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Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) is bringing together local physical and mental health experts for a unique, online workshop to discuss women’s issues, available local services and resources which should not be overlooked during the pandemic.
The Stepping Up! for Women’s Health virtual workshop will be held via Zoom at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29. Those wishing to participate can register through the MTMC website, according to a release issued by the organization.
“It’s important not to overlook significant, everyday health issues as we continue navigating pandemic impacts and challenges,” said Doug Archer, president and CEO of MTMC, in the press release. “This workshop is presented with that in mind – focusing on key elements of women’s physical and mental health. We believe that everyone has a woman in their life that could benefit from what we will learn and share with each other during this special one-hour online event.”
Archer added that Good Day Sacramento news anchor Tina Macuha continues to be engaged in MTMC’s efforts to raise awareness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month during October.
“(Macuha) continues to be engaged in our efforts to raise awareness in the foothill region and will make a special appearance during this workshop,” Archer said. “She was set to headline our Steps to Kick Cancer event again this year, but it has been canceled due to COVID-19.”
Since October is also Domestic Violence Awareness month, Archer said local experts will be on hand to address that concern as well.
Kelli Coane, chief administrative director of the Resource Connection, will lead a discussion about “Empowering Individuals Seeking Freedom from Toxic Relationships.” She will also offer a virtual tour of the Resource Connection facilities in both San Andreas and Murphys.
Other health topics to be covered include routine wellness and reproductive health, minimally invasive gynecological surgeries, breast cancer awareness and mammograms.
Workshop participants must register in advance through the MTMC website at locations.dignityhealth.org/mark-twain-medical-center and will receive a return email with instructions for joining the Zoom session.


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For the second year in a row, local restaurants came together to honor the regional producers who supply them with fresh seasonal fruits, vegetables, liquor, honey and meats. This year, the event was hosted at Montage Deer Valley with participating chefs from Stein Eriksen Lodge, Promontory Ranch Club and St. Regis Deer Valley.
The evening started off with an intimate social hour featuring Gold Creek Farms cheese, Old Town Cellars wine and a cocktail called the Alpine Press featuring Alpine Distilling’s Lafayette Whiskey. The wines and cocktail paired well with the assortment of unique cheeses and dried fruits not to mention the dripping honeycomb of honey provided by The Honey Jar.
About 40 people attended the dinner including the local producers and participating chefs at Apex Steak in Montage Deer Valley. Chef Shawn Armstrong provided an amuse of beet root deviled egg with pickled mustard seeds and speck.
Chef Zane Holmquist, vice president of food and beverage and corporate chef of Stein Eriksen Lodge, honored First Frost Farm by roasting their fall carrots topped with a carrot garam masala glaze and placed on a bed of farro ‘grits’ and cheddar.
Chef Ryker Brown, food and beverage director and executive chef at Promontory Ranch Club, followed with Utah Rainbow Trout, braised cabbage, apples, mustard, mussels and pork belly on slate.
Chef Rachel Wiener, executive sous and chef de cuisine at St. Regis Deer Valley, presented Niman Ranch Willis Family Lamb Ranch lamb rack and shank with trumpet royal mushrooms, leeks and white asparagus.
Dessert was provided by Executive Pastry Chef Steven Jones of Montage Deer Valley preparing persimmon in a myriad of ways with summer flowers, honey and white tea.
We were honored to be able to participate in this amazing evening. A special thank you to Trina Harris Photography for taking the beautiful photos for this blog. Remember when dining, chose local. There are increasingly more options at local restaurants and grocery stores for you to chose from year round.

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In 2008, I organized a “traveling conference event” called “Reading Southern California at 65 mph. It was part of the 2008 HASTAC conference that I co-organized with David Theo Goldberg (UC Irvine) and Todd Pressner (UCLA). The conference theme, “techno-travels: telemobility: HASTAC in Motion” explore the multiple ways in which place, movement, borders and identities are renegotiated and remapped by new locative technologies.
Along with Perry Hoberman, we mapped a journey that traversed one of the key connecting corridors of Southern California, from Irvine to Beverly Hills. Conference participants boarded a bus in Irvine and were driven to UCLA for the HASTAC conference. Enroute, renowned cultural historian and master storyteller Norman Klein narrated a tour that described the infrastructures of globalization that mark the landscape of Southern California. To document the points of interest along the tour, I created a zine called: “Reading So California at 65 MPH.”
Bus Tour ZINE Pages :: “Reading So California at 65 MPH”

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Neurological Surgery Technology
Delray Medical Center uses the O-arm advanced operating room imaging technology for accuracy and precision in implant placement. This technology opens up the possibility of a shorter recovery time for the patient, and gives the physician the precision they need.
Delray Medical Center has obtained innovative robotic technology for a new hybrid operating suite.
The suite, which includes the Artis Zeego multi-axis C-arm system, allows advanced 3-D imaging as well as open surgical procedures to be done in the same room with a collaborative clinical team.
Delray Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach County to have the Artis Zeego system with the latest software and hardware available, including the ability to capture a 360-degree rotational CT of the patient.
The new hybrid OR technology provides high image quality and diagnostic confidence with reduced radiation exposure for our patients and staff. Our physicians are now able to give our patients the highest quality care while working with greater ease and comfort.
The $4.5 million hybrid suite has unique capabilities that allow for new fields of treatment, including TAVR (Transcatheter Valve Replacement), as well as imaging during vascular and cardiac bypass surgery.
The room is designed so that physicians can work more precisely and efficiently.
The Artis zeego Multi-axis system is a dedicated system for hybrid procedures that enables the physician to position the C-arm virtually anywhere around the patient to produce new types of clinical images, e.g., a 3-D representation with a live fluoro overlay.
The Artis zeego is equipped with a comprehensive line of radiation dose-saving functionalities to keep exposure low for patients and for staff in the hybrid OR.

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The Exynos 880 SoC recently debuted with the release of the Vivo Y70s.
Samsung has officially revealed the Exynos 880 processor. It comes with an integrated 5G modem and packs almost as much power as last year’s Exynos 980.
A more affordable yet competitive solution
MediaTek and Qualcomm are already producing mid-range 5G chipsets, and Samsung is not to be outpaced. We have seen reports of powerful Exynos chips revamped to power the upcoming Galaxy Note 20. Still, this time Samsung takes a step back into the mid-range territory to provide a more affordable yet competitive solution.
Samsung’s newest chip is built with a 5G modem that can support up to 2.55Gbps download speeds and 1.28Gbps upload speeds. It also packs E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity that makes use of a 5G and 4G combo to boost download and upload speeds up to 3.55Gbps and 1.38Gbps, respectively.
Samsung’s Exynos 880 comes packed with processing power
Built using Samsung’s 8-nanometer FinFET process, the chipset makes use of an octa-core CPU sporting two ARM Cortex A77 cores running at 2GHz and six ARM Cortex A55 cores running at 1.8GHz for optimal performance.
It also packs the ARM Mali-G76 MP5 GPU which supports full HD+ displays and excellent 3D processing capabilities. The latter also translates to high refresh rates for games. The same octa-core CPU and GPU combo are also found on the chip to handle the processing.
The Exynos 880 has decent camera support for a mid-range solution
The Exynos 880 can also support a single 64-megapixel camera or a dual 20-megapixel camera setup. This is is where it mainly differs from the Exynos 980 that supports up to 108-megapixels on a single camera. The Exynos 880 chipset is also capable of 4K video recording up to 30 fps with H.265, H.264, VP9 encoding, and decoding.
Samsung’s new Exynos chip reveal gives us an idea as to which types of smartphones the chipset is designed for. The Vivo Y70s, also makes use of the Exynos 880 chipset, so we know it’s already mass-produced. Vivo Y70s comes with a 48-megapixel primary camera, an excellent gaming setup, and 5G connectivity, all being handled by the Exynos 880 chipset.
It’s only a matter of time until Samsung reveals its own mid-range smartphone that will take advantage of the capabilities of the chipset.
Apart from the Vivo Y70s, Samsung is yet to reveal as to which smartphones will soon get to be powered by the latest mid-range Exynos 880 chipset.
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I think most black voters will still vote against gay marriage; probably it will gain just a few percentage points of support because of the Obama endorsement. However, the One will also get 100% of the black vote. His “First Gay President” act will have no effect on that at all.
By the time the election comes around, this will all be forgotten and forgiven.
And bet on this, Romney won’t touch this.

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Pirelli Star Driver for Asia-Pacific Region Selected
New Zealander Mark Tapper has been selected to represent the Asia-Pacific Region in the Pirelli Star Driver scheme. The 27 year-old from Auckland, along with co-driver Jeff Cress, beat nine other contenders in the selection process, which took place over two rallies in New Zealand and Malaysia.
Tapper is the second driver to be named from the five who will benefit from the initiative, organised jointly by Pirelli and the FIA, to give young drivers a foot in the door of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Pirelli Star Driver programme will give five young talents (one each from Africa, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific regions, plus two from Europe) the chance to compete in six WRC events in a Group N or S2000 car prepared and run by a top team. The drivers who earn a place on the Pirelli Star Driver scheme next year will get a chance to show what they can do in Portugal, Italy, Greece, Finland, Spain and Great Britain.
Mark Tapper was chosen to represent the Asia-Pacific region through two events on the FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, the Whangarei Rally in New Zealand (which took place from June 7-8) and the Malaysia Rally (from October 11-12). A total of ten young drivers vying for the Pirelli Star Driver award took the start of this latter event. Despite the insidiously damp surfaces of the Malaysian stages, Tapper outclassed all his rivals from the Asia-Pacific region, and he and Cress will thus now represent the region in next year’s championship.
“Being a rally driver was always my dream, since I first started to become interested in cars as a small kid,” said Tapper. “So winning the Pirelli Star Driver selection process is a satisfaction that I’m not able to put into words: this programme opens up the world to me and gives me a great deal of happiness. I hope that I will be able to amply repay everybody who has shown faith in me – especially my parents – and I’m convinced that myself and Jeff will be able to do New Zealand proud when we drive on the World Rally Championship next year. My objective on our European programme next year will be firstly to finish all the events and secondly to show that we are competitive. I’d like to thank the FIA and Pirelli for giving us this incredible opportunity.”
Two more places on the Pirelli Star Driver programme will be allocated from October 23-25 in Freistadt (Austria). Several up-and-coming European stars, along with one driver from Central America and one from South America, will take part in a shoot-out to determine two winners.

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Alabama Softball Opens Week Two with 11-1 Win Over Southern Miss Friday
Alabama softball opened play at the Black and Gold Invitational Friday with a convincing 11-1 win over the host Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
Ninth-ranked Alabama (4-0) took a three-run lead in the top of the second over Southern Miss (2-5) and then added some cushion later with four-run fifth and sixth innings to build an 11-run lead. The Golden Eagles avoided the shutout with a lone run in the bottom of the sixth but the Tide held on to win, 11-1.
Alabama hit three home runs, the most in a game since the April 1 win at Missouri last season and it is the first time at least three different players hit a home run since the 2017 season opener against Towson. Junior Caroline Hardy led the offense with a career day at the plate, going 3-3 with a career-high three RBI, including a two-run home run in the second inning. Senior Peyton Grantham also had a three-hit day at the plate, scoring twice and driving in two runs. Additional home runs came off the bats of sophomore Claire Jenkins and junior Merris Schroder in back-to-back at-bats in the fifth inning.
In the circle, senior Alexis Osorio (2-0) threw 5.0 shutout innings, allowing just one hit while striking out nine, and freshman Madison Preston tossed a scoreless fifth inning. Southern Miss starter Jillian Johnson (0-1) took the loss, lasting just 2.0 innings.
After leaving two on base in the top of the first, Alabama scored early in the top of the second. Grantham led off the inning with a single up the middle and Hardy followed with a no-doubt home run to straightaway center as the Tide pulled ahead 2-0. Jenkins drew a four-pitch walk and Schroder was hit by a pitch to turn it back to the top of the order, and sophomore Elissa Brown laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the pair into scoring position. Freshman Maddie Morgan fired a line drive to center field, allowing Jenkins to tag up at score on the sacrifice fly and make it 3-0 before a groundout ended the half-inning.
Grantham and Hardy tallied their second hits of the day in the top of the third, putting runners at the corners but the Tide could not score in the half-inning. Southern Miss earned its first hit of the day in the bottom half of the inning, leading off with a single and walk before two strikeouts and a groundout ended the inning to keep the score at 3-0.
With senior pinch-runner Rachel Bobo at second base and two out in the top of the fifth, Hardy pulled a hard-hit single through the left side, scoring Bobo to extend Alabama’s lead to 4-0. Jenkins followed that with a towering home run down the left field line, plating two to make it a 6-0 game. Schroder followed that with a solo home run to center field before a popup ended the half-inning with Alabama now leading 7-0.
With two on and one out in the top of the sixth, junior Reagan Dykes reached on an infield single and Morgan rounded third to score on a fielding error to make it 8-0. Later with two in scoring position, Grantham dropped a single into shallow center field, scoring both as she advanced to second on the throw with the score now 10-0. On a ground ball later in the inning, Grantham advanced to third and then made a heads-up break for home on a slow double play attempt, sliding under the tag to make it 11-0.
In the bottom of the sixth, the first two runners reached base safely for Southern Miss and a fielding error on a double play attempt allowed the Golden Eagles to plate its first run of the day. That would be the only run of the day for Southern Miss, as the inning ended with the score 11-1 Alabama.
Alabama continues play at the Black and Gold Invitational Saturday, facing No. 24 McNeese State (4-1) at 1 p.m. CT and Mississippi Valley State (0-4) at 4 p.m. CT.
For the latest information on the team, follow @AlabamaSB on Twitter, BamaSB on Instagram and Alabama Softball on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.


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Starring: Johnny Simmons, Brittany Snow, Kumail Nanjiani
Director: Kevin Pollak
Running Time: 90 mins
The Late Bloomer is an American film about a man who never went through pubert as an adolescent, finally experiences all the changes and effects of the process over a three-week period as a 30 year old.
Although it sounds like a fun, silly premise, The Late Bloomer really doesn’t work all that well. Despite the odd laugh that pokes fun at memories of puberty and growing up, it’s a story that’s just a little too far-fetched at times to really grab you, while inconsistent characterisation makes it prove a frustrating and often dull watch.
On the whole, it seems to me that this film really misses the mark when it comes to delivering an entertaining and different take on growing up. However, before I get into why I think that is, I will say that The Late Bloomer does have the odd good laugh, and although the majority of its humour is rather crude, it works well when it has a fun jab at all the trials and troubles that everybody goes through during puberty.
So, the film isn’t completely devoid of fun, but for the most part, there’s just a lack of grounded consistency to keep it an engaging watch, never mind entertaining. Above all, while the premise seems like a fun one, it ends up becoming just a little bit too detached from reality, as we see a man whose not entirely unsensible life choices are completely stripped away as he suddenly goes through puberty at a late age, without any real understanding of what he’s like as a person and how those around him influence him.
I know it sounds a little nitpicky to criticise a film as light-hearted as this for character depth and consistency, but given that the comedy isn’t all that amazing, problems like this become more evident, and more frustrating.
Above all, the fact that our main character is turned into a completely different person without even the slightest thought of the impact on his own life or those around him is really irritating, not only because he does become more loud-mouthed and rude, but also as you feel like the time you spent during the first act getting to know a rather likable guy was not only pointless, but in the film’s own admission, entirely wrong.
And that’s another thing that disappointed me about this movie, a central message that centres on the importance of being ‘normal’ and exactly like everyone else. Sure, being accepted by people around you is important, and everyone has a desire to be seen as normal, but this film openly and aggressively shouts about how awful it is to be different to other people, which felt a little mean-spirited to me, and as such took away from the light-hearted, throwaway vibe.
Finally, the performances here aren’t all that exceptional either, with Johnny Simmons proving fairly likable at first, but really overdoing the jittery and nervous nature of a pubescent teen, while Brittany Snow is left with very little to do with an extremely simplistic character, and while supporting actors Kumail Nanjiani and Beck Bennett do occasionally offer a bit of charisma and fun to proceedings, they too don’t really do much to keep their characters all that grounded throughout.
Overall, I wasn’t particularly impressed by The Late Bloomer. It might sound like simple, throwaway fun at first, and although it does have the odd fun, relatable laugh, it’s a generally dull and frustrating affair, with awful characterisation, a rather mean-spirited message, and less-than-stellar performances, which is why I’m giving it a 5.4.

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I read an article about trade show with an “environmentally conscious bent”. It’s very interesting.
The convention featured a discussion of cause-related (read: tree-hugger) marketing.
I can imagine some of the corporate yawns–but then Ray Anderson (a carpet manufacturer) who was the keynote speaker–said that by switching his company over to recycled materials and environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, he’s saved money.
That must have made the suits sit up!
Big business usually just “talks the talk” about recycling and doing less damage to the environment, but when the bottom line’s affected, talk turns into action.
I learned good things about my own product line too. For instance, hemp (a plant used in hat-making, resulting in gorgeous creations like the one pictured here) is easy to grow and requires less water than other fibers. Also, “scrap hats” like The Carlos are actually deemed to be recycled products because they are made from “pre-consumer waste, material left over on the cutting room floor.”
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The Other Brother: ForbiddenErotic Romance, New Adult, Romance
ABOUT THE OTHER BROTHER
From two New York Times bestselling authors comes a stunning tale of betrayal and blood…
Simple. The consummate good girl, this is the word I used to describe my life… until my stepbrother Seth came to live with us. Until that point, I’d been a very good girl… but my older, emotionally blocked stepbrother made me want to do very bad things.
In the course of one night everything changed, and my simple world was torn to shreds. I wanted to hate him. I did hate him. Mostly.
But now he’s back. And nothing will ever be simple again.
The Other Brother is a novel told in three parts.
You can read chapter one here!
You can read chapter two here!
You can read chapter three here!
**Contains graphic sexual content and harsh language. It is only appropriate for adult readers age 18+**
The Other Brother is a story told in three parts. After reading part one, Forbidden, I’m looking forward to clearing time in my schedule for part two, Taboo. The “new, hot, and popular thing” in books these days is the “out of bounds” relationships between step-siblings, and there are some really well written ones out there, and some that I had to put down. This is one of the better ones out there…and I found myself happily disturbed throughout parts…
Why disturbed? Well, there were parts that gave me that “Ut-Oh” feeling…you know the feeling, when something just feels off… the creepy perverted old man staring at you or the kidnapper about to capture you feeling that your parents, Officer White, and your teachers warned you about in grade school. Yeah, I felt that in this book…but not where you think I may have felt the icks.
Allegra is a red-haired, high school girl in the first part of Forbidden. She’s not quite 16 years old yet… and lives with her older brother, Theo, her dad and stepmom. Enter Seth, the stepbrother she didn’t know she has, who happens to move in with her and her family. Seth is 4 years older (already, hot!)… not only are they step-siblings, but I love an age difference! Allegra has the hots for Seth, Seth has the hots for Allegra, but they don’t know how the other feels, because they KNOW they can’t act on their feelings. So the buildup and chemistry is pretty great between these two. I’m rooting for them. Seth does these little things for Allegra that wets the panties and makes me swoon. So why did I feel the icks AND the swoons?
The icks came from the character Theo… yep, Allegra’s “real” brother. There’s just that “ut-oh” vibe about him…and I can’t wait to explore the icks with the hotness.
Part one ends years after an incident sends Seth far, far away when fate intertwines and Allegra and Seth’s paths cross again. And boy is it OFF. THE. CHARTS. HOT. Part two, Taboo, is currently available, and Part three, Illicit, is out soon!
You like the popular forbidden romance? You’ll love Seth and Allegra!

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Justice League #20 // Review
As the tour through the Sixth Dimension continues, Scott Snyder and Jorge Jimenez hold no bars with this outlandish take on “future” versions of the heroes. The duo delivers the title’s most interesting arc efficiently thus far, straying away from Metal and into something much more inspired. With the gorgeous art of Jimenez with Snyder’s ambitious scripts, this series continues to stand as the best team book currently on the market.
With Superman still lost away from the League, the remainder of the team is taken on a tour through the future. Crime is no more, Gotham is bright and hopeful, and Batman doesn’t buy any of it one bit. Back on Prime Earth, Mera and Starman are left to deal with Mxyzptlk under an unknown force’s control. With a 5th dimensional trick up their own sleeves, the Legion of Doom plans for something significant in the issues to come. The truth comes into light closing this chapter as Clark must face against none other than, himself.
Jorge Jimenez has quickly made his stamp on DC comics becoming absolutely synonymous with the universe as a whole. With each new work, Jimenez continues to produce beautiful artwork that will captivate readers for generations to come. With such a huge cast of heroes to play with Jimenez is able to bring a multitude of characters to the pages in his own signature style, making each one entirely his own. Jorge’s level of design continues to advance from his time on New 52’s Earth 2 Society, creating stunning possible peeks into the distant future. Alejandro Sanchez adds the vibrant gloss to Jimenez’s pencils, bringing the quintessential look of the series to life. Between the kinetic pencils of Jimenez and the high gloss from Sanchez, the series continues to push the edge for the title and superhero comics as a whole.
The sheer fun and excitement that Scott Snyder exudes and bleeds right onto the series spectacularly. The over the top bombastic scripts he commands line up perfectly with a story centered around Mr. Mxyzptlk. Scott Snyder finds his realm and delivers to readers a genuinely entertaining and exciting read in a market surrounded by depressed heroes in constant crisis. Snyder’s respect and love for the medium and it’s fans shine through with each new issue.
Snyder and Jimenez work together and produce yet another fun and memorable chapter for the title. Standing as DC’s flagship series, Justice League blows its contemporaries out of the water with the high art and ever imaginative scripts to back it up. As this new arc continues, more surprises lie in wait as the countdown to Year of the Villain continues.


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You might’ve seen the equipment truck parked outside the Colonial Theatre on weekends and wondered what was happening there.
Each weekend, Journey Church holds services at the theater, the second of two campuses the church has. In addition to the church services, Journey also has Boot Groups, where groups of volunteers give back to the church’s non-profit strategic partners.
According to Don Heller of Journey Church, Head Pastor Steve DeFrain was offered a former Mennonite Church in Limerick for free, along with the seven acres on the site.
“That kind of jumpstarted Journey Church,” Heller explained.
Over the four years since that happened, the church has blossomed to serve approximately 700 people between the two campuses. DeFrain actually stumbled upon Phoenixville by accident, getting lost in the town.
“They were in love with this town at that time,” Heller said.
While walking by the Colonial, there was talk of holding a service at the theater, and church leaders held a Christmas service at the theater. They liked the way it went and mentioned they’d like to have services there every week. Soon, after some kinks were worked out, the second campus was born right here in Phoenixville. Heller said church members help out with volunteer work around the theater, and overall it’s just a good relationship.
“They’re amazing,” Heller said. “I believe we have an awesome relationship.”
Each Sunday, an “experience,” as it’s called, is held at the Colonial, at 11:30 a.m. At the Limerick campus, three weekly experiences are offered on Sundays at 9, 10:15 and 11:30 a.m. The church’s motto states that it exists “for those not yet here,” and there’s a focus on attracting those who normally wouldn’t go to church.
“Everything we do is to reach people who would not want to go to church,” Heller said. “Everything we do is to reach someone who’s far from God.”
Heller’s own story with Journey began when he walked in the doors of the Limerick campus one Sunday four years ago. While he was raised Catholic, Heller hadn’t been to church in years and was constantly being told by the pastor’s brother that he should check out Journey Church.
“I made fun of him the whole time,” Heller said.
He was having a rough patch in his life and decided to go see what all the hubbub was about. Heller heard DeFrain’s message that day and gave his life to Christ.
“That Sunday changed my life,” Heller said.
While he admits he didn’t even know what a pastor was on that day, he now serves as the Journey Church head pastor for the Phoenixville campus. Along with seeking out those who haven’t found the church yet, a big focus is on community involvement and giving back.
“We don’t exist to do anything for ourselves,” Heller said.
On a weekly basis, the Boot Groups go out in the area to volunteer with the 10 strategic partners, which include Phoenixville non-profits like Good Samaritan Shelter and the Freedom Valley YMCA’s Phoenixville location. In addition, 10 percent of tithes go to local organizations.
“We want to be known for what we give, not what we take,” Heller said.
The church is hoping to find more strategic partners that can take on the large volume of volunteers sent out by the church each week. Everyone who calls Journey home serves the community in some capacity, Heller said.
For those wanting to check out Journey Church, Easter Sunday offers up a good opportunity. There will be a glow-in-the-dark Easter event at 11:30 a.m. at the Colonial, and the church will offer up Club 212 for its Journey Kids, geared to youngsters ages 3 to 12.
For more information on Journey Church, visit www.journeypa.tv.


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The use of recombinant activated FVII in postpartum hemorrhage
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2010;53((1):):219-227.
Severe bleeding remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in obstetrics. The first-line standard treatment of massive postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) includes medical measures directed at improving uterine tone, replacement of lost intravascular volume, blood and coagulation factors, and surgical or invasive procedures. Recently, a number of case reports or case series have reported the successful 'off-label' use of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in PPH unresponsive to conventional treatments. In this review, a critical analysis of the published literature on the use of rFVIIa in severe PPH was performed. Overall, a total of 272 PPH women were collected among the largest case series and/or international registries. No randomized controlled trials have been conducted in this area. Currently, the literature data suggest that, at a median dose of 81.5 mug/kg, rFVIIa is effective in stopping or reducing bleeding in 85% of the cases. Finally, on the basis of the evidence from the literature and on own experience, we included some recommendations and an algorithm on the therapeutic role of rFVIIa in the management of PPH.
A critical review on the use of recombinant factor VIIa in life-threatening obstetric postpartum hemorrhage
Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 2008;34((1):):104-12.
The objective of this review was to evaluate and summarize the current literature on the unlicensed use of the novel agent recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in the management of major postpartum hemorrhage. After a systematic electronic search without temporal limits on MEDLINE, EMBASE, OVID and SCOPUS, the bibliographic references of all retrieved studies and reviews were additionally assessed for further reports of clinical trials. Unpublished works were also identified by searching abstracts from the most eminent conferences on this topic. In total, there were 31 studies that fulfilled our inclusion criteria. These studies incorporated 118 cases of massive postpartum hemorrhage treated with rFVIIa. The median age of the patients was 31.4 years, and cesarean section appeared to increase the risk of postpartum hemorrhage. At a median dose of 71.6 mug/kg, rFVIIa was reported to be effective in stopping or reducing bleeding in nearly 90% of the reported cases. Based on the evidence from the literature, we give some recommendations on the use of rFVIIa in massive postpartum hemorrhage. Nevertheless, although these reports suggest the potential role of rFVIIa in treating massive postpartum hemorrhage refractory to standard therapy, we advise particular caution in interpreting these results, as they are derived from few and uncontrolled studies. Further evidence is needed using well-designed clinical trials to better assess the optimal dose, the effectiveness, and the safety of rFVIIa in such critical bleeding conditions.
Potential role of recombinant activated factor VII for the treatment of severe bleeding associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation: a systematic review
Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 2007;18((7):):589-93.
Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) is a novel hemostatic agent, originally developed for the treatment of hemorrhage in hemophiliacs with inhibitors, which has been successfully used recently in an increasing number of nonhemophilic bleeding conditions. In the present systematic review we report the existing literature data on the use of this hemostatic agent in severe bleeding, unresponsive to standard treatment, associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. A total of 99 disseminated intravascular coagulation-associated bleeding episodes treated with rFVIIa were collected from 27 published articles: in the majority of the cases, the underlying disorder complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation was a postpartum hemorrhage, while in the remaining cases it was a cancer, trauma, sepsis or liver failure. Although limited, the data available suggest that rFVIIa could have a potential role in this clinical setting. Large randomized trials are needed, however, to confirm the preliminary results and to assess the safety and dosing regimens of this agent in refractory bleeding associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation.


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India owns the largest livestock population in the world. Dairy farming is one of the important activities of the rural population of our country. This study was undertaken to assess the production constraints in dairying using semi structured interview schedule through exploratory method, involving 120 sample dairy farmers in two districts of Karnataka, viz. Kolar and Chikkaballapur. The study revealed that majority of the farmers are engaged in dairying from the last 25 years and it is an important subsidiary occupation for most of the respondents. Majority possess <4 dairy animals and also possess good information on dairying and most of them buy feed for their animals from the market. Study also revealed that majority of them sell their animals more frequently (every half yearly) and it was observed that lack of feed and fodder and high cost of production were the reason for the same. Unavailability of green fodder throughout the year, high cost of feed and fodder, poor conception rate through artificial insemination and poor knowledge about feeding and healthcare were the major constraints perceived by the dairy farmers. Animal husbandry income is negatively correlated with dairy production constraints while different categories of constraints are positively correlated with each other. Suitable extension and feeding strategies are required to combat the constraints so that it leads to better production.
How to cite: Harisha, M., Desai, A., Gopala, G., Biradar, C., & Savanur, M. (2019). Dairy Production Constraints in Kolar and Chikkaballapur Districts of Karnataka. International Journal of Livestock Research, 9(10), 148-154. doi: 10.5455/ijlr.20190522045027
Livestock sector has been playing an important role in Indian economy and plays a vital role in providing animal protein rich nutritive food, to the general public and in supplementing family incomes and generating gainful employment in the rural sector, particularly for the landless, small, marginal farmers and women. Distribution of livestock wealth in India is more egalitarian, compared to land. Hence, from the equity and livelihood perspectives, it is considered as an important component in poverty alleviation.
In India, dairying has been a source of livelihood to innumerable people and it provides gainful employment and ameliorates the socio-economic condition of millions of small, marginal lands less and women cattle owners scattered over large geographical area. Milk production in India is dominated by small, marginal farmers and landless labourers who in aggregate, own about 70 per cent of the national milch animal herd and are dispersed throughout the rural areas. In recent decades the dairy sector has emerged as an important source of rural employment and income in the country. Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts have the highest number of crossbred cattle and farmers here are mainly dependent on dairy activity due to inadequate rainfall. Hence, this study was taken up with an objective to assess the constraints faced by the dairy farmers in the study area.
Materials and Methods
The exploratory research design was adopted for the study to formulate a problem for more precise investigation and to develop working hypothesis from an operational point of view. Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts were selected purposively for the study since these two districts have good network of PMPCS under Kolar and Chikkaballapur District Milk Producers Co-operative Union Limited (KOMUL)and majority of the farmers in these districts depend upon animal husbandry, especially dairying due to lack of irrigation facility for agricultural activities. KOMUL is Karnataka’s second highest Milk Producing milk union in the state. Two taluks viz; Kolar and Malur from Kolar district and two taluks viz; Chintamani and Gudibande from Chikkaballapur district were purposively selected for the study. These taluks were selected as they were the highest and the lowest milk producing taluks in these districts, respectively. The main tool used for primary data collection was semi structured interview schedule. The interview schedule was developed in consultation with experts in the field of veterinary extension and livestock production management. Interview schedule was prepared in local language and also in English. It was pre-tested in the study area before going for actual data collection from the respondents. After pre-testing the schedule was refined for final data collection and the dairy farmers were personally interviewed in order to collect the data. A total of 120 dairy farmers were randomly selected and data were collected using semi structured interview schedule. The data that was obtained was subjected to statistical tools like frequency, percentage, correlation and the constraints in dairy production were analyzed and inferences were drawn. MS Excel 2010 and SPSS 20.0 software package were used for analysis.
Results and Discussion
The data presented in the Table 1 revealed that majority (80.00%) of the respondents had agriculture as their major occupation, while 81.67 per cent had animal husbandry as their major subsidiary occupation. The results are in conformity with the findings of Naik et al. (2013). This may be due to the continuation of ancestral traditional occupation of agriculture along with livestock rearing.
Table 1: Distribution of respondents based on important economic activities
|Dairy animal possession||<4||93||77.5|
|Involved in dairying (Years)||Last 25||81||67.5|
|Reasons for involving in dairy activity||Traditional/ Ancestral||21||17.5|
|Alternative commercial activity||37||30.83|
|Main source of income||41||34.17|
|For farmyard manure||24||20|
|Feed for animals||Own production||2||1.67|
|Own + Purchase||25||20.83|
|Sale of animals||Frequently||97||80.83|
|Reasons for animal sale||Low production||44||36.67|
|High cost of production||67||55.83|
|Higher price for animals||19||15.83|
|Lack of feed and fodder||56||46.66|
Majority (67.50%) of the respondents engaged in dairying since last 25 years and only few (06.67%) of them involved in this activity for more than 50 years. The reasons for involvement in dairying by the respondents were explored and majority (57.50%) of them revealed that they are involved in dairying for employment followed main source of income (34.17%), as an alternative commercial activity (30.83%), some (20.00%) of them for farmyard manure and only 17.50 per cent of the respondents involved in dairying as a traditional/ancestral activity. The reasons could be attributed to the fact that the study area receives very scarce rainfall which will not help in agriculture so dairying is the best option for the livelihood as it provides regular employment and sustainable income. Majority (77.50%) of the respondents possessed dairy animals of less than 4 number whereas 20.83 per cent of them possessed 4-8 number of dairy animals and only two of the respondents had a commercial dairy farms with more than 8 animals in their farms. This may be attributed to the fact that the dairy farming involves regular and continuous management and it is a labour oriented activity hence the farmers are going with lesser number of animals so that they can manage by their family members without any financial burden towards management.
With respect to the source of feed for dairy animals most (76.67%) of the respondents purchased feed from market while only two of the respondents were preparing the feed for their animals at their farms. These results might be due to the fact that preparation of feed requires pooling of ingredients and the farmers lack the technical knowledge about the ingredients and proportion of ingredients to be used in preparation of fodder hence they go for purchase of readymade feed from the milk producers’ cooperative societies and market. The data (Table 1) also revealed that majority (80.83%) of the dairy farmers sold their animals more frequently whereas few (3.33%) of the respondents rarely sold their animals. The reasons for sale of animals were also explored and revealed that high cost of production (55.83%) followed by lack of feed and fodder (46.66%) and low productivity of animals (36.67%). This is due to the fact that farmers could not manage more animals due to shortage of feed and fodder.
Constraints Perceived by Dairy Farmers in Milk Production in Kolar and Chikkaballapur Districts
Fig.1: Infrastructural constraints perceived by dairy farmers
It is evident from Fig.1, that major infrastructural constraints expressed by dairy farmers were unavailability of green fodder throughout the year (92.50%) followed by lack of improved equipment (59.17%), occasional availability of semen at the AI centre (42.50%), low average milk yield of the milch animals (35.00%), irregular and inadequate supply of cattle feed (35.00%), unavailability of vaccines (29.17%), infrequent visit of veterinary staff (11.67%). Only 7.50 per cent of the respondents had expressed unavailability of emergency veterinary services as their constraint. Unavailability of green fodder throughout the year was the main constraint in the study area which might be attributed to irregular rainfall, lack of suitable land for growing fodder, unavailability of fodder seeds/slips and unavailability of water for growing green fodder. These findings are in line with findings of Rathod et al. (2009) and Prasad et al. (2019) who reported that major problems identified in villages related to dairy farming were lack of knowledge about modern technologies, unavailability of veterinarian/para-veterinarian and unavailability of veterinary hospital/dispensary.
Fig. 2: Economic constraints perceived by dairy farmers
The major economic constraints expressed by dairy farmers (Fig. 2) were: high cost of feed and fodder (92.50%), followed by high cost of cross-bred cow (63.33%), low price of milk offered (56.67%), high cost of cattle feed and mineral mixture (51.67%), low provision of loan in society or government. for purchasing cattle (29.17%), low incentives or bonus for supplying milk (23.33%), high cost of veterinary medicines (18.33%), delay in payment of milk (10.00%), high charges of emergency veterinary services (8.33%), whereas, 6.67 per cent of the respondents opined as high charges for cattle insurance as their main constraint. Due to high cost of animals, feed and fodder etc. the production cost increase hence they feel low price for the milk and income from the dairying and these results were in line with results of Manoharan et al. (2003), Sarker and Ghosh (2010) and and Minhaj et al. (2019), who reported that high cost of supplement feed or mineral mixture was perceived as most serious constraint followed by high cost of dry fodder and non-availability of pasture.
Fig.3: Infrastructural constraints perceived by dairy farmers
The major technical constraints expressed by dairy farmers (Fig. 3) were poor conception rate through artificial insemination (80.00%), followed by lack of technical guidance (67.50%), poor knowledge about feeding and health care (52.50%), lack of knowledge about cheap and scientific housing of animal (28.33%), whereas, only 20.00 per cent of the dairy farmers had expressed unavailability of high genetic merit bull as the constraint. These constraints may be attributing to the reasons like lesser extension and awareness activities related to dairy activities like proper detection of heat in animals and time of insemination, scientific feeding practices etc. among the respondents. These findings are not in consonance with findings of Sarker and Ghosh (2010) and Minhaj et al. (2019), who reported that repeat breeding problem in dairy animals was perceived as most serious by the respondents followed by poor conception rate of A.I. and lack of good breeding stock.
Perusal of Table 2 depicts that age of the farmer and dairy animal procession has no significant correlation with the dairy production constraints. Family size is negatively correlated with infrastructural constraints. With more members in the family, there is more availability of human resource for the dairy production. Family labour is readily available to take care of health, breeding and feeding needs and infrastructure. Animal husbandry income is negatively correlated with all categories constraints. As more income is earned from the dairy production the same can be utilized for infrastructural needs, resources become affordable, services will be readily available on payment due to increased income. All categories of constraints are positively related to each other. The production practices are interrelated and constraint in one is linked with problem in other. A technical constraint may lead to infrastructural constraint and an infrastructural constraint may cause an economic constraint and so on.
Table 2: Correlations between dairy production constraints and socioeconomic parameters
|Infrastructural Constraints||Economic Constraints||Technical Constraints|
|Dairy Animal Possession||-0.041||0.05||0.009|
|Animal Husbandry Income||-.379**||-.185*||-.288**|
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed); **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
It could be concluded that, the majority respondents had different constraints in which unavailability of green fodder throughout the year, high cost of feed and fodder and poor conception rate through artificial insemination are the prime constraints hence in order to improve dairy production in the study area, there is a need for technical and institutional intervention to alleviate the identified constraints through dissemination of appropriate technologies and extension strategies for better feeding, artificial insemination, improved dairy animals supply and better access to feed and fodder and their conservation for lean periods, which will further improve the milk production and income of the dairy farmers.

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In Bengal, folk-songs can represent an encyclopedia of beliefs, theological doctrines and yogic practices, particularly for the Bauls and other heterodox religious movements that sprouted out of the Tantric – Sufi confluence. Studying songs as the fundamental corpus of a religious movement in practice is particularly important in the context of Bengali language and literature: for its first eight hundred years, the history of Bengali literature is consistently “a history of Bengali songs” (S. Cakrabarti 1990:13).
A vast number of songs performed by the Bauls have been composed by a Śākta saint called Bhaba Pagla (Bhaba “the mad”, 1902 - 1984), a witty and talented lyricist from Amta (Bangladesh) who is still renowned as a very talented musician, an ecstatic composer of religious songs (defined by the community as sādhanā saṅgīt) and an enlightened spiritual teacher, revered by his extraordinarily heterogeneous devotees as a realized saint and a perfected being with miraculous powers.
Within his historical context, Bhaba Pagla is one among the many little-known migrated gurus who had to leave East Bengal (today’s Bangladesh) in order to escape religious and political persecution, and find a shelter in a new homeland, i.e. West Bengal. The story of Bhaba Pagla and his community of disciples follows the journey of a cultural group displaced and resettled in a new “home” space across the border, where traditionally transmitted folk-songs came to represent also a sense of belonging, a shared territorial identity and a migrated repertoire of jealously preserved oral literature.
My research focused on the reception of Bengali esoteric songs and their understanding according to different kinds of audiences. How can the same song, concerning a boat in the middle of a stormy river, be interpreted as a metaphor of human life, of the human body, and of the female genitals? How can a song about death be interpreted as a song on ejaculation? Proposing oral exegeses of a selection of songs as evidences, I argue that the enigmatic metaphoric language employed by Bhaba Pagla in particular, and by Tantric literature in general, allows heterogeneous interpretations. These on one hand reinforce the creation of a new orthodox Hindu movement, while protecting, on the other hand, the transmission of secret esoteric beliefs and practices shared by unorthodox lineages of disciples.
Through the analysis of a selected set of interpretations of some of Bhaba Pagla's songs, I show how the form and literary devices utilized in Bhaba Pagla's sādhanā saṅgīt justify the emergence of apparently contradictory religious strands in different lineages within the same community; the evidences presented enable to uncover a connection between the way in which Bhaba Pagla's language is understood, and the increasing institutionalization and divinization of Bhaba Pagla as a twentieth-century Bengali representative of “religious madness” (McDaniel 1989; Feuerstein 2006).
The concealment of the esoteric doctrines in Bhaba Pagla’s cult tell us how an initially esoteric tradition may opt for disguising as an orthodox, devotional tradition for successful proselytism and institutionalization by some of its followers. In this sense, this study on Bhaba Pagla reveals how an esoteric cult is able to survive in the 21st century, and what are its strategies of transmission and self-defense from judgments and persecution; at the same time, both esoteric and exoteric teachings were already potentially contained in the message of Bhaba Pagla, each one addressed to a different audience of disciples. Such an inherent openness and ambiguity, I argue, is responsible for later institutionalization and "domesticization" of a number of Tantric religious movements.
A methodological aspect I address in my dissertation concerns the broader significance of the use of an “ethnography of metaphoric speaking” and the use of oral exegesis as a primary source. Inserted in the wider field of folkloristics and Indian religions, a methodology concerned with the study of local interpretations improves our understanding of religious practices and social change, to the extent that, while examining the functions of the songs' enigmatic language, we can gain information about performers/practitioners' beliefs on the body, longevity and health, on love and human relations, on rivalry and politics of power among the different branches of one lineage. The same approach could be applied more broadly in the study of ancient as well as contemporary Tantric literature in order to “step out of the text” and clarify much of the confusion that affected the field of Tantric studies in regards to transgressive and obscene language within religious literature.


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On Nanotech Today (http://nanotech-today.tv) brought to you by InTimeTV (http://www.intimetv.com) Dr. Ogan Gurel interviews Prof. Hamlin Jennings (Professor of Civil, Environmental Engineering and Materials Science at Northwestern University) discusses the production of concrete, its history and new results using neutron scattering and other experiments in understanding the nanostructure of portland cement and its calcium silicate hydrate constituents.
This is a YouTube excerpt of the full video which you can find at:
The discussion ranges between highlights of ancient Roman technologies used at the Pantheon to the interpretation of modern neutron scattering experiments conducted at the Argonne Advanced Photon Source synchrotron.
Nanotech Today – communicating trends and advances in nanotechnology worldwide on InTimeTV (http://www.intimetv.com/) and broadcasting live on the web each Saturday at 11 am (ET) /10am (CT) /8am (PT).
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Frank Lampard is back in the dug-out at Stamford Bridge – one of the Blues’ favourite sons, returning as manager in what amounts to something of a gamble for Chelsea. Having only relatively recently attained his training badges, and with experience limited to managing Derby County last season (a stint that impressed many within the
Frank Lampard is back in the dug-out at Stamford Bridge – one of the Blues’ favourite sons, returning as manager in what amounts to something of a gamble for Chelsea.
Having only relatively recently attained his training badges, and with experience limited to managing Derby County last season (a stint that impressed many within the game), he acknowledges that being pitched into running a top-five Premier League clubs is “the biggest challenge of my career”.
It’s hardly been a secret for the past few weeks, but from the moment Morrie Sarri’s never-wholly-acclaimed spell as gaffer ended last month with his return to Italy, Lampard was in the frame as a possible successor.
The major plus, as the club begins pre-season training with some friendlies in Ireland, is that Chelsea have not made a late, last-minute appointment this time around.
Lampard knows the squad – especially the youngsters – and with Jody Morris (also experienced as a youth coach at Chelsea) alongside him, there’s a fighting chance Chelsea will come out of the blocks flying.
The 41-year-old ex-England midfielder spent 13 years as a player at the club, where his name is still chanted during matches… often in connection with notching 200 goals for the Blues against the team where it all began, West Ham.
Lampard was in charge of Championship side Derby – his first job in management – for 14 months.
“I am not naive. I understand fans want success,” he said at a formal unveiling in the Drake Suite at Stamford Bridge shortly after lunchtime on Thursday. “I don’t see this as a risk. I am not fearful of the downsides.”
When asked if taking charge at Stamford Bridge, where he remains the club’s all-time leading goalscorer – partly through his fearless penalty-taking down the years – will be the biggest challenge he has faced, Lampard replied: “Yes.”
But this level-headed, unflappable former player knows how to keep things in perspective. He recalled how, arriving at the Bridge 19 years ago, his signing as a player had been questioned by some… particularly in the light of the pricetag of £11million! Today, that seems like small change.
He over-achieved at Derby, taking them to the play-offs and narrowly avoiding a promotion which would have given him a much harder decision to make had he succeeded in reaching the Premier League by that route.
Lamps stressed that he wasn’t assembling ‘an old boys’ club’ around him, despite the appointments of Morris as assistant, ex-Blues coach Chris Jones, former Chelsea midfielder Eddie Newton and under-23s coach Joe Edwards to his backroom staff.
Former goalkeeper Petr Cech, who played for Chelsea between 2004 and 2015, returned in June as technical adviser, while ex-team-mates Didier Drogba and Claude Makelele have also been linked with returns.
“It’s a very Chelsea-orientated team but what I want to make clear is this is not an old boys’ club,” said Lampard.
And the risk of a big club like Chelsea appointing someone with limited managerial experience? “I know it is an obvious question and I understand it. What I do believe is that I played under a lot of fantastic managers and learned a lot, and I think that stands me in good stead.
“I learned a lot at Derby and I know this club and how it works – but I have to prove that.”
Still, at least Chelsea start with an easy fixture… away to Man U on Sunday August 11!


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|Max. DC Input Voltage (V)||800|
|Start-up DC Input Voltage (V)||250|
|MPPT Operating Range (V)||200~700|
|Max. DC Input Current (A)||13+13||13+26|
|Max. Short Circuit Current (A)||19.5+19.5||19.5+39|
|Number of MPPT / Strings per MPPT||2/1||2/1+2|
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|Operating Phase||Three phase|
|Rated AC Grid Output Current (A)||15.7||21|
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|Safety EMC / Standard||IEC/EN 61000-6-1/2/3/4, IEC/EN 62109-1, IEC/EN 62109-2|
|AC Connection ||IP65 rated plug|
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- Q:What are the methods of photovoltaic grid-connected inverter control
- Inverter main circuit need to have a control circuit to achieve, generally have square wave and sine wave two control methods, square wave output inverter power supply circuit is simple, low cost, but low efficiency, harmonic components. Sine wave output is the development trend of the inverter, with the development of microelectronics technology, there are PWM function of the microprocessor has also come out, so the sine wave output inverter technology has matured.
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- Q:What is the PV inverter starting voltage
- sine wave becomes narrower and the voltage width in the center of the sine wave is widened and the switching element is always operated in a direction at a certain frequency in a half cycle, A pulse wave train (pseudo sine wave). Then let the pulse wave form a sine wave through a simple filter
- Q:Photovoltaic grid-connected inverter without DC emc how will happen
- light is obtained by the electrons of the semiconductor device, thus generating electrical energy. This energy conversion of light energy into energy, that is, solar cells. Solar cells, like transistors, are made of semiconductors. Its main material is silicon, and there are some other alloys. High-purity silicon used in the manufacture of solar cells is subject to special purification. Solar cells as long as the sun or light exposure,
- Q:What is the difference between a PV grid-connected inverter and an off-grid inverter?
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- Q:Solar grid inverter does not merge into the grid, direct access to the load to the load power supply?
- Which depends on the grid inverter in the absence of the grid there is no independent operation of the function of the general grid inverter is the current type, only responsible for the power to the grid, the voltage is maintained by the grid,
- Q:PV grid-connected inverter can directly load it?
- TL5001 operating voltage range of 3.6 ~ 40V, its internal with an error amplifier, a regulator, oscillator, a dead zone control PWM generator, low voltage protection circuit and short circuit protection circuit
- Q:How the output voltage of the PV inverter and the grid-connected voltage are determined
- supply through the cable to the battery. The use of household appliances connected to the power converter output can be used in the car a variety of electrical appliances. The available electrical appliances are: mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras, cameras, lights, electric razors, CD players, game consoles, handheld computers, power tools, car refrigerators and various tourism, camping, medical emergency appliances Wait.
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- Instability, the wind speed and the equipment itself will directly affect the generator rotation, so the voltage and current fluctuations, frequency instability, in short, is the power quality is poor) Therefore, through the inverter after the first rectification inverter to improve the quality of power
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Finally - I've taken some time to do some sewing. And I think I've been pretty productive the past couple of evenings.
This is block #3 of our Saturday Sampler. I really, really like the jewel tones of these batiks against the black solid background.
I did substitute the inner purple instead of the ones we got just because I liked the color combination better. But the fun thing about this project is that as long as I use another batik it should not make any difference in the outcome.

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The ex-con who raped a woman in the bathroom of a bar on East 27th Street last year, a crime that led the city to boot all the sex offenders from the 30th Street shelter, was sentenced to 20 years to life on Thursday.
Rodney Stover, 49, will do his time in a state prison for the April 2015 incident, after pleading guilty to three counts of predatory sexual assault. Stover had previously been convicted of rape in 1993 in Suffolk County.
Stover, who was staying at the Kips Bay men’s shelter last April, had hidden in the bathroom of the Turnmill bar, where he attacked the 23-year-old victim. As she tried to leave the bathroom, he grabbed her by the neck and forced her into a back stall while covering her mouth. Then he threatened her and raped her.
Four days later, Stover walked past the bar when an employee recognized him and called cops, who arrested him. Soon after that, the city moved all sex offenders out of the shelter, which is located at Bellevue Hospital’s Old Psych building.
“Rodney Stover lay in wait in a basement bathroom before attacking a young woman as she left the adjacent stall,” said District Attorney Cy Vance. “This brutal sex assault took place merely two months after the defendant was released from prison for a previous rape conviction. Thanks to the strength of this survivor, as well as the work of my Office’s prosecutors and the NYPD, this predator is no longer free to commit crimes against other women.”


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The Clipper was one of the most popular Packards, but its production was cut short by WWII. Had they produced the car instead of Rolls Royce plane engines I imagine there would might be driving a Packard today, rather than a Ford.
These houses were built for the use of the lighthouse keepers in 1913 (left) and 1916 (right). The second house was added when the entry added a fourth light and required a second rotation. Today, there are no unbroken windows in either building.
Like a railgun pointed at the Rockies… the boom would direct tailings–junk rock–outside of the dredge pond.
The top of the giant arched windows facing the Mississippi and the swing bridge.
Originally, this part of the dock was reserved for the weather station.
Here, you can see the edge of the foundation of the 19th century roundhouse.
This low brick building is interesting to me.
These concrete blocks were formed to be solid mounts for machinery. All the metal was scrapped in the late 1990s, leaving these modern ruins. Seagulls love them.

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Monday to Friday: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday: By appointment
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Danielle and Trevor Toomey
250 Grassy Head Road
Stuarts Point NSW 2441
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (02) 6569 0576


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This is one very good article, hockey fans take a look at this, in case you missed it. I believe that Nicholas J. Cotsonika has done everyone a service looking into this issue.
“He was on a panel where one of the panelists said the pro teams don’t care about their players, and what I said to Chris was, ‘Don’t you dare ever let anyone say that again,’ ” Burke said. “I said, ‘We’ve got to continue doing the work you’re doing, but we’ve got to play this game, too.’ “
Nowinski said they spoke for about 15 minutes. He said it was a good conversation, but a private one.


This paper describes an experimental study on H∞ control for vibration in multi-degree-of-freedom systems. An H∞ controller designed by using the reduced-order model makes a closed loop system, not only causing no spillover phenomena, but also controlling the vibration on the four-degree-of-freedom experimental model. The experimental results are very similar to the simulation results, and the efficiency of the H∞ control system is confirmed. Also experiments on frequency-shaped cost function LQG (H2) control design are performed in comparison with the H∞ optimal control. Because the H∞ optimal control has strong robust stability against the parameter variations, it can construct a more useful control system than H∞ control for a real control object.
|Number of pages||6|
|Journal||Jsme International Journal. Ser. C, Dynamics, Control, Robotics, Design and Manufacturing|
|Publication status||Published - 1994 Feb 1|
- H∞ Optimal Control
- Parameter Variations
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