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The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights
The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights (Russian: «Сказка о мёртвой царевне и о семи богатырях», romanized: Skazka o myortvoy tsarevne i o semi bogatyryakh, literally: "The Tale of the Dead Tsarevna and of the Seven Bogatyrs") is an 1833 poem by Aleksandr Pushkin telling a fairy tale of Prince Yelsei's search for his love, the Tsarevna, who has been cast out by her stepmother.
While the story resembles the Little Snow White tale from the Grimm's Fairy Tales, it is based around national Russian folklore, same as other Pushkin's fairy tales in verse inspired by the childhood tales told by his nurse Arina Rodionovna at the Mikhaylovskoye village.
Similar stories could be found in the Russian Fairy Tales collection by Alexander Afanasyev (tales № 210 and 211), Great Russian Fairy Tales collection (1861) by Ivan Khudyakov (tale № 45), Fables and Legends of the Samara Region (1884) by Dmitry Sadovnikov (tale № 14) and Great Russian Fairy Tales of the Vyatka Governorate (1915) by Dmitry Zelenin (tale № 52).
A tsar goes on a voyage and leaves his beautiful tsarina behind. She spends days and nights waiting for him by the window, and in nine months gives a birth to their daughter. Next morning her husband returns, and she dies from happiness and exhaustion the same day. In a year the tsar marries another woman — not only smart and beautiful, but also arrogant and jealous. She has a magic mirror in her possession that talks back to the tsarina, complimenting her beauty.
As the time passes by, the young tsarevna grows up and gets engaged to the prince Yelisei. The night before the wedding the tsarina asks her magic mirror whether she is still the sweetest and prettiest of them all, but the mirror points at the tsarevna which drives the woman mad. She orders the servant girl Chernavka to take her stepdaughter into the heart of the forest, tie her down and leave to the wolves. Chernavka follows the orders, but as they go deep into the forest, the tsarevna starts begging to spare her life. Chernavka, who sympathizes with the girl, leaves her untied and lies to the mistress on return. Soon the news of the missing bride reaches the prince who immediately goes on a quest to find her.
Meanwhile, the tsarevna wanders through the forest and stumbles across a terem guarded by a dog which she immediately befriends. She enters the hut, but doesn't find anyone inside, so she cleans everything up and goes to sleep. After a while seven bogatyrs arrive for a dinner. They kindly greet and feed the girl, calling her their sister, and from the way she talks deduce that she must be a tsarevna. The tsarevna stays with her newly found brothers, looking after the house while they hunt in the forest or fight foreign invaders.
After some time the evil tsarina reveals that her stepdaughter is still alive with the help of the magic mirror. She orders Chernavka to get rid of the tsarevna under pain of death. The servant girl dresses as a nun and travels to the house of the seven bogatyrs. She is met by the barking dog that doesn't let her approach the mistress who throws her some bread anyway. In return the nun throws her an apple and disappears. As soon as the tsarevna bites the apple, she gets poisoned and dies. The dog leads bogatyrs to her, bites the poisoned apple in anger and also dies, revealing the cause of the tragedy. They put the girl into a crystal coffin and bring to a cave. Same day the tsarina learns of her death.
Meanwhile, the prince Yelisei rides around the world, asking everyone whether they saw his lost bride. At the end he decides to ask the Sun, which aids him to the Moon. He then asks the Moon, which aids him to the wind. As he asks the wind, it tells him about the cave with the crystal coffin where his bride lies. Yelisei finds the cave and hits the coffin with all his strength, causing it to break into pieces and his bride — to come alive. They ride to the palace and meet the tsarina who is already aware of the wonderful resurrection of her stepdaughter. But as she sees the tsarevna, she falls dead in agony. Right after her burial the couple gets married in a grand ceremony.
There also exists Pushkin's own outline of the story which he planned to write, but which does not much resemble the version he ultimately published.
- 1951 — The Tale of the Dead Princess, USSR, traditionally animated film directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano.
- 1978 — Autumn Bells, USSR, feature film directed by Vladimir Gorikker.
- 1990 — The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights opera written by Viktor Vasilievich Pleshak and performed at the Theater of Opera and Ballet of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
- 2011 — "Nina Govedarica", Australia, Life Story.
- Vladimir Propp (2009). Historical Roots of a Fairy Tale. — Moscow: Labirint, 336 pages. ISBN 978-5-87604-034-3
- Vera Zubareva. The Tale of the Dead Princess...: Evolution of Pushkin as a Prophet article from the Question of Literature magazine № 4, 2014 (in Russian)
- Pushkin's original notes, № 7 corresponds to Dead Princess outline (in Russian)
- The Tale of the Dead Princess at Animator.ru
- Autumn Bells at IMDb
- Viktor Pleshak. The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights at the official Saint Petersburg Conservatory website (in Russian)
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This new single from the three-piece Scottish outfit is an instant pick me up, although the lyrics below the beats are not always as glittery as the instrumentals would have you believe. Brimming with vibrant pop rhythms to accompany the deep, soulful vocals wonderfully to create layer upon layer of meticulously placed melody.
Following in the footsteps of Rag’n’Bone Man in attempting to give this very raw, rough around the edges sound a modern, clean twist, they have combined sampling with keyboards and brass to give their music a wonderfully full sound for the words to sit atop.
The band refers to Thinner as being “The song is written from the perspective of a typical, frustrated, 20 something Scottish person, not feeling totally happy with their life, which just about everyone can relate to”, but to describe it in such bland terms does real injustice to the complexity and mesmeric qualities of the arrangement. You can really feel the mixture of soul, pop and blues influences which are rooted deep within their music, and the way they bring them together to create a very modern, unique sound is phenomenal.
Thinner is the first step in what you can only imagine will be a long, and successful journey for Zennira. Anyone who can combine the old with the new, the raw with the polished and the experimental with the popular so meticulously deserves every ounce of praise that they may, and surely will get. Whether they move more towards the pop side of their sound or explore deeper into their soul roots, we are extremely excited to join them on their journey.


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The 17th president election provoked controversy among the students, since the board rejected all of the students’ reuqests on the election system.
With the sudden intensification of COVID-19 crisis, many students have expressed interest in the election of the next president, which will decidedly shape the direction of school operation system and the process of online classes. As students’ complaints regarding the tuition reduction and the ambiguity of the method of conducting hybrid model classes are increasing, it became more important to elect the leader students want.
Starting from January, the Steering Commission of Student Representatives has officially made inquiries about the 17th president election. Through the joint action held in April, the student council insisted on the increase of student vote reflection.
At the beginning of June, the board members asked the student council to submit a proposal on how candidates should be recommended. The Steering Commission of Student Representatives analyzed the limitations of the direct presidential election system for the 16th president election, and devised a student proposal for a more democratic election system.
The students proposed three changes to the election system. First, the board of directors should directly discuss the 17th president election with each constituent unit of students. Second, only one person should be elected for a president candidate. Third, since the percentage of voting per student is less than 0.1 percent, student vote reflection should be increased.
On July 23, the board notified a resolution of candidate recommendation, but it turned out that none of the students’ requests were reflected.
Instead, the board’s resolution reported several changes in the candidate recommendation system. To begin, unlike the past when only the teaching staff were registered for candidates, external personnel can also be registered as a candidate. Moreover, the two student representatives changed to one undergraduate student representative. Furthermore, the corporate chairperson can arbitrarily appoint student members of the Election Commission.
In response, the Steering Commission of Student Representatives announced a statement condemning the board's resolution on July 28 and held a press conference the next day. From Aug. 4, each college has been joining the relay condemnation.
According to the statement that the 25th Student Council of ELTEC College of Engineering made through the communication channel in the relay, students desire to directly elect a president who respects the students as the owners of the school.
“President Kim Hye-sook, who promised to become the president for students, was the first president of a private university to be elected through a direct presidential election. However, over the past four years, we have realized that there is no president who will listen to students who have a small influence in the vote with a ratio of 0.0005 percent per student. We will not let our voices be unheard and excluded,” declared the student council, throughout the statement.
The student council of College of Art & Design, who also took part in the relay, shared its thoughts about the changes stated in the resolution. “Looking at the appearance of the board members who have not communicated with the school members so far, we assume the rules are revised in order for the directors to elect the president they want,” said Joint!, the 52nd Student Council of College of Art & Design.
Joint! pointed out that there is still a long way to go in order to reach the democratic system that the students want. “The school and the board deserve the condemnation for coming up with a resolution that does not reflect the students’ demands. We are very concerned about how the president elected through this resolution can represent the school for students, so we are currently in a position to request a re-decision of the nomination rule for president candidates,” Joint! said.

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The image is striking. A woman walks through the streets of Beijing dressed in a strange gown with a long–orange–cape trailing along the ground. But wait. What is the gown made from? Well, strange to say, what at first glance might seem like ruffles, are actually plastic cones or horns.
The woman is called Kong Ning and her creation of this orange dress provides TOK teachers with a striking current story to challenge and provoke students into considering complex–and vital–ways in which the Arts function as an area of knowledge.
One way of handling this example in class is to provide an image of the orange dress (see “How Artists Are Fighting Air Pollution in Beijing”) and raise questions in roughly the order outlined below. I have linked many of them directly with the TOK Course Book in order to provide an example that can be framed by the knowledge questions and exploration set up in the book.
1. Social and Cultural contexts–and “perspectives”
From the very “get go”, many TOK students may be reluctant to accept that there is any point at all to Kong Ning’s “art”. If art is about communicating, particularly shared knowledge what possibly can they conclude about the “meaning” of this piece of performance art?
Although TOK students in China probably will not need to be told these three facts, those elsewhere may not know them:
- First, orange is the colour used to indicate an extreme level of air pollution in Beijing.
- Another fact most may know, but may need to be reminded of, is that a cone shaped horn is frequently used for warning.
- Third, according to one study, 1.6 million people a year are currently dying directly or indirectly from air pollution in China.
Armed, therefore, with this background knowledge, students will no doubt be quick to accept that yes, well maybe, here is an act of communication after all. And, more to the point, as the TOK Course Book says, “The arts communicate…. Usually the communication is from the artist…to an audience. The communication has a purpose, and is set within a perspective. ”
A first question for discussion then: for this communication to be successful how much can this particular work of art–or any work of art–be divorced from its cultural and social context? Is art “better” if it can be understood more or less universally without such an expectation?
Further, how much background knowledge should be necessary to appreciate art? In the TOK Course Book one suggested discussion is based around evaluating the following claim: “…a response that is based on some understanding of the meaning of a work within its context–the context of the culture and the context of expectations of that particular form of art–is a fuller response.” (p. 237) Our orange dress clearly provides an excellent example on which to base some thoughtful mulling.
ASIDE: This question often arises in art in relation to social satire. Many Language A1 students will know that “satire” is generally understood to involve the use of exaggeration and irony to ridicule and therefore posit a “norm”, that is, a valuable principle. As such, social satire is often linked to a particular time and place–and sometimes, therefore, seen as inferior as “art”. Does the example of the orange dress provide ammunition for exploring this question?
Any discussion following these questions could well touch on the question of symbolism and how symbols communicate knowledge–after all, both the colour orange and the cone shape are symbols that acquire their “meaning” from their cultural/social context. Not all artistic symbols need to be cultural, of course. After all, Kong Ning is wearing a dress, and what appears, moreover, to be a wedding dress. What are we to make of that?
This gives rise, therefore, to a second question: in what ways can art (including writing, dance, music and so on) communicate shared knowledge through symbols , both cultural symbols and those that acquire resonance by the manner in which the artist treats them?
Does the use of symbols as a method of communication make the knowledge claims more powerfully or less powerfully felt and/or understood than direct statement would? Does the subjective element in interpreting symbols, sometimes strong, sometimes not, weaken the communication?
3. Indirection and subtlety
By this point, some students will probably be impatient. After all, some will say, what is to be gained by beating around the bush whether through symbols or not? They will be particularly satisfied to know that Kong Ning’s art has, in fact, been misunderstood. Many passersby in Beijing apparently had no idea what she was trying to communicate!
From here, then, springs a further question in the arts: whether or not symbols are involved, how much does true artistry involve some subtlety and indirection? Many a protest song, for example, lays its cards directly on the table. For instance, the environmental message in Tracy Chapman’s “The Rape of the World” is not exactly subtle:
We are all witness
To the rape of the world…
You’ve seen her strip mined
You’ve heard of bombs exploded underground…
She has been clear-cut
She has been dumped on
She has been poisoned and beaten up
And we have been witness
To the rape of the world.
Put that song beside Kong Ning’s orange dress and the orange dress seems more than a little indirect. Does, this mean, however, that its meaning is less valid? that artistically it has less–or more–value? that because of its very indirection it can have greater impact?
4. Subtlety and propaganda
One of the questions for reflection in the TOK Course Book is “What distinguishes propaganda from art that expresses a point of view”? (p. 242).
Students who haven’t already discussed this question in another context may find that this example can help clarify some of the issues–and one of those, most would agree, is the question of subtlety and/or indirection found in art and not propaganda.
Is it only the method that distinguishes art from propaganda, or the substance of the knowledge claims? Second, therefore, is art or propaganda more deeply rooted in truth? Does the orange dress better exemplify art or propaganda?
5. Language and diversity in art forms
But, ah, some will be quick to point out when looking at “The Rape of the World”, part of the contrast between a direct protest song and an indirect, purely visual protest is language. (Some will point out that language itself involves a kind of symbolism and itself is subject to ambiguity and indirection. However, most will concede that any art form that uses language can most easily make unambiguous and direct statements.)
The question of language–and lack of it in the case of the orange dress—can, therefore, be a good way of illuminating the ways the whole range of art forms communicate. What, especially in their ability to make social protests, is illuminated about the ways in which art forms that don’t use language nevertheless communicate? Dance? Instrumental music? Painting and sculpture? Applied arts (architecture, pottery, weaving) and so on?
In fact, as the TOK Course Book asks, “To what extent do you think that some of the arts gain their communicative power by being free of language and its confines?” (p. 228)
The further fact that Kong Ning’s orange dress isn’t merely a kind of sculpture hanging in a gallery but, instead, being worn on city streets, raises an additional question about artistic forms: how much should artists sincere about sharing knowledge work within traditional art forms, and how much should they be respected for inventing new forms–in this case a kind of “performance art”?
Kong Ning’s creation may well provoke some considered debate in considering the question in the TOK Course Book: “Can you think of new forms developed within the past century that have extended the outside boundary [between the “arts” and the non-art] as they joined the group already inside?” (p. 227),
6. Repression and satire
The discussion of indirection in artistic expression can give rise to yet another question in sharing knowledge. If an artist who states a protest directly or explicitly can be severely punished by the government, how much is the artist most effective when protesting indirectly or implicitly?
After all, there are clear cases involving Kong Ning’s contemporaries who face imprisonment for being too blatant. (“Chinese artist who posted funny image of President Xi Jinping facing five years in prison as authorities crackdown on dissent in the arts.”)
Indeed, aware of the concerns over punishment, one magazine article examining Kong Ning’s protest uses as its title, “Why China’s artists are making waves and getting away with it.”
ASIDE: In fact, this latter article provides some other examples of striking, shocking, ingenious, and provocative artists in China who, like Kong Ning, use indirection and symbolism to protest social issues. All could be used to raise most of the same knowledge questions already raised here.
As the TOK Course Book points out, “As we consider how dictatorial regimes have imprisoned or executed artists…one thing is clear: it is not only critics of the arts who recognize that artists are making knowledge claims and passing judgments about the societies in which we live.” (p. 240) How much should we expect an artist to challenge governmental policies when the result might be punishment?
7. The artist’s intentions
Consider this description of another art project in China designed as protest:
One of Liu Bolin’s most stunning scenes features the artist camouflaged within a photo of the Intrepid, a decommissioned American aircraft carrier docked in New York. The piece is an overt comment on the consequences of U.S.-style military dominance to which China aspires (Macleans)
“Overt”? Many would be inclined to stare with fascination at this photo in which the artist is barely visible because he has painted his own body to blend into the photo behind him of a huge aircraft carrier–and yet have no idea what the “meaning” of the painting is. As we saw, even the orange dress, comparatively explicit, may have no clear meaning to many.
Thus, we have yet another question about the way that art communicates shared knowledge: if an artist’s intentions are not obvious, can we say that the art’s “meaning” can be independent of those intentions?
8. Intentions and “reason”
As the TOK Course Book points out, “In some popular stereotypes of the arts…one way of knowing is treated as though it were excluded: reason.” (p. 229)
How much and in what ways do the examples of artistic creation identified here (and in the article in Macleans) demonstrate the role of reason in planning and executing a piece of art–and understanding it? Could anyone claim that Liu Bolin or Kong Ning is simply producing art without using reason, entirely through the spontaneous expression of pure emotion or subconscious impulses?
Further ideas for the classroom
The topics and questions above provide a relatively straightforward way of handling this example of the orange dress, through raising for discussion a series of questions, or drawing the questions out of the ideas that student discussion is likely to raise in any case.
Alternatively, it could be stimulating to begin “backwards”. In other words, students might engage most directly with the issues underlying the art of protest if they were first to design their own parallel project before looking at Kong Ning’s protest. Thus, for example, they could be presented with an issue that matters to them, whether a broad social one such as religious/racial intolerance or a local/school based one. Then they could be asked to design a costume–with no signs/words–that could be worn to make their protest. They might, additionally, be asked to make their costume “artistic”–without going any further to explain the term.
An additional dimension would result if, working alone or in small groups, students then presented their costume (most easily done simply through description and/or a sketch) to the rest of the class without explaining the symbols (cultural or freshly created), their intentions, or the target of their protest. It would be up to the rest of the class to ask questions, of course, and compare the various results for ambiguity/clarity, likely impact, artistry/subtlety/propaganda and so on.
With their own attempts under their belts, students could well be in a heightened state of mind to turn their attention to the image of a woman dressed entirely in a long, trailing gown of…orange cones!
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Eileen Dombrowski, Lena Rotenberg, and Mimi Bick. Theory of Knowledge. Oxford University Press, 2013. https://global.oup.com/education/product/9780199129737/?region=international
Jamie Fullerton, “Chinese artist who posted funny image of President Xi Jinxing facing five years in prison as authorities crackdown on dissent in the arts”, The Independent, May 28, 2015. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-artist-who-posted-funny-image-of-president-xi-jinping-facing-five-years-in-prison-as-10282630.html
Andrew Nunes, “How Artists Are Fighting Air Pollution in Beijing”, The Creators Project, January 6, 2016. http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/artists-and-air-pollution-in-china
Charlie Gillis, “Why China’s artists are making waves and getting away with it,” Maclean’s, December 9, 2015. http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/why-chinas-artists-are-making-waves-and-getting-away-with-it/
Dan Levin, “Study Links Polluted Air in China to 1.6 Million Deaths a Year”, New York Times, August 13, 2015. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/14/world/asia/study-links-polluted-air-in-china-to-1-6-million-deaths-a-year.html?_r=0
Image courtesy of artist’s Weibo

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Giacomo Meyerbeer (a German despite his adopted first name) was the toast of Paris for 30 years until his death in 1864, but his work is rarely performed today. An historically important figure, he paved the way for the next generation of composers, Wagner among them – Meyerbeer's grand opera anticipating the harmonic adventurism and behemoths of late romanticism. And at over four hours, 'Robert le Diable' is pretty substantial, if mostly in length.
The gothic themes, ridiculous to us now, are held together by hooky plot – jousting knights, the son of the Devil, a magic branch – played out at a snail's pace. Laurent Pelly's production (sets by Chantal Thomas), however, has much fun with the clunky medievalism – flying in the armoured knights on wires and lowering them on to brightly coloured plastic horses; the ladies of the chorus, too, painted in single primary colours; and the wild mountains represented by huge Durer-esque engravings. The obligatory ballet in a cursed abbey was amusingly danced by randy zombie nuns.
Although the pacing creates many longueurs, there was much singing to enjoy, notably great choral writing and exciting soloists. Never mind Top Cs, the American dramatic tenor Bryan Hymel reached further into the stratosphere and fearlessly remained there, while holding attention with his burly presence. His devilish mentor, Bertram, was sung by bass John Relyea in a wonderfully dark voice, straight from hell. The love interest Princess Isabelle was played by Patricia Ciofi, who received a rapturous welcome on account of taking over the role at three days' notice. She went on to receive thunderous curtain call, having produced tuneful coloratura while competing with a large chorus and orchestra playing to the max under Daniel Oren. (The role was scheduled to be sung by Jennifer Rowley, but apparently it 'didn't work out'!) Marina Poplavskya's cool soprano had no trouble singing Alice, but was, perhaps, too powerful for such a simple character. Overall, a stodgy opera rescued by a great production.
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Officials say that the truck was located in East Ridge Friday night.
Both dogs were found near Alton Park.
UPDATE:The red truck has been located along with one dog. Harry, the 30 lb terrier, has been found! Coconut, anatolian, is still missing.
EARLIER: Chattanooga Police are on the trail of thieves who stole a pick-up truck with 2 dogs inside.
The crime happened around 2 o’clock this afternoon at Veterinary Care and Specialty Group.
That’s located at 32-01 Broad Street.
The truck is a dark red, 2020 Ford F-150 with Georgia tags.
The dogs are Harry, a 30 lb Bedlington Terrier, and Coconut, a 100 pound Anatolian.
The theft was caught on surveillance video.
The suspects are two males.
One was wearing a red hoodie.
The other was wearing a black hoodie.
If you know who they are, or where the truck and dogs might be, please contact Chattanooga Police.


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Joshua Henslee believes that Robinhood's delisting of BSV could be in response to the financial crisis it's facing following the collapse of FTX and admits that the move will likely cause issues.
Christen Ager-Hanssen recently joined the Women of BSV podcast to talk about his vision for the nChain, the wider BSV ecosystem, and the importance of community and education.
The Women in Blockchain Philippines founder has been supporting women in the male-dominated sector and believes the sector is warming up to female leaders.
The Global Forum was held in Oman, the first for the Middle East, with Dr. Craig Wright as one of the keynote speakers, detailing what Bitcoin is, its capabilities, and why it was created.
SmartLedger introduced no less than eight proof-of-concept applications to start the New Year, and the feedback from the BSV community has been overwhelmingly positive in just a few days.
It's estimated that the firm will cut 330 jobs, mostly in its marketing department, giving some insight into how industry insiders view the growth prospects of exchanges in the near-term future.
The event was held during the Philippine Blockchain Week and brought together industry and government movers and shakers with nChain blockchain experts to discuss blockchain technology use cases.
2022 was a great year for Xiaohui Liu, having done a convention in Dubai, introduced new tools, and set up a hackathon, but he believes 2023 will be better, as Bitcoin is set for a massive transition.
2023 will be the year that politicians, regulators and law enforcement agencies finally slay the ‘layer 1’ fraud at the heart of ‘crypto,’ after which they’ll target the deeper, more insidious ‘layer 2’ fraud that threatens far greater harm.
In this episode of the CoinGeek Weekly Livestream, Wuckert interviewed Jay and Rae about Real World Podcasts and other topics related to the BSV ecosystem.
Instead of competing for an exclusive network effect, interoperability creates a unique environment where developers and clients from all walks of life compete to provide the best user experience.

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There is this belief that if we are thin we are healthy. Health, that slippery concept, is really not the biggest issue for most fat people...it's stigma.
This past week, another study came out about how health professionals (this time dietetic students) are biased against fat people. This gets added to a huge list of other fat-phobic folks: doctor's, nurses, therapists, employers - hell, even other fat people.
In a comment section on an opinion piece regarding the recent decision of United, one commenter summed up the level of vitriol fat folks are routinely subjected to: "It's hard enough having to look at you..." This is not about anyone's legitimate concern for their fellow human, this is hate pure and simple.
We diet, in this country, because we are afraid of "teh fats." There are always other reasons to tack on, but it often comes down to this. Then we learn to hate ourselves because our bodies (in their infinite wisdom) are incredibly efficient at staving off famine, and 95% of people who have initial success at weight loss end up gaining it all back.
Today, take a minute to stop hating the fat on your body (I don't care how much you have or where it is). Feel hunger and feed it. Move around in your body to find out what makes it feel good. Make a decision today to just accept who you are.

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Hey Homie, launches India’s first WhatApp Conversational Commerce platform, where both the foodies and the chefs can order or sell food from the comfort of their homes.
The Co-founders – CEO, Anujj Mehta and CTO, SourabhLodha together launched the website post successfully onboarding home chefs onto the platform in December 2021.
The platform, created to empower home entrepreneurs of Delhi/NCR also provides an easy, hassle-free and safe access for on-boarding.
Hey Homie WebsiteHey Homie, post onboarding homepreneurs (specifically home chefs) on its platform has now unveiled the website for the discerning customers and takes them by storm by allowing them to buy their favourite dishes/food items from their neighbours-turned-homies through the ease of WhatsApp.
Hey Homie was started as an initiative to help home chefs in 2016 and has empowered thousands of homepreneurs ever since.
This initiative is now being shaped into a platform as it enables and gives a push to budding home chefs to make delectable meals, using fresh ingredients, while being mindful of the food hygiene.
The pandemic has reiterated the need of home cook food as it is healthy, safe, hygienic and wholesome.
Owing to the COVID-scare, people are more conscious about their eating habits and health.
Hey Homie, with their homechefs (homies) are all set to serve meals prepared straight from the heart like one would make for one’s family.
“We are extremely happy that we’re aligned towards the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and glad we could finally bring alive our dream, Hey Homie.
Condominium dwellers have been using WhatsApp groups from the pre-pandemic era to buy and sell products.
We resonate with this thought and that’s the reason we have gone ahead and taken the step of creating the platform around WhatsApp.
We are using the same ecosystem so that our foodie friends and home chefs do not feel outdated in the process of moving to another platform rather opening up plethora of opportunities for them to expand their business,” said Anujj Mehta, CEO, Hey Homie.
Giving further push to India’s #vocalforlocal movement, the community-led model, devised to empower Homepreneuers, have onboarded hundreds of sellers so far offering delicacies such as Tibetan, Nepalese, Marwari, Goan, Chettinad and Maharashtrian to name a few.
Hey Homie is already working to expand its footprints in key cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Jaipur etc.
The sellers and home chefs can list products such as home cooked food, packaged food – perishable and non-perishable, all kinds of beverages, ration, essentials, and groceries among others.
Buyers, on the other hand, can choose to add to cart products listed on the website, available in their neighbourhood or with a different search criteria, they can even buy from sellers available in different locations/cities with slightly higher delivery cost added to it.
“There can’t be a better time for us than this to launch Hey Homie.
It ticks all the right boxes for us as people are more health conscious and on the lookout for safe, hygienic alternatives while ordering food.
Not just this, people in all age groups are digitally more literate now and have accepted the Covid norms and have built a life around it, which will work in our favour.
We are happy to start this with Delhi/NCR but won’t be too long before we tap the Tier 2-3 markets and expand in a big way,” concluded Sourabh Lodha, CTO, Hey Homie.
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Spotless in Sri Lanka! Top Indian journalist takes a (very) clean break in paradise!
The expression ‘clean break’ took on a whole new meaning for India’s The Hindu writer Gayatri Rangachari Shah when she recently enjoyed a short holiday in Sri Lanka.
She says: “Ever since my first visit five years ago, I was amazed at the hygiene levels. Public bathrooms? Not a problem. Garbage? Not littering the streets.
“As I wandered through the coastal towns of Ambalangoda, Meetiyagoda, Hikkaduwa, Unawatuna, Talpe and Mirissa, I was impressed that even the smallest places were spotless.”
So amazed, in fact, that she “raised the subject over dinner with friends at the Aman[galla] hotel in Galle Fort, where we had gone to bring in my birthday, on New Year’s Eve. Why is our smaller southern neighbour so much cleaner than we are?”
For example, she writes, “during the break, I read a news report about how the new air conditioned Mumbai suburban trains had been littered with empty chips packets and cigarettes”.
“The next day, we continued the discussion over a languid Italian lunch at WB at Why Beach in Talpe, but were unable to come to a satisfactory conclusion. I gave up trying to find an answer.”
Meanwhile, she notes, “this year, it seems like an enormous, well-heeled Indian contingent is vacationing in Sri Lanka. From press accounts, even Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh were there to snorkel”.
“Our island neighbour is clearly experiencing a tourism boom. My Hong Kong Chinese friends were there en famille, as were assorted English pals from London. Even the Pakistanis love it.”
Strolling in Galle Fort, with its well preserved 17th century streets and buildings, “it was hard not be seduced by the historic charm, quaint shops and hotels dotting the world heritage site—and the shops”.
“TripAdvisor describes Galle as the ‘emporium of foreign trade’ and you have to have nerves of steel to not succumb to a shopping expedition. Temptation abounded”.
“Delicate designs, with the semi-precious gemstones Sri Lanka is famous for, were ripe for the picking at Sandaken on Peddlers Street, and Ibrahim Jewellers, on Church Street.
“Spices, silver, home accessories, retro art, handicrafts and top quality linen could be found in chic boutiques.” Not just a clean break, then, but a very welcome break.
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Editor's Note: The following was submitted by Staples Girls Soccer.
The Lady Wreckers squared off against Trinity Catholic looking to improve their seeding in the upcoming state tournament. They were also celebrating Senior Day, as seniors Gea Mitas, Meghan Lonergan, Sydney Crossfield and Caitlin Hoberman played their final game on Loeffler Field.
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up. Senior Caitlin Hoberman was able to get loose up the left side and
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Junior Lauren Garcia added the second goal in the 12th minute. Rossi again made a nice cross to a cutting Garcia for 2-0 lead. Midfielders Mitas and Junior Addy Fowle kept the pressure on Trinity Catholic, winning most every ball coming across the middle. The defense line, made of Senior Captain Meghan Lonergan, Junior Captain Megan Root, Freshman Morgan McWhirter and Sophomore Kate Lesch stood strong and never let Goalie Mary Bennewitz defend a shot on her goal. In the 16th minute, Shaw added her second goal of the game before being subbed out.
Freshman Tia Zajec joined in the fun in the 25th minute, beating two defenders off the dribble and pushing her shot just past the goalie to give Staples a 4-0 lead. Junior Paige Murray netted her first goal of the season, when she took a ball away from the TC defender inside the 18 and raced towards to goal and blasted the ball into the net. In the 35 minute, Freshman Claire Lonergan also got her first goal when she beat a defender up the right side and popped the ball just over the goalie giving the Wreckers a 6-0 lead at the end of the first half.
Staples continued its dominance in the second half, this time having Senior Lonergan at the forward position. Lonergan found her first goal of the season in the 55th minute by beating her defender up the left side and fitting the ball just under a diving goalie. Fellow Senior Hoberman scored her second goal of the season in similar fashion, but this time up the right side.
Coach Driscoll called up a few JV players and was able to get them valuable minutes. Junior Claire Saracena, Freshman Ivy Prince and Alyssa Perry played most of the second half winning most every ball they challenged. With additional Freshman Kit Epstein, Juila Agardh and Tia Zajec, Staples saw five freshmen on the field most of the second half. As the temperature dropped, Staples stopped taking shots on goal and passed back and forth waiting for time to expire.
Now the Lady Wreckers must wait until the FCIACs are completed before starting the CIAC tournament. The final seeding will be out by weeks end and Staples will most likely play an away game to start the tournament. Check back on Friday for an updated CIAC tournament schedule.


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It took only one day after a cap was proposed for the number of medical marijuana dispensary applicants to exceed the number of available slots in Bozeman, Montana.
Eight medical marijuana providers applied Tuesday for licenses to do business in Bozeman, leaving the city with one more application than the 32-dispensary cap the City Commission has proposed.
“It’s too early to know what the final end game is because we’ll have to see what happens with those applications,” said Commissioner Chris Mehl on Tuesday afternoon, reports Amanda Ricker at the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
If the city ends up with too many people competing for not enough dispensary licenses, “We’ll have to deal with that if and when it happens,” Mehl said.
Commissioners voted late Monday night to provisionally cap the number of medical marijuana dispensaries allowed in the city at 32 — or one per 1,250 residents — for a year while the city experiments with new rules for cannabis.
If the dispensary cap receives final approval, the city would require providers with four or more patients to buy a city business license. Providers outside city limits would need a license if they deliver to patients in Bozeman.
As of Monday, the city had already granted 16 business licenses to medical marijuana providers and was reviewing nine applications.
By Tuesday afternoon, the number of applications under review had risen to 17, according to Mehl, which means at least one of the applicants wouldn’t be allowed to open a dispensary with a 32-store cap.
Bozeman will review the applications in the order in which they’ve been received, according to City Attorney Greg Sullivan, but which gets get approved first depends on how complicated they are. For instance, if a prospective dispensary owner must make changes to a building, that application might take longer to get approval.
If a dispensary is caught operating with a license, the penalty could be a $500 fine or six months in jail, the standard penalty for a misdemeanor offense, Sullivan said.
Each time a provider is found operating without a license, they would be charged with a separate, additional offense, with fines or jail time mounting.
The 32-dispensary cap is part of an ordinance the commission adopted Monday night that outlines how medical marijuana can be used, sold and grown in Bozeman.
The regulations could become final as early as August 25, or 30 days after a second review and final adoption.
The head of the Montana Medical Growers Association said he hopes commissioners will rethink their plan.
“It is our hope that they will relook at that and focus not on the number of caregivers, but focus on limiting the number of storefronts,” said Jim Gingery, executive director of MMGA.
More than 500 providers already serve more than 2,700 patients in the Gallatin Valley, according to Gingery, and capping the number of providers now would be problematic.
According to Mehl, who proposed the 32-dispensary cap, it is intended to give the city time to see how the medical marijuana industry will work locally and to examine how to best regulate it. Once businesses are established, it is difficult for the city to shut them down, Mehl said.
City officials have heard that most providers in the valley have fewer than four patients and would thus not be affected by the cap, according to Mehl.
Mayor Jeff Krauss was the only commission member who voted against the cap Monday night. The Mayor said on Tuesday that he fears capping the number of dispensaries at 32 will drive medical marijuana providers underground.
“We want to know who they are and we want to know what they’re doing and we want to know that they’re legal,” Krauss said.
The provisional ordinance adopted Monday would also make it a misdemeanor for patients to use medical marijuana in public, with violators subject to $500 fines and six-month jail terms.
Gingery, however, suggested the offense should be civil rather than criminal, with smaller fines and no jail time.
“We don’t believe that medicating in any circumstances should be a criminal offense,” Gingery said.


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Now, you might be a person who never misses the latest trends but I bet you may not have heard this amazing story.
The story is ironically little known to many given the magnitude of this story to the future of the world!
Enough with the cat and mouse game now and let’s talk about Paul Stamets – a scientist who should be taking the world of agriculture and technology by storm now but to my surprise is not!
This guy has invented a very creative way of fighting pesticides in crop farming albeit without the use of chemicals!
We all know the detrimental effects associated with the use of chemicals not only in crop farming but also to the general environment. It has been found that the population of bees has been on the decline – a feat that is attributed to chemical use in crop farming.
That’s just a single stat that will probably mean nothing to many but still serves the purpose of showing how Mother Nature is being affected by the use of chemicals.
Anyway, chemical manufacturing companies are reaping loads of cash courtesy of sale of terrible chemical products to the ever-ballooning agricultural sectors of the world. No wonder Paul Stamets has had a rough time breaking through a market dominated by chemical companies worth billions.
In fact, it is hard to imagine that he received his patent in 2006 and has yet to showcase the real deal to the world.
There is nothing more effective than using nature against nature and Paul has shown how to achieve this in the world of agriculture. The creative bit of the tactic amazes me even more in that the magic lies in mushrooms.
Paul adopts Fungi and morphist as in the pest control scheme by ensuring that they do not produce spores – this will, in turn, attract insects and turn them to future fungi!
Did I mention that it can fight over thousands of pest species! Now if you do not think that is a pure genius then you should have some sort of a problem.
For those who fancy in smart agriculture, this should be something to celebrate about lest the idea does not materialize into a big solution for us.
If it does not, then we will have to blame the big chemical companies that are only aiming at making money rather than creating eco-friendly options for the consumers.
Now it is time to hope – let’s hope that Paul’s idea ends up being the number one solution for pests in most parts of the world.
Visit the Wikipedia page about Paul Stamets: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
And finally, here is a TedTalks video by Paul in 2008 called: 6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save The World.

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ECO-FRIENDLY Warwickshire County Council has scooped an award for food waste recycling.
The authority won a Green Apple Environment Award for their Grey to Green food waste recycling scheme which competed against more than 500 other nominations from companies, councils and communities. The Green Apple Awards began have become established as the country’s major recognition for environmental endeavour.
County environment spokesman Jeff Clarke said: “We are thrilled and delighted to receive international recognition for Grey to Green which has already seen a 71 per cent increase in food waste capture rates, plus annual CO2 equivalent savings of around 3,000 tonnes.
“Encouraging residents to put their food waste in their green wheeled bin instead of their dustbin is also generating huge savings in disposal costs – with the potential to save another £1 million a year.”


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Lambton Public Health (LPH) says it is investigating multiple COVID-19 outbreaks all declared on Saturday.
Outbreaks include one workplace, one institutional workplace and one Long-term care home.
LPH confirm positive COVID-19 test results for three staff at the workplace, one inmate at Sarnia Jail and one staff member in the Long-Term Care division of Vision Nursing & Rest Home in Sarnia.
“The individuals who tested positive have been notified of their results. LPH is continuing to conduct case and contact management as part of the investigation,” states Kevin Churchill, Manager of Family Health for Lambton Public Health.
LPH say testing of Long Term Care residents is underway and staff testing is ongoing and that all individuals impacted have been notified.


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Lower US temperatures forecast through Aug. 13
US Northeast temps forecast to see largest drop
A forecast break from very hot weather in the US Northeast and Midwest is expected to ease power-sector demand for natural gas through at least Aug. 13, loosening recent supply-demand tightness and weakening spot gas prices.
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Already, spot gas prices in most US regions moved lower in Aug. 8 trading for next-day flows, preliminary settlement data from S&P Global Commodity Insights shows. In the US Midwest and Midcontinent, spot gas prices fell 30-50 cents, while most Southeast spot gas prices dropped 30-45 cents and Appalachia spot gas prices fell 20-30 cents. Cash Henry Hub dropped 41.50 cents to $7.77/MMBtu at preliminary settlement.
US gas futures also tumbled in Aug. 8 trading, with the NYMEX Henry Hub September contract down nearly 50 cents from its prior-day settlement at $7.589/MMBtu.
Both spot and futures prices remained relatively elevated in Aug. 8 trading, compared with recent years, in large part because of soaring power sector demand for gas. July featured the strongest monthly gas-fired power demand on record, according to Platts Analytics data going back to 2012.
The elevated gas-fired power demand has continued into August, averaging 46.2 Bcf/d month to date – up 8.2 Bcf/d, or 22%, from year-ago levels.
Milder temperatures forecast
CustomWeather forecast that the average US temperature will slide five degrees lower over the next five days, falling to 75 F by Aug. 13.
The Northeast is expected to see the most dramatic temperature drop, forecast to fall steadily from nearly 83 degrees Fahrenheit on Aug. 8 to 77 F on Aug. 10, and even further to 69 F on Aug. 13.
The temperature drop could have a substantial weakening effect on Northeast spot gas prices, as recent heat waves have boosted local demand for gas at a time of rising production and constrained takeaway capacity. Regional gas demand has averaged 18.45 Bcf/d so far this August, up 3.66 Bcf/d, or 25%, from the same time last year.
The Midwest was also forecast to see temperatures weaken, albeit to a lesser extent. CustomWeather forecast that the average Midwest temperature would steadily cool to 70 F on Aug. 13, down from 75 F on Aug. 8.
Spot gas prices in Southern California were the main exception to the national downward trend in Aug. 8 trading and could remain an exception in the near-term.
Cash SoCal Gas, city-gate gained 63.50 cents to trade at $10.21/MMBtu, in line with other regional locations El Paso, South Mainline and Kern River, delivered that were also trading above or near $10/MMBtu, preliminary settlement data from S&P Global shows.
Southern California has faced pipeline constraints limiting inflows from the Permian Basin this year, necessitating higher prices to lure molecules from the Rockies, Canada, and from storage.
These constraints limiting inflows intensified on Aug. 8, as El Paso Natural Gas began a new phase of repair work on Line 2000 that will further reduce delivery capacity to Ehrenberg, a key interconnect for Permian-to-Southern California flows. The new phase deepens the capacity cuts to 629 MMcf/d from 450 MMcf/d through at least Aug. 31. Pipeline nomination data shows that El Paso deliveries to SoCalGas at Ehrenberg dropped to 398 MMcf Aug. 8, down nearly 90 MMcf/d from the prior seven-day average.


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December 5, 2022
The following information from Politico summarizes ongoing end-of-year topics being considered by federal lawmakers to include many issues of import to NYS Council members including: integration of primary care and mental health, boosting the behavioral health workforce, ensuring parity in mental and other health coverage, telehealth in Medicaid and Medicare, and an addiction package. (For more on this last item, see second article, dated 12/2 from Axios):
Politico, 12/5 – MENTAL HEALTH HOPES — With another week of deal-making on the Hill ahead, one health issue is increasingly being discussed: mental health provisions.
Republicans and Democrats alike told Ben and your host that mental health is a target to be included in an omnibus deal — and that conversations were ongoing last week.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told Pulse he looks to get his Mental Health Reauthorization Act of 2022 included in the package, and Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) told Axios he was confident an addiction treatment package would be added as well.
Several others, across parties, chambers and committees, have generally emphasized the need to address mental health in a year-end bill. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) told Ben last week that his health staff is working on a mental health policy and they might have more details about the measures to share soon.
Special interest groups also have asked leaders on the Hill to include a number of mental health provisions.
Several provider groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association, sent a letter Friday to congressional leaders , asking for legislation that promotes the integration of primary care and mental health, boosts the behavioral health workforce and ensures parity in mental and other health coverage.
And the American Hospital Association sent a recent letter to Congress, addressing mental health, asking leaders to strengthen the care workforce, loosen regulations for psychiatric facilities and change payment policies around behavioral health.
Some of those asks are included in legislation introduced earlier this year — places congressional aides suggested looking to see where the conversation could go in the coming weeks.
Earlier this year, senators introduced three bipartisan discussion drafts of legislation to tackle mental health, which suggested ways telehealth, Medicare and Medicaid could be leveraged in the future, among other things.
And one House bill, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022, overwhelmingly passed, though the Senate has yet to vote on it.
Year-end package could increase access to addiction treatment
A bipartisan bill to increase access to treatment for opioid addiction has a good chance of being rolled into a year-end package during the lame-duck session, congressional aides tell Axios.
Why it matters: Advocates point to federal data showing only one in 10 people with opioid use disorder receive medication for it.
How it works: The bill would remove a requirement that health care providers get a special waiver from the Drug Enforcement Administration before they can prescribe buprenorphine, an addiction treatment that reduces the risk of future overdoses.
What they’re saying: Rep. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), one of the lead sponsors of the bill, told Axios he is “very confident” it will make the omnibus. “Leadership is working hard to get it done,” he said, calling the bill a “lifesaver.”
- Nearly 200 organizations sent a letter to Congress this week urging its passage, including the National Association of Counties, the American Medical Association and the National Sheriffs’ Association.
The path forward: Backers say they have not encountered a large amount of opposition, but there is still a lot of uncertainty around how big the end-of-year package will be and what will make it in.
- There is at least some opposition from certain House Republicans, including members who are doctors, like Indiana Rep. Larry Bucshon. Bucshon said earlier this year that the bill is “making it easier to prescribe a medication known to be highly diverted and misused.”
- Some doctors remain unwilling to prescribe buprenorphine for use at home without supervision, and there’s also concern about a lack of data about the drug’s effectiveness in those who misuse multiple substances.
- At least at the moment, though, backers do not think the opposition will be enough to stop it from making it into the bill.
- The list of cosponsors in the Senate includes members from across the ideological spectrum, including Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.).
In the House, Chris Krepich, a spokesman for House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers, said it is a priority for her to get the House’s mental health package, which includes the bill language, passed and signed into law in this Congress.
- The package got over 400 votes in the House earlier this year.

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Rainfall, Mapped by Bar Charts
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Rainfall map, Monthly Rainfall of 1884, using bar charts, England and Wales, by G J Symons, published by Edward Stanford and Co, 6 Charing Cross, and Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Stationers' Hall Court, London, 1885.
Different ways of plotting monthly rainfall are discussed in an article pp.25-28 and 2 plates. Later in the volume, p.149, Mr Symons says:-
The New Map - This (see Frontispiece) is a new departure in rainfall work, and the outcome of the enquiry already mentioned. I am not going to pronounce it a perfect success. I am not sure that in steering clear of the Scylla of representing the rainfall of such places as Boston and Seathwaite on the same scale, I have not wrecked the ship in the Charybdis of uniformity. ... Each vertical column represents one month, beginning of course with January. The length of each column shows how much per cent. of the average yearly rain, fell in each month ...


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In this workshop, Rolf will take you through the process of building a pulledwarp tapestry weaving. This will include deconstructing the plane of the weave by arranging cut paper maquettes, while applying the principles of form and space to make a three-dimensional composition. You will learn how to assemble your weaving with warping your own loom, and will end with a finished sample weaving.
Nora Lou Rolf is an experienced art fabricator with a history of working with materials as divergent as stone and linen. She has been an assistant in the studios of the artists Andrea Zittel and Alma Allen for the past several years, and has been an active member of AZ West’s West Work weaving community since 2014. Nora’s weaving can be found locally at BKB Art + Design and in the Palm Springs Art Museum Store. Rolf spent her formative years kicking around the suburbs of Wayne, Michigan and taking in the Great Plains of Nebraska. She currently resides in Joshua Tree, CA.


Electrocardiography (ECG) is a fundamental method not only commonly used in the hospital for clinical requirement but also widely adopted in home and personal healthcare systems to obtain the electrical activity of the heart. An arrhythmia monitoring system is proposed and used in a clinical trial. The proposed system has three parts. The first is a high-resolution, low-power analog front-end circuit for implementing bio-signal sensing circuits. This part is developed with a chopper-based pre-amplifier and a high-pass sigma–delta modulator. The features of the circuits are low complexity, high resolution, and low power consumption. The second part is a digital signal processor with a decimation filter and a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter package generator. The last part is used to realize a software interface on smartphone for ECG signal recording, display, and classification. A wavelet-based classification method is also proposed to classify the rhythm. The chip used in the system is fabricated through the 0.18 µm standard complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor process, and the operation voltage is 1.2 V. The classification algorithm is verified with data from the MIT/BIH arrhythmia database. The accuracy of beat detection and arrhythmia classification is 99.4% and 95.83%, respectively. Eight patients are enrolled in a human study to verify the performance of the proposed arrhythmia monitoring system. Results show that the system can acquire and classify ECG signals.
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MITCHELL – A Bedford man was arrested Tuesday when Mitchell Police officers received a call about a breaking and entering occurring at 268 Barlett Drive in Mitchell.
Police then received information that 42-year-old Steven Stroud was possibly in the shed.
The first officer on the scene went to the back of the home and could see a male inside the residence.
Other officers arrived and went to the front door. An officer saw Stroud exit the home and yelled “stop police”. Stroud was “surprised to see the officer”. Stroud stopped and officers detained him in handcuffs.
Stroud then told officers he “was in FBI witness protection and taking down drug kingpins” and that this was “a safe house for him”. He continued to ask officers to contact “Director Langley”.
Stroud told police he entered the home through the front door with a key, but he didn’t know where that key was at the moment.
In a back bedroom, officers found a white t-shirt on the floor and a window had been opened. Officers also found a bag of clothing and other items next to the house in the bushes near the window.
Stroud told police, “it’s protocol at a safe house to enter a different way and then exit out of the front door”. Stroud was arrested on charges of burglary, residential entry, and criminal trespass


Living in a cold climate where there is snow on the ground for about five months of the year, heating is an important factor to be able to control. When I bought and moved into my house in the middle of January, the heating system that was installed was an oil furnace. It didn't take long to realize that with rising oil prices (at the time), I didn't want to keep paying large sums of money to fill up the tank a few times a year. So before the next winter came along, I had a wood stove put in. That was six years ago.
The cost involved is not insignificant when you factor in that I had to also purchase two stories worth of stainless steel stove pipe since I couldn't hook it into my existing chimney. A little more money and I could have replaced the furnace to a more efficient one that ran on natural gas, or added a heat pump. But I would still have been dependent on electricity to run those machines, and that would have defeated the whole point.
I went with the Osburne model that you see above (purchased at a discount because it was a floor model). It looks great with the glass door, but the most important part is that it is a fairly efficient model, rated at 75% optimum efficiency. It's important to get a wood stove with the highest possible rating. It's more expensive up front but it saves in the long run by not having to burn as much wood. It saves you work as well because you don't need to carry as many logs around either.
As it turns out, my power went out for fours this morning, and it was -4 degrees F (-20C) outside. (Power Outage) My wife hadn't had her morning tea yet so I put a pot of water on the stove (which was still hot from the night before) and with just a few minutes longer than it would have taken with a kettle, I had her tea ready and some oatmeal prepared.
Just a note, modern wood stoves are not designed to be used for cooking. For example, no matter how high I crank up my stove, I can barely get water to boil if I put a pot on the top of it. That's because there are various levels of metal to help radiate the heat more evenly. However in this model, I can remove that top section and get direct access to the fire box level, and then I have no problem to get water to boil. It's just one of those things that's hard to know ahead of time unless you experienced it.
It's nice, especially with two young children, knowing that I can keep them safe in the middle of winter regardless of how cold it gets outside. I usually buy about six (face) cords of wood at that lasts me all winter using the regular oil furnace pretty much only in the morning to reheat the house after the fire has died down overnight.
Although there lot's more that can be said about using wood to heat and to be able to cook with, this post wasn't meant to be a wood stove break down. It's a fairly simple piece of equipment although somewhat costly. But in my northern climate it is a necessary prep that needs to be had.


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bimetal pilot sensor. Drew_6 Member Posts: 6. December 2005. in THE MAIN WALL. I have a 50 year old National Radiator hot water boiler which heats my home with radiators, but is starting to malfunction because of the bimetal pilot sensor. I have cleaned it and it is working better, but I would like to try to find a replacement for it.
The Feature: Every Pilot can inform drivers of which tire has low air pressure via the TPMS 6 readout in the DII. It displays the pressure reading for each tire. It’s when a tire needs filling that this system will put a big smile on the faces of every Pilot owner. When the tire is being pumped up, the Pilot will automatically signal that the ...
Mar 02, 2019· March 2, 2019 by Jason. P0137 is a fairly common OBDII code that occurs in the Honda Pilot, it’s a general code. This means that it has the same meaning for any vehicle. This code is supposed to let you know that there is an issue with the wiring or harness going to the sensor, or the sensor itself is bad.
Burnham 10033101 Pilot Burner/Igniter/Sensor for Series 5B Boiler Pilot Burner/Igniter/Sensor Honeywell Q3481B1172, NG w/ NE22 orifice. For Burnham Series 5B …
Mar 05, 2010· Laser beam welding bears evident advantages regarding precision, quality, productivity, low heat input, and feasibility of automation. At the same time the process calls for high precision of the b...
The RF pilotsensor system and the intelligent substation together, developed by , ensure that the voltage is only applied to the charging point VAHLE when the vehicle is in exact position. Therefore the conductor rail can be safely driven.
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Dec 10, 2012· This is a simple unbreakable design that keeps thousands of people safe from gas leaks and carbon monoxide poisoning every year. However, as new systems of gas fireplace controls have evolved the pilot has changed in some ways also.
May 31, 2019· Honda Pilot: Bad O2 Sensor → Symptoms and Causes. Oxygen sensors play a vital role in both engine management and emissions control. When an O2 (oxygen) sensor go bad, it’ll cause your Honda Pilot ‘s engine to run less efficiently. Your Pilot can exhibit symptoms when the Oxygen sensor has gone bad. Or, it may exhibit none at all.
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The 2017 Honda Pilot O2 sensor helps manage fuel consumption and emissions by ensuring your engine is receiving the proper airfuel ratio. A bad sensor can cause poor gas mileage, rough idle, and it can cause a lit Check Engine Light too. Browse our selection of 2017 Pilot oxygen sensors and find the right part at the right price.
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FINDING A FUTURE-PROOF APPROACH TO TRAINING
One outcome for CST, from the COVID-19 pandemic, was the team's ability to swiftly deliver strategic solutions to overcome obstacles, and often the results have been exceptional. This continues to be the case for CST's approach to training.
After successful go-lives at VCH, PHSA and PHC sites in 2019, the CST Learning team had been re-evaluating their training model and ways to bring more value to learners.
To read the full article on how CST's updated Learning & Readiness model lays new groundwork for next major go-lives, click here.