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MIT, Boston, USA, 12th March 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton T.D., has today presented Science Foundation Ireland's (SFI) prestigious St. Patrick's Day Science Medal to Prof Eamonn Quigley, Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, at Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College; and Mr Michael Mahoney, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific, for their significant contributions to academia, research and industry.
Now in its sixth year, the SFI St. Patrick's Day Science Medal also recognises Prof Quigley and Mr Mahoney's significant roles in supporting and engaging with the research ecosystem in Ireland. The medal is awarded annually to US-based scientists, engineers or technology leaders with strong Irish connections. This is the fourth successive year that the medal will be awarded to two recipients, with an eminent recipient chosen by an independent selection committee, from academia and another from industry.
Prof Eamonn Quigley, a native of West Cork, is a leading international expert in the field of gastroenterology. His career has spanned over thirty years, working on both sides of the Atlantic. A graduate of University College Cork (UCC), and following clinical training in Glasgow, he spent two years as a Research Fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. In 1986, he joined the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he was Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Prof Quigley returned to Cork in 1998, where he served as Dean of the Medical School at UCC for seven years and was a Principal Investigator at the APC Microbiome SFI Research Centre from its inception. He took up his current post in Houston in 2013 where he holds the David M Underwood Chair of Medicine in Digestive Disorders.
Over the course of his career, Prof Quigley has held influential positions of leadership and influence including with the American College of Gastroenterology as President and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Gastroenterology and with the World Gastroenterology Organization as President. His research relationships with global companies such as Proctor and Gamble have directly benefited Irish research through their partnership in the establishment of the SFI Research Centre APC Microbiome Ireland.
Mr Michael Mahoney has nearly thirty years' experience working with medical devices organisations. Prior to joining Boston Scientific in 2011, he served as Worldwide Chairman of the Medical Device and Diagnostics Group (MD&D) at Johnson & Johnson. US-born, Mr Mahoney has always felt strongly connected to his Irish heritage, with family linking back to Cork and Mayo. Boston Scientific has a long-standing relationship with Ireland, since establishing there in 1994 with the support of IDA Ireland and is now one the country's largest employers with 5,000 employees at its sites in Clonmel, Cork and Galway. The company produces devices that help treat more than 30 million patients worldwide annually, including treatments for disorders of the heart and circulatory systems, chronic pain, Parkinson's Disease, gastrointestinal and urological conditions. The Irish manufacturing operation is an integral part of the corporations manufacturing strategy and capability.


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The case of open-source agricultural machines: Small-scale farmers need agricultural machinery to support their work. Big companies rarely produce machines specifically for small-scale farmers. And if they do, the maintenance costs are high and the farmers have to adjust their farming techniques to the logic of the machines. So, a community in France has designed and manufactured its own agricultural machines. The community shares its designs with the world – as a digital commons. Another community of small-scale farmers from the US has done the same. These two communities have connected and created synergies by improving the same digital commons. That's the story of the co-operative L'Atelier Paysan and the nonprofit network FarmHack, which both produce open-source designs for agricultural machines. More info here.
The case of open-source wind turbines: People of Mityal, a rural community in Southwest Nepal, needed to electrify the local health clinic. They connected with national and international commons-oriented communities interested in small-scale, off-the-grid wind turbines. Together they built a low-cost wind turbine based on open-source designs and software and using local manufacturing technologies. A workshop took place so that the Mityal people can maintain the infrastructure themselves. More info here.
The case of open-source prosthetic devices: Amputees are often disappointed at the high costs of buying and maintaining their prosthetic devices. This is a prosthetic hand created by a geographically distributed community of scientists, designers, and enthusiasts. All knowledge, software, and designs related to the manufacturing of such a hand are shared around the globe, as a digital commons. Therefore, anyone with an Internet connection and with access to local manufacturing machines can customize and build such an affordable and lightweight hand.
"Free" because it is based on the free sharing of tangible infrastructures (e.g. shared machinery in community-based makerspaces) and intangible infrastructures (e.g. open-source designs, software). Thus, people can have access to means of production, which have a low cost of acquisition due to the absence of strict copyrights and patents.
"Fair" because it is based on participant-defined value systems. People are free to decide how to allocate value and organize their work once they have access to basic means of production.
"Sustainable" because it takes into consideration the local biophysical conditions and materials as well as the local needs and culture. Free knowledge, software, and designs are adaptable to local conditions.
Visit of P2P Lab to Bhutan: Professor Wolfgang Drechsler, visiting Scholar at the Davis Center, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Professor at Tallin University of Technology at Estonia (https://www.iohbhutan.org/team/wolfgang-drechsler), on behalf of the P2P Lab shall visit Bhutan to work together with an interdisciplinary and inter sectoral team from IOH, Bhutan. A Bhutanese graduate research fellow to be recruited during this time.
Recruitment of a Bhutanese Research Fellow: Both parties (i.e., the P2P Lab and the IOH teams) evaluate the developments so far. If both parties provide positive evaluations, the possibilities for further cooperation will be discussed. For example, a paid PhD positon may be created by P2P for a Bhutanese graduate fellow who will work within the Cosmolocalism project and get her/his PhD from Tallinn University of Technology. S/he would act as the liason and the coordinator of the Bhutan based pilot (phase B to start in late 2019 or early 2020).
The Bhutanese research fellow should have relevant qualifications in agriculture and project management (preference given to Phd. Candidates) with work experiences of at least 5 years in the sector. He/She should be able to commit at least 3 years for the project. Remuneration shall be commensurate with qualification and experience. Please see the position details for more information.


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Allied Wallet CEO Dr. Andy Khawaja talks about his rise to success and his efforts to bring assistance to entrepreneurs the world over in this cover feature with Middle East Markets magazine.
Known internationally for his charitable contributions and his revolutionary innovations for online payments, Khawaja never tires of working hard to help others' dreams come true. "Motivation is all about what you can do for others, not about what you can do for yourself. You have to constantly focus on what you can do for others. It motivates me when I see other people doing business," said the payments guru.
With endless enthusiasm for helping small business owners and creating new innovations in technology, the founder of Allied Wallet is very excited to continue expanding business to regions in the Middle East and beyond in the coming years.
Find out more about Dr. Khawaja's international efforts in technology and entrepreneurial endeavors in the September 2016 issue of Middle East Markets magazine.
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Georgia Federal Judge Denies Motions to Dismiss Lawsuit Challenging Transgender Health Care Exclusion Under Title VII, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Equal Protection Clause
Wesley R. Powell, Jill K. Grant
On October 30, 2020, Judge Treadwell of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia denied GA officials' requests to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the exclusion of all transgender-related health care from Houston County's employee health plan, paving the way for Plaintiff Sergeant Anna Lange's suit to proceed after she was denied medically necessary care to treat her gender dysphoria. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2019 by Willkie and pro bono partner organization, the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF), on behalf of Sgt. Lange, a transgender woman and a Houston County Sheriff's Deputy with 23 years' experience in law enforcement.
The lawsuit asserted claims under the Federal equal protection clause, the Georgia state equal protection clause, Titles I and II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Judge Treadwell considered the assertions by Plaintiff Sgt. Anna Lange that Houston County not only adopted this exclusion without providing any lawful rationale but did so "despite [healthcare administrator] Anthem's warning that their exclusion of coverage was 'unlawful.'" Judge Treadwell ruled that if these claims are proven at trial, then both Houston County and Sheriff Cullen Talton have violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law. The opinion can be found here.
In their motions to dismiss, the defendants asserted various defenses and overlapping theories of immunity in an attempt to evade their obligation to comply with the Constitution and federal statutes solely through the creative division of their responsibilities. On one hand, Houston County argued that it was not Sgt. Lange's employer within the meaning of Title VII or the ADA and that Sgt. Lange had equal access to the health plan as other employees, noting that there were 68 other exclusions in the health plan that apply to all plan participants. On the other hand, the remaining defendants argued that the complaint should be dismissed because of various immunity defenses, including sovereign immunity, legislative immunity, official immunity, and qualified immunity.
This past June, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, GA. that held that discrimination against transgender people is prohibited under Title VII. Judge Treadwell cited Bostock in his opinion and noted that the defendants' argument that the exclusion does not discriminate on the basis of sex is therefore foreclosed. Judge Treadwell also declined to dismiss the claims against Sheriff Talton on the basis of sovereign immunity, adopting the plaintiff's argument that the Sherriff failed to meet his burden to show that he was acting as an arm of the state when providing healthcare to his employees.
The Lange v. Houston County, GA lawsuit was filed in 2019 by TLDEF, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, law firm Cooper, Barton & Cooper in Macon, Georgia, and Professor Kevin Barry of the Quinnipiac University School of Law Legal Clinic in North Haven, Connecticut.
The Willkie team included partners Wesley Powell and Sarah Wastler, and associates Jill Grant and Abigail Edwards.


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Win the Mind, Win the Day: Better Mental Health Care is Needed!
Dr Misty Hook, PhD 2 Comments
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The murderous rampage of an Army office in Afghanistan highlights the dearth of necessary mental health treatment in our military.
In the third season of Star Trek: The Next Generation there is an episode called "The Hunted." While it was not the best show they ever did (the fights in it are particularly cheesy), the plot is quite interesting. In the episode, chemically and genetically enhanced soldiers of an alien world live in exile from general society, because they are deemed too dangerous to live there in peace. Both their physical enhancements and their experiences in war make these soldiers unsafe. The citizens of the planet are scared so, rather than give them treatment and/or try to reverse their enhancements (because they might need them again for future wars), they vote to relocate the soldiers to a penal colony. Thus, these soldiers were created for war but, when they are no longer needed, they are forgotten.
"The Hunted" has been haunting me because I believe that we treat our soldiers here in the U.S. just as badly. One of the things that strikes me as similar relates to the knowledge of risks. In the episode, the soldiers are not told of the risks of the enhancements prior to receiving them. As such, they do not realize until too late that serving their country means that they can never go home again. They also weren't told that their improved memory means that they will be able to remember the faces of every one of the people they killed. In short, they didn't receive true informed consent, something that we in the healthcare profession tend to be adamant about. Unfortunately, I don't think we give our military personnel true informed consent either. While most of them surely understand the general nature of what they will be trained to do, how many of them comprehend what combat service will mean for their psyches and for their future?
Do we inform people of the damage that extended periods of deployment does to romantic relationships and family dynamics? Are they told about the difficulty of balancing long periods of boredom with times of intense fear? Do they understand how it feels to watch friends get injured and/or killed? Are they aware of the toll long periods of stress takes on physical and emotional health? Do they realize what depersonalization — the taking away of human characteristics from people deemed the enemy — does to someone? Do they receive training on PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) so that they know what it is, what symptoms to watch for and how to possibly avoid it? Are they told how the constant threat and/or presence of violence will change them?
No, of course they are not told these things, because if they were, very few would choose to participate willingly. Given that we currently have an all-volunteer service, our military would be forever changed if informed consent was required before people could join. That wouldn't be a bad thing.
I am very aware that the military does much more than just engage in war. I have friends in Special Forces, on active duty and in the Reserve. I've taught and counseled many active duty personnel and veterans. I even served as a research analyst on a Presidential Commission looking at the role of women in the Armed Forces. So, I get that the military serves a vital purpose. I know that military personnel build things like roads and schools, help out after disasters, provide protection, train others and even serve as unofficial ambassadors to people in foreign places. I also know that many members of the military are intelligent, outstanding, noble, loyal and accomplished people who just want to help make the world a better place. We need to treat them better.
There are a lot of ways in which our society could assist our military personnel. We could increase funding for VA hospitals, improve pay and housing, help veterans find employment, and enhance support for military families. All of those things are both well-deserved and desperately needed, but what I want to discuss is helping our soldiers deal with all those risks they were never told to expect. Just like it was for the soldiers in "The Hunted," the state of mental healthcare for our military personnel is pretty poor.
While there are many dedicated and talented mental healthcare professionals working diligently to help current and returning service members, there aren't nearly enough. Moreover, the military culture is one that doesn't generally encourage mental health treatment. Mental healthcare professionals are difficult to find (especially on the front lines where they're the most needed), evaluations are rare even for those taking medication for mental health conditions, confidentiality is a big problem, and many military service members are not educated on the need for and effectiveness of mental health treatment. Quite a number of active duty personnel develop PTSD while serving, yet are sent back to the war zone instead of receiving help, even though it is well known that this exacerbates the problem. According to media reports, this is what happened to Staff Sergeant Robert Bales who is accused of the slaughter of 16 Afghani civilians. From what I have read, of the 13 symptoms that have been shown to exacerbate PTSD, SSG Bales met at least six of them.
Given all of this, it appears that the military doesn't see mental health as a priority for its members. I find this very puzzling as the research is pretty clear on both the problems and the solutions for mental health issues. Moreover, when we choose to ignore these issues instead of confronting them, we get what we've already seen: in addition to the high rate of divorce in military families, an increase in domestic violence, and a rise in mental health issues, we inevitably see some military personnel turning violent, either toward themselves or others. The suicide rate is unacceptably high (in 2005, these deaths accounted for nearly one in five of all Army non-combat deaths) and then there are those who turn the violence elsewhere. Some of the more high-profile cases involve the four separate wife-killings at Fort Bragg in 2002; the killing of his wife and baby daughter by Kip Lynch in 2010; the 17 soldiers from a Colorado military base, who have been linked to killings and attempted killings since their return to the United States; and, of course, the most recent murderous rampage by SSG Bales. (For more information about PTSD in the military, see the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' National Center for PTSD.)
In "The Hunted," the soldiers force the issue by staging a coup, and demanding to receive treatment and return to their homes. As we do not live in a television show, I doubt that a small coup by a handful of veterans will be the solution to our problems. However, we really cannot and should not ignore the lack of mental health treatment for the military any longer. Our military personnel, the very people who defend our liberty and allow us to live in freedom, are suffering and we can do something about it. We have the knowledge and the means, we just need the will. How many more lives have to be ruined before we find it?
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When a tamper occurs, the first step is to perform a disarm to quiet the trouble sound. Next, find the cause of the tamper and correct it. This could be a loose cover on the system itself, a wireless device or a module. Once the cover is on, disarm again to clear the message from the display.
There are two different types of tampers; cover tamper, and base or back tamper. A cover tamper ensures that if the cover is removed from a device, the end-user is alerted to that fact. A base or back tamper ensures that if a device is removed from its mounting location, the end-user is made aware of it. Tamper switches are usually only present on All-in-One (AiO) alarm panels, wireless devices, life safety devices such as smoke detectors or carbon monoxide detectors, and expansion modules. Wired panels installed in commercial locations often have a cover tamper added to the metal panel enclosure lid and tied to a wired zone.
Usually, a tamper is due to the cover not being placed back on the device correctly, or in some cases, if the sensor has a back tamper, it may not be mounted correctly, or may be missing its back mounting plate. AiO panels may have multiple tampers, one for the front or back cover, and one for the bay where the communicator is installed.
Once the reason for the tamper is found and corrected, whether it was a panel tamper, or a sensor tamper, disarm the system again to clear the tamper display. With Vista panels, this means entering your 4 digit code + Off . With Lynx or Lyric alarm panel, go to Security > Disarm > Enter Code. You may need to do this twice. You can also press the Home Key once or twice, until you're provided with a number pad, then enter your valid 4 digit code.
1. Remove the cover. If the cover is still on the device, remove it. This should expose the tamper switch.
2. Manually press the tamper. Press and hold the tamper switch down with your thumb or finger. It may be easier to do this if you remove the transmitter from its mounting location, and hold it in your hand. The device should be restored, meaning if it's a door/window contact using a magnet, the magnet should be next to the transmitter in the "closed" position.
3. Disarm the system. At the panel or keypad, perform a disarm sequence twice. If the tamper on the device whose tamper is being manually held down does not clear, then you can assume it is a defective tamper switch.
I would contact them so that they can be aware of the tamper.
I want to remove the Honeywell unit to paint and relocate. Do I simply let my alarm service provider know or can I just take it off the wall and deal with the tamper error after reinstalling?
Great, let us know if you still run into trouble.
Okay, I'll try that. It dawned on me that I could have put in completely dead batteries... that would do it. I can't imagine, as they were new, but it's just very strange. I might also check that.
You have tried several disarms again to clear the supervision trouble right? If so, that means these sensors are fully offline. You could try popping the tamper cover to see if it throws the tamper trouble again. If it does and you can clear it out again that may clear the supervision trouble as well. As soon as the transmitters check in with the panel the supervision trouble should restore after two disarms so following that logic a cleared tamper signal may clear the supervision trouble too. I have seen this type of strange behavior on 5811 sensors. If you are still under the 2 year manufacturer's warranty you should contact the seller. Otherwise you may be stuck with replacing them if the troubleshooting steps above do not work for you.
Just Supervision. Tamper faults have been resolved.
I have seen this type of behavior on 5811s before. Did you try the manual tamper test I explained earlier? That will prove that the tamper switch works or not. Then we can troubleshoot from there. Are you still getting tamper troubles or just supervision troubles now?
The crazy thing about these two sensors are that they have been functioning perfectly for about two years. I changed the battery and then this started.
Wireless sensors send a check-in signal to the panel on a regular basis, and if the panel doesn't hear a sensor for a specified period of time, it shows that sensor as being in supervision trouble. To clear it, you have to transmit with the device (such as opening and closing the door or window) then enter the code and off disarm sequence once or twice. If the panel doesn't receive the transmission from the sensor, it will not clear the display, as the trouble condition still exists. I have seen wireless transmitters that were mounted too close to the panel or receiver have issues consistently having their devices "heard". Your transmitters may actually be too close.
I was able to reset these by going in to the original device subscription page. I resaved it and it went away. Now I am getting another fault that just says "Supervision". I can't seem to clear it, and am having a hard time finding any documentation. What I have found seems to refer to it possibly being out of range, but these are the two zones closest to the control panel... not more than 5 feet away.
If you remove the tamper cover and do a manual tamper test we can determine if the tamper switch is faulty or not. Press your finger on the metal tamper switch and hold it while you disarm twice on the keypad. If this clears the tamper trouble than the switch works but the cover is not properly aligned and depressing the switch. If you are within the 2 year manufacturers warranty you can reach out to your seller and confirm that the tamper switch is broken if that is the case. If you are outside the window you will most likely have to replace those. We are happy to do some troubleshooting if you want to call in during our tech support hours.
I have 5811 sensors. I recently replaced some batteries, and on those I replaced I cannot seem to clear the tamper fault. I have tried the "disarm twice" protocol several times, reseated the sensor covers, etc. Nothing seems to clear it. Any other ideas?
Do you have chime mode enabled? Is your system monitored?
i cant find the door sensors on my apartment door.. my keypad is 6148 and panel is 4110xm..keypad shows check 09 and front door is not chiming. i looked through the whole door frame and the door but i just cant find it. Please assist me.


India's SUPERHIT cars & SUVs of 2017: From Maruti Dzire to Jeep Compass!
India's SUPERHIT cars & SUVs of 2017: From Maruti Dzire to Jeep Compass!
With a subdued economy, car makers chose to go slow on launched in 2017. Despite the overall slowdown, plenty of cars spanning the hatchback, sedan and SUV segments were launched over the last one year. Here's a quick round-up of the 10 biggest hit cars of 2018.
The Dzire is the undisputed MONSTER hit of 2017, what with the compact sedan outselling even the Alto to become India's best selling car. Sold with 1.2 liter petrol (82 Bhp-114 Nm) and 1.3 liter turbo diesel (74 Bhp-190 Nm) engine options, the Dzire gets 5 speed manual and AMT options on both these engines. Prices start from Rs. 5.43 lakhs, and both private car buyers and cab operators love this car.
The Ignis was launched as a Ritz replacement and the funky new Maruti hatchback has filled the Ritz's place very well. The car sells close to 4,000 units each month, consistently. It offers wide range for the buyer, with 1.2 liter petrol (82 Bhp-114 Nm) and 1.3 liter turbo diesel (74 Bhp-190 Nm) engine options. Both 5 speed manual and AMT options are also offered. Prices start from Rs. 4.56 lakhs.
Tata's Nexon – a sub-4 meter compact SUV – is doing very well for the brand, propelling it to third position in the Indian market – a position that Tata hasn't seen in years. The Nexon averages about 4,000 units a month and Tata Motors is sitting on a large order book. The compact SUV gets turbocharged 1.2 liter petrol (108 Bhp-170 Nm) and 1.5 liter diesel (108 Bhp-260 Nm) engines. 6 speed manual gearboxes are on offer with AMT options slated to be added next year. Prices start from Rs. 5.85 lakhs.
A Nexon and Vitara Brezza rival, the EcoSport from Ford got a major makeover a few months ago. And it's started off very strongly, with the first month's sales surpassing the 5,000 mark. The facelifted EcoSport gets fresh looks, new features, a 1.5 liter-3 cylinder Dragon petrol engine (122 Bhp-150 Nm), a 1.5 liter-4 cylinder TDCI turbo diesel engine (98.6 Bhp-205 Nm), and 5 speed manual gearboxes. The petrol gets a 6 speed automatic torque converter gearbox option. Prices start from Rs. 7.31 lakhs.
The WR-V – a hatchback based compact crossover – has been Honda's biggest hit in 2017, and surprisingly has outsold even the flagship City sedan. The car's bold looks have found a lot of takers, with sales averaging about 4,000 units a month. The WR-V is sold with 1.2 liter petrol (87 Bhp-110 Nm) and 1.5 liter turbo diesel (98.6 Bhp-200 Nm), and a 5 speed manual gearbox on the petrol and a 6 speeder on the diesel. Prices start from Rs. 7.8 lakhs.
Honda gave the City sedan a nip and tuck earlier this year, and buyers have received the car enthusiastically. The car continues to be a hot seller with monthly sales averaging about 5,000 units, and for many months, Honda's best seller. The City is sold with 1.5 liter petrol (118 Bhp-145 Nm) and 1.5 liter turbo diesel (98.6 Bhp-200 Nm). The petrol engine gets 5 speed manual and CVT automatic gearboxes while the diesel gets a 6 speed manual as standard. Prices of the 2017 City start from Rs. 8.58 lakhs.
Hyundai launched the all-new Verna in the second half of this year, and right from launch, the C-Segment sedan has been a best seller. Hyundai has a hefty order book for the new car. The Verna is sold with 1.6 liter petrol (122 Bhp-153 Nm) and turbo diesel (126 Bhp-260 Nm) engines, and both engines are offered with 6 speed manual and automatic gearboxes. Prices of the Verna start from Rs. 8 lakhs.
Jeep's only affordable SUV in the Indian market – the Compass has literally turned around fortunes for the Fiat Chrysler group here. Even outselling the Mahindra XUV500 last month, the Compass seems to be hitting a purple patch. Demand for this SUV is high. The Compass is sold with 1.4 liter turbo petrol (160 Bhp-250 Nm) and 2 liter turbo diesel engine (170 Bhp-350 Nm) options. 6 speed manual gearboxes are standard while the petrol engine also gets a 7 speed twin clutch automatic gearbox option. Prices start from Rs. 15.16 lakhs.
The hottest high-performance yet affordable car of 2017 – the Skoda Octavia vRS – has sold 250 units in months, completing this year's quota for India. The car is powered by a 2 liter turbo petrol engine with 227 Bhp-350 Nm. A 6 speed twin clutch automatic gearbox is standard. The Skoda Octavia can shame BMWs and Audis, and is yet priced at half their prices. The car starts from Rs. 25.49 lakhs.
Another surprise hit from Skoda is the Kodiaq, which is selling very well despite its high initial price. The 7 seat SUV is outselling both the Octavia and the Superb sedans, making it a best-seller in Skoda's premium car range. The Kodiaq is sold with a 2 liter TDI turbo diesel engine making 148 Bhp-340 Nm. A 6 speed twin clutch automatic gearbox is standard. Prices start from Rs. 34.5 lakhs.


For the past two years Rose had done everything in her power to keep Lissa – a vampire princess and Rose's best friend - safely hidden, but without proper training their discovery had been inevitable. Now, forcibly returned to school, Rose must find a way to protect Lissa despite of the dangers posed by the vampire academy and its students.
willing submission to vampire "feedings"
Parents should be aware that this is a young adult book and contains material inappropriate for some younger readers.


Mission: Creating equal conditions and opportunities for persons with disabilities; ensuring life of dignity and independence.
Aim: We want Georgia to be a country where persons with disabilities (PWDs) are fully integrated members of society, where the environment is fully accessible to their needs, where parents of disabled children have social guarantees, where services exist that support the independence of people with disabilities, where people with disabilities have equal access to educational and employment opportunities and where the rights of persons with disabilities are fully protected.
Association Anika, founded in 1997, is one of the leading community-based, nongovernmental organizations serving people with disabilities in Georgia. Our primary focus is on protecting the rights of people with disabilities and their integration into society. Association Anika has programs and services that support the comprehensive and complete development of PWDs, promote public awareness about PWDs and provide advocacy for the rights of PWDs. Services and activities also include training, seminars, forums, photo and art exhibitions, movie screenings and other activities for PWDs and their families. Association Anika was one of the first organizations in Georgia to advocate for and promote inclusive education for PWDs. One outcome of these efforts is a public school in Tbilisi that now provides inclusive and accessible education for PWDs. Through these and other activities Anika involves PWDs, their family members, media representatives, teachers, students and other stakeholders.
Over its twenty-year history, Association Anika has designed and implemented more than 40 projects serving people with disabilities. Current projects include: "Dignified Lives for Persons with Disabilities in Society"- which helps persons with disabilities develop skills for employment and helps them find employment opportunities. Through this project, funded by World Jewish Relief, almost 15 PWDs have now been employed. Anika also provides day care programming for adults and children with disabilities. Funding for children's day care services is provided in part by the government of Georgia and Save the Children in Georgia and funding for adult day care services is provided by the government of Georgia. Through a 3-year project "Community-Based Services for Children with Disabilities" made possible by Save the Children in Georgia, Anika aims to establish higher standards in community-based services for children with disabilities. In addition to the above, Association Anika within the framework of a European Union funded project, implemented by ASB Georgia with the partnership of CSRDG, is piloting an innovative new personal assistance model in Georgia – "Personal Assistance Services for Children and People with Disabilities".


This sentence may seem presumptuous for many, and I completely agree with them. Who would dare to say that he or she is the Church? Who has the authority to claim to represent the whole body of Christ? No one! However, I am not talking about the Church's authority, but rather the Church's opportunity to be present in one's life.
Let's go back to the beginning. A couple of months ago, the church office received a call from the nearby hospital. A 40-year old Greek Orthodox man, George, was very sick and about to start chemotherapy and 24/7 dialysis. He had married less than a year earlier, no kids. He was often sleepy when I came to visit him, due to the painkillers he was prescribed and the fatigue of the treatment.
When you are a priest, you often pop up in people's lives at a very crucial time, especially in time of sickness. I talked with George, prayed with him and for him. I brought him Holy Communion and Holy Unction. I talked with the family, got to know them, and saw the dynamic between the family members. I witnessed the love they all shared for George, and their anxiety. I saw their hopes and their despair. This is part of the mission of being a priest, no more, no less. It is all about caring, and especially showing up.
One day, between treatments, George was awake even though he was tired. At one point during our conversation, he asked his wife to come over to his bed, where I was already. He took her hand—he already had mine in his other hand—and said—I don't remember his exact words, but here is their meaning: "What is most important in my life is Family and Church." And at this exact moment, for George, while he was speaking these words from his hospital bed, I understood that in his mind I was the Church.
This was a powerful revelation that I have often reflected on since then.
When being a priest becomes a natural part of your identity, you do not fully realize how people see you, or what you represent for them. Understanding this humbles, rather than bringing vanity. I am well aware of the dangers of the possible abuses of this idea, of spiritual illusion and the temptations of authoritarianism and infallibility. These issues should be addressed.
My takeaway from this day is the clear realization of a priest's mission, which is simply and crucially connected to one of the charisms of the Church by being the Church, not as an institution, but as an event, as a theophany in the etymological sense of the word: the manifestation of God in someone's life that brings comfort and joy. The grace is already there, in our participation in Christ's suffering. It needs to be unfolded, discovered, and even revealed. Our participation in the life of the Church helps us to discover the potential of God's grace in our work, in our effort to be God's co-workers! As St. Paul wrote: "For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, you are God's building" (1 Cor 3:9).
Beyond the priesthood, when Christian love and care unfold in the midst of tragedy, being the Church is to fulfil the duty of the "royal priesthood" (1 Pt 2:9), shared by all baptized people, and to inhabit the words of the Gospel. St. Matthew's famous quote echoes this certainty: "Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in: I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me" (Mt 25:34-36).
Then we ask ourselves: "When did that happen?" But we know the answer: "Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me" (Mt 25:40).
What is interesting here is that Christ is present at both extremities of the spectrum: Christ is in the sick person for the visitor, and He can be the visitor for the one who is visited. The bond of love that in the moment of their meeting becomes identical to the communion that makes us the Church, the body of Christ in which the holy encounter between mankind and the divine continues the work of grace in today's world. The encounter becomes a taste of the Kingdom. The encounter becomes a sacrament in itself, a prayer in which Christ's presence makes us become the Church and glorify the Holy Trinity.
Surely George did not realize what was hidden behind this very ordinary conversation.
I felt I had to share this experience, not because I am/was the Church, but because we are the Church and we give her density, reality, and substance by embodying the divine commandment of Christ: "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another" (Jn 13:34-35).
Protopresbyter Nicolas Kazarian holds a PhD from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne with a dissertation entitled Cyprus, Geopolitics, and Minorities. He is a research associate at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs in Paris, where he heads up the Observatory on Geopolitics and Religions, and a visiting fellow at the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University. He serves as the parish priest at St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church in New York City. He and his wife Presbytera Lianna have two small children, a son and a daughter.
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Turning left in front of another vehicle is never a good idea, but doing it when you're driving a Toyota Tercel and the other vehicle is a truck is particularly unfortunate.
That's the situation a Qualicum Beach woman found herself in last week while making a turn off Highway 19A onto Corfield Street just before 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 21.
Oceanside RCMP Sergeant Darrell Robertson said police found the car with extensive damage to the passenger side and a Ford F-250 pickup truck with only minor damage.
The driver and lone occupant of the Tercel, a 20-year-old Qualicum Beach woman, was rushed to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for evaluation. The driver of the truck, a 43-year-old Victoria man and his seven-year-old female passenger both escaped injury and were able to drive from the scene. The Tercel had to be towed and its driver was issued with a traffic ticket for making an improper left turn.


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Who are you asking? How are you asking her? Who's in your group? Have you picked out a dress yet?
These are just a few questions that have been festering in my brain for the past few weeks. However, there is one word that has settled in my head for too many days, weeks, months, years now: Homecoming.
If you would've asked me at the beginning of my freshman, sophomore, and yes, even my junior year, how much Homecoming meant to me, I probably would have said I would be devastated if I didn't attend the dance. That is hard to admit, but I feel as though I am not the only one who has felt, or even feels now, that way. It's funny, though. Looking back, Homecoming was one night in each school year that was an absolute blast but also something I regret fretting about for as long as I did.
Over the past three years, I have spent an excessive amount of money on dresses, shoes, nails, hair, eyebrows, and any other expenses you can think of in order to make the night perfect. The annual event is expensive not only for the ones invited but also for those doing the inviting. Boys usually have to cough up the cash for two tickets, a suit, tie, corsage, and in most cases, the dinner.
Ah, dinner: the inevitable brawl within groups about where to eat before the dance. "Let's go to Ichiban!" No, we don't want to feel disgusting at the dance. "Let's go to Bravo!" No, Italian food is overrated and we don't want to be bloated. "Let's go to the Cheesecake Factory!" Is that a fat joke?
There is also the drama that comes with "asking season": a three-week period in which the only pictures you see on your Instagram feed are Homecoming proposals. This is undoubtedly the most aggravating aspect of the dance itself. Girls will do almost anything to get a date and be in the same group as their friends. Again, I have been there. And "asking season" will be over soon. The world will go on if you are not in your best friend's group or if your crush does not ask you. Trust me.
I have attended all of the Homecomings so far in my high school career, but this year, I will not be in attendance. Not because I do not want to go, but because I have a family commitment across the country the exact same day.
I know what you're thinking– a conflict the same day as Homecoming?Insanity!
But I can't help but think that maybe this isn't a coincidence. Perhaps it's fate telling me Homecoming is not worth all of the stress, time, and money. Life will go on, even if I will not be sweating profusely in the NASH cafeteria for three hours.
Although it may be stressful and you may feel like you want to rip your hair out now, Homecoming truly can be a magical night. But so can other nights. To all of you planning to attend the dance, I sincerely hope you have a wonderful time.


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By Richard Rosenblatt The Eclipse Award finalists have been selected in 16 of the 17 categories equine and human, leaving Horse of the Year finalists and all the winners to be announced at the awards ceremony on Feb. 10. Of course, there should be no surprise when Knicks Go is voted 2021 Horse of the Year at the conclusion of the 51st Eclipse Awards, which starts at 8 p.m. ET and will be broadcast by TVG. Knicks Go, Maxfield and Mystic Guide are the finalists for Older Dirt Male, while Knicks Go trainer Brad Cox and jockey Joel Rosario are
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Taking a Deep Dive: 4 Tips to Purge Your Handicapping
By Ray Wallin Whether it is part of your New Year's resolution or an annual practice, doing a purge can help clean up parts of your life. I'm not talking about the movie The Purge, where there are 12 hours of no laws, no law enforcement, or governmental services, during which I would be worried if I was Bob Baffert. I'm talking about a day where you do a deep and critical assessment of your handicapping, although your neighbor may be focusing on his garage. While my neighbors are hauling piles of junk to the curb, I am camped out
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In business, half a year can feel like a lifetime. When Jan Willem Jongert, Dutch-born head of Austrian OEM Schwarzmüller, addressed the global truck media at a pre-IAA press conference last September, he was visibly excited to announce that the 140-year-old brand was gearing up for global expansion. Although Austria is not exactly known as a low-cost manufacturing base, Jongert planned to capitalise on the country's reputation as the gateway to central and Eastern Europe and its then-burgeoning domestic economy, which generated the second-highest economic output per head in the EU.
Half a year on, however, Austria's export-led Wunder-economy is slowly losing its gloss as productivity slows and deficits rise, threatening to throw a spanner in the works of Jongert's master plan to grow by 10 per cent in 2014.
According to London-based Financial Times journalist Robert Anderson, one reason for the setback is Germany. He says Austria's export-orientated industrial sector is so interconnected with the powerful neighbour in the north that an issue in Berlin can have an immediate impact on Austrian businesses like Schwarzmüller, which only six months ago had been hoping to piggyback on German growth for a while. Instead, the Austrian miracle took an unexpected hit as German exports slowed towards the end of 2014, causing a knock-on effect on corporate confidence and investment.
But that's only half the story. Given Austria's strong links with central and eastern Europe, the Russian economic downturn and stand-off with the west also had a noticeable impact on business confidence in Vienna. As a result, Jongert has more than one issue to attend to in 2015 if he is still to meet the ambitious growth target he set himself in Hanover.
But it's not all doom and gloom in Europe, and Jongert is well aware that the tide can turn quickly these days. After all, Austria is still a very successful economy, with high GDP per capita, relatively low unemployment and a long-term current account surplus, making it highly likely to bounce back strongly once Eurozone growth stabilises again. And judging by his IAA speech half a year ago, Jongert has no doubt that time will come as soon as the EU's stand-off with Russia is resolved and Germany's economic engine will stop sputtering. Until then, his aim is to not let the public debate about whether Austria is losing competitiveness affect him.
Luckily, there's a whole range of data to help him focus on the positive. For example, research and development spending, at 2.8 per cent of GDP, is the fifth highest in the EU and the Government aims to ramp this up to 3.76 per cent by 2020, Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austria's Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Science, Research and the Economy promises. Then there's the local workforce. Native workers are said to be high cost but also high quality; they have strong skills and motivation, while a well-established social dialogue and a flexible labour code minimise strikes and keep wage increases low.
According to business journalist Robert Anderson, small and medium-sized enterprises, in German often referred to as the 'Mittelstand', are key to the nation's success, and Schwarzmüller is one of them.
When Jongert joined in 2013, he instantly managed to boost the company's revenue by three per cent, from €229 to €235 million. Even though overall profit was still down that year, the ex-Jungheinrich executive brought with him a strong vision for the Schwarzmüller brand and its 1900 staff, which revolved around constant innovation and customised product development. As a result of the change to Euro VI, for instance, he predicted a need for lightweight, more versatile transport equipment in the market and re-positioned the company accordingly.
For 2014, revenue is expected to hit the €270 million* mark, with all three production sites in Austria, Hungary and Czech Republic running at full steam. "We are very happy with the path we have embarked on," he says, seemingly unfazed by Austria's current economic faintness. "The figures already reflect that our strategic realignment is coming to fruition."
But, he also says his determination should not be mistaken for ignorance. According to Jongert, Schwarzmüller's management team has long acknowledged the need to prepare for economic volatility. "We have implemented a three-fold strategy focused on product innovation, streamlining and globalising our production, and on expanding our service network. We are also exploring new opportunities in the construction market as well as in the oil, food and timber industries to expand our footprint."
While Jongert's renewed focus on innovation is supposed to help Schwarzmüller grow its market share, the re-organisation of the business is meant to set free additional synergies between Schwarzmüller's sites in Hungary and the Czech Republic to make production processes more efficient. The new, value added service offering is then meant to position the brand at the upper end of the market. "We won't get involved in market segments that would force us to compete on price," says Jongert.
The goal, Jongert adds, is to turn over around €450 million and sell more than 10,000 units annually by the end of the decade. Capitalising on the company's long and proud history, the new CEO would like to see Schwarzmüller close the gap to German trio Schmitz Cargobull, Krone and Kögel, and challenge Kässbohrer for fourth place in Europe, a spot also claimed by Spain's Lecitrailer brand.
"Admittedly, those goals are ambitious, but realistic. We already see ourselves as the number four in Europe – the hidden champion of European trailer building, if you like. But now we need to capitalise on that position more systematically," Jongert said at Schwarzmüller's IAA press conference in Germany last year.
"140 years in the industry have helped turn a classic Austrian family business into a European technology leader," he added. "We've taken stock of the know-how in product development, design and manufacturing we accumulated over time and will systematically utilise it to grow the brand. Combine that with a network spanning more than 20 countries and acknowledging our status as an international brand is just a logical result."
Schwarzmüller's vast expertise in manufacturing and design is also the reason why Jongert is still reasonably optimistic about the future, despite widespread concern about a new slowdown in Europe.
He is convinced that intelligent commercial vehicles are the future, with Schwarzmüller being "perfectly placed" to lead the way. "I'd like to think the Schwarzmüller organisation was made for such strategic challenges," he says. "With three production facilities in three countries, we have the ability to cater to a whole range of industries, but also take a very individualised approach."
To demonstrate that resourcefulness, Jongert not only unveiled a new Thermo tipper model and a telescopic semi-trailer called Tele-Mega at the IAA Commercial Vehicle Show half a year ago, but also a new Ultralight model fitted with a new kind of quick opening curtain.
But what seemed even more indicative of Schwarzmüller's rise in relevance at the time was the fact that the company took over the spot formerly occupied by up-and-coming brand CIMC Silvergreen, which has recently taken a step back and does not seem to compete for a top five spot anymore, at least for now.
According to Jongert, all three novelties have been perceived well by the market and will help Schwarzmüller continue its growth story going forward. More importantly, with the EU sanctions against Russia automatically expiring in March and July, he says an end of the current economic lull in Austria is now conceivable – and with it growing demand for Schwarzmüller equipment.
And even if Russia will restructure its economy and adopt a more Asian growth model over the current free-trade model – involving more protection for domestic industries, more control over international capital flows and less reliance on imports – Austrian-based businesses like Schwarzmüller are still likely get off with a slap on the wrist, given their close ties to Eastern Europe.
According to Robert Anderson, the number of companies established by east European groups has grown from 567 in 2003 to 2,751 last year. In 2013, investment from central and east Europe represented almost half of the €9.3 billion inflow.
More controversially, Russian investors in particular have been drawn to Vienna recently, appreciating its stable legal environment. Gazprom, for instance, has set up its gas trading headquarters in the city, allegedly because Austria is considered more neutral than other western European countries in the current conflict. In that sense, Schwarzmüller is ideally placed to service both east and west and defend Austria's reputation as an unlikely, yet highly inventive manufacturing hot spot.
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While coronavirus treatments, new testing kits, and more medical supplies could help in the fight against COVID-19, an effective vaccine could stop the coronavirus altogether by ending its ability to spread.
Now, an international team of researchers is developing a COVID-19 vaccine that uses the measles vaccine as a vehicle to deliver immunity — an approach that could have a number of advantages over a coronavirus vaccine developed from scratch.
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Researchers estimate that we'll need at least 70% of people to have some sort of immunity to the coronavirus before the virus will be unable to spread through the population.
There are two ways we can reach the immunity level needed to stop the coronavirus.
We can wait for enough people to catch and (hopefully) recover from the virus, now armed coronavirus antibodies that should protect them against future infection.
Or we can create a COVID-19 vaccine that would equip a person's body with coronavirus antibodies without subjecting them to the virus itself.
Both options would take time, but with the second, we wouldn't need to worry about putting a strain on hospitals or risking people's lives or health.
Still, once we have an effective coronavirus vaccine, we then need to figure out how to produce and then distribute hundreds of millions of doses.
The three organizations working on this new coronavirus vaccine — the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research, Austria's Themis Bioscience, and France's Pasteur Institute — believe the measles vaccine could help overcome those limitations.
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In March, the trio received a $4.9 million grant from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to begin modifying the measles vaccine to provide immunity to the coronavirus.
In recent years, researchers have started exploring the use of modified measles vaccines to inoculate people against diseases for which a specific vaccine doesn't yet exist, such as Zika or HIV.
Essentially, they use the measles vaccine as a vehicle for delivering other antigens directly to the parts of the immune system already known to trigger antibody production.
Themis Bioscience, specifically, has used the measles vaccine as the basis for vaccine candidates for Chikungunya and Lassa fever, and both of those vaccine candidates are now in clinical trials.
To stop the coronavirus, the CEPI-funded group is now adding a single SARS-CoV-2 protein to the standard measles vaccine in the hope that the protein will trigger the production of coronavirus antibodies.
Because the measles vaccine has been around for decades — and its safety is a given within the scientific community — using it as the basis for a coronavirus vaccine could expedite the development and approval process.
In a March 20 press release, the team behind the project said it expects to have the vaccine ready for animal testing in April. If those tests go as hoped, the researchers plan to trial the vaccine in 60 to 80 human volunteers in Europe before the end of 2020.
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energy&environment
News, analysis, experiments, videos, games, and educational paths on the issues of energy and the environment for complete and topical information.
The energy system
Energy has by now become an inseparable partner of human beings, who use it at any time every day in all their activities. To ensure the possibility of benefiting from that resource in a simple, stable and constant way, mankind had to conduct studies and research for a long time, and only during the last decades of the 19th century did many nations, but not all, succeed in developing "energy systems" ensuring the quality and quantity of energy necessary for development. The term "energy systems" usually describes the set of production, transformation, transport and distribution processes of energy sources. Energy systems usually are very complex and call for knowledge deriving from all scientific fields to be developed and managed. Although using the energy available in our homes is easy (we push a button and the light is switched on), producing that energy and conveying it into our homes is an extremely difficult and complex task. The difficult and complex nature of the production and distribution of energy mainly derives from three factors. Non-homogeneous distribution of primary sources The first is that the production of the currently most exploited energy sources (fossil fuels) is concentrated under the surface of few countries, often far from the consuming countries. Therefore finding and extracting the energy source and developing ad hoc agreements between producing and consuming countries is necessary to ensure a stable and lasting provision of fossil fuels to the latter. Finally, the physical transportation of the energy sources from the producing to the consuming countries is to be taken care of. Need to transform primary sources in order to obtain energy Energy sources are not always usable as they are naturally (primary sources). They often need to be transformed to make their use by final users easier and more effective (witness the electric energy obtained from coal combustion, or petrol obtained by refining crude oil). Such energy sources artificially produced by human beings are called secondary sources and are the most widely known since they are used every day. Also the processes of transformation from primary sources into secondary sources and the organization of their distribution to the final users are complex and require many people and much knowledge to be managed in the best possible way. Safety The problem of "the best possible" management leads to a third complexity factor: safety. In other words, all the activities making up the energy system need to be carried out in safety conditions for human beings and the environment. If control is lost over the energy sources, very serious damage to the health of human beings and the environment may ensue (just think of sea pollution caused by a damaged oil tank or the dreadful consequences of a leak of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant in case of accident). Therefore human beings constantly need to study and implement technologies capable of rendering the different stages of energy production, transportation, transformation and distribution to the final user safer. Much has already been done since the first years of intensive use of energy sources but a lot can still be done, by implementing new technological discoveries.
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Projects involving students from around the world, of different ages, which allow students to learn new content and release their energy, through participation and discussion.
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We are a partner of the NECST project , the European Union programme that connects schools in Croatia, Holland, Norway and Italy in the creation of a digital platform for research and exchange of knowledge on energy production.
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The man and energy
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The man and energy The energy balance Environment and territory
Energy has by now become an inseparable partner of human beings, who use it at any time every day in all their activities. To ensure the possibility of benefiting from that resource in a simple, stable and constant way, mankind had to conduct studies and research for a long time, and only during the last decades of the 19th century did many nations, but not all, succeed in developing "energy systems" ensuring the quality and quantity of energy necessary for development.
The term "energy systems" usually describes the set of production, transformation, transport and distribution processes of energy sources. Energy systems usually are very complex and call for knowledge deriving from all scientific fields to be developed and managed. Although using the energy available in our homes is easy (we push a button and the light is switched on), producing that energy and conveying it into our homes is an extremely difficult and complex task.
The difficult and complex nature of the production and distribution of energy mainly derives from three factors.
Non-homogeneous distribution of primary sources
The first is that the production of the currently most exploited energy sources (fossil fuels) is concentrated under the surface of few countries, often far from the consuming countries. Therefore finding and extracting the energy source and developing ad hoc agreements between producing and consuming countries is necessary to ensure a stable and lasting provision of fossil fuels to the latter. Finally, the physical transportation of the energy sources from the producing to the consuming countries is to be taken care of.
Need to transform primary sources in order to obtain energy
Energy sources are not always usable as they are naturally (primary sources). They often need to be transformed to make their use by final users easier and more effective (witness the electric energy obtained from coal combustion, or petrol obtained by refining crude oil). Such energy sources artificially produced by human beings are called secondary sources and are the most widely known since they are used every day.
Also the processes of transformation from primary sources into secondary sources and the organization of their distribution to the final users are complex and require many people and much knowledge to be managed in the best possible way.
The problem of "the best possible" management leads to a third complexity factor: safety. In other words, all the activities making up the energy system need to be carried out in safety conditions for human beings and the environment. If control is lost over the energy sources, very serious damage to the health of human beings and the environment may ensue (just think of sea pollution caused by a damaged oil tank or the dreadful consequences of a leak of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant in case of accident). Therefore human beings constantly need to study and implement technologies capable of rendering the different stages of energy production, transportation, transformation and distribution to the final user safer. Much has already been done since the first years of intensive use of energy sources but a lot can still be done, by implementing new technological discoveries.
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The NHS's search for doctors abroad is hurting Hungary. For the past six years, three doctors and two nurses have left Hungary every day for better opportunities elsewhere in Europe, according to János Bélteczki, head of the Hungarian Doctors' Association. This brings out two truths: Hungarian doctors and practitioners are highly qualified and their services are needed in the UK, and Hungary cannot compete economically with other European countries to keep their highly skilled doctors at home.
Some doctors, however, have found the balance between both countries. British Hungarian Medical Service was founded in 2010 in London. Moreover, patients can opt for a combination of treatment in both London and Budapest. While they are keeping their competitiveness relevantly lower than other UK dental practices, their Budapest costs continue being an astonishing 70% lower than in the UK. This means you're not only getting top quality dental treatment, you're also paying much less for it.
The Medical centre hosts a handful of highly skilled Hungarian dental surgeons and cosmetic dentists who continue getting training in both cities for a better quality service.


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hi all, we had a long weekend over here on Monday so I took the Friday and Tuesday off as well so I have had a lovely 5 day weekend. thats my good news. the bad news is that Im out. I gave in on Saturday as it just got too hard. Im at work atm and I will read through all your posts as soon as I get through my work emails. congratulations to you all for being so strong and making it this far.
wow Marj, your AirBnB is amazing, love the sesame street reference ( I grew up on that), and your cat does look like mine. lol. Only one person from Australia. you guys are making this whole30 journey so much better - thank you my handle ha ha is somerset. farm. my name is Louise yeah for prunes.
I just had to google Six Flags lol. looks awesome and well done Vanessa. I've just started following you Rachel and Marj. Im at work but I look forward to checking out your sites tonight. my chooks are moulting atm and about a month ago we had a snake around who ate 4 chicks and lots of eggs so they have had a rough time of it lately. I'm easy re the FB page, whatever everyone would like to do. I struggled a lot over the weekend but made it through. I slept for 10 hours on friday night and had a busy day saturday but sunday I felt off all day. Im not so bad with the food part, its the not drinking alcohol that is really hard for me. Im listening to an audio book about sobriety atm for inspiration. I made some savoury mince the other night and added a fried egg on top, one of my favourite meals so far. I need to buy more coconut aminos.
hi all - cant believe that Im still doing this!!! Im usually out by now. After doing one successful round 2 years ago I have tried numerous times to do another whole30 but always caved within the first few days. I know its still early days but Im feeling hopful. Marj K, I've been constipated and have dry skin too. I even took a laxative yesterday because Im ususally so regular and extra moisturiser on my face. I think I need to up my water too. Im glad you liked The Magic Pill, I really enjoyed the part about the Australian aboriginals and the retreat they went to. Their health is a big concern to all Australians and the cure is so simple. Rachel, there are bloody biscuits in the tea room with a big sign "enjoy" grrrr. I hope they go quickly. Im pleased you enjoyed the documentary too. featuring our paleo Pete (Pete Evans) lol oh Vanessa rxbars and trader joes, I hear about them all the time and wish we had them here in Australia, would make things so much easier. I hope work today is not so stressful. Im also looking forward to the weekend to do some prep. Im off to do some grocery shopping shortly, I should do a meal plan first. Would anyone like to link on instragram? my name is Somerset Farm. I follow Paleomg, no crumbs left, the physical kitchness, stupid easy paleo, nom nom paleo, Diane Sanfilippo and of course Melissa Hartwig for inspiration. I need to have a talk to my chickens, they are only supplying 3 or 4 eggs a day and its not enough. I have 28 chickens and 2 roosters. bloody free loaders!!!
Im so jealous Rachel, I wish we had a Chipotle, I wonder if we have an equivalent??
hi all, public holiday over and back to work. I loved reading all your posts this morning, such a good motivator to have a team to talk to. MarjK and rusrach both of those recipes look amazing and Ive just printed them out to try thanks. More dreams for me (thankfully not about cupcakes) and the most amazing sleep last night but this morning I was awake half hour before the alarm set for 4am and just wanted to get out of bed and get started on the day. I wear a fit bit that tracks sleep and I only average 7 hours a night as it is. Yesterday was so productive and food wise a breeze, no cravings not even ones for alcohol. I make the beef and broc for dinner and have leftovers for lunch today. Vanessa. for me I want to (in now particular order) lose weight, stop eating crap, help my digestive system along, make this way of eating the norm and get the binge drinking monkey off my back. And your son, too cute! Has anyone seen The Magic Pill on Netflix? I started watching this morning, I just had it on while I was getting ready for work but gee, it really makes sense of what we are doing being on the Whole30. rusrach, I hope your shoulders and neck improve soon. We dont have goldfish here and I had never heard of them before until a couple of days ago.
hi all Vanessa, Marj K, rusrach, Redrox Day 2 was fine, I did have a headache but no cravings and found it easy to make it through the day. today is day 3 for me and I have some severe sugar cravings. going on. Vanessa, not sure what happened with your mayo, I make mine in my thermomix and it works every time. Try watching a youtube clip. Why are you cutting coffee? I only have one cup a day and drink it black anyway so not a problem.
Hi Vanessa and Homesoil, Im starting Saturday and would love to keep in touch to stay accountable. I have done one round before but that was in 2016 around the same time of year and I felt amazing after but all my bad habits are back and so it the weight and all the other things that go along with not eating right for my body. I live in Australia so dont have access to a lot of the things Americans have but I live on a farm and have our own eggs, home kill meat, some fruit and veg and honey.


The Greek techno star Mihalis Safras is suffering the financial crisi of his beautiful homeland. But music is the best medicine, so Mihalis has decided to release this "Bankrupt EP", a delicious piece of groovy music which contains two outstanding remixes by the Italian veteran Santos and one of the most prolific German combos Piemont. Support by Adam Beyer, 2000 And One, Slam, Mark Knight, Hernan Cattaneo, Dave Seaman, Monika Kruse, Paco Osuna, Kaiserdisco, Karotte, Luca Bacchetti, Stephan Bodzin, X-Press 2, Nicole Moudaber, Carlo Lio, Vince Watson, Martin Eyerer, Jay Lumen, Groove Armada and many others. Artwork by GaAs. Mastering by Affkt. Label Management by Miracle.


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Leotychidas II  (Oudgrieks: Λεωτυχίδας ο Λακεδαιμόνιος) was koning van Sparta van 491 tot 476 v.Chr., uit het huis van de Eurypontiden.

Hij behoorde tot een zijtak van het huis der Eurypontiden. Gesteund door Cleomenes I volgde hij de onttroonde en verbannen Demaratus op. In een oorlog tussen Athene en het (perzischgezinde!) eilandje Egina regelde hij een bestand tussen beide oorlogvoerende partijen, en hij kreeg de Egineten daarbij zo ver dat zij de Atheense krijgsgevangenen uitleverden.

Als opperbevelhebber van de geallieerde vloot moedigde hij in 479 de opstand van Chios en Samos tegen de Perzische bezetters aan, maar hij verwierf vooral bekendheid als overwinnaar van de zeeslag bij Mycale tegen de restanten van de Perzische vloot die het jaar daarvoor bij Salamis de nederlaag hadden geleden en daar aan de vernietiging waren ontsnapt.

Twee jaar later leidde hij opnieuw een gemeenschappelijke Griekse strijdmacht tijdens een strafexpeditie met als doel af te rekenen met Thessalische aristocraten die van collaboratie met de Perzen waren beschuldigd. Tijdens deze campagne veroverde hij de Thessalische steden Pagasae en (vermoedelijk) Pherae, maar een poging om ook Larisa in te nemen mislukte.

In Sparta moest hij terechtstaan (in 476?) op aanklacht van omkoperij, maar hij wist aan een veroordeling te ontsnappen door uit te wijken naar Tegea.

Leotychidas II wordt weleens verward met een veel oudere naamgenoot, Leotychidas I.

Koning van Sparta
Spartaans militair
Persoon in de 5e eeuw v.Chr.

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