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Blue Collar Workers: Career and Life Satisfaction High; Trust in Elected Officials Low
Express Employment Professionals' survey results reveal high career and life satisfaction for blue collar workers, but low trust in elected officials.
Blue Collar Workers Survey
This survey shows that most blue collar workers feel good about themselves and their jobs. They're proud of who they are and what they do. As we head into Labor Day weekend, this survey shows that America's labor force is doing well—and that's good to see. - Bill Stoller, Express CEO
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (PRWEB) August 29, 2018
America's blue collar workers may be one of the most optimistic groups in the country today. According to a new study conducted by The Harris Poll and commissioned by Express Employment Professionals, 85 percent of America's blue collar workers see their lives heading, "in the right direction."
Sixty-nine (69) percent also say their local communities are heading in the right direction, and 51 percent say the same about the country as whole. That is 12 percentage points higher than among all Americans who say the country is heading in the right direction (39 percent), according to the July edition of the Harvard-Harris Poll polling average.
The national survey of 1,049 blue collar workers was conducted online by The Harris Poll between July 9 and 23, 2018, on behalf of Express and offers a detailed, in-depth look at the background and attitudes of those working in blue collar professions.
"There's been a great deal of chatter about the future and frustrations of America's blue collar workers," said Express CEO Bill Stoller. "Our survey reveals that blue collar workers are upbeat, optimistic and proud of the work they do. While the news is often full of stories about economic anxieties, this survey shows workers who are exceptionally optimistic. While they certainly express concerns, it's clear that the vast majority feel like things will work out for themselves and their families."
Who are America's blue collar workers?
The survey included workers who are employed full-time, part-time or self-employed in a job that requires manual labor in one of the following industries: construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, automotive services, maintenance, agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting or utilities.
40-hour work weeks, hourly pay, indoors and outdoors
On average, U.S. blue collar workers have been working for a total of 22 years and in their current jobs for approximately 10 years.
On average, blue collar workers in the U.S. work about 41 hours per week.
8 percent work less than 30 hours per week
13 percent work 30 to 39 hours per week
19 percent work more than 50 hours per week
The majority (80 percent) report that they are paid hourly, while 15 percent characterize their pay as salaried, and 5 percent are not sure. Forty-two (42) percent say they work mostly indoors, 23 percent say they work mostly outdoors, 30 percent say their time is split between the two locations, and 5 percent say they work inside a vehicle.
Labor unions: fans but not members
The majority are supportive of labor unions but are not members themselves. Seventy-three (73) percent somewhat or strongly agree that, "unions help the working man and woman," but only 13 percent are members of a labor union.
Low trust in elected officials
Only 30 percent of U.S. blue collar workers say they trust elected government officials and about half of blue collar workers (51 percent) believe that the federal government is pro-business (men more so than women, 58 percent vs. 32 percent). Blue collar workers are slightly more likely to identify with the Democratic party, 35 percent vs. 31 percent for Republicans. By a small margin, they think Republicans do a better job of helping blue collar Americans than Democrats, 39 percent vs. 36 percent. Nearly one in four (24 percent) believe neither party does a better job helping blue collar Americans.
Split between skilled trade and general labor
Roughly half of blue collar workers (49 percent) identify their work as a skilled trade, while another 44 percent would describe their work as general labor. Nearly 1 in 5 blue collar workers (18 percent) say using technology is a significant part of their job.
Blue collar workers say they are "better off," but are less certain about the country's direction.
In general, blue collar workers are optimistic about their personal situation and about the future.
85 percent say their lives are heading in the right direction
69 percent say their local communities are heading in the right direction
58 percent say their states are heading in the right direction
51 percent say the country is heading in the right direction
Fifty-five (55) percent say they are better off now than they were five years ago.
20 percent say they are worse off
26 percent say they are about the same
61 percent of skilled trade workers say they are better off; 45 percent of general labor workers say they are better off
Among blue collar workers who are parents, the vast majority believe their children will have a brighter future. Eighty-eight (88) percent of blue collar parents agree with the statement, "My children will have a better future than I will." This contrasts with a recent Pew poll showing just 37 percent of Americans believe that today's children will grow up to be better off financially than their parents.
Eighty (80) percent of blue collar workers are optimistic about the future, and more than one-third (34 percent) say they are "very optimistic." Eighty (80) percent also agree that, "the harder you work, the more successful you will be," and 70 percent agree that "the American dream is alive for people like me."
But life is not without its challenges. While 84 percent of blue collar workers say they can make ends meet, nearly half of workers (48 percent) say it is difficult to make ends meet. One in 10 say it is "very difficult."
The majority say they have less than $5,000 saved for an emergency.
14 percent say they currently have no money saved in case of an emergency
48 percent say they have between $1 and $4,999 saved
23 percent say they have between $5,000 and $24,999 saved
11 percent say they have $25,000 or more saved
4 percent declined to answer
Nearly three in four workers (73 percent) say they are worried about saving enough for their retirement, and more than half of workers (53 percent) agree that it's "more likely that Martians will land on earth than I'll collect Social Security."
Blue collar workers are satisfied with—and proud of—their jobs.
Eighty (80) percent agree that "my job provides a good living to financially support my family," with skilled trade workers more likely than general labor workers to agree with this (85 percent vs. 72 percent).
Overall, 86 percent say they are "satisfied" with their jobs, and 91 percent say they are "proud" of the work they do. Seventy-nine (79) percent agree that "people I know respect the type of work that I do."
Seventy-four (74) percent see a "good career path" in their line of work, and 64 percent would encourage a friend or family member to pursue a career in their field.
Blue collar workers do express some concerns about their jobs.
39 percent agree "it can be dangerous at times"
28 percent say there are limited or no advancement opportunities
23 percent say there is little to no flexibility in work hours
18 percent say they are not making a good "living wage"
Concerns about a living wage are higher among general laborers (25 percent) than among skilled trade workers (13 percent).
Still, the past year has been good for blue collar workers.
More than two-thirds (68 percent) report a pay increase in the past year
Of those that saw a pay increase in the last year, 39 percent received a raise of more than 5 percent
45 percent report receiving more responsibilities in the past year
35 percent report receiving a promotion in the past year
"I think there is a tendency for those with college degrees to speculate about how blue collar workers are doing," Stoller said. "But this survey shows that most blue collar workers feel good about themselves and their jobs. They're proud of who they are and what they do. As we head into Labor Day weekend, this survey shows that America's labor force is doing well—and that's good to see.
This study was conducted online by The Harris Poll on behalf of Express Employment Professionals and included 1,049 U.S. adults aged 18 or older who are employed full-time, part-time or self-employed in a job that requires manual labor in one of the following industries: construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, automotive services, maintenance, agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting or utilities.
The survey was conducted between July 9 and July 23, 2018.
Results were weighted as needed by gender for age, education, race/ethnicity, region and household income. Propensity score weighting was also used to adjust for respondents' penchant to be online. Totals may not equal the sum of their individual components due to rounding. No estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated; a full methodology is available.
Survey Methodology and Infographic
Memo from Harris Poll
Study by Harris Poll
If you would like to arrange for an interview with Bill Stoller to discuss this topic, please contact Sheena Karami, Director of Corporate Communications and PR, at (405) 717-5966.
About Bill Stoller
William H. "Bill" Stoller is chairman and chief executive officer of Express Employment Professionals. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the international staffing company has more than 800 franchises in the U.S., Canada and South Africa. Since its inception, Express has put more than 6 million people to work worldwide.
About Express Employment Professionals
Express Employment Professionals puts people to work. It generated $3.4 billion in sales and employed a record 540,000 people in 2017. Its long-term goal is to put a million people to work annually. For more information, visit ExpressPros.com.
Sheena Karami
@ExpressPros
Express Employment Professionals - Headquarters


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Use keywords that are closely related to your business and with fewer competitors. You may use Google Trends and Google Keyword Tool to help you find the right keywords that you need.
To help you out, use Google Search Console to display instances of duplicate content on your site. Most of the time, the tool will find canonicity errors. They still need to be corrected so your site will always be in good standing.
That's for every page. The title tag should describe the page, and it must have the desired keyword. Most of all, it must be different from other title tags on your website.
They're dead ends, and Google doesn't like them. Use the Google Search Console again to find 404 errors. To close the gaps, choose to set up 301 redirects, whenever necessary.
Every page on your website should have a meta description that's under 160 characters. It's a description that thoroughly describes the page. It may not positively impact your actual page rankings, but it affects CTRs.
Then again, studies are showing that CTRs affect rankings. That said, ensure that your meta descriptions are competing and unique with the right keywords.
It's ideal that your URLs have breadcrumbs and must have clear indicators of the content of that page. Don't use numbers or random strings.
Your content must be logically divided into headlines and subheadings. Use H1, H2, H3, and others in your content. These will help Google in processing the intent of your content.
They're great for user experience. It assists Google in better understanding the relationships between pages on your site.
Images should be optimized for the search engine. To do it, you should add descriptive alt tags and keep them in the right format.
There are other ways to boost your site's SEO. If you don't have time to implement them on your site, hiring an SEO specialist is the right way to go. Don't consider it as an expense, rather an investment.


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Tory Verdi Accepts Head Coach Position at Eastern Michigan
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas women's basketball assistant coach Tory Verdi was announced as the new head coach at Eastern Michigan Thursday afternoon. Verdi resigned from his position with the Jayhawks after two years on head coach Bonnie Henrickson's staff.
"I'm very thankful for the opportunity that Coach Henrickson gave me here at Kansas," Verdi said. "The last two years have been unbelievable and this past season was probably the best basketball experience that I have ever had. Obviously it's very difficult to leave, but I'm very excited for where I'm going."
During his time at KU, Verdi helped the Jayhawks to back-to-back postseason appearances, including a return to the NCAA Tournament in 2012, their first trip since 2000, and saw the team advance to its first Sweet 16 in 14 years. In addition to recruiting and scouting, Verdi worked with the team's post players, including 2012 all-America honorable mention forward Carolyn Davis. Verdi also played a large role in acquiring KU freshmen Asia Boyd and Chelsea Gardner. Boyd was ranked the 39th-best player in the 2011 recruiting class, the top player to commit to the Jayhawk program under Henrickson. Gardner played an instrumental role in Kansas' postseason success averaging a double-double through three NCAA Tournament games when she was filling in for an injured Davis.
Verdi also helped develop senior forward Aishah Sutherland, who became an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection in 2012 and left the program as the school's second all-time shot blocker and third-best rebounder.
Before coming to KU, Verdi spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Nebraska from 2005-10. While Verdi was on staff, the Cornhuskers completed their most successful season in school history in 2009-10, compiling a 32-2 record, a Big 12 regular-season title and a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16. That same season, Verdi coached Kelsey Griffin to First-Team All-America status. Griffin, the 2010 Big 12 Player of the Year, went on to become the No. 3 overall pick in the 2010 WBNA Draft after a decorated career at NU.
Prior to his stint at Nebraska, Verdi served as the acting head coach at Columbia University from February through April of 2005. He was the head assistant coach at Columbia from October 2004 until February 2005.
Verdi spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons as an assistant coach with the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. He helped the Sun to the Eastern Conference title in 2004 and the Eastern Conference Finals in 2003. He also spent time working as a special assistant for the Sun during the 2005 season before joining the Nebraska coaching staff.
In addition to his professional experience as a WNBA assistant, Verdi served as the head coach of the Springfield Spirit in the National Women's Professional Basketball League from October 2003 to April 2004.
Before joining the WNBA's Connecticut Sun in 2003, Verdi served as an assistant men's basketball coach at Western Connecticut State in Danbury, Conn. Verdi helped WCSU to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2002 and 2003. He also served as an assistant men's coach at the University of Hartford from 1996 to 1997, after working as an assistant men's coach at his alma mater, Keene State College in New Hampshire, from 1995 to 1996.
Verdi was born in New Britain, Conn. He earned his bachelor's degree in elementary education from Keene State College in 1996, before adding a master's degree in computer technology from Hartford in 2003.

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In any business, there is a rigid competition by various investors. This is the reason why some businesses don't last long. Strategic planning is very crucial as there are a lot of trials to be encountered during business operation.
When planning to engage in the world of commerce, you must be knowledgeable on the demands of society. For example, primary education is very important for each child. So, consider starting a preschool if you think you possess all requirements. You just need to invest and wisely budget your revenue for future expenses. In addition, you are able to share your acquired knowledge to children. You will become a part of their growth as you are the first one to teach them basic lectures.
Now that the advantages have been enumerated, the next question is - how to start a preschool business?
To begin, you need a space that is suitable for learning. It is not necessary to have a big area as long as you provide essential rooms. These are the waiting room, library, canteen, and areas where students can perform their school tasks. You need to be meticulous in decorating your place in accordance to the arranged goal - and this is for learning purposes.
Provide waiting room toys in a place where children will obviously wait for their schedule. This will alleviate their boredom while allowing them to learn. Bear in mind that toddlers have a mind that is comparable to sponge. They can easily grasp or absorb new information. Placing different educational toys is essential.
Moreover, as an owner, it is now your responsibility to ensure the safety of every child. Security is really difficult to achieve. Why? It is due to a toddler's nature of being an explorer. Children in this stage have a psychosocial status of "autonomy vs. shame and doubt". They tend to be independent by roaming around, being curious and so forth. These are the reasons why they are prone to accidents. To prevent unwanted situations, safety precautions must be implemented. Gates should be closed at all times and they should never be left unattended. If possible, use low plastic chairs and tables so they won't get injuries or wounds. Place classroom rugs to prevent from slipping. It is also a good idea to have colorful decorations.
Provide proper furnishings. Walls must be painted with lovely colors. Other learning equipment should be displayed. If possible, provide teddy bears or stuffed toys for them.
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FINANCIAL STOCKS SUDDENLY TUMBLED in the last hour of trading Thursday, seemingly without cause. The reason wasn't centered on Wall Street but a few hundred miles south in Washington, DC.
Thrown into the hopper was a bill proposing a new tax on stock and derivatives transactions by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from Oregon.
Ostensibly, there was a single, overriding rationale for the proposed legislation: Washington needs the money, Harkin bluntly admitted. The proposed levy was projected to raise $150 billion a year, which would be used to fund a jobs bill and make a dent in federal deficits that are projected to total $1 trillion annually all the way through 2019.
While the financial services industry immediately lined up against the tax, the proposal taps into the growing resentment against Wall Street that hasn't reached such strident levels since Franklin D. Roosevelt inveighed against "the great malefactors of wealth" during the Great Depression.
That's especially evident in the anger over the $700 billion financial bailout bill passed during last year's near-meltdown now that Wall Street firms are raking in profits again in this year's capital markets recovery.
Referring to Goldman Sachs (GS), the poster child for Wall Street greed, Defazio declared, "maybe next year they won't be able to afford $17 billion or $20 billion in bonuses because they'll have to pay a modest tax on their high-volume trading."
The trading tax proposal came the same day that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke faced tough grilling in his Senate hearing on his renomination for a second four-year term. While Bernanke rightly claimed credit for the aggressive actions to counter the crisis and to prevent a second Great Depression, his inquisitors just as aptly blamed the Fed for allowing the crisis to develop in the first place.
Regardless of the merits of the argument, the change in tone from the fawning obsequiousness with which Fed chairmen have been treated by Congress to the critical tone at Thursday's hearings further evidenced the emerging hostility to all things having to do with money and finance.
The proposed levy is the latest incarnation of the "Tobin tax," named after the late economist, James Tobin, who argued for a tax on currency transactions to reduce the volatility and speculation in the foreign-exchange markets.
Most recently, at last month's of the Group of 20, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested a global tax on financial transactions to pay for an insurance fund for future government bailouts. But the idea was opposed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
The Harkin-DeFazio tax would levy a 25-basis-point (0.25%) fee on stock transactions over $100,000 and a two- or three-basis-point charge on derivatives transactions, including trades of futures, options and swaps, including credit-default swaps.
Bloomberg News reported the proposed trading tax is supported by more than 200 economists, the AFL-CIO and business leaders including Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett and Vanguard founder John Bogle.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi added the idea had merit as long as other nations went along with the tax. Otherwise, trading would simply move offshore to escape the levy. And it would do to New York's all-important financial industry what foreign competition did to Detroit's economy.
That doesn't preclude the enactment of such a wealth-destroying tax, however, especially if the U.K. were to go along. The proposed U.S. levy would hit American investors regardless of where they conduct trades even if trading shifts to offshore havens.
In theory, a trading tax which increases the cost to buy or sell securities would lower their price, which would in turn raise their yields and, consequently, the cost of capital for entities issuing securities subject to the levy. A tax on derivatives would similarly increase the cost of hedging as those taking the other side of such a transaction -- those nefarious speculators -- would exact a higher price to cover the tax.
Conspicuously exempt from the levy are government debt securities, the most actively traded capital markets on the planet. If governments want to tamp down trading, the markets for their own securities would seem to be the obvious place to start.
Not likely. With the Treasury having to issue billions of obligations each week -- such as next week's slate of $74 billion of note and bond auctions -- the federal government wouldn't want to hamper trading in those securities. That would mean higher yields on the government's vast borrowing requirements.
Taxing and punishing Wall Street has undeniable political appeal after the massive government bailouts that benefited the financial sector while the rest of the economy sinks under the weight of double-digit unemployment.
If ever there was a time when the populists could take it to the plutocrats, it's now. The results wouldn't be productive or pretty, however.
FINANCIAL STOCKS SUDDENLY TUMBLED in the last hour of trading Thursday, seemingly without cause.


Mood and features of the system LIES have different personalities. Facial muscles. Physiognomy - the science of the study of man in his face. This is a fascinating journey into the world of deception and its technologies, facial expressions, wrinkles, emotions and actions under the guidance of an expert - physiognomists Anisimova Alice.
Part 1: Lie to Me . Theory and practice of lying. Individual and group analysis of participants lies, and more.
Part 2: Lie to Me. Details of lies. Emotions and their reliability.
Training participants will learn: how the process itself lies some muscular reactions it causes, and why "the system of lies" not available to everyone.
The participants receive practical skills in the definition of a lie.
1 - The theory lies. What is emotion? Facial muscles and their role in the practical application of science in physiognomy.
2 - Mimicry and lies. Mimicry adolescents and children. Features of facial expressions using lies in a variety of personalities. Theory and practice. Examples of exceptions.
3 - How do people lie. Why do people tell lies. What features lies in each person. Examples of the lie in the face and examples of your lies (as you're lying).
4 - Forms and accents. The muscles of the head. Facial muscles and facial muscles. What facial muscles form facial expressions.
5 - False and image. Beautiful face lie, lie to whom we believe. Lies own - as an excuse.
6 - Physiognomy and lies. Practical skills in identifying a lie.
7 - Video and photo examples. The study of emotions. How to track a person signs.
8 - Geography wrinkles. Artificial wrinkles on the character and habits. Facial expressions and skin. Forehead and eyes.
10 - Answers to questions from participants.
Each participant will be able to get advice on the analysis of a person's interest (if the photo) for the propensity to lie.
Each participant will receive: information about itself and the structure of their lies, understand how obmanyevayut him and whom he had become a victim. And also, will be able to build their defenses against the lies.
You will learn to see emotions and false people understand the causes and the consequences of lies.
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Va. Officials on Immigration Order — President Donald Trump's executive order barring those from seven Muslim nations from entering the U.S. has caught the ire of Arlington's Democratic congressional representatives and state officials. Sen. Tim Kaine said that he was "appalled by the cruelty" of the order, Kaine and Sen. Mark Warner have "demanded answers" from the Dept. of Homeland Security, Gov. Terry McAuliffe is "outraged and disappointed," and Rep. Don Beyer joined four other local congressmen at Dulles International Airport to try to speak to Customs and Border Protection officials who were detaining a number of travelers.
County Board Changes Airbnb Regs — Renters will now no longer be barred by the county from renting their home on Airbnb and other online services. The Arlington County Board approved the change to their recent-passed ordinance unanimously at its Saturday meeting. [Arlington County]
Bill: No Food = No Liquor — A bill that has passed the Virginia state senate would prohibit restaurants from serving liquor while the kitchen is closed and no longer serving food. The bill clarifies a 1971 law that was intended to do the same but was "interpreted liberally by some." [Style Weekly]
County Acquires Land for Fire Station Project — The Arlington County Board has approved the $800,000 purchase of a home on N. Culpeper Street for the construction of a new, expanded Fire Station No. 8. The property is the final acquisition necessary to build a temporary fire station for use while the new station is constructed. [Arlington County]
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Sad day for child and family advocacy. Helen Sloan died yesterday afternoon. Helen was a key leader in the last three years in Raise the Age (of adult prosecution) legislation. So committed to getting this done—this was her final act of service to the community. In gratitude.
Excited to be joining colleagues from KS, IA, NE and MO for #FFPSA Regional Convening.


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Q: How to add a stroke to a drawable programatically? I have this code:
My drawable wraps another drawable (circular).
How can I add a stroke to the inner drawable programatically?
public final class HighlightCircleDrawable extends Drawable implements Drawable.Callback {

  private final Drawable toHighlight;
  private final Paint paint = new Paint();

//...

  public HighlightCircleDrawable(Drawable toHighlight) {
    this.toHighlight = toHighlight;
    toHighlight.setCallback(this);
    paint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
    paint.setColor(Color.GRAY);
  }

  @Override
  public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
    canvas.drawOval(pulseBounds, paint);
    toHighlight.draw(canvas);
  }

A: First, you need to make the background, you should use the entire canvas for this. Start with filling the canvas, then applying your fill, but the key is to use smaller bounds for the backgroundPaint so the borderPaint surrounds the highlightPaint
final Paint borderPaint = new Paint();
borderPaint.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL);
borderPaint.setColor(borderColor);
borderPaint.setAntiAlias(true);
borderPaint.setDither(true);

...
canvas.drawOval(rect, borderPaint);
canvas.drawOval(pulseBounds, paint);

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To integrate and harmonise trace gas measurements in Europe, with the result of having a sustainable and reliable observation network for highly time-resolved data across Europe.
To implement standardised measurement protocols (SOPs) and common European calibration scales for VOCs and NOxy in support of the European EMEP and global GAW strategy and according to data quality objectives formulated by these initiatives.
To create a protocol for merging the information of ground-based in-situ and remote sensing capacities in order to achieve more comprehensive distributions of VOCs and NOxy in Europe.
To foster the dissemination of the methods and quality assured data to scientific groups related to the analysis and modelling of air pollutants in Europe and to support EC directives relevant for air pollution and the CLRTAP abatement strategies.
The term gaseous precursors of secondary air pollutants comprise a wide range of chemical species and reactivities. Precursors (i.e. primary pollutants) are emitted either by anthropogenic or biogenic sources, with the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the nitrogen oxides (NOxy) as main groups. Important secondary air pollutants produced from these precursors are ozone (O3), secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and nitrates. Measurement capacities for these primary air pollutants in Europe are widespread but coordination is essentially missing or performed within projects of only limited periods. Most important gaps are (i) the usage of standardized operation procedures, (ii) common calibration standards and scales, (iii) the submission to common data base and (iv) the usage of data for state-of-the-art models. WP4 responds to the demand of the scientific community for reliable monitoring of air pollutants at high time resolution in a standardised way across Europe. This is of interest for the climate and air quality modelling community and political entities (e.g. Directive 2008/50/EC, CLRTAP/EMEP) and the general public. ACTRIS will target the harmonization of on-line, trace level gaseous air pollutant measurements, yield reliable concentration fields and trends in Europe, help to quantify the relative contribution of anthropogenic sources and improve air pollution abatement strategies.
WP4 is divided into 2 main tasks.
1. sub-task: Development of SOPs within meetings of the European experts in the field.
3. sub-task: Link ground-based in-situ measurements with vertical profile information.
Task 4.1 Coordination of European VOC measurements.
NMHCs (C2-C9 hydrocarbons), OVOCs (oxidised volatile organic compounds) and terpenoides (biogenic hydrocarbons with a terpene-structure). These 3 groups encompass the most important VOCs both in abundance in the atmosphere and in importance for the formation of secondary air pollutants. Albeit their importance only a very limited number of sites perform VOC measurements on a continuous basis. Most of the sites within Europe take samples twice a week by filling stainless steel canisters and measure NMHCs in central laboratories according to a procedure outlined in the measurement guide by EMEP. For OVOCs and terpenoides (which are equally important but more difficult to measure) only a very restricted number of sites in Europe perform measurements at all. In NA4.1.1 the knowledge of leading experts and sites performing VOC measurements in Europe will be merged during 2 consecutive workshops for the preparation of standard operation procedure (SOPs) and to implement a European network for VOC measurements. The SOPs will be prepared considering the results gathered in NA4.1.2 during round-robin exercises, on-site audits and comparison between the different measurement systems during common campaigns.
An integrative task of the participants is the submission of finally quality assured VOC data (according to the SOPs defined within ACTRIS) to the ACTRIS data centre.
results from NA4.1.2 will be assessed and will be incorporated into the final standardised operating procedures (SOPs). These are then supplied to serve the scientific community, GAW and EMEP. The workshops will be organised and hosted by EMPA.
For the 3 groups of VOCs (NMHCs, OVOCs, terpenoids) specific round-robin exercises will be initiated at the workshop-1, with synthetic standards and real-air reference-gases being sent to all the important scientific groups in Europe having a long-term commitment to those specific VOC measurements. The real air reference gases will be prepared in special stainless steel cylinders and the reference concentrations will be determined by EMPA, WCC-VOC (intended), and DWD. Furthermore, intercomparison measurement campaigns will be organised for NMHC at Jungfraujoch (EMPA), and OVOC at Finokalia (FORTH). In addition, audits at selected sites will be performed by the WCC-VOC (intended).
Data from the round-robin exercise and the comparison campaigns will be analyzed by the respective organising infrastructure, reports are prepared, and the results will be incorporated into the final versions of the SOP, according to good laboratory practice and state-of-the art (EMPA/DWD/NILU).
The comparison of MAXDOAS and FTIR instruments for a selected set of VOCs with on-line ground based instruments will be assessed during workshops-1 and -2). A document on the achieved results will be prepared by BIRA-IASB and the comparability of the profiles obtained by MAXDOAS/FTIR and the ground based measurements will be assessed.
The parameters considered are nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and their sum (NOx) as well as the sum of reactive oxidized nitrogen compounds (NOy). NO and NO2 significantly impact the chemistry of ozone and the hydroxyl-radical (OH), whereas NOy is related to aerosol nitrate. Therefore, the nitrogen oxides are coupled to oxidant formation, oxidizing capacity, acid rain, aerosol, and climate. Monitoring of these parameters is in accordance with the EMEP measurement strategy for level 2/3 sites (super-sites), the GAW Strategic Plan 2008-2015 (report 172) and the identified needs of observation by ACCENT (Understanding and Quantifying the Atmospheric Nitrogen Cycle, ACCENT report 3.2006).
The NOxy infrastructure in Europe (stations committed to long-term NOxy observations and leading scientists in this field) are brought together in 2 workshops, and in joined activities complying comparisons and station audits, and in preparing documents for dissemination of standardised procedures. These procedures shall follow the recommendations of GAW (GAW-Meeting of the NOxy expert-group at Hohenpeissenberg, 8.-9.10-2009, and the corresponding GAW Report in preparation), i.e. use of chemiluminescence technique (CLD) for NO, and combined with photolytic conversion for NO2. Additionally, CLD shall be used with gold converters for NOy.
Ongoing activities in the GAW community towards the implementation of a global measurement network and central facilities comprising a World Calibration Centre (WCC) and a Central Calibration Laboratory (CCL) shall be supported (GAW-Meeting of NOxy expert-group, see above). An integrative task of the participants is the submission of quality assured NOxy data (according to the SOPs defined within ACTRIS) to the ACTRIS data centre.
During an initial workshop-1 (DWD) the key issues in high quality measurements of NO, NO2 and NOy, data quality objectives (DQOs), QA, error assessment, and data processing shall be identified (DWD, NILU, CNRS, NERC, EMPA and all). Draft documents for standardised procedures for on-line measurements, calibration, quality assurance, error assessment, and data processing and reporting (SOPs) will be prepared making use of ongoing activities in the GAW and EMEP communities. Questionnaires to capture the details of the on-line measurements and for use during station audits will be prepared (DWD).
In a second workshop-2 (DWD), with the results of the measurement questionnaire, station audits, a round robin (Task NA4.2.2) and side-by-side inter-comparison being available, the draft SOPs will be discussed and revised ((DWD, NILU, CNRS, NERC, EMPA and all). Final SOPs will be developed and supplied to serve the scientific community and GAW and EMEP (DWD). The workshops will be organised and hosted by DWD.
Currently, in GAW no WCC and CCL for NOxy species measurements exist. During the recent GAW NOxy expert workshop (s.a.), an institution to take over the responsibility of a WCC has been recommended.
A round robin exercise with certified NO mixtures (ppm and ppb) will be performed by DWD in close cooperation with the WCC-NOxy. Test gas cylinders will be supplied to European NOxy sites and the participants will be asked to quantify them using their own calibration gas. Also, side-by-side intercomparisons in the field will be carried out at Hohenpeissenberg (see also TNA MOHp). The intercomparisons are envisioned to cover the needs of European NOxy-stations and on-line NO, NO2 and NOy measurements. The results of round robin and inter-comparison will be evaluated and disclosed to participants by DWD and WCC-NOxy, and discussed during the second workshop.
Station audits are a central part of QA. The measurement capability of the sites audited for the various NOxy compounds and compliance to standardised procedures (SOPs) defined during the workshops will be characterized. This comprises auditing of the inlet system, the calibration, the measurement procedure and the data evaluation. A common audit questionnaire will be used (see above). Essential is the dissemination of the achieved results on the web portal. These audits will be carried out by the designated WCC (intended). Stations willing to upgrade their measurement techniques for NO, NO2, and NOy will be supported by recommendations on appropriate instruments for the encountered concentration range of ambient air, inlet systems and necessary maintenance by DWD and WCC-NOxy. In cooperation with GAWTEC, a jointly funded activity between the German QA-SAC (UBA-Germany) and the Bavarian State Government, a training program for station managers and technicians is envisioned. This will make use of the established GAWTEC programme and result in well trained personal to follow the newly developed SOPs and thus guarantee the implementation of the high quality, standardised measurements.
In the final workshop-2 the audit results will be discussed and the SOPs are revised with respect to new insights (DWD, NILU, CNRS, NERC, EMPA and all). Concepts for rapid data processing and delivery to data centre are developed and tested. Documents on the sustainability of QA and SOPs achieved will be prepared (DWD).
The comparison of MAXDOAS and FTIR instruments for a selected set of NOxy with on-line ground-based instruments will be assessed during workshops-1 and -2). A document on the achieved results is prepared by BIRA-IASB and the comparability of the profiles obtained by MAXDOAS/FTIR and the ground based measurements will be assessed.


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Hello guys, I have a 2005 Sea-Doo RXP with 36 hours. Yesterday I took it for a ride and I notice my RXP is barley hiting 60mph. It was going around 50-55 mph and the RPMS were 6000-6500. My friend has the same Sea-Doo RXP 05 but with more hours and his RMPS were going easy around 8000 and hiting 60+mph. We were racing together and it just burned me. So I want to know what is causing my RXP go around 50mph and RPMS around 6000-6500?
Well sorry to tell you this but your supercharger took a dump with those ceramic washers.
For future reference the link can be found on the sidebar on the left. It's under SC CLUTCH FAILURE and it's in BOLD.
I also furgot to write that, after riding like that with low RPMS, at the end of the day MAINT came on, on my speedometer. You think it is just telling me that my S/C washers are blown or the bearings messed up?
2) You're probably due for a regularly scheduled oil change.
You rode it the rest of the day with it having a problem, lmao Did you think it was going to fix it self some how?Id say steel washers and a new engine and youll be fine.
I love these posts. Hey the warranty will take care of it.
I only noticed towards the end of the day. New engine for what ?
Also NCHeel how will they warrantie it if its 05 and its been two years now? I dont have extended warrantie on it.
Also does anyone know where i can find a poste or a site on how to take apart the S/C? and what tools to use?
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New engine because the ceramic washers blew up and got sucked into your motor while you rode your ski at 6000 rpms. It'll be an expensive fix and you'll have to take apart more than just your supercharger.
05 sea doo rxp wont turn over unless jumped from battery replaced solenoid??


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Star N.J. girls basketball player moves from 1 state power to another in massive transfer
Updated: Aug. 26, 2021, 9:59 a.m. | Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 9:59 a.m.
Zoe Brooks (35) of Trenton Catholic toes the line as she's bumped out of bounds by Madison St. Rose (22) of St. John Vianney during the girls basketball game between No. 1 St. John Vianney and No. 2 Trenton Catholic at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ on Friday, February 26, 2021. St. John Vianney won 62-55.Scott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media
By Brian Deakyne | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Finding a way to slow down St. John Vianney, the No. 1-ranked girls basketball team in New Jersey in each of the past two seasons, was already a daunting task for even the state's best programs.
That job, it turns out, will be even harder — if even possible — this winter.
Zoe Brooks, a First Team All-State guard and a do-it-all player for Trenton Catholic through her first two high school seasons, has transferred to St. John Vianney and will join forces in the backcourt with two-time defending Player of the Year Madison St. Rose at the Shore Conference school.
Brooks' father, Maurice, confirmed the transfer to NJ Advance Media. Brooks officially enrolled at St. John Vianney on Thursday.
The move itself is unsurprising, coming just days after Bob Fusik announced his departure from Trenton Catholic, a school that nearly closed its doors at the end of the 2020-21 school year, but managed to remain afloat.
Trenton Catholic finished ranked No. 2 in 2020 and 2021, finishing both times behind St. John Vianney. The two teams never met in the 2020 season that was ended prematurely because of the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic near the end of the state tournament. In 2021, St. John Vianney beat Trenton Catholic, 62-55, en route to a perfect, pandemic-shortened, state tournament-less season. Brooks had 17 points and six rebounds in the loss.
St. John Vianney, one of the best programs in state history under legendary coach Dawn Karpell, was already expected to be the unanimous No. 1 team entering play this winter. But the arrival of Brooks should make the Lancers one of the top teams in the country, too.
Zoe Brooks (35) of Trenton Catholic drives against Ashley O'Connor (11) of St. John Vianney during the girls basketball game between No. 1 St. John Vianney and No. 2 Trenton Catholic at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ on Friday, February 26, 2021. St. John Vianney won 62-55.Scott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media
Brooks, who has garnered attention from virtually every major Division-1 program in the country, was an All-State player in each of her first two high school seasons at Trenton Catholic, earning a Third Team All-State selection as a freshman — despite coming off the bench — before proving to be one of N.J.'s top players last winter. She recently picked up an offer from South Carolina in addition to offers from Miami, Delaware, George Mason, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Wake Forest.
In 2020, she averaged 19.3 points, 4.5 assists and 6.6 rebounds per game. Those numbers should be even better playing alongside St. Rose, a Princeton commit who was named the NJ.com Player of the Year in 2019 and 2020 and figures to be the frontrunner for a three-peat this year.
Brooks' move to St. John Vianney should be seamless, filling a role left vacant by the graduated Katie Hill, now at Richmond. Brooks has also proven to be a top-level defender in her first two seasons at Trenton Catholic, collecting 190 steals in 44 career games.
Brian Deakyne may be reached at bdeakyne@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrianDeakyne.


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NEA to build 1,200MW transmission line on valley outskirts
Kathmandu: With an aim to provide reliable electricity to the customers in Kathmandu valley, the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) is planning to build a 220-kVA new high-voltage transmission backbone line on the outskirts of the valley.
Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barsha Man Pun, who is also the chairperson of NEA, said they are going to double the transmission system capacity to meet the increasing demand of power in the capital.
To enhance the capacity of the power supply system, the government is preparing to install a new high-capacity substation on the site of the now defunct Himal Cement Factory at Chobhar dry port that is currently under construction.
Minister Pun informed that they had requested the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies to provide the necessary land to build the substation and the industry ministry has accepted their proposal. "NEA will soon construct the new substation in Chobhar."
At present, the existing transmission system in Kathmandu valley has the capacity to supply up to 500 megawatts of energy. Minister Pun informed that NEA is planning to double this capacity and build a power transmission network of 1,200 megawatts.
"Last winter, the demand for electricity in the valley had reached 450 megawatts and it has been rising every year," he said. He added the ministry in coordination with NEA is gearing up to install new transformers and strengthen the power transmission backbone in the valley for reliable electricity supply.
Minister Pun informed that the new substation will help provide more reliable power especially in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur. "It will benefit areas beyond the Ring Road," he said. "It will also make transmission smoother within the Ring Road."
"The valley's transmission system will be more reliable once the new substation in Chobhar is installed," the minister added.
Stating that customers have often been complaining that they are facing problems of electricity tripping during the winter season, he said, "Once the new substation is built, this issue will also be addressed."
According to Minister Pun, due to the lockdown and consequent shortage of cooking gas, people have been shifting to induction stoves for cooking purposes and sales of such stoves have soared.
"So, this is the right time to promote the use of electric utensils for cooking and we must provide reliable electricity to the customers," he added.
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Tom Holland reveals another 'Avengers' spoiler
By Nate Nickolai, Variety
June 23, 2019 | 12:33pm
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Tom Holland just can't seem to keep his mouth shut.
The "Spider-Man: Far From Home" Star continued his spoiler streak during Friday night's episode of the "Graham Norton Show" when he revealed one of the major deaths from "Avengers: Endgame."
"The film is a direct continuation of "Avengers: Endgame" so we deal with the ramifications of the blip, of the death of Tony Stark," Holland said while promoting his upcoming "Spider-Man" sequel. "Sorry if anyone hasn't seen the film! If you haven't, then you're living under a rock, to be honest."
Although "Endgame" directors the Russo Brothers lifted the ban on spoilers last month, the important detail didn't sit well with many 'Graham Norton Show' viewers who took to Twitter to share their frustration.
In actuality, Holland's latest spoiler is far from his worst. Holland has a long history of releasing major Marvel details, which have spanned everything from his revelation of "Spider-Man: Far From Home's" title on social media to his announcement of Marvel's plans to turn the first "Spider-Man" film into a trilogy. More recently, he walked into an "Avengers: Infinity War" theater and shouted, "I'm alive!" giving away the film's climactic ending.
"Spider-Man: Far From Home," which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Zendaya, is set to hit theaters July 2.
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Mariah Carey to issue two-disc "Rarities" album
New York, N.Y. – August 19, 2020 – Global superstar, songwriter and author Mariah Carey will release her special two-disc album The Rarities on Friday, October 2 – a collection of personal favorites from her vault via Columbia/Legacy, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
A career-spanning compilation of remarkable previously unreleased Mariah Carey recordings from 1990 through 2020 - The Rarities is a revelatory musical retrospective, celebrating Carey's exceptional artistry and vision through hidden musical jewels from her personal archives.
When compiling The Rarities, Carey delved into her archives, selecting songs with personal relevance and meaning, some of which are further explored in her upcoming memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.
The album will include a second disc of never-before-released full length audio from Live at the Tokyo Dome, Carey's first concert performance in Japan around her 1996 Daydream World Tour.
In addition, Save The Day, the first IG track from The Rarities, is a new fully-realized recording of a previously written song that was never completed. "I started writing this years ago," she says in her notes for The Rarities, "and the message rings true now more than ever: 'We're all in this together.'" Save The Day will be available on all DSPs this Friday, August 21. The song samples the iconic Fugees hit 'Killing Me Softly with His Song' and features Ms. Lauryn Hill's transcendent vocals from the original song. Save The Day sends a message that inspires hope, resilience and most importantly people coming together for the collective good.
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The Rarities is part of #MC30, an ongoing commemoration of the 30th anniversary of Mariah Carey's debut album and the continuous evolution of her stratospheric career. Weekly #MC30 releases have included digital EPs, remixes, bonus cuts, rare tracks, a cappella moments and mind-blowing live performances. The music is accompanied by video footage, photos, personal notes from Carey and physical releases. #MC30 kicked off with the release of The Live Debut - 1990 in July.
Carey's recently announced memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, will be released on September 29, 2020. Available for pre-order, the memoir will dive deep into Carey's intimate journey of survival and resilience, facing complex issues of race, identity, class, and trauma during her journey to monumental success.
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Q: How many headings can I use in my html structure [SEO] How many headings
 can I use in my html structure to be friendly with SEO ?
I have main page and i don't have paragraph
 tag in main page bu I have many links with titles.. actually it's movie guide..
My structure now is:

Site Title
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movies links
 #20 with links

Section names

Is good or not ?

A: Use one H1, maybe a few H2, then go bananas with H3, H4, H5, H6.

A: I would say h1-h3 is fine to go with seo - it is also explained here - http://www.searchenginejournal.com/seo-checklist-using-page-headings-correctly/7723/
Don't forget to base your headings on the keywords too


I'm trying to install LH in a VirtualBox VM. I am using the latest VirtualBox version (Version 5.1.10 r112026 (Qt5.6.1), upgraded to ensure this wasn't the problem). Host is CentOS 7.2. Network adapter is set to 'bridged' on VBox (which may be related? I plan on trying are-install using NAT when I have time). I am using all default options in LH other than the static IP addr and assigning a pwd to root.
I couldn't download my TV listings in the setup pages (no error msgs on it so nothing to report here) so I dropped to cmd line and simply tried to curl schedulesdirect.org with no luck. This works fine on my host machine BTW (ie the one running VirtualBox). Inside the LH VM I can curl google.com just fine. I can ping schedulesdirect.org, heck, I can even telnet to port 80! But wget and curl don't work and I'm assuming this is why the listings won't download.
This is quite the mystery to me! I've never seen anything like this before. Any thoughts? Thanks.
See the system health webpage.
Connecting to www.schedulesdirect.org (www.schedulesdirect.org)|52.3.57.155|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection timed out) in headers.
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Baba Ramdev to invest billions in Nepal, create 20,000 jobs
Ramdev, who arrived here on a week-long visit yesterday, inaugurated the new factory of his Patanjali Ayurveda Grama Udyog with Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in Bara district in southern Nepal.
Ramdev said he will invest billions of rupees in Nepal for producing ayurvedic products that would eventually generate employment for 20,000 Nepalese youths.
KATHMANDU: Yoga guru Ramdev today said he will invest billions of rupees in Nepal to create 20,000 jobs in the country as he jointly inaugurated a new venture to produce organic medicine and other items.
The factory which was established with an initial capital investment of Rs 1.5 billion will be upgraded to Rs 5 billion in future and will produce organic medicine and other products, Ramdev said during an interaction with officials and members of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry here.
Ramdev, who was accompanied by his close aid Acharya Balkrishna, also flew to Bara district in southern Nepal, where he will conduct a five-day yoga camp, according to sources close to Patanjali Yoga Ashram of Nepal.
President Bhandrai, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, ministers, leaders and members of the business community are among others who have been invited to attend the function in Birgunj.
Thousands of yoga enthusiasts from Nepal and India have assembled in Birgunj are have been preparing for a month for the event.
14 things to know about Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved
Taking the FMCG space by storm
Baba Ramdev's Patanjali has become one nightmare for all the FMCG companies operating in India as the firm has started eating into the market share of MNCs and local players alike. Baba Ramdev has thrown down the gauntlet at his FMCG rivals, predicting that Patanjali Ayurved had the potentional to upstage big names Colgate, Unilever and Nestle in a matter of few years. In the slides to follow we look at 14 things worth knowing about one of the fastest home-grown FMCG company which has taken this category by storm.
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Started in 1997, by Baba Ramdev 50 and Acharya Balakrishna 44, Patanjali Ayurved Limited's corporate headquarter is located in Haridwar, an ancient Indian city on the banks of the Ganges river in Uttarakhand.
Face of the Brand
In an interview to New York Times, Ramdev said he was the creative force and public face of Patanjali, even though, as a swami, he does not have an official title or hold any shares of the privately held company.
When they met
According to the same interview, the two men met in the 1990s, when they studied at the same gurukul, a residential school that was the norm for Indian Hindus before the British arrived. Both the sons of farmers, they went on together to study in the Himalayas, Ramdev focusing on yoga and Balakrishna on ayurveda.
Company's Stakeholders
A confidant of Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna holds a 94% stake in Patanjali Ayurved, but he doesn't take home a salary. Yet, he works for 15 hours a day, even on Sundays and other holidays during the year. He claims he hasn't taken a single day's leave either. "I work daily from 7 am to 10 pm," he said in a interview to Times of India.
NRI couple Sunita and Sarwan Poddar, followers of Ramdev, gave Balkrishna the first loan to kick-start the business. They have a 3% shareholding in Patanjali Ayurved.
The unofficial CEO
While Baba Ramdev is the face of the company and Acharya Balkrishna, managing director at Patanjali Ayurved, it is Ram Bharat, the low profile younger brother of the former, who has taken up the mantle to lead Patanjali Ayurved, acting as an informal chief executive officer of the Haridwar-based consumer products firm.
In 2015-16, the Haridwar based company raked in revenues of Rs 5,000 crore, up from around Rs 400 crore in 2011-12 and Rs 2,000 crore in 2014-15. Products such as ghee (Rs 700 crore) and toothpaste (Rs 300 crore) emerged as bestsellers in its FMCG portfolio which has around 300 products. In contrast, HUL and Colgate had revenues of around Rs 30,170 crore and Rs 4,211 crore in 2014-15 respectively.
Aim to Double Revenue
The company is now aiming to double its revenues to Rs 10,000 crore by March next year and invest around Rs 1,000 crore to set up six processing units and an R&D centre.
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Thousands of Retail Touch Points
Currently, apart from e-commerce channels, Patanjali products are sold through 1,200 Ayurvedic Chikitsalayas, 2,500 Arogya Kendras and 8,000 Swadeshi Kendras. Add to that thousands of kirana stores across the country and partnerships with modern retail chains such as Big Bazaar.
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Massive product range
For a company that started as a small pharmacy around 20 years ago, Patanjali now has 28 factories at the campus that make more than 800 products, company officials said in an interview. Twenty-five technicians in a dozen glass-walled labs use computers to test ingredients for contaminants, from pesticides to heavy metals.
Vast Product Portfolio
No other herbal products maker has forayed into categories such as noodles, oats and detergents.
Cheaper than Competition
Most of Patanjali's products are 15%-20% cheaper than leading brands, forcing many of its peers to launch offers and promotions to counter its rising popularity.
Getting into Yoga-Wear
After taking on Nestle's Maggi with instant noodles, Ramdev's Patanjali has readied a strategy to challenge the might of global sportswear giants Nike and Adidas with its foray into yogawear. "Our yogawear Vastram will be made of khadi. MNCs have always misled consumers in India. We want to take them on with our products that come with the goodness of Ayurveda and are priced affordably," said Ramdev to TOI.
Patanjali MegaStores
Patanjali is also planning to open Patanjali Mega Stores across India starting with Nagpur and Lucknow. The company has also readied a premium brand 'Soundarya' to take on the likes of big cosmetics brands such as L'Oreal and Maybelline. The proposed Patanjali mega stores that will sell everything from noodles and biscuits to ayurvedic medicines and ghee, will measure around 5,000 square feet, according to Balkrishna.
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Glasgow rockers Baby Strange are headlining the Scottish Alternative Music Awards (SAMA) 2016 being held at the Garage.
Also on the bill are Paisley grime MC Shogun, electronic trio Stillhound and alternative rockers The Van T's.
The awards take place tomorrow, Wednesday, October 12.
Celebrating their seventh birthday, the awards will again be hosted by Jim Gellatly.
The ceremony will also see award's being given out by music industry guests Vic Galloway, Fiona Soe Paing, and 2015 winners Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5.
More than seven thousand music fans had their say on who will take home a SAMA this year.
SAMA founder Richy Muirhead said: "Baby Strange are an incredible live act to add to our already amazing line-up.
"The atmosphere at The Garage on Wednesday promises to be spectacular as ever as we find out who the SAMA winners are.


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These cute blue half pint (8oz) jars are new for 2016. Now that we have them, our son always demands a blue jar with a blue lid and a blue glass straw.
Use this jar with any of our regular mouth accessories!


The college campus where I teach just added a little free library. I placed a copy of Atlas Shrugged in it today (along with a Terry Pratchett book). Let's hope one or two students will read it and think deeply about it.
Yay! The two books I put in the library have been "checked out."
Excellent. One mind at a time. Good job starbird.


Various methods of birth control are widely available and most people will have tried using at least one form during their lives to prevent pregnancies, STD's or a combination of the both. Hormonal contraception such as birth control pills, intrauterine devices (IUD's), patches, insertable rings, or shots to name a few are used specifically to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The concern for some women that's even preventing some from using hormonal birth control options is the often talked about potential for weight gain. However, how likely are these types of birth control actually going to make you gain weight?
Most research out there doesn't show a direct correlation between birth control use (hormonal and non-hormonal) and weight gain. In fact and according to WebMd, "A review of 44 studies showed no evidence that birth control pills caused weight gain in most women". While the large majority of hormonal options aren't linked to weight gain, there is one exception in the Depo-Provra Shot (click here to read more). What is important to look at however is some of the side effects that could be affecting the number on the scale, without any real underlying issue of weight gain to support it.
Estrogen is well known to lead to excess water retention when levels become elevated. This is one of the reasons that during your menstrual cycle you can experience bloating. Birth control pills are typically made from a combination of both estrogen and progestin, so if the pill you are taking has larger amounts of estrogen, your body could just be retaining more water than usual, causing the scale to make it seem like there is added weight gain.
Another known effect of estrogen is its ability to potentially act as an appetite stimulant. Increased appetite could lead to eating more, a large part of this is also determined by the type of diet you have and lifestyle choices you make. When combined with your normal daily fluctuations in weight along with extra water retention it's no wonder why the scale can look off on some days during the month. However, the jury is still out on what other factors lead to conceived weight gain and it's been shown that women with abnormal glucose metabolism are more likely to experience this effect.
The DMPA shot is one exception to the rule and has shown a correlation with women who use the shot and moderate weight gain. While scientists haven't grilled down a reason as to why the DMPA injection, one likely guess is the fact that the injection contains higher levels of hormones in its formula. The extra hormones could increase appetite while slowing down the body's metabolism and encouraging fat storage.
If you feel like you've been noticing the scale go up now that you're on a hormonal birth control option, it's important to be aware of the potential side effects that could be throwing off that number. Unless you're taking the direct injection, any weight gain is likely not linked to your birth control. Everyone is different so be sure to speak to your doctor about any concerns you may have or if you're experiencing unexplained weight gain.


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Lawmakers draw government's attention towards multipurpose projects
Published On: June 19, 2019 06:30 PM NPT By: RSS
KATHMANDU, June 19: The government's attention has been drawn towards the immediate implementation of the Budhi Gandaki and West Seti big and multipurpose hydropower projects. The pair projects are listed on the government's 'project of national pride'.
The 750-megawatt West Seti has been in limbo for long. No decision is taken yet to determine the model of the project after the China Three Georges Corporation left the project. At present, the Investment Board is coordinating the project. Earlier, the Board had formed a task force comprising Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Barshaman Pun; Finance Minister Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada and Board Chief Executive Officer Maha Prasad Adhikari to determine the appropriate model of the project.
Though the task force has already prepared a report, the decision in the regard is awaited. In a meeting of the House of Representatives today, Nepal Communist Party (NCP)'s lawmaker Prem Bahadur Ale sought the implementation of the project without any delay. "It plays a significant role in the economic progress of the State 5 and Far-West State."
He also took time to draw the government's attention towards stalled progress of the Budhi Gandaki Hydro Power Project. He demanded the government immediately ensure the distribution of compensation to take it into the implementation phase which would, according to him, cause a positive impact on the nation's economy. Satya Narayan Khanal expressed his concern that less budget was allocated for the Budhigandaki Multi-Purpose Project. He accused the government of delaying to implement the project, though locals are positive for the same.
The project cost would be reasonable if the contract was awarded through open bidding, he said, claiming that it was the weakness of the government that a contract was given without competition. CPN's Radha Kumari Gyawali, also the former Energy Minister, expressed her concern over a delay in the implementation of the budget. She criticized the government's apathy to allocate additional budget to the Budhi Gandaki Project when its detailed project has been already prepared.
Lawmakers from the ruling party protested the Appropriation Bill, 2076 while attending a discussion on several headings of the bill at the House of Representatives. Janardan Sharma from ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) complained that the government devalues West Rukum. He said the budget distribution process was unequal and wrong. NCP's Rajendra Prasad Gautam complained that his home district, Sankhuwasabha, had not received enough budget. Likewise, Ganesh Kumar Pahari said there are not expected results from development projects as the project selection process itself has been wrong. He drew the attention of the government to a slow-paced construction of the national priority projects.
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Google Nexus One To Launch On Verizon In Three Weeks?
The International CTIA Wireless 2010 event later this month could see the launch of the Nexus One on Verizon Wireless as one Google Employee has apparently confirmed that a CDMA version of the device will be unveiled on the 23rd of march, when CTIA starts.
The FCC has apparently already given its green light to a Nexus One with a CDMA chipset last week and the phone is already available on T-Mobile on a two-year contract and an initial fee of $180.
A Verizon Wireless version would not only offer better connectivity and network coverage but also bring in some much needed competition in the US. The phone is already expected to come in the UK via Vodafone some time in April.
The phone will be in direct competition with its blood sibling, the Desire, which is also manufactured by HTC. Both will come with a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, Android OS 2.1 and a 5-megapixel camera.
The Nexus One can already be ordered straight from Google for around £350 excluding VAT while the Desire will be available soon on T-Mobile for £30 per month on a 24-month contract. You can read our preview of the Nexus One complete with nice snapshots here.
The Nexus One is certainly one of the better phones out there but Apple has yet to release its next generation iPhone and HTC is already preparing quiet a few Android-based phones as well. Then there's Windows Phone 7 models coming soon. 2010 will be exciting.


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Guillermo Rodríguez Melgarejo (20 de maio de 1943 – 4 de janeiro de 2021) foi um bispo católico romano argentino.

Melgarejo nasceu na Argentina e foi ordenado ao sacerdócio em 1970. Ele serviu como bispo titular de Ucresiano e como bispo auxiliar da Arquidiocese Católica Romana de Buenos Aires de 1994 a 2003 e como bispo da Diocese Católica Romana de San Martín na Argentina de 2003 a 2018.

Bispos católicos da Argentina
Mortos em 2021
Nascidos em 1943

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Image caption Mr Trump has taken to calling Kim Jong-un "rocket man"
Speaking to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Mr Trump said he would "totally destroy" North Korea if it posed a threat to the US or its allies.
Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho's comments were North Korea's first official response to the speech.
Mr Ri told reporters near the UN headquarters in New York: "There is a saying that goes: 'Even when dogs bark, the parade goes on'."
"If [Trump] was thinking about surprising us with the sound of a barking dog then he is clearly dreaming."
Speaking about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Mr Trump had told the UN: "Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime."
When asked what he thought of Mr Trump calling Mr Kim "rocket man", Mr Ri responded: "I feel sorry for his aides."
The decision comes days after the UN approved new sanctions against Pyongyang, restricting oil imports and banning textile exports - an attempt to starve the North of fuel and income for its weapons programmes.
The UN sanctions came in response to the North's latest nuclear test on 3 September.


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package com.signalcollect.triplerush

import org.scalacheck.{ Arbitrary, Gen, Prop }
import org.scalacheck.Prop.propBoolean
import org.scalatest.{ Finders, FlatSpec, Matchers }
import org.scalatest.prop.Checkers

import com.signalcollect.triplerush.mapper.{ DistributedTripleMapper, RelievedNodeZeroTripleMapper }

class TripleMapperSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers with Checkers {

  case class NodeSetup(numberOfNodes: Int, workersPerNode: Int) {
    private[this] val step = numberOfNodes * workersPerNode
    assert(numberOfNodes > 0)
    assert(workersPerNode > 0)
    def nodeId(workerId: Int) = (((workerId & Int.MaxValue) % step) / workersPerNode).floor.toInt
    def nodeRelativeWorkerId(workerId: Int) = (workerId & Int.MaxValue) % workersPerNode
  }

  val genPositiveInt = Gen.choose(1, 100)

  val genZeroOrPositive = Gen.oneOf(Gen.const(0), genPositiveInt)

  val genIndexPattern = {
    val genPattern = for {
      s <- genZeroOrPositive
      p <- genZeroOrPositive
      o <- genZeroOrPositive
    } yield TriplePattern(s, p, o)
    genPattern.filter(!_.isFullyBound)
  }

  implicit val arbIndexPattern = Arbitrary(genIndexPattern)

  val genNodeSetup = {
    for {
      nodes <- Gen.choose(1, 13)
      workersPerNode <- Gen.choose(1, 17)
    } yield NodeSetup(nodes, workersPerNode)
  }

  implicit val arbNodeSetup = Arbitrary(genNodeSetup)

  def distributedMapper(s: NodeSetup) = new DistributedTripleMapper(numberOfNodes = s.numberOfNodes, workersPerNode = s.workersPerNode)
  def relievedNodeZeroMapper(s: NodeSetup) = new RelievedNodeZeroTripleMapper(numberOfNodes = s.numberOfNodes, workersPerNode = s.workersPerNode)

  "TripleMapper" should "assign triples with the same subject to the same node" in {
    check {
      Prop.forAll(genPositiveInt, genNodeSetup) {
        (subjectId: Int, s: NodeSetup) =>
          val m = distributedMapper(s)
          val node1 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(subjectId, 2, 0)))
          val node2 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(subjectId, 0, 5)))
          assert(node1 == node2)
          true
      }
    }
  }

  it should "assign triples that share subject/object to the same node, if the one with the object has no subject set" in {
    check {
      Prop.forAll(genPositiveInt, genNodeSetup) {
        (positiveId: Int, s: NodeSetup) =>
          val m = distributedMapper(s)
          val node1 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(positiveId, 2, 0)))
          val node2 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(0, 5, positiveId)))
          assert(node1 == node2)
          true
      }
    }
  }

  it should "assign triples that share subject/object to different workers on the same node, when their predicates are different" in {
    check {
      Prop.forAll(genPositiveInt, genNodeSetup) {
        (positiveId: Int, s: NodeSetup) =>
          val m = distributedMapper(s)
          val p1 = 2
          val p2 = 97
          val pDelta = p2 - p1
          val workerId1 = m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(positiveId, p1, 0))
          val workerId2 = m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(0, p2, positiveId))
          val relativeWorkerId1 = s.nodeRelativeWorkerId(workerId1)
          val relativeWorkerId2 = s.nodeRelativeWorkerId(workerId2)
          assert(s.nodeId(workerId1) == s.nodeId(workerId2))
          // Only check if there are > 1 workers and if there delta between the IDs is not a multiple of the number of workers
          if (s.workersPerNode > 1 && pDelta % s.workersPerNode != 0) {
            assert(relativeWorkerId1 != relativeWorkerId2)
          }
          true
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Usually small ids are more frequent. Try to avoid putting them all
   * on the same node.
   */
  it should "not assign all the small ids to the same node" in {
    check {
      Prop.forAll(genPositiveInt, genNodeSetup) {
        (positiveId: Int, s: NodeSetup) =>
          val m = distributedMapper(s)
          val node1 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(1, 2, 0)))
          val node2 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(2, 5, 0)))
          val node3 = s.nodeId(m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(EfficientIndexPattern(3, 5, 0)))
          if (s.numberOfNodes >= 3) {
            assert(node1 != node2)
            assert(node2 != node3)
            assert(node1 != node3)
          }
          true
      }
    }
  }

  it should "always assign queries to node 0" in {
    check((queryVertexId: Int, s: NodeSetup) => {
      if (queryVertexId != 0 && queryVertexId != Int.MinValue) {
        val m = distributedMapper(s)
        val queryWorkerId = m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(OperationIds.embedInLong(queryVertexId))
        val node = s.nodeId(queryWorkerId)
        assert(node == 0)
      }
      true
    }, minSuccessful(1000))
  }

  "RelievedNodeZeroMapper" should "not assign (non-root) triple patterns to node 0" in {
    check((tp: TriplePattern, s: NodeSetup) => {
      assert(!tp.isFullyBound, "Index patterns cannot be fully bound.")
      if (s.numberOfNodes > 1) {
        val m = relievedNodeZeroMapper(s)
        val worker = m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(tp.toEfficientIndexPattern)
        val node = s.nodeId(worker)
        if (tp != TriplePattern(0, 0, 0)) {
          assert(node != 0)
        }
      }
      true
    }, minSuccessful(1000))
  }

  it should "always assign queries to node 0" in {
    check((queryVertexId: Int, s: NodeSetup) => {
      if (s.numberOfNodes > 1 && queryVertexId != 0 && queryVertexId != Int.MinValue) {
        val m = relievedNodeZeroMapper(s)
        val queryWorkerId = m.getWorkerIdForVertexId(OperationIds.embedInLong(queryVertexId))
        val node = s.nodeId(queryWorkerId)
        assert(node == 0)
      }
      true
    }, minSuccessful(1000))
  }

}

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Who is The School of Life?
We're a global organisation dedicated to developing emotional intelligence. We were founded about ten years ago and today we have branches around the world, from Amsterdam to Rio to Tel Aviv.
We're a real school (for grown-ups!) and we teach classes to individuals on topics from How to Find Love to How to Identify your Career Potential.
But we don't just teach individuals. We also work with business and organisations to teach the key emotional skills needed in every workplace, from resilience to confidence to charm. And we sell books, games, cards, and other beautiful retail products around the world, all designed to help you understand yourself better and live a calmer, wiser and more fulfilled life.
What is Emotional Intelligence (EI) and why is it so important?
Emotional intelligence is the type of intelligence that allows us to better navigate our own emotions and better understand and respond to the emotions of others.
It's marked in part by skepticism around emotions. Instead of imagining that everything we feel at the time must be true or even useful, that we should "trust our gut" or our instincts, we're able to consider (for example) whether we really hate our partner or are simply quite tired, whether our new colleague is truly impossibly difficult or whether they most remind us of unpleasant people we knew at university, and so on.
There's a keen awareness in emotional intelligence that we might be "importing" quite a lot from our past, especially our childhoods. This is yet another reason to practice gentle skepticism about some of our feelings.
Of course, this helpful skepticism is also just as useful when we need to consider what's going on with other people. We can be a lot more generous if we apply emotional intelligence, because we can understand that someone who is seemingly very angry might actually be quite afraid about what others will think of them (for example.) And that allows us to work to address their fears or anxieties instead of responding with rage ourselves… Find out more on this here.
Emotions – strengths or weaknesses? Explain.
Neither, really- emotions are just the way we process certain types of information. No matter what, for better or worse, we're going to have emotions of all types. But it matters quite a lot how we let ourselves feel these emotions and how well we come to understand them.
For example, we might need to not only know that we should keep calm during a high-conflict situation, but also practice doing this until it becomes easier. Or we might need to actually go and revisit some of the emotions we had growing up around our fear of being judged, shamed, or excluded before we can become less nervous about making new friends as adults.
Do you believe people have become more open to the dialogue around our emotions? If so, what's the benefit of this?
Well, it really depends on what eras and groups of people we're comparing—history isn't so straightforward in this regard.
We have a business division that helps individuals, teams, and organisations around the world practice open dialog around their emotions. It's a real pleasure and privilege to work in partnership with major global organisations to help them support their employees and reach their goals.
In our personal lives, being more open about our emotions is one of the most mature things we can do, whether the relationship in question is romantic, familial, or friendship. It demonstrates that we trust the other person, that we don't need to be "tough" around them and that we actually want them to know what's going on with us.
This is, ultimately, much of what makes our connections with others meaningful: that we can share not just our parochial "shallow self" (with its "proper" un-embarrassing exterior, its opinions about the weather in our neighbourhood or where it might be nice to go on holiday) but also our far more human and universal "deep self" (with all our hopes, and fears, anxieties, dreams, and desires). What's better than being loved and cared for, deep self and all?
What do you envisage an Emotional Intelligent society looking like?
In an emotionally intelligent society we'd also take very seriously the idea that we could learn this type of thing throughout our lives—that we might not be terribly good at having arguments with our partner at 32, but that we weren't therefore stuck forever in that pattern, that we could learn to argue and handle conflict better by (say) 40 and might be really good at it by age 50. Practicing emotional skills would carry great prestige, much the way we admire and envy those who can train for marathons now.
And as I mentioned earlier, we'd all learn to be much more skeptical of our emotions as well. We'd know they could mislead us. We'd be more open about what we might be feeling—but also trust many of these emotions, especially the short-term reactive ones, a lot less.
Do you ever think EI will become part of the school curriculum?
Absolutely. It's one of many things people need to learn, and also to practice over and over again instead of just once… school is one of the ideal places for this to occur.
Moreover, as our education system is currently mostly geared to prepare us for working life, emotional intelligence should increasingly play a greater part in mainstream education. That's because emotional intelligence is crucial for working well, as it allows us to collaborate and lead others. In the future a lot of the "hard skills" we currently learn in school will be less necessary as computers take over many tasks—which means emotional skills will become more and more what people use at work.
And not just at work—in life. In the future we hope (and believe) that schools won't just prepare us to help someone else make a profit but will train us in the emotional skills needed for us to have fulfilling lives as individuals, and to create a collectively wiser and healthier society.
What EI content are people mostly engaged by?
To generalise very broadly, people love to learn about love and work. And of course, they want to know more about themselves.
What three pieces of advice would you give somebody who wanted to increase their emotional awareness – where would they start?
We deeply believe in the value of therapy – not just if you're having a particularly tough time, but as a path to greater wisdom and self-understanding. There is something very valuable about having 50 minutes where someone else (someone wise, experienced, an nonjudgemental) will simply listen to you, and allow you to hear yourself properly too.
It's also worth actively practicing skepticism about your emotions. You might, for example, make a practice of giving yourself time to think through an issue by, journaling, or talking through your feelings with a trusted friend, especially before making important decisions.
Great, tell us more about that. What resources would you recommended?
You can also subscribe to The School of Life's YouTube channel (we put up two new films a week) and to The Book of Life (we also put up new articles each week).
And finally, if you want to meet other people interested in having deeper conversations and exploring emotional intelligence, you can download our app on ios. We'd love to see you there!
Paving the way to a more emotionally intelligent London, The School of Life shares its wise teachings to help individuals live a more mindful and conscious existence. Addressing common issues on how to find fulfilling work, master the art of relationships, find inner calm and understand the world we live in, The School of Life delivers workshops, talks and creates engaging content to support curious individuals on their journey. We caught up with Sarah from The School of Life to talk emotions – What are emotions? How can they serve us better?


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Михаил Прокофьевич Годов (1896 — после 1985 года) — советский государственный деятель, председатель исполнительного комитета Винницкого областного совета депутатов трудящихся.

Биография
В 1918—1921 годах — в Красной армии, участник Гражданской войны в России.

Член РКП(б) с 1919 года.

В 1938 — январе 1940 г. — исполняющий обязанности председателя исполнительного комитета Винницкого областного совета депутатов трудящихся. В январе 1940—1941 г. — председатель исполнительного комитета Винницкого областного совета депутатов трудящихся.

С октября 1941 года — в Красной армии, участник Великой Отечественной войны. В 1941—1943 годах — член оперативной группы при Военных советах Южного, Сталинградского и Воронежского (с 1943 года) фронтов.

В 1944 — июле 1945 г. — председатель исполнительного комитета Винницкого областного совета депутатов трудящихся.

Затем находился на ответственной хозяйственной работе.

Воинские звания
 Батальонный комиссар

Награды
 орден Трудового Красного Знамени (7.02.1939)
 орден Красной Звезды (26.08.1943)
 ордена
 медали

Источники
 Годов Михаил Прокофьевич

Председатели Винницкого облисполкома
Родившиеся в 1896 году
Кавалеры ордена Трудового Красного Знамени
Кавалеры ордена Красной Звезды
Персоналии:Винница
Участники Гражданской войны в России
Делегаты XVIII съезда ВКП(б)