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In the light of the increasingly important role played by emerging stock markets in international investment strategies, this paper contributes to the literature by analyzing the important issues of volatility and volatility spill-overs in the African markets. Using an EGARCH model which incorporates asymmetric volatility responses to market innovations, the paper offers some support to the commonly held view that African markets are highly volatile. However, it also shows that investors are compensated for facing a higher risk, though increased risk premia. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that volatility responses are asymmetric and tend to other African markets. In particular, spill-over effects are found between countries with strong economic links.
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Is Gordons Bay very windy?
Is Gordons Bay very windy?
Wind in Gordons Bay is usually calm.
What is the coldest month in Cape Town?
Cape Town has dry periods in January, February, November and December. The warmest month is February with an average maximum temperature of 26°C (79°F). The coldest month is July with an average maximum temperature of 17°C (63°F).
What is the rainiest month in Cape Town?
The rainiest months in Cape Town are May to August, and Johannesburg receives most of its rain in summer….Kruger National Park.
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Is Gordon’s Bay Safe?
Gordon’s Bay is famous for its safe bathing, with both Main and Bikini Beaches attracting thousands of happy sunworshippers. Fishing from the rocks and the old harbour wall is a popular pastime with locals and visitors alike, sharing yarns about “the big one that got away”.
Is it always windy in Cape Town?
Between October and March, a south-easterly wind blows through Cape Town, clearing up the city’s air and taking the edge off the summer heat. In some cases, the wind can reach speeds of up to 120km/h! But it never stays for all that long, and besides, there are plenty of places to go to avoid it.
What is the main language spoken in Cape Town?
English. South African English is spoken in a variety of accents, and is usually peppered with words from Afrikaans and African languages. It was brought to South Africa by the British who declared it the official language of the Cape Colony in 1822.
Which is the best month to visit Cape Town?
The best times to visit Cape Town are from March to May and from September to November. These shoulder seasons boast enviable weather, fewer crowds, and lower prices.
What are the hottest months in Cape Town?
What do the climate charts say about the temperatures in Cape Town during summer? The average temperature during summer is 23 degrees. The warmest months are January and February with a maximum temperature of roughly 25 degree.
Is Gordons Bay a good area?
The old harbour hosts the yacht club and the SA Naval Academy. Gordons Bay has a distinct Mediterranean feel to it – complete with its street cafes overlooking the beach. It is an ideal town for your weekend or retirement property. You will also have difficulty in finding a better place to watch a sunset!
What does the GB stand for in Gordons Bay?
Above the harbour on the mountainside is an emblem of a giant anchor and the letters “GB” assembled from painted stones which stands for General Botha, the name of the earlier training base, SATS General Botha, which was also the original name of the naval station in the town.
What is the best month to visit Cape Town?
Is Gordons Bay very windy? Wind in Gordons Bay is usually calm. What is the coldest month in Cape Town? July Cape Town has dry periods in January, February, November and December. The warmest month is February with an average maximum temperature of 26°C (79°F). The coldest month is July with an average maximum temperature…

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By EDDY GIFFORD
The Dade County High School Lady Wolverine softball team opened the 2021 season last week when they traveled to Trion High School for a scrimmage game, traveled to Ringgold High School for the first regular game of the season and then hosted Ridgeland High School on Saturday in what was supposed to be a double header.
In the scrimmage game at Trion the Lady Wolverines got off to a fast start as they scored two runs in the top of the first inning and then added another in the second to take a 3-0 lead.
Trion would come back with a run in the fourth inning and then tied the game with two runs in the fifth. After a scoreless sixth inning the game ended in a tie, 3-3.
On Thursday the Lady Wolverines traveled to Ringgold to open the 2021 season. Ali Thompson opened the game with a single and advanced to third on a single by KK Castleberry. Thompson then scored on a ground out to give Dade a 1-0 lead.
In the third inning Thompson led off with a single and scored on a single by Alyssa Wilson to put the Lady Wolverines up 2-0.
That would be all the scoring for DCHS however as the Lady Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the third with a pair of runs and then took the lead in the fifth when they scored two more and ended up taking the win 4-2.
The Lady Wolverines out hit the Lady Tigers 10 to 6 but committed three errors in the game. The Lady Wolverines were also playing without three starters who were out due to injuries.
Thompson led the Lady Wolverines with three hits and two runs scored while Kayleigh Warnock and Olivia Tierce had a pair of hits each. Castleberry, Wilson, and Kaitlyn Stinnett all had hits as well.
Warnock took the loss pitching six innings and giving up just one earned run, walking four and giving up six hits.
On Saturday the Lady Wolverines hosted the Ridgeland Lady Panthers in the first home game of the season. It was supposed to be a doubleheader but in the bottom of the fourth inning heavy rain moved in and ended the game.
Dade opened the game at full strength as all three of the injured players returned to action.
Thompson led off the third straight game with a single and later scored on a double by Kami Counts.
Counts then scored on a single by Stinnett and the Lady Wolverines are up 2-0.
The Lady Panthers picked up a run in the second inning to cut Dade’s lead in half, 2-1.
The Lady Wolverines responded in the bottom of the third when Stella Henry singled and later scored on a wild pitch to put them up 3-1.
The in the bottom of the fourth Raegan Page led off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice but was out a home as she attempted to score on a fielder’s choice.
With two out and one on in the bottom of the fourth the rains came and ended play for the day.
The Lady Wolverines out hit the Lady Panthers 5-3 as Thompson, Henry, Counts, Stinnett and Page all had hits.
Warnock picked up the win pitching four innings, allowing just three hits and one run.
This week the Lady Wolverines played at LaFayette on Monday and at Armuchee on Tuesday. The team will play in the Dalton Tournament starting on Friday with game times to be announced.
The Lady Wolverines next home game will be on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 16 and 17 against Gordon Lee and Fannin County. The Fannin game will be the first Region 7-AA game of the season.

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Killing Eve star Jodie Comer has opened up about her confidence issues while acting – and admits she gets self-conscious when told to act ‘sexy’ on-screen.
The 27-year-old is best known for starring as assassin Villanelle in the hit BBC series alongside Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh, but insists that she feels most comfortable when wearing ‘no make-up and bruises’ on-set.
Speaking to Allure magazine, the actress admitted that: ‘It’s like the moment you have to be sexy or attractive onscreen, I become so self-conscious.
‘Whereas if I’ve got no makeup on and I’ve got a bruise on my face, I’m like, “Let’s go.”
‘You know? But that’s just me.’
We get you, girl. And every Killing Eve fan will know that Villanelle is anything but your average Bond Girl, written and created for some on-screen sexual chemistry.
Even though she does, of course, have that in abundance with Eve Polastri, it doesn’t define her or Comer’s performance.
Speaking of Killing Eve, it’s been announced that the hit spy drama will be returning to our screens a lot sooner than expected.
The Beeb have confirmed the show has been brought forward by two whole weeks meaning that fans across the world can start watching the series from 13 April.
In the UK, it will air on BBC iPlayer first, before beginning it’s residency on Sunday nights on BBC One from the 19 April.
While we don’t know a whole lot about the next set of episodes, we do know (thanks to Jodie) that we’ll be exploring more of Villanelle’s past than ever before.
‘The audience love what they love about her, but it’s been nice to show a different side to that. Maybe a little bit of vulnerability,’ the star told British Vogue.
Killing Eve season 3 drops on 13 April via BBC iPlayer.
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Facebook added the feature earlier this week. It allows users to show their organ donation status or to sign up in their state to become an organ donation.
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The last work by the great architect, Le Corbusier, stands in a beautiful location on Lake Zurich.
The “Gesamtkunstwerk” – or “total work of art” – by Le Corbusier, completed in 1967, is a real architectural masterpiece. The last building constructed by the great Swiss-French architect, designer, and artist is the only of his buildings to be entirely made from glass and steel. This is significant in that for Le Corbusier concrete was not simply a material, but an actual tool. In addition, with this colorful building on the shores of Lake Zurich, Le Corbusier realized his concept of the synthesis of architecture, life, and art in real life. The exhibition pavilion is designed entirely according to the Modulor system, an anthropometric scale of proportions devised by Le Corbusier based on the human body and the golden ratio.
The pavilion is open from May to November. Under the aegis of the Museum für Gestaltung, temporary exhibitions, events, and workshops look at various areas of the broad oeuvre and great charisma of Le Corbusier.

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Psychology Press, 1998 - 125 pagina's
On Creativity is a collection of previously unpublished or unavailable essays by David Bohm, which are all related directly to the nature of creativity. A significant portion of the material draws overtly from Bohm's perception as a practising scientist - his notions of what underlies a paradigm shift, or how laws of nature, theories and hypotheses are perceived, rationalized and axiomatized. However, the novelty and appeal of Bohm's views of these processes is the suggestion that the work of the visual artist is remarkably similar to that of the scientist. He explores these similarities at length and goes so far as to suggest that the creative processes of the scientist and the artist are at work in every person.
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This profound exploration starts off whilst Groopman was once a scientific scholar, blind to the very important function of desire in sufferers’ lives–and it culminates in his outstanding quest to delineate a biology of desire. With appreciation for the human components and the technological know-how, Groopman explains how one can distinguish precise wish from fake hope–and how one can achieve a decent knowing of the achieve and boundaries of this crucial emotion.
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I additionally prescribed tamoxifen, because the tumor was once delicate to estrogen. Catherine shared my constrained expectancies. She understood that the remedy may perhaps relieve the painful burning over her chest and fix a few caliber of existence yet used to be not likely to realize her major time. The irritation subsided a number of months after the treatment. For seven years, the tumor, notwithstanding current, didn't develop. Then a lump seemed in her armpit. It was once the breast melanoma. We switched from tamoxifen to a different hormonal agent, Megace. The mass retreated for numerous years, then regrew. I prescribed another hormone blocker, Arimidex. This afforded one other remission. “We’re enjoying hide-and-seek with it,” Catherine acknowledged. It by no means back infiltrated and infected the outside; particularly, it looked as if it would have replaced its biology, transforming into as small pea-sized tumors round her breast. every time, fortunately, via discovering the tumor simply because it recurred, we have been in a position to banish it with well-tolerated medications. Strictly conversing, Catherine isn't really cured. There are tumor cells lurking in her physique. yet her scientific direction contradicts the trajectory that inflammatory breast melanoma is meant to stick to. Like George Griffin and Eva Schumer, Catherine didn't give up from the beginning, and never surrendering has sustained her existence. I as soon as hesitated to recount such anecdotes to sufferers and their households for worry of elevating fake hopes. those that comprehend their after which select George’s course aren't mad, as Eric Paulsen stated, nor in denial, as I as soon as believed. i've got come to understand that the choice isn't really so simple as that. My position is to supply selection and realizing. to pray less than the main severe conditions is an act of defiance that, as George defined, allows somebody to stay his existence on his personal phrases. it really is a part of the human spirit to undergo and provides a miracle an opportunity to ensue. bankruptcy four * * * step-by-step through the Eighties, so much of my sufferers died from their illnesses. As a hematologist-oncologist, as well as taking care of individuals with leukemia and lymphoma and breast melanoma, I served within the AIDS health center. HIV an infection swiftly destroyed the immune procedure, rendering the troubled susceptible to life-threatening infections in addition to malignancies like Kaposi’s sarcoma. there has been little shall we do to inhibit HIV, or to stave off deadly problems for lengthy. the common survival from the onset of full-blown AIDS was once a yr or . My respite from this distress was once my laboratory. The technological know-how required severe concentration and highbrow engagement. There, in calm and quiet, genes have been decoded, proteins analyzed, and cells studied of their elaborate choreography of development and maturation. My spirits have been in brief strengthened through the experience that in the future what we discovered may perhaps alleviate the ache that appeared unchecked. yet after hours within the lab, i might don my white coat and go back to the awful truth of the wards. It was once demanding to maintain wish within the face of loads demise. Then, within the early Nineteen Nineties, my medical perform started to considerably switch.

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The key takeaway being the decision places responsibility on users and organisations who operate social media platforms to monitor public comments or switch comments off. While the laws are under review and may change, ASPI has made the decision to switch off comments on our Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn accounts to reduce our risk in the meantime. Comments on ASPI’s Twitter account are actively monitored and moderated, and disabled when it is not possible to moderate them.


The importance of Rapid Prototyping for Contact Center Agent Desktops
An agent desktop is one of the primary applications used by contact center agents for most of their business processes. In many contact centres, agents directly use the CRM consoles. However, in other cases, agents use specialized applications to execute their business processes. These desktop applications are typically integrated with other backend applications such as CRM, ticketing, ERP, legacy systems, middleware etc. and the CTI provider. Currently, all the major contact center technology providers such as Cisco, Avaya, Genesys etc. provide frameworks for building unified agent desktops.
The challenges faced by these contact centres include work load forecasting, customer service and attrition, though not just limited to these. Contact centres with complex workflows or integration with multiple IT systems additionally require focused desktop applications to ensure that customer services are not adversely affected and the KPIs are being achieved. There isn’t any one size fits all application that can solve all the customer queries and work flows in the most optimized way that is commercially available off the shelf.
The need for Rapid Prototyping
The business use cases help design the agent desktop application, but data and volumetric help optimize the application. Such focused and highly optimized applications are usually built using an iterative approach where the primary stakeholders (agents) continuously use and provide feedback. This requires a need for rapid prototyping of the user experience and the backend system interface design to build the most optimized agent desktop. The speed, performance and the agent productivity can all be achieved if the “right” application is developed. Industries such as Telco and Financial organizations usually adopt the rapid prototyping model since their business processes change frequently and the IT systems to be integrated are huge.
Rapid Prototyping will accurately forecast agent interaction time and system requirements
Rapid prototyping helps contact centres evolve their desktop application over a period of time. Contact centres can quickly build a minimum viable agent desktop and start serving the customers. In parallel, they can start optimizing the desktop / processes for better KPI management by taking feedback from agents, observing the user behavior, analyzing the usage data and optimizing the backend interfaces. This will require to build multiple iterations of the desktop application and validate the different hypothesis.
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As for the LO comp rule, brokers and loan officers who work for nonbanks are closely watching the issue because it could directly affect how much money the can earn on a transaction.
For the National Association of Independent Housing Professionals, a key issue to watch is dual compensation where the LO is paid by both the consumer and the wholesaler. “If dual compensation is an unfair and deceptive practice, why are creditors permitted to receive the same?” asked Marc Savitt, president of the trade group. “Dual compensation is not double compensation.”
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule that strictly prohibits brokers and their originators from being compensated by both the borrower and creditor.
NAIHP, whose membership includes mostly brokers and appraisers, believes it’s unfair to allow for the paying of servicing-released premiums to mortgage banking firms (creditors) while banning dual compensation.
Although studies are hard to come by, it’s generally assumed that over the past year or so LOs who work for nonbanks are being offered better compensation plans than their counterparts at depositories.
by Cedonulli2 December 10, 2012 5:32 PM
How old is the article C? LO comp went into effect since April 2011 and there hasn't been (for mortgage brokers) the ability to be compensated by both the borrower and the lender since then...
by MichiganTed December 10, 2012 6:24 PM
How hard is it to ban an IP address.
by UrNot2Bright December 10, 2012 7:39 PM
If you banned Marv's IP address have posts on this site would disappear.
by MTB December 10, 2012 10:07 PM
It seems the same arguement arises between SRP and YSP. The bottom line is it's money based on the rate. Most companies (including Banks) never service the loan, or had plans to service a loan, so what difference does it make what the definition of SRP is. If banks can charge on the front and back, brokers should be able to do the same - if there're giving the lower rate than if they would be giving if paid on the back only.
by Panama44 December 11, 2012 9:54 AM
Ive already told some of you doofs that I have ONE screen name and webby can attest to that. The article was in THIS SITES news yesterday. It was a lot longer than what I clipped and posted.
urnot2bright---I guess your name fits well. Freudian?
by Cedonulli2 December 11, 2012 3:58 PM
This post has probably been posted by one of the hundred of goofballs out there trying to convince brokers that they are better off working for a bank entity than being a broker. Bank Net Branch Recruiter bull. Bank LO= $60k a year job doing twice amount of work. Take your test and make more as a broker goofballs.
by Mortgageguy70 December 11, 2012 4:36 PM
Brokers can be compensated commensurate with the risk taken. They have way more risk than LOs at banks. They have to spend money on marketing, their own money. They have other expenses that the bank LOs don't ever have to worry about. They have issues that bank LOs dont have to consider. If they are better paid it is because they did more work and/or worked smarter and/or took business risks of time and expense that the bank LOs don't. If you're good at your job, being a broker pays better. If you're average or have no tolerance for risk, work at a bank.
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It looks like the dual hole cranks is not a new invention. My sister visited Iceland in the fall and bought this postcard. The text on the other side tells: “The first bicycle in Reykjavik, which dates from about 1890.” If it hadn’t lost one pedal it would have been hard to se the two holes on the picture.
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Bridge span placed on Pearl-Richland connector bridge
Jun. 22, 2023
Source: Rankin County News
PEARL- The Pearl-Richland Intermodal Connector project, which involves construction of a bridge over the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks at South Pearson Road, took a major step forward last week when the two bridge spans were put in place.
For years, the KCS RR crossing at South Pearson Road has posed a problem for motorists traveling north or south on South Pearson because KCS frequently blocked the crossing for long periods of time as railroad workers connected cars at their switching yard just west of the crossing.
Pearl Mayor Jake Windham heralded the progress made.
“The placement if the two bridge spans across the railroad tracks on South Pearson Road was an absolute engineering wonder,” he stated. “Our social media platforms showed we had engineers from all over the world watching this project.
“Credit to Rick Ferguson, Project Manager and Senior Bridge Engineer of Pickering, our engineering firm, for choosing this two-span design that not only saved money and allowed the project to move forward, but also provided the same benefit as a three-bridge span.
“This project was initially started in 2004 and thanks to federal funding, and support from the Mississippi Legislature and Rankin County delegation, we will see this completed in the next year. When completed, this bridge will provide better public safety, allowing first responders to travel South Pearson Road without having to stop for a train. The roadway expansion will also provide another north-south option to move traffic through the county, something we have desperately needed for a long time.”
Ferguson thanked those who made this step in the project possible.
“Months of submittals and preparation went into such a complex lift,” Ferguson said. “Thank you to all of you involved that made this a tremendous success.”
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|Publication number||US6166602 A|
|Application number||US 09/406,405|
|Publication date||Dec 26, 2000|
|Filing date||Sep 27, 1999|
|Priority date||Sep 27, 1999|
|Publication number||09406405, 406405, US 6166602 A, US 6166602A, US-A-6166602, US6166602 A, US6166602A|
|Inventors||Robert Louis Steigerwald, William Frederick Wirth|
|Original Assignee||General Electric Company|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (10), Referenced by (17), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates generally to power amplifiers and, more particularly, to switching power amplifiers such as of a type suitable for driving magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gradient coils, for example.
Gradient coils in MRI systems require high, rapidly changing current as well as precise current control. To achieve fast current changes, a high voltage drive is needed, requiring high-voltage, high-current semiconductors (typically insulated gate bipolar transistors, i.e., IGBT's). Higher voltage devices generally have higher switching losses, limiting the maximum switching frequency attainable. With high switching losses, the time interval permitted for the high-voltage inverter to switch at a sufficiently high frequency to maintain precise current waveforms is also limited.
Accordingly, it is desirable to provide a switching amplifier that reduces and distributes device switching losses such that arbitrary waveforms can be maintained for extended periods of time, thereby enabling high-performance advanced imaging. It is also desirable to provide a switching amplifier having the flexibility and capability to supply gradient coils having different requirements (e.g., voltage, current and frequency). It is also desirable to provide such a switching amplifier with minimal filtering, output ripple, and amplifier losses.
In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of low-voltage, series-connected dc-dc converters provide the input to a low-frequency, high-voltage dc-ac output bridge converter suitable for driving a gradient coil in an MRI system. The relatively low-voltage, series-connected dc-dc converters, or choppers, control the gradient coil current, while the dc-ac converter bridge steers the current to the proper coil polarity. The output bridge switching losses are minimized because its high-voltage devices switch only at low frequencies. The input chopper switching losses are minimized because such losses are shared among several choppers and further because lower-voltage, faster switching devices are employed. A binary weighting of the voltage ratings of the input choppers results in the lowest voltage unit doing most of the high-frequency switching. Such an amplifier configuration is modular and allows for different gradient coil requirements to be met with a common approach by applying a predetermined number of choppers and bridges.
FIG. 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a high-voltage gradient driver with low-voltage input choppers in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 schematically illustrates another exemplary embodiment of a high-voltage gradient driver in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3 schematically illustrates another exemplary embodiment of a high-voltage gradient driver in accordance with the present invention having binary weighted input choppers; and
FIG. 4 illustrates exemplary voltage levels attainable with binary weighted choppers such as those of FIG. 3.
FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary high-voltage driver 10 in accordance with the present invention suitable for driving an MRI gradient coil 12, for example. (It is to be understood that voltage values provided herein and in the drawing figures are provided by way of example only. The invention is not limited to the values provided herein.) Driver 10 comprises a plurality (shown as three in FIG. 1) of input dc-dc converters 14, each having a relatively low input bus supply 16 (e.g., 400 Vdc) for supplying a low-frequency dc-ac converter 24 which supplies the coil. Each input converter, or chopper, 14 is shown as having two switching devices 18 and 20 connected in a half-bridge configuration. (Exemplary switching devices shown in the drawing figures comprise insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT's), each having an inverse-parallel diode 21.) Converter 24 is preferably a full-bridge converter, having four switching devices 25-28, rated for the full voltage applied to the gradient coil. However, bridge converter 24 does not operate at high frequencies. Therefore, readily available high-voltage switching devices can be used without high switching losses. Such high-voltage switching devices may comprise either 1700V or 3300V IGBT's, for example. To further minimize switching losses, the choppers 14 feeding the output bridge converter 24 use lower voltage, faster switching devices 18 and 20. As illustrated in the embodiment of FIG. 1, an individual inductor is not associated with each chopper. Instead, one output inductor (i.e., the gradient coil) is used. In addition, small, high-frequency filters (not shown) are preferably used between the output of bridge converter 24 and coil 12.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, N input choppers 14 are used to provide a maximum dc output voltage of N*Vdc volts to the dc-ac converter 24. For lower-voltage loads, N is reduced depending on the application.
Choppers 14 can be operated in different modes. In one mode, the chopper periods can be offset so that the switching is interleaved. Interleaving is achieved by operating each chopper 360/N degrees phase-shifted relative to the first chopper. This results in an output frequency of N*f, where f is the individual chopper switching frequency. Due to the higher switching frequency, smaller output current ripple and smaller filters (not shown) can therefore be used. As a result, the output ripple frequency is relatively high, i.e., N times the individual frequency of each chopper.
In another chopper mode, operation of the choppers is staged such that only one chopper does all the chopping (the switching chopper), and the other choppers switch in after the switching chopper reaches its maximum pulse width. For example, in FIG. 1, if the lower chopper (1) comprises the switching chopper, then it will increase its pulse width from zero to 100%. After it reaches 100%, if more voltage is needed, then the second chopper (2) switches fully on, while the switching chopper (1) returns to 0% duty cycle. Then, the switching chopper can continue to increase its pulse width as more voltage is needed above the input bus supply voltage (e.g., 400V). The same technique is used when more than 800V are needed, and so on for greater than 1200V. In this staging method of operation, only one chopper does the high-frequency switching while the others switch at low frequency. Moreover, the high-frequency switching is performed by relatively low-voltage, fast-switching devices. Thus, faster switching devices are preferably used in the switching chopper, while more inexpensive, slower devices having a lower forward voltage drop could be used in the other choppers. The output voltage can be as high as needed by adding additional choppers 14 in series. Each chopper comprises a single module. The limit on the number of input choppers 14 is reached when there is no longer an output bridge low-frequency switching device available for blocking the total coil voltage, i.e., the maximum output voltage of all choppers connected in series.
If even higher voltages are needed, then an alternative embodiment of a switching amplifier driver 30, as illustrated in FIG. 2, may comprise stacked output bridge converters 24. In the particular embodiment of FIG. 2, two output bridge converters are shown as being stacked, but more may be desirable depending on the application. For the embodiment of FIG. 2, for N input choppers, a maximum output dc voltage of Vdc*y*N is provided to the dc-ac bridge converter 24, where y represents the number of stacked output bridge converters; i.e., y=2 for FIG. 2.
FIG. 3 illustrates another alternative embodiment of a switching amplifier driver 40 wherein the input voltages are binary-weighted; i.e., each input chopper has an input dc voltage of 2n where n is the number of the choppers. This allows 2N voltage levels to be applied to the gradient coil, where N is again defined as the number of input choppers. (In contrast, the drivers of FIGS. 1 and 2 allow only N voltage levels to be applied to the coil.)
FIG. 4 illustrates the possible discrete chopper output voltages for the particular case of four choppers 14, as illustrated in FIG. 3. In FIG. 4, "on" means that the upper chopper device is turned on such that the chopper provides a voltage equal to its input dc voltage; "off" means that the chopper provides zero voltage as a result of the lower chopper switch being turned on. For voltages between those listed in the table of FIG. 4, the choppers are pulse width modulated (PWM). For example, if 650 volts were desired, then chopper 1 would switch on and off at high frequency at a 50% duty cycle; choppers 2 and 3 would be on for both 600 and 700 volts and thus would not switch at all. Chopper 1, which is the lowest voltage bridge, performs most of the switching, while the highest voltage bridge (4) switches the least (i.e., only between 700 and 800 volts), resulting in low switching losses. During PWM operation for voltages in between those listed in the table of FIG. 4, there is a voltage change of only 100 volts, independent of the output voltage. This greatly reduces the ripple voltage applied to the output filter (between converter 24 and coil 12, but not shown) and gradient coil, leading to smaller filter requirements and better performance. Such a 100V chopper could be implemented with very low switching loss MOSFET's, for example.
While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described herein, it will be obvious that such embodiments are provided by way of example only. Numerous variations, changes and substitutions will occur to those of skill in the art without departing from the invention herein. Accordingly, it is intended that the invention be limited only by the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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Mekong River Delta Agricultural Mechanization Development: Case Study in Vinh Long Province, Viet Nam
Agricultural mechanization is an essential path to the industrialization of rural regions. Viet Nam has more than 40% of the population in the agriculture sector, contributing nearly 30% of the country’s GDP and still is an agricultural country. Mekong River Delta (MRD) is the most significant agriculture production region of Viet Nam in which Vinh Long is one of sample province might be representative for MRD. This paper presents case study of recent status of mechanization in agriculture, and some recommendations for development the agricultural mechanization in the province. The statistical methods, SWOT analysis, problem approach and practical research have been used. The results indicate that the ratio of agricultural mechanization in Vinh Long might be not to satisfaction to the development of agriculture production. The agricultural field using walking tractors and shoulder engines, investment and financial policies, skill and training level of farmers and agricultural infrastructure such as rural transportation system, irrigation system, and agricultural production industrial processing are the main factors strongly influence on the development of agricultural mechanization in Vinh Long. Some studies proposed recommendations as solutions for sustainable development of the agricultural mechanization are presented in this study, such as agricultural production needs to be reorganized; developing system for training high quality and skill people to work in mechanization process; increase investments in science and technology for agricultural mechanization; setting up the policies to attract businesses and individuals invest in developing mechanization; removing blockages on "agricultural land limit" policy; and creating financial policies supporting to agricultural production investors.
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In the wake of a visit between 15 and 20 May to the Uzbek city of Bukhara (500 kilometres or 300 miles west of Tashkent), the “capital” of the Sufi Naqshbandi order in Central Asia, Keston has learnt that currently the Uzbek authorities are not simply not opposing the spread of the Naqshbandi order but, on the contrary, are doing all they can to support it.
Keston News Service – 24 May 2002 – They are using Sufism as a distinctive counterweight to those Muslims who are independent of the authorities, the so-called Wahhabis (the name given in Central Asia to Islamic fundamentalist groups, which often have little in common with the Islam that predominates in Saudi Arabia) and the international Islamic party Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which campaigns for the unification of Muslims throughout the world into a single caliphate.
Bukhara is held to be the most significant Muslim holy site in Central Asia. It was in this city that Bahauddin Naqshbandi, founder of the Naqshbandi order, one of the most influential Sufi orders, was born in the 14th century.
Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam, rooted in the attempt to reach God through personal experience. The first Sufis are said to have been the ascetics who lived in Iraq and Syria at the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century, who strove to comprehend the “hidden” sense of the Koran’s revelations, and who followed strictly the instructions of the Koran, held vigils, took vows, and observed additional fasts. The name of the movement is believed to derive from the Arabic word suf – meaning wool – as the Sufis wore cloaks made out of coarse wool.
From its origins in Bukhara, the Sufi Naqshbandi order (translated literally, an engraver of wooden stamps) now has followers in all the Muslim countries. During the war in the North Caucasus against Russian forces in the 19th century, it was members of the Naqshbandi order that made up the main part of the resistance movement. In 1940-42 an uprising against the Soviet authorities was also led by members of the Naqshbandi order. During the colonisation of Central Asia, Russian forces were also forced to confront not so much opposition from the local feudal lords, the state apparatus and the armies of local rulers, as resistance by members of the Sufi orders. Almost all the leaders of anti-Russian movements were Sufi sheikhs.
Now the official respect for Naqshbandi and his legacy is clear. In 1991 Bukhara’s central street (called Lenin Street in the Soviet era) was renamed Bahauddin Naqshbandi street. In the Soviet era, Sheikh Naqshbandi’s mausoleum (10 kilometres or 6 miles east of Bukhara) was used to store fertiliser. However, in 1991 the mausoleum was reopened and Naqshbandi’s grave became a place of mass pilgrimage.
“In Soviet times it was even more dangerous to be a Sufi than simply to be a Muslim – the police got rid of such people right away,” the imam-hatyb of the mosque next to Naqshbandi’s mausoleum, Bobodzhon Rahmonov, told Keston on 16 May. “But now we do not have any problems with the state. For example, the chairman of the state committee for religious affairs, Fazil Sobirov, belongs to the Naqshbandi order. Moreover, we are working with the state to show people how wrong the Wahhabi outlook is. We explain that the building of mausoleums in honour of holy Muslims – something the Wahhabis oppose – is not against Islam.“
Teachers at Bukhara’s Mir-Arab madrassah (the largest religious teaching establishment in Central Asia) expressed their full support for the state’s policy towards believers. “‘Sufism’ is one way of reaching God. We have begun to teach Sufism as of this year as a separate subject,” a teacher at the Mir-Arab madrassah, Abduhalil haji Niyazov, told Keston on 17 May. “Sixty hours in the year are allocated to the study of Sufism.” In private conversations with Keston, students at the Mir-Arab madrassah reported that students suspected of supporting Hizb-ut-Tahrir were immediately expelled, while to profess Sufism was completely safe.
Significantly, the government is also trying to attract foreign Muslim communities in order to raise the authority of the Naqshbandi order in Uzbekistan. It maintains close contacts with the Islamic Supreme Council of America, which represents followers of the Naqshbandi order in the United States. The number of ISCA members is relatively small (in the tens of thousands), but Uzbek propaganda represents the ISCA as being one of the most influential Muslim organisations in the United States. ISCA leaders have visited Uzbekistan and have met President Islam Karimov, while the Uzbek government invited ISCA representatives to act as observers at the presidential elections in January 2000. The ISCA remarks on its web-site (www.Islamicsupremecouncil.org): “In January 2002, Islamic Supreme Council of America was honoured to have been the only American Muslim organisation to be invited to observe Uzbekistan’s constitutional referendum. The invitation was a result of the ISCA’s long-standing commitment to working with the moderate government of President Islam Karimov and supporting Uzbekistan’s fight against religious extremism.“
The government’s support for followers of the Naqshbandi order may be explained by the fact that Sufism in Central Asia is quite closely linked with local, essentially pagan, customs. For example, one should only start with one’s left foot when entering Naqshbandi’s mausoleum. There are some shrivelled remains of a tree at the entrance to the mausoleum. According to folklore this tree grew when Bagauddin Naqshbandi was alive, and it is mystically linked with the founder of the order. It is said that if you walk three times around the shrivelled trunk of this tree, then your wish will be granted. The Uzbek government is primarily afraid of supporters of fundamentalist Islam, which has been imported from Arab countries and which calls for religion to be purified of regional and local customs. It therefore regards it as expedient that local Islam should be as distinct as possible from the religion preached by Muslims abroad.
The Tashkent government’s current support for Sufism is reminiscent of the experience of the KGB’s work in the Russian North Caucasian region of Chechnya-Ingushetia in the Soviet era. In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the NKVD (the KGB’s predecessor) murdered all the influential sheikhs of the Naqshbandi order. Those who inherited the leadership in the Sufi orders in Chechnya (the heirs to the sheikhs), could survive only if they co-operated with the NKVD and KGB. When the Chechens and Ingush returned from exile in 1957, the Kremlin placed these same followers of the Naqshbandi order in leading positions in the republic. “The opinion spread among a significant section of religious authorities in the Naqshbandi order that it was necessary to co-operate with the atheist, communist authorities,” one of the most influential theologians of Ingushetia, imam-hatyb of the Nasyr-Kurt mosque (a village in Ingushetia near the border with Chechnya) Salambek haji Ivloyev, told Keston in November 1996. “In the Soviet era the KGB tried to govern Chechnya, where the majority of the population remained law-abiding Muslims, with the help of the Naqshbandi order. The top level of Chechen-Ingushetia society was drawn from the formal adherents of this order.” He noted that Doku Zavgayev (chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Chechnya-Ingushetia in 1990 and head of the “pro-Russian” government in Chechnya in 1996) was a member of the Naqshbandi order.
Source: Keston Institute <http://www.keston.org>

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Dr. Kaifala Marah, Bassie Kamara, Mohamed Kamara and Kemoh Sesay are among the few intending flagbearer aspirants who was at the meeting according to witness.
In similar development, the APC 2018 Presidential Candidate, Dr. Samura Kamara has met with all of the province’s council members, mayors, and chairs to a gathering in Makeni.
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Recently, a kind of nail is very popular. Its name is glass nail. There are pieces of shiny “broken glass” on the nail surface, which is full of geometric beauty and full of art. The following are the steps of nail sticking and half sticking, let’s learn about it together
First of all, prepare laser stickers, scissors, base coat, top coat, black nail polish and other tools. Don’t forget to repair your nails beautifully before, so that you can achieve a better nail art effect! After completing the above steps, you can Begin to apply base coat to the nails to play the role of armor and primer.
After the base coat is dry, apply a layer of black nail polish, wait patiently for air drying or use a nail lamp to dry, and then apply a layer of base coat.
Take the laser sticker and use scissors to cut out an appropriate amount of irregular triangles or quadrilaterals from it. You can cut the broken glass as you like. Then stick the stickers one by one on the surface of the nail that is not completely dried. Pay attention to leave a gap between the stickers, but do not exceed the edge of the nail.
You can paste different shapes of laser stickers on each finger according to your preference to make a glass manicure, and finally, apply a layer of top coat cover. Remember to wait until the nails are completely dry before doing other things. Otherwise, your nails will be destroyed
Broken Glass Nail Art Tutorial
Prepare the nail glue and tools you need, trim your nails and polish the nail surface. Brush the base coat and light for 60 seconds.
Use a hook line pen dipped in blue gel polish to draw a triangular color block on the front edge of the thumb, and light it for 60 seconds.
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Offered LIVE or Webinar Style. This workshop is an intensive overview of the energetic meridian system used in Chinese Medicine, with a special focus on how to recognize, locate, and access these meridians in clinical practice. The purpose of this program is to provide an understanding of the Chinese meridian system, the energetic flow in the body and the chakras so that health care professionals, including nurses, can expand their health and healing repertoire for their patients/clients, their friends and family, and themselves; to see the body as more than a collection of physical symptoms and parts. The Western model of illness is expanded to include a holistic vision of the individual and the different paths to healing. 5 Day Class.
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Touch feedback and accurate point location are essential to the core content of this class, and to your developing skills as a practitioner. Because of the ongoing pandemic, we know that some of our students may arrive at this class (CA2: Meridians) having taken all of their pre-requisites via webinar + 6-12 hours of face-to-face instruction from a Skilled Touch Practitioner (STP).
Students who have ONLY received hands-on instruction from a Skilled-Touch Practitioner (vs a regular faculty member) will be required to attend a 3-hour Skilled Touch Follow-up session with a member of the Soul Lightening core faculty. This session is designed to provide the student with individualized coaching, and may be completed either before or after attending the CA2: Meridians class. After class, your letter of completion will be sent once your skilled-touch follow-up session has been verified. Cost of the follow up session will be $65 per hr, paid directly to the instructor.
Continuing Education contact hours are available for select courses (*) provided through Soul Lightening International. For more information about CE contact hours for Massage Therapy (NCBTMB), or Nursing (AHNA/ANCC) visit www.soullightening.com.
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June 15, 2015 by Paul Curtin
Bethesda kicked off E3 2015 a day early at their first ever showcase in Hollywood on Sunday night. Sharing the same Dolby Theater stage as those who have presented and won at the Oscars, id Software’s executive producer Marty Stratton re-introduced Doom to those in attendance and watching online around the world.
Last summer, Bethesda and id gave fans at Quakecon a sneak peak of Doom behind closed doors… and somehow managed to keep the footage from leaking. Thankfully, almost a full year later, we finally have our first look at Doom… and holy hell does it look disturbingly amazing. Doom is without question coming back big and certainly not going to be for the faint of heart.
The latest take on Doom looks to keep its horrific tone and atmosphere while upping the polygon counts using the powerful id Tech 6 engine to create visually-stunning environments and character models. As those who saw last year’s footage explained, the new Doom does in fact use a very gory finishing move mechanic that allows for gruesome results. Blowing enemies into gibs, splitting them in every which direction with a chainsaw, and even ripping a demon’s leg off to use it to crush their own head — nothing seems to be off limits when it comes to violence here in Hell — and fans of the serious wouldn’t want it any other way.
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Auburn Police shoot man in Order of Protection dispute
Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:55:14 GMT —
The man Auburn Police shot and killed on Saturday night is now identified as 45 year old Jeffrey Harris.
Police were called to 11 Barber Street just before 11:30 on Saturday night, with a woman saying her estranged husband was trying to break into her apartment, in violation of her order of protection.
As they were interviewing the woman in the apartment, police say Harris forced his way inside, armed with a meat cleaver and threatening officers.Police say he came in through a basement door, into the living area, and rushed at an officer.
The officer fired four shots withhis department sidearm, killing Harris.
Both officers who responded to the call have been placed on administrative leave. Their names will be withheld for 72 hours, as per department policy. An investigation into the incident is underway.


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7777 Jefferson Street NE
September 15, 2004 Wednesday
LES Donation Crosses Conflict-of-Interest Line
A $10,000 donation to one of Gov. Bill Richardson's political committees from a company that wants to build a controversial uranium enrichment facility in Lea County presents an appearance problem for the governor. He should order the money returned.
Louisiana Energy Services (LES) hopes to build a $1.2 billion enrichment facility near Eunice to supply fuel for nuclear reactors. Richardson says he won't support the plan unless LES guarantees that the waste it produces won't be stored in New Mexico.
There are no storage facilities in the United States for the waste, and LES has no definitive plan for disposing of it.
The waste is relatively low in radioactivity. A worker would have to stand within a foot of a waste canister for an hour to be exposed to 1/30th of the dose he would get from a dental X-ray.
But without Richardson's support, it's unlikely LES could obtain needed state permits to build and operate the facility.
Returning the money -- donated to Richardson's Moving America Forward --isn't without recent precedent.
In July, Moving America Forward received a $5,000 in-kind donation from a Little Rock-based law firm that was bidding on -- and eventually received -- a contract to represent the state in securities-fraud cases. The money covered a trip by Richardson to Las Vegas, Nev.
Though that donation "did not in any way influence" the contracting process, said Richardson spokesman Billy Sparks, the money was returned.
In August, Moving America Forward gave back a $10,000 donation received from Pittsburgh-based The Bantry Group. At the time, a Bantry subsidiary was bidding for -- and eventually received -- a multimillion-dollar contract to provide health care for state prisoners. Sparks said the money was being returned "to avoid even the appearance of impropriety."
The LES donation falls into the same category.
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2 large illustrations for Yahoo! in Singapore. It was done through Kult, and agency in Singapore. The only requirement was that I use the Yahoo! pantone color and include their big purple idea chair. Other than that I had total creative control. So i went and did a lot of stuff i've been wanting to do and used a lot of inspirational references from my inspiration folders that i've been wanting to use. These are 17" x 24" so they took quite some time to do, probably around 35 hours each.
after my brother gets his PHD in a few years we are going on a trip to India, Darjeeling Limited style and hopefully I will get to see some decorated elephants. The sunflowers in the back idea actually came from an amazing photo I found of some kids riding on an elephant through a field of sunflowers.
I've regret not being able to get to the one last place on my list of places to go in China, the bamboo forests where they filmed House of Flying Daggers, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and countless other movies. This illustration will have to do for now, someday I will get there. It was a challenge trying to use the Chinese ink for the bamboo and combine it with my atmospheric style. A giant panda is holding a cage up in the background.
I liked the idea of this elegant older chinese gentleman chillin' in the forest enjoying the fineries of life, the birdman.

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Laugh overflowing... I guess Phillip got fired.
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With most gardens winding down after a productive Summer, ours continues to save us quite a bit of money.
Silverbeet grows all year round and our two plants provide us with greens on our dinner plate at least twice a week. When broccoli is too dear to buy at the supermarket, silverbeet is a nutricious alternative.
Our lemon tree still has fruit from last season as well as new fruit growing that we will be picking in a couple of months. All fruit we cannot use straight away is juiced and frozen for year round savings. Lemon chicken, lemon butter, lemon on fish and lemon drinks for sore throats are some of the ways we enjoy our lemons. At 80 cents a lemon in the supermarket, we are saving a small fortune.
The raspberry bushes are almost at the end of it's picking season. Since early December we've picked over 4.5 kilos. All fruit has been frozen as picked and turned into delicious jam a few times a year. I also make a couple of batches of raspberry and white chocolate muffins for afternoon teas and snacks on the go. The cheapest raspberries to buy are $10 a kilo in the supermarket, so our bounty would retail for a minimum of $45. WINNING !!
The last of our potatoes will be dug up in a week or two. I'm hoping the latest crop will provide us with free potatoes for another six weeks. The last time I bought potatoes was mid December last year.
The $4 punnet of lettuce seedlings I planted a few months ago is still growing well. We've enjoyed many salads during the warm weather we had. Now that it's cooled, we like to add lettuce to our lunches of dry biscuits and tuna. Just another way to get nutrients from green vegetables.
In a months time I will be picking the first head of broccoli with more to follow shortly. I have many plants at various stages of growing. If all goes to plan I'll be blanching and freezing lots of broccoli with the hope of not having to buy any for a long time ( if at all ).
We have beautiful displays of vibrant chrysanthemums growing in our flower gardens. Not only are they enjoyed out in the garden. We pick punches of flowers to brighten up our home and to add a pop of color. We love to spread the joy around by taking punches of flowers to our daughter's homes when visiting.
The chicken have enjoyed many meals of weeds and old veggie plants. This in turn reduces the amount of chicken feed they eat.
|Our labours of 2020|
|Our chrysanthemum display|
|Enjoying flowers in the home|
|Darren is growing kale ( not for me )|
|Tiny broccoli seedling|
|Our bigger broccoli plants|
|Our lettuce patch|
|Lots of flowers|
|Just coming into bloom|
|Silverbeet for another meal|
|There are always lemons.|

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Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has taken to Twitter to express his anger over the perceived double standards in the league following Tom Brady’s absence.
Tom Brady is currently away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for what is being classified as ‘personal reasons’, and whilst there has been some confusion as to why he is taking this time away from the team, head coach Todd Bowles has stated that the absence was pre-arranged with the team.
So whilst it might be a little bit weird to see Brady away from the team this close to the season, it isn’t something that has taken the team completely by surprise and it looks as if we can all get on with our lives without having to worry about what is going on in Brady’s life.
That message though hasn’t made its way to the brain of one of Brady’s teammates Antonio Brown, who has been left rather angry at the reports over Brady’s absence.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
There are two sides to the story when you think about Brown and his time in the NFL, there is the player who put up over 13,000 yards and 89 touchdowns as a wide receiver, or there is the man who suffered from numerous behaviour issues and was last seen on a football field shirtless as he stormed away from the Buccaneers sideline in their penultimate game of the 2021 regular season:
And it seems as though that second side of him is coming out once again as he let loose on the fact that Brady was allowed to skip some preseason work:
Now in fairness, when you’ve achieved as much in the game as Brady has, and at the age he is, he gets the flexibility to more or less create his own schedule. And perhaps if Brown hadn’t gone so far off the rails during his career and carried on the pace he was at, then he might be on a team and in the position to choose his own schedule as well.

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