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text: In our interview with Mr. Jim Kidd, he emphasized his years spent working, controlling, and managing fires in the Forest Service. He discussed the necessity for working with fire when he first entered the forest service when he stated,”back when I came to work, if you didn’t work in fire, you were done, it was a key element to working in the forest service.” He described how in the east, most fires that occur in forests are ground fires that can kill trees and cause damage, but are not the flame engulfing fires that you would see out west. A particularly interesting story that he told us about from his time working with fire was about the Talulah Forest in Rabun County, Georgia, which is right on the border of North Carolina. He described certain citizens who were angered by the fact that the Forest Service passed national trails legislation that made the river a wild and scenic region, therefore preventing them from any longer driving vehicles through the paths. Mr. Kidd said that this enraged people to the point of committing arson and described how, “they just about burnt that county up for years and years and years…we were on fire call every night.” He went on to describe how “that generation has moved on” and that there is no longer an issue of arson in this area. I found this story to be interesting because it shows the conflicts between community members and the forest service in regards to priorities. The forest service found the area to be valuable and in need of preservation while certain people seemed to feel otherwise. It should also be noted that Mr. Kidd was not talking about the members of this community as a whole, but rather just certain individuals.

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|Reviews for Begin Again|
| ebdarcy.qt4good chapter 28 . 12/29/2014
Loved it! Great plot! It was very unique and interesting to read!
| SugarCakes123 chapter 28 . 10/21/2013
No please more omg this has been such avoid story! Ur amazing! Keep writing!
| iheartliamhemsworth chapter 28 . 10/21/2013
Great job! I found an error or two but that might just be I read it wrong or I just skip over the word or something stupid like that. I was really hopin for the wedding. Ugh! So whated to know! Anyways it was a great ending. Great writing skills and I will check out you other on-going story!
| Belle453 chapter 28 . 10/19/2013
The epilogue is perfect...though I'm not ready for this story to end. I do have to applaud you for ending it without letting it drag out. Great job.
I have mixed feelings about Marvel's visit. On one hand what he did was totally unforgivable. Then on the other hand, Madge is moving on and this is a good way for her to completely put it behind her. You've done a good job of showing and addressing both.
Love, love this story. Thanks for writing this.
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| SugarCakes123 chapter 27 . 10/19/2013
Awe I'm going yo miss this story I love it!
| Mercenary63 chapter 28 . 10/19/2013
I had so little free time that I've almost forgotten about this story! Still can't believe it!
Thanks so much for finishing it, I love this fic. And I really want to watch Love and Honor now, you kinda inspired me to ;)
Looking forward to more of your works!
| Stronger-Than-Fear chapter 28 . 10/19/2013
That was so perfect yet so sad because its over and now I just want to go give gale a hug and I eat to see their wedding and nesksaldkanlandndnnd I loved every second of it. Thank you for taking time out if your real life to write this amazing story!
| NurseKelly chapter 27 . 10/17/2013
Very sweet. Loved the idea of Gale singing to her. Looking forward to the epilogue!
| SofiaCalista chapter 27 . 10/15/2013
What can I say? I love TrainI, like song inspired fics and that's such an 'awww' moment. Can't wait for the epilogue! :)
And I think this is your 200th review for this fic! Yay! :)
| Girlonfire5360 chapter 27 . 10/15/2013
Fantastic chapter yay!
| S. Lily Potter chapter 27 . 10/15/2013
OMG! I just loved this chapter so much!
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| Stronger-Than-Fear chapter 27 . 10/15/2013
Loved it! I'm sad that its almost over! :,(
| Belle453 chapter 27 . 10/15/2013
THat was perfect. Love their thoughts...their clothes...and their date. Gale singing is just...awesome. Nice image...thanks for it...;)
He asked and she said yes! Nice! Very nice!
Peeta and Katniss were perfect and it was nice to see all four of them joking around. Can't wait for the epilogue though I'm not sure I'm ready for this story to end.
| Stronger-Than-Fear chapter 26 . 9/30/2013
This is one of those stories I thought I followed, but apparently didn't. Why? I dunno. Now I am. Keep up the great work, and this chapter was amazing!

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An experimental infectious diarrhoea model to assess intestinal myoelectrical activity
Introduction: Diseases causing infectious diarrhoea, such as cholera, are a leading cause of childhood death and adult morbidity. At the level of enterocytes, cholera toxin (CT) – produced by Vibrio cholerae – induces a dramatic increase in electrolyte and water secretion by increasing intracellular cAMP and also by stimulating enteric nervous components. CT can modulate intestinal myoelectrical activity but its exact nature is not understood. One method used to assess this is high-resolution spatiotemporal electrical mapping. Aims and objectives: The study aimed to develop an animal model of cholera to assess myoelectrical activity in the gastrointestinal system. Materials and methods: Four young adult black mice were anaesthetized using pentobarbital (pentobarbitone) (pentobarbital sodium salt; Sigma-Aldrich) and jejunal loops were constructed. A total of 2μg of CT was instilled into the jejunal loops and incubated for 5 hours, after which the jejunal fluid was measured and jejunal sheets were used for slow-wave electrical recording for frequency, amplitude and velocity by fixing them in an organ bath using 121 mini electrodes. Results: CT-incubated animal jejuna showed significant fluid secretion after a period of 5 hours compared with the control group (CT group 1000μl vs. control group 100μl; P>0.001). The CT group showed an increase in slow-wave velocity compared with the controls and there was no change in frequency or amplitude. These are preliminary results and require further experimentation to confirm the significance. Conclusion: We have successfully developed an infectious model of diarrhoea, which can be utilized for myoelectrical recordings and analysis. Acknowledgements: We would like to acknowledge Dr Sandeep Subramanya, Dr Wim Lammers and Ms Betty Stephen, who helped us through this project.

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6 Saying Goodbye Yet ANOTHER trio farewell fic...well, sort of. I can't do summaries. Give me reviews, please! They make me happy. EDIT: I guess I should probably mention...THIS IS A ONE SHOT. Don't be mad..plzkthx.
Harry Potter, K+, English, Drama & Angst, words: 959, 5/8/2006, Ginny W., Harry P.
10 There's Something Sexy 'Bout the Rain PLEASE R&R!A one-shot flangst fic about Ron and Hermione. AU. SLIGHTLY based on the song by Kenny Chesney.
Harry Potter, K+, English, Romance & Angst, words: 1k+, favs: 3, 2/3/2005, Hermione G., Ron W.
10Always » Rating just to be safe. Anyway, it's a cute little ficlet about Harry and Ginny. R&R please, and don't skip over the author's note at the beginning. It's VERY IMPORTANT! Don't forget to R&R!
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All That’s Left: Zero Packet.
Queer and Sci-fi Zine, Maggie Eighteen, Issue 1, allthatsleft.bigcartel.com, $4.00
When my roommate recommended I pick up All That’s Left, they told me that it combines everything they love: queer and dystopian sci-fi. I was instantly drawn to it. The sci-fi zine genre has a long tradition but a sci-fi zine that was explicitly queer was something that was new to me. In fact, a sci-fi zine alone is usually not something I would pick up, but that was before I knew there was a queer subgenre.
The zine is beautiful and hand bound with an interesting cover and a line on the back that reads, “Not everyone is good at their body.” I didn’t know what I was in for but I was excited with anticipation.
The zine starts with a personal greeting from the author Maggie Eighteen explaining the use of both gendered pronouns and the non-binary “they” pronoun, as well as a list of characters found in the first issue. There are four chapters in here. The first is a brief description of the dystopian world the characters inhabit; the second — entitled “Ghost Town” — introduces two characters “Suli” and “Braga” on a patrol of an outlying district of the last remaining city known as “the dome.” I like this chapter a lot; it is just two men on patrol making small talk about sex. They are not explicitly gay or straight, and it doesn’t matter. Clearly in this world gender is not a central aspect of their core identity.
The juxtaposition of dystopian setting and such mundane conversation about desire and sex is something this zine does incredibly well — a blending of queerness, human conversation and the dystopian world they occupy. In the end, nothing is really resolved as there is no inherent conflict. It is just a snippet of a day in the life of these characters. If all sci-fi zines were this entertaining I would be a diehard collector by now. (Eric Levitt.)

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For more than 35 years, MacGregors Industrial Group has been a leading provider of machining and metal fabrication solutions to the manufacturing, energy, mining, forestry, and construction industries. Our goal is to add value and build trust with our clients.
Located in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, our markets reach throughout North America and into export markets.
The Opportunity: Senior Drafting/Detailing (CAD Operator)
Continued growth and expansion have resulted in the need for a full-time Senior Drafter/Detailer for MacGregors Industrial Group. The Senior Drafter/Detailer will work from a leadership position to design, create, and review technical drawings. This position will report directly to the Fabrication Division Manager.
Priority objectives for the drafting technician are:
- Provide leadership with the drafting team, and work to develop system process and overall skills improvement.
- Develop and prepare drawings, plans or diagrams as directed by estimators, project managers, and other stakeholders.
- Provide Fabrication/Machine Shop with requested shop drawings/sketches to maintain a continuous flow on the production floor.
- Operation of computer-aided design (CAD) equipment.
- Produce drawing packages in an efficient and cost-effective manner that positively contributes to overall project success.
Specific Roles and Responsibilities
Specific roles and responsibilities for the Senior Drafter/Detailer are:
- Review document packages and produce drawing sets as required.
- Assist the Estimation Department by reviewing drawing packages and creating material pick sheets and material estimates, as well as estimation of time required to produce required drawing packages.
- Continually develop overall team skills and improve the drafting and drawing review process.
- Assist the project manager and fabricators during projects with revised drawings and a full comprehension of project drawings.
- Overall responsibility to preform quality control on drawing packages produced by junior drafting personnel and other team members at MacGregors.
Expectations for the drafting technician are:
- The ability to communicate and work with engineers, architects, tradesperson, and clients.
- Immediately inform the Design Manager/Quality Assurance on any concerns or possible technical issues noted during the drafting or drawing review process.
- Develop productive working relationships with other key personnel.
- Available to work 40+ hours per week.
- Continually maintain and develop technical knowledge in order to perform effectively and adapt to changes in the workplace.
- The ability to train, mentor and lead both senior and junior drafter/detailers
Key Skills, Capabilities and Experience
Key skills, capabilities and abilities for the drafting technician are:
- Certified Engineering Technician (C. Tech), Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.), graduate from NSCC Mechanical Drafting program, or other Mechanical Engineering CAD related training/background.
- Extensive knowledge of 2D and 3D drafting software required. Experienced use of SolidWorks, Auto CAD, Auto Desk software an asset.
- 5+ years’ experience required.
- Knowledge of fabrication, machining, and industrial construction a strong asset.
- Experience being involved in estimation processes, subcontracting, and project management a strong asset.
- Willingness and ability to work to a deadline in a fast-paced environment.
- Leadership experience (team lead/supervision/management)
Hours & Benefits
40+ hours per week with medical benefits, dental benefits, group insurance benefits, safety footwear allowance, pension plan and vision care benefits. MacGregor’s offers flexible vacation scheduling as well as 10 paid holidays per year.
Salaried position. Salary TBD based on skill and ability.
How to Apply
If you are interested in joining our team, please send your resume to [email protected]
We would like to thank all applicants; however, only those candidates with the required skills and experience will be contacted.
MacGregor’s business versatility can be viewed at www.macgregors.ca
Job Types: Permanent, Full-time
Salary: $28.00-$33.00 per hour
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Mclellans Brook, NS B2H 5C7: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
- AutoCAD: 1 year (preferred)
- drafting: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person


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Sister Afia Is NOT A Lesbian- Your Proof Is Here!
If any lady out there has any plans of hitting on singer Sister Afia, they are better off holding their horses because the lady says she is only interested in men and would never look at women in that way.
She however revealed that she has been single for the past two years as that only distracts her. She says she is career focused for the time being.
“Right now I’m just trying to concentrate on work,” after which she can get into a relationship at any given time.
“I do [date] men a lot… I’m not interested in females…I never deal with a woman,” Sista Afia told Andy Dosty.
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North Side of City of St. Louis Receives $30M in HUD Grant Money
ST LOUIS —
Thanks to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, millions of dollars are about to be poured into the north side of City of St Louis.
The city’s poorest neighborhood is receiving a $29.5 million grant through the department’s Choice Neighborhoods program.
St. Louis is one of five communities receiving a combined total of $132.2 million in grants.
The money will go toward developing about 700 new units in affordable and mixed income housing at Preservation Square and make it easier for small businesses and homeowners to get loans.
The money will also go toward improving education and creating youth oriented programs and services.
Allman Reporter Aisha Khan asked HUD secretary, Julian Castro about how promising is this money and if in fact the north side community will get to see the results.
"One of the legacies of this administration is great place based work," said Castro, "so you can go into neighborhoods in cities like Philadelphia or my hometown of San Antonio or Los Angeles and see neighborhoods that are transforming, the housing is being improved, the education is being improved and quality of life outcomes, health, job opportunities are being improved, that's happening in urban America."
Aisha also briefly talked with out going Governor, Jay Nixon about his thoughts on the city receiving the grant.
"I predict that on January 10 that the state's Board of Education is going to reaccredit the St. Louis School District," Nixon said, "so I think schools like Riverview Gardens, these school districts have worked hard with everybody in the last eight to ten years to build confidence there, couple that then with the NGA and the construction jobs that will come and the other affiliated housing and community center issues that will go forward, this is going to jump start people's confidence."


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America's Next Top Model creator and judge, Tyra Banks will appear in the African version of the model competition, Africa's Next Top Model.
According to TVSA, African supermodel, Oluchi Orlandi, revealed that she'll have Banks appearing on the show.
Orlandi, who got the green-light from Banks to do an African version of the reality competition show, has been going around a couple of African countries looking for contestants with potential to be the next big model in Africa. Currently in Cape Town, where the final leg of the auditions are being held today, Orlandi said that Banks will be putting in an appearance on the show's final legs in New York.
According to TVSA, there's now word on whether Banks will be judging or consulting n the show. It wouldn't be surprising if Banks actually judges the finale.
Banks and Orlandi are former Victoria's Secret model's having graced the runway of the popular lingerie brand for many years. It wouldn't surprising if one of their challenges is a Victoria's Secret challenge and the winner gets to be on the Victoria's Secret show in November.
|Oluchi Orlandi and Tyra Banks during their Victoria's Secret days|
The show will start airing on Africa Magic, Vuzu and Mzansi Magic in October.


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Immediately Terminate Police Services Between City of Parkland FL & The Sheriff of Broward
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We the People of Parkland, Florida demand the immediate termination of the Agreement for Police Services between the City of Parkland and The Sheriff Of Broward County.
The tragic school shooting which took place on February 14th, 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has shaken our peaceful city to the core, our children no longer feel safe and our parents are worried sending their children to unprotected schools.
In the aftermath of this horrific event it has become known that the resource officer assigned to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School failed to act to defend or protect our children.
It is also now known and under investigation that the Broward County Sheriff's Office had several deputies who were first to arrive on scene and yet failed to enter the school to protect our children from an active shooter and also failed to assist our children and teachers who were left injured inside the building. The simple fact is many of these children could have been saved if the Broward County Sheriff's Deputies had acted in a manner in which they are trained to do - they failed to serve and protect our community.
Evidence exists that Broward County Sheriff's Office ignored the threats of violence by this individual over the course of many years. We do not know how many more “ticking time bombs” Broward County Sheriff's Office failed to investigate and exist at our schools. As long as Sheriff Israel is in charge we can no longer rely on the Broward County Sheriff's Office to protect our children, our teachers and other school staff.
We as parents have no reason to believe that Broward County Sheriff Deputies will actively engage a school shooter under its current leadership.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office failed to act, not only in the immediate need of assistance at the time of the shooting, but also for years leading up to this act of evil. Although an FDLE investigation has commenced, we cannot wait for such an investigation which could take months or even years to make urgent safe decisions for our city.
We are calling for an immediate (90) ninety day notice of termination to be sent to the Sheriff Of Broward County and are requesting a new contract for Police Services with an alternate agency be executed without any further delay.
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I'm a photographer and like fashion.
Septy, what are your passion and aspiration in life? How did you start as Others?
I want to be a star
Who is your inspiration in life Septy? How do you stay inspired as a Others?
We all make mistakes Septy; we wish we could take back. What was the mistake you made in the past that you wish you can take back?
Septy, How do you describe yourself in terms of working with clients?
I'm a flexible person
Please tell us Septy, how do you prioritize work, social life, friends, and family?
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All is easy
What advice would you give to the people who want to be successful as a Others?
praying n working hard
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Awards & Certificates
In 2006 we were awarded the Pearsons Prize for "Best Restoration Project" in Britain and Ireland.
This was for our work on the restoration of stained glass windows for the Former Wesleyan Methodist Church on St. Laurence´s St., Drogheda Co. Louth and was sponsored by Pearsons Glass, Liverpool and Glashuette Lamberts, Germany.
Currently we are in the process of undertaking a large project as part of the restoration of Swords Castle, Co. Dublin. We have been commissioned by the Parks Department of Fingal County Council to design, fabricate & install a series of new stained glass windows strictly in the early 14th Century style, for the chapel at the front of the castle grounds.
The project comprises of four large aisle windows based on the Four Evangelists and a larger window situated behind the Altar. In order to develop a thorough appreciation of the early 14th century style, we have undertaken in-depth research and site visits to study the collections of medieval stained glass at Chartres Cathedral in France and at the Liverpool Conservation Museum. To date we have finished and installed the four aisle Evangelist windows complete with Zodiac tracery lights. We are currently working on the large Altar window based on "The Jesse Tree" which is due for completion in late 2010. The Chapel is open to the public and the windows can be viewed from Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.


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Seattle Thunderbirds right wing Branden Troock today was one of three players added to rosters for the 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game to be played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Wednesday, February 1.
Troock was added to the roster of Team Orr while Mike Winther of the Prince Albert Raiders and Tim Bozon of the Kamloops Blazers have been added to the Team Cherry roster. These three will replace Nail Yakupov of the Sarnia Sting, Jarrod Maidens of the Owen Sound Attack, and Matia Marcantuoni of the Kitchener Rangers who are all unable to participate due to injury.
Troock, a 17-year-old from Edmonton, is playing in his first full WHL season with the Thunderbirds. The 6’3”, 203-pound power forward has eight goals and six assists for 14 points in 34 games this season. He was ranked 90th by NHL Central Scouting in their midterm rankings for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2012 Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game will mark the 17th annual showcase of the CHL’s top-40 NHL draft eligible players. The two-day event also features a skills competition and three-on-three challenge taking place on Tuesday, January 31.
“We are happy Branden has been ranked with this group of players,” said Russ Farwell, T-Birds general manager. “This game gives him the chance to showcase his skills against the other top CHL players for this year’s NHL draft.”
Home Hardware continues as the title sponsor of the Home Hardware CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game for the 13th consecutive year. More information and team rosters can be found at the official event website.
The T-Birds take on the Kamloops Blazers on Friday at 7:35pm at ShoWare Center.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2011-12 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
T-Birds group tickets are currently on sale. Group tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

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I truly have a story to tell, my road to motherhood was not an easy one, and I know that there are so many women and couples out there struggling to be moms, so by my own experience on this, I want to share my story with you.
Embryo storage is an all too common issue that many families are having to deal with. In Australia alone, there is an estimated 100,000 embryos in storage. This is nothing to scoff at as families across the country battle with the same decision as myself.
I roll over to desperately turn off my blaring morning alarm. Only then do I realise the searing pain across my lower abdomen. As I’m curled in a ball I start to panic as it hits me that Emmanuele is still at work and there is no way I can move. I try to get out of bed and fall to the floor in a heap. As I’m curled up in a ball, I call Emmanuele and try to tell him what’s going on. How could I explain what was going on when I didn’t know myself?


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I?ve recently been running through in my head why I must every couple of days go into a record store and get my fingers dusty. Why do I spend almost every spare cent that I have on these 12 inch pieces of wax? For as long as I?ve been a fan of Hip Hop I?ve always wanted to make beats. I grew up on a 100 acre ranch and when we moved to the bigger house on the property we also were granted access to a rather large shed. I was convinced that some how some way I would turn that shed into a recording studio and get to make music? that never happened.
But the passion I have for music is still here to this day ? one might say it?s even more prevalent than it was back then. But today I find myself questioning that which has always been my goal: Am I really a beat maker? I think not.
I spent several hours in the studio with a friend of mine the other day (an experience that I?ve always wanted to have and that any music fan should seek out) and while I watched him construct a beat from scratch I saw the passion he has for HIS art. I respect that. Hell, I admire that. But I also saw what for me I can?t ignore. While we spent maybe fifteen minutes flipping through the stacks of vinyl to find something that may be flipped into a beat I was in awe. Not only of what I saw but of how beautiful they were. Records are magical. The covers, the sounds within, the whole experience ? nothing can compare.
While he took his stack with him to the turntable to begin mining them for sounds I stayed with the wax and continued looking through the pile. Throughout the rest of the afternoon I would travel to different piles every time finding several gems and many covers that I can only guess as to how amazing the sounds inside were.
When I returned to the couch in the studio my friend was rapidly running through something. Every few seconds he would drag the needle just a little bit and see if there was something to be had. I couldn?t help but cringe ? how can you not just sit and listen? Let the sample find you. But that is just me.
I like to listen. I like to listen. I like to listen.
Even though I love vinyl and never plan to stop gathering more and more platters I will be the first to admit that they are incredibly troublesome. To quote the same friend from above ?They take up way too much space & they are heavy as hell.? These are both facts of life that any digger or collector will immediately crack a smile at upon mention. But it?s OK. Aside from these complaints the only other one I have is that you can only listen to them while you?re awake and in your apartment or at your turntable. This being said I have taken it upon myself to digitize my entire collection. Partially because I?m an aspiring DJ and want more and more choices when I spin, but more so because I want all that great music readily available to me at a moments thought.
However like everything else about vinyl digitizing a record is no easy task and takes time. As I begin the process I?m also taking advantage of listening to records I?ve never heard before. Tonight it seems I was in for a special treat.
Know the name? If you?re at all familiar with the B3 Hammond Organ you should. He and Jimmy McGriff are probably the two best B3 players to ever live. While I?ve been a B3 fan since High School I?ve only recently heard either of the Jimmys. And let me tell you they live up to their reputation.
This has prompted me to pick up just about anything I see from either of the two. This evening I happened to be digitizing ?The Other Side of Jimmy Smith? a date where he is accompanied by Ron Carter on bass, Jeff Beck on guitar, Jerome Richardson on flute and Gene Orloff on violin. On this record he plays what he feels he needs to play ? making other composers compositions priceless. He speaks with his instrument like few musicians can. He delivers a message with no lyrics; just his fingers as they glide across the keys of his Hammond.
This is why I buy records. Not so I can run through them and find some small piece to use for my own creation but because when something sounds so right it will bring a tear to your eye. Nothing can compare. This is why I buy records and as long as they inspire me I will be writing about the music that can be found within the grooves of so many pieces of wax.
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This article was taken from : Tribune Pakistan, Dr. Meher Hansotia
KARACHI: When someone dies, people invariably heap praise on him, whether it is deserved or not. But after the death of Dr (Capt) Meher F Hansotia, the fond remembrances of him hardly do him justice. After talking to his friends, family and students, my opinion of my long-time neighbour and family doctor was only strengthened as one of the most helpful people I have ever met.
Dr Hansotia suffered a heart attack three days ago. Post-angioplasty complications led him to his worldly release on Thursday at the Aga Khan Hospital. His funeral was attended by a wide spectrum of people belonging to his own community, the institution where he worked and the medical fraternity. Amid hugs and tears of more than 400 people, his funeral prayers were held and the mourners got their last glimpse before the body was carried to the Tower of Silence.
Alumni of Dow Medical College, 62-year-old Meher Hansotia graduated in 1974 and proceeded to become the Registrar of Dow University of Health Sciences and an associate professor and head of the department of Community Medicine. He was even working on a book on public health issues in Pakistan.
“There is so much to say about him that all words fall short. He was my mentor, my inspiration,” said Dr Narendar Bawani, an MDS trainee in community dentistry. “Even though he was not our assigned teacher, he took classes along with us so he could teach us later on.” Dr Hansotia had been assigned to the dental section for a semester, but the students made a point to study under him for the next two years. Taking classes with the other dental students, he used his experience and knowledge to help students who were not even under the purview of his own department.
A lover of Irish cream coffees, Dr Hansotia is recalled as a doctor who was never too tired to attend to any patient. “When my son was sick, not only did he come to attend to him late in the night, he also went out to get medicines since there was no one at home who could have gone to get them,” said Khairoonnissa, an old patient of his.
“He was not just a teacher, he was one of the greatest people I know of. His knowledge was so vast that he could answer any question off the top of his head,” said Shah Bano Syed, another MDS trainee. “I have even seen other faculty members consult him with their problems. Yet, he was humble. While teaching students, he used to say ‘You teach me and I will teach you’”.
“He was a great man, honest and dedicated. He was the perfect person and the perfect father,” said his younger son Jehangir while talking to The Express Tribune. “Not only did he have a medical skill, he also had a passion for passing it on to others,” added his elder son Jamshid.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the basis is for the statement on page 35 of the Government's Annual report 1999–2000, that tagging and curfews are more effective ways of punishing offenders; to what Government initiatives this statement refers; and if he will make a statement.
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[holding answer 18 July 2000]: The introduction of curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring as a sentence to all courts in England and Wales on 1 December 1999 built on four years of successful trials. Home Office research has shown that the successful completion rate of 82 per cent. during the first two years of the trials of the sentence compared 180W favourably with other community sentences (the completion rate for probation orders was also 82 per cent., while that for community service was 71 per cent.).
The evaluation of the trials found that curfew orders were more strictly enforced than other community sentences, a fact that places greater value on rate of completion. The primary reason for this is the fact that the electronic monitoring contracts leave little discretion in the enforcement of breaches. The monitoring equipment ensures that violations of curfew are detected immediately, and offenders in breach of their order are very quickly returned to court by the contractors.
Curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring provide the courts with a flexible sentencing option for use in respect of those offences for which the sentence is not fixed by law. Firstly, as a stand-alone sentence, it provides the punitive element of restricting an offender's liberty during the period of the curfew, while enabling those who have families to support to continue to do so. A curfew order can also be used in conjunction with another community sentence to help structure the times of attendance at, for example, probation or drug rehabilitation appointments. The trials of the sentence demonstrated that in this way, electronic monitoring could help to address the chaotic lifestyle of some offenders.
Given the operational effectiveness of curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring, the sentence can also be shown to provide a cost-effective alternative to a custodial sentence.
The operation of the sentence in England and Wales is the subject of an evaluation by the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The findings of the evaluation of the first two years of the trials of curfew orders enforced by electronic monitoring are published in Home Office Research Study 163 and 177.

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The better banker in the apple will now action shoppers the advantage to accept their online orders delivered the abutting day, afterward Amazon, which on April 25 appear affairs to absorb $800 actor during the added division for one-day commitment for all Amazon Prime members.
Walmart said Tuesday it is rolling out next-day commitment in Phoenix, Las Vegas and Southern California over the abutting few canicule and will aggrandize it to ability almost 75% of American consumers by the end of 2019, including 40 of the top 50 above metros.
Amazon hasn’t yet abundant a timeline for its own rollout of next-day shipping. But alike afore its April announcement, the aggregation had offered same-day and two-hour commitment for Prime associates in assertive markets for assertive articles and at an added cost. Amazon’s next-day aircraft plan expands the cardinal of items and ZIP codes acceptable for expedited service.
Walmart isn’t advice the amount of its latest commitment push. But the aggregation says it has been alive on it for absolutely some time.
In January 2017, Walmart started alms free, two-day aircraft for orders accretion added than $35, blurred its minimum acquirement beginning from $50. It had already bought Jet.com for $3 billion in 2016 to abstract its online business and attempt with Amazon. That accord helped it ability shoppers in bigger cities, like New York, in beneath time.
“We accept been alive on this for the accomplished several years,” Marc Lore, arch of Walmart’s e-commerce business in the U.S., said about the move against next-day shipping. “We’ve been advance … and now we are in the position to acquire the benefits.”
To start, next-day commitment will be accessible for about 220,000 items “most frequently purchased” online, Walmart said, including toys and electronics. The aggregation said it affairs to accomplish added items accessible to address abutting day over time. And the advantage is alone chargeless for orders over $35. Amazon, for comparison, has no minimum acquirement beginning for free, next-day commitment but requires barter to accept a Prime membership, which costs $119 annually.
“This is the approaching of the Walmart.com accumulation chain,” Lore said. “The added articles we add to this acquaintance … the added assisting the orders will be.”
When Amazon fabricated its one-day aircraft the new accustomed for all Prime barter aftermost ages it beatific shares of Walmart and Target tumbling, as investors abashed bricks-and-mortar retailers would now accept to absorb added money to bout the e-commerce giant’s steps. Walmart’s banal amount was up 0.5% in Tuesday’s premarket. Amazon shares were 1% higher.
“It’s this ambiguous affair alleged the Amazon effect,” said John Bonno, managing administrator in the retail convenance at AlixPartners. “I anticipate retailers are so afraid. … [They’re] so afraid that any new account that Amazon offers, retailers feel they charge to go through hoops,” to bout it.
Companies like Walmart and Target accept commodity Amazon doesn’t — networks of bags of food above the country. Food advice these companies action a click-and-collect option, area a chump can abode an adjustment online, drive to the store, and aces it up the aforementioned day. Walmart, for example, says it’s on clue to action auto for online grocery orders at 3,100 food and same-day grocery commitment from 1,600 locations by the end of the year.
“Walmart wants to accomplish the affiance they are accomplishing aggregate they can to be as acceptable as possible,” said Laura Kennedy, a retail analyst for consulting accumulation Kantar. “They accept to accommodated shoppers’ expectations. … Amazon has set those for the aftermost 10 to 15 years.”
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (l) and Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart.
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A contempo address from UBS estimated it would amount Walmart $215 actor in incremental investments, based on the company’s e-commerce revenues, to bout Amazon’s one-day aircraft offering. UBS added this would be “quite manageable” for Walmart to achieve.
Lore had told analysts during a affair aftermost abatement that Walmart was already able of extensive 87% of the country with next-day delivery. Amazon is already able of alms same-day and one-day commitment to 72% of the U.S. population, according to RBC Capital Markets.
Lore said the advance against one-day commitment ultimately makes “good business sense” for Walmart. He said this agency shoppers will alpha to accept all of their items in one box — because with next-day delivery, anniversary adjustment is activity to be sourced from the abutting administration center, and alone that one.
If a client wants a backpack of diapers, a Star Wars toy, a coffee mug and a brace of headphones delivered the abutting day, for example, all of these items will charge to be accessible at one warehouse. If one account isn’t available, the client will be presented with the advantage to “save it for later,” and adjustment the others for the afterward day. Or, the client can still adjustment aggregate — acceptable accepting the addition in assorted boxes — for two-day delivery, or beyond. (Cut-off times for next-day deliveries will alter by market, Walmart said.)
Walmart has done “extensive work” to accomplish abiding it has the appropriate items at the appropriate accomplishment centers, Lore said. The aggregation isn’t planning to antecedent next-day shipments from its stores.
Not anybody is affairs into next-day commitment actuality the abutting big affair for retailers.
If Walmart finds out this accomplishment isn’t profitable, the aggregation will stop alms it, said Sucharita Kodali, a retail analyst at Forrester Research. She compared it to back Amazon started alms brief commitment on shoes to attempt with Zappos.com. Then Amazon bought Zappos. “It was an unsustainable accoutrements chase … and eventually they aloof stopped,” she said.
“Something like next-day commitment is a concise access of excitement. It’s abundant for shoppers. … Barter win back Walmart and Amazon are duking it out. But is it continued term?” Kodali asked. “At the macro-economic level, it’s not sustainable.”
Instead, she thinks added retailers should angular into alms buy-online-pick-up-in-store options, utilizing their absolute acreage and extenuative on aircraft expenses.
A contempo analysis from Coresight Research begin 46% of online shoppers in the U.S. had best up an internet adjustment from a bricks-and-mortar abundance in the accomplished 12 months. The top retailers with this advantage were Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Home Depot, Coresight said.
“Consumers absolutely like arcade [with bang and collect],” Kodali said. Retailers “should’ve accomplished this years ago.”
Target — which offers free, two-day aircraft for all of its acclaim agenda holders, with no minimum acquirement claim — now has a curbside auto advantage for shoppers at over 1,250 stores. It offers in-store auto for online orders at all of its 1,850 locations.
Amazon, still in its chase to get boxes to barter as fast as possible, said Monday it will alpha giving its accustomed advisers up to $10,000 in start-up costs to abdicate their jobs and anatomy businesses carrying Amazon packages. If accustomed into the program, the commitment cadre will be able to charter vans from Amazon. The action is accessible to best part- and full-time Amazon employees, but not to Whole Foods workers.
Amazon shares are up about 21% so far this year, while Walmart shares are up 7%, and Target shares accept climbed about 8%.
— CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed to this reporting.
Correction: This commodity was revised to analyze that Amazon affairs to absorb $800 actor for its one-day commitment affairs for Prime members. An beforehand adaptation was unclear. Walmart isn’t advice the amount of its latest commitment push.
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Mumbai: The BMC has launched a toll-free helpline number -18001233060 that will provide information related to the theatre, garden, swimming pool for the citizens. The helpline was inaugurated by the additional municipal commissioner Ashiwini Bhide on Monday.
The new helpline will give an information such as current membership status and process for registration at civic swimming pools and will also help to resolve any difficulties faced by the citizens while booking online tickets at Byculla zoo.
Apart from this, it will update on the current status of reservations at theatres, auditoriums, parks, grounds along with the reservation process and charges.
The helpline will be handled by a trained staff to provide updated information to the citizens. "Based on the citizens' feedback on the helpline, we will consider providing information related to other civic departments in the future," said Sandeep Vaishampayan, co-ordinator (civic theatres and pools).
The citizens usually call and register their complaints related to civic issues on the existing helpline number 1916. A ward-wise helpline number was launched after the elected representatives' five-year tenure ended in 2022. These helpline numbers help citizens to register civic complaints and to assist them in resolving issues pertaining to their local areas.


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If you’ve been reading our blogs, then you probably have the goal of improving your credit in mind. Raising your credit score by dozens or even hundreds of points is important, but it’s also important to make sure to protect your credit score by avoiding actions that could negatively impact it. Most people don’t always know what does and doesn’t make a credit score decrease. If you’ve done these five things, or plan to do them in the near future, you might want to think twice. The following seven actions can seriously hurt your credit score.
- Applying for a loan or an apartment. Most apartment landlords and professional lenders will require you to have a credit check. Though it may seem pretty harmless, credit checks will lower your credit score, especially if the span of time that you’re getting multiple credit checks lasts longer than 2 weeks. If you’re looking to borrow, do yourself a favor and wait until your credit score is high enough to ensure approval. Otherwise, you may end up hurting yourself more than you expected to.
- Renting a car with your debit card. This one may shock you, simply because it’s hard to see the connection between your credit score and car rentals. Most car rental groups will insist on using a credit card, but those that allow you to rent with a debit card may actually pull up your credit score before they allow you to sign on the dotted line. This will make your credit score dip more than it would if you just allowed them to charge a credit card. Go figure!
- Halting all use of credit cards. Believe it or not, credit cards actually want to see you use their wares. The truth is that not using your credit card but keeping it in good standing will actually lower your score because it doesn’t actually show you as a person who can manage finances responsibly. Among lenders, it also may signal that you aren’t good at handling debt. So, even if it’s just once every four months or so, use your credit card to enjoy a nice dinner.
- Making a major purchase using finance plans or layaway services. This is actually considered to be a loan by most credit bureaus, especially if it is a purchase that is larger than $1000. The bigger issue with store financing isn’t that it’s viewed as a line of credit, but that it’s viewed as a maxed out line of credit. That actually makes any store financing a major problem on your credit report.
- Not paying off your parking tickets. Usually, when you don’t pay your parking tickets, you only will have to risk the possibility of a bench warrant and arrest. Times are changing, though, and many major metropolitan areas are now sending unpaid tickets to collections agencies. If you end up with an unpaid ticket getting sent to collections, then you’re going to be in trouble. That collections mark will show up on your credit report!
- Requesting an increase on your credit limit on a regular basis. This is actually one of the most shocking truths for many people, since those who want to boost their credit will try to do so by increasing their credit limits. Though the increase may boost your credit score in the long run, regular demands for a limit increase can potentially harm your score. The reason is that credit card companies will need to check your FICO score before they give you the increase, and you guessed it, you can be denied based on a low score. It’s best to avoid asking for increases more than once a year.
- Closing a pesky credit card. Some credit cards are just plain awful to have, and will seemingly be a perpetual thorn in your side. While it may make sense in the long run to close a credit card that has a lot of trouble attached to it, you should brace yourself because it will have a negative impact on your credit report. If it’s at all doable, make a point to brace yourself for the credit score hit, or avoid closing the credit card at all.
Getting a good credit score is possible, but to make it happen fast, learning what not to do is just as important as learning what you should do. After all, you can’t avoid mistakes unless you know what the mistakes are.


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On CNBC’s “Mad Money Lightning Round,” Jim Cramer said Paysafe Limited (NYSE:PSFE) is a good company. “I bless that for a trade to $25,” he added. Shares of Paysafe have rebounded 65% in the past month, but remain 50% lower than a year ago.
When asked about Teck Resources Limited (NYSE:TECK), he said, “I am going to bless it.”
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The “Mad Money” host said he is “not as inclined to buy” Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) up here.
“I like your choice,” Cramer said, when asked about R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ:RCM).
Price Action: Shares of Paysafe dropped 4% to close at $20.48, while Teck Resources rose 0.3% to settle at $42.37 on Monday. Iridium Communications shares fell 0.3%, while R1 RCM added 2.6% during the session.
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Joining the line-up at the ADI Team Congress 2017 will be Clinical Professor William Martin
William is a Clinical Professor for the Departments of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Prosthodontics at the University of Florida’s College of Dentistry. He comments, “During my lecture, several key treatment planning factors will be presented that help to reduce the potential for prosthetic implant complications. By reducing the risk of mistakes, this saves the clinician time and money and encourages increased patient satisfaction at the same time.”
He will join a myriad of internationally celebrated speakers, discussing a wide variety of relevant topics and sharing a wealth of information and advice for all members of the dental team.
There will also be the opportunity to discover the latest dental implant innovations on the trade floor, with the much talked-about Congress dinner to look forward to on Friday evening.
To hear more from Professor Martin and many other renowned speakers, don’t miss the ADI Team Congress 2017 – Dental Implantology: A Global Perspective – Inspiration From Around The World!
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BOSCH Security Systems’ DENSO Area Sensor uses a 2-dimensional laser plane to build a virtual ‘image’ of a detection environment.
The sensor is then capable of independently tracking up to 16 moving objects within its detection area, feeding this data to intrusion detection systems, or even directly taking control of IP PTZ cameras by way of the ONVIF protocol.
One of the most advanced features of the DENSO Area Sensor is its ability to directly control IP PTZ cameras. While similar detectors in the market rely on low-level contact closure to switch cameras to presets based on detection in a limited number of ‘zones’, the Area Sensor can provide direct telemetry control to a camera including automatically acquiring the next highest priority target after the currently tracked object leaves the scene.


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Chemical Recycling Europe and Polymer Comply Europe (PCE) have decided to make an uneasy decision to postpone their 2nd European Chemical Recycling Conference scheduled to take place on 10 - 11 September 2020. The different timelines and strategies of withdrawal of pandemic prevention measures adopted by individual European countries have made it impossible to organise the event according to normal standards of quality and hospitality. It might well be the case that the traveling restrictions and social distancing measures will still remain in place in September, in the light of the recent developments of the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation. Under these difficult circumstances, our consideration must be for the health of everyone involved in the event. We are currently looking for an alternative date for the conference and we will communicate it as soon as it is confirmed. The postponed seminar most likely will take place in April - May 2021. Until that day, please join our upcoming chemical recycling live webinars, focused mainly on few challenging policy areas:
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Over the past decade, driven by interest in unique optical and electronic properties of nanocrystals (NCs), the investigation of preparing NCs is becoming an important area of interdisciplinary research [1-4]. Among several Semiconductor NCs, II-VI semiconductor NCs have also gained substantial consideration because of their great potential application in light emitting-diodes, sensors, solar cells and fundamental researches [5-7]. In recent years experimental results show that cadmium compounds are toxic and dangerous to the biological system . Among the II-IV semiconductor NCs, zinc compounds such as ZnS and ZnSe have less toxicity than cadmium compounds and can be an alternative for biological applications . Doping of transition metals (TMs) into ZnSe NCs can improve their luminous properties for a broader range of applications in optoelectronics [10,11]. There are some reports on the synthesis of TM-doped ZnSe NCs using different methods by different groups [11-21]. In most of these methods, reaction time is long and reaction temperature is too high [21-23]. Photochemical method is a novel, rapid, mild and environmental friendly method for synthesis NCs [23-26].
In the present work, a one pot, rapid, green and room temperature photochemical Synthesis of transition metal (TM; Mn, Cu, Cr)-doped ZnSe/ZnS core/shell NCs was reported.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Zinc acetate dehydrate, Selenium powder, Sodium borohydride, Thioglycolic acid, Copper sulfate, Manganese nitrate (Mn(NO3)2)) and Chromium(III) nitrate were purchased from Merck chemical Company.
Synthesis of ZnSe NCs
The synthesis of ZnSe and ZnSe:TM NCs were performed using a photochemical method in aqueous medium and room temperature. The aquous growth of ZnSe NCs results from the reaction of Zinc acetate and NaHSe in the presence of TGA as capping agent.
In a typical reaction, 0.1314g zinc acetate was dissolved in 75mL of deionized (DI) water, and then 0.1mL TGA was added as a capping agent. The molar ratio of [Zn2+]:[TGA]:[Se2-] was 2:8:1 respectively. NaHSe was prepared using a reaction between 0.024g Se powder and 0.04g NaBH4 under Argon gas flow in a way that the final concentrations were 0.5 and 0.15M, respectively. After 5 min, mixture solution transferred to a syringe through a filter.
Synthesis of TM:ZnSe@ZnS core-shell NCs
Synthesis of TM-doped ZnSe NCs, were done by adding proper amount of copper acetate, manganese nitrate and Chromium(III) nitrate before adding TGA to Zinc acetate solution. Mole ratio of dopant ions to Zn2+ were 1% for Cu, 1% for Cr and 0.08% for Mn impurities. The prepared solution was exposed to UV illumination only for 10 min at room temperature.
Synthesis of TM:ZnSe@ZnS core-shell NCs
After the synthesis of ZnSe, 10 cc of ZnSe NCs was added to a 20 cc solution of zinc acetate and Na2S2O3. The concentration of Zn(Ac)2 and Na2S2O3 was 1.6 and 8mM, respectively. The prepared solution was exposed to UV illumination only for 10 min at room temperature. Na2S2O3 is a UV sensitive material, which dissociates and creates some S species and free electrons needed for the reaction, and leads to the ZnS formation around ZnSe cores .
Infrared absorption data were obtained by using an AVATAR-370-FTIR THERMONICOLET Fourier-transform-infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. UV-visible (UV-Vis) and photoluminescence (PL) spectra were performed using an Avantes spectrometer (Ava Spec-2048 TEC). X-ray diffraction (XRD) was carried out by an advanced d8Bruker system. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image was taken using Philips EM 208 with an accelerating voltage 100 kV. SEM images have been obtained using LEO 1450 VP system.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
To confirm the capping of particles by TGA and formation of NCs, FTIR spectroscopy was done. Fig. 1 displays the FT-IR spectra of TGA and TGA-capped ZnSe NCs. The band at 3427 cm−1 corresponds to the O-H stretching. For ZnSe NCs disappearance of S-H bond (2500 cm-1) in free TGA showed that H atom has been replaced by Zn at S-H bond . Moreover, The peak at 1720 cm-1 which corresponds to COOH shifts to 1580 cm-1 which is attributed to asymmetric COO- and symmetric COO- bond at 1385 cm-1 was appeared [27,28]. This accumulates negative charges on the outer surface of NCs and prohibits from their agglomeration. These results clearly confirm that TGA covers the surface of ZnSe NCs successfully.
The crystallinity and structure of the obtained NCs were demonstrated by the x-ray diffraction pattern (Fig. 2). There is no obvious diffraction peak shift after doping. For TM:ZnSe/ZnS NCs, as expected, diffraction peaks clearly shifted to the higher angles, which confirmed TM:ZnSe/ZnS formation . The XRD pattern of both undoped and TM-doped ZnSe samples had characteristic diffraction peaks at (2θ) 28.6˚, 47.5˚, and 56.4˚ which could be index to typical (111), (220) and (311) crystal planes of cubic zinc blend ZnSe, respectively. The crystallite size of the TM:ZnSe and TM:ZnSe/ZnS NCs was calculated to be 2.5 and 5 nm, respectively, using Debye-Sherer’s formula with the full width of half maximum (FWHM) of the first main XRD peak . For ZnSe@ZnS NCs, as expected, diffraction peaks clearly shifted to the higher angles, which confirmed TM:ZnSe@ZnS formation.
The morphology of the NCs was observed by SEM and TEM images. Fig. 3(a) shows the scanning electron micrographs of synthesized Cu doped ZnSe NCs. It demonstrates that the products are spherical and there is a well size distribution in NCs.
Fig. 3(b) is a typical TEM image of the synthesized TM:ZnSe/ZnS core/shell NCs. The image showed that particles were round in shape and most of the NCs have a diameter of about 5 nm which is bigger than that for ZnSe NCs and a shell around ZnSe cores can be observed from Fig. 1 (b) clearly.
Fig. 4 shows PL spectra of the ZnSe, TM:ZnSe and TM:ZnSe/ZnS NCs for 10 min illumination time using an excitation of 254nm. From Fig. 4(a) it is seen that the PL spectra of ZnSe NCs is dominated by a near band edge emission (excitonic emission) with a peak located at about 370 nm, accompanied with a broad band emission with a peak located at about 490 nm which is due to deep trap emissions .
The PL spetra of ZnSe:Mn and ZnSe:Mn/ZnS NCs can be seen in Fig. 4(a), and show three emission peaks, located at 370nm, 490nm and 590 nm. The emission peak at 370 nm is from the ZnSe exitonic emission that significantly decreased compared to that of undoped ZnSe NCs. The peak at 490 nm which is related to ZnSe trap states increased compared to that of undoped ZnSe NCs. The 590nm emission is assigned to 4T1-6A1 electronic transition of the Mn2+ impurity .
The PL intensity of the exitonic emission of ZnSe NCs was quenched with doping of Cu impurity and trap states emission increased as shown in the Fig. 4(b). Similar results have also been reported for ZnSe:Cu NCs . In the case of Cr impurity, intensity of the exitonic peak decreased and trap states emission significantly increased (Fig. 4 (c)). These obtained results confirm doping of TM impurities into ZnSe host NCs.
Fig. 5 demonstrates absorption spectra of undoped ZnSe and ZnSe:TM NCs with TM=Mn, Cu and Cr impurities. The band edge of the Pure and TM-doped ZnSe NCs was located at about 3.58eV for undoped NCs and 3.71 , 3.52 and 3.49 eV for Mn, Cu and Cr impurities, respectively which was higher than that for ZnSe in bulk case (2.7 eV). Apparently, For Cu and Cr impurities absorbtion edge exhibits clear red-shift whereas in the case of Mn impurity absorption edge shows blue-shift compared to that of undoped ZnSe NCs due to size effect [29,30]. Similar shifts in absorbtion band have also been reported for Cu and Mn doping[29,30].
As shown in Fig. 6 (a, b and c), ZnSe:TM/ZnS core/shell NCs absorption edge has a clear red shift compared to ZnSe:TM NCs, which due to the size effect induced by the shell growth. This results could demonstrate the overcoating reaction of the ZnS shell on the ZnSe:TM cores.
ZnSe, ZnSe:Cu, ZnSe:Cr and ZnSe:Mn NCs were synthesized by a rapid photochemical method using TGA as capping agent and catalyst of reactions. XRD patterns indicates cubic zinc blend TM-doped ZnSe NCs with an average size around 2.5 nm. TEM image demonstrated round shape NCs with an average size around 3 nm.
The PL spectra of ZnSe NCs showed two peaks located about 400 and 500 nm related to exitonic and trap states emissions, respectively. For ZnSe:Cu NCs the exitonic emission was quenched and PL intensity of trap states emission increased. For ZnSe:Mn and ZnSe:Cr NCs, the exitonic emission decreased gradually with the increase in the impurity (Cu) concentration whereas trap state emission increased. Moreover in the case of ZnSe:Mn NCs a peak about 580 nm was appeared from 4T1-6A1 transition of the Mn2+ impurity, demonstrating the Mn incorporation inside the ZnSe NCs structure. ZnS shell was grown around ZnSe cores using a reaction based on the photo sensitivity of Na2S2O3. For TM:ZnSe@ZnS core-shell NCs, XRD diffraction peaks shifted to the higher angles and a shell can be seen around ZnSe cores from TEM image. After ZnS growth, PL intensity was increased considerably.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript.

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It is not a coincidence that it has been a team from Spain that has lifted The Champions League trophy six times in the last ten years. Spanish football is on a complete level on their own, and the Spanish league attracts the biggest football names in the world. Therefore Spain and La Liga is the ulimate wet dream for every football fan.
There is a saying that says that football is like a religion in Spain, and there is something in that. Football is undoubtedly Spain’s national sport. The sport is considered to be a religion in all classes of society and there is a great number of sport magazines that analyse every aspect of the game. Everyone in Spain has its favourite team and everywhere you can hear people talk about football; at work and at the cafes, both before and after the games.
We often associate Spanish football with the two biggest football teams in Europe, FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. And the biggest football event in Europe is when these two teams meets in a game, called ”El Clássico”. When the two teams challenge each other in a game, they are watched by either 82, 000 supporters at Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid or by 99, 000 supporters at Camp Nou in Barcelona. In addition, one billion people all around the world follow the game. There is hardly another game that is that hyped-up. The game also include the battle between the two best players in the world, Messi and Ronaldo.
The games between Real and Barca is the ultimate treat to watch. Therefore, the tickets are sold out in no time at all and the ticket prices are completely insane.
Although Spanish football offer much more than El Clássico. There are several big football teams in the Spanish league, and many games are worth seeing. Teams like Atlético de Madrid, Valencia and Sevilla are also very succesful and they always offer high class football. Moreover, Spain will also offer you great weather, and many cultural and culinary experiences wait in the bigger cities in Spain. You can easily get a ticket for about 40 Euro to any of these games in La Liga.
If you do want to watch Barca’s superfast offensive football or Real’s star players choose a game when they play against any of the other teams in the league. Then it is usually easier to find tickets at a more reasonable level.
If you cannot get tickets to El Clássico, try to get tickets to the derby between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid. It is worth the money . The ”small” team from Madrid, Atlético de Madrid, has during the last couple of years been at the top of the league and was the Spanish Football Champions in 2014.
Unlike many other European leagues, hooliganism is rare at Spanish football grounds. There is almost never any violence at the games, which means that families can safely take the children to the games.

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The State of Israel is roughly the size of New Jersey, yet it has the largest number of start-up companies per capita globally. Israel also has more companies listed on the NASDAQ exchange than all of Europe. So, what’s the secret of Israel’s success?
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The main innovation provided by INAPRO is the double recirculation aquaponic system (DRAPS) for water, consisting of a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) for the fish section and a recirculating hydroponic system for the plants section. These two systems run independently and are linked only through a one-way valve. In the INAPRO system, the wastewater from the aquaculture sector is used as fertiliser for the hydroponically grown crops and then, thanks to a cooling trap system, the evapo-transpirated water is captured from the horticulture sector and reinserted into the aquaculture one. This system allows to establish and maintain optimal conditions in both parts, avoiding negative interactions between the fish and the plants.
Thanks to this innovation, the INAPRO system allows the production of fish and vegetables with almost no external water input. Indeed, INAPRO needs a daily water input representing only 1-3% of the total amount of water circulating in the system. INAPRO has been developed to be scalable to greenhouses of different dimensions (from large scale agricultural facilities to smaller urban farming solutions) and under different climate conditions. The highly efficient reuse of water makes this system the perfect solution to produce food in rural areas with water scarcity issues. Moreover, depending on where the greenhouse is located, the system can use different sources of water (including rainwater) and can be powered by different sources of renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass) cutting both costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
INAPRO allows the production of local, healthy and sustainable food that is free from contaminants and chemical residues. In fact, INAPRO does not require fish drugs and antibiotics and employs only a minimal amount of fertilisers. Since the food is produced in a closed system, no pollution is dispersed in the surrounding environment avoiding any negative impact on soil and groundwater.
As INAPRO products can be grown anywhere, this system represents a local and sustainable solution to the increasing demand for seafood products without putting additional burden on already overexploited fish stocks. Instead it cuts the emissions and costs for transport and avoid the negative environmental impacts of conventional fish farms.
The INAPRO system is adaptable to installations of different sizes and locations. Currently INAPRO has a test facility in Abtshagen (Germany), which is already running and producing tilapia and tomatoes. By spring 2016, two other demonstration sites will be built in Europe, one in Waren (Germany) and the other in Murcia (Spain). The demonstration sites are expected to produce around 6t of tilapia and 12t of tomatoes per year. To ease the shift from conventional aquaculture and horticulture to aquaponics, the INAPRO system allows farmers to calculate their revenues whilst taking into consideration all production-related costs.
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Join us for our Annual Halloween Party and have a ghoulish time! Of course come in costume as prizes will be awarded for best costumes. THE COMPASS ROSE BAND will be setting the spooky mood with their classic rock sounds from 6-9pm
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The new Arran ferry the MV Glen Sannox has been hit by another three months of delay as a result of Covid-19 and shortages of local skilled labour.
As a result she is unlikely to be in service before September 2022 and could go straight to Troon, where the main Arran service is being transferred while major harbour works are carried out at Ardrossan.
The news came in an update Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) has published on the construction of two public sector ferries and progress made in the turnaround of the shipyard.
A programme report submitted to the Scottish parliament’s transport committee details the impact that Covid-19 and shortages of local skilled labour has had on delivery schedules and pandemic-related costs.
These factors have created a total 15-week delay in the construction of both vessels. As a result, MV Glen Sannox is scheduled to be delivered between July 2022 and September 2022 while Hull 802 is scheduled to be delivered between April 2023 and July 2023. However, both vessels will both then be required to undergo sea trials before being brought into service.
The Covid-19 pandemic caused six months of disruption in 2020 and productivity has continued to be impacted due to a further shutdown in January 2021 and the introduction of additional safety measures. The timeline impact of ongoing disruption has been calculated as seven weeks, with additional costs of £1 million, which reflects the update given to parliament in March this year. It brings the total Covid-19 costs to £4.3 million, which is treated as an exceptional item and does not affect the overall project budget. The overall project budget remains stable and unchanged at £110.3 million.
Recruitment challenges since late 2020 have caused a delay of eight weeks as the shortage of local skilled labour meant that Ferguson’s had to meet resource requirements by subcontracting smaller fabrications to Scottish businesses – which has supported 25 jobs – and introducing overseas workers.
The report also outlines achievements and progress to date, including a major milestone in the build of MV Glen Sannox with the completion of structural work.
Progress is visible, with the installation of a reworked funnel and newly-constructed mast, as well as completion of the structure around the stern and inside the hull. Remedial work has been completed on hull paintwork and the first layers of protective paint have been applied to the aluminum superstructure. Completion of the structure makes way for outfitting of the vessel, which includes the installation of 10km of pipework and extensive equipment, plus the creation of public spaces and cabins and full furnishing.
Despite the challenges and delays, shipyard management remains positive based on improved capability built over the past 18 months, including a highly qualified and capable leadership team in place. The senior management team now has 130 years of combined shipbuilding experience, with other new expert appointments and existing high-calibre employees promoted into key positions.
Tim Hair, turnaround director at Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow), said: ‘I know the further delay to the project will be a disappointment to island communities and others who await the arrival of the new ferries. There remains a lot of work to do on the vessels, but it is important to recognise the level of progress too, as well as the significant operational improvements we have implemented to introduce robust and effective business processes. We have, in effect, created a functioning shipyard business from a standing start.
‘The past year has been extremely challenging; we’ve been working under the restrictions and pressure of a global pandemic, and recruitment has proved difficult, with the pool of skilled workers insufficient to meet our resource requirements.
‘However, we now enter a new phase of production. The milestone on MV Glen Sannox is highly significant because, for the first time in this project, we have a complete vessel structure to work with. Construction is also progressing on Hull 802, with the first new units recently lifted into place.
‘We have reached an important turning point from reworking the past to building the future. We are doing everything possible to deliver the dual fuel ferry programme, improve productivity, secure contracts for future vessels, and protect local jobs.’


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The Bluest Eye is about the life of the Breedlove family who resides in Lorain, Ohio, in the late 1930s. This family consists of the mother Pauline, the father Cholly, the son Sammy, and the daughter Pecola. The novel’s focal point is the daughter, an eleven-year-old Black girl who is trying to conquer a bout with self-hatred.
Everyday she encounters racism, not just from white people, but mostly from her own race. In their eyes, she is much too dark, and the darkness of her skin somehow implies that she is inferior, and according to everyone else, her skin makes her even “uglier.” She feels she can overcome this battle of self-hatred by obtaining blue eyes, but not just any blue.
She wants the bluest eye. Morrison is able to use her critical eye to reveal to the reader the evil that is caused by a society that is indoctrinated by the inherent goodness and beauty of whiteness and the ugliness of blackness. She uses many different writing tools to depict how “white” beliefs have dominated American and African American culture.
The narrative structure of The Bluest Eye is important in revealing just how pervasive and destructive social racism is. Narration in the novel comes from several sources. Much of the narration comes from Claudia MacTeer as a nine-year-old child, but Morrison also gives the reader the insight of Claudia reflecting on the story as an adult, some first-person narration from Pecola’s mother, and narration by Morrison herself as an omniscient narrator.
Pecola’s experiences would have less meaning coming from Pecola herself because a total and complete victim would be an unreliable narrator, unwilling or unable to relate to the actual circumstances of that year.
Claudia, from her youthful innocence, is able to see and relate how the other characters, especially Pecola, idolize the “ideal” of beauty presented by white, blue-eyed movie stars like little Shirley Temple. In addition to narrative structure, the structure and composition of the novel itself help to illustrate how much and for how long white ideas of family and home have been forced into black culture.
Instead of conventional chapters and sections, The Bluest Eye is broken up into seasons, fall, winter, spring, and summer. This type of organization suggests that the events described in The Bluest Eye have occurred before, and will occur again. This kind of cycle suggests that there is the notion that there is no escape from the cycle of life that Breedloves and MacTeer live in.
Further, dividing the book are small excerpts from the “Dick and Jane” primer that is the archetype of the white upper-middle-class lifestyle. Each excerpt has, in some way, to do with the section that follows. So the section that describes Pecola’s mother is started with an excerpt describing Dick and Jane’s mother, and so on.
The excerpts from “Dick and Jane” that head each “chapter” are typeset without any spaces or punctuation marks. The “Dick and Jane” snippets show just how prevalent and important the images of white perfection are in Pecola’s life; Morrison’s strange typography illustrates how irrelevant and inappropriate these images actually are. Names play an important part in The Bluest Eye because they are often symbolic of conditions in society or in the context of the story.
The name of the novel, “The Bluest Eye,” is meant to get the reader thinking about how much value is placed on blue-eyed little girls. Pecola and her family are representative of the larger African-American community, and their name, “Breedlove,” is ironic because they live in a society that does not “breed love.” In fact, it breeds hate; hate of blackness, and thus hatred of oneself.
The MacTeer girls are flattered when Mr. Henry said “Hello there. You must be Greta Garbo, and you must be Ginger Rogers”, for the name ring of beauty that the girls feel they will never reach. Soaphead Church represents, as his name suggests, the role of the church in African-American life. “I, I have caused a miracle. I gave her the eyes. I gave her the blue, blue, two blue eyes,” Soaphead says.
The implication is that the church’s promise that if you worship God and pray to Him that everything will be alright is no better than Soaphead’s promise to Pecola that she will have blue eyes. Morrison reveals the significance of Pecola’s name through the character of Maureen Peal.
Maureen confuses Pecola’s name with the name of a character in the movie Imitation of Life. By this allusion, Morrison illustrates that Pecola’s life is an imitation of the real experiences of black women. Morrison also uses metaphors to describe the conditions under which African-Americans in general and Pecola, in particular, are forced to live. There are two major metaphors in The Bluest Eye, one of the marigolds and one of the dandelions. Claudia, looking back as an adult, says at the beginning of the novel, “there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941”.
She and her sister plant marigold seeds with the belief that if the marigolds would grow and survive, so would Pecola’s baby. Morrison unpacks the metaphor throughout the book, and, through Claudia, finally explains it and broadens its scope to all African-Americans on the last page. “I even think now that the land of the entire country was hostile to marigolds that year. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruits it will not bear . . .” The implication is that Pecola, like so many other African-Americans, never had a chance to grow and succeed because she lived in a society (“soil”) that was inherently racist, and would not nurture her.
The other flower, the dandelion, is important as a metaphor because it represents Pecola’s image of herself. Pecola passes some dandelions going into Mr. Yacobowski’s store. “Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought they were pretty”. After Mr. Yacobowski humiliates her, she again passes the dandelions and thinks; “They are ugly. They are weeds”. She has transferred society’s dislike of her to the dandelions.
In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison tells the story of a little black girl who thinks that if she can live up to the image of the blue-eyed Shirley Temple and Dick and Jane that she will have the perfect life that they have.
The importance of this book goes beyond its value as a work of literature. Morrison speaks to the masses, both white and black, showing how a racist social system wears down the minds and souls of people, how dominant images of white heroes and heroines with blue eyes and wonderful lives show young black children that to be white means to be successful and happy, and then they look around at their own lives of poverty and oppression and learn to hate their black heritage for keeping them from the Dick and Jane world. Morrison does not solve these problems, nor does she even try, but she does show a reflection of a world that cannot call itself right or moral.