text:
An energy gap can be opened in the spectrum of graphene reaching values as large as 0.2 eV in the case of bilayers. However, such gaps rarely lead to the highly insulating state expected at low temperatures. This long-standing puzzle is usually explained by charge inhomogeneity. Here we revisit the issue by investigating proximity-induced superconductivity in gapped graphene and comparing normal-state measurements in the Hall bar and Corbino geometries. We find that the supercurrent at the charge neutrality point in gapped graphene propagates along narrow channels near the edges. This observation is corroborated by using the edgeless Corbino geometry in which case resistivity at the neutrality point increases exponentially with increasing the gap, as expected for an ordinary semiconductor. In contrast, resistivity in the Hall bar geometry saturates to values of about a few resistance quanta. We attribute the metallic-like edge conductance to a nontrivial topology of gapped Dirac spectra.
The gapless spectra of mono- and bilayer graphene (MLG and BLG, respectively) are protected by symmetry of their crystal lattices. If the symmetry is broken by interaction with a substrate1,2 or by applying an electric field3,4, an energy gap opens in the spectrum. In BLG, its size Egap can be controlled by the displacement field D applied between the two graphene layers. Large gaps were found using optical methods5 and extracted from temperature (T) dependences of resistivity ρ at sufficiently high T (refs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10). Their values are in good agreement with theory. On the other hand, at low T (typically, below 50 K), ρ at the charge neutrality point (CNP) in gapped graphene is often found to saturate to relatively low values that are incompatible with large Egap (refs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). This disagreement is attributed to remnant charge inhomogeneity6,8,10 that results in hopping conductivity and, therefore, weakens T dependences. Alternative models to explain the subgap conductivity were proposed, too. They rely on the nontrivial topology of Dirac bands in gapped MLG and BLG12,13,14,15, which gives rise to valley-polarized currents13,14,15. Large nonlocal resistances were reported for both graphene systems at the CNP and explained by valley currents propagating through the charge-neutral bulk16,17,18. Graphene edges12,15, p–n junctions19 and stacking boundaries20 can also support topological currents. These conductive channels were suggested to shunt the insulating bulk, leading to a finite ρ. Experimentally, the situation is even more complicated because additional conductivity may appear for trivial reasons such as charge inhomogeneity induced by chemical or electrostatic doping21,22,23. Here we show that highly conductive channels appear near edges of charge-neutral graphene if an energy gap is opened in its spectrum. We tentatively attribute the edge channels to the presence of such unavoidable defects as, for example, short zigzag-edge segments12. Their wavefunctions extend deep into the insulating bulk where they sufficiently overlap to create a quasi-one-dimensional impurity band with little intervalley scattering and high conductivity. We believe that, in certain graphene devices, the localization length can be very long, comparable to typical distances between electric contacts, which effectively results in shunting the gapped bulk.
Josephson current distributions
We start with discussing behaviour observed for superconductor-graphene-superconductor (SGS) Josephson junctions. Our devices were short and wide graphene crystals that connected superconducting Nb electrodes24 (Fig. 1). Each device contained several such SGS junctions with the length L varying from 300 to 500 nm and the width W from 3 to 5 μm. To ensure highest possible quality24, graphene was encapsulated between hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) crystals with the upper hBN serving as a top gate dielectric and the Si/SiO2 substrate as a bottom gate (Fig. 1b). For details of device fabrication and characterization, we refer to ‘Methods’ section and Supplementary Note 1 and Supplementary Fig. 1. By measuring the critical current Ic as a function of perpendicular magnetic field B, the local density Js(x) in the x direction perpendicular to the supercurrent flow can be deduced25, as illustrated in Fig. 1c,d. This technique is well established and was previously used to examine, for example, edge states in topological insulators26 and wave-guided states in graphene22. In our report, we exploit the electrostatic control of the BLG spectrum to examine how Js(x) changes with opening the gap.
By varying the top and bottom gate voltages (Vtg and Vbg, respectively), it is possible to keep BLG charge neutral while doping the two graphene layers with carriers of the opposite sign (see Fig. 2a). This results in the displacement field D(Vtg,Vbg) that translates directly into the spectral gap3,4,5,6. Its size Egap(D) can be deduced not only theoretically but also measured experimentally, as discussed in section 1 of Supplementary Information Note 1. To quantify proximity superconductivity in our devices, we define their critical current Ic as the current at which the differential resistance dV/dI deviates from zero above our noise level24. With reference to Fig. 2b, Ic corresponds to the edge of the dark area outlined by bright contours. At high doping (Fermi energy >Egap) and low T, Ic is found to depend weakly on D, reaching values of a few μA μm−1, in agreement with the previous reports22,24,27. The supercurrent generally decreases with increasing junction’s resistance and becomes small at the CNP. Its value depends on Egap (Fig. 2b). Accordingly, the largest Ic in the neutral state is found for zero D (no gap) reaching ≈300 nA for the junction shown in Fig. 2. The value drops to 2 nA at D=±0.07 V nm−1, which corresponds to Egap≈7 meV. For larger gaps, Ic becomes smaller than 1 nA and could no longer be resolved because of a finite temperature (down to 10 mK) and background noise24.
We analyse changes in the interference pattern, Ic(B), with increasing D (that is, increasing Egap). At zero D, we observe the standard Fraunhofer pattern at the CNP, which is basically similar to that measured at high doping (cf. two top panels of Fig. 2c). Only absolute values of Ic are different because of different ρ, as expected24. The Fraunhofer pattern corresponds to a uniform current flow (Fig. 1c,d). In contrast, the interference pattern measured at the CNP for a finite gap is qualitatively different (see Fig. 2c; D=0.055 V nm−1). The phase of the oscillations changes by 90° and the central lobe becomes twice narrower. In addition, the side lobes no longer decay with increasing B but exhibit nearly the same amplitude (additional example in Supplementary Note 2 and Fig. 2). Such a pattern resembles the one shown schematically in Fig. 1d for the case of the supercurrent flowing along edges. The only difference with Fig. 1d is that in our case the central lobe remains higher than the others. For quantitative analysis, we calculated the inverse fast Fourier transform (FFT) of Ic(B), which yielded26 the current distributions Js(x) shown in Fig. 2d. The supercurrent is progressively pushed towards device edges with increasing the gap. This is already visible for D=0.025 V nm−1 but further increase in D suppresses the bulk current to practically zero, within the experimental accuracy of our FFT analysis (Fig. 2d and Supplementary Fig. 3). The accuracy is limited by a finite range of B in which the interference pattern could be detected (Supplementary Note 3).
For completeness, we have also studied SGS junctions that were fabricated using monolayer graphene placed on top of hBN and aligned along its crystallographic axes. Such alignment (within 1–2°) results in opening of a gap of ≈30 meV at the main CNP1,2, and secondary CNPs appear for high electron and hole doping1,2,16. Unlike for the case of BLG, Egap cannot be changed in situ in MLG devices, but one can still compare interference patterns for neutral and doped states of the same SGS junction and, also, use nonaligned junctions as a reference. Figure 3a,b shows typical behaviour of Ic as a function of carrier concentration n for SGS devices made from gapped (aligned) and gapless (nonaligned) MLG. In the gapped device, the supercurrent is suppressed not only at the main CNP but also at secondary CNPs. For all electron and hole concentrations away from the CNPs, both devices exhibit the standard Fraunhofer pattern indicating a uniform supercurrent flow (cf. top panels of Fig. 3c,d). The same is valid at the CNP in gapless graphene (Fig. 3d,f). In contrast, for gapped MLG, the interference pattern at the main CNP undergoes significant changes such that the phase and period of oscillations in Ic change (Fig. 3c; bottom panel), somewhat similar to the behaviour of gapped BLG at the CNP. Quantitative analysis using FFT again shows that, in gapped MLG, the supercurrent flows predominantly along graphene edges for n<±5 × 1010 cm−2 (Fig. 3e). The figure seems to suggest a shift of conductive channels from edges into the interior. This shift originates from the increase in the Fraunhofer period at the CNP in Fig. 3c and corresponds to a decrease in the junction’s effective area. However, we believe that this shift may arise from non-uniform doping along the current direction. Our MLG devices do not have a top gate and this allows doping by metal contacts to extend significantly (tens of nm) inside the graphene channel28, which reduces the effective length of the junction.
We emphasize that the observed redistribution of supercurrents towards edges is an extremely robust effect observed for all eight gapped graphene junctions we studied and in none without a gap (more than 10)24. In principle, one can imagine additional electrostatic and/or chemical doping near graphene edges21,22,23 (Supplementary Note 4), which would enhance their conductivity and, hence, favour local paths for supercurrent. This mechanism disagrees with the fact that edge supercurrents appeared independently of the CNP position as a function of gate voltage (residual doping in our devices varied from practically zero to <1011 cm−2) and were observed for devices with the top gate being only a few nm away from the graphene plane. The latter facilitates a uniform electric field distribution (Supplementary Fig. 4). Chemical doping at graphene edges was previously reported in non-encapsulated21 and, also, encapsulated but not annealed devices23. All our devices were encapsulated and thoroughly annealed, and some of them had edges that were fully covered by top hBN rather than exposed to air (Supplementary Figs 5 and 6). We also note our Josephson experiments yielded similar supercurrent densities at BLG edges, even in the case where the two edges were fabricated differently (one is etched as discussed above and the other cleaved and covered with hBN; see Fig. 1a). The latter observation in particular indicates little external doping along the edges. Importantly, we have found no evidence for enhanced transport along edges of similar but gapless graphene devices. To this end, we refer, for example, to Fig. 3e,f. In the gapped MLG device, near-edge Js reaches ≈100 nA μm−1. Such supercurrents would certainly be visible in the distribution profile of the non-gapped graphene at the CNP in Fig. 3f. All the above observations point at a critical role of the presence of the gap in creating local edge currents.
While providing important insights about the current flow, Josephson interference experiments are limited to small Egap such that junction’s resistance remains well below 1 MOhm allowing superconducting proximity. To address the situation for the larger gaps accessible in BLG devices, we compare their normal transport characteristics in the Corbino and Hall bar geometries. Because the Corbino geometry does not involve edges, such a comparison has previously been exploited to investigate the role of edge transport (for example, in the quantum Hall effect29). A number of dual-gated BLG devices such as shown in Fig. 4a were fabricated and examined over a wide range of D and T. Our experiments revealed a striking difference between ρ measured in the two geometries. In the Corbino geometry, ρ at the CNP rises exponentially with D and its value is limited only by a finite dielectric strength of ≈0.7 V nm−1 achievable for our hBN (Fig. 4b) and, at low T, by leakage currents. In contrast, in the Hall bar geometry, ρ at the CNP saturates at D as low as <0.2 V nm−1, reaching only a few tens of kOhms at all T (Fig. 4c). This disparity in the behaviour of the Hall bar and Corbino devices was observed under the same measurement conditions and despite the same or higher homogeneity in the former devices (Supplementary Note 5 and Supplementary Fig. 7). The profound difference unambiguously points at a finite conductivity caused by the presence of graphene edges, in agreement with the conclusions achieved from our Josephson experiments.
Another noteworthy distinction between the two geometries is their temperature dependences at the CNP. For T above 100 K, both Corbino and Hall bar devices exhibited the same activation behaviour ρ∝exp(Egap/2kBT) as expected for a semiconductor with the gap Egap (Fig. 4d). Our measurements over a wide range of D yielded Egap[meV]≈100 × D[V nm−1], in quantitative agreement with theory and previous reports5 (inset of Fig. 4d). At lower T, resistivity of the Corbino devices continued growing and is well described by hopping conductivity that may involve both nearest neighbour and variable range hopping6,8,9,10 (Fig. 4d). On the other hand, ρ(T) found using the Hall bars rapidly saturated below 100 K to values of a few resistance quantum RQ=h/e2 and changed little (by <30%) with decreasing T down 2 K. The saturation behaviour is similar to that observed for conductance along a p–n junction in oppositely biased BLG19, and along walls separating BLG domains with AB and BA stacking20.
Two possible scenarios for shunting the insulating state of gapped graphene have previously been put forward. Both rely on nontrivial topology of the gapped Dirac spectrum. One of them considers electronic states due to short zigzag segments15 that may be present even at relatively random edges12. Although these states decay exponentially into the gapped bulk, their penetration length ξ is very long with respect to the lattice constant a. For MLG and BLG, ξ can be estimated as ≈ħv/Egap and ħ/, respectively, where ħ is the reduced Planck constant, v the Fermi velocity in MLG and m the effective mass in BLG. For our typical gaps, ξ is about 10–20 nm, much larger than a. This suggests that wavefunctions of isolated zigzag states should strongly overlap inside the bulk creating a quasi-one-dimensional band. Moreover, because ξ/a≫1, the wavefunctions mostly reside in the bulk where there are little defects, which ensures that impurity bands are effectively protected against backscattering. The situation resembles the modulation doping used to achieve high-carrier mobilities in semiconductor quantum wells. The observed saturation of ρ to ∼RQ and the long-range nonlocal resistance reported previously16,17,18 imply that the mean free path along the quasi--one-dimensional channels can reach a micrometre scale for high-mobility graphene. Although numerical simulations12 yielded zero-T localization lengths at least an order of magnitude shorter than this scale, localization in the edge channels may be suppressed by a finite T and electron–electron interactions that are prominent especially in low-dimensional conductors. Such delocalization effects have so far not been investigated theoretically. The invoked edge channels would be consistent with our experimental observations. Obviously, the mean free path can vary from sample to sample and strongly depend on fabrication procedures, which may explain only weakly saturating behaviour that was reported in some gapped graphene devices16,17,19. In addition, there is a complementary scenario that also relies on the nontrivial topology of the gapped Dirac spectra but may not require zigzag segments. The valley Hall effect is inherent to gapped graphene and generates valley currents that flow perpendicular to applied electric field13,16. If injected from electric contacts into the gapped bulk, they are expected to become squeezed towards weakly conductive edges, similar to what is known for the case of the quantum Hall effect30 and in agreement with recent simulations for gapped MLG14. Lastly, let us mention another relevant suggestion that a weak confining potential at graphene edges may guide electronic states over large distances, independently of its strength22,31. In the latter scenario, an enhanced edge conductance is expected irrespectively of the gap size, which seems to contradict our experimental observation that there is little enhancement of near-edge supercurrent in the absence of the gap.
Our results can explain low apparent resistivity often observed for charge-neural gapped graphene at low temperatures, especially in devices made from high-quality graphene in which the bulk is expected to contribute little to either hopping conductivity or backscattering of edge modes5,6,7,8,9,10,11,19. Further experiments and theory are needed to distinguish between the possible scenarios described above and elucidate the nature of the reported edge conductance.
Mono- or bilayer graphene crystals were encapsulated between hBN crystals (typically, ≈30 nm thick) using the dry transfer technique as detailed previously32. The hBN-graphene-hBN stack was assembled on top of an oxidized Si wafer (300 or 90 nm of SiO2) and then annealed at 300 °C in a forming gas (Ar–H2 mixture) for 3 h. As the next step, we used the standard electron-beam lithography to create a poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) mask that defined contact regions. Reactive ion etching (Oxford Plasma Lab 100) was employed to make trenches in the heterostructure through the mask. We used a mixture of CHF3 and O2, which provided easy lift-off of PMMA, so that metal contacts could be deposited directly after plasma etching. This also allowed us to minimize contamination of the exposed graphene edges24. After this, for BLG devices, another metal film (typically, Au/Cr) was deposited on top of the heterostructure to serve as the top gate. To avoid the edges of graphene extending out of the metal gate, the latter is used as a part of the final etch-mask; the uncovered graphene between the contacts and the gate is protected by a second PMMA mask, allowing the metal gate to extend slightly at the crucial edge locations. For the Hall bar geometry, we often used an additional hBN crystal to cover the hBN-graphene-hBN stack after plasma etching, which allowed the metal film for the top gate to go over exposed graphene edges without touching them. To provide the central contact in Corbino devices, we used air bridges33. In some of our Josephson devices, graphene was not etched but made directly from cleaved crystals selected to have a strip-like shape. In this case, graphene edges were not exposed but fully encapsulated in hBN. Similar transport and Josephson behaviour was found in all cases, independent of the variations in fabrication procedures.
All electrical measurements were carried out in a He3 cryostat (Oxford Instruments) for T down to 0.3 K and, for lower T, in a dilution refrigerator with the base temperature of 10 mK (BlueFors Cryogenics). The differential resistance was measured in a quasi-four-terminal configuration (two superconducting leads for driving the current and the other two for measuring voltage) using a low-frequency lock-in technique. All electrical connections to our devices passed through a cold RC filter (Aivon Therma) placed close to the sample and additional AC filters were used outside the cryostats. At large displacement fields, our Corbino devices exhibited high resistivity such that the lock-in technique became inappropriate. In this case, we used dc measurements.
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.
How to cite this article: Zhu, M. J. et al. Edge currents shunt the insulating bulk in gapped graphene. Nat. Commun. 8, 14552 doi: 10.1038/ncomms14552 (2017).
Publisher's note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.
Hunt, B. et al. Massive Dirac fermions and Hofstadter butterfly in a van der Waals heterostructure. Science 340, 1427–1430 (2013).
Woods, C. R. et al. Commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride. Nat. Phys. 10, 451–456 (2014).
McCann, E. Asymmetry gap in the electronic band structure of bilayer graphene. Phys. Rev. B 74, 161403 (2006).
Ohta, T., Bostwick, A., Seyller, T., Horn, K. & Rotenberg, E. Controlling the electronic structure of bilayer graphene. Science 313, 951–954 (2006).
Zhang, Y. et al. Direct observation of a widely tunable bandgap in bilayer graphene. Nature 459, 820–823 (2009).
Oostinga, J. B., Heersche, H. B., Liu, X. L., Morpurgo, A. F. & Vandersypen, L. M. K. Gate-induced insulating state in bilayer graphene devices. Nat. Mater. 7, 151–157 (2008).
Xia, F., Farmer, D. B., Lin, Y. M. & Avouris, P. Graphene field-effect transistors with high on/off current ratio and large transport band gap at room temperature. Nano Letts. 10, 715–718 (2010).
Zou, K. & Zhu, J. Transport in gapped bilayer graphene: the role of potential fluctuations. Phys. Rev. B 82, 081407 (2010).
Taychatanapat, T. & Jarillo-Herrero, P. Electronic transport in dual-gated bilayer graphene at large displacement fields. Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 166601 (2010).
Yan, J. & Fuhrer, M. S. Charge transport in dual gated bilayer graphene with Corbino geometry. Nano Lett. 10, 4521–4525 (2010).
Weitz, R. T., Allen, M. T., Feldman, B. E., Martin, J. & Yacoby, A. Broken-symmetry states in doubly gated suspended bilayer graphene. Science 330, 812–816 (2010).
Li, J. A., Martin, I., Buttiker, M. & Morpurgo, A. F. Topological origin of subgap conductance in insulating bilayer graphene. Nat. Phys. 7, 38–42 (2011).
Lensky, Y. D., Song, J. C. W., Samutpraphoot, P. & Levitov, L. S. Topological valley currents in gapped dirac materials. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 256601 (2015).
Kirczenow, G. Valley currents and nonlocal resistances of graphene nanostructures with broken inversion symmetry from the perspective of scattering theory. Phys. Rev. B 92, 125425 (2015).
Castro, E. V., Peres, N. M. R., dos Santos, J. M. B. L., Castro, A. H. & Guinea, F. Localized states at zigzag edges of bilayer graphene. Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 026802 (2008).
Gorbachev, R. V. et al. Detecting topological currents in graphene superlattices. Science 346, 448–451 (2014).
Sui, M. et al. Gate-tunable topological valley transport in bilayer graphene. Nat. Phys. 11, 1027–1031 (2015).
Shimazaki, Y. et al. Generation and detection of pure valley current by electrically induced Berry curvature in bilayer graphene. Nat. Phys. 11, 1032–1036 (2015).
Li, J. et al. Experimental observation of edge states at the line junction of two oppositely biased bilayer graphene. Preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03912 (2015).
Ju, L. et al. Topological valley transport at bilayer graphene domain walls. Nature 520, 650–U356 (2015).
Chae, J. et al. Enhanced carrier transport along edges of graphene devices. Nano Lett. 12, 1839–1844 (2012).
Allen, M. T. et al. Spatially resolved edge currents and guided-wave electronic states in graphene. Nat. Phys. 12.2, 128–133 (2016).
Woessner, A. et al. Near-field photocurrent nanoscopy on bare and encapsulated graphene. Nat. Commun. 7, 10783 (2016).
Ben Shalom, M. et al. Quantum oscillations of the critical current and high-field superconducting proximity in ballistic graphene. Nat. Phys. 12, 318–U151 (2016).
Dynes, R. C. & Fulton, T. A. Supercurrent density distribution in Josephson junctions. Phys. Rev. B 3, 3015 (1971).
Hart, S. et al. Induced superconductivity in the quantum spin Hall edge. Nat. Phys. 10, 638–643 (2014).
Calado, V. E. et al. Ballistic Josephson junctions in edge-contacted graphene. Nat. Nanotechnol. 10, 761–764 (2015).
Blake, P. et al. Influence of metal contacts and charge inhomogeneity on transport properties of graphene near the neutrality point. Solid State Commun. 149, 1068–1071 (2009).
Dolgopolov, V. T., Shashkin, A. A., Zhitenev, N. B., Dorozhkin, S. I. & von Klitzing, K. Quantum Hall effect in the absence of edge currents. Phys. Rev. B 46, 12560–12567 (1992).
Ikushima, K., Sakuma, H., Komiyama, S. & Hirakawa, K. Visualization of quantum Hall edge channels through imaging of terahertz emission. Phys. Rev. B 76, 165323 (2007).
Kamphol Akkaravarawong, O. S. & Levitov, L. Ballistic guided electron states in graphene. Preprint at http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.04185 (2015).
Kretinin, A. V. et al. Electronic properties of graphene encapsulated with different two-dimensional atomic crystals. Nano Lett. 14, 3270–3276 (2014).
Borzenko, T., Gould, C., Schmidt, G. & Molenkamp, L. W. Metallic air-bridges fabricated by multiple acceleration voltage electron beam lithography. Microelectron Eng. 75, 210–215 (2004).
We acknowledge support from EPSRC - EP/N010345/1, and from the European Research Council ARTIMATTER project - ERC-2012-ADG.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Supplementary Figures, Supplementary Notes and Supplementary References (PDF 1341 kb)
Rights and permissions
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
About this article
Cite this article
Zhu, M., Kretinin, A., Thompson, M. et al. Edge currents shunt the insulating bulk in gapped graphene. Nat Commun 8, 14552 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14552
This article is cited by
Hydrodynamic approach to two-dimensional electron systems
La Rivista del Nuovo Cimento (2022)
Engineering symmetry breaking in 2D layered materials
Nature Reviews Physics (2021)
Long-range nontopological edge currents in charge-neutral graphene
Coherent control of a hybrid superconducting circuit made with graphene-based van der Waals heterostructures
Nature Nanotechnology (2019)
Imaging work and dissipation in the quantum Hall state in graphene
By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

domain: literature


Sydney: The so-called `obesity epidemic` has been grossly exaggerated by both the media and the medical mainstream, according to an expert.Michael Gard at the Charles Sturt University, Australia, argues that in their attempts to raise awareness about obesity, researchers and health authorities completely misrepresented the size and nature of the problem."Obesity rates have been stable or falling around the western world for over 10 years. Health in most western countries is improving, while obesity is simply one among the many health challenges we face," a Charles Sturt statement quotes Gard as saying.
"The (latest) book will inform those who are interested in the way western countries tend to breed health panics," Gard says. "While there was an element of truth about the obesity `epidemic`, it never was, and is not now, nearly as serious as declared by some. The book is a case study in how and why health panics - as scientific, political and cultural issues - grow and spread," he adds.IANS
Rahul Gandhi addresses FICCI meet
Is AAP afraid to form a govt?
Adarsh scam: A tale of greed and nepotism?
Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung recommends President`s rule in Delhi


text:
South Coast Avalanche Forecast
Jan 3rd, 2020 4:00PM
The alpine rating is Storm Slabs., the treeline rating is , and the below treeline rating is Known problems include
Expect to find rapidly changing conditions with elevation. Travel in alpine and treeline avalanche terrain is not recommended. Travel below treeline will require conservative decision-making if you find 20 cm or more of dry snow, as it may not bond well to the snowpack.
FRIDAY NIGHT: Cloudy with rain switching to snow, accumulation 10 to 30 cm, strong southwest wind, treeline temperature 0 C, freezing level 1600 m dropping to 600 m by the morning.
SATURDAY: Cloudy with light snowfall, accumulation 5 cm, moderate southwest wind, treeline temperature -4 C, freezing level 700 m.
SUNDAY: Cloudy with snowfall, accumulation 20 to 40 cm, moderate southwest wind, treeline temperature -2 C, freezing level 800 m.
MONDAY: Cloudy with snowfall, accumulation 30 to 40 cm, strong southwest wind, treeline temperature 0 C, freezing level 1100 m.
Storm slab avalanches likely released naturally on Friday at alpine elevations, where over 70 cm of snow may have accumulated. Wet loose avalanches may have occurred at and below treeline, where the precipitation fell as rain.
Over 70 mm of precipitation fell on the mountains on Thursday into Friday, with a freezing level around 1400 m to 1600 m. This formed rain-soaked snow below about 1400 m and thick storm slabs above. As freezing levels drop on Friday night, around 10 to 30 cm of more snow will accumulate at alpine and treeline elevations and likely closer to 5 to 10 cm at below treeline elevations.
The snowpack depth near treeline is around 140 to 180 cm, which diminishes rapidly at lower elevations.
Terrain and Travel
- Travel in alpine terrain is not recommended.
- Make observations and assess conditions continually as you travel.
- Be alert to conditions that change with elevation.
- Avoid areas with overhead hazard.
Friday's storm brought mostly rain to the area, except for alpine elevations where over 70 cm of snow may have accumulated. As the freezing levels drop into Saturday, rain will switch to snow at all elevations. Around 10 to 30 cm of snow may accumulate, which could form touchy slabs that may not bond well to the underlying snow. Best to avoid alpine and treeline avalanche terrain. Below treeline, assess the amount of snow and its bond to the underlying layer as you travel prior to committing to avalanche terrain.
Valid until: Jan 4th, 2020 5:00PM

domain: geography


Has the pupil got the beating of his teacher? Ehrlacher holds the edge over Uncle Yvan in WTCR
Yvan Muller admitted he had no answer to his nephew Yann Ehrlacher’s pace when the 2020 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup began in Belgium last weekend.
Ehrlacher beat his uncle to victory number three in WTCR and his first for Cyan Racing Lynk & Co following a strong effort at Circuit Zolder.
Afterwards, Muller – the four-time FIA World Touring Car champion – said: “I can’t follow his rhythm. He was faster than me. That’s why I am pleased with this second place. For me it’s like a victory. We did the same in China last year where we were first and second and now we do the opposite, so I’m very pleased of that.
“It’s quite fantastic to share that in the same family, I am more than double his age. I’ve taught him everything I know since he was 17, so it’s perfect. Perfect timing.”
Ehrlacher said: “The race went really well and I’m really pleased. A family podium with Yvan so let’s say our weekend is well accomplished.”
The 2020 WTCR season continues at the Nürburgring Nordschleife from September 24-26. Ehrlacher heads to Germany the Goodyear #FollowTheLeader, 22 points in front of Muller.


text:
Grownup coloring guide webpages can offer hrs of leisure and relaxation for crafters of all ages. These paper crafts are not merely tension-relieving, they generate wonderfully coloured pages when they are completed. Nonetheless, It is really sometimes not easy to know how to proceed with your amazing, printable coloring pages when you are completed with them. Without the need of getting projects to help make with coloring webpages, its less likely your creations can get the appreciation they ought to have.Anxiety not, mainly because this enjoyable listing of assignments for making with adult coloring internet pages is your remedy. With these wonderful ideas for how to proceed with coloring guide webpages, prior to deciding to comprehend it you will have various crafts ranging from Do-it-yourself residence decor to paper crafts for kids.
After i must change my concentration or exercise my very own worry reduction, I split these guides out. They have got numerous makes use of and reasons a large number of are not aware about, past the apparent outcomes of magnificence and enjoyment. Let us take a look at their works by using a bit nearer.Adult coloring guides can help with quite a few psychological and psychological health issues. For many, boredom, deficiency of framework, and anxiety are the best triggers they have got. This applies to people today with obsessive-compulsive disorders, stress Ailments, worry Diseases, depressive Ailments, eating and binge consuming Ailments, anger administration challenges, and material abuse concerns. Time and focus that adult coloring takes will help the individual eliminate the focus through the negative problems and habits, and concentration them in a safe and productive way.These pursuits may help greatly with people with PTSD, nervousness, and anxiety challenges, because they quiet down our amygdala.  Here is the A part of the Mind that controls our fight or flight reaction, and keeps people today in a very heightened point out of fret, worry, and hyper-vigilance, when it can be Energetic.
This might sound Unusual, and like perhaps the usefulness is staying stretched, however it is all real. Our frontal lobes are answerable for these increased level pursuits and functions with the Mind, and coloring detailed images activates all Individuals properties. Imagine taking into consideration intricate color techniques, and utilizing the Mind to harmony and make the image aesthetically pleasing.Coloring makes use of both hemispheres in the brain, proper and remaining. When we are thinking of stability, color possibilities, making use of colored pencil to paper, we have been focusing on challenge solving and good motor competencies. We have talked a great deal about exactly where they would be proposed by psychologists, but This is when they could pretty handy for occupational therapy in addition.

domain: hobby


text:
Severe weather to keep slamming south-central U.S. through midweek
More lives and property will be at risk as the severe weather onslaught continues across the south-central United States through midweek before the dangers shift eastward on Thursday.
As AccuWeather has been warning about since last week, it has been and will continue to be a dangerous few days across the nation's Heartland with violent storms to the south and flooding rainfall to the north.
Nearly two dozen preliminary tornadoes were reported on Sunday from Texas to Nebraska, with most of the tornado activity occurring in Kansas.
The severe weather risk into Wednesday will target some of these same areas that were hit on Sunday and again on Monday.
"Tuesday and Wednesday may be big days for severe weather including strong tornadoes," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.
Coverage of the storms into Tuesday night is expected to stretch from southeastern Colorado and far eastern New Mexico through western and central Texas, Oklahoma and into southern Kansas.
Dodge City, Kansas; to Amarillo and Midland, Texas; and Oklahoma City will lie within the heart of this zone where damaging winds, large hail, downpours and tornadoes will all be possibilities.
Motorists through this area, including on stretches of interstates 20, 27, 35 and 40, will need to be wary of these threats, in addition to the poor visibility that the downpours will bring.
The hail can be large enough to inflict significant damage on cars and siding and injure anyone who has not taken proper shelter.
Drenching, gusty storms can also pulse through eastern Kansas and central Missouri on Tuesday, heightening the risk of flooding.
Flash flooding was already ongoing across southeastern Kansas on Monday night, with many northeastern counties under flash flood warnings.
The severe storm risk will slowly march eastward at midweek, targeting the I-35 corridor, mainly between I-10 and I-70.
"The severe weather threat on both Wednesday and Thursday will shift away from the wide-open spaces of the High Plains to the more heavily populated areas on the lower Plains and the Mississippi and Ohio valleys," Sosnowski said.
San Antonio; Dallas; Oklahoma City; Kansas City, Missouri; and Little Rock, Arkansas; are among the larger metro areas that will be at risk for damaging storms on Wednesday and Wednesday night.
Similar to Tuesday, all modes of severe weather will be possible, including strong tornadoes.
It will be vital for people throughout the areas at risk to stay aware of the rapidly changing weather conditions.
Download the free AccuWeather app to receive the latest severe weather alerts and know the exact timing of storms with exclusive AccuWeather MinuteCast®.
The risk of flash flooding will increase with each round of thunderstorms that moves through the South Central states.
A push of drier air will end the severe weather risk across the central and southern Plains on Thursday, while pushing it farther east.
Thursday's threat zone will stretch along an approximate 1,300-mile-long swath from the lower Great Lakes to south-central Texas.
By Thursday, the threat of storms with damaging wind gusts, large hail and flooding rainfall may be substantial, according to Sosnowski.
While the risk of tornadoes will be lower this day, an isolated spin up or two cannot be ruled out.
Keep checking back for updates on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.


text:
WANNING, China, Oct. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wanning, a coastal city on China's southern tropical island of Hainan Province, has been exploring a distinctive pattern to boost its tourism industry in the wave of smart city construction in China.
The city, which strives to boost its tourist industry by investing huge to make itself "smarter" was among the 193 Chinese trial cities that have been approved by the country's urban planning authorities over the past year to develop into "smart cities." "To achieve the construction goal of smart city, we have established an industries alliance of smart tourism in Wanning, which we call it 'smart tourism'," said Zhang Meiwen, mayor of Wanning.
Based on the industries alliance, the 16 member companies are trying to establish one-stop services that integrate food, lodging and shopping services for tourists. By combining all the tourism products, tourists could experience easy and fun travel in the city.
"Smart tourism is the biggest characteristic of smart construction in Wanning. Even there are many difficulties to overcome, still we have already taken the first step on smart city construction," the leader of the project told the press.
The smart city program, initiated last November in China, was part of the country's efforts to explore ways to foster a new type of urbanization. Analysts believe that the program has presented a beautiful picture for both the country's future urban life and the potential of its economic growth.
SOURCE Business Operation Service Center of Global Smart City Summit Forum

domain: news


text:
ALL >> Business >> View Article
Cheap Payday Loans For People On Benefits: Tackle The Entire Situation
Total Articles: 61
Are you not eligible physically or mentally? It is really a big hurdle in the progress. People can not progress at all because disabled people do not have any kind of permanent source of income. These people take the shelter under the scheme of DSS benefits that are offered by the government to the incapable people. But these disabled people need to tackle some problems that are not being able to be solved with the help of these benefits. That’s the reason; they have been looking for some funds in order to confront the unexpected problems. Physically or mentally challenged people are able to acquire some urgent bucks from cheap payday loans for people on benefits that have been figured out after considering the needs and wants of the poor disabled people. With the help of these loans, the applicants are able to get rid of their entire bills and debts with no difficulty at all. The miserable candidates do not have to be into the loads of time consuming process because the above mentioned loads are brimmed with the suitable terms and conditions for the miserable disabled people. These loans are fit for disabled people because the lender puts the easier terms and conditions in front of the borrowers.
The applicants need to complete the entire required tasks in due course. Thus, the borrowers are allowed borrowing the urgent loan amount that is adequate for the elimination of the entire unseen fiscal crises. These loans are suitable help of finance for those people, who do not possess the valuable collateral. The precious collateral is replaced by the entire basic details of the borrowers. These fundamental details consist of the permanent residential proof, age proof, current or saving bank account number, bank statement, the dependency proof on DSS benefits and all that. Only then, physically or mentally challenged people are served the loan.
The suitable loan provider provides collateral free help of funds that range from £80 to £750. The funds are mechanically and quickly sanctioned into the six months old valid bank account of the borrowers within round the clock because cheap payday Loans for People on Benefits provide the hassle free service to the needy and the helpless. Thus, the miserable disabled people are able to dispose of their entire problems with no restriction and pay back the procured amount within the flexible repayment duration of 2 weeks to 4 weeks.
Barnes Dante is a veteran author of loan. Presently, he is penning down of Loans for People on Benefits and manifolds loans. For getting some more information of loans for bad credit, Get Cash in Your Saving Account by Means of Bad Credit Cash Loans at cheap rate etc.
Business Articles1. Why You Must Discover The Piano
Author: Shanna Cazneaux
2. An Affordable Virtual Office Service
Author: Unknown Member
3. How To Get Debt Consolidation Loans With Lowest Interest Rates
Author: Nicole jiang
4. Purchasing Guide For Recreations Headphones
Author: Natasha Grice
5. The Best Email Marketing Software For Small Business
Author: Ravi Shankar Upahdyay
6. Carpet Cleaners In Orange County
7. How Moneylender Services Can Help You Consolidate Your Loan Requirement
Author: Nicole jiang
8. Carpet Cleaning In California
9. Crucial Industrial Lifting Accessories And Importance Of Their Inspection
Author: Asmita Lokhande
10. Easy Ways To Bring Down Your Heating & Cooling Costs
Author: Ron Neeley
11. Personalized Jute Bags Are A Must In 2017
12. Wedding Jute Bags - The Most Appealing Type Of Wedding Bags
13. Best Ticket Exchange Service
14. Jute Gift Bags - The Most Appealing And Eco-friendly Gift Bags
15. Fancy Jute Bags - How Fancy Can You Be?

domain: finance


text:
rocket pesto with local ingredients and pasta recipe with peas and rocket pesto
I have been making rocket pesto every season for a few years since I have been growing rocket. Pesto made with rocket leaves, especially the arugula variety is quite flavourful and I prefer it over basil pesto any day.
The arugula variety of rocket grows really well and we keep using the tender leaves for our salads and in omelets but once the plants prepares for flowering the leaves start getting more peppery and one can’t use them as liberally as one would want. The pesto is the solution for the overly peppery mature leaves of arugula as the nuts and oil tone down the sharpness.
In recent years I have started making my pesto with locally available cold pressed oils and the result has been quite encouraging. I love using sesame oil in my pesto, especially when it is made of peppery arugula leaves. Also I have started making all my pesto without cheese as it makes better sense to add the cheese when finishing the dish rather than adding it to the pesto which is made in bulk and is stored for at least a month. Making the pesto without cheese makes it more versatile too, sometimes I use Parmesan shavings over pasta dishes, sometimes cheddar cheese when I smear the pesto over my sourdough pita breads, sometimes a vegan cheese when using the pesto over pizza. You get the drift.
This rocket pesto recipe is actually more of a garden pesto recipe that uses whatever leafy greens are growing in the garden in the particular season. I had some nice baby spinach leaves and used them as I wanted to tone down the peppery taste of mature rocket leaves further, the spinach worked really well. And to my surprise a friend messaged me after I shared the rocket pesto pasta on Instagram that she made spinach and basil pesto inspired by this recipe using sesame oil as I did. Needless to say the use of home grown herbs and leafy greens and locally available oils in a pesto recipe is an idea that goes a long way in making it flavourful and healthier. We are never sure of the quality of olive oil we get in India so using more of the local oils is a better idea.
(To make about 800 gm of pesto)
300 gm arugula leaves
100 gm baby spinach
100 gm green garlic leaves and bulbs
100 gm walnuts
100 gm cashews
100+100 ml or more cold pressed sesame oil (I used Organic India sesame oil)
Salt and pepper to taste
Chop all the greens roughly.
Fill everything in the blender jar, saving 100 ml of the oil, and blend using the pulsing action of your blender because you want a coarse paste and not a very smooth mix. Keeping the pesto coarse is the key, it is better done in a traditional mortar and pestle but convenience takes over and I end up using the blender all the time. Make sure the pulsing mode of the blender is used to make pesto always.
Empty the pesto in a sterilised glass jar, press it down with a spoon and pour the remaining oil over the surface so it keeps fresh in the refrigerator. I pour a lot more oil because the oil comes handy when making pasta or other dishes using the pesto.
Refrigerate the pesto immediately, it keeps well for a months. Take care to use dry spoons when taking out required amount of pesto from the jar and maintain a layer of oil over the surface always, pour a bit more oil if needed. The oil gets infused with the pesto and can be used for salad dressings if you like. I take out some oil every time I scoop out the pesto to make a pasta dish like this.
To make the penne and peas pasta with rocket pesto, boil penne (or any other pasta) in salted water. Add peas half way through the boiling pasta and strain them together once both are cooked, the pasta needs to be al dente when you drain it, as it keeps cooking in its own heat even after you strain it.
Add a generous dollop of pesto along with some of its oil to the cooked mix of pasta and peas, toss well to coat and serve as desired. We love this as a cold pasta dish and it is often packed in Arvind’s lunch box, I pack for myself too and keep it on the dining table so I don’t forget in between my writing work. We always have it with soft boiled eggs but feel free to serve some chicken nuggets or sautéed shrimps with it. Sometimes I add cubes of paneer to the pasta dish and it becomes a complete one pot meal.

domain: food


text:
“Spring is in the air and there is krill in the ocean, which is full of food,” Christian Schmidt, guide for North Sailing, Húsavík, northeast Iceland, told Morgunblaðið.
The whale watching season has started and Skjálfandaflói Bay is full of life. This is the time of year when whales return from southern waters in search of food. They stay here until autumn, accumulating fat or blubber, which serves as a food reserve for the breeding season in southern waters. Whale watching season runs from April to October, with peak season being June, July and August.
Lately, North Sailing has been offering two to three whale watching tours a day, using the Náttfari and Bjössi Sör boats. Next week, already, other visits will be added to the program.
“We have seen a number of whales on our tours over the past few days,” says Christian. “There were humpback whales near Lundey Island and minke whales near the Kinnarfjöll mountains. The number of whales increases a lot at this time of the year. The tours last about three hours, and in addition to seeing whales, our passengers were able to observe unique bird life. [Lundey island, for example, is a haven for puffins, its name meaning ‘puffin island.’]
Christian is from Germany and has worked for North Sailing since 2009. He spends up to nine months a year in Iceland. “Tourists are flocking to the country, and lately we have had passengers from Germany, Spain, Italy, France and many other countries,” he notes.


BALTIMORE (WJZ)– A man is injured on the job at the Domino Sugar Factory.
Firefighters tell WJZ that a 66-year-old man got his right arm caught in a large piece of machinery on Saturday.
Co-workers worked together to dissemble the machine. It took nearly two hours.
Once freed, the man was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center with serious injuries.
The company has not yet commented on the accident.


[Whitepaper] The Future of Pharmacovigilance
With cost-reduction pressures on one the one hand and dwindling safety talent on the other, there is a need to rethink traditional Pharmacovigilance (PV) strategies. As pharmaceutical companies step up their global PV transformation strategies, more effective PV processes are required, supported by robust technology, including cloud-based solutions, mobile applications, robotic automation, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics, translating into smarter (but not necessarily higher) spend for PV activities.
Technology solutions are already a vital cog in safety operations in the pharmaceutical industry, given their strategic role in worldwide PV systems. While this notion of technology as an enabler to transformation carries across all areas of product development, it is evident that applying innovative technology automation tools and processes to pharmacovigilance is no longer an option but a must have. Companies that recognize the importance of integrating newer, disruptive technologies and use these to fundamentally alter the drug safety continuum will see greater success in managing the safety of their products.
Download the WP to learn how your safety organization can implement automation technologies to enable process and cost efficiencies, improve resource allocation and ensure compliance and quality.


text:
M*A*S*H || One Gifset per episode
∟ 3x10 - There is Nothing like a Nurse
Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who reads ancient scrolls written in a forbidden tongue and summons nightmarish beings from beyond the mortal plane.
Jimmy Stewart, Olivia de Havilland and Bette Davis, 1940
Audrey in Rome
Do you want to build a pentagonal dodecahedron…..?
It doesn’t have to be a pentagonal dodecahedron.
Spring dresses, 1950s

domain: library


text:
While some may know Michael Bay best for blockbusters like Bad Boys and Armageddon, there are plenty of people who mainly associate him with the Transformers movies. Bay directed the first five installments in the robots in disguise’s film series, and while all those movies each pulled in more than $500 million worldwide, critical reception ranged from mixed to undeniably negative. In hindsight, Bay now realizes he should have followed Steven Spielberg’s advice and not made as many Transformers movies.
After delivering the Ryan Reynolds-led 6 Underground for Netflix in 2019, Michael Bay is back on the theatrical scene with Ambulance, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. It arrives five years after Bay’s last Transformers movie, The Last Knight. During an interview with Unilad, Bay acknowledged that while his Transformers movies were moneymakers, he spent too long in the director’s chair with this franchise, saying:
So if Michael Bay had listened to Steven Spielberg, he would have called it a proverbial day with 2011’s Dark of the Moon, Granted, it and 2009’s Revenge of the Fallen weren’t nearly as well received as the first live-action Transformers movies, but they were bigger moneymakers, so Bay could have left on a general high note. But as Bay mentioned, Paramount asked him to stick around for Age of Extinction and The Last Knight, and because he had a good time making cinematic Transformers tales, he obliged.
While Age of Extinction ended up being the first Transformers movie to cross the $1 billion mark, neither it nor The Last Knight impressed on the critical front. Furthermore, The Last Knight is the worst commercially performing entry in the main film series, with only the 2018 spinoff Bumblebee trailing behind it. Michael Bay also said that he’s “passionate” about any movie he does, so it’s not like he slacked off with the later Transformers movies. Still, it would be interesting to see where the franchise would be now if Bay had listened to Spielberg and stepped aside for someone else to take the helming reins on entry #4.
Although Michael Bay’s time directing Transformers movies is done, he was credited as a producer on Bumblebee, and the same goes for next year’s Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. So while he does still have a hand in the Transformers franchise’s creative process, he’s no longer the person leading the directorial charge. Kubo and the Two Strings’ Travis Knight succeeded Bay on Bumblebee, and Creed II’s Steven Caple Jr. was tapped to direct Rise of the Beasts, with both movies taking place long before Shia LaBeouf’s Sam Witwicky met Optimus Prime.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will hit theaters on June 9, 2023, and is one of several upcoming Transformers movies on the docket. Meanwhile, you can see Michael Bay’s Ambulance on the big screen starting April 8.

domain: entertainment


Following on from the goNORTH announcement, it has just been announced that local favourites, The Side, will be supporting Simple Minds in the forthcoming Summer in the City.
With the latest EP almost complete and the recent announcement that the they would be supporting Texas at a forthcoming Luxembourg festival, it looks as if it’s going to be a good summer indeed for The Side.
They will be joined by GoGoBot the electro-rock trio, who identify influences such as Scissor Sisters, Sparks, Muse, Bjork, Queen and Rush have merged to create a distinctive spectrum of sound.
Tickets for Summer in the City (Northern Meeting Park, Inverness, 17th of July) are available through normal on-line vendors.
Don't miss out
Keep connected to the website
Thank you for subscribing.
Something went wrong.


Innovative Technologies and Solutions
Open API And SIP 2.0 Protocol
Easy Installation And Maintenance
Latest Intercom Equipment with Unique Features
BAS-IP offers the latest intercom equipment, incorporating unique features that set us apart from the competition. Our innovative solutions provide enhanced security and convenience for our clients.
Door Entry Panels
Indoor Entry Phones
No time to visit our website? Don’t worry!
Intercom Systems for Sale
Welcome to the cutting-edge realm of BAS-IP Intercom Equipment – your one-stop solution for all your communication needs! In today’s fast-paced world, ensuring the security and efficiency of your property is more important than ever. With BAS-IP, you can enjoy a seamless communication experience, thanks to our comprehensive range of IP intercom solutions. From door entry panels and video indoor phones to audio indoor phones, access control systems, and intercom accessories, BAS-IP has got you covered.
Unleash the Power of BAS-IP Intercom Equipment
BAS-IP is a renowned IP intercom supplier known for its exceptional quality and innovation. We take pride in offering a versatile range of products that cater to both residential and commercial applications. Our state-of-the-art intercom equipment is designed to provide you with unparalleled security, convenience, and peace of mind.
Based on SIP
SIP, or Session Initiation Protocol, serves as the backbone of BAS-IP intercoms. As a signaling protocol, it establishes and manages multimedia sessions, allowing for seamless audio and video communication. The integration of SIP into BAS-IP intercoms has resulted in a harmonious blend of functionality and adaptability, ensuring users are always connected, whether they’re at home or in the office.
Our Hardware Benefits
High-Quality Audio and Video Communication
With BAS-IP’s intercom equipment, you can enjoy superior audio and video quality, ensuring smooth and intelligible communication with visitors, even in challenging environments.
Advanced Access Control Features
BAS-IP offers advanced access control features, including customizable access codes, RFID cards, and biometric identification, enhancing the safety of your premises.
Wide Variety of Intercom Accessories
BAS-IP supports a vast array of accessories for entry panels and door stations, providing a tailored solution for your specific needs.
User-Friendly Installation and Maintenance
The intuitive design of BAS-IP’s hardware allows for quick and easy installation, as well as hassle-free maintenance, keeping your system running at optimal performance.
Seamless Integration with Smart Home and Security Systems
BAS-IP can be effortlessly integrated with various smart home and security platforms, creating a unified and efficient system for managing your home’s security and automation needs.


text:
Talk to your children about gift giving. Have them identify and describe a gift they’ve received or given. If they’re learning question words, try this format or something similar:
*Who gave the gift?
*What was it?
*When did you receive it?
*Where did you receive it?
*How did you receive it?
*Why did the person give it to you?
Letter to Santa:
In the book, Nella writes a letter to Santa. Your child may want to write his/her own letter to Santa.
The Great Depression
This book is a great supplement if you’re a teacher (public or home school) and are teaching about the Great Depression. Children will be able to identify more with the Great Depression if they “know someone” who lived during it. Go through the book and point out some of the details that indicate the family is not well off, the newspapers lining the walls, for example.
Other Great Depression books like I particularly like include:
Children of the Depression
A collection of images of children who lived through the Great Depression. Some are heart wrenching as you can imagine, but it puts a real face on the Depression and has a wealth of discussion opportunities.
Rose's Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression
From Amazon: Rose keeps a journal of her family's difficult times on their farm during the days of the Dust Bowl in 1935.
*Nella is delighted with Baby Betty for a while, but she soon realizes that she can’t talk or sing or laugh with her. She misses her sisters. Talk about friendship and the importance of people over things. Have your children identify special friends in their life, including their siblings, and talk about what they love the most about them.
*The story begins with the line, “Christmas always came to our house, but Santy Claus only showed up once in a while.” For your Santa believers, this could get a little dicey because how could Santa discriminate against poor people? After all, it’s the “bad” kids who get shifted, right? The question is sure to pop up as you read the book. I honestly don’t know what advice to give you to help you navigate this one because you know your kids best. All I can tell you is to talk about the fact that sometimes there wasn’t enough money in Nella’s house for Christmas gifts but they still celebrated Christmas with their families. This could be a lead-in to the discussion of the true meaning of the holiday—not the gift-giving part.
*Nella learns how sharing the doll with her sisters makes a more enjoyable experience with everyone. For those of you who have “sharing issues”, this could be a good opportunity to talk to your child about the importance of sharing and the benefit to all.
What ideas do you have?
Check in tomorrow to learn more about the author and illustrator of this book.


Narrow Linewidth Lasers
Narrow-linewidth lasers are a specific type of lasers that have spectral linewidth of <0.03 nm, a very narrow optical emission spectrum. Known for its wavelength stability and ultra-low noise performance, this model utilizes single-mode operation with superior spectral purity. For usage that is rigorous and demanding in nature, such as scientific experiments, flow cytometry, particle measurements, and Raman spectroscopy. All the while being cost-efficient, user-friendly, and easily integrated for your needs.
There is a wide selection of wavelengths, in both diode-pumped solid state lasers (DPSSLs) and direct-diode lasers (DDLs). Please browse through the wavelengths in which you are interested. Submit an enquiry if you have any concerns or questions!
If you do not see a product listed and wish to inquire about custom laser configurations, email us at firstname.lastname@example.org. We would be thrilled to assist you.


text:
Our Mission: Authentic Indian Food
We want to ensure that Praveen Kumar can deliver the tastiest Authentic Indian Food to fans all over the UK, so that they don’t have to make do with dodgy takeaways that don’t show what Authentic Indian Food really can be!
We want to work with the local community of craft farmers and producers to provide a Premium Authentic Indian Food experience. All our meals will be produced using local British produce and authentic spices provided by our own Indian family.
Our people are our business. We invest in our people and their personal development and support them to be creative, innovative and progressive. With our customer satisfaction guarantee, we will ensure that all our customers are happy with our service and products. We aim to provide sustainable employment in the local Perth area with a five-year target for 100 employees.
We want to enhance the reputation of British farmers and food supply chain through the provision of premium quality meals throughout the UK.


text:
The first Wednesday of February isn’t like any other hump day in the world of college football.
National Signing Day always is exciting at the Division I level as the most-sought after recruits in the nation make their public announcement where they’ll be playing collegially next year.
Division II may not have as much anticipation or thrill but Valdosta State football, one of the top programs in D-II, officially added 25 players in hope to join the winning tradition the Blazers pride themselves with.
“Just being at a place that wins and winning the national championship. You can’t replace that kind of exposure with anything else. The bookstore has done a great job having merchandise galore in there; you can find anything national championship stuff. It makes our job easier when everybody is wearing that and promoting our program,” Tilmon Clark,recruiting coordinator,said.
The Blazer coaching staff will tell you that recruitment is a year around deal that rarely ever sleeps.
Bouncing back and forth from high schools all over Georgia, VSU staff put in countless hours knit-picking targets and potential signees.
“For the most part it’s all Georgia. It’s fun to be able to recruit this time of year and tell parents and recruits from Georgia that we’re running with kids like you and I, people from Georgia,” Clark said.
This year’s signing class is four players fewer than the 29 signed last year.
This is due to abundance of players returning for another season to defend the title as champions,as a result this year’s signing class wasn’t as large as last years.
“The Black Swarm” added 14 of the 25 to reinforce the relentless defense.
As far as positions goes, the Blazers were expected to add more than one offensive lineman to the list of signees Wednesday since the entire senior starting five o-line are gone now.
Brantley County’s Mitch Woodward was the lone offensive lineman that committed on signing day.
The coaching staff looks to acquire more experience players at this position from junior-colleges that are expected to commit further into the year.
The Blazers were in contention to pick-up a commit from Butler Community College’s Zach Burkhart until a few days following his official visit when he inform VSU he wanted to stay closer to home which is 13 or so hours away from Valdosta.
While Clark agrees that the offensive line is the “immediate need”, he speaks for the rest of the staff saying that it isn’t first concern.
“I would say the main focus for us is to find players in general. To go out and find the best talent is what our main priority is.”
Outside of Jefferson County’s Alphonso Footman, who was recruited last year and will begin working out this spring, the other 24 players get their chance to fight for playing as early as this summer.
This past season’s true freshman standouts Cedric O’Neal and Jake Walker will be the models for the incoming signees, who look to make an impact as soon as they step on campus.
Another strong signing class this year is a result of the persistent VSU coaching staff that continues to make binding relationshps with high school coaches and loyality to win with kids from the Peach State. Spring workouts for the Blazers begin on Feb. 15.

domain: sports


text:
Hemusite is a very rare isometric gray mineral containing copper, molybdenum, sulfur, and tin with chemical formula Cu6SnMoS8. It was discovered by Bulgarian mineralogist Georgi Terziev in 1963. He also described it and named it after Haemus, the ancient name of Stara Planina (Balkan) mountains in Europe.
- Category: Sulfosalt minerals, Sulfides
- Formula: Cu6SnMoS8
- Crystal system: Isometric
- Hardness: 4 – Fluorite
Fig: Hemusite – rare isometric gray mineral
It is an isometric gray mineral containing copper, molybdenum, sulfur, and tin.
- Color: gray
- Mohs scale hardness: 4
- Luster: metallic
- Diaphaneity: Opaque
- Density: 4.469
- Habit: Microscopic Crystals – Crystals visible only with microscopes.
Hemusite occurs as rounded isometric grains and aggregates usually about 0.05 mm in diameter and in association with enargite, luzonite, colusite, stannoidite, renierite, tennantite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and other minerals.
The type locality is Chelopech copper ore deposit, Bulgaria. Later tiny deposits of hemusite were found in Ozernovskoe deposit, Kamchatka, Russia; Kawazu mine, Rendaiji, Shimoda city, Chūbu region, Honshu Island, Japan; Iriki mine, Iriki, Satsuma-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan; Kochbulak deposit, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

domain: chemistry


text:
“Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning.”
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it many challenges and lessons to be learned. In our position as women in STEM, one of the biggest lessons was the importance of communicating science to people, to spread the right information and fight disinformation prevalent in this era of social media flooding our lives. Keeping that in mind, IWS leaders, and a wonderful team of volunteers from Quebec City hosted a unique, annual Science outreach event called Soapbox Science for the first time in Quebec, on September 19th 2020.
What is Soapbox Science?
For a bit of context, the concept of Soapbox Science originated in the UK in 2011, inspired by London Hyde Park’s Speaker’s Corner, to facilitate scientific debates publicly, while also promoting women in STEM. Since then, the event has been organised in 58 cities from 14 countries across the Americas, Europe, Australia and Africa. Canada has hosted the event in Ottawa, St John’s, Toronto, Waterloo and Windsor. Due to the pandemic, many of these public events were either cancelled/ postponed this year, or shifted to online platforms. However, Quebec city proceeded with the event complying with the COVID-19 restrictions, realizing the importance of science outreach, now, more than ever.
With support of sponsors, Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), Brain Canada, and CERVOLET, the event brought together eight brilliant women in STEM from Quebec city and Montreal, who talked about their scientific research/career and its relevance to the society. With talks covering COVID-19, artificial intelligence, environmental sciences, brain disorders, ecology, pain, cancer and career guidance in science, our dynamic speakers braved their public presence amidst the pandemic with one motive- to create scientific awareness.
Top left to bottom right:
Dr. Samira A. Rahimi, Eng, PhD, Ms. Amanda Gerges, Dr. Melanie Laurin, Ms. Floriane BRETHEAU, Ms.Océane Hourtané, Ms. Amelie Poulin Brière, Dr. Linda David and Ms. Isabel Plasencia Fernandez.
The societal impact
The event made us realize the willingness of the public to engage in scientific discourse, as we saw active participation from the people of Quebec City, despite temperature averaging 120 Celsius and strict COVID-19 regulations. Demographically and linguistically, the event witnessed diversity with both francophone and anglophone visitors aged ~ 06 to 65 years attending the event.
Based on the feedback, the majority of our visitors enjoyed the event and looked forward to attending similar events in the future. More importantly, while 1 in every 10 visitors reported being unaware of the scientific achievements of the women in Quebec prior to the event, all of them unequivocally advocated for the event to be held in Quebec city again, to learn more about the work of the brilliant women scientists in Quebec.
The symbiosis of science and society
“Nothing in science has any value to society if it is not communicated, and scientists are beginning to learn their social obligations.”
— Anne Roe, The Making of a Scientist
Science and society thrive on a symbiotic relationship, where the actions of one benefit the other, and we further witnessed this symbiosis develop during this event. Not only did the event help disseminate scientific benefits to society; the organizers, speakers and volunteers too left richer with experiences, as well as personal and professional gains.
While the visitors personally thanked the speakers for the wonderful work they do for the people through their science, all of our speakers reported feeling personally motivated to conduct research and give back more to society. At the same time, the speakers were left impressed by the ingenuity of the discussion the visitors led on- from therapies to prevent the death of brain cells in neurodegeneration to the application of algae in daily life and its link with cosmetics.
“One of the best outcomes of the event however, was the fact that the visitors felt appreciative also of their own ability to understand and discuss scientific research with ease and confidence, serving the real purpose of the event.”
One of our speakers also shared her experience regarding the excitement of the visitors on knowing about the various career options that could relate their love for science and research with their other passions/hobbies.
In addition, the event volunteers provided extremely positive feedback and looked forward to future events. The networking that ensued during the event also helped the volunteers professionally. In one of the instances, the networking between a speaker and a volunteer at the event ended in a new employment opportunity for the volunteer!
The Soapbox Science 2020 event provided many important lessons. To be able to successfully host a public event amidst the challenges of an unprecedented pandemic taught us a thing or two about the power of team work and determination. But more importantly it shed light on the gaping divide between the knowledge available to the scientific community, and that disseminated to society, despite the readiness of the general public to walk a step forward towards scientific awareness. As representatives of the scientific community, the onus then falls on us to take our first steps towards narrowing the gap by creating scientific awareness through active communication. We look forward to having you on board with us in Quebec city or anywhere in Canada to facilitate change through evidence-based dissemination of knowledge.
We finally leave you with the words of Margaret Mead, an anthropologist, author and a pioneer of the feminist movement in America–
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
See you next time in Quebec City!
Volunteers: Alessandra Pecora, Laura Martínez Drudis, Raquel Rodríguez Aller, Melanie Alpaugh, Maxime Teixeira, Walid Idi, Irene Anastasia, Naomie Linteau, Natija Deeb, Charles Gora, Revathy Guruswamy, and Gisell Pazmino.
Written by: Pooja Shree
Acknowledgements: Silvia, Razan and Romina


text:
The project has been in the works for five years, and Thursday's announcement marks the first phase in a multi-year plan to bring wireless communications to 277 NYC subway stations. Transit Wireless CEO Bill Bayne held a press event inside the Times Square subway station, which is among those getting service. "It is a befitting tribute to our mission to enable state-of-the-art wireless service to all of the underground subway stations by kicking it off underneath the most famous crossroads in the world: Times Square," Bayne said in a statement.
In addition to Wi-Fi service, commuters will have access to cellular networks underground. Both Verizon Wireless and Sprint have signed on as cell service providers at 36 stations -- from 14th Street to 96th Street -- joining T-Mobile and AT&T. Other partners include Alpha Technologies, which is proving backup power for the underground system, and SOLiD, which is supplying antenna system equipment.
[ Is the Big Apple preparing to become the world's next major tech center? Read New York City Builds On Its Technology Base. ]
Transit Wireless and the MTA launched a pilot program in 2011, offering Wi-Fi and cellphone service at select stops on the L, A/C/E, and 1/2/3 subway lines. Wireless service is expected to be available at the remaining 241 subway stations by 2018 or sooner. Stations in Queens and Midtown Manhattan will be next, followed by the East Side of Manhattan and the Bronx. Subway commuters can check if their stop has access at Nycsubwaywireless.com.
Transit Wireless spent approximately $200 million to design, build, operate and maintain the system, initially partnering with Wi-Fi hotspot provider Boingo, AT&T and T-Mobile. Transit Wireless said it would split revenue generated by the system with the MTA, which is estimated to be $40 million over 10 years.
The latest development is part of New York City's continuous effort to broaden wireless network services available to residents, commuters and tourists. Ongoing projects include pay phone kiosks in the streets, "micro-trenching" fiber-optic cable to neighborhoods and wireless access in public places.
On May 4, AT&T and the MTA will host a "hackathon," where developers will compete to create apps that "solve real-world problems and enhance the transit experience of MTA's 8.5 million daily riders." Dubbed MTA App Quest, the challenge will award a total of $50,000 in prizes. Developers will have the option of building their apps using the MTA's public data and APIs.
E2 is the only event of its kind, bringing together business and technology leaders across IT, marketing, and other lines of business looking for new ways to evolve their enterprise applications strategy and transform their organizations to achieve business value. Join us June 17-19 for three days of 40+ conference sessions and workshops across eight tracks and discover the latest insights in enterprise social software, big data and analytics, mobility, cloud, SaaS and APIs, UI/UX and more. Register for E2 Conference Boston today and save $200 off Full Event Passes, $100 off Conference, or get a FREE Keynote + Expo Pass!


According to a research report "Automotive HUD Market by Technology (AR-based HUD, Conventional), HUD Type (Combiner, Windshield), Offering (Hardware, Software), Vehicle Class, Level of Autonomy, Dimension Type, Vehicle Type (PC, CV), EV Type and Region - Global Forecast to 2028" published by MarketsandMarkets, the global automotive HUD market size is projected to grow from USD 1.0 billion in 2023 to USD 2.2 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of 16.6%. The demand for automotive HUD solutions is fueled by the increased focus towards passenger as well as vehicle safety, a growing demand for improvement of in-vehicle experience, and steady growth in high-end vehicle segments, mainly in emerging markets.
Browse 261 market data Tables and 74 Figures spread through 274 Pages and in-depth TOC on "Automotive HUD Market by Technology (AR-based HUD, Conventional), HUD Type (Combiner, Windshield), Offering (Hardware, Software), Vehicle Class, Level of Autonomy, Dimension Type, Vehicle Type (PC, CV), EV Type and Region - Global Forecast to 2028"
View detailed Table of Content here - https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/automotive-head-up-display-market-11272971.html
BEV segment is expected to have largest share in the global automotive HUD market
The BEV segment is estimated to dominate the automotive HUD market based on electric vehicle type. Increasing sales of BEVs in China, the US, and European countries are driving the BEVs segment. Additionally, BEV manufacturers are increasingly adopting HUDs as a safety and convenience feature. For instance, the 2022 NIO ET7, NIO ES6, and NIO ES8, electric car models by NIO in China, have HUDs installed in them. As per industry experts, most of the BEV OEMs have started adopting HUD technology in their respective models. As such, the penetration rate of automotive HUDs in BEVs is increasing, which will, in turn, drive the BEV automotive HUD market during the forecast period.
3D HUD segment is expected to have significant growth opportunities in global automotive HUD market
The 3D HUD segment is anticipated to have significant growth opportunities during the forecast period. 3D HUD can easily integrate AR elements, which, in turn, creates a more immersive driving experience for the customers. AR features can include dynamic navigation overlays and virtual lane guidance and highlight potential hazards on the road, providing a comprehensive understanding of the driving environment. Several automotive HUD suppliers are focusing on augmented reality (AR) technology. Considering these parameters, the market for 3D HUDs is likely to witness significant growth in the near future.
“Germany to lead the automotive HUD market in Europe”
Germany accounted for the major share of the European automotive HUD market in 2023. It houses the largest automotive industry in Europe. The German automotive industry is estimated to exhibit steady growth in the coming years. The German market is technologically advanced and has automobile manufacturing giants such as Volkswagen, BMW, Audi, and Daimler. The presence of major automobile manufacturers combined with advanced technology prowess would result in a significant rise in demand for advanced automotive technology such as HUD systems and components. In January 2023, Continental AG’s Scenic View Head-up Display (HUD) was presented at the CES 2023 and earned a CES Innovation Award in the Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility category for its leading-edge screen technology. This Scenic HUD is expected to be launched in the market by 2026. Such launches support the revenue growth of the automotive HUD market in Europe.
The automotive HUD market is dominated by global players such as Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd. (Japan), Continental AG (Germany), DENSO Corporation (Japan), Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Japan), and Foryou Corporation (China), among others. These companies have adopted strategies of new product development, expansions, collaborations, partnerships, and acquisitions to gain traction in the market. Collaborations were the most adopted strategy, among others.
MarketsandMarkets™ is a blue ocean alternative in growth consulting and program management, leveraging a man-machine offering to drive supernormal growth for progressive organizations in the B2B space. We have the widest lens on emerging technologies, making us proficient in co-creating supernormal growth for clients.
The B2B economy is witnessing the emergence of $25 trillion of new revenue streams that are substituting existing revenue streams in this decade alone. We work with clients on growth programs, helping them monetize this $25 trillion opportunity through our service lines - TAM Expansion, Go-to-Market (GTM) Strategy to Execution, Market Share Gain, Account Enablement, and Thought Leadership Marketing.
Built on the ’GIVE Growth’ principle, we work with several Forbes Global 2000 B2B companies - helping them stay relevant in a disruptive ecosystem. Our insights and strategies are molded by our industry experts, cutting-edge AI-powered Market Intelligence Cloud, and years of research. The KnowledgeStore™ (our Market Intelligence Cloud) integrates our research, facilitates an analysis of interconnections through a set of applications, helping clients look at the entire ecosystem and understand the revenue shifts happening in their industry.
Mr. Aashish Mehra
630 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
USA : 1-888-600-6441


text:
No Man’s Sky Updates 2.05-2.06 Resolve More Crashing and Stability Issues
Following the release of No Man's Sky update 2.04, Hello Games has rolled out a number of small patches on the PC that are also headed to consoles. Updates…
Aug 17, 2019 13:30 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky Update 2.05 Patch Notes, Here's the Second Title Update for the Day
Hello Games has issued two No Mans Sky updates in one day! Check out the full No Mans Sky update 2.05 patch notes within.
Aug 15, 2019 23:22 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Patch 2.04 Improves Stability and Fixes Crashes
After the launch of No Man's Sky Beyond, players were encountering issues impacting the game's performance. Hello Games has released a hotfix addressing…
Aug 15, 2019 17:21 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky Update 2.03 Patch Notes and File Size Beyond Now Live
The full No Mans Sky Update 2.03 Patch Notes has finally gone live for PS4, Xbox One, and PC, detailing the much anticipated Beyond expansion. This update…
Aug 14, 2019 12:44 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Subreddit Community Donated PS4s to the Randwick Children’s Hospital
Earlier in 2019, No Man's Sky fans successfully launched a GoFundMe campaign that raised over $3,300 to purchase a “thank you” billboard for developer Hello…
Aug 13, 2019 21:16 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Beyond Will Let You Milk and Ride Creatures
No Man's Sky Beyond will launch next week and come jam packed with three core features. One involves expanded online functionality. Another will see the title…
Aug 09, 2019 14:08 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Beyond Has Been Rated in Australia
Is the No Mans Sky Beyond update on its way? The expansion, which is set to add online multiplayer and VR support, has been rated in Australia.
Jul 09, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More
Alonso wins Le Mans & Endurance title Video Watch TV Show
Fernando Alonso clinches his second successive victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours to win the World Endurance Title.
Jun 16, 2019 20:19 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky PC Latest Download Game
No Mans Sky PC Latest Download Game 'The Land of No Man' draws inspiration from classic science fiction and includes elements such as popular…
May 18, 2019 14:01 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky PSVR Support Coming into Orbit Later This Year
During PlayStation's State of Play event today, it was announced that No Man's Sky is getting PSVR support later this year with the arrival of a new update titled…
Mar 25, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky Beyond: Next update release date teased, promises "radical" online component
No Man's Sky Beyond is set to enhance the game's online multiplayer experience, but what can players expect from the first of three major updates?
Mar 18, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky’s Next Update Introduces No Man’s Sky Online
Hello Games has announced No Mans Sky: Beyond, the next major update for the long-running title. The first part of the update introduces No Mans Sky Online.
Mar 15, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More
Inaugural GDC Presentation Will Feature Dreams and No Man’s Sky Devs
The Game Developer's Conference is always filled with behind-the-scenes insights, development deep dives, and raw honesty. 2019 will surely be no exception…
Jan 09, 2019 08:00 UTC Read More
Flesh-Eating Plants Makes No Man’s Sky’s Universe 10% Scarier
Specialist Polo has at last emerged from the most involved data analysis they have ever undertaken—followed up by a more physical challenge in their…
Oct 19, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
Huge ice chunk falls from sky, crater's Liberty mans front lawn
By KEVIN NEVERS. Dennis Nover came uncomfortably close on Sunday to being squashed flat in his front own yard, possibly by a meteorological anomaly so…
Oct 11, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Patch 1.63 Evolves Exocrafts
No Mans Sky Patch 1.63 evolves Exocrafts with The Pilgrim, a new addition to the roster of available vehicles, as well as various gameplay changes and bug…
Oct 05, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky NEXT patch 1.55 available now!
We are officially two weeks past the launch of No Man's Sky and the NEXT update on Xbox One, and already we've seen two large patches released for the…
Aug 10, 2018 07:00 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Was One of the Most Played Games in the World Across All Platforms This Week
Hello Games' co-founder Sean Murray has revealed that following its NEXT update, No Man's Sky was one of the most played games in the world across all…
Jul 28, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky’s Sean Murray Releases Community Statement
Sean Murray, founder of No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, has released a statement, shortly after breaking a long silence since the controversial launch of…
Jul 23, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
No Mans Sky Xbox Version Revealed Alongside "NEXT" Expansion
A No Mans Sky Xbox One version has finally been revealed, alongside a curious new "NEXT" expansion teaser.
Mar 29, 2018 06:59 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Update 1.38 Fixes Bugs, Changes Save System
No Mans Sky update 1.38 is now available for PlayStation 4 and PC. The new patch brings with it a bunch of changes, fixes bugs, and changes the save system.
Oct 03, 2017 07:00 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Update 1.33 Today on PS4 & PC Adds Features, Fixes More Issues
2.26GB on PlayStation 4, No Mans Sky update 1.33 is now available to download on PS4 and PC, Hello Games and players have revealed. Patch notes…
Aug 22, 2017 06:59 UTC Read More
No Man’s Sky Update 1.24 Is 3.9GB on PS4, Enables Light Shafts & Improves Frame-Rate
Reportedly 3.93GB on PS4, and 1.4GB on PC, No Man's Sky update 1.24 today fixes "a few remaining issue/bugs" that players have reported since Path Finder.
Mar 27, 2017 06:59 UTC Read More
mental health stock market artificial intelligence virtual reality weight loss dow jones wall street trade war google assistant united states elon musk interest rates president donald trump border protection president donald apple watch federal reserve white house years ago china trade cloud computing oneplus tv global computer stock market rally electronic devices insomniac games bond market donald trump galaxy note 10 hong kong westworld awakening yield curve health officials long lines computer system personal finance smart change border protection computer release date research report venture capital airports nationwide black hole customs computers las vegas lose weight nintendo switch president trump social media stocks rose
The information forward from this site may be provided by third parties. We will not be responsible with outside links, contents from source of information, methods of using, using or consequence of contents with users. All direct or indirect risk related to use of this site is borne entirely by you, the user.
We use advertising companies as Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.


It’s been a hard week for Miami’s resident serial killer. Most of Dexter’s hard ships come in the form of an oh, so sexy blond names Lumen. Lumen wants to kill the men that hurt her, but Dexter knows where the path leads and he just wants Lumen to leave Miami for good.
Debra gets one step closer to the Fuentes brothers but where her lead takes her, will send her partner on a tail spin of disgust.
Batista will also become suspicious of LaGuerta’s recent activities. Her sneaking around will finally become to much for him and what he finds is something he could have never expected.
Quinn will enlist the help of an old friend to assist in his “investigation” of Dexter.
What worked: I really like Lumen. She really seems to serve well in the character that Rita once was. A broken soul that Dexter could relate to and wasn’t needy. But just because she’s broken, that doesn’t mean she isn’t emotionally powerful. In the opening diner scene alone when Lumen is opening all the sugar packets, there is so much being said underneath the surface about her character, and that’s something Dexter has always been good at.
I also liked Dexter’s story line in this episode, even if it was intertwined with Lumen’s story line. The scene where he discovers the ankle bracelet on Lumen’s target was so powerful from an emotional stand point. Something the show has never failed at, is pacing the Dexter scenes in such a way that when a bomb-shell is dropped, Dexter’s emotions come through loud and clear.
I also think the various banter between Deb and Masuka was amazingly out of the ordinary for the show, but in a good way. For some reason, Masuka’s jokes played better when they are toned down and at times even subtle. For example, when he’s showing his tattoo to Deb, he’s wearing a G-String. Now, normally this is something he would point out right away so no one could beat him to the bunch. But instead, the G-String goes completely unnoticed… And I was happy about it.
On a final noet for what rocked, Peter Weller is f*****g creepy in this episode, despite the fact he’s only in it for three minutes.
What didn’t: Again, Batista’s story line just feels like it’s dragging its feet. The whole, “how did you find me? Because you don’t trust me! Why didn’t you tell me?!” Story line is so cliche and really has no place in the fifth season of Dexter.
The other thing is that Dexter had very little overall screen time in this episode. It’s a shame because it looks like a lot of headway is being made with Harrison. I just think a lot of focus needs to be put on Dexter for right now and no one else.
Final thoughts: A good, but not great episode of Dexter.
Episode: “First Blood” (Season 5, Episode 5)
Airs: Showtime, Sundays, 9pm
What’s next: Striving to bring some normalcy back into his shattered life, Dexter figures the answer lies in finding a new serial killer to bring down, but his quest gets thrown off course when his troubled new acquaintance requires his help.
To listen to the latest episode of Merrill’s TV Podcast, The Idiot Boxers with Kevin Carr, head over to Fat Guys at the Movies.


text: The best saltenas in town ( so our local friends told us). We certainly enjoyed them and returned for more a number of times. The juga con leche was excellent also. It is an airy atmosphere, a great place to have a brunch of saltenas. It is a saltenas place so that is what is on the menu.

domain: travel


That can be such a powerful feeling, and I think it's a really important one for teenagers to have. This is compared to a lower 26% of boys or men online. None of the conventional mass media can be so custom-built or be in our disposal 24 hours a day. Their knowledge increases by watching geographical channel, quiz programs and speeches by famous personalities of different fields. Influence Of Media On Society 1. When there are so many channels and newspapers we cannot ignore its importance in the society. Combing through the technological and social environment, early media effects theories stated that the mass media were all-powerful.
Through the years the role of media in publish affairs has changed as its influence has grown. The information relayed by the media to the people has played a major part in the democracy of the United States. The same holds true for our relationships too, as our loved ones and friends may get to know if we post something undesirable on social networks. People pay homage to their dead relatives through the obituary notes in the newspapers. The message they tell is too painful for us to hear. An educated society, city, state, and country lay the foundation of a great world.
First of all we should know what the media is. It suggests social media is more addictive than smoking or alcohol, and work in progress says it may be more dangerous to your health than either. Researchers had noticed the selectivity of media use decades ago, and considered it as a key factor limiting media effects. Nevertheless, mass media can also hinder political transparency as well as help it. Without mass media, openness and accountability are very tough to reach in contemporary democracies. This assignment is in accordance with University and School guidance on good academic conduct.
The ideas in books matter because time is taken to establish truth, and because the reader must take the time to consider each idea and either accept it or, if he rejects it, to think through sound reasons for doing so. You can learn about different cultures and societies by connecting with people in other countries. When we see trends like craft beer, food trucks, and local fashion, that is often the result of harnessing social media platforms to build a following in a cost effective way. Google and Facebook both cater content to their users, filtering though thousands of search results and media postings to generate content aligned with a user's preferences. Newspapers helped to build communities. This strength can either be used constructively by educating the people or it can be used destructively by misleading the innocent people. Their concern is that when ownership is restricted, a few people then have the ability to manipulate what people can see or hear.
We tend to have… 932 Words 4 Pages Media and politics are different entities with distinct aim; however, both depend on each other. To increase circulation of newspapers, the media people should not publish bogus news. Both of these situations are extremely popular topics, especially in high school and college, and there is no reason we should Mass Media: The media, which is somewhat reflective of society, has become a powerful tool in shaping our culture. This article is the epitome of social media…Poor research, poor sustenance and highly opinionated. Education plays the biggest role in society because without it, we wouldn't have doctors, lawyers, etc.
It can educate, heal and provoke change by sheer strength of vocal numbers. The power of the media - its penetration and influence on public opinion is discussed and the varied forms that mass media takes print, internet, digital and mobile media, tv, etc. We have to take the positive aspects and use it for good purpose. I actually think being part of the social media world is beneficial to teenagers. These are not isolated incidents, and they're not just noise. Therefore, media communication comes in many forms.
Subcultures within news organizations determine the type of published content, while editors and other news organization individuals filter messages to curate content for their target audience. New mass media forms, including the Internet and social media, have proved to be the most dangerous. Unlike the electronic media, especially the television that brings out news and views round the clock and yet half-succeeds to covert the viewers into its fans, the print media creates a rewarding relationship with its readers. The improvement of media has increased the spread of ideas and has made communication more convenient. But it is not ousted by other kinds of the mass media at all. Transactional theories further support the selectivity paradigm Feature 1 , which assumes that audience somehow shapes their own media effects by selectively engaging in media use; transactional theories make an effort to explain how and why this occurs. Men exposed to violent pornography behave more aggressively towards women in certain circumstances.
Here is a positive influence example, if there is a quiz show on education that is getting a lot of attention by the media and gains popularity among your friends and society, you will more likely want to actively participate and watch these quiz shows. Information and Culture: A Journal of History. Instead, the pre-existing structure of social relationships and cultural contexts were believed to primarily shape or change people's opinions, attitudes and behaviors, and media merely function within these established processes. His opinions and biases are often a main part of the news the public receives. Every politician worth his salt needs to jump on the social media bandwagon.
Predominantly conservative political issues have yet to gain prominent media attention, or have been opposed by the media. The print media enjoys a very special place in the collective consciousness of any civilized society. However, mass media has negative consequences for many people. It is advised not to share your personal information with any random person you have just started talking to as it might be harmful or maybe the cause of your death in future. Most themes produced by mass media are based on sexism. Many of us will never again be able to fly without a fear of what if and many of us will never again be able to turn on the morning news without the fear of what if.