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The function of the keyboard can be extensively customized in Eclipse using the General > Keys preference page. Within Eclipse, key strokes and key sequences are assigned to invoke particular commands.
A 'key stroke' is the pressing of a key on the keyboard, while optionally holding down one or more of these modifier keys: Ctrl, Alt (Option on the Macintosh), Shift, or Command (only on the Macintosh.) For example, holding down Ctrl then pressing A produces the key stroke Ctrl+A. The pressing of the modifier keys themselves do not constitute key strokes.
A 'key sequence' is one or more key strokes. Traditionally, Emacs assigned two or three key stroke key sequences to particular commands. For example, the normal key sequence assigned to Close All in emacs is Ctrl+X Ctrl+C. To enter this key sequence, one presses the key stroke Ctrl+X followed by the key stroke Ctrl+C. While Eclipse supports key sequences of arbitrary lengths, it is recommended that keyboard shortcuts be four key strokes in length (or less).
A 'key binding' is the assignment of a key sequence to a command.
The Default scheme contains a general set of bindings, in many cases recognizable as traditional key sequences for well known commands. For instance, Ctrl+A is assigned to Select All, and Ctrl+S is assigned to Save.
The Emacs scheme contains a set of key bindings familiar to users of Emacs. For instance, Ctrl+X H is assigned to Select All, and Ctrl+X S is assigned to Save.
It is important to understand why the Emacs scheme says that it 'extends Default'. The Emacs scheme is not a complete set of bindings like the Default scheme. Rather, it borrows from the Default scheme where possible, only defining explicit Emacs-style bindings where they vary from the Default scheme. Generally, only well known commands like Select All, Save, etc. have specific Emacs key sequences associated with them.
Choose the scheme you are most comfortable with by changing the 'Scheme' setting on the keys preference page. If you choose the Default scheme, all Emacs bindings are ignored. If you choose the Emacs scheme, explicit Emacs-style key sequence assignments take precedence over any conflicting assignments in the Default scheme.
Key bindings can vary based on the current context of Eclipse.
Sometimes the active part might be a Java file editor, for instance, where a different set of key sequence assignments may be more appropriate than if the active part was an html file editor. As a specific example, typically Ctrl+B is assigned to Build in a context such as Java file editing, while Ctrl+B is assigned to Make Text Bold in a context such as HTML file editing. This context is usually determined by the active part, but it can be influenced by the active window or dialog as well. If the active part does not choose a particular context, the workbench will set the active context to In Windows.
Much like configurations, contexts can extend other contexts. For example, the Editing Java Source context borrows key bindings from the Editing Text context, which in turn borrows key bindings from the In Windows context.
Note: It is not recommended to promote a key binding to a context which it extends. For example, it is not recommended to move an Editing Text key binding to the In Dialogs and Windows context. This may have unexpected results.
It is possible for some key bindings to work in dialogs. Those key bindings are assigned to the In Dialogs and Windows context. One example of such a key binding is the key binding for "cut". It is possible to change these key bindings. For example, it is possible to have Ctrl+X as cut in dialogs, but Ctrl+W as cut in windows.
Key bindings also vary by platform and locale. On the Macintosh platform, Command+S is assigned to Save, instead of the usual Ctrl+S. On Chinese locales (zh), Alt+/ is assigned to Content Assist, instead of the usual Ctrl+Space.
With multi-stroke key sequences, schemes, and contexts, there are a lot of things to keep in mind when customizing key bindings. To make things easier, all key customization is done on the General > Keys preference page.
In this example we want to bind CTRL+5 to the About command. By default the keys preference page will show you all possible keybindings. You can see the About command listed in the Help category. You can bind the command by putting focus in the Binding text box and pressing CTRL and 5 like you would if you were executing the command.
When you type CTRL+5 you have created a binding for About. The right-most column will indicate that this is a user binding by displaying a U. If there was a conflict with another key, this column would also display a C. The binding will be in the default context, "In Windows". You can now use the When combo box to change the key binding context (for example, to move this binding to "Editing Text").
If you wanted to add a second key binding to About, you can use the Copy Command button to create a second command entry for you to bind another key to. If you want to delete a binding, you can either use the Remove Binding button or simply give focus to the Binding text box and hit Backspace.
Key bindings are provided by plug-ins, and in Eclipse, plug-ins can be added or removed. This can cause key bindings declared by these plug-ins to be added or removed. Eclipse stores custom key bindings in a way to compensate for this. Consider the example above where CTRL+6 was assigned to About in the Default scheme. Say you install a new plug-in that assigns CTRL+6 to a particular command. Eclipse will preserve your assignment to About.
There are only a finite number of simple, common key strokes available to assign to a multitude of commands. We have seen that scheme, context, platform, and locale all partition key sequence assignments into domains where they don't conflict with one another. Consider the case for Ctrl+B above if contexts did not exist. One plug-in would assign Ctrl+B to Build, the other plug-in would assign Ctrl+B to Make Bold Text. How would Eclipse properly resolve this conflict?
Though conflicts are drastically reduced by employing the above mechanisms, they can still occur. Two plug-ins, independent of one another, could assign the same key sequence to different commands with the same context, scheme, platform, and locale. Consider if a plug-in assigned Ctrl+F4 in the In Windows context and Default scheme to one of its commands. This directly conflicts with Eclipse assigning Ctrl+F4 to the close command in the same context and scheme.
If the user sets a keybinding and creates a conflict, the conflicting bindings will be displayed in the conflicts list. This can be used to navigate between conflicting keybindings so that they can be changed.
These types of conflicts can be resolved by explicitly assigning the key sequence to one of the commands, or remove it from the other.
Another type of conflict can be caused by multiple-key stroke key sequences. For example, in the Emacs scheme, there are many multiple-key stroke key sequences beginning with the key stroke Ctrl+X. Ctrl+X K is assigned to Close. Ctrl+X H is assigned to Select All.
As previously mentioned, the Emacs scheme borrows key bindings from the Default scheme. In the default scheme, Ctrl+X is assigned to Cut. Though the Emacs scheme doesn't explicitly redefine Ctrl+X, pressing Ctrl+X is required as part of many of its key bindings. In the Emacs scheme, when one presses Ctrl+X, one is half way to entering one of many possible assigned key sequences. One would not expect the Cut action to be invoked at this time.
For this type of conflict, the rule is that the Ctrl+X key sequence assigned to Cut would be ignored. Otherwise, it would not be possible to complete many of the key bindings in the Emacs configuration.


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Chalk was broadly on side about PHSE, though he requested a fully costed plan. We emailed PHSE association who passed on their proposal as here. We’re not satisfied that they expect it to be delivered by teachers. Any suggestions of other groups advocating for PHSE would be welcome.
Chalk was open-minded about the need for better provision of refuge services, though his focus was local. Tess is contacting the manager of Beresford locally who will in turn email Alex with the figures for the numbers of women and families turned away due to a lack of space.
Chalk wanted a précis of the findings from the Aston report. He also wanted figures for how anti-choice protesters impact locally on women trying to obtain abortions. Obviously, as an unfunded group this is near impossible.
Chalk confirmed that he supports an end to the indefinite detention of migrants and suggested that parliament is moving towards that too. He also stated his opposition to the detention of pregnant women. Chalk hasn’t attended either of the recent debates on the immigration bill (grr).
Cheltenham Borough Council replied to our Freedom of Information about licensing and local Cllr Seacome further clarified the situation. It seems the sexual entertainment during race week is permitted under a statutory exemption; consequently no licenses are needed and objecting requires a change in law rather than simply lobbying the council. This limits what we are able to do.
We’ve raised this with Chalk previously and whilst he is opposed in principle, he stated that it isn’t a priority for him. There’s little to be gained from pressing the point with him.
Perhaps we would benefit from linking with other groups across the country so that we can share experiences and plan a strategy.
We also had a response from Gloucestershire Constabularly, there are helpful hints as to the questions we should be asking. A further FOI will be drafted.
Should anyone wish to take on any of the actions identified, please volunteer yourself. As ever, if any of this piques your interest please get involved and similarly if there’s something you don’t agree with there’s no problem with sitting it out. Below are the priorities as I (Jo) see them, though this shouldn’t put anyone off from suggesting others.
Disco for Choice – Louise mentioned that she has use of portable disco equipment. As it’s unlikely we’ll be able to gather data requested as above perhaps a ‘disco for choice’ outside some of the offending churches might be a good way to ‘turn the tables’ (ohhh… triple pun). A bit of media coverage on this one could push it up the agenda and hopefully convince Chalk that it matters without the need for us to conduct near impossible research by asking women obtaining abortions how they feel about anti-choice protesters.
Lent (when the anti-choicers normally protest) is Weds 10th Feb to 24th March. It’s worth noting the IWD is 8th March… (nearest Sunday 6th March).
Funding for Women’s Services – Lots of us are really keen to campaign for this, but as a group it will be difficult to proceed without support from the service providers themselves. A few people in Chelt Fems work for GRASAC and Beresford Group, if you could ask and feedback that’d be brilliant. Similarly, if anyone has any links with GDASS we really need them on side too.
A series of protests, events and talks culminating in a play, inviting all of those responsible for the provision of funding would be a fun and effective way to raise the profile, change attitudes within GCC and engage support.
It’s interesting that The Hollie Gazzard Trust and GDASS are almost entirely gender neutral in their approach (at least on websites) and perhaps it is no coincidence that both these groups have been favoured for the meagre funding that’s available (to my understanding). As a group it’s important to find a way to overcome any reticence felt by service providers about not aligning themselves with feminists so that we can support them, though this is a tricky area. As ever, ideas are welcome!
Police & Crime Commissioner Elections – Over the past year there have been lots of anecdotal and evidenced reports of inadequate practice from the police (see Campaigns area). The PCC (Police & Crime Commissioner) elections next May could provide a very good opportunity to push the prospective candidates about what they will do to protect women and end institutional victim blaming. Perhaps we could organise another feminist hustings (they’re likely to be glad of the publicity).
Confidence Building – There are quite a few dramatically and comedically inclined people in Chelt Fems (coughing at Joy-Amy and Salome). Sadly, they’re outnumbered by those of us who are shy. Confidence building would undoubtedly make us all more effective campaigners and would undoubtedly be good fun. A final ‘stand-up for survivors’ style comedy evening could be a great test for newly found confidence following classes… Women are socialised to under-value and estimate ourselves; finding our voices through confidence building is central to effective feminist activism.
Yarl’s Wood Reminder – It would be really helpful if all of those who attended the Yarl’s Wood demos could send in just a paragraph about why it matters to them. Each paragraph can then be compiled into a blog and sent to Right to Remain for their blogsite. There seems to be an appetite to continue lobbying and campaigning on this.
Chelt52 – We’ve been accepted for Chelt52 for week 7th -13th March. Woohoo!
Chelt Fems works on a democratic basis. Any member may suggest an action, event or campaign to run or support as a group. If a majority of the group says they do not want to sign up to a campaign, then that campaign will not happen under Chelt Fems’ name. Statements may be made as ‘a group of Gloucestershire Feminists’ or, for example, a ‘collaboration of some Chelt Fems members and some Palestinian Soldarity members’ rather than as Chelt Fems.
Chelt Fems believe in solidarity, and where possible seek to offer practical support and publicity for unaffiliated campaigns that are in line with our aims.

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Mark Deatherage joined The Phoenix Symphony as Associate Principal Viola in 2008, and as Acting Principal Viola in 2009.
Born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, Mr. Deatherage has been professionally engaged by many orchestras in the midwest including the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2007-2008 he was a member of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas.
Mark Deatherage received both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Indiana University, from Mimi Zweig and Alan DeVeritch, respectively. While in Indiana, he was a student of Michael Strauss, Principal Viola of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.
During his down time, it may be difficult to find Mr. Deatherage, as he will likely be out exploring the back roads and jeep trails of Arizona.

industry_corpus2: Sports


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Olly upended the vitamin category by color-coding benefits, creating easy-to-understand variants and offering a fun chewable format.
The term “challenger” was first coined by Adam Morgan, author of “Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete against Brand Leaders,”* to describe brands that upend assumptions in a given category or industry. Today, beauty is in the age of the challenger brand—companies that disrupt the dynamics of segments, or even entire industries, and unseat the market leader.
Every category has a Goliath, a leader or dominant brand with the biggest market share that establishes the segment’s rules and conventions. Challengers play the David to their category’s Goliath. But being a small brand, or the number two or three player in a category, doesn’t automatically make a company a challenger.
What defines the challenger is a mindset. Challengers define what they are challenging, so that they can introduce new criteria of choice. They also typically have big ambitions that outstrip their resources. As a result, they must think smarter and be more agile in order to challenge the category’s behemoth.
Challengers can’t compete with the big fish on their own terms, so they introduce something new—a different approach to positioning, product, packaging, distribution or communication—thereby changing the rules of the game.
Every industry is subject to disruption by challengers, including hospitality (Airbnb), livery (Uber), education (Coursera), financing (Kickstarter) and retail (Etsy). Larger CPG brands, in particular, are prone to challenger disruption as a result of consumers’ changing expectations (where agility is in inverse proportion to size) and fragmentation of channels that reduces barriers to entry for emerging brands.
Disruption of a category needn’t be seen as a negative thing, said Mia Davis, head of environment, health and safety for Beautycounter, a California-based beauty and personal care company with an uncompromising focus on ingredient safety and transparency. Indeed, Beautycounter, which sells its products online, as well as via beauty consultants, sees itself as disrupting the entire beauty industry, with its rigorous ingredient selection process and explicit “Never List” (see photo) of more than 1,500 ingredients that it bans from its products.
Challengers live by several core principals. Here are just a few examples of how today’s beauty and personal care brands are challenging the Goliaths of their category.
Challenger brands find real opportunities for growth by viewing a category with fresh, or “innocent,” eyes. They ask simple, but intelligent questions that brands within the category may lack perspective to do. This “intelligent naiveté” is often a real advantage to a challenger brand, Morgan wrote in “Eat Big Fish,” because it takes big ambitions to change the way the world feels about a given industry.
When Craig Dubitsky, founder and CEO of Hello Products—the world’s first “naturally friendly” oral care brand—first surveyed the category, he was surprised by what he saw.
Dubitsky saw an opportunity to bring a friendly, human touch to the combative narrative of oral care.
“I wanted to elevate the everyday, turn a commodity into a desirable,” he said.
Hello Products achieved this transformation through vibrant packaging, appealing flavor combinations (including Mojito Mint and Blue Raspberry) and an eminently likable brand tone.
Olly, a vitamin and supplement brand, jumped from the health aisle into other areas, according to CEO and co-founder Brad Harrington. The brand also focused on the consumer experience of taking supplements.
In addition, Harrington and his team saw the vitamin category as being divided into two uninspiring factions: scientific-sounding brands such as Centrum and folksy brands such as Nature’s Garden.
Challenger brands are rigorous in identifying who they are and what they stand for and develop a very focused “lighthouse identity” based on an “inarguable brand truth.” Challengers project this identity intensely and consistently.
Brands with fewer resources need to know what they are not going to do, which can be as critically important as what they are going to do. It is not a question of prioritization, but rather eliminating nice-to-have, as opposed to must-have, targets. Indeed, this concentrated focus can be seen as one of the few advantages that challenger brands have in their arsenal, compared to market leaders.
This meant sacrificing how quickly the brand grew in the first year, including international expansion, in order to stay focused on product, product delivery and merchandising.
The flip side of sacrifice is over-committing, driving success through a relentless drive to succeed in one or two key activities.
Hello Products describes itself as being an intense listener.
Dubitsky makes himself easily accessible by Skype to anyone who contacts him, including dentists, dental hygienists, entrepreneurs, people living in China looking for Hello Products and even dads helping their kids on their school projects.
In short, brands can never obsess too much over their area of expertise.

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Apparently the Trent crossing at Alrewas is closed again, hardly a surprise considering the amount of rain we had. We made it through last night thank goodness and moored up past th crossing (it was strong then).
The Waterscape mobile website appears to have nothing about the closure – it didn’t have anything last time during the 2 day closure. They may have just shut it this morning so there could be some delay in updating, but what is the general opinion abou Waterscape’s mobile update service? Is it normally good or do they tend to take a while to update?

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Do you know a recent graduate who would make a great leadership consultant?
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improved throughput in some tests on NUMAq.
If some devices mysteriously stop working, try booting with pci=routeirq.
Dropped - ub.c was broken by USB tree changes and we're moving this into Greg's tree.
Fixes to the profiling cleanup patches in -mm.
Another go at this rather painful code refactoring patch.
Dropped - Alan wasn't happy with it.
Remove interrupt routing from pci_acpi_init().
automatically enable bigsmp on big hp machines!
Implement rss limits (ulimit -m).
I haven't been very successful finding a workload/test which this affects.
Fix up thresholding in the page allocator.
Correctly interpret d_path error returns.
Fix allocation of monster BIOs via VFS readahead.
in-kernel security key and keyring management.
sysfs backing store: use sysfs_dirent tree for ->readdir etc.
posix locking: mapping between fl_owner_t and client-side "pid"

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Everyone loves a classic silhouette portrait. In fact, they’ve been popular since the mid-18th century, when they were cut out of black paper. A person’s silhouette set against a light background has been used in everything from portraiture to professional photography. The good news is you can do the same. We’re going to show you how to create a traditional black-and-white silhouette, then how to creatively use your silhouette in six easy steps.
1. Take a picture of yourself or a friend with a white background. The white background is an important component of making a silhouette portrait. If you don’t have a white wall to use for a photo background, try using a stretched sheet so there are no wrinkles. Open your picture in the Editor.
2. Find Draw in the Effects tab, use a large brush to completely cover your portrait. Set your black all the way to pure (hex value #00000) and the hardness at 100 percent.
You’ve created a traditional black-and-white silhouette! Save it to Hub or your computer as a high-resolution JPEG and move on to the next step.
3. Hover over Design on the PicMonkey homepage and open a canvas size of your choice. We used an 8 x 10 canvas for this project, because we want to print and frame it at that size. To add a background photo, choose Your Own in the Textures tab.
4. Head to the Graphics tab and click Add your own. Add your silhouette and size it to fill the canvas. We set our blend mode to Add, but you can also use Screen. Now your photo is filling your silhouette. Now the real fun!
Blend modes may sound familiar if you’ve created a double exposure, which has a similar look. However, double exposures show details and contours in your subject’s face, whereas a traditional silhouette does not.
5. We thought the blue and white of this photo was very ethereal, so we added some Sparkle Stars from the Graphics tab. We used two different ones and set their blend mode to Screen to make them sparkle! If you right-click on your canvas or click the icon that looks like two pieces of paper on the bottom toolbar, you can bring up the Layers palette and easily reorder or select your design elements.
6. There are lots of different Bokehs to choose from. We chose some large circles and set our blend mode to Hardlight to create some contrast. We also added a texture from the Clouds group.
There are so many wonderful graphics and textures to choose from. It was hard to decide which worked best for our design, and the experimentation was the best part. Flex your creativity and make your portrait something truly unique.
We had to use the clouds texture because of the beautiful mountains in our background photo.
We added a texture from Burst and set the blend mode to Multiply because it created a subtle difference that deepened the image’s shadows and blue hues. It was the perfect final touch.
Vanessa Boucher is a graphic/web designer, crafting enthusiast, and consultant at EverPresent, the nation’s leading digital photo organizing and photo scanning services company. She has personally helped over 500 families share memories and history through unique photo projects. You can find more of her expert tips on EverPresent’s blog.


text: The Nu Nu is an all-round favourite with the Kids. This jaunty little character kite brings joy to all its little pilots. Easy to fly and availble in 3 bright colours to excite both boys and girls while at the beach.

industry_corpus2: Manufacturing


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Now you can see the improvement in lines, dryness, cracks.
Increase skin elasticity, hydration and repair sun damage.
Keratin is known to keep skin healthy and protected.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


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Why this matters: The study, by researchers at the University of Wisconsin and University of Oregon, concludes that sea level rise is not a far-off problem for the end of the century, but rather a "devastating" risk facing the U.S. telecommunications industry in as little as the next 15 years.
About 4,000 miles of fiber conduit (both long and short-haul) will be underwater and about 1,000 nodes, or connection points, "will be surrounded by water" in the next 15 years.
The sea will gradually flood colocation facilities, which are buildings that contain physical servers that belong to different companies.
Ocean waters will also turn metro fiber optic cables into undersea cables, which they weren't designed for.
Methodology: The study based its projections on a prediction of anywhere from 1 to 6 feet of sea level rise, with water levels rising with each passing decade out to 2100.
"The threat of climate change-related sea level rise to Internet infrastructure is imminent."
— Ramakrishnan Durairajan, lead author of the study and a computer science professor at the University of Oregon, in an email.
Threat level: The study found that New York, Miami and Seattle have the most infrastructure at risk. It also found that CenturyLink, Inteliquent and AT&T are at highest risk from sea level rise, due to where their infrastructure is located.
"The main surprise was that the majority of effects of sea water inundation on internet infrastructure will be felt in the next 15 years," said study co-author Paul Barford, a computer science professor at the University of Wisconsin, via email. "The reason is that much of the infrastructure in coastal areas is actually quite close to the current shoreline."
How they did it: The researchers combined two databases into one: Maps that show internet infrastructure, taken from the Internet Atlas, as well as NOAA "sea level incursion" maps based on sea level rise scenarios.
They used this combination to create a new metric called coastal infrastructure risk, which combines the geographical scope of affected infrastructure with internet infrastructure density. Using this, they were able to rank cities and companies that are most at risk.
Yes, but: The new study has not yet been published by a scientific journal. It was, however, peer reviewed in order for the findings to be presented at the Applied Networking Research Workshop on Monday in Montreal and published in the proceedings of the forum.
The study applies mainly to internet infrastructure on America's coasts, though outages could spread inland. It does not indicate what climate change could do to the physical internet in, say, inland cities such as Omaha or Dallas, where sea level rise is not a threat.
Reality check: The new research also doesn't include knock-on effects from losing inland facilities as well, such as during high wind events that also flood the coastline.
"While the risks due hurricanes and thunderstorms are known," Durairajan said, "very little attention is paid to climate change-induced sea level rise. The impacts will only magnify if we consider sea level rise PLUS its effects (e.g., hurricanes) in tandem," he added, referring to how climate change is altering extreme weather events.
Also, the study may not have captured all the internet components that are at risk, says Greta Byrum, the co-director of the Digital Equity Lab at The New School in New York, who was not involved in the new study. Such data is voluntarily disclosed by companies and is "notoriously hard to get," Byrum said.
Cities like New York, which suffered telecommunications outages from Sandy, are trying to add more resilience into its networks.
"The City is engaged in an ongoing dialogue with telecom providers regarding the resiliency of their networks and facilities in light of the risks of climate change such as hurricanes and sea level rise," said Priya Shrinivasan, Director of Policy, Standards and Legal Affairs in the mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, in a statement.
The bottom line: The new study shows yet another way that climate change may affect our daily lives in the near-term. It also provides a warning to city leaders and telecommunications companies that they need to prepare for disruptions.
"This means expanding our assessments, mitigation planning and risk-aware deployments should begin today," Durairajan said.
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from a study co-author and an outside researcher.


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Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike (alias Evans), considered himself invincible.
He said Evans promised to cooperate with the police by confessing to his alleged crime, and that he made his statement to the police voluntarily.
Evans os facing two charges of conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder before Justice Adedayo Akintoye.
Led in evidence by prosecution counsel Dr. Jide Martin, the witness said Evans’ statement was recorded on June 26, 2017, at 2 pm, at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) office in Ikeja.
He said Evans narrated how he and his accomplices kidnapped Godwin Okorafor.
A consultant radiologist, from the Paramount Life Care Diagnosis Centre, Samuel Oyemakinde, in the first charge, tendered a medical report and an X-ray result showing that another kidnap victim, James Uduji, sustained a gunshot wound while he was kidnapped by Evans.
Oyemakinde, who was subpoenaed to give evidence, said there was a linear foreign body lodged in the victim’s upper left lung zone.
The Judge adjourned till November 2 for continuation of trial.

industry_corpus2: Law & Justice


text: Richard is employed as a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at UTS. He is currently working as the Project Manager for the Cancer Research Economics Support Team (CREST) and as the Senior Evaluator for CHERE's work evaluating submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee. As well as a keen interest in the health economics of specialty areas such as oncology/haematology, and primary health care, Richard is also interested in patient preferences and quality of life assessment. Richard started as a health economist in the late '90s after commencing his career as an Economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia. Since then he has worked in research, the NSW Health Department, and the majority of the time in the field of market access and reimbursement for pharmaceuticals and medical devices in Australia with Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Covance respectively. Richard was conferred with his PhD in Health Economics from UTS in March 2017, focusing on the role and valuation of meta-health effects (outcomes other than health) in health care decision making.


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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Brooklyn’s northern-most neighborhood, Greenpoint, ends at the water’s edge. But just across the Newtown Creek is Long Island City, Queens.
Connecting them in a more pedestrian-friendly way is just what architect Jun Aizaki envisions.
“It just was a big question for me: Why isn’t there a bridge there?” he told CBS2’s Valerie Castro.
His CREME agency designed the Timber Bridge at Long Island Point Corridor to connect the boroughs with a floating wooden bridge and eventually include parks on either side.
It would also be an alternative to the G train, which will be one of the few transportation options in the area when the L train shuts down next year.
“It creates inter-borough traveling options,” said Aizaki.
The nearby Pulaski Bridge does have pedestrian and bike lanes, alongside noisy cars, trucks and pollution.
The walk from the water’s edge in Brooklyn, up and over the Pulaski to Queens takes about 12 minutes. Creators of the new project say once it’s complete, that travel time would be just two minutes.
Right now, the idea is a Kickstarter campaign, with a deadline of June 16. The goal is to raise $50,000 to move forward with a feasibility study.
Aizaki said there have been concerns about water traffic, like barges, getting through. He said the problem is solved by the design of the bridge, which splits in half.
The project seems to have vocal support.
“Yeah, it’d be a great idea. So I could just bike here and then just continue over there, up onto 59th and just go back into the city,” said cyclist George Le.
“Great. The less cars we use, the more bikes or walking, it’s better,” Greenpoint resident Sholeh Dalai said.
Aizaki hopes the bridge could be in place sometime next year. But the reality is that it needs public financial support and eventual city approval.

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Gently exfoliate and tone your skin while moisturizing, as well as protecting against blemishes. Sweeeet!
Honey Dew Facial Scrub from Edensong Essentials contains plant-based ingredients with the gentle antibacterial properties of wildflower honey. Our scrub can soften skin, while conditioning and moisturizing and fighting blemishes. Its natural acid content is excellent for all skin types, including sensitive skin.
To use: Shake well before use. Apply to moist skin. Massage into face and neck. Rinse off with warm water. Apply additional moisturizer, if needed.
This product is made to order. Please allow 8 -12 days for delivery.


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Since 1981 Mike Bailey has taken pride in building Deals On Wheels Auto Salvage into one of the best and lowest priced salvage yards in the state of North Carolina.
over 15 acres, of late model foreign and domestic cars and trucks.
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When I’m not working to give brands a stronger (harder, better, faster) look, I’m watching a ton of movies, writing about them, and helping other people do the same. Like, a lot.
That’s probably one reason why Rotten Tomatoes finally made me an approved critic. So, here you’ll find a sampling of my most recent scribbles on the internets, including coverage of TIFF. SFFILM, Sundance, SXSW and others.


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Ivory with inlaid metals and incised decoration, handled 'spoon' that is removable. c. 3-3/4" h. x 1-1/4" w. x 1' d.
Tibetan or Nepalese Yak bone ( i do not think this is Ivory ) snuff bottle with inlay of metal and glass or other colorful material ( amber like material ). Date-wise; mid 20th century. The small metal rings are attached for small metal chains, one for decorative purposes and the other one for securing the spoon to the bottle so it wouldn't get lost. These snuff bottles are made for tourist and are also sold in China in quite large amounts. These snuff bottles are made for tourist from early 20th century onwards and are mainly lovely souvenirs although some are really ben used by Locals I'm sure.


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Back in 88’ my father, my brother Jaye [age 5] and I [age 8] played a game called Ladder on an old original laptop computer called a Kaypro. We collectively tried to beat each other’s high score. The goal of ultimately getting and keeping the top score was a daunting task, each of us always nipping at the heels of the other. After about two years of heavy play it became the center of bragging rights amongst the three of us. My brother was constantly surprising my father and I with large scores yet the competition really heated up with myself and my father. Dad who probably wasted several of his college years playing the game would consistently lead the pack.
Ladder is similar to Donkey Kong but is painted on the screen using plain text. Your character is represented as a “P” also known as a “Lad”, and you have to complete the level in a certain amount of time, the whole way you must avoid the barrels that are represented by the letter “O”. There are three ways to earn points. The first is by completing the level fast, which in turn adds the unused seconds of the clock onto your score. The second is by jumping over the barrels. The third is by collecting the pots of gold represented by a “&” There are a total of about 7 levels. After beating them all you start back at the beginning but three things have now changed. The time on the clock is a lot less, the barrels have increased in speed and so has your character.
In the spring of 91’ my father attained the unreachable. Jaye and I came to visit him in his office and he greeted us.
“Boys, the Kaypro is set up if you want to play Ladder”.
This exclamation resulted in a minor stampede towards the Kaypro. My brother being smaller was able to squeeze in between my hold of the desk and the chair. We were still jockeying for position when Jaye suddenly exclaimed “Jared look!” I followed the direction of his extended finger, my eyes focused on the screen and my jaw dropped.
We turned and found my father with an obvious smirk, poorly controlling a silent chuckle. 25,895 points was about 5,000 over what had been the current high score. Those 5,000 points were the numerical equivalent of a digital Everest looming off in the distance. I had to face facts. The score was so high that I may never again hold the top score.
“Oh yeah?” My father asked as his eye brow rose in disbelief.
Confident and assured in his own score my Father suddenly said.
Now let me make this clear. My family was poor. We had a house, a car, and food on the table but our budget was very tight. For Dad to offer $60 dollars was his way of completing his victory. Other things make this type of statement. In chess for example it is the laying down of the king. In World War II it was the second atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese. Indeed, many things make this statement. But in the saga of our ongoing game of Ladder, that statement folks, had just been made.
Realizing that like the old west I was being “Called out”, my brother Jaye slowly rose from the computer chair and backed away from the Kaypro computer. My fingers twitching I took his seat and faced the glowing green screen. Taking a deep breath I looked over my shoulder at Jaye.
I turned and pressed the enter key and threw myself in to the game. I jumped and dodged my way through the first 12 levels never coming close to dieing. The whole time my brother acted out with finite detail all my amazing on screen moves. If I jumped, he physically jumped behind me. If I climbed a ladder he was right behind me, miming out the scaling of that very ladder. We were a gaming force the likes of which the world had never seen. With the growing of my extra lives, so too did my confidence. I risked a glance over at my father and I thought I saw something, anxiety?
By this time I was up to level 25 which was entitled “Ghost Town”. There are two ways to get through this level. One way was a quite a bit longer. But being as it had large gaps in between jumps it was also considered the “safe bet”. The “hard way” was faster but you had to make about 4 consecutive jumps. Mess up on any one of those and you were falling into a pit of spikes.
Now I had faced off with “Ghost Town” a couple of times prior as I cycled through the levels. But this was different. My “P” character was now quite a bit faster. The barrels were also gaining speed and coming in larger groups. Every time prior I had taken that “safe bet”. My motto was “slow and steady wins the race”. Now though, when I would attempt to go with the “safe bet”, the clock would run down and my character would perish just as I was about to reach the end. Even worse was that every time I took the “hard way” the spikes were always waiting. My father’s smile slowly grew as my lives quickly dwindled.
Before I knew it, I was on my last guy. With Jaye in position my character started forward. My 1st jump came, followed quickly my 2nd and 3rd. The 4th jump loomed ahead and I quickly gave a precisely timed “tap” on the spacebar. Suddenly I was flying through the air, the green spikes rushing beneath my loyal “P”. But as my character came down Jaye and I fell with it, realizing that it would not make the jump. It fell towards oblivion and I turned and faced my father. Dad’s laugh and smirk were utterly supreme and filled the room. My score of 21,544 was far too little to even cause him an ounce of worry.
Seeing that I was pretty shook up from the ordeal and with his ego at an all time high Dad stated.
Now I was still defeated, and my father saw this. What he didn’t see however, was the smallest spark of hope as it lit my eyes.
I jumped and dodged, and Jaye dodged and jumped.
“Noooooooooo” we both screamed as my final life was sent down toward the infamous Ghost Town Spikes.
Again I was defeated and frustrated so I quickly got up and left the room. I sat outside my Dad’s office wracking my brain, hopelessly trying to find a way toward victory. Jaye came out and consoled me and we both sat and grew a strategy. Settling on what our next move would be I went back inside and opened the door to my Dad’s office.
“Could you please bring the Kaypro home this week so I can practice?” I asked.
“Sure son.” He answered. His teeth shinning as he forced a laugh back down into a smile.
I awoke with a start, trying to sift through the fog of sleep. Narrowing down the unwanted thoughts and focusing in on the answer I knew was there some where.
“I got it!” I thought.
Leaping out of my bed, I headed towards the living room. I found that the Kaypro was gone along with my Dad’s car. My brother followed rubbing the sand from his eyes. I picked up the phone and called my father.
“Dad, I think I am ready to give it a final try.” I said.
My brother’s eyes widened to enormous proportions, suddenly large with the realization that I was risking it all.
Monday rolled in and Jaye and I showed up at Dad’s office. He watched us out the corner of his eye. The Kaypro was booted up and ready to go. I sat down and then Jaye pulled up a chair and sat down next to me. This caught my father’s eye for a moment. He was expecting the same type of game play, where I would play and Jaye would re-enact. It was obvious that this was not the case. Jaye and I were no longer rowdy. No longer did we leave wasted energy in our wake. We were now completely and utterly focused. My father thought about this for an instant, then turned and went back to his work.
Cool as ice I pressed the enter key and started a new game. I began it like I always did cruising through the first 12 levels. Levels 18 and 19 gave me some trouble and as I growled under my breath Jaye put a reassuring hand on my shoulder. I gave it my all and made it to level 24 entitled “Long Island” only one level away from the accursed Ghost Town. Now my dad was paying a little bit more attention. I was cruising through level “Long Island” when suddenly, and to my Dad’s great amusement, I died on a very easy section.
I gritted my teeth, let out a sigh, and started the level over. Making it easily through most of the level I again died on an easy section. My Father laughed out loud unable to believe my bad luck. Once more I started the level over and once again I died on what should have been easily avoided.
“Come on Jared you’re giving up” My Dad said heading back to his desk.
Then Jaye did something that sounds still today. It was not loud, though it filled the room. It was not fierce, yet it was our battle cry. The sound contained the simple fact that we had just knocked over my Father’s King.
That very sound caught my Dad’s ear and forced him to come back and watch my actions thoroughly. I was starting the level as always, jumping over the barrels and various pits. I easily worked my way to the end of the level. But as I got to the end, I turned around and started back down jumping over barrels the whole time gaining points every step of the way. My Dad’s eyes drifted to my score. To my Father’s shock he suddenly realized, though I was losing the singular battles I was winning this proverbial war.
The strategy to pick a level that had a clock with a large amount of time was the key. I then jumped over the barrels incurring massive amounts of points. The clock would expire and I would die and start the process over.
“I can’t believe this.” My father said looking on in stunned disbelief as he lowered his head into his palms.
I laughed excitedly now and Jaye was dancing, intoxicated with our inevitable victory.
Over the next 15 minutes I proceeded to forfeit every one of my extra lives on level 24 “Long Island”. When it was over my score was walloping 28,560 as I wasn’t just trying to beat my Dad’s score so much needing to make a statement.
You see, other things make this type of statement. In chess for example it is the laying down of the king. In World War II it was the second atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese. Indeed, many things make this statement. But in the saga of our ongoing game of Ladder, that statement folks, had just been made.

industry_corpus2: Gaming


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Originally from a family of Fire Island property developers, real estate is in Amanda’s blood. Before launching her Real Estate career, Amanda was a co-founder of Red Carpet Media Partners, a celebrity and charity events firm. Among her most successful events were Patrick McMullan’s Birthday Bash, named in Gotham Magazine’s “Top 10 Parties” list, and Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti event, named by Rolling Stone Magazine as the number 1 party of the year. Needless to say, she throws a mean open house. Amanda’s years in the event planning industry have proved invaluable in honing her marketing skills and teaching her strategies to satisfy even the most discerning clients.
After graduating from Manhattan College with a degree in radiological science, Amanda began her career in the healthcare industry as a supervisor for the Emergency Room and In-Patient Departments at Cornell Hospital. She treats her clients with the same caring and understanding that she treated her patients.
She continues her involvement in healthcare by being a donor and active member of Friends of Mount Sinai, a philanthropic group dedicated to improving the Mount Sinai Health System.
Amanda is also a founding member of Harlem Park to Park, a group committed to fostering and connecting small businesses in Upper Manhattan.
For the past 8 years, Amanda Bankuti has used her strong negotiating skills, creative problem solving, and intimate knowledge of Manhattan to help her clients navigate the ins and outs of New York City real estate. Amanda’s clients trust in her candor and patience, whether they are looking to achieve the highest and best price for their current property or seeking their ideal home.
Amanda lives in Harlem with her husband and their seven-year-old twins. She is an avid cook, specializing in Italian cuisine.


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Are you interested in fighting to improve bus service in your community? Then Active Trans would like to partner with you to advance our bus advocacy work!
1) Faster boarding – speed up the boarding process at busy stops by allowing riders to pay before they board and board through all doors.
2) Transit signal priority – allow packed buses to hold a light green for a few seconds longer to make it through a busy intersection.
3) Dedicated bus lanes – give crowded buses priority on city streets with dedicated bus lanes.
Buses go places where the rail network does not and they’re often the only public transit option in low-income communities and communities of color. These improvements are cheaper than rail upgrades and can be done faster, but Chicago has only pursued them on a few streets.
Active Trans is developing report cards to evaluate the speed and reliability of bus service in each ward in the city of Chicago. We plan to use these report cards to mobilize transit riders and community-based organizations to advocate for better bus service in their neighborhoods.
We plan to partner with four community organizations around Chicago to dive into this work collaboratively. We have four $1,500 grants to support organizations interested in mobilizing their local constituents around bus service issues through actions of their choosing. Please contact julia@activetrans.org by the end of March if your organization is interested in learning more about this opportunity to work on improving bus service in your ward!
If you are an individual looking to advocate for better bus service, sign up for our advocacy supporters list so that you will be made aware of future opportunities to get involved and voice your support. We will also be organizing individuals to meet with their local aldermen to advocate for better bus service in their wards.
We are inspired by the Bus Turnaround campaign in New York City and similar fights to improve local bus service in cities across the country. This campaign is supported by TransitCenter, a national urban mobility foundation.

industry_corpus2: Transportation


text: Emma Lindsay is an architectural glass artist working mainly in stained and leaded glass. Her greatest artistic influences come from nature and the vast array of colours, textures and patterns it contains. Emma uses handmade antique glass in much of her work and employs traditional techniques such as etching and painting with glass paints and stains. She also designs and makes contemporary fused glass pieces.


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Love the kitty. Check. Check. Check.
Have brunch with lovely Kristin. Check.
Pick up pigsty room. Check.
Set up pot roast for tomorrow night's supper in the crock pot. Check.
Avoid doing anymore paperwork by blogging incessantly. Check and Check.
This has been a long, full, productive day and it's not over yet.
At least I also managed to squeeze in a naked nap.


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Across the United States, state and local government-sponsored pension plans are in trouble. They are dangerously underfunded to the extent that their assets are unable to meet future liabilities without either outsize investment returns or huge cash infusions. Over the past several years, estimates of the total size of the public pension problem in the U.S. have ranged from $730 billion in unfunded liabilities to $4.4 trillion. Many financial economists believe that the true size of the total unfunded liability lies closer to the larger estimates than it does to the smaller.
In this paper we attempt to explain the complex nature of pensions as a form of deferred compensation, to describe the size of the problem faced by public pension plan sponsors, and – most important – to offer a series of potential policy changes that can address the problem of public pension underfunding.
In order to accomplish these tasks in a comprehensive manner, we analyze and explain a series of recent efforts to size the magnitude of the public pension crisis in the U.S., and further examine the myriad financial, accounting, legal and political causes of the current predicament. We will also examine case studies of those states and local governments that have succeeded in the face of pension challenges and those that have not. Only through understanding the mix of dynamic issues that affect public pensions will we be able to generate practical solutions to this growing problem.

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Christmas shopping in Amsterdam is something very totally different than you will experience anyplace else on this planet. This could seem a bit bizarre at first but when each of you like a discount, enjoy purchasing, and see the sense in acutely aware consuming, you’ll be able to set aside the present giving for later, get pleasure from Christmas for its actual which means and look ahead to spending time together again throughout the gross sales. There was one on 50 at Alafaya, in the same shopping middle was The Dunes surf shop and Tien Garden restaurant.
There are a number of great Christmas themed events that you could participate in properly doing all of your Christmas procuring in Amsterdam at these two metropolis heart markets. Your provide may be made by means of a shortly produced booklet of vouchers (use your computer, print them off and staple collectively) or just write your one-off provide into the Christmas card and place the cardboard below the tree because the present.
If the word ‘browser extension’ appears like double Dutch, allow us to put is this fashion: this savvy little tool digs up discount codes, free shipping deals and promotions for hundreds of on-line outlets and applies them before you ‘add to basket’. Who doesn’t need a drink at Christmas; all these folks and questions about what your doing with your life are a lot easier to handle with a drink in hand.
One of the reasons I was so behind with my shopping that dreadful year was because I did not manage to pay for to get all of it completed early and needed to wait until my mid-December paycheck to buy the majority of my gifts. The major occasion for this space is the big Christmas market that happens on the Sunday leading as much as Christmas.
With loads of completely different stalls to browse an outdoor shopping atmosphere that’s open in both rain and shine, looking via these Christmas markets can mean you can get absolutely the good Christmas reward in your friends or family while soaking in a seasonal surroundings that’s all its personal. Taking the time to plan fastidiously might help you keep away from forgetting someone in your list or buying too many presents.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


text: The Hotel Riu Palace Cape Verde overlooks a stunning white sand beach on Sal Island and has fully-equipped facilities so that your vacation with family or friends is unforgettable. This all-inclusive hotel in Cape Verde offers you significant conveniences, such as free Wi-Fi, a wide variety of food options and several entertainment programs so that your stay with RIU Hotels & Resorts is an enjoyable one.The rooms at the Hotel Riu Palace Cape Verde are located in 5 independent buildings and have been equipped with every comfort so that you have everything you need on your vacation. In the 500 rooms at our all-inclusive hotel in Cape Verde you will find air conditioning, a safe, a minibar with a drink dispenser, an electric kettle and a balcony or terrace, among many other conveniences.At this hotel on Sal Island we offer you various ways to enjoy the warm Cape Verdean weather, such as relaxing on the hammocks next to the 2 pools, cooling off in the crystal clear water at the beach or engaging in water sports such as windsurfing, kayaking and snorkeling. If you want to relax during your stay, at the ClubHotel Riu Funana located just a few metres away, you'll find the Renova Spa which has a gym, hydromassage bathtub, sauna and body and beauty treatments. The culinary offerings at the Hotel Riu Palace Cabo Verde are remarkably varied and delicious. The hotel has various restaurants such as the fusion restaurant Krystal, an Italian restaurant, the steakhouse in the pool area and the hotel's main restaurant where you can enjoy buffets with show cooking stations. In addition, at the 6 bars in this all-inclusive hotel on Sal Island you can savor the best appetizers at any hour of the day at the swim up bar, the pool bar and the sports bar, among others.We have the best live shows and activities workshops, such as RiuArt and the RiuLand kids' club, which you can enjoy at the Club Hotel Riu Funana, located just a few yards away.


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Being packed into a cramped seat inside stuffy aluminum tube with a bunch of strangers five miles in the sky is bad enough when everything runs smoothly, but add a wildly flatulent seat mate to the mix and you have yourself a recipe for disaster. Though, hopefully, you'll never end up trapped on a flight with a fellow passenger whose farts are so bad that they end up forcing an emergency landing, like one group of travelers were on a recent trip from Dubai to Amsterdam.
Things got a bit out of hand onboard a Transavia Airlines flight earlier this month when a man reportedly farted so freely that man seated near him asked him to stop. When the alleged stinker refused, they grew angrier and angrier, to the point that they asked the crew to get involved to put a stop to the smelly situation. Evidently, members of the Dutch-based budget airline were less than sympathetic about the whole ordeal, which only aggravated the two men even more, prompting a warning from the pilot to calm down. That's when a fight broke out and the flight was diverted to Vienna, where it made an emergency landing.
Once on the ground, police boarded with dogs and escorted the two men who had complained about the unapologetic farter off the plane, along with two sisters seated in the row behind them who the airline claims were also involved in the fight. The two women dispute having anything to do with it, though, and are now suing the airline.
All four of the removed passengers were eventually released and they've all been banned by Transavia.
Clearly, whoever this mysterious rampant passer of gas hasn't been briefed on proper airplane fart etiquette, but hey, at least he didn't do this.

industry_corpus2: Aerospace


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N°1 Antioxidant Max - astaxanthin, resveratrol and vitamin C.
Free radicals destroy cells of your body ever single day. Fight them with the two strongest antioxidants!
Resveratrol – the French way of solving heart and blood circulation problems!
In N°1 Antioxidant Max you can find 3 strong antioxidants: astaxanthin, resveratrol and vitamin C. Thanks to this mixture, you can protect your body cells from devastating impact of free radicals.
What is oxidative stress and why it must be fought?
Imagine a situation, where every cell of your body (hair cells, skin cells, organ cells) is constantly attacked and meant to be destroyed. This is how free radicals and oxidative stress work.
Oxidative stress appears when balance between free radicals and antioxidants is disturbed. Free radicals are molecules of oxygen without an electron. That is why they try to steal it from body cells. As a consequence the cells become damaged.
This is how free radicals attack collage fibers, the foundation of skin, and fasten ageing, wrinkles forming and dryness. Free radicals may contribute to the development of diseases such as artherosclerosis, skin problems, eyes problems, digestive system problems and many others.
You cannot eleminate all of free radicals in your body but you can easily try to fight with them!
MAXimal antioxidative effect with Antioxidant Max!
Antioxidants have one free electron, which can be obtained by other radicals, and neutralize them so you are protected from their devastating impact. Because of that you should choose the most effective antioxidants contained in N°1 Antioxidant Max – for the maximal antioxidative effect.
Why astaxanthin- the queen of antioxidants?
Astaxanthin occurs in marine algae (Haematoccous pluvialis) and it is one of carotenoids, which are well-known for their antioxidative qualities.
Astaxanthin is 65 times stronger than vitamin C, 54 times stronger than beta-carotene and 14 times stronger than vitamin E. That is why you can be sure that astaxanthin will be protect you from free radicals effectively.
Many of other antioxidants may become pro-oxidants in specific conditions. But there is no such a risk when it comes to astaxanthin – it will always have a beneficial influence on your health.
Astaxanthin may come through a blood-brain barrier and protect brain cells from devastating impact of free radicals.
Other carotenoids convert into vitamin A inside the organism and lose their properties. Astaxanthin is not subjected to any transormations.
According to researchers, resveratrol is responsible for the so-called "French paradox". French people, despite having a diet rich in fats and drinking a lot of alcohol, are rarely suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Scientists came to the conclusion that this is connected to the fact that they drink a lot of red wine. You do not have to drink alcohol every day in order to provide your body with a dose of resveratrol. You will find it in N°1 Antioxidant Max.
Strenghtening and protection of blood vessels.
Resveratrol takes care of your blood vessels and helps to protect from atherosclerosis by fighting bad fraction of cholesterol (LDL). It protects your heart.
Resveratrol is like a shield that protects you from inflammation. It helps to reduce inflammation of upper respiratory tract and the effects of asthma.
The latest research on resveratrol has revealed that it helps our organism to fight infected cells. It protects you from the unexpected.
Resveratrol protects the retina from free radicals, it helps to maintain good vision. Moreover, it prevents macular degeneration to let you admire the beauty of the world for longer.
When it comes to high calorie diet, resveratrol helps to maintain energy balance. It may prevents obesity.
Additionally, the preparation contains vitamin C, well-known and proven antioxidant!
Check how N°1 Antioxidant Max supports your health!
1. What is N°1 Antioxidant Max?
N°1 Antioxidant Max is a dietary supplement that contains astaxanthin, resveratrol and vitamin C. These components fight oxidative stress and it’s negative effects.
2. What is the composition of N°1 Antioxidant?
It is composed of: L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C), Grape Skin Extract 50% Resveratrol (Vitis vininfera L), dried microalgae Haematococcus Pluvialis - astaxanthin, glazing agent: hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, anti-caking agents: magnesium salts of fatty acids, silicon dioxide; gelling agents: carrageenan, potassium acetate.
3. How to use N°1 Antioxidant Max?
Recommended daily intake – 1-2 capsule daily – in the morning with water. You should not exceed the recommended daily dose. Dietary supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet. Balanced diet and healthy lifestyle is recommended for perfect health. Recommended daily intake ensures positive effects.
4. How to store N°1 Antioxidant Max?
You can store N°1 Antioxidant Max at room temperature, in dry place, out of reach of children.
5. How many capsules are inside N°1 Antioxidant Max pack?
In the pack of N°1 Antioxidant Max there are 50 capsules.


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I’m not sure where this whole 80’s vibe is coming from on LAND at the moment. This video for Frightened Rabbits “Backyard Skulls” today, MESSRS and Splash earlier this week.
I know they’ve all been me, but it’s not intentional. What does it all mean?


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Dr. Mickey Bernstein has practiced cosmetic dentistry in Germantown, TN for over 30 years. He is a graduate of the University of TN College of Dentistry where he serves as Adjunct Faculty in Esthetic Dentistry. He is ACCREDITED by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and served as President in 2008- 2009. He is a Fellow of several professional organizations: the Academy of General Dentistry, the American College of Dentistry, the International College of Dentistry. He was also named a “Top Dentist” by Memphis Magazine 2010 -13, won the 2010 Fellowship Award by the Tennessee Dental Association and the President’s Award in 2012 by the AACD.
Each year, millions of Americans avoid needed dental care because of anxiety and phobias. Developments over the past 10 years have allowed dentists to be trained to safely provide sedation medication to those in need. Previously fearful patients are now getting the dentistry they always wanted by taking oral medication placing them in a deep relaxed state called Conscious Sedation. Our office has led the use of Sedation Dentistry in the Memphis region helping our patients regain their dental health.


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Noise pollution or noise disturbance is the disturbing or excessive noise that may harm the activity or balance of human or animal life. The source of most outdoor noise worldwide is mainly caused by machines and transportation systems, motor vehicles, aircraft, and trains. High noise levels can contribute to cardiovascular effects in humans and an increased incidence of coronary artery disease. In animals, noise can increase the risk of death by altering predator or prey detection and avoidance.
Solid waste management refers to the supervised handling of waste material from generation at the source through the recovery processes to disposal.
A renewable resource is an organic natural resource which can replenish to overcome usage and consumption, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes. Renewable resources are a part of Earth's natural environment and the largest components of its ecosphere. Example: forests resources, water resources, mineral resources, Air resources etc.
Our environment provides us with a variety of goods and services necessary for our day to day lives. These natural resources include, air, water, soil, minerals, along with the climate and solar energy, which form the non-living or ‘Abiotic’ part of nature. The ‘Biotic’ or living parts of nature consist of plants and animals, including microbes. From the standpoint of Physical Geography, the Earth can be seen to be composed of four principal components: Atmosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, and Hydrosphere.
Energy exists freely in nature. Some of them exist infinitely (never run out, called RENEWABLE), the rest have finite amounts (they took millions of years to form, and will run out one day, called Non-Renewable). Non-Renewable Energy is energy from fossil fuels (coal, crude oil, natural gas) and uranium. Fossil fuels are mainly made up of Carbon.
Due to the existence of the gases in the atmosphere, the life on the planet Earth could be possible. Carbon dioxide gives life to the plants/trees and plants and trees gives life to human beings. In this way both are interdependent on each other. In the presence of sunlight, plants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through their leaves. The plants combine carbon dioxide with water, which is absorbed by their roots from the soil.
Biodiversity is the varied and differences among living organisms of terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes associated with them. India has great diversity in its geo-climatic conditions. Thus, there is great diversity in India's forest, wetlands, mangroves wildlife and marine areas. The richness in fauna and flora makes it as one of the 12 mega-biodiversity countries of the world.

industry_corpus2: Power & Energy


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A/B testing (Read Write Web). We're thinking about following the Powerhouse Museum's lead and trying some A/B testing when we launch our new websites. I'd been considering using an ad server to try some of this (and because it could do other things in terms of serving up content dynamically) but really these look like a better place to start.
Outta the box geo shiz with OSGeo4W. I've looked before at GRASS, got as far as downloading it and then chickened out. Well I just realised that the people responsible for it also run a project to package GRASS and a bunch of other GIS-related software into an easy, Windows-friendly installation package/interface. It makes it a doddle to find an install a wide variety of such tools to let you do everything from tile making to map service creation to web map serving.
That said, GRASS is still not easy to jump into for the geo-noob, and if you don't have anyone to hold your hand then one of the challenges of map-related software is to work out exacxtly what jobs you need to accomplish to get where you want to go, and then to find out which software will do that job for you. I can't really help you there but reading aroung the OSGeo site will.
New insights into the 1641 Irish Rebellion revealed (AHRC) and more (Past Horizons) A nice example of what digital analysis of texts now makes possible. As the article says, and quite aside from the interest of the results themselves, doing this sort of analysis would have been a lifetime's work previously. Needless to say, IWM has a large quantity of texts. I'm just itching to see what digital humanists could do with a sample of them - once duly digitised, of course.
Europeana's API available. This is great news, albeit it not without caveats, chiefly that access is limited to Europeana's network of non-commercial partners (there are about 1500 of them). Although I knew that the issue of data licences for API usage was unresolved after November's plenary I suppose I'd assumed that it must have been fixed. But then, that's no small order: getting that number of data providers to sign up to anything is a massive challenge, and I'm glad that Europeana decided that, rather than letting this hold up the API, they'd launch it for a more limited audience initially and work on the recalcitrant partners. I'd recommend reading David Haskiya's blog post for an informative Q&A on the what and why of the API launch.
I played with the alpha of the API last year and put together the Mashificator with it, but you can see several other examples of it in use here.


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Event based on the Simon Says Game !
For one hour, the GM will announce what you need to do!
Plunder or Seize, from grasslands to mountains, lvl 1 to 10, anything is possible! Don't be surprised!
The fastest Commander to send report wins great prizes!
* The report must include a fight and the Commander must win the battle. Also only one win per player per server.
* For organisational reasons, the rewards will be given out the following business week!
During the event the moderators will have no time to answer your questions about the game or to handle other issues! Please wait until the event is over.
All rewards have been given out now. Once again congratulation.


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``Well done'' in 11 is labelled as a sentence, since it clearly has an independent syntactic status equivalent to those of 9, even though it is included in another sentence. This inclusion of one independent sentence within another is found both with reported speech and elsewhere. Phenomena such as those illustrated in 10 and are by no means exceptional in text corpora.
In transcriptions of spoken discourse, there is no simple answer to the question ``What is a sentence?''. Some transcriptions, based on standard orthography, yield de facto sentences in the form of units beginning with a capital letter and closing with a terminal punctuation mark. For these, there is no problem in recognising the primary sentential segments and delimiting them by [S ... S], even though these segments frequently lack the canonical structure of a complete written sentence. Moreover, even in other transcriptions, where the standard orthographic practices of sentence delimitation are avoided, it is possible to identify `primary segments' analogous to the written sentence, viz. the primary units into which the transcribed discourse is divided for parsing purposes. For spoken as well as written language, then, the [S] unit may be retained, although it may be interpreted differently, and some other term, such as `primary segment', may be preferred to `sentence'.
We conclude by recommending, for the syntactic annotation of any text (including a transcription of spoken language), an exhaustive division of the text into units labelled [S ... S] .

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There were 10 of us, so you can see that it's a small class and attention is given to everyone. You can totally arrange something similar for a birthday party or bachelorette/hen activities.
The photo on the right is my face in progress. There's this apparently magical highlighting powder made by Ben Nye (banana powder).
By the end of the class, I change my mind yet again, and made it a smokey eye, LOL.
All done! And with my lashes! Oh and I changed my mind and went back to a smokey eye.
The class lasted a good 6 hours, no joke! Here's what I can say about makeup overall - it's fun to do and looks nice when very well done... BUT it can be so much work and very overwhelming. Unless I have a party to go to, I don't understand why my makeup should take more than 5 minutes of my time.
Hehehehehe, I absolutely feel you on d overwhelming nature of makeup application especially when you want to do a full face routine! I use makeup maybe twice in a week, and usually it's for the blog! Going to the studio, doing my everyday runs, I go with my bare face!
If I had to do makeup like this everyday, I'm sure I would be sad. But I think it's a good skill to have.
That's a great makeup class, and the results are stunning.
Very nice. I love the lashes on you.
Wow you look really transformed.. The makeup came out really nice..
You look amazing. I might be tempted to take this class now.
Lovely make-up. Wish, I could do same.
There are lots of videos on Youtube if you can't take a class like this.
I've been practicing. I really need to do a good smokey eye on my own. And learn to put on the strip lashes.
Berry, Berry, after Stella's class I now have a lot of expectations. I'll be looking forward to a full on-fleek face the next time I see you o, lol.
LOL. After you realize you spent money for the class, you will sit your behind down!
How am I just seeing this! Thank you so much! Class was so much fun, I glad you FINALLY made it and learnt to much, don't let the askew lashes discourage you, keep practicing and you'll get used to it :-) xoxo!


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For over 140 years we’ve been committed to producing the freshest, best tasting food you could possibly find. Using the finest local ingredients, our award winning products are still handmade using traditional methods and craftsman’s skills to ensure you can enjoy something really special when you Stop for a Stephens.
We’re famous for our steak bridies and morning rolls – officially the best in Scotland. But we make a whole host of tasty treats that give you a much needed lift when you’re on the go.
We like to think of ourselves as being a forward thinking bunch, and are constantly looking at ways to innovate and bring improvements and exciting developments to the industry we work in. From our charitable foundation, to opening Scotland’s first ever drive-thru bakery in 2018.
But above all else, we’ve always strived to do the best, and be the best for our customers.
Read all about all the good work the Stephens Foundation does.


text: Continuing on with your 'new life', side by side with the girl who'd caught your heart. Join her as you begin another new day together, embraced by each other's feelings. As a blooming relationship continues to grow skyward, live another day of your youthful live at an 'international' school, now hand in hand with a flustered, timid Ceri. What starts as another seemingly idyllic chapter of life, soon shifts to a world full of questions as two students begin a new experience together.

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text: Handknitted jumper. Raglan sleeves. The softest & lightest yarn which is also pill resistent yarn.

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Not sure if I’ve posted this before?
I think they are demolishing beyond that wall.
A soup place paying forward. $3.50 will pay for a bowl of soup and some bread for the homeless.
This little cafe sits on a pricy parcel of land. For 3m2 it costs over 300K.
I poked my head in.
It’s a set of stairs. Leading to a bar.


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Indeed Laboratories are a relatively new brand in Australia. They’re known for making refreshingly simple skincare products that feature one star ingredient, and there’s been a lot of hype around their products. I’m a big fan of layering my skincare, so I was very excited to try Indeed Laboratories Hydraluron.
Hydraluron is probably Indeed’s best known product. It’s a serum that features hyaluronic acid as its key ingredient. Hyaluronic acid is a humectant moisturiser that sits on the surface of the skin and holds onto water much like a sponge, keeping your skin hydrated.
Hydraluron ingredients: Water/Aqua/Eau, Propanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract, Carbomer, Butylene Glycol, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol.
The ingredients list is simple. The hyaluronic acid used in Hydraluron is advertised as being free of animal-derived raw materials and organic solvent remnants. There’s also Ahnfeltia Concinna Extract, a red algae extract, which is advertised to “cause controlled and mild stimulation of skin turnover to allow thorough penetration” of the hyaluronic acid. I can’t find any reliable references on the action of red algae extract though, so I’m not sure how this works, but it should have some antioxidant effect too. There’s not much in Hydraluron to provide long-term moisture, so it’s best used under a moisturiser that has occlusive properties to keep the moisture trapped over time (i.e. most moisturisers). This definitely won’t work well on its own, and it’s not designed to.
Now the marketing…here’s where I get all critical. The packaging contains a bunch of sneaky tricks from the “misleading science” book.
Graph scale shenanigans – There are two graphs on the packaging, which show that hyaluronic acid is amazing. I mean, look at the size of that column! Look at the giant spike! Hyaluronic acid is twice as good as the control!
Except, of course, it isn’t. The vertical axis has been purposely shortened to amplify the difference. This is a classic data presentation trick, and while it’s not entirely shifty (Excel automatically shortens the axes, for example), it’s not the most transparent way to present the data.
This is a more realistic representation of the effects of Hydraluron. If the data’s reliable, then sure, the product still works relative to the control – but the data manipulation definitely exaggerates the benefits.
I used Hydraluron under my regular moisturiser at night, and while I did find that my skin felt more hydrated the next day, I get better effects with glycerin. People with dry skin seem to rave more about hyaluronic acid than people with oily skin like me though. My hypothesis is that because hyaluronic acid is much larger in size than glycerin, so it has a hard time getting through the layer of oil on my skin, so it doesn’t hold water as closely to my skin as glycerin does. I do really like the simplicity of Hydraluron though – it’s a well-formulated, light-feeling gel that has very little in the way of potential irritants. If you’re looking for a way to boost moisture in your skin without changing your routine too much, this is a fantastic product; you might also want to try a glycerin spray (which can also be DIY’ed). If you’re looking for a one-step moisturiser, this isn’t the product for you.
I’ve also been trying out Indeed’s Retinol Reface, which works much better with my skin and my routine – I’ll be reviewing it soon!
It might be because it’s water-based, and perhaps your sunscreen is oil-based?
Thanks so much for a realistic review, much appreciated!
Really loved this review! Thanks for breaking down their sneaky tricks. Shortening the axis is a pet-hate of mine, but it works well for marketing. I just started using a Retinol Serum from Skinstitute. I only use it every 3-4 days at night (just to start) since I’m scared my skin will freak out.
That’s a good idea, going slow with retinol! I went way too quickly with my first retinol product and it was peely as hell, my poor skin. Hope it works well for you!
I’m on the hunt for a new serum since the one I tried recently is really freaking awesome, as well as awesomely expensive when compared to my budget, but it was a 1-step which I loved so I’ll cross this one off my list. I’ll keep watch for the Retinol Reface post.
I still don’t think I’ve got a favourite serum, I haven’t decided what I want in one yet! Maybe I’ll DIY one someday.
I have dehydrated skin, combination, so dry in some spots and really oily in others. I didn’t actually find this to be that hydrating. I used it every morning and every night under my moisturiser for a couple of months and I didn’t really see a difference in my skin. I have personally found the Deciem Hylamide products to be better. Interestingly enough, I had a small sample size of this as well and have been using it again recently to use it up, and now that the hydration of my skin has improved I found the Hydraluron to be way more effective.
Interesting! I wonder why it works better now? Maybe your improved skin allows it to sink in better. I haven’t tried any Deciem products yet but I’m intrigued!
Wow, I LOVE your science realness with skincare and even showing the GIANT SPIKE of lies! :p thank you!
I’m hesitant to call it a lie per se – it often makes sense to truncate the axes (e.g. if you have a graph of computer sales vs year, it makes no sense to start at year 0). But it’s definitely massaging the data!
I come for the science, I stay for the Always Sunny lols.
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Love your nails 😉 that graph trick is so sneaky, i consider myself pretty savvy but if i think i might have been fooled by that! Have you ever noticed a difference between high and low molecular weight hyaluronic acid based gels?
I don’t think I’ve tried enough products to say for sure, but so far – not really!

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Gal 2.21: Does Δωρεάν Mean "In Vain"?
The word dorean (a noun in the accusative case used adverbially) occurs nine times in New Testament texts (Matt 10:8[2x]; John 15:25; Rom 3:24; 2Cor 11:7; Gal 2:21; 2Thess 3:8; Rev 21:6; 22:17). In modern NT editions, it is commonly translated with one of its classical and Hellenistic Greek meanings, namely, “freely”, “gratuitously”, or “as a gift” – with the exception of Gal 2:21. In this verse, dorean is variously rendered “for nothing” (NRSV; NAB), “in vain” (KJV; NKJV), “to no purpose” (RSV). These translations camouflage the fact that a significant shift in meaning has occurred, which originated with interpretation traditions dating back to the first centuries C.E. The long practice of reading dorean in non-traditional (i.e., classical and Hellenistic Greek) ways eventually led F. Büchsel to observe, in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, that this meaning is “never found outside the LXX and NT (including the post-apostolic fathers)” and conclude that “we have here a true example of biblical Greek.” What caused dorean’s meaning to shift from denoting unearned, free, “gratis” events to events “without purpose” and, thus, produce a new linguistic category, “biblical” Greek meaning of dorean, of which there is only one instance attested? To suggest alternatives to this long-standing interpretation, this paper attempts to (1) shed light on the interpretation processes that caused the word’s meaning to shift in the post-Pauline era; (2) offer a close look at the grammar and syntax of Gal 2:21; and (3) reevaluate the meaning and function of dorean within its literary context.
As for what his re-evaluation of this word will produce, I suppose we’ll have to wait for the paper.
Very interesting–note that "gratuitously" works perfectly as a translation in Gal 2:21, so "in vain" is arguably not really a different meaning at all (since "in vain" overlaps with "gratuitously"). The problem is "in vain" means more than "gratuitiously", so that's where the confusion arises.
but it sounds like the paper may wind up spending more time on the issue of 'Biblical Greek'.
Good find, Stephen. I'm looking forward to hearing what this paper concludes.
Well, I’ve heard Spitaler’s paper on this at the Int’l SBL meeting, and I’d say that the_cave has basically identified both Spitaler’s problem with “in vain” as a translation and his answer: that it means more than ‘gratuitously’.


text: Natalya Bronzova made two trips to the Philippines, one in June of 2011 and the second in the spring of 2012. In this book you will find her impressions, thoughts and views about Filipino’s life. There are no tourists' notes here. Important events described herein include, the unveiling ceremony of the monument to the national poet Jose Rizal, a private meeting with 20th Century legend Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines and experiencing the phenomenal energy of Philippine healers!

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A new piece of legislation is making its way through the halls of Congress that could standardize and streamline the data breach and security notification process for financial institutions. This is something that most people in the industry tout as an improvement over the current situation.
Despite so many influential organizations weighing in, many state regulators are skeptical of the proposed legislation. These regulators are actively pushing back against it over concerns that it would undermine state-level authority.
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The Marketing Manager’s job is to drive traffic to DriveTrucking.com through a number of paid channels as well as organic search. Additionally, the Marketing Manager oversees the onboarding of new trucking company clients and reports to the Director when onboarding procedures are complete. As this is a lead generation marketing position, the Marketing Manager should have a thorough understanding of common digital marketing terminology, strategies, and technology. The Marketing Manager will maintain a budget and decide where to spend based on client needs.
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text: Gatford, Kathryn L., Wintour, E. Marelyn, De Blasio, Miles J., Owens, Julie A. and Dodic, Miodrag 2000, Differential timing for programming of glucose homoeostasis, sensitivity to insulin and blood pressure by in utero exposure to dexamethasone in sheep, Clinical science, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 553-560, doi: 10.1042/cs0980553.


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Beginning Jan 1, 2001 any person who is born on or after 1/1/85 and who has reached the age of 12, must have completed and received a snowmobile safety certificate in order to operate a snowmobile in Wisconsin. The certificate must be carried while operating the snowmobile, and displayed to a law enforcement officer upon demand.
This does not apply to the operation of snowmobiles upon lands owned or leased by the operator’s parent or guardian. As used in this section, “leased lands” does not include lands leased by an organization of which said operator or the operator’s parent or guardian is a member.
The Twin Runners hold a snowmobile safety course every year in November, check our calendar for dates and times or you can email the info@twinrunners.com for more information.

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A technological innovation involving green technology of water and space heating, tested extensively in HP, taken to remote and difficult area in Zanskar Valley, Kargil., J&K under DST-SEED-TIME-LEARN Program with further customization and installation of 158 solar panels involving community to work in sub-zero conditions of Ladakh”.
adakh region of J&K is cold desert, and dung is the major source of energy in rural houses for cooking, water and space heating. Women toil hard to collect dung from limited grazing land and livestock sheds and store dung cakes for use in winter, when the ambient temperature remains way below freezing point. Burning of dung as source of energy deprives agriculture land of manure resulting in poor productivity, which restrict cultivation of traditional crops of Oat, barley and wheat.
Department of Science and Technology (DST), through its Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) Division, initiated Technology Intervention for Mountain Ecosystem: Livelihood Enhancement through Action Research & Networking (TIME-LEARN) program to address location-specific needs of mountain community in N-W Himalayas. A collaborative project of Highland Agricultural Research and Extension Station (HAERS), Padum, Zanskar and Himalayan Research Group (HRG), Shimla, which is a Core Group of DST-SEED, was launched to customize & deliver select technologies, developed and field tested by HRG in Himachal Pradesh (HP). Through consultative process and need assessment exercise, technology package for solar water and space heating was identified for adoption and benefit to the community.
Technology Interventions: In the remote Zanskar valley of Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), most of the population is dependent on traditional and subsistence agriculture/livestock rearing. This project is a novel attempt to provide innovative solutions at the household level to meet domestic energy needs for water and space heating. Administrative headquarter of Zanskar Valley at Padum is 240 Kms from District headquarter at Kargil and is a difficult 12 hours long drive. This region is bestowed with about 300 days of clear sunshine, which can be one of the major sources of energy to meet domestic needs. Solar stations have been installed to provide electricity in some villages but only for lighting. Other needs of cooking, space and water heating are met mostly through burning of dung cakes. Burning of dung cakes produces lot of smoke that affects human life and deprive agriculture fields of organic manure which results in poor productivity. Under a DST-SEED supported initiative, 158 customized solar panels (89 for water heating and 69 for space heating) were fabricated. These were transported from HRG field station at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh through eight Passes including Tanglangla, second highest Pass in the world at an altitude of 17582 feet.
Innovative Features: A group of trained artisans fabricated solar water and space heating panels. These were designed to suit specific climate and community conditions in Zanskar Valley of Ladakh region. Panels work on the simple principle of solar energy absorption by the black coated galvanized iron sheet and aluminum alloy pipe coil, through normal window glass to heat water and air. Solar water heating panel provide 100-120 liters of hot water per day on sunny days. Space heating panel heats and blows air at maximum 65-700C and warms the living space which otherwise require heating with dung cake that are burnt in a stove. Solar heated rooms remain warmth even after sunset. These solar panels cost Rs.10,000/- and Rs.5000/- for water and space heating respectively.
Impact/Benefits: The technology package of designing and installation of customized solar panels using local material was found effective and suitable in geographical and economic conditions of Zanskar Valley. Effectiveness of the solar panels in the retrofitted rooms was assessed through sophisticated data logging and interview/feedback of the community. Solar room heating panel was able to increase the room temperature by 12-150C in winter months (October-March) when outside temperature remained in the range of -12 to -300C. Traditionally, people use 50-60 Kg dung cakes/day to keep living space comfortably warm.
In winters, water freezes, and water heating is limited to cooking and drinking. Water at freezing temperature is heated to 60-700C initially for around 45 minutes in the morning sun and successive batches are heated in 30-35 minutes during the day. During visit of HRG and SKUAST-K scientists in July 2017, they observed water heating from 110 C water to maximum 840 C in 35 minutes and panel dispensed 120 liters of piping hot water from 9am to 3pm in 5 batches. Ongoing extensive monitoring of panels with data loggers for their performance is likely to be completed by July 2018. Community has accepted this technology package of clean energy, which is not only affordable and effective, but also helps women save 3-4 hours of women that they spend on dung collection along with 35-40% dung saving in winter months. Such an intervention will contribute immensely in drudgery reduction, availability of dung for manure in agriculture and mitigation of household emission from dung burning as well.
Convergence & Replicability: Members of Ladakh Development Council (LDC) of District Kargil decides the development works of the valley. During project implementation, members of the LDC were consulted along with local leaders who took keen interest in installation of solar water & space heating panels in 158 households. There was demand from almost every household. Members of community were of great help during installation. (The technology package developed by HRG under DST-SEED Core Support has been adopted in HP by other field-based development agencies and line department. HRG has installed these systems in 119 households of 5 villages in Kullu and Shimla, under Forest-PLUS project of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change and USAID during 2014-2016. Its success & acceptability prompted USAID in sponsoring a campaign for popularization in Mandi, Kullu, Lahul & Spiti and Kinnaur to cover 25-30 villages. H.P. State Council for Science Technology and Environment also supported installations in Kinnaur area, with further support under National Mission on Himalayan Studies of MOEF&CC.
Value Addition in building S&T Capacities: People are quite interested in learning and adopting new techniques and skills for clean energy system for space and water heating. During installation of solar panels and demonstration of silage preparation, people observed the techniques/methods seriously and exhibited interest through installation of panels and silage preparation in their respective houses after demonstration. People in the valley have come forward to learn new skills to improve their living conditions and make life comfortable.
Way Forward: During project activities, efforts were made to motivate local youth and artisans to adopt and install space-heating panels in houses, constructed as integrated system in place of retrofit. Six panels were installed in houses under construction to popularize the technology and make it a permanent feature of house construction in the valley. Further, orientation of community as follow up after a year during June-July 2018 will help better community adoption and sustenance. In case of water heating panel, availability of water heating coil is the main constrain. Therefore, orientation of traders and artisan is being done to source the coil for fabrication locally by project implementing agencies. Further, installation and display of fabricated solar water and space heating system in the premises of HARES, SKUAST at Padum will go a long way in demonstration of this technology and orientation of the visiting community members for adoption not only in this valley, but in other areas of J&K as well.