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El Saló de la Fama del bàsquet grec és un Saló de la Fama per a jugadors de basquetbol professionals i entrenadors que participen en la Lliga grega de bàsquet. També hi tenen lloc jugadors i entrenadors que pertanyen a la selecció de bàsquet de Grècia.

Membres
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  Panagiotis Fasoulas
  Nikos Filippou
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  Panagiotis Giannakis
  Giannis Ioannidis, també n'és membre com entrenador
  Evangelos Koronios

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Want to join the Spanish festivals?
In Spain local Spanish festivals "Fiesta" is something which is taken very seriously. There are Spanish festivals all over the entire country in every tiny little village, city or town. We have tried to set up a list of the most important festivals celebrated each year according to the month of the year.
The specific dates vary from one year to an other so it is wise to check the exact date on the information page on each festival or local fiesta.
The Spanish fiesta most important for the Children are the 6th of January when the Wholy three King brings christmas presents to the children, on the 5th in the afternoon the Kings have a big processions in the streets throughing candies to the children all over Spain.
Another festival in Jauary are The festival in San Sebastian where the celebration of Lord Wellington's capture of the city of San Sebastian from French troops in 1812.
The Sevilla Tapas Fair is a chance to flavour a feast of Spanish Tapas at its best, in the world capital of tapas.
The Carnaval in Cadiz, Tenerife and Gran Canary is among the most glamorous Spanish fiestivals with visitors from all over the world.
The Jerez de la Frontera Flamenco Festival is one of the most know national flamenco festivals with important flamenco artist performances .
The Fallas de San José in Valencia the most internationally know festivity in the Mediterranean coast. Five days full of fireworks, masclets, smell of gunpowder and blends with finest flower scents and music band.
Some of the biggest Spanish festivals take place during April and May starting with Holy Week (Semana Santa) which is important nationwide but is especially recommended in Seville, Cordoba, Granada and Malaga.
The celebration of Holy Week is the highlight of the year in Andalucia with teams of parish members carrying enormous religious floats.
Alcoy, and other villages in the Alicante region is the Moros y Cristianos festival celebrated. Here is where you'll see mock battles between Moors and Christians.
Back in Seville, two weeks after Easter it's Spain's biggest annual party at the Seville April Fair ( La Feria de Abril).
It's also the Romería de Andújar in Andalucia, a mass pilgrimage to a shrine of the Virgin.
In Granada and Cordoba they celebrate the festival;the Cruces de Mayo where large crosses adorn parishes and the locals party in the streets.
Cordoba continues with its Spanish festivals with the Fiesta de los Patios, a competition to find the city's most beautiful flower covered patio. Then shortly afterwards it's the Feria de Cordoba, a Flamenco fiesta.
Also in May The famous Feria del Caballo, Jerez's Horse Fair is also taking place.
Up in Madrid it's the world's largest bullfight festival plus plenty, cultural events and parties as "Madrileños" celebrate San Isidro, the Patron Saint of the capital.
The biggest pilgrimage in Spain, La Romeria del Rocio, with upto a million of people travelling by horse, foot or by horse carriages to see the Virgin at El Rocio in Huelva.
In Granada it's the International Festival of Music and Dance.
Whilst the Hoqueras de San Juan (midsummer bonfires and fireworks) are celebrated especially Alicante.
From mid-June to the end of August is the Barcelona Summer festival – El Grec.
The Spanish festivals of Cordoba is an International guitar festival that takes place in the gardens of the Alcazar.
In Pamplona it's San Fermin, the famous running of the bulls.
San Sebastian attracts some of the top jazz performers to its annual San Sebastian Jazz Festival.
If you're on the south coast on 16th you'll come across a range of different celebrations of the Día de la Virgen de Carmen. Most commonly you'll see a statue of the Virgin carried in from the sea by a flotilla of fishing boats often with some impressive firework displays.
On the 25th it's the Feast of Saint James when thousands of pilgrims who have walked the Camino de Santiago congregate in Santiago de Compostela where the Saint's tomb lies in the Cathedral.
One of the most craziest Spanish festivals is La Tomatina, Tomato Festival in Bunyol near Valencia which is the world's biggest tomato fight.
Malaga Fair (Feria de Malaga ) is the biggest and most well know festival on the Costa del Sol Coast.
Cambados in Galicia hosts the Albariño wine fair where you can sample some of Galicia's finest white wines.
Jerez de la Frontera celebrates its wine harvest with the Jerez, sherry festival which begins on the first Saturday of September every year. Known locally as the Fiestas de Vendimia, three weeks of celebrations including local horse and flamenco events. Catalunya celebrates the Cave week, a festival dedicated to the fine Catalan version of champagne.
Also during the first week of September is the Feria Goyesca de Pedro Romero in Ronda where all the towns folk and the matadors at the weekend bullfight are dressed in typical 18th century costumes.
Whilst in Logroño, the centre of the Rioja wine region, it's the Fiesta de San Mateo which is yet another grape harvest festival.
The biggest event this month is in Zaragoza when the Pilar Festival celebrates the appearance of the Virgin Mary to St James.
The event coincides with Hispanidad, a nationwide fiesta commemorating Columbus's landing in the Americas.
The month begins with the sombre occasion of All Saints Day (Todos Los Santos) when Spanish people from all over the country return to their birthplaces to remember their deceased relatives.
Christmas in Spain is very nice and charming time. All the cities are lighted up and offers special Christmas Markets selling dearing hand made products. Distinctive nativity scenes of Jesus birth called BELEN, and traditions have been created around the world and are displayed during the Christmas season in churches, homes, shopping malls, and other venues, and occasionally on public lands and in public buildings.
Do you want to visit any of these festival, contact us and we halp you will accommations and special arrangements to live the festivals on site.


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НСУ НСУ Квик () је био мотоцикл произведен између 1936. и 1953. са малим изменама, од стране немачког произвођача аутомобила и мотоцикала НСУ.

Рам овог мотора је у суштини као рам на бициклу само од јачих цеви због већег оптерећења од мотора и веће брзине кретања. У почетку се мотор производио у две варијанте рамова. Амортизери су били само на предњем точку, а сиц је био подесив по висини.

Мотор је покретао једноцилиндрични, двотактни мотор са ваздушним хлађењем, запремине 98 cm³ и снаге 3 КС. Мотцикл је имао двобрзински мењач са малом полугом на управљачу за мењање брзина, а од 1952. је уграђена ручка.

НСУ Квик је имао два диска са ланцима, десни за кредање као бицикл, а леви за кретање помоћу мотора. Подупирач на мотоциклу који се користио када је мотоцикл паркран, дозвољавао је слободно окретање задњег точка који је био у ваздуху одигнут од тла.

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 NSU-Prospekt DW 1068 200 101 29 von 1952.
 Katalog 100 Motorräder in Wort und Bild. Verlag für Handel und Wirtschaft, Müller & Co., München 1952.
 Peter Schneider, NSU Motorräder 1900–1966, Motorbuch Verlag.
 Ernst Leverkus: Die tollen Motorräder der 50er Jahre. Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart, 8. Auflage.

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FCC offers satellite players billions for C-Band - Mobile World Live
FCC offers satellite players billions for C-Band
The US telecoms industry praised a new plan from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai (pictured, right) offering satellite service providers up to $9.7 billion to rapidly free-up C-Band spectrum (3.7GHz to 4.2GHZ) for 5G.
Pai's plan would repack satellite players into the upper 200MHz of the band, and licence the lower 280MHz through an auction scheduled for December.
In addition to reimbursing satellite companies for an expected $3 billion to $5 billion in relocation costs, the plan includes up to $9.7 billion in incentive payments for satellite incumbents which complete the move on an accelerated timeline. Specifically, the stimulus will be offered to those which clear 120MHZ of spectrum in 46 of the nation's top markets by September 2021, and the full 280MHz nationwide by September 2023.
Though it didn't outright endorse the plan, a group of satellite service providers known as the C-Band Alliance (CBA) in a statement noted it represents a "significant development" in ongoing efforts to open the band for mobile use.
Meredith Attwell Baker, president and CEO of industry association CTIA, issued a statement hailing the plan as a "critical step" in "securing our global leadership in the emerging 5G economy". Meanwhile, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg praised Pai's "bold vision for bringing much needed mid-band spectrum to auction this year".
But the plan wasn't without its critics. Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at New America's Open Technology Institute, called the scheme "disappointing", adding the incentive payments amount to an "excessive windfall" for non-domestic satellite companies, which will "come straight out of taxpayers' pockets".
During a speech today (6 February), Pai defended the need for the financial stimulus, noting the frequency shift "will be much faster if we can create powerful incentives for incumbent operators to expedite the transition".
The FCC will vote on Pai's proposal at a meeting on 28 February.
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This is actually post script to my last post as I realized that it might be advantageous for me to share my" re-arranging the needles" ritual.
1) Leave yarns lying between the needles.
2) Pull right needle through, allowing stitches to rest on cord.
3) Select point of needle exit, usually between the 12-13 stitch, or where the stitches change colors. Pinch needle together to form a small loop between the stitches.
4) Pull the right leg of the cord through to form a loop. Release it. Pull you needle back to the right to allow the chosen stitches to rest on the needle. Turn work counter clockwise.
5) Next, bring both yarn over the top and to the back of the right needle, so they are out of the way.
6) Now it is time to adjust the left needle. As it is already resting on the cord, select the section of the pattern you want to work on, then pinch the cord together at this point and gently pull the cord through to form a loop.
7) As before, you will pull the metal part of the needle through to the left, so that the chosen stitches now rest on the working part of the left needle.
8) Gently push your stitches on both needles into the "go" position.
Now you are on your way again.
This is my ritual, I am sure you all have your own. I hope it helps!
One more thing- I always turn my work clockwise.
PS- I uploaded a practice chart on my last post for you to work with.
Fair Isle -Short or Long Floats?
While working on my Nordic Rose stocking I did a little experimenting. Why? The pattern for this stocking has large areas of one color, and kind of stretches the Fair Isle method to its limits. How to handle this problem became my challenge.
The first chart section I constructed using the Fair Isle method with short floats, say at least every 3/4 inch, and established breaks on my one circle needle for NA(needle A-front) and NB(back).
The second portion of the chart I changed my needle positions to suit the pattern, allowing me to work across the design portion without any ladders to worry about. I also did not weave in my alternate yarn color as before. The results were stunning.
The upper section of the above photo was done in the second method, repositioning the needles as I worked around the chart. Of course, another benefit of this method is that you yarns don't get tangled as they remained in the same place all the time(black on the right, red on the left).
The lower section of the example where the floats were kept shorter, shows slight dimples( see photo below)in the surface. This happens no matter how loose you leave the float.
If you use the second method and leave your float too loose, the stitches at the opposite ends of any section of the color can loosen and affect your gauge.
4)complete stitch with main color (red).
The next stitch will be the new color (black). Now the float will stay in place and lay horizontally(with no discernible dip) across the back of the red stitches. I always tip the work forward to check the tension of the float before proceeding to the next section. I make sure that everything stretches out equally. Taking the time to do this will save you lots of headaches later.
You will notice that the diamond above is very smooth. The long floats on the inside that I deem might pose a problem when sliding on the stocking will be tacked down with a needle and one ply of the background yarn ( in this case, red).
The process of moving the needles as I go has eliminated the need to deal with the "ladders" of circle needle knitting. One thing that makes this easy is that this pattern always has a center back pattern, and the last stitch of the round completes the right side border of this section. This lets me know where the round starts without using a marker.
Below is a photo of a new needle position, as I retain about 10-12 stitches on my right needle, and prepare the left one to knit across the rose diamond section.
It works for me! Give it a try. Below is a practice chart for you to try.
Of course, I could do this pattern in Intarsia, as the center back stitches make an excellent point for a turn around. Hummmmm????
I just finished the first sock of my new pattern. I had originally planned to make the field black and do the roses in red, but these old eyes just couldn't handle the dark background, so I opted instead to reverse the colors. I like it.
This knee high pattern consists of tubular 2 by 2 cast on, fair isle knit pattern on leg and instep and a double knit heel and toe. I also retained the center stitch down the back, sole and toe. Below is a close up of the right side toe cap. You can see how the reverse center stitches come round to meet the top, where the unit is joined together with the Kitchener stitch.
Here is the wrong side view.
Here is the inside of the heel.
This was definitely an interesting knit. I am at present completing the pattern instructions and will be uploading them soon. The pattern will include several design options for the toe and heel.
The one thing that stood out to me was the necessity to break you yarns at the conclusion of the last round before setting up for the heel, and toe.
The above photo shows the center stitches I have set up to begin my DK heel. The black stitch border, just to the right of the center stitches is the last stitch of the round. Here is where I broke off my yarns, leaving a 6 inch tail to weave in later. I begin the DK set using 2 new yarns and #1 circular needle( which is 2 sizes smaller than the #3's I used for the main stocking). These new strands will complete the instep when the heel is finished, and move right on to the toe section, where the process is repeated again.
Why? As most patterns have to do a partial round to set up your heel, this method allows you to keep the rounds even, as you will be centering your heel on the sole stitches and when finished you will be able to move right on to the next round of the instep as if you never stopped. It also doesn't off set your center stitches as the last round is totally completed. You can also opt for any pattern you like on the sole-I simply used the leg chart.


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LSU and Joe Burrow cap magical season with 42-25 win over Clemson in National Championship Game
Yahoo Sports | January 14, 2020
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The team with the longest winning streak in the country couldn't even stop Joe Burrow.
The LSU QB and 2019 Heisman winner accounted for six touchdowns as No. 1 LSU beat No. 3 Clemson 42-25 in Monday night's National Championship Game to cap an undefeated season.
Burrow threw for over 463 yards as he set the single-season FBS record for touchdown passes and narrowly missed the record for best completion percentage in a season with a 30-of-47 passing effort. Five of those completions went for TDs and he ran for another.
The fifth and final passing TD was the dagger that sent Clemson to its first loss since Jan.
See full article at Yahoo Sports


With the NSA stockpiling browser data and advertising agencies targeting specific potential customers, there seems to be no end to what can be done with the massive amount of information available at the click of a mouse.
Another application of the data available to "them" has been made clear over the past month in the case of Chevron and Ecuador.
After a decade of litigation against the oil giant involving an $18.2 billion accusation of "massive environmental contamination in Ecuador," presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled in favor of a subpoena granting Chevron the right to collect the information of lawyers, activist groups, journalists, and citizens whose criticisms of Chevron have been used against the corporation in the lawsuit.
Chevron now legally has access to the emails, logins, IP addresses, and browsing history of over a hundred people who have criticized Chevron's environmental impact in Ecuador. Their information can be accessed from up to 9 years ago.
The decision transcends geographical location; everyone in the case can be investigated, regardless of residency or their Internet providers. Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google are all expected to provide Chevron with each person's information.
Whether or not the grounds on which the Ecuadorian government indicted Chevron are valid, the ruling is a marker of the ambiguous nature of Internet privacy.
The First Amendment allows U.S. citizens privacy in their actions. It also allows citizens to appear in court anonymously. Judge Kaplan ruled that since the persons in question did not provide whether or not they were U.S. citizens, the First Amendment effectively did not apply to them.
Therefore, the order that granted the right of Chevron to access their online information stems from an assumption by the judge that none of the plaintiffs were of American nationality.
Regardless of his intentions, a woman in Canada reported the comment to the authorities. A debate regarding the validity of her actions has flared up in a League of Legends forum.
Carter was jailed for "terroristic threats" until this past weekend, when an anonymous donor posted the towering $500,000 bail set. The sentence would have lasted upwards of 8 years.
Whether it's concerning a Facebook comment or a court case, it is critical for Internet users to re-evaluate their online presence.
The laws regarding Internet privacy are sparse, generic, and vague. Only California and Arizona have formally passed laws regarding privacy of online activities, and all 50 states have laws granting the federal government the right to wiretap "electronic or computer" entities — although only 44 have agreed to extend this ruling to photos, videos, and cell phones.
The Internet is a relatively new invention; the laws regarding its use are newer. In the coming years, we will see a maturation of the Internet as well as the laws governing it. Until that happens, users should be reviewing the laws associated with online privacy, as well as learning from the cases being brought forth today.


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The Casual Star Wars Fan's Guide to Ahsoka Tano
Who is The Mandalorian's new Jedi character, and what's that on her head?
Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano on The Mandalorian. Photo illustration by Slate. Image by Disney+.
By Marissa Martinelli
Who is this orange lady and why are people so excited about her?
Ahsoka Tano is a character from two (excellent) Star Wars animated series, The Clone Wars and Rebels. She was introduced in 2008 as a young Jedi apprentice assigned to a reluctant Anakin Skywalker — the future Darth Vader — in the (not so excellent) animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars. In many ways, she became the main character of the TV series of the same name, growing up in a galaxy at war in the final years of the Jedi Order.
The Clone Wars takes place before the final Star Wars movie prequel, Revenge of the Sith, in which most of the Jedi were betrayed and killed, but Ahsoka isn't even mentioned in Revenge of the Sith, which left fans wondering for years what happened to her and whether she'd even survive the end of the show.
A young Ahsoka with Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Lucasfilm Ltd.
It's no secret anymore that Ahsoka did survive the Clone Wars, and she reappeared in another animated series, Star Wars: Rebels, in 2015, now as an adult fighting against the Empire. She was voiced in both series by Ashley Eckstein, but in The Mandalorian, the character makes her live-action debut, played by Rosario Dawson.
"Chapter 13: The Jedi," the Mandalorian episode in which Ahsoka appears, is written by Dave Filoni, who was the supervising director of The Clone Wars and spent years developing her character. After The Clone Wars was canceled, he snuck her into his new show, Rebels, and now he's done the same with The Mandalorian, on which he is a writer, director, and executive producer.
What's up with her two (!) lightsabers? And does it mean anything that they're white?
Yep. There's a practical reason for their color, and then there's a symbolic reason. Generally speaking, Star Wars characters' lightsabers tell you their affiliation: Jedi usually have blue or green lightsabers, while the Sith and their associates usually have red lightsabers. The practical reason for Ahsoka's lightsabers having white blades is that Ahsoka took some red lightsabers from an Inquisitor — that's a guy who hunts down Jedi — and then purified the crystals inside the lightsabers, so now they're white.
The symbolic reason for the white lightsabers is that Ahsoka used to be a Jedi, but she lost faith in the Jedi Order and left that part of her life behind. While she can still use the Force and is definitely on the light side, the white lightsabers place her outside the Jedi-Sith binary.
Ahsoka with her white lightsabers in Star Wars: Rebels. Lucasfilm Ltd.
Hold on. People keep calling her a Jedi, and the name of the episode is even "Chapter 13: The Jedi." Now you're trying to tell me she's not a Jedi?
It's complicated! When we last saw her in Star Wars: Rebels, Ahsoka was still insisting that she was not a Jedi anymore. However, in the delayed finale of The Clone Wars, she hinted that she might someday consider herself a Jedi again. Then she was included in the "voices of Jedi past" in the most recent Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker. Jedi or not, she's more than qualified to train the Child.
Speaking of the Child … his name is Grogu???
I know, I know. They can't all be named Yaddle.
Ahsoka says she won't train Grogu because she's seen what attachments can do to "the best of us." What is she talking about?
Anakin Skywalker, her former master. Jedi are taken from their families at a very young age to prevent them from forming emotional attachments that could get in the way of their training later. That's why the Jedi originally didn't want Anakin to be trained in The Phantom Menace — at 9 years old, he's already formed a strong attachment to his mother. The thinking is that attachments can make a Jedi afraid of losing their loved ones, which can lead to anger, which can lead to hate. That is, as a wise Jedi once said, the path to the Dark Side.
That's also more or less what happens to Anakin. He's so afraid of losing his wife the way he lost his mother that he seeks power to prevent that from happening and becomes Darth Vader in the process. Anakin's attachment issues are actually why Yoda assigned Ahsoka to Anakin as an apprentice in the first place, so he would have to learn to let go of his pupil when the time came. It did not work as planned.
A now older and wiser Ahsoka worries that if Anakin, whom she trusted, could fall to the Dark Side, then it's dangerous to train someone else who has similarly already formed attachments. Because Grogu has bonded with the Mandalorian (and despite looking like a baby, remember that Grogu is like 50 years old and is developmentally more advanced in some ways), she considers him too great a risk. It's not an unfounded concern — remember that last season, Grogu used the Force to choke Cara Dune (Gina Carano) when he mistakenly thought she was attacking the Mandalorian.
When Ahsoka and the Mandalorian are fighting, he tells her that Bo-Katan sent him. How does Bo-Katan know Ahsoka? (Also, remind me who Bo-Katan is?)
Bo-Katan is the red-haired Mandalorian lady we met in "Chapter 11: The Heiress." She and Ahsoka fought against each other during the Clone Wars, when Bo-Katan was a member of a terrorist organization called Death Watch. However, Bo-Katan defected from Death Watch when Darth Maul — yes, he survived being cut in half — took over the group and all of Mandalore. She and Ahsoka later teamed up to capture him. Now she's hunting down Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito) so she can take back the Darksaber, which is that cool black sword he showed off at the end of Season 1.
In the climax of the Mandalorian episode, Ahsoka demands to know where Grand Admiral Thrawn is. Who is Grand Admiral Thrawn and what is Ahsoka's beef with him?
Thrawn is a villain from Timothy Zahn's well-received series of Star Wars books in the 1990s. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, Thrawn was discarded from the canon along with the other books. Filoni made the character official again by including him in Rebels.
This is another instance of Filoni using his work on his new series, The Mandalorian, to continue his old one: Rebels ended with Thrawn and another character, Ezra Bridger, disappearing together. We already knew Ahsoka was looking for her friend Ezra at the end of that series. Her search for Thrawn is almost certainly related.
Is Ahsoka getting a spinoff series?
Nothing has been officially announced yet, but it seems more than likely that Dawson will star in her own series. At the very least, The Mandalorian might explore some of these storylines in more depth later. There have been rumors that Lucasfilm is looking for a live-action Ezra Bridger — and for months actor Rahul Kohli has been teasing that he got the part and then backtracking.
Why are some people so unhappy that Dawson was cast as Ahsoka?
A former employee of Dawson's family filed a lawsuit accusing her and her relatives of transphobia and even physical assault, which Dawson has denied. All but two of those charges have since been withdrawn. "The reason that all of the discrimination claims were dropped is because they didn't happen. I was raised in a very inclusive and loving way, and that's how I've lived my entire life," she recently told Vanity Fair.
Last question. Ahsoka seems cool, but what's going on with the top of her head? Is that a hat or antlers or what?
Those are her lekku, basically fleshy tails on her head. Her species, Togruta, has them, and so does another famous Star Wars species, the Twi'leks. Usually, we see lekku get longer as a person ages, but Ahsoka's lekku are actually shorter on The Mandalorian than they were on Rebels despite taking place later in the timeline. In this case, The Mandalorian's character concept designer confirmed that was deliberate so that they wouldn't get in the way during fight scenes.
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462 IIT Mandi students receive academic degrees at 10th Convocation Day
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi held its 10th Convocation ceremony with a graduating class of 462 students (348 male & 114 female) on December 5, 2022. The Institute awarded 64 PhDs, which is the highest number of PhDs awarded at IIT Mandi in an academic year till date.
Prof. Stuart R. Hameroff, University of Arizona, U.S.A., graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Secretary, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi; Dr. Kingshuk Banerjee, Director, Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, and Mr. Woochan Chang, Director, KOICA India, New Delhi, were the Guests of Honor. Prof. Prem Vrat, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Mandi, presided over the Convocation event.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Prem Vrat, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Mandi, said, "IIT Mandi has equipped the students with good attitude, knowledge and skill to be a good human being and a successful professional. Now is the time for 'guru dakshina'. Nothing better, nothing more valuable than to live the rest of their lives with the learning they have received from IIT and teachers who inspired and helped to imbibe the values of inclusive and sustainable development. Continue to remain a student all life; keep an open mind, and keep learning from life."
Congratulating the graduating batch, Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT Mandi, said, "I wish my heartiest greetings to all our graduating students. They will become the torch bearer of the Institute. I am sure that their professional competencies and uncompromising character will empower them to lead the society in various ways. Their success will also be the success of IIT Mandi."
Prof. Stuart R. Hameroff, M.D., who is the Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona and author of over a hundred scientific articles and book chapters, lectured around the world while congratulating the students, said, "Consciousness is a fundamental property of the universe. An 'inward hierarchy' in quantum brain biology is consistent with Indian Knowledge systems (e.g. 5 Koshas). Quantum state reduction can occur at various levels of the brain hierarchy – 'Atman from Brahman'. At deeper inward levels, consciousness may exist in spacetime geometry independent of biology. While therapies aimed at microtubule resonance e.g. with painless, safe and pleasant brain ultrasound can treat mental and cognitive disorders."
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Delivering this year's Valedictorian's address, Ashish Anand, Institute's Silver Medal, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, 2022 batch, said, "After joining IIT Mandi, we started to go through the part of life which we lived for the last 4 years, i.e., lectures, labs, assignments, quizzes and end semester examinations and participation in intercollege events. In parallel with these academic engagements, we were also creating memories: be it playing table tennis in common rooms after the lectures or campus tours or celebrating birthdays at midnight or going on treks and trips or celebrating festivals. I would like to thank the IIT Mandi community for endless memories and faculty members for teaching us with utmost passion."
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Indian drug industry opposes price caps
By K V Venkatasubramanian2017-03-27T15:57:00+01:00
Government wants free healthcare for poorest people, but companies claim controls will stifle innovation
India's ongoing programme of capping drug prices has led the pharmaceutical industry to protest against the government. While the controls aim to make medicines available to the poor, pharma groups say the step is short-sighted and will stifle innovation.
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Most Indians pay for their drugs out-of-pocket as there is no social health insurance
The government considers medicines to be overpriced and unaffordable, especially to the poor. It justifies price regulation as a way to guarantee health services to citizens, particularly the underprivileged. The new National Health Policy (NHP) unveiled in parliament calls for a move away from responsive 'sick care' to more proactive 'wellness'. The policy also includes commitments to eliminate several diseases that affect the poor: kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis) and filariasis by 2017; leprosy by 2018; measles by 2020; tuberculosis by 2025; and malaria by 2030.
The NHP 2017 calls for patients to receive drugs, diagnostics and emergency care services for free in all public hospitals. It also proposes to accelerate public health spending to 2.5% of GDP, from the current 1.4%, by 2025.
'The poor need medicines for free, and that should be covered by public spending,' says Kanchana TK, director general of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India, which represents research-based pharma companies, including mutinationals, operating in India. However, she argues that 'price control is not the only tool for improving access'. She suggests better healthcare infrastructure is required, including more private hospitals and better training for doctors.
Sakhtivel Selvaraj, director of the health economics unit of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) says: 'The intentions of the NHP are noble. If implemented, in its letter and spirit, the policy should make drugs accessible and affordable.'
Drug prices are fixed and regulated by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) using Drug Price Control Orders (DPCOs). Caps can result in price reductions of a few percent, up to around 86% for AstraZeneca's cancer medicine Iressa (gefitinib), which has been controlled since March 2016.
Drug prices in India are among the world's lowest. However, without social health insurance, individuals bear the majority of medicine costs, unlike in developed countries. 'Nine-tenth of all medicines consumed are bought by households paying out-of-pocket,' Sakhtivel says.
Krishna Ella, managing director of Bharat Biotech International, calls the price controls 'barbaric' and says: 'It will be counter-productive. It helps neither the consumers nor manufacturers.'
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Pomerania Province
Stutthof Concentration Camp Half-Day Private Tour
Popular Transportation in Pomerania Province
Gdansk: Extreme Shooting Range with Private Transport
Gdansk: Private Transfer from Airport (GDN) to City Center
Gdansk: Gdansk, Sopot and Westerplatte Private Guided Tour
Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia 3 Cities Private Full-Day Tour
Private Transfer: From Airport Gdansk to Sopot
Malbork Castle Half Day Private Tour
Malbork Castle 5-Hour Private Tour
Wolfschanze: Private Transport to Wolf's Lair
Our most recommended Pomerania Province Transportation
1. Stutthof Concentration Camp Half-Day Private Tour
Stutthof concentration camp was the first concentration camp in the territory of Poland and as such, was in operation for the longest period of time. It had been established in order to exterminate Jewish and Polish Intelligence, mainly from the Pomerania and the Free City of Gdansk. Built in 1939 and initially intended for approximately 3,000 people, this camp gradually became the place of torment and slaughter for over 110 thousand prisoners from 26 countries, most of whom were tortured, forced to work, or died in gas chambers. The Stutthof concentration camp is currently open for visitors. Since the exposition is quite drastic, it may be visited only by persons who are aged 13 or over. The trip lasts 5 hours and the tour includes the entrance ticket to the museum as well as a guided visit to the former Stutthof area – the old and new camp quarters, the main commander's villa, gas chambers, crematorium, and the monument to its victims. Additionally, it is also possible to watch a film about the camp.
2. Gdansk: Private Transfer from Airport (GDN) to City Center
Choose this safe, economical, and convenient transfer between Gdansk Airpot (GDN) and the city of Gdansk. With this fixed-price transfer, you can rest assured that as long as your destination is within the city limits, your price is set. Your English-speaking driver will wait for you with a meet and greet board at the Arrivals Hall. They'll help you with your luggage and take you directly to your destination, providing you with information about the city and current events, if needed. Enjoy 24/7 assistance from a support team, to ensure that your trip goes as smoothly as possible. You'll ride only in the newest EURO 6 certificate cars, with the aim to reduce the carbon footprint of every ride.
3. Gdansk: Extreme Shooting Range with Private Transport
Learn how to operate and shoot various types of weapons in a professional shooting range in Gdansk. Try out different guns, from Glock pistols to AK 47 Kalashnikov and shotgun rifles. Test your skills and have fun while competing with your friends for the best shot. Throughout the experience, a professional instructor will always be close by, making sure you're all safe. He will show you how to properly hold a gun and how to take aim so you can get the best score. At the end of the activity, you will be able to compare scores with your friends and find out who has the best eye for aiming and shooting. Get some pictures with the guns before being transferred back to your hotel.
4. Gdansk: Gdansk, Sopot and Westerplatte Private Guided Tour
Start with a walking tour in Sopot to admire the city's impressive architecture. See the former Kasino-Hotel, where Hitler stayed during the capitulation of the Polish army. Then go for a peaceful stroll on the famous pier opposite the hotel. Next is a guided tour of Gdansk Old Town. Stop to appreciate magnificent buildings like Arthur's Court. Discover all the places linked to WWII history, such as Piwna Street where Hitler was greeted years ago. The final stop will be Westerplatte, which was also visited by Hitler. He was surprised that the Polish army managed to defend the city for so long against the Germans. See the huge monument built in memory of the Defenders of the Polish Coast.
5. Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia 3 Cities Private Full-Day Tour
Perfect for those short on time but with a desire to see as much as possible of Poland's Tri-City area. This full-day private sightseeing tour covers Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia, where the decorative architecture has been shaped by a rich history. Discover the center of Gdansk, restored after World War II. Walk along Long Street with its beautiful houses, bars and cafés, a fountain of Neptune, "amber" Mary's Street, the Crane and the Island of Granaries. Then go to Gdansk Oliwa to relax in the most beautiful park in the Tri-City. And don't miss the famous organ concert at Oliwa Cathedral! Continue on to Sopot and wander down the Monciak Street, perhaps the most famous promenade in Poland, lined with art nouveau cafés and shops. Soak up the cosmopolitan atmosphere and discover the beachfront attractions of the boardwalk, including the longest wooden pier in Europe and the beautiful waterfront Spa Park. The final destination in your Tri-City tour is Gdynia, where the battleship "Lightning" and frigate "Gift of Pomerania" are reminders of the rich history of the Polish Navy and the country's shipbuilding traditions. Rout: Gdańsk: Upland Gate, Torture Chamber, Golden Gate, Dluga Street, The Long Market, The Main Town Hall, Neptune fountain, Motława River bank, The Crane, St. Mary's Church, Great Armoury, The Solidarity Square and The Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers Oliwa: Oliwa Cathedral (+ organ concert), Oliwa Park, Sopot: Bohaterów Monte Cassino Street, Therapeutic Park, The Pier Gdynia: The Kościuszko Square, ORP Błyskawica (Battleship), frigate "Dar Pomorza" (muzum ship)
6. Malbork Castle Half Day Private Tour
On this 5-hour tour, a qualified guide will share with you the most interesting stories relating to Malbork Castle. The tour includes sightseeing the 14th-century Palace of the Grand Master, at one time the residence of the so-called Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, as well as a visit of St. Mary's Church and of the castle's various permanent and temporary exhibitions. Malbork Castle, beautifully situated by the River Nogat, is currently considered the biggest gothic fortress in Europe and is an impressive example of medieval defense architecture. In 1997 it was entered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, and it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and significant monuments in Poland.
7. Private Transfer: From Airport Gdansk to Sopot
Enjoy the most professional and comfortable transfer from the airport of Gdansk to Sopot. Travel to Sopot in safe and comfortable conditions. The luxury fleet of cars (mainly Mercedes) is fully equipped to fulfill the needs of each customer. Each request will be handled individually. Arrive at Gdansk Airport and your private driver will assist you to your private vehicle for a comfortable, convenient transfer to your hotel in Sopot. The chauffeur will be waiting in the arrivals hall with a log of your name. Your private airport transfer includes flight tracking, so even if your flight is delayed, your driver will be there to meet you at the right time. Once you have landed, you will have a leisurly 60 minutes of complimentary waiting time, allowing you to collect your luggage and make your way to arrivals.
8. Wolfschanze: Private Transport to Wolf's Lair
In the forest between the Lake Siercze and Lake Moj is the complex of bunkers, which during World War II was the headquarters of the armed forces high command and Hitler's headquarters. The commander of the Third Reich stayed here for over 900 days. Construction and expansion of accommodation lasted 4 years. In 1959, the land Wolf's Lair was opened to the public. Since then, thousands have flocked here to visit this infamous spot. The 10-hour tour includes private transportation from your hotel in Gdansk or Sopot , free time to explore the Wolf's Lair and the surrounding area and return transportation. The driver is English-speaking and will help with buying tickets and organizing a guide. Price does not include fees for guide and entrance tickets.
9. Malbork Castle 5-Hour Private Tour
The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A symbol of power and tradition, it is the largest Gothic brick castle in Europe. Visit this masterpiece of defense and residential architecture and explore the interior, including its interesting exhibitions. The 5-hour tour includes private transportation from your hotel in Gdansk or Sopot, with free time to explore the castle in Malbork and the surrounding area and return transportation. The driver is English-speaking and will help with buying tickets at the castle and organizing a castle guide.
10. Stutthof: Concentration Camp Private Tour
Following pickup from your hotel in Gdansk, Sopot, or Gdynia, make your way to the Stutthof Concentration Camp to take a poignant history tour of the first concentration camp in Poland. Established to thwart Jewish and Polish Intelligence from Pomerania and the Free City of Gdansk, the camp was initially intended for approximately 3,000 people. Learn the terrible story of how the camp grew to become a place of torment and murder. Investigate the lives of up to 110,000 prisoners from 26 countries who were tortured, forced to work, or died before the camp was liberated by the Red Army in 1945. Take a guided tour of the old and new quarters, and see sites such as the villa where the main commandant lived, along with the gas chambers and crematorium where the prisoners met their fate. Pay your respects to the victims at the memorial site, and watch a film about the camp to get a better understanding about this dark chapter in the history of Europe.
Top Attractions in Pomerania Province
1 The Museum of Second World War
2 Malbork Castle
3 Stutthof
4 St. Mary's Church, Gdańsk
5 Motława
6 Gdansk Shipyard
7 Westerplatte
8 Pier in Sopot
9 Oliwa Cathedral
10 Long Market
11 Gdansk Old Town
12 Neptune's Fountain, Gdańsk
13 Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport
14 European Solidarity Centre
15 Olivia Star
16 Gdańsk Town Hall
17 St. Bridget's Church
18 Aquapark Reda
19 Golden Gate, Gdansk
20 Artus Court
Things to Do in Pomerania Province
1 Pomerania Province Walking Tours
2 Pomerania Province Family-friendly Activities
3 Pomerania Province Canoe & Kayak Tours
4 Pomerania Province Cruises & Boat Tours
5 Pomerania Province Sightseeing Tours
6 Pomerania Province Children's Activities
7 Pomerania Province Day Trips
8 Pomerania Province Bike Tours
9 Pomerania Province Vodka Tour
10 Pomerania Province Neighborhood Tours
11 Pomerania Province Water Sports
12 Pomerania Province Food & Drinks
13 Pomerania Province Beer Tasting & Brewery Tours
14 Pomerania Province Zoos & Aquariums
15 Pomerania Province Transportation
16 Pomerania Province Scooters & Motorcycles
17 Pomerania Province Theme Tours
Cities in Pomerania Province
2 Sopot
3 Gdynia
4 Malbork
Other Sightseeing Options in Pomerania Province
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What people are saying about Pomerania Province
Pick up was punctual, driver (Martin) was polite and well dressed and vehicle was a 6 seater luxury van for two of us. We arrived in Gdańsk in style. Martin also gave us a tip on where to eat which we used and had an amazing first night meal.
Gdansk Airport Private Hotel Transfer Reviewed by Angela, 26/11/2021
Mike was exceptional in his knowledge of the camp and was so very informative on the way to and from the camp. 2nd time Mike has been our tour guide and we were very pleased to see him
Stutthof Concentration Camp Half-Day Private Tour Reviewed by Bradie, 07/02/2020
Our driver was at the airport to meet us. The transport was spotless and comfortable. Excellent service.
Gdansk: Private Transfer from Airport (GDN) to City Center Reviewed by Sharon, 21/02/2020
Very friendly driver. Arrived 10 minutes before agrred time in a very nice clean car.
Private Departure Transfer: from Hotel to Gdansk Airport Reviewed by Kaare, 05/08/2021
Super good experience with very friendly and competent instructors.
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One of the greatest challenges in the favelas of Brazil is ensuring that children and youth stay in school. As Pedro Paulo Ferreira, president of the Residents Association of Morro da Mineira, one of the many favelas surrounding Rio de Janeiro explains, education is an essential achievement if the harsh conditions in which they grow up are to improve. But education is not the only thing, he warns. It is almost equally important that children have spaces in the neighbourhood where they can spend their leisure time without falling into delinquency. Football stadiums are especially important because football is the king of sports in Brazil; it is played all the time, everywhere.
In Morro da Mineira, it was impossible to play it. The ground in the old stadium was essentially unplayable, and the terrace coverings were riddled with bullet holes. When the stadium was finally restored, it was done in a completely new way. "Throughout my life, I had heard about kinetic energy", states Ferreira. And that was the key.
Ferreira, along with all the students from the schools in the favela, became active participants in restoring the pitch, learning concepts such as alternative energy sources, kinetic energy and applied engineering. The British engineer Laurence Kemball-Cook developed this revolutionary idea, that playing football could produce energy, and he joined the project as a consultant and teacher. First, gathering the participants on the old pitch, he asked them to bounce as a group, jumping up and down on the kinetic surface he installed. The boys and girls began to bounce and jump as they would in a game, but the exercise soon turned into a frenzy of fun and laughter. Then a miracle occurred. The lamp that Laurence held in his hands began to glow.
This magic act was followed by an educational workshop in the schools, where teachers explained why our movement generates an impulse – and thus force – while we're walking or running. The students learned how this force can become energy through a special kind of engineering system.
This system is called Pavegen, a surface invented by Kemball-Cook. It is composed of a series of rubber panels made from recycled tyres. Because they are soft, they compress under the weight of each person who treads on them. This pressure is transmitted to quartz crystals and copper coils that, through induction, can generate enough electricity to illuminate a street for 30 seconds with just one step. With twenty-two footballers running all over the pitch during a match, a great deal more is generated.
And that is what they currently enjoy in the Morro da Mineira stadium, thanks to two hundred of these sheets, installed beneath the artificial grass, which transform the players' steps into electricity. Along with complementary solar panels and a battery, the pitch can be illuminated for ten consecutive hours with LED panels, even when no footballers are on the surface. Having light in public spaces is a miracle in the favela, and darkness is one of the greatest dangers for those who live there, especially for children and adolescents. For this reason, families, youth and coaches come to use the facilities every night. They are always full of life and football.
The new facilities were completed in 2014, and since then, all of the space surrounding the grounds has become a neighbourhood gathering spot. Small food businesses have emerged thanks to the gatherings, feeding match-goers and players alike. The children's and youth teams have also developed a feeling of pride for their favela, which encourages them to come to the training sessions on time. For André Rodrigues, one of the coaches, the system "has allowed the favela residents to discover that there are clean, free and safe ways to produce energy. A concept that is so widely taken for granted in developed countries and it is very new in places like here
But what would happen if a technology like this were installed in the stadiums and sports facilities of a big club like Barça? The calculations indicate that the Camp Nou stadium, combined with its training pitches, would generate enough energy in one year to equal three months of energy consumption in a single home. It's not a huge amount, but if the technology were also installed in areas with more traffic, and exposed to public access, it would reduce the cost of illuminating the facilities. The challenge, at the moment, is the high cost of the installation, around 11 million euros for the main stadium alone.
The company hopes to reduce costs in the future, and the club, in its mission of incorporating new technologies in the world of sport, is keeping a keen eye on the technology as it evolves. Meanwhile, Laurence Kemball-Cook continues to spread the idea of using kinetic energy from football to every corner in the world. Another project – similar to the one developed in the favelas of Rio – was installed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in a neighbourhood where the need for night lighting is equally essential. The passion for football can generate a lot of energy.
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Joyce McKinney: from Mormon manacling to dog cloning
The owner of the world's first commercially cloned dogs is a former cheerleader and beauty queen who scandalised Britain 30 years ago
David Batty
Fri 8 Aug 2008 09.15 EDT
It reads like the plot of a Russ Meyer sexploitation film, with a plot twist so barking that even the makers of Footballers' Wives would probably have rejected it.
But it turns out that the owner of the world's first commercially cloned dogs is a former cheerleader and beauty queen who scandalised Britain 30 years ago after kidnapping a Mormon missionary at gunpoint and manacling him to a bed for sex.
When Bernann McKinney hit the headlines earlier this week upon receiving five pitbull puppies from the South Korean laboratory that cloned her beloved dead pet, Booger, some cruelly noted that the dogs bore more than a passing resemblance to their owner.
The Seoul-based laboratory, RNL Bio, charged her $50,000 (£25,000) for the clones - one-third of its standard rate - because she helped them with publicity. But I doubt it could have anticipated the media frenzy that ensued.
The Mail was the first to connect McKinney to the infamous kidnapping of Kirk Anderson, a Utah missionary, by a Joyce McKinney back in 1977.
The paper noted "the face was familiar, albeit older and heavier. The surname was the same. So was the alleged American, ex-beauty queen background." Asked by the paper: "Are you really Joyce McKinney?", she snapped: "Are you going to ask me about my dogs or not? Because that's all I'm prepared to talk to you about."
However, the Guardian noted today that a check of public records in North Carolina confirmed that 'Bernann' is indeed the same woman who infamously said of her captive missonary: "I loved him so much that I would have skied down Mount Everest in the nude with a carnation up my nose if he asked me to."
No salacious detail has been spared in the retelling of the case. From the mink-lined handcuffs used to restrain Anderson, to his silky pajamas and the comment of McKinney's counsel, in rejecting his rape allegation, that "methinks the Mormon doth protest too much".
The Times website even pulls up an archive clipping of the paper's coverage of the court case today.
It's left to a pulp fiction blog to remind us of the seriousness of the charges McKinney faced before she jumped bail and fled the country with co-accused Keith May, with the pair disguised as mime artists.
The Trash Fiction blog notes: "The charge of rape could not then brought when the victim was a man, and anyway there wasn't anyone in the country who gave a toss about the alleged victim of the alleged crime: the prevailing opinion then - as it would probably be now - was that he must have enjoyed it.
"Curious double-standards we sometimes display, no?"
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ColdFusion Frameworks Make You Advanced?
I keep seeing a common theme in the ColdFusion community, illustrated by two recent blog entries. The theory is that you need to use the popular CF frameworks in order to be an advanced CF programmer. I want to further explore this concept.I do think that the frameworks provide some valuable tools for the community, and it's not wise for one to throw them all out as rubbish. However, I've never gotten into the habit of using them, even though I have been trying to learn Model Glue. But I think it's possible to be an Advanced ColdFusion programmer without using frameworks. Here are some scenarios I'd like you to consider.Jack is an expert l18n programmer in ColdFusion, and he also uses XML and web services. He's a ColdFusion security guru, has written many articles on the subject, and has spoken at numerous conferences and user groups. He is always consistent with his coding style, and he documents his code.Julie is a Computer Science major. She follows her OOP background by using CFCs, and adheres to a structured coding style. She understands and uses database normalization, and is pretty good with Oracle administration. Later she reads a book about design patterns, takes a look at her code, and discovers she is pretty close to following MVC, but it's coincidental.Matt creates strong ties to Java from his ColdFusion code. He knows and uses Regular Expressions. He's an expert Verity programmer, and likes to follow SEO principles. Matt also documents his code, and uses a source code versioning system. He's also an Advanced Certified ColdFusion Developer.Neither Jack, Julie nor Matt use ColdFusion frameworks, but I believe all three might be considered Advanced ColdFusion programmers. However, all three could be prone to adapting frameworks at some point in their career.Again, I believe that frameworks fill a gap in this community, and I do hope to learn and use them some day. But I don't think that frameworks are the best answer for all problems, and while I could be wrong, I also don't believe one needs to use frameworks to be considered an expert. On the other side of the token, I think it's possible that one could learn and use a framework, but still be a novice ColdFusion programmer.
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Hermann Friedrich Emmrich (Meiningen, February 7, 1815 – Meiningen, 24 January 1879) was a German geologist.

He received his Ph.D. in philosophy and taught at the Institute of Meiningen (Henfling-Gymnasium Meiningen).

He described the trilobite genera Phacops, Odontopleura and Trinucleus.

He published Zur Naturgeschichte der Trilobiten (On the natural history of trilobites) in 1839 and Geologischem Geschichte des Alpes (Geological history of the Alps) in 1874.

The trilobite genus Emmrichops was named in his honor.

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Now once you are logged into your Analytics account you find all your website profiles that you have created are listed there with data linked to them like Visits, Average Time on Site, Bounce Rate, Completed Goals, etc. Click on the website profile that you want to analyse for the keyword Research, you need to click on the 'view report' link for the default monthly view of the profile. A visual description is shown here in the image below for the better clarity of the topic in hand.
Once you click on this view report link you are presented with lot of visual information, charts, graphs and figures that may overload your sense, but don't worry as they are pretty simple to understand. Follow this blog with screenshots and it would be very easy for you to under stand how you can use Google Analytics to find good keywords that are already in your site and can optimize them for the better search engine results and rankings.
How do your blog is discovered by various users on internet who use search engines like Goolge and Yahoo to find things and information they want on Internet? It is through the "keywords" that you have in your blog and blogposts and at various places and in meta data of your small website or blog. This keywords are of two kinds, meta keywords targeted basically towards the search engines to tell them what the blog or website is all about and are mostly invisible on page itself from the eyes of regular visitors but can be seen by viewing the source of the page. And there are keywords on your actual content that you use on your website or blog.
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fine water: Good to the last dropper.
Good to the last dropper.
Educational weekend on the carp front.
-I spent much of my time experimenting with a dry and dropper rig, specifically a hare's ear dropped from a Turck's Tarantula. I have been thinking alot about this combo and its possibilities for cruising carp. As the weather cools, cruisers seem less receptive to a fly dropping on the dinner plate and often steer clear. My thinking with the dropper is that I can lead the fish a bit more and reduce the risk of spooking him. He comes up on the nymph suspended in front of him rather than having it drop on his head. Results thus far are promising.
-I found several pods of cloopers in one arm of the reservoir. In every instance the surface of the water was covered with a mat of small seeds, or something, blown from nearby trees, and the carp were feeding on this. I tried the dropper combo here with some success. I hoped I might get a take on the tarantula since these were rising fish, but that was a no go. In fact any cast in the immediate vicinity of these fish would put them down. But a cast that put the dropper in the cruising lanes between the mats of seeds would occasionally get a take. Hit and miss with no consistency. But it would work if you could summon the patience to stick with it.
Not sure what those tiny seeds are, but carp like 'em.
-I fished each day from late afternoon to dark. As dusk approached, significant hatches of large cream midges came off. Also about this time I noticed large mud plumes boiling up here and there near the shore. These were not small isolated plumes like a single fish makes. These were large strips of stained water, the kind of thing you might see from the wake of a boat when it passes an exposed and eroding shoreline. And in the middle of this, creating it in fact, were numerous carp. They were difficult to see because of the dingy water, but they were moving around quite a bit and I got glimpses of them as they finned around, their sides flashing as they turned on their sides to intercept rising midge larva. At least I think this is what was happening. I don't think the hatch and this aggressive feeding behavior occurring at the same time is a coincidence. The dropper did not work on these fish, but a stripped nymph did. A couple of times anyway.
-I figure I should make it a point to fish until dark more often. This is something I rarely do when I'm fishing for carp.
-One final note on the dropper. Just before I reeled in and headed back to the ramp, I found an isolated carp crawling a steep bank. I dropped the flies in a few inches ahead of him and he, unbelievably, came up to the tarantula. But he didn't take. So I gave short strip. He followed but still didn't take. I stripped a few times hoping, I guess, to imitate a fleeing insect. The fish followed briefly, but then sank out of sight. I knew that I had overplayed my hand. So I sat and waited for him to show again. Ten minutes later he was back. I cast and he again rose to the dry. This time I went for subtlety and gave the fly the slightest of twitches. And he sipped it right in. I nearly fell out of the boat. My immediate concern was a large pile of brush nearby and of course he headed right for it. And then the fly pulled out. Just pulled out and he was gone.
Awesome stuff Ty. I've never gotten any of our local carp on a dry fly.
Way cool Ty. Looking up whatchamacallit tarantula right now.
Good stuff Ty. I think the season is over for me up here. I'm now relegated to targeting lowly secondary species (steelhead).
I often place my indicator and egg or whatever in passing lanes, more often than not actually. My carp who see many people, bait fishers, don't like the commotion of a cast, or movement. They suddenly come upon it with me as still as a heron. I think though I'll try a large fly sometimes, have given it a thought, as my "Hopper" part of the dropper. For that matter, in my arid land hoppers are everywhere but I have not had a take on one yet, and I've tried. I will try a trout sized nymph this Wed. I promise. My carp have shown odd fast movements as well, don't know what's up.
Yeah, me neither Brent. I thought I had my first carp on a dry when he ate that tarantula. Not sure how I screwed that up.
I'm going out to buy a gross of those tarantulas myself, Trevor.
Thanks Miles. Having trouble feeling sorry for you though. You ended the season with some friggin' PIGS up there. Looking forward to June!
Actually Gregg, your comments over the past few months are probably responsible for getting me thinking about this dry/dropper scenario more than anything. You have a unique approach to this whole carping deal and I pay very close attention to what you have to say.


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NERC issues calls for action
16 October 2006 — The adequacy of North America's electricity system will decline unless changes are made soon, Rick Sergel, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) announced today, in conjunction with the release of NERC's first reliability assessment since being named the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) for the United States. NERC is working to gain recognition as the ERO in the various jurisdictions in Canada by the end of the year.
NERC's 2006 Long-Term Reliability Assessment Report analyzes the adequacy of electricity supply and transmission reliability in North America through 2015, and calls for actions to improve bulk power system reliability.
Demand for electricity is expected to increase over the next 10 years by 19 percent in the United States, but confirmed power capacity will increase by only 6 percent. Capacity margins are projected to drop below minimum target levels in Texas, New England, the Mid-Atlantic area, the Midwest and the Rocky Mountain area, in the next two to three years, with other portions of the northeastern states, southwest, and western states falling below minimum target levels later in the period. In Canada, projected margins are adequate except in Western Canada, where additional resources will be needed as soon as 2008.
The transmission system requires additional investment to address reliability issues and economic impacts, according to Sergel. Expansion and strengthening of the transmission system continues to lag demand growth and expansion of generating resources in most areas. Total transmission miles are projected to increase by less than 7 percent in the U.S. and by only 3.5 percent in Canada through 2015.
The adequacy of electricity supplies depends, in part, on the reliability of fuel supply and delivery systems, not just the installed capacity of generators, according to Sergel. Gas-fired generating capacity additions are projected to account for almost half of the resource additions over the 2006-2015 period, with coal accounting for the other half. Strengthening coal and gas delivery infrastructures, and firming up gas supply and delivery contracts, will reduce the potential for shortages in electricity due to fuel disruptions.
"Our economy and quality of life are more reliant on electricity every day, yet the operation and planning for a reliable and adequate electricity system is becoming increasingly difficult. These convergent trends require industry and government to work together to adopt a longer-term, more coordinated planning strategy. This report is intended to provide a factual basis for implementing such a strategy," said Sergel.
The NERC report identifies 22 necessary actions that encompass all areas of the bulk power system including generation, transmission, fuel supply and delivery, and demand response. Specific recommended actions include:
Addition of power generation facilities;
New and upgraded transmission facilities;
Stronger contracts and other arrangements for the reliable supply and delivery of fuel to power generation facilities;
More "demand-side" measures such as business and consumer energy efficiency programs;
Addressing aging workforce issues in the electric industry.
"Smart growth of the system requires diverse solutions. A reliable and adequate electricity system depends on a combination of adequate generation and transmission, diversified fuel sources, energy efficiency, demand response, and other industry/customer programs," explains Sergel. "This will require a concerted and cooperative effort by industry, government, and customers."
Wednesday Webcast: Helping utilities simplify modeling on plant projects