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House Of Phua
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House Of Phua is not an overnight dream, but years of hard work of Mr. & Mrs. Phua, who dreamt of success and spent tireless nights to make the dream comes true. Mrs. Phua started working in the jewellery industry when she was only 21 years old, with a dream in eyes to have her own jewellery business. Her passion and love for jewellery is natural, and being as a woman, she wanted to help other beautiful women to look decent, elegant, and out-class by wearing classic jewellery. So she decided to start her jewellery business in 1990. It has now been more than 20 years, and people still love to have jewellery from Mr. & Mrs. Phua. She has not been selling the fine-looking jewellery pieces, but memories that last forever.
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House Of Phua is not another addition in the already available online jewellery stores, but it’s a love for jewellery, it’s a trust of customers, and the hope to always have the best. We aim to continue our cause of serving customers with the premium quality jewellery pieces whose essence can be felt and beauty can attract generation after generation.
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Mrs. Phua loves jewellery and precious stones. She wants to share her knowledge about Jade, and that is why she has created HOPe to let more people especially young people to know more about the benefits of Jade and other precious gemstones. She believes that by digitalizing her business will help the young generation learn more about jade and other precious gemstones.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. – Radcliffe lightweight rowing released its 2023 spring schedule, Sarah Baker, The David K Richards ’61 Family Head Coach for Radcliffe Lightweight Crew, announced February 1. The Black and White will race in seven different events in the spring including the Eastern Sprints and the IRA National Championships.
Radcliffe opens the season with the Class of 2004 Cup at Georgetown on Mar.26 on the Occoquan Reservoir. The Black and White will defend the cup after defeating Georgetown in the season opener last year. The team returns to the Charles River the following week to face Princeton for the Class of 1999 Cup on Apr.1.
Following the Class of 1999 Cup, Radcliffe will meet up with Charles River rivals Boston University and MIT to defend the Muri Cup and vie for the Beanpot on Apr.8. Harvard then heads down to Cherry Hill, N.J for the Knecht Cup Regatta on Apr. 9-10. At the 2022 event the team earned a silver medal in the lightweight eight and gold in the lightweight four. The Black and White then return to Cambridge yet again to face Bates College on Apr. 23 before beginning its championship races.
Radcliffe heads to the Eastern Sprints in Worcester, MA, on Apr.30 where they look to top their 2022 results of medaling in every event. The season concludes at the IRA National Championships on June 2-4 in West Windsor, N.J.

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Take a look at the corporations making headlines in noon buying and selling.
Netflix — Stocks of the streaming massive fell 2.6% after Jefferies downgraded the inventory to carry from purchase and mentioned the corporate might want to shift its focal point to video video games. The stocks plunged Friday as a number of analysts issued downgrades and worth goal cuts after Netflix reported disappointing subscriber steering.
ARK Innovation — Stocks of Cathie Wooden’s flagship exchange-traded fund fell 7% in noon buying and selling as enlargement names endured their downward spiral ahead of finishing the day 2.8% upper. Coinbase, some of the fund’s biggest holdings, fell somewhat. Tesla fell 1.4% and Team spirit Instrument misplaced greater than 4% ahead of completing 3.8% upper. Precise Sciences slid greater than 6% however ended the day somewhat upper. Twilio fell 5% ahead of bouncing to two.8% upper.
Coinbase — The cryptocurrency replace operator’s stocks tumbled greater than 9% as the cost of bitcoin fell to its lowest level since July as a part of the ongoing sell-off in possibility belongings. Microstrategy, some of the largest company patrons of bitcoin, additionally plunged greater than 7%.
Wynn Motels — The on line casino and hotel inventory fell just about 1% following a New York Publish file that Wynn is having a look to divest its on-line sports-betting unit for $500 million, a vital bargain to the $3 billion valuation that has been floated prior to now 12 months.
Snap — Stocks of the social media inventory fell 1% after Wedbush downgraded Snap to “impartial” from “outperform.” The Wall Boulevard company mentioned it sees quite a lot of headwinds impacting Snap’s earnings enlargement.
Basic Motors — The car producer noticed stocks slide 1.2% forward of bulletins the corporate plans to make Tuesday about primary electrical automobile investments. GM plans to take a position $6.5 billion and create as many as 4,000 jobs at two vegetation in Michigan, in line with AP.
Boeing — Stocks of the plane maker fell 5% ahead of pulling again, after the corporate introduced it invested some other $450 million within the flying-taxi developer Wisk. Boeing mentioned the Wisk passenger automobile, set for certification in round 2028, will be the first self sufficient passenger-carrying automobile to be qualified in the USA.
Kohl’s — Kohl’s stocks soared through greater than 36% following information the corporate is fielding takeover provides from no less than two suitors. Starboard-backed Acacia Analysis is providing $64 consistent with proportion for the store, whilst private-equity company Sycamore Companions has reached out with a possible be offering of no less than $65 consistent with proportion, CNBC has discovered. Kohl’s stocks closed Friday at $46.84.
Fox Corp — Fox received 3.7% after UBS upgraded the inventory to a purchase from impartial on its on its sports-betting doable and mentioned it sees greater than 30% doable upside to the inventory. It additionally pointed to Fox’s sturdy place amongst pay-TV suppliers.
Peloton — The at-home health corporate’s inventory received 9.7% after activist investor Blackwells Capital known as at the corporate to fireplace CEO John Foley and search a sale of the corporate
— CNBC’s Maggie Fitzgerald contributed reporting


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Cochrane leads Team Canada swimming selection for Rio 2016
It’s official. Canada will be sending a team of 27 swimmers to Rio 2016.
The team was announced at the conclusion of the Canadian Olympic Swimming Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre on Sunday (more on Day 6 results below).
Leading the way is two-time Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane, who is headed to his third Olympic Games. He has stated outright that his goal is to win a pair of medals in the 400m and 1500m freestyle events, as he did at last year’s world championships. Open water swimmer Richard Weinberger, who won bronze at London 2012, was also named after earning his spot at the 2015 FINA World Championships.
The team also includes world championship medallists Martha McCabe (200m breaststroke bronze, 2011), Hilary Caldwell (200m backstroke bronze, 2013) and Emily Overholt (400m IM bronze, 2015), as well as Santo Condorelli (4th in 100m freestyle, 2015).
If one thing was made clear by the last week of racing, it’s that the women are the deepest side of the Canadian squad, fielding 19 Olympic team members versus just eight men.
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“I think it’s amazing,” said Caldwell. “I don’t want to swear right now but I’m so excited about, like the women’s team is by far and away the fastest we’ve ever had. We’ve got some amazing, amazing big hitters and some great relays and on the men’s side we’ve got less but strong, strong guys. So I’m really excited. It’s gonna be a great team.”
“I think the standards are harder and so instead of bringing people who can probably final, which are say get a second swim, I think its really hard,” said Cochrane. “I mean some of these swimmers were a second off in two races total and it’s devastating but we have to make those standards harder, so that you can get to those times here and get even better in the summer. We don’t have a lot of quantity on the men’s side but I think we have the quality and hopefully we can do better than we did last time.”
Notable rookies include new Canadian record holders Penny Oleksiak (100m butterfly, 100m freestyle) and Kylie Masse (100m backstroke). Turning 16 in June, Oleksiak is the youngest member of the swimming team and along with Taylor Ruck become Canada’s first Olympians born in 2000. Audrey Lacroix is the veteran of the squad, heading to her third Olympic Games after having made her world championship debut in 2001.
There are also a couple of second generation Olympians in Ashton Baumann, son of Los Angeles 1984 double gold medallist Alex Baumann, and Kennedy Goss, daughter of two-time medley relay silver medallist Sandy Goss.
Here is the complete roster (click name for bio):
Dominique Bouchard (North Bay, ON)
Hilary Caldwell (White Rock, BC)
Kennedy Goss (Toronto, ON)
Audrey Lacroix (Pont-Rouge, QC)
Brittany MacLean (Toronto, ON)
Sandrine Mainville (Boucherville, QC)
Kylie Masse (LaSalle, ON)
Martha McCabe (Toronto, ON)
Rachel Nicol (Lethbridge, AB)
Penny Oleksiak (Toronto, ON)
Emily Overholt (West Vancouver, BC)
Sydney Pickrem (Oldsmar, FL/Halifax, NS)
Taylor Ruck (Scottsdale, AZ)
Katerine Savard (Pont-Rouge, QC)
Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson (Ottawa, ON)
Kierra Smith (Kelowna, BC)
Noemie Thomas (Richmond, BC)
Chantal Van Landeghem (Winnipeg, MB)
Michelle Williams (Toronto, ON)
Javier Acevedo (Scarborough, ON)
Ashton Baumann (Ottawa, ON)
Ryan Cochrane (Victoria, BC)
Santo Condorelli (Kenora, ON)
Yuri Kisil (Calgary, AB)
Markus Thormeyer (Markham, ON)
Evan Van Moerkerke (Tilsonburg, ON)
Richard Weinberger (Kitsilano, BC)
All of the swimmers who earned their spots in individual events did so with a top two finish at the Trials, provided they also went under the Olympic Qualifying Time set in each event. That time was equivalent to what it took to place 16th in the prelims at London 2012.
Caldwell was one of the last additions to the team, earning her spot on Saturday night in her specialty, the 200m backstroke. Under her own Canadian record (2:06.80) pace for a large chunk of the race, she finished in 2:07.96, just ahead of Dominique Bouchard (2:08.52), who adds a second event to the 100m backstroke in which she was already qualified for Rio.
“This is by far the best I’ve ever been this time of year,” said Caldwell. “I think my best time (in the spring) until now is 2:09, so I’m really happy with that and I think there’s a lot of room for the little changes between now and the summer to make a big difference.”
Chantal Van Landeghem, who got onto the team Saturday night in the 100m freestyle, also made it in the 50m freestyle, the event in which she placed fifth at last year’s world championships, with a winning time of 24.63. Joining her is Michelle Williams, who was right behind in 24.82.
“I have big goals, you know?” said Van Landeghem. “Not only do I want to go best time, I want to go big best time. So we’ll see how it plays out.”
The men’s 50m freestyle was super tight, with Yuri Kisil taking the victory in 22.23, finishing just 0.02 ahead of Condorelli, both of them just under the Olympic Qualifying Time of 22.27. Kisil and Condorelli had both previously qualified for Rio in the 100m freestyle.
The last event of the meet was the 1500m freestyle. To no one’s surprise, this race was all about Cochrane, as he opened up more than half a pool length lead on the field. He posted a winning time of 15:00.75, more than 20 seconds faster than anyone else, to be Canada’s only qualifier in the pool’s longest event.
“It’s pretty much right on where I am every year,” said Cochrane of being well-off his national record 14:39.63 set at London 2012. “I think we’re still trying different things in warmup. It is difficult to be pushed alone and I try to see the clock and push myself but I think my internal instinct of racing doesn’t quote get fulfilled here and I think it’s exciting to see those guys race for that second spot, but hopefully I can be that much better when I’m pushed towards 14:40 and under.”

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As part of the celebration around the anniversary of the first-ever Little League® game played on June 6, 1939, Little League International has announced the first-round pairings for the 2023 Little League Softball® World Series tournaments.
Set to take place on August 6-13 in Greenville, North Carolina, the 2023 Little League Softball World Series (LLSWS) will once again feature 12 teams from around the world, divided into the Purple and Orange brackets, competing for the championship banner. Below are the first-round pairings for the 2023 LLSWS (all times ET and subject to change):
Sunday, August 6
- Game 1: Central Region vs. North Carolina (10 a.m.)
- Game 2: Latin America Region vs. Canada Region (1 p.m.)
- Game 3: Europe and Africa Region vs. New England Region (4 p.m.)
- Game 4: Southwest Region vs. Southeast Region (7 p.m.)
Monday, August 7
- Game 5: Winner G2 vs. Northwest Region (10 a.m.)
- Game 6: Winner G1 vs. Asia-Pacific Region (1 p.m.)
- Game 7: Winner G4 vs. West Region (4 p.m.)
- Game 8: Winner G3 vs. Mid-Atlantic Region (7 p.m.)
In addition to the fun and excitement of the 2023 LLSWS, participants at this year’s event will also have the unique opportunity to spend time with the top athletes of the game as part of the first ever AU Pro Games at the LLSWS, featuring an Athletes Unlimited doubleheader at East Carolina University on Wednesday, August 9.
Following the most-watched LLSWS in history last year, the #SummerOfSoftball will be celebrated once again in 2023 as the program continues to make history with this year’s LLSWS Championship game being aired on ABC for the first time this summer while the championship games from six Little League Softball U.S. Region Tournaments will be broadcast on ESPN, after four years of airing on ESPN+ (the Southwest Region Championship will continue to air on Longhorn Network). For more information on the 2023 LLSWS, including information on how to attend or watch from home, visit LittleLeague.org/LLSWS.
Home and away designations for all LLSWS games will be decided via coin flip during the respective manager briefings held prior to the start of the tournament. The drawings were held so that the regions who received a bye in the 2022 Little League Softball World Series would not receive a bye in 2023. For more information, along with full schedules and information about all the 2023 Little League Region and World Series tournaments, visit LittleLeague.org/WorldSeries.


Lorenzo Edwards has been very impressive through the first day of workouts in San Antonio at the US Army All-American Bowl practices. The safety / linebacker is a terror on defense and has opened the eyes of many here in the Lone Star state. Edwards talks about his future college position and the schools still in the hunt for his services.
US ARMY: Lorenzo Edwards In Depth
S/LB Lorenzo Edwards has been impressive at the US Army practices and talks about it.
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ABC News(NEW YORK) — Under a Donald Trump administration, the already uphill battle new homeowners say they face when taking on builders over allegedly shoddy and unacceptable work could become even steeper.
“You know a lot of the problem that you have are judicial, lawsuits. I know the problems that you have,” then-presidential nominee Trump told the National Association of Home Builders in August. “You build a beautiful house, and sometimes you make mistakes, okay? And sometime you build a lousy house, okay? And they should sue you. But I know the people, many of the people in this room, you’re professionals. You build great products. You have a tremendous problem with the court system… So we’re going to make sure that, you know, that a lot of the things that are happening to you just can’t happen.”
Trump, who also said that regulations by which builders must abide when constructing new homes were “horrible,” was speaking as some homeowners across the country say they are struggling with major home builders to fix big problems in brand new homes, as an ABC News Nightline investigation found.
In the August speech, Trump asked his audience to raise their hands if they’ve been involved in any “frivolous” lawsuits. Few did, apparently, because Trump followed by saying, “That’s all? Not that many. Seriously? They’re just embarrassed to raise their hands.”
But it also might be because — counter to Trump’s suggestion that homeowners should be able to sue — often times homeowners are pushed to sign contracts with the builders that bar them from filing lawsuits. Instead, they’re forced into mandatory arbitration by a third party, which can’t be appealed and is often kept secret.
Vickie Pynchon, an attorney who served for years as an arbitrator in construction defect cases, said that the system is advantageous to the home builders, who help keep the arbitrators in business.
“They [home builders] like arbitration because it favors them,” Pynchon told ABC News. “The secret deck is stacked against the homeowner.”
In the wake of the Nightline investigation into the challenges homeowners face when trying to fix allegedly poorly constructed houses, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., a longtime critic of mandatory arbitration in other areas, said the laws should make things easier, not harder, for homeowners.
“When you’re wronged in America, you should be able to seek justice through the legal system. But because of mandatory forced arbitration, little clauses buried in the fine print of contracts that you and I sign all the time, Americans are unknowingly signing away their rights,” Franken said. “Now it’s disturbing to see that these unfair agreements are reportedly being used by some large home builders to ice out homeowners who have been wronged.”
One recent court case could signal a big change in favor of home buyers. In South Carolina, the state Supreme Court ruled in July that a mandatory arbitration clause in a home builder’s contract was “unconscionable” and “unenforceable,” allowing a local family to proceed with suing their builder in court over problems with their home.
An attorney for the family, Philip Segui, said prospective homeowners often don’t realize what they’re getting into when mandatory arbitration is part of the contract they sign.
“They’re almost always very surprised when we have that conversation that we’re going to have to potentially go to arbitration,” he said. “We have to explain it to them that their constitutional right to a jury has been waived and there’s not going to be 12 people that may be able to relate to their situation making the decision any more. It’s going to be some pre-selected third person that we hope will make the right decision.”
However home builders, along with the American Arbitration Association (AAA), maintain that arbitration is a fair and efficient way for home builders and homeowners to come to a relatively speedy solution without clogging America’s overburdened court system.
“Like all Americans, I’m concerned with the increase in litigation,” Jerry Howard, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders said. “I think that, in the end, arbitration is more efficient and more cost effective for everybody.”
The AAA said in a statement to ABC News that their statistics say less than half of arbitration cases proceed to an award before they’re otherwise settled, and when they go to an award, the homeowners are identified as the “prevailing party” a little more than half the time.
So many disputes arise in the first place, Howard said, in part because homeowners’ expectations can be too high.
“I think the American consumers expects a perfect home. There’s no such thing as a perfect home, and so I think that there are often disputes that arise out of that,” he said.
Howard said he believed American homes that are being built now are “up to the standards that they are held to legally and beyond that.”
As for the perfect president, Howard said his home builders group was just looking for a candidate who is “pro-housing.”
“We want candidates who recognize the importance that the housing sector and the home building sector, place in the economy are rolled both in the economics of the United States but also in the social fabric of the country,” he said. “And we judge candidates not according to their partisan stripe but whether or not they are housers.”
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Opinion: Half a century ago, he taught me how the race is won
He was a poem, a psalm, a spirit and a muse. He was black as coal and as strong as a mountain. He was as wise as a season. He took me in when I was white bread and dough. I needed him..
I hold only a vague memory of that first day 50 years ago, meeting with the strange man who would guide me like a medicine man does his apprentice. He would adopt me as truly as any boy can be adopted. His name was Stowers and he came from Kentucky for work and to escape what he experienced as a coal black face in a sea of white ghosts.
The world he understood but never accepted included labeled drinking fountains, colored- and white-only signage hung as law; spaces where a man was chattel, possession, inferior and imbecilic. Stowers was none of those things. His genius was his indefatigable sense of rightness. He knew to smile in the face of hate. He knew to laugh at ignorance and understood that the wickedly ignorant, haughty in their position, could never see he had been fearless in his disdain.
I was in high school, a snow-white youth, when the Black shaman arrived. His brow was furled, his eyes clear and his hands like vises. He smiled readily and had stared through the horrors of discrimination at the wrong end of a whip. During his time in Chicago's stockyards, he worked the kill floor, the smoke house, the freezer and the packing line at Armour & Company. His sense of life summed up in a song: "I love life and want to live..." I heard him repeat it many times when I stood on the other side of a wall while he was moving furniture.
St. Paul says the race, upon the path we choose in life, does not go to the swiftest or to the strongest. In my youth, Stowers taught me that it goes to those who wait, abide and refuse to quit. The race is won with spirit and vision.
If you walked from the southern tip of Africa to the northern reach of Scandinavia, you would never find a line from Black to white. There is no physical marker that makes race. The nose does not, nor the lips, the hands, the buttocks, the ears or the eyes.
I can hear Stowers laughing that big, deep, undefeated yowl of joy as he lays a big hand that he'll sling like a weight on my shoulder.
"That's a good one, Timmy."
Race is a man-made concept.
When I was a youth he advised me about my course heading for trouble, dares and shot glasses on Fridays. I thought that foolhardy business made me a man. Stowers sat me down with a card deck. He said I should know the rules. He dropped the cards to the floor, asking me what could be gained from confusion.
"There's a lot you don't know, Timmy. You got to learn how to move through the walls."
I thought he meant the walls could be torn down. Then, in his parables, he taught me to see myself, to rely on faith. Faith, finally, wins.
In 1970 he didn't think I was Big Ten material. When I began a regimen of weights and running, he said, "You need a cook. You don't have a chance; what you weigh, now, 170 pounds?"
He liked dreamers.
He told me to run to the meat market.
"You got me the steak?"
I see that holy grin, that knowing, from a thousand years of paddling up the rivers of life.
"Now, we gonna ready you for them big-city boys," he said.
He did that every week that summer before the football season.
He was a poem, a psalm, a spirit and a muse. He was black as coal and as strong as a mountain. He was as wise as a season and as giving as the wind. He took me in when I was white bread and dough. I needed him..
"Now, you got to pass this along," he told me.
I didn't get to say goodbye to him before he died at 100. He went to live in a Catholic home on the south side of Chicago. I was told they loved him. Until the end, I understand he smiled a knowing smile, of the victories that go to the spirit and the vision.
Tim Trenkle is a northeast Iowa writer.

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CAAS Director-General re-appointed Asia Pacific Chair of CANSO
Mr Han Kok Juan, Director-General, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), was re-appointed Chair of the Asia Pacific Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) CEO Committee and member of the CANSO Executive Committee on 11 July 2023 for a new two-year term. Mr Han was first appointed Chair of the Asia Pacific CANSO CEO Committee on 19 August 2021.
Established in 2008, the CANSO CEO Committee for the Asia Pacific region comprises 23 air navigation service providers (ANSPs). It governs and directs the work of CANSO Asia Pacific within the framework of CANSO’s global policies and positions.
With Asia Pacific seeing strong recovery in air traffic after the COVID-19 pandemic, the priority for CANSO Asia Pacific is to get ANSPs to adopt a regional perspective and collaborate to accelerate the transformation of air traffic management (ATM) and support the growth of air travel.
The Asia Pacific CANSO CEO Committee, in consultation with all ANSPs in the region, is developing and will publish a White Paper later this year on the opportunities, challenges and priorities for the region, which will also lay out collaboration projects that the region will embark on.
Mr Han Kok Juan, Director-General of CAAS said, “I am deeply honoured to be re-appointed Chair of the Asia Pacific CANSO CEO Committee. I look forward to working with the air navigation service providers in the region to facilitate safe return to service, build capacity and capabilities in the skies, and make flying more efficient and sustainable.”
Mr Simon Hocquard, Director-General of CANSO said, “CANSO is grateful for Mr Han Kok Juan’s contributions as Chair of the Asia Pacific CANSO CEO Committee and congratulates him for his re-election as Chair. Under his leadership, the Asia Pacific ANSP members have embarked on various new initiatives. This included the first-ever leadership retreat to brainstorm strategic ANS matters and the Asia Pacific ATM study leading to a White Paper. This has re-energised ANSPs in the region to make further progress on regional ATM”
About Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS)
The mission of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is to grow a safe, vibrant air hub and civil aviation system, making a key contribution to Singapore’s success. CAAS’ roles are to oversee and promote safety in the aviation industry, develop the air hub and aviation industry, provide air navigation services, provide aviation training for human resource development, and contribute to the development of international civil aviation.
About Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO)
CANSO – the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation – is the global voice of the air traffic management (ATM) industry and is shaping our future skies. Our members support over 90% of the world’s air traffic and include air navigation service providers, airspace users and operators, manufacturers and aviation industry suppliers. We raise the bar on global ATM performance by connecting the industry to share knowledge, expertise and innovation.
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What If..?’s finale debuted on Disney Plus today, and it brought some bigger multiversal mayhem with it. But fans may have already gotten the big reveal of the finale spoiled for them all the way back in August… thanks to a Hyundai Tucson commercial?
Spoilers for “What If… The Watcher Broke His Oath” and What If…?’s first season below:
Marvel projects are no stranger to commercials and product placement, of course, but the Hynduai commercial (part of a series of ads that the company has been doing together with Disney Plus) marks a particularly strange turn — one that mashes storytelling with advertising.
The main conceit of the bulk of What If…?’s early episodes was that the series was an anthology, providing standalone tales in different corners of Marvel’s multiverse that offered alternative takes on the existing films. Each episode was linked together through the narration of Uatu the Watcher, a god-like being that existed to observe — but not intervene in — the events of the divergent timelines.
Of course, the MCU being the MCU, where interconnected storytelling reigns supreme, it soon became clear that What If…? was barrelling towards a multiversal mashup, incited by the rise of an Infinity Stone-powered Ultron/Vision hybrid introduced in the previous episode, dubbed “Infinity Ultron.” Infinity Ultron aimed to use its power to last waste, not just to its own universe, but, thanks to the comic awareness granted by possessing all six stones, to all universes.
In response, Uatu (after futilely duking it out in a cosmic brawl) decides to break his policy of nonintervention and gathers together a group of heroes from the previous What If…? episodes (and an alternate version of Gamora whose episode was pushed to next season after COVID delays) to form “The Guardians of the Multiverse” to defeat Infinity Ultron and save the MCU’s fledgling multiverse from destruction. Superheroics ensue.
The foundation of the Guardians of the Multiverse is meant to be a major moment in the show. Uatu breaks his sacred oath and crosses the line from observer to participant in Marvel’s adventures. It unites separate heroes from across different Marvel installments to unite against a larger foe, almost like an Avengers movie in miniature.
But to anyone who’d seen the Hyundai Tucson commercial — which has been airing for months, in as prominent of places as primetime NFL games — the entire concept had already been spoiled months in advance. The ad shows various heroes from What If…?, including Captain Carter, T’Challa, Star-Lord, Strange Supreme, and the hard-partying Thor being brought together by The Watcher to lay waste to an army of Ultron drones (albeit with the help of an incongruous placed Hyundai).
Spoiler culture doesn’t stand a chance against car commercials
The weirdly spoilery Hyundai commercial is the perfect example of the current state of spoiler culture in 2021, especially as streaming has expanded to include major franchises like Star Wars and Marvel that rely the most on their big moments and reveals. In an age of overly long trailers that reveal major plot points or villains, or the vast Twitter threads and trending topics that appear minutes after shows debut in the middle of the night, what’s one more national ad campaign that reveals a big surprise of a show.
There’s more to What If…? and its finale than a car commercial can show. And with more Disney Plus shows on the way — and presumably, more corporate tie-ins to go with them — it’s likely that this latest crack in the Marvel wall of secrecy is just another thing that fans and creators will have to learn to live with.


The GY6 engine design is a single cylinder four-stroke engine with a near horizontal orientation, primarily used in small scooters and motorcycles in Taiwan, China, and other southeast Asian countries. The engine has many characteristics, including single cylinder, oil cooling, and horizontal cylinder orientation.
The Single-cylinder Gy6 Engine is a popular option for scooters, go-karts, atvs, and even snowmobiles. This engine uses a water and oil cooling system to remove heat from the engine. In addition, the Gy6 Engine features an electronic ignition system with a capacitor discharge and a magnetic trigger on the crankshaft. Most Gy6 engines are produced in China and Taiwan.
The Gy6 engine is a four-stroke single cylinder with two overhead valves. This engine comes in three different sizes and has a range of 7,000 to 7,500 revolutions per minute. Its largest size is 150 cc and produces around nine horsepower. In some cases, owners can upgrade the engine to make it produce up to 14 horsepower.
Air or oil cooling
One of the best ways to keep a high performance GY6 engine cool is with an oil cooler. This is a great way to save money, as a cooler oil will mean cooler engine temperatures and longer oil life. Oil coolers are easy to install and come with all the necessary hardware. They will fit most engines with a 17mm screen filter housing.
To install an oil cooler, first you’ll need to connect the feed and return hoses to the engine. The return hose will be simple, and the feed line will need some assembly. In addition, the feed line will have an oil filter inline.
The GY6 engine is a four-stroke single-cylinder that has a nearly horizontal orientation. It is a common engine for small motorcycles and scooters in Taiwan, China and Southeast Asia. The design has been copied by many manufacturers, including Honda clones and Kymco.
In most cases, a GY6 engine has one cylinder. Nonetheless, the code “1P” is different for each engine. This means that it has a different cylinder capacity. The code is used to distinguish different engine sizes. A non-P engine is a similar size to the P engine. However, its cylinder gasket is longer. This means that it has more power than a P engine.
The GY6 engine was developed with the same technology as the popular Honda scooter engine. It is a four-stroke single-cylinder with air or oil cooling. The engine can reach 12,000 rpm and can produce 14 horsepower (10 kW) with customization. The engine also has a built-in swing arm and a CVT transmission.
The origin of the Gy6 engine is a mystery, but some people claim that it was designed by Honda in the early 1980s. The scooters that used this engine were produced in Taiwan and China. Some Japanese websites have identified the motor as being taken from the Honda Spacy 125 JF04E. Other sources claim that the motor came from a different source, and that it was designed and manufactured in Taiwan.
The engine has a water or oil cooling system that removes heat through a radiator. The ignition system is a magnetic trigger and capacitor discharge. The engine is designed for both street and off-road use. Taiwan and China are the premier manufacturers of the Gy6 engine.
One of the features of the GY6 engine is that it is one cylinder with one piston. As such, the cylinder number is always uno. Because of this, you can use the engine with other smaller engines. The GY6 engine is compatible with all 125cc and 150cc engines.
The GY6 engine is commonly used in small motorcycles, scooters, and ATVs. The engine has an automatic CVT transmission and is belt-driven. Honda originally produced the GY6 in 50cc, 125cc, and 150cc versions. These are still available today, and Chinese and Taiwanese copies can be easily found. The engine is also used by import lines such as Flyscoters and Kymco.


Combat bridging vehicle
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
The combat bridging vehicle, colloquially known as a CBV, is a Covenant vehicle designed to launch a bridge of up to one kilometer in length over chasms that would otherwise be an obstacle to Covenant forces. The process to create this bridge takes less than a minute to complete.
The combat bridging vehicle possesses articulated cylinders on the back of the unit that contain the bridging apparatus when it is ready to be deployed. The CBV itself possesses heavy-duty energy shielding in order to prevent the bridging equipment from being destroyed before it reaches its destination.  In the front of the vehicle is a bulbous driver's cabin with a canopy, sometimes crewed by a Kig-Yar.
In 2526, during the Human-Covenant War, the Covenant deployed 3 CBVs with support from 100 armored personnel carriers (APCs) as well as several Wraiths and rapid assault vehicles (RAVs) on the planet Mesra in an attempt to cross a gorge and gain access to a mine and its resources. Blue Team was tasked with destroying the CBVs to prevent them from crossing the gorge. After the first two were destroyed, the Covenant pulled back their third vehicle and reinforced their wraiths with 50 combat support vehicles shortly after.
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The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments,
New York, American Bible Society, 1834. Chandler
and Fanshaw for ABS. Hills #857.
This Bible is structurally failing with spine and cover damage,
but is still intact with original binding, some dogears and
foxing. It is a nice piece.
Although it is not explicitly stated, this Bible most certainly
originates in Hancock County, Maine, because the towns
mentioned are all located there, and the surnames are
those of settlers in that area in the early 1800s.
Almost all entries are in the same purple ink, all the way up to
1872, so it is possible they were all entered at the same time
after 1872, despite the early publication date of the Bible.
Flora's marriage, and death less than a year later, are written
in the same handwriting and pen color.
There are many leaves and flowers within, and a religious tract
and punch-handiwork. Of interest is a "Table of Descents"
listing the ancestors of John Stiles, although no place names or
dates are mentioned, and the connection of John Stiles to this
family is unknown. It looks to be early 19th century, and pulled
from a book. Surnames in this piece are: STILES, BAKER, GAY,
KEMPE, THORPE, WHITE, WARD, BISHOP, WILLIS,
CARTER, BATES, HOLLAND, WILSON, BROWNE, KING,
SMITH and GODFREY.
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[Page One -- Marriages]
Edwin N. Osgood
Flora M. Treworgy May 20th 1871
[Page Two -- Births]
Charles S. Treworgy March 31, 1815 Surry
Emeline Cousins Jan. 3, 1822 Eden
Charles E. Treworgy Feb. 14, 1844. Surry
Emely J. Treworgy Sept. 14, 1845 Surry
Flora M. Treworgy June 8, 1847 Surry
Melvin S. Treworgy Dec. 12, 1848 Surry
Charles E. Treworgy Feb. 10, 1851 Surry
John E. Treworgy Aug 13, 1853 Surry
Emelin Treworgy May 26, 1857 Surry
Clara A. Treworgy Oct. 30, 1859 Surry
Everett M. Treworgy Dec. 7, 1861 Surry
Newell Osgood Aug. 8, 1817 Bluehill
Adaline H. Grindell Aug. 22, 1825 Penobscot
Reuben G. Osgood Dec. 22, 1844 Bluehill
Abbie M. Osgood Dec. 18, 1846 Bluehill
Edwin N. Osgood Mar. 7, 1850 Bluehill
Sophia E. Osgood Feb. 9, 1853 Bluehill
Addie E. Osgood July 18, 1856 Bluehill
Lilian G. Osgood Sept. 13, 1861 Bluehill
[Page Three -- Deaths]
Emelin C. Treworgy died February 23rd 1891
Flora M. Osgood April 13th 1872
Emelin Treworgy June 8th 1931

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ABSTRACT: We experimentally characterize a maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MSLE) based receiver's tolerance to first- and all-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD). We show that the response of the MLSE receiver to first-order PMD can be characterized in two ways depending on the differential group delay (DGD). In addition we show that first-order PMD-induced system penalties dominate those from high-order PMD. High-order PMD induces a large system penalty only when the first-order penalty is small, or the DGD exceeds a bit period.
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China’s largest EV maker, BYD, scored a record $1.42 billion in Q3 profit despite an intensifying price war. The Chinese automaker is closing in on Tesla as we approach the end of the year in pure EV sales.
BYD came within a few thousand vehicles of surpassing Tesla as the largest EV maker globally in the third quarter.
The automaker’s sales have been climbing all year, with a record 151,193 fully electric vehicles sold in September alone.
BYD’s EV sales reached 431,603 in Q3, propelling it closer to Tesla. Tesla delivered 435,059 EVs in the third quarter as it works its way toward its 1.8 million target for the year.
Tesla and BYD have cut prices drastically this year as they look to advance their dominance in the EV industry. Following another price reduction earlier this month, Tesla’s Model 3 is the cheapest it’s ever been.
The move has rippled across the industry, forcing many legacy automakers like Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, and others to follow.
BYD posts record Q3 profit despite EV price cuts
Despite the lower prices, BYD posted a record profit in Q3. The automaker announced Monday it scored a net profit of $1.42 billion (RMB 10.41), up 82% compared to last year.
The increase in sales led to BYD’s operating revenue rising 38% YOY to $22.2 billion (RMB 162 billion).
BYD’s gross margins also reached 22.12% in the quarter, its highest in three years. The company said in a filing earlier this month it expected record Q3 profit as it gained control over scaling and supply chain costs.
After dominating in the world’s largest EV market, BYD is already leading several overseas markets like Thailand, Brazil, and Columbia.
With new launches in Japan, Mexico, Australia, India, Hungary, and others, BYD looks to keep the momentum going into the end of the year.
BYD has an advantage as it expands globally. Although the automaker doesn’t sell its EVs in the US (they do sell electric buses), you may own one of its products.
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The company is nearly entirely vertically integrated, with specific divisions for every component. For example, all components on the Dolphin electric hatch are made in-house, expect the tires and windows. This is a big reason behind BYD’s Q3 profit surge.
The fourth quarter is shaping up to be an interesting one as BYD looks to close the gap with Tesla to become the top EV maker globally.
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Leak measurement attempts to quantify the flow of the fluid over a period of time. There are three commonly used fundamental techniques for leak measurement: a pressure change within a known volume, a direct measurement of flow, or measurements of changes in concentration.
Absolute pressure method
A transducer or gauge is used to measure pressure change within the device being tested. In general, this technique is difficult to apply because small changes in pressure are being measured. The sensitivity of the transducer as a percentage of the full scale becomes an issue because the pressure differences can be extremely small even when trying to detect a large leak.
Differential pressure method
This technique involves locating the test and reference volumes either side of a transducer diaphragm. Ideally, these volumes should have similar pneumatic characteristics, and they are arranged to be as stable as possible and at the same pressure. Subsequent time-related changes in the pressure of the test volume are used to measure the value of any leakage. A differential pressure transducer is placed across the two volumes. The sensitivity of the transducer is not related to the actual pressure in absolute or gauge pressure terms, but to the sensitivity of the differential pressure transducer at the test pressure. For example, it is possible to detect 0.0005% of the test pressure using this technique by testing at 1 bar gauge (2 bar absolute).This may be 100 times more sensitive than using the absolute measurement technique mentioned above.
Differential pressure component dosing method
This technique involves investigating sealed components. In this technique, twin tandem pressurization and reference volumes are used together with the sequential application of a differential pressure transducer. It is designed to identify gross leaks in sealed parts. The differential pressure technique alone will not differentiate between a good part and a gross leaking part; dosing is used with the differential pressure technique to detect the gross leaking parts.
Inter-stream testing method
Two test pressures and three interrelated differential pressure transducers are used to simultaneously test two adjacent volumes. This technique is used when there are two fluid volumes in a single part, which could leak to the outside or between each other.
Mass flow rate method
the test signal is not only independent of the size of the test volume, but also of the degree of test pressure. The test signal here corresponds directly to the leakage rate in standard cm3/min. The leakage rate does not – as in pressure measuring methods – have to be calculated.
Volumetric flow rate method
This method is not used for leak testing, but for flow control such as for example, in monitoring free passage in gas systems which are tested by the pressure drop method with the same measuring element (differential pressure sensor) in a subsequent measurement for leaking.
Gas tracer systems have the ability to detect smaller leakages, but tend to require higher capital investment.
This requires enclosing the test piece within a sealed chamber and evacuating the chamber and/or test piece. After charging one or the other with helium, the gas loss from the respective volume is monitored with a mass spectrometer that detects the helium.
This gas is used in the same way as helium. It is also used in a technique that employs a sensor to detect and measure levels of, in this case, hydrogen in a continuous ambient or low pressure gas flow, which allows the use of lower cost enclosures and ducting. The test gas is a mixture of 95% nitrogen and 5% hydrogen, which is non-explosive and relatively inexpensive.
This involves exposing a sealed component to a gas-charged environment and subsequent transfer to a test chamber that is monitored by gas sensing instrumentation. It is essential that the possibility of a gross leak is eliminated before fine leak measurement is attempted.
Various halogens can be used in all of the above techniques, but they are avoided if possible. In addition to toxicity, they are heavy gases that tend to accumulate readily in low recesses. As a result, contamination occurs and the test area is difficult to clear; this is made worse by the tendency of these gases to adhere to surfaces. All gases will stick to the tooling surface to some degree, most particularly when flooded from a leaking component. However, hydrogen and helium are lighter and they are more easily removed or dispersed by extraction, flushing or natural diffusion.


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Within a platonic relationship, you must be honest with your partner. You shouldn’t let your spouse do the same. Keeping secrets will only make you appear impolite and could create a rift in your way on the path to your partner. Your friend are able to trust you. Moreover, you should always be open and honest with your partner. It could okay in truth with your good friend. A great friendship will give your good friend a chance to share their secrets.
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The finest musical moment in this short (76 mins) documentary is Brendel playing Liszt at his last ever UK recital. Absolutely exquisite playing from one of the greatest pianists. We are lucky the cameras were there to capture this on sound and film.
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If you opt for the ultimate romantic look in your wedding outfit, choose these beautiful earrings from the Romantic Collection by Poirier. These earrings consist of a gold colored base in the shape of a twig with flowers made of rhinestones and ivory colored pearls, but also leaves in the color gold. The use of pearls makes these earrings shine and the rhinestones also make them sparkle. Give your romantic wedding look the ultimate sparkle with these fantastic earrings.

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|Publication number||US5481200 A|
|Application number||US 08/121,064|
|Publication date||Jan 2, 1996|
|Filing date||Sep 15, 1993|
|Priority date||Sep 15, 1993|
|Also published as||CA2169722A1, CN1052306C, CN1130945A, DE69429008D1, DE69429008T2, EP0719417A1, EP0719417B1, WO1995008123A1|
|Publication number||08121064, 121064, US 5481200 A, US 5481200A, US-A-5481200, US5481200 A, US5481200A|
|Inventors||Kevin D. Voegele, Jane B. Lanctot, Brian L. Westfield|
|Original Assignee||Rosemont Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (78), Classifications (9), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to process control transmitters operating in the process control industry. In particular, the invention relates to transmitter built-in test equipment useful in solving malfunctions or failures of microprocessor-based process control transmitters.
Efficient manipulation of a process variable in a controlled process requires that faults in a transmitter or its related transducer or communication circuits be identified immediately so that appropriate corrective action or appropriate warnings may be implemented. Verification of a malfunction or error prior to stopping the process and removing a transmitter from a process loop provides inherent efficiency. Present microprocessor-based transmitters contain complex electrical circuits that sometimes appear to have failed, while actually only a leakage or shunted electrical current has occurred. For example, a circuit leakage current that affects loop current may be reported as a transmitter fault.
The present invention includes various transmitter diagnostic measurement techniques useful in troubleshooting transmitters installed in a process control loop. The techniques of the present invention periodically calculates the process loop cabling resistance, transmitter terminal voltage, process loop power supply voltage, transmitter electronics current draw and process loop electrical current.
The invention includes a microprocessor coupled to the loop with analog-to-digital converters. The A/D converters measure loop current, leakage current and terminal voltage. The microprocessor controls loop current through a digital-to-analog converter, and calculates loop resistance and power supply potentials.
The sole FIGURE is an electrical schematic drawing of an electronics and loop current measurement circuit of the present invention.
The present invention is a transmitter in a two-wire process control loop including electronics to measure resistance of the current loop and voltage of the power supply used to power the loop. The electrical current flowing in a process loop will exceed a desired process loop current value when a transmitter electronics current has a high leakage or shunt current such as when moisture or some other electrical conductor contacts the electrical supply rail for an internal transmitter electronics circuit.
The Figure shows transmitter 6 for transmitting a signal from a sensor 8 over a two-wire current loop. The sole Figure shows an electrical circuit diagram depicting a circuit 34 for measuring a shunt current within the transmitter, as well as a circuit 10 for measuring an electrical current flowing in the process loop. The current draw of electronics in the transmitter can be derived by subtracting the shunt current value from the electrical current actually flowing in the process loop.
The electrical current present in a process loop, denoted by arrow 12, flows through the process loop cable which inherently has resistance which varies linearly with the length of the cable. The electrical resistance, denoted as R(loop), inhibits the electrical current flowing through the cable, so that when the electrical current consequently flows through a loop current control sense resistor R(s2) it causes a negative electrical potential to appear on a transmitter terminal 13 with respect to a reference voltage or ground potential 15. This negative electrical potential at terminal 13 is amplified and inverted by an operational amplifier 14 coupled to terminal 13 and a first end of sense resistor R(s2). Operational amplifier 14 has a first end of two high impedance resistors R(f1) and R(i) coupled to the inverting terminal 16 of amplifier 14 to produce an electrical potential V(s1), representative of electrical current present in the process loop, at a node 18 where a second end of the high impedance feedback resistor R(f1) electrically couples to the output terminal 20 of amplifier 14. The electrical potential V(s1) at node 18 is related to electrical current actually flowing through the process loop of interest and as determined by the following equation:
V(s1) is measured with analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 28, coupled to microprocessor 38 and EEPROM 44, and is proportional to the actual loop current 12. This is because the circuit 10 is characterized over a broad temperature range so that proper corrections to restore linearity to the transmitter output signal may be made. During the characterization process at the factory, all loop current control circuits are run during temperature cycles, covering the anticipated complete operating range of the transmitter. Correction coefficients generated from these cycles are stored in the output electronics memory and used for signal correction during operation. This compensation data is stored in nonvolatile EEPROM memory 44. This data is retained in the EEPROM 44 of the transmitter so if electrical power to the transmitter is interrupted the transmitter is functional upon power-up. This compensation data is used to correct and linearize the 4-20 mA output signal.
Referring again to the Figure, an electrical circuit schematic useable for measuring terminal voltage is shown generally at 32. Once the terminal voltage and loop current values are resolved, the actual loop resistance and the power supply voltage can be resolved by use of an algorithm, as hereunder disclosed.
Analog-to-digital converter 28 converts the analog output signal V(t2) at node 29, which is representative of a process variable, to digital form. The transmitter analog output signal at node 30 is an electrical potential proportional to the terminal voltage V(t) as given in the following equation:
Thus, once V(t2) is known, the equation can be solved for V(t) since the loop current R(s2), R1 and R2 are all known values.
To solve for the loop resistor value R(loop) the loop current is set by the microprocessor 38 to a first known milliamp value i(ll). The output electrical potential signal V(t2) is converted by the ADC 28 and the terminal voltage V(t1) is solved by the microprocessor 38. Then the loop current is changed by the microprocessor to a second known value i(lh) higher than the first value, and v(t2) is converted by the ADC and the terminal voltage V(th) solved and displayed if below a preselected value below which malfunctions can occur if the transmitter attempts operations requiring further electrical energy. Thus, with a known fixed power supply signal V(ps), and the voltage drop V(Rs2) across resistor Rs2, the value of the process loop cabling resistance R(loop) can be solved with the following equation:
It should be noted that this calculation occurs when the transmitter is initially electrically energized, since this technique requires differing test currents to be passed through the process loop. Although for process loops having very slow periods, an operator skilled in the art could implement this technique with adequate results.
The power supply voltage V(ps) can now be solved based on the known value of the process loop resistance R(loop), which is assumed constant, and one of the loop current test conditions, for example i(lh) as follows:
The resistance values of diodes, D1 and D2, can be assumed to be constant values or can be ignored entirely because the criteria voltage V(c) for adequate energy for logging data can be implemented without them. They can be ignored if we assume that the voltage drop due to the diodes is not much different over the operating current draw required by the transmitter.
Using the same electrical circuit as above, the present invention can be adapted to indicate whether the process control transmitter can safely enter process data to an electronic data logger. Accordingly, adequate power supply voltage must be available to provide the electrical energy required by known nonvolatile, reprogrammable memory devices. Some nonvolatile reprogrammable memory devices consume additional amount of electrical current during a write to the data logging equipment. It is possible that such additional amount of electrical current will draw enough current to collapse the voltage rail, or electrical power supply, which is 3.5 VDC in the present case. If the rail collapses, the data to be logged is lost. Adequate power supply voltage will prevent the 3.5 volt rail from collapsing. To prevent this from happening, the present invention provides a measure of transmitter terminal voltage with a known amount of electrical resistance inserted in series with the loop circuit when a known loop electrical current is conducted therethrough. Thus, a determination is made of whether peak current will still leave adequate terminal voltage for data logging. Data logging is a process of writing information to a non-volatile memory and requires substantial energy.
The possible values of the respective voltages can be broken into three alternate forms of action: (1) if V(ps) is within V(c)+0.5 volts a warning of low power supply voltage is triggered by setting a software flag in the HART® protocol; (2) if V(ps)=V(c) logging may not be possible at the peak current required for logging and appropriate warning flags are set; (3) analysis of the two above equations prior to an attempted logging event will provide information regarding the ability to successfully complete the log. It should be noted that once V(c)=V(ps) for logging at peak current, a data log into an EEPROM or other local memory device should first occur so that the data is saved in the event that the rail voltage collapses as a result of the attempted data log.
The measure of power supply voltage is a very useful diagnostic method especially for battery-powered process control transmitters. Warnings of low supply voltage provides a preventative maintenance diagnostic useful to the end user, it may be displayed locally or transmitted remotely via the industry standard HART® protocol. Thus, the calculated loop resistance and power supply potential values can be transmitted over the loop by modulating current through the loop with circuit 36.
Furthermore, the measurement of loop resistance will provide a means of tracking an increase in apparent loop resistance so that a leakage path or shunt current from a twisted wire pair to ground can be detected, or the field wiring cable length can be determined without stopping the process and inspecting the transmitters in the loop, it may be displayed locally or transmitted remotely via the industry standard HART® communications protocol.
In the present invention, loop current is "characterized" over a broad range of temperatures with a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which allows accurate control of the loop current under normal operating conditions. The DAC provides a preset electrical current and the loop current is the sum of an electronics current and any shunt currents. The circuit of the present invention always supplies the preselected electrical current requested by the DAC, provided the electronics current to the transmitter electronics does not exceed the desired loop current, since the shunt current cannot be negative.
On an industry standard 4-20 mA transmitter, the full scale of measurement of a calibrated transmitter requires the full 16 mA range to register and communicate measurements at the low end of the scale. As is known, if a fault occurs in the electronics causing the electronics to draw 6 mA, the loop current can only be as low as 6 mA. Thus, while the transmitter will operate reasonably well with a range of 6-20 mA, the transmitter will not be able to communicate to remote controllers or other process control instrumentation with a loop current of 6 mA for certain industry standard communication protocols. For example, the open communication protocol known as the Highway Addressable Remote Transducer protocol or HART®, will not operate at 6 mA, since the HART® protocol requires electrical shunt current modulation of ±0.5 mA for communications and operations. The operator of the process may not know of the problem and may receive inaccurate data if the transmitter needs to send anything less than a 6 mA process control signal. Accordingly, the circuit of the present invention displays a message locally, and can annunciate an appropriate signal representative of an error condition when the electronics current exceeds a preset value or when the transmitter terminal voltage falls below a preset value. In conjunction with this circuit a second part of the present invention teaches a circuit for measuring terminal voltage. Adequate terminal voltage is needed to determine if data logging or other electrical energy-consuming operations are possible. It has been found that once the terminal voltage and the loop current are known, the actual loop resistance and power supply voltage can be solved. Suitable alarm or status signals may then be routed so that the operator of the process control transmitter can take corrective action as necessary.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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Friends, family and alumni gathered on March 15 to celebrate Founders' Day at UNC Pembroke.
Approximately 350 attended the celebration of 124 years of University history. Special guests were graduates from 1951 to 2010 and family members of campus buildings' namesakes.
he event was held in the Paul R. Givens Performing Arts Center. Gregg and Aaron Givens, son and grandson of UNCP's second chancellor, attended.
"We have a lot of great memories about this place," Gregg Givens said. "Every Thanksgiving we played football on the lawn.
"My father loved Pembroke," he said. "The family had a great time here."
Mary Alice Teets, a 1958 graduate and daughter of the late Walter J. Pinchbeck, also attended. UNCP's maintenance complex is named for Pinchbeck, who was a long-time employee.
"It's wonderful to hear our new chancellor and the other speakers remind us of our unique heritage," Teets said. "We are all looking forward to another great 125 years of growth that is grounded in our history."
Teets and Dr. Harry Mathis were catching up on old times and exchanging addresses. Mathis, a 1959 graduate, was one of the first white students to attend the University, and Teets befriended him.
"Mary Alice and I were lunch buddies; it was very kind of her," Dr. Mathis said. "I have not been back in 20 years, so I was glad to get an invitation to Founders' Day."
Dr. Mathis was a non-traditional student who worked his way through college as an accountant. Like many on this Founders' Day, he had a story.
"While I was here, I thought I was one of the white students," he said. "I found out later my grandmother was a Waccamaw Siouan Indian."
The University's history as the only state-supported American Indian college in the nation as well as its pioneering role in desegregation of higher education were recalled during a reading by Anne Coleman, assistant dean of the Mary Livermore Library.
"Before 1964, UNCP was the only desegregated university in the South," Coleman said. "The G.I. Bill and the decision to open the doors of the college were important factors in the rapid growth of the University after World War II."
Lumbee Tribal Chair Purnell Swett, a 1957 graduate, brought greetings from the tribe. He recalled the mission of the University's founders.
"I am doubly blessed to be here today because I am a proud graduate," Swett said. "We can only imagine what our founding fathers would say about the modern University.
"This is a University dedicated to service and the life-changing value of education," he continued. "This University has transformed our tribe."
The individuals whose names appear on campus buildings were honored in a special program. Many of them were founders; all were extraordinary people.
"Many of our buildings' namesakes were founding fathers like W.L. Moore, and others continued and enriched the University's legacy," said Lawrence Locklear, who works in the Office of University and Community Relations. "Besides their contributions to this University, they founded churches, started businesses and promoted education generally in the region and beyond.
"Their legacy continues here today and in the spirit in this hall," Locklear said.
Chancellor Kyle R. Carter has been at UNCP for eight months but has become a student of its history.
"Knowing about our history is important as we chart the future," Chancellor Carter said. "Founders' Day is a way to make sure we remember why the University was founded in the first place.
"That reason was to make education available so that people can improve their lives," he continued. "I invite you to come back to help us celebrate our 125th year and begin the next chapter, the next 125 years."


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Ellis-Hadwin Health Legacy in Kenya
Investing in the future: Integrated Adolescent Nutrition project
Adolescence (10 to 19 years of age) is a pivotal period and a unique intervention point, where there is a chance to break the inter-generational cycle of malnutrition.
Addressing the nutritional needs of adolescents is one of the key steps towards target two of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), which aims to:
- End all forms of malnutrition;
- Address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women, and older persons.
In Kenya, adolescents constitute 22% of the population. KDHS 2014 reported that 15% of girls aged between 15 to 19 have already had one pregnancy and 3% are pregnant at any one time.
The survey showed Narok County, as having the highest rate of teenage child bearing at 40% compared to the national average of 18%. Early marriage and FGM are also customary in this region.
The Ellis-Hadwin Health Legacy focuses on strengthening our integrated health programming approaches, building on our existing work, in line with our Community Health best practices.
In Kenya the Health Legacy is supporting integration of adolescent nutrition with sexual and reproductive health in Narok county.
The project aims to reduce teenage pregnancies and improve the nutrition outcomes for adolescent girls, adolescent mothers and their babies.
This is also in line with the Lancet Series 2013 evidence based recommendation to address low birth weight in babies through reducing early marriage and early pregnancy amongst adolescent girls.
This not only reduces the risks associated with premature childbearing but also empowers girls to further their education. The project is working across the education and health sectors while exploring a private sector partnership with Unilever.
About the adolescent nutrition project
The aim of the adolescent nutrition project is to improve nutrition outcomes for adolescent girls and their children.
Christian Aid are working with communities to empower adolescent girls and their households to improve their nutrition status through behaviour change on feeding and dietary practices, tackling gender and social norms associated with early marriage and early pregnancy and improving access to adolescent friendly health services.
In addition, we are conducting a formative research to collect data on adolescent nutrition thus contributing to the body of knowledge in this necessary but largely ignored area.
Specific objectives of this programme are:
- To improve the nutrition status of adolescent girls, adolescent mothers and their children under 23 months (focus on the first 1000 days of life);
- To improve nutrition practise (dietary practices and supplementation) among adolescent girls and their households;
- To reduce the number of teenage pregnancies;
- Increase county health capacity on adolescent nutrition programming.
Find out more about our work in Kenya


Team India players left no stone unturned as they were seen sweating it out in the nets just a day before the first Test against England in Chennai. Captain Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma were seen having a hit in the nets along with Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane while bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma and Jasprit Bumrah were also seen in action at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
While the first two fixtures of the 4 Tests will be hosted in Chennai, the teams will travel to Ahmedabad for the remainder of the series. While the 1st Test will be behind closed doors at the MA Chidambaram stadium, the 2nd will allow a 50 % crowd at the stands.
The final two Test matches to be hosted at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad is also expected to allow spectators at the ground. In order to be a part of the WTC final, against New Zealand at Lord’s, India will require any of these results in the Test series: 2-0, 2-1, 3-0, 3-1 or 4-0.
India sure start as favourites in three formats irrespective of their ICC rankings. For the record, India and England have played each other 122 times in Test cricket with England leading the head-to-head record 47-26.


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Some members of Congress are putting themselves on the record as opposing their upcoming $4,400 pay increases, but not Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt:
Defending the raise, Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said, "Every member has some obligation to the institution for the compensation to, as much as possible, keep pace with inflation. I think this should be as good a job when I leave it as it was when I took it."
Other Missourians did not agree with that view:
This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities," said Republican Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri, co-sponsor of a bill to prevent the raise. "Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority."
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, said she'd back a similar measure in the Senate.
"I don't think Congress should get a raise," she said. "I think it would be a nice thing to tell the American people that we could go a couple years without a raise."
The pay increase would lift salaries to $169,600 annually.

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A statewide event intended to help Missouri confront a critical shortage of health care professionals received an enthusiastic response.
The virtual Health Care Career Day event was hosted by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Feb. 25, attracting nearly 6,100 students.
This free program used virtual tours and live Q&A sessions to take students inside Missouri’s cutting-edge health care organizations and educational institutions.
Featured organizations included St. Luke’s Health System, BJC Healthcare, Cox Health, Boone Health, Hannibal Regional Healthcare System, Mosaic Life Care, MU Health Care and St. Francis Healthcare System.
While developed for Missouri students, the unique event ended up taking on a national flavor as people from across 13 states registered to attend.
Watch the video below for highlights from the program or see the entire stream at this link: mochamber.com/health-care-career-day.
Health Care Career Day was developed by the Missouri Chamber Foundation in partnership with the Missouri Hospital Association and the Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education.

domain: medical


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Instead of making the Marky Mark Transformers sequel, Michael Bay should have just sent in this sick, non-stop supercut of every single robot fight scene from the Transformers trilogy to theaters. Yep. This video is an orgy of explosive metal on metal battle scenes without any of the pesky humans screwing it up. I would love to see this IMAX.
But I'll have to deal with flipping on the 1080p switch and sending the 20-minute video to Apple TV or Chromecast or straight to my eyeballs.