON-AODF gives service providers flexibility to install only as many OLT ports as needed to serve connected homes.
Central Office Splitter Modules operate from -40 to +85°C.
Trevose, PA 19053
Jul 23, 2012
Designed for use on rack card in DSLAM or within roadside cabinets, BX8841NL SmartER(TM) CO Splitters comply with ETSI TS 101-952-1-1 Option A specification for 600 W impedances, for ADSL to VDSL2 bands, and China's YD/T 1187-2006 specification for 600 W impedance for ADSL2+ band with provision for metering at 12 kHz and 16 kHz. In addition, modules are compliant with Broadband Forum TR-127 for VDSL2 applications, ensuring optimum delivery of voice, data, and video services.
Fiber Optic Splitters are designed for long-term stability.
LEONI Fiber Optics, Inc.
Williamsburg, VA 23188
Jun 06, 2011
Designed as monolithic components for telecom wavelength range, Planar Lightwave Circuits (PLCs) include single-mode 1 x N and 2 x N broadband splitters with up to 64 channels. Products are primarily used in passive optical distribution networks in subscriber loop of telecommunication networks (FTTH). Other applications of RoMack splitters are measuring systems, laser systems, and special PLCs with optical functions.
MEMS Optical Splitter is suited for ROADM networks.
Dicon Fiberoptics Inc.
Richmond, CA 94804
Mar 11, 2011
MEMS Split, Select, and Drop delivers colorless and directionless capabilities to ROADM networks. It simultaneously broadcasts multi-wavelength input signals through array of MEMS 1xN Switches, which offer switching time of less than 20 ms, and MEMS Tunable Filters. These feature ±50 pm wavelength setting accuracy within C or L Bands and tuning speed of less than 30 ms. Available with 4 channels, splitter can be scaled to any number of channels and suits metro and regional optical networks.
Fiber Optic Couplers/Splitters minimize bend loss. .
Megladon Manufacturing Group, Ltd.
Austin, TX 78758
Nov 09, 2010
Utilizing Bend Insensitive Singlemode Glass and HLC connections, SM Fiber Optic Couplers/Splitters include all standard connector types and packages and can be customized for various split ratios and lengths. HLC SCRATCHGUARD® connection technology combined with bend insensitive glass minimizes bend loss, insertion loss, optical return loss, and endface scratching/contamination.
Fiber Optic Coupler/Splitters serve variety of applications.
Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Feb 17, 2009
Available in 1 x 2, 1 x 3, 1 x 4, 1 x 8, 2 x 2, and 2 x 4 configurations with all industry standard fiber optic connectors, Polarization Maintaining coupler/splitters either combine 2 or more signals into one or split one signal into multiple paths. They support 1,550, 1,310, 1,060, 980/960, 780, and 633 nm wavelengths. Customizable units are offered in either ruggedized plastic housing with 3 mm leads or low profile stainless steel tube for high density equipment requirements.
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Lake Oswego, OR 97035
Jul 01, 2008
Standard single mode coupler/splitters are used to either combine 2 or more signals into 1 or split 1 signal into multiple paths. They come in 1 x 2, 1 x 3, 1 x 4, 1 x 8, 1 x 16, 1 x 32, 2 x 2, and 2 x 4 configurations with LC, SC, FC, and ST fiber optic connectors and polishes. Each unit is offered in either ruggedized plastic housing with 3 mm leads or low profile stainless steel tube for high density equipment requirements.
Splitter Module suits Gigabit passive optical networks.
Corning Cable Systems
Hickory, NC 28603-0489
Oct 17, 2007
Interchangeable across all OptiTect(TM) Gen III Local Convergence Cabinets, 1 x 64 Splitter uses Corning® SMF-28e® XB fiber to offer field-hardened solution. It is designed to meet Telcordia GR-1209-CORE and GR-1221-CORE, and utilizes GR-326 certified SC APC or SC UPC connectors.
Fiber Optic Products suit military/industrial applications.
Etters, PA 17319
Oct 09, 2006
Based on Canstar(TM) technology, FCI Fiber Optics product line is comprised of fiber optic multimode/single-mode couplers, splitters, taps, wavelength division multiplexers (WDMs), cable assemblies, and adaptors. Couplers are offered for various design specifications, including one-in, many-out couplers; WDMs; and one-in, 2-out couplers available as even- or ratio-split. FCI attenuators, or one-in, one-out couplers for attenuating all wavelengths, are also available.
Ruggedized Splitter offers Outside Plant fiber connectivity.
APA Cables & Networks Inc.
Plymouth, MN 55442
Jun 14, 2006
APACN ruggedized splitter withstands temperatures from -55 to +85°C and provides fiber protection, management, and maintenance in FTTx deployments. One-touch turn-up design allows output legs to be handled only during customer turn-up, reducing human handling. As component of Fiber Scalability Center Outside Plant cabinets, splitter supports one 1 x 32, two 1 x 16, or four 1 x 8 configurations without penalty in real estate or port counts.
Splitters and DWDM Components suit passive optical networks.
APA Optics Inc.
Minneapolis, MN 55449-7218
Jan 24, 2003 Outside plant (OSP) splitters offer re-enterable closures for node scalability. LGX® module splitters integrate into existing optical shelves in central office and head-end of optical access network. Design permits accessibility to network ports, while providing network modularity with pluggable modules. Arrayed Waveguide Grating DWDM MUX/DMUX has insertion loss of less than 3.5 dB and 40 channels set on ITU 100 GHz channel spacing.
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JACKSONVILLE — The developer who has been recommended to Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan for a loan to complete a $70 million Downtown redevelopment project won’t discuss his qualifications — and neither will one of the civic leaders who recommended him.
Steve Atkins proposed a mixed-use, redevelopment plan of the Laura Street Trio — the Marble Bank Building, the Florida Life Building and the Bisbee Building — and the Barnett Bank Building in May 2010 that includes a boutique hotel, upscale dining and apartments.
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Atkins did not return phone calls seeking comment.
“My firm has assembled a team of consultants and project partners from the local and national levels who have the experience and qualifications expertly suited to realize the complete restoration and redevelopment of this most important group of properties,” Atkins said in a prepared statement emailed to The Business Journal.
Jerry Mallot, president of JaxUSA Partnership, who recommended Atkins’ plan to Khan, declined comment through a chamber spokeswoman.
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