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This entry was posted in Dental Exam Dentist Teeth and tagged Electric Toothbrush Toothbrush on November 27, 2018 by Anderson Dental
About one-third of Americans use electric toothbrushes of some type. Some believe a powered toothbrush cleans better than a manual brush with flossing. Others find them more convenient, or more pleasing in some other way. Electric toothbrushes are a well-established oral hygiene option. Hence, it's well worth a review of the technology, their safety, and their effectiveness.
The first electric toothbrush was brought to market in 1927 by the Electro Massage Tooth Brush Company, USA. In 1940 a US patent for an electric toothbrush design was granted to Tom Moseley. In 1954 a Swiss Dr. Woog invented the Broxodent design. These three designs drew electrical power through a cord, from wall outlets. Plainly a dangerous setup, especially around water. Interestingly, these early designs were oriented toward people with limitations that made manual brushing difficult or impossible. Superior cleaning for the general population was not a priority for these inventors.
The General Electric Automatic Toothbrush was introduced in 1961. This device was cordless and rechargeable. It looked and worked much like the powered toothbrushes of today. Unfortunately, battery design was (and still is!) lagging behind the rest of the technology. Thus, the primitive batteries in this GE brush were so toxic and dangerous they were sealed into the handle. They couldn't be changed when their short useful life was over. The whole brush had to be replaced.
Finally, in the 1990s the US and Canada came up with new safety regulations that forced design updates across the board. The electric toothbrush as we now know it was born. Safer and more trouble-free, they were rapidly adopted by the mass market.
TYPES – ROTATING, SONIC, ULTRASONIC
Today's electric toothbrushes are of three types. All of them use battery power to impart motion to the brush itself. The differences are in the kind of motion and in the speed of the motion.
ROTATING ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES
Rotating designs generally have small, round brushes. The bristles are rotated around a tiny axle, either in complete circles or in half-turns back-and-forth. The source of the motion is an electric motor. It's transmitted through a gear-and-cam system. The speed is relatively low, around 1,300 -8,800 "strokes" per minute. Some pricier models jazz up the scrubbing action with a high-frequency pulsating movement. The brush itself is the only part of the device that moves.
Rotating electric toothbrushes have low price to in their favor. They're the cheapest entry to powered brushing. They work to clean and remove plaque by scrubbing, just like a regular toothbrush does. Thus, users can brush the way they learned to with manual toothbrushes. Note that due to the small brush heads, the makers recommend cleaning one tooth at a time.
SONIC ELECTRIC TOOTHBRUSHES
Sonic brushes differ in two ways. First, the motion of the brush head is oscillation, not rotation. There's no motor inside the handle. Instead, these brushes use exotic components like the piezoelectric transducer, which convert electric current to very high-speed vibration. The entire brush head vibrates, rather than just the brush itself.
Sonic bristles move much faster than simple rotary brushes do. In reality, the term "sonic" with regard to toothbrushes has no scientific meaning. Government and industry definitions vary. Most electric toothbrushes on the market today are termed "sonic". They vibrate at speeds in the range of 12,000-24,000 movements per minute. That's 200-400 Hz. By the way, the hum we hear is somewhere around middle C on the piano! Indeed, an audible hum is one of the defining features of sonic toothbrushes.
The brush heads of sonic toothbrushes are generally larger than those of rotaries. Brushing technique is similar, with one twist. Sonic brushes do provide a scrubbing action, like manual and like powered rotary brushes. However, the point of the very high vibration speeds is a different, no-contact cleaning action. Designers believe that the fast vibration produces cavitation or turbulence in the toothpaste and mouth liquids. They intend the turbulence to dislodge debris and plaque even beyond where the bristles are actually touching the teeth. As we noted, some rotary brushes have a high-speed pulsing feature. This borrows from the sonic design, and adds turbulence to the rotary scrubbing.
ULTRASONIC TOOTHBRUSHES
The idea behind ultrasonic toothbrushes is to ramp up the vibration speed and turbo-charge the no-contact cleaning effect. Here the FDA has set a standard. In order to qualify as an FDA ultrasonic, a toothbrush must oscillate at 1.6 Mhz or more. As noted, sonic brushes vibrate in the 200-400 Hz range. The 1.6Mhz speed of an ultrasonic translates to 192,000,000 movements per minute. The ultrasonic cleaning action is strictly by turbulence.
In contrast to the rotary brushes "souped up" with high-speed pulsation, many ultrasonics are "souped down". That is, designers add a sonic-range (slower) vibration pattern, which in turn adds a scrubbing action.
The brushing technique with an ultrasonic toothbrush isn't really brushing at all. Rather, the bristles simply rest on the teeth. Vibration and turbulence do the rest. The user just gently passes the brush head over the surfaces of each quadrant. Top inside, top outside, etc.
EFFECTIVENESS OF POWERED TOOTHBRUSHES
Now we come to the Big Question. Do electric toothbrushes work better than regular ones? Let's stop for a second and step back. Maybe that's not really the right question. Maybe what really matters is whether an electric toothbrush will work better for you. That's not quite the same question.
The difference is in the details. Some research shows that other things being equal, powered toothbrushes have an edge. That is, they are better at reducing plaque and gingivitis. The more recent studies tend to support this finding.
Bottom line, research has produced mixed verdicts comparing manual vs. sonic vs. ultrasonic. It's chaos. For example, one study of the supposed cavitation effect was unable to find any cavitation. However, there's no sign at all that powered brushes are less effective than manual. Thus, by going electric, there's nothing to lose but some money.
Let's deal with the mixed research findings. The thing is, in real life beyond studies, other things are not equal. There's the human factor. Look, if using a powered toothbrush gets a person to brush more often, that's good for his or her hygiene. Likewise, if buying a new electric brush leads the user to bone up on brushing technique, that's a plus, too.
On the other hand, there's also something called "offsetting behavior". In this case, that would be a new user tending to brush less often or less completely with an electric. In other words, relating to the electric toothbrush as a time-saver. Not good for hygiene. Neither is slacking off from flossing, as if a powered brush makes it unnecessary. That's not so.
Whether you're thinking of going electric or are already, tap your dentist's knowledge to set your policy. You're an individual human being. Your dentist knows your mouth and knows you. If you opt to stay with electric or move to it from manual, discuss models and how to use them properly. If you're concerned about technique, look at one of the Bluetooth-enabled models. These provide feedback on brushing technique and keep records to keep you honest.
Then, your next checkup will tell the tale.
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Many of the residents who are lucky enough to live in the beautiful suburb of Malabar come and see us for their dental treatment. It's literally 8 minutes down Anzac Parade and you can always combine the trip with a bit of shopping if you choose. Want to take a bus then just jump on the 399 or 393.
There actually aren't any, seems all of them have huddled together in Maroubra instead. Perhaps the closest would be the dentists in South Maroubra but it's not really any extra effort to enter the main hub at the Junction where you have more choice. Let us introduce you to a lovely dentist on Maroubra Road.
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Jean-Charles Decaux, Chairman of the Executive Board and Co-Chief Executive Officer of JCDecaux, explained: "OOH is at the heart of mobility, on the street and seen each day. The same is true for mobile, which is why this combination creates such an amplification impact. OOH is an interception media and when combined with mobile, it increases brand engagement and enhances the campaign's efficiency. This strategic global partnership between S4M and JCDecaux follows our 2-screen strategy to enable advertisers to leverage OOH and mobile campaign performances. Thanks to JCDecaux's worldwide network and S4M's drive-to-store technology, brands will provide a unique experience to their customers whilst on the go and increase traffic to their stores. This new product will also help JCDecaux grow its ecosystem of technology partners to broaden the services it offers to agencies and advertisers."
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– Vice President Joe Biden talking at a tribute event on the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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April 22: Elite Fields Released For USA 1 Mile Road Championships Men's field includes Garrett Heath, Leo Manzano, Craig Miller and Russell Brown and the women's field includes Gabe Grunewald, Heather Kampf, Sara Hall.
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Two Bags Detonated By Bomb Squad Near Boston Marathon Finish Line And Man Taken Into Custody The man was barefoot, dressed in a black veil and screaming "Boston Strong." A source said one bag had a rice cooker with confetti and the man was charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and possession of a hoax device.
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Recommended Read: BAA Runner Dan Harper Shares His Nerve-Wracking Experience Of Getting Detained By The Police While On A Run During The Manhunt For The Second Boston Bomber Last Year Harper talks about how he was stopped during his morning run and was detained, cuffed and questioned for 45 minutes until the cops could validate that he was not one of the Boston bombing suspects.
UK Performance Director Neil Black Doubts Mo Farah Will Run Another Marathon In The Near Future As He Turns His Focus Back To The Track London race director Hugh Brasher said he didn't think Farah would do another one until after the Rio Olympics.
USATF Confirms That They've Sent A Letter Of Interest To The IAAF About Eugene Bidding For The 2019 World Championships However, as Ken Goe points out, this is not a formal bid and Eugene lacks a lot of the necessary components to host, including the size of Hayward Field and lack of hotel rooms in the area, but he adds that with the backing of Vin Lananna and Nike, there could be a shot.
Sad: 42-Year-Old Man Dies After Finishing London Marathon He collapsed after crossing the finish line and was given medical attention, but died before he got to the hospital.
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*Farah Post-London Workout: 4x5k @ 13:30!!!
*Mo Farah finishes with both Mutais!
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Jamaican High Jumper Damar Robinson Gets 1-Year Doping Ban Robinson goes to college in the US and tested positive for a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) last June and got a retroactive ban so he'll be eligible to compete in 2 months.
Diego Estrada To Compete For The USA Estrada ran for Mexico at the Olympics and Worlds, but has dual citizenship and starting this year will be competing for the US.
Video Interview With Wilson Kipsang Talking About His London Marathon Victory And Tactics Kipsang talks about choosing the right time to make his move and his surprise when Stanley Biwott was the one to go with him when he broke away from the pack.
Tirunesh Dibaba Says She's Going Back To The Track But Will Run Another Marathon Eventually "I don't want to be second or third, I've been first all the time on the track. I want to win the marathon as well one time." She also admitted she was very disappointed by the water bottle dropping incident, which she felt cost her.
Cool: Mike Wardian Wins North Pole Marathon In 4:07:40 Includes video.
DyeStat Q&A With High School Marathoner Alana Hadley, Who Won The Charlotte Racefest Half Marathon Last Weekend, Taking Home $300 She talks about her training for Grandma's Marathon this June, which has included 100-mile weeks and will eventually get up to a 24-mile long run.
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Weekend Japanese Road Results: Collegian Yoshiki Koizumi Wins Yaizu Minato Half Marathon In 1:03:26 Yuki Kawauchi was 9th (1:04:19).
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Usain Bolt Says His Recent Foot Injury Is "Nothing Serious" And He's Already Back In Training Bolt said he was looking forward to the World Relays this year in May, but didn't indicate if he'd be competing. A previous article said he wouldn't be competing until June.
Texas A&M's Deon Lendore's 44.90 400 World Lead Highlights Weekend NCAA Action Hours later he anchored Texas A&M's 4 x 400 to victory with a 44.70 split. Princeton's Julia Ratcliffe was the women's DI athlete of the week as she set a New Zealand and Ivy League record in the hammer throw with 228-4 (69.60m).
MVP's Carrie Russell Runs 11.19 To Win The 100 At UTech Classic Her time is tied for the 3rd fastest for the year. She also ran on the MVP 4 x 100 which ran a world-leading 43.31.
Japanese Weekend Track Highlights: Teen Sprint Star Yoshihide Kiryu Makes His Collegiate Debut He helped the Toyo University 4 x 100 team to a school record of 39.69 seconds (article also includes distance results).
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*Why aren't people trashing Turinesh Dibaba?
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Who is Benjamin Stewart? Well that's a difficult question to answer according to him. Unlike him, however, I'm not afraid to use labels and point out the obvious. First and foremost he's one of the most "interesting" conspiracy theorists I've ever come across, as he manages to combine nearly every conspiracy theory, even ones that sometimes contradict each other, into his first movie. In his second movie he changes pace and starts going into the New Age, feel food, self-righteous, garbage that you find in The Secret and various other misinterpreted ancient philosophies.
It seems as though Benjamin likes to write his name "Benjamin: Stewart", I guess this is to avoid legal problems that he lays out in both movies and I discuss in full. It seems he's repeating that up-and-coming hype about how if YOUR NAME is in all caps, then laws under an all caps name don't apply to you, or some such nonsense. For the most part the movies are made by him, but they also seem to involve his brother "Daniel: Stewart".
If you thought Alex Jones was bad about promoting inconsistent conspiracy theories, you're in for a big surprise.
New Age stuff, mixed mildly with conspiracy theories about law.
Just like my other film reviews, each statement from the movie will appear in green, and my text is black. Both of his films today have content added and removed between versions; new content is always in blue, removed content in red.


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Don't sign contracts, opt for collectivity
May 18, 2006 in Family support
With the role of voluntary bodies under debate, Scottish agency Quarriers has shown the kind of work the sector can and should be doing.
In 2002 it started a family resource centre in the Ruchazie area of Easterhouse in Glasgow. Supported by the council, it runs from a purpose-built building.
Centre workers have related closely with a small number of parents experiencing difficulties with their children. In addition, a women's group meets regularly, playtime is a facility for parents and children to attend together, a dads' group provides social activities and a focus on parenting, and a nursery caters for small children.
Researchers from Stirling University have recently published an evaluation of its effectiveness. It gives particular attention to 10 families with 15 children in all, some referred by the social work department.
Each of the families had benefited from the project. Misuse of drugs had fallen, tempers had been better controlled, selfesteem was on the up. By the close of the evaluation, only two children were on the child protection list while one child in care had returned home.
The researchers concluded that the centre's users felt it had been crucial in improving their lives.
On another measure, 30 people who used the centre expressed satisfaction at meeting other parents. Twenty-five of them considered it helped them manage their children better while 13 had been enabled to deal with practical matters such as negotiating with housing authorities.
The centre's success derives firstly from its neighbourhood focus. Residents can just walk in. Through its nursery, it serves a large number of families and there is no stigma attached to entering the building. Most families live close by and so can be there in a few minutes while it is not necessary to make an appointment to see staff.
Second, it has what I call "collectivity". You are not just an individual at this centre.
The evaluation stated: "While the input of centre staff was crucial, so too was the experience of meeting other service users. The importance of learning how to get on with other people and benefit from what they could offer was built into the service." When people feel part of the team they become helpers as well as the helped.
Third, the staff are highly skilled. Statutory social workers are adept at being able to analyse, monitor and evaluate. The centre workers not only possessed these skills but spent social time with users, chatting with each other and going on family outings together. As the evaluation stated, they related at two levels, the professional and the social.
These two levels are sometimes in tension. The friendly centre worker may have to tell a user that certain behaviour is not acceptable. In one case, it was concluded that the parents could not cope. The great skill of the staff was to balance these levels. Mostly they succeeded so that users who appreciated the workers' openness and warmth came to see advice and warnings as an acceptable part of their role.
The centre is a success and the staff have written a practice guide to assist others. It is an example of a voluntary body being both preventive and creative.
I hope voluntary bodies go further and back local projects where residents are not just involved participants but are fully in control. By this, I mean that they make up the management committee which makes the policy decisions, which selects the staff, decides how money is spent, and what the local agenda should be.
National voluntary organisations are at a crossroads. They can respond to New Labour's plan that they become semiquangos which take contracts to reduce the roles and services of elected local authorities. Or, more radically, they can devise ways of financing and empowering local people to build the kind of neighbourhoods they want.
Bob Holman is a writer and community worker associated with the Easterhouse area of Glasgow
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Home ► Academics ► Academic Departments and Interdisciplinary Programs ► Department of Political Science
Bachelor's of Arts in Political Science
The major in Political Science (formerly Government) introduces students to the principal fields of inquiry in political science. This major provides a program of study for students considering careers in a variety of fields, including public service, law, community affairs, international relations and politics. Students may select from four concentrations-of-choice: Law, Policy and Society, which explores the intersection of the legal system and the general society; Justice and Politics, which examines the political philosophy and various societal values that underlie contemporary views of justice; Urban Affairs and Community Leadership, which emphasizes the role of political institutions in shaping solutions to contemporary urban problems; and Comparative/International Politics and Human Rights, which explores the global dimensions of politics and governance. (Prerequisites, Concentrations, Admissions)
Advisor: Professor Jennifer Rutledge, jrutledge@jjay.cuny.edu, 646.557.4710
Bachelor of Arts in Law and Society
The Law and Society major offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of law and legal institutions, their impact on society, and society's impact on them. The m ajor is organized around the central theme of understanding law as an instrument of political and social change and questions concerning how law matters in people's lives; how law and law-like systems of rules empower and constraing individuals, groups, organizations and communities; and how the structures and values in social institutions shape and are shaped by law. (Prerequisites and Requirements, Admissions)
Advisor: Professor Monica Varsanyi, 212.237.8232
Bachelor of Science in Legal Studies
The major in legal studies is designed to provide students with knowledge of legal processes and the administration of law. It offers preparation for careers in a wide variety of fields: criminal justice, governmental service, journalism and politics. It is also an appropriate field of study for application to graduate or professional schools. (Prerequisites and Requirements, Admissions)
Advisor: Professor James Cauthen, 212.237.8193
Earning a political science minor for students who majored in criminal justice, international criminal justice, or legal studies demonstrates to graduate and professional schools and/or potential employers that students have also had substantial exposure to the discipline of political science in their undergraduate studies.
Bachelor of Arts in International Criminal Justice
The major in international criminal justice introduces students to the nature and cause of crime at the international level and to the mechanism for its prevention and control. Components of the criminal justice system as they apply to transnational and international crime are studied, as well as the impact of international law and human rights in addressing crimes against humanity. The major is intended to equip students with the knowledge and skills needed for careers in which the globalization of crime plays an important role. It also is designed to prepare students for advanced work in graduate and professional school.(Prerequisites & Requirements, Admissions Information) For the ICJ FAQ's, click here.
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Minor in Human Rights
The Human Rights Studies minor will introduce students to some of the key conceptual, ethical and methodological approaches to the study and practice of human rights. In particular, it will address key concepts, principles and norms, such as human dignity, non-discrimination, equality, due process, empowerment, human security, human development, and accountability; it will expose students to diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches to the study and practice of human rights from a domestic as well as an international perspective; it will familiarize students with the evolution of international human rights norms both in theory and practice, the latter through the study of pivotal events in the history of human rights, such as the anti-slavery and anti-slave trade campaign, the Civil Rights Movement, the Campaign Against Apartheid, the transnational movement spawned by the Helsinki Final Act, and, more recently the campaign to establish the International Criminal Court and the launching of the Millennium Development Goals; it will train students how to use the human rights framework in order to analyze and assess critical developments in key issue areas of global concern; and it will provide students with internship opportunities so as to hone their advocacy skills in addressing the challenges of an increasingly complex and interconnected world. This minor can be paired with several majors, including Gender Studies, Global History, Humanities and Justice, International Criminal Justice, and Political Science.
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An early and lasting obsession with Breton striped t-shirts plus a soft spot for French bread, brie and patisserie have often had me wondering whether I might have a litre or two of Gallic blood coursing through my veins. C'est possible.
Truth be told, I love any kind of quality bread so sniffing out a new artisan bakery within easy reach of my 'hood holds a special thrill. I say "new", but it's fair to say The Honey Thief Bakery in Blackburn South is neither new nor undiscovered, having started to win awards for its speciality bread within six months of opening its doors in December 2014.
The bakery is small, with an unassuming frontage: blink and you'd drive right past it, as I did the first time I tried to track it down. Parking out front is also tricky as this section of Canterbury Road is a very busy dual-carriageway. Even so, neither its size nor location seems to be much of a deterrent for the customer following it has succeeded in attracting.
There are a few tables and chairs set out optimistically on the pavement in front of the bakery. A suburbanite and proud, I don't take my coffee loud... unless there's no other seating available. I counted four tables indoors and were lucky to nab one of them before the lunchtime hordes descended.
Once inside, there's a lot to grab your attention and to whet your appetite. Macrame-inspired light pendants and a large, timber, decorative plaque really catch the eye, and I love the pops of brilliant yellow in the cafe's decor, which brighten its neutral, wood-themed interior. Bread is arrayed attractively on a timber pegboard shelving system, behind glassed cabinets displaying an appealing selection of sandwiches and pastries.
I'm a big fan of The Honey Thief Bakery's Bee Sting cakes. The combination of the sweet dough, custard and almond praline topping make this confectionery concoction dangerously moreish, and hard to resist.
It has tended to be my pastry of choice although, in the name of research, I felt compelled to sample the bakery's Berry Brioche. It's not big to start with, but I cut the brioche into four tiny pieces, in a futile bid to savour it slowly. Make no mistake, this bakery's pastries are for scoffing.
The Honey Thief offers an interesting range of bread, specialising in artisan sourdough loaves such as Rye, Quinoa, Fruit, Pumpkin and Beetroot. Made with unbleached, organic flour, its Spelt Sourdough won a Bronze award and its Country Sourdough and Seeded Sourdough loaves were awarded Gold at this year's Australian Food Awards.
The bakery makes a range of luscious-looking bagels and rolls. I can highly recommend the Halloumi, Roast Vegetable and Rocket Sandwich, in a Turkish roll: admittedly, I was feeling famished at we were eating late, but it was still the best toasted sandwich I'd had in a long time.
My preoccupation with any loaf given a French name guaranteed that I would buy at least one of the bakery's baguettes back on that first visit. Its demi-baguette had me at the first crunch - though, be warned, you'll need firm sets of pearly whites if you're thinking of tackling one. It proved an instant hit with my family so I've bought more since, plumping for demi-baguettes over the full-size stick, as I've found these make satisfying sandwich bases for teenagers with bottomless stomachs.
My quest to continue combing Melbourne for the perfect baguette continues - which isn't to say there aren't plenty of tasteful reasons for me to keep returning to The Honey Thief Bakery. It's a land of milk and honey - and I don't just mean the Burger Rolls.
The specialty bread sounds fantastic.
Great article, Eliza - love your humour!


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Q: can't import tensorflow in jupyter notebook whenever trying to import deep learning library like tensorflow, keras show error
import tensorflow

ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py in <module>
     63   try:
---> 64     from tensorflow.python._pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
     65   # This try catch logic is because there is no bazel equivalent for py_extension.

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _pywrap_tensorflow_internal: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-3-370f0fe8bb94> in <module>
----> 1 import tensorflow

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\__init__.py in <module>
     39 import sys as _sys
     40
---> 41 from tensorflow.python.tools import module_util as _module_util
     42 from tensorflow.python.util.lazy_loader import LazyLoader as _LazyLoader
     43

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\__init__.py in <module>
     37 # go/tf-wildcard-import
     38 # pylint: disable=wildcard-import,g-bad-import-order,g-import-not-at-top
---> 39 from tensorflow.python import pywrap_tensorflow as _pywrap_tensorflow
     40
     41 from tensorflow.python.eager import context

~\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py in <module>
     81 for some common reasons and solutions.  Include the entire stack trace
     82 above this error message when asking for help.""" % traceback.format_exc()
---> 83   raise ImportError(msg)
     84
     85 # pylint: enable=wildcard-import,g-import-not-at-top,unused-import,line-too-long

ImportError: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Gokul\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\tensorflow\python\pywrap_tensorflow.py", line 64, in <module>
    from tensorflow.python._pywrap_tensorflow_internal import *
ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _pywrap_tensorflow_internal: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed.

Failed to load the native TensorFlow runtime.

See https://www.tensorflow.org/install/errors

for some common reasons and solutions.  Include the entire stack trace
above this error message when asking for help.

A: While searching for your issue, I found the following:

*

*https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/issues/23683

*ImportError: DLL load failed: A dynamic link library (DLL) initialization routine failed
In my opinion, uninstall tensorflow, if you have installed it using pip and reinstall using conda.
conda install -c anaconda tensorflow

Modify to tensorflow-gpu in case you need that, and before executing above command, make sure you have created a fresh environment in conda. Do not install in base!


The new $5.2 mil Griggs Reservoir Boathouse serves the OSU crew team, the Greater Columbus Rowing Association, Columbus Recreation and Parks, and neighborhood/community groups. The design takes advantage of the natural topography of the site and allows users to enter the different levels of the building at grade depending on the space they are accessing. The building design makes use of natural materials to blend the boathouse into its riverfront site and incorporates elements of traditional park architecture found in other areas of the park. Training, storage, special events spaces, offices, and support spaces are all incorporated into this multipurpose building.
The building is set on a challenging site — the area is part of the reservoir's 100-year flood plain. For this reason, the lower level, designed for boat storage, is designed to accept flood water with no damage to the building or the items inside. The landscaping uses native plants, bioswales, and rain gardens to manage stormwater in an environmentally friendly way.


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Health|Health on the Web
Health on the Web
By JASCHA HOFFMAN SEPT. 29, 2008
A Google search for "cancer" returns 299 million results; narrow that to, say, "prostate cancer" and you still get 12.7 million. It's a vast, bewildering world out there, but here's a look at six of the most interesting and potentially useful online health resources. - JASCHA HOFFMAN
RELATED: Logging On for a Second (or Third) Opinion| Special Section: Decoding Your Health
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Created more than a decade ago by the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes millions of citations from medical journals dating to the 1950s. Doctors and students have learned to rely on the database to track studies. Patients, on the other hand, may be overwhelmed by the flood of results: more than 500 abstracts crop up when the system translates a naïve query for "causes of bad breath" into "etiology of halitosis." But if you know what you're looking for, and how to make sense of it, PubMed is a power tool without peer. A free log-in allows easier filtering, and a new iPhone application holds the promise of a second opinion right there in the waiting room.
Visualdxhealth.com
The art of diagnosis is subtle. But when it comes to skin conditions, sometimes the answer is right there in front of your eyes. Enter the Skin Disease Finder at visualdxhealth.com, a kind of Flickr for bites, boils, cysts, moles, rashes, sores, warts and more — even the hard-to-describe skin infections caused by MRSA. Drawn from an even larger visual library sold by Logical Images in Rochester, this free dermatological atlas will satisfy all but the most fiendish amateur skin detective. You can select a location as precise as scalp, cheek, toenail or "finger webspace," or you can shoot the moon by clicking on "widespread rash." Presto, a sort of lineup of skin diseases appears, with instantly recognizable mug shots that enable anyone to tell eczema from rosacea, shingles from ringworm, scabies from psoriasis. The whole thing is certainly more thrilling than a visit to the dermatologist's office — especially if you don't have a rash.
San Fransisco City Clinic
sfcityclinic.org
San Francisco City Clinic, which offers low-cost testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, is also a bracing and realistic source of information. Its front page comes on gently with a little box marked "About You." This leads to a customized list of diseases one can get as, say, a middle-age transsexual who sleeps with both men and women. For those who would rather see all the risks at once, a handy chart of "S.T.D. basics" catalogs the infections that can be transmitted by nine kinds of sexual activity. Bay Area residents can consult an exhaustive catalog of local resources. For the rest of us there is the clinic's "Dr. K," whose advice columns reveal, for example, that two condoms are not better protection than one.
Looking for experimental treatment? With more than 25,000 open trials testing a dizzying variety of new drugs, surgeries and vaccines, this site may have something for everyone. The upside is bargain-priced treatment; inpatient volunteers can be well compensated. The downside is that you may be pumped full of an untested drug with serious effects. (You may get a placebo.) By and large, the trials sponsored by universities and the National Institutes of Health are more likely to be monitored for safety than those offered by private companies.
Patients Like Me
patientslikeme.com
If you learned you had a life-changing illness, broadcasting it on the Internet might be the last thing on your mind. But PatientsLikeMe encourages people to do just that. Founded by Ben and James Heywood after their brother Stephen received a diagnosis of Lou Gehrig's disease, the site is a kind of Facebook for the chronically ill. It holds thousands of profiles of patients living with diseases as diverse as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's and H.I.V., with a special section for mood disorders like depression and anxiety. Patients can use slick visual tools to chart their symptoms over time, rate their drugs and treatments, and track their progress against fellow patients with a degree of transparency that borders on the voyeuristic. Users should be aware that the site shares data, stripped of names and other identifying material, with nonprofit groups, research hospitals and pharmaceutical companies.
mayoclinic.com
It may be tough to get an appointment at the Mayo Clinic, which for over a century has set the standard for medical care in America. But it's much easier to consult its encyclopedic site, which may be the most concise source of medical information on the Web. Unlike many other health sites, Mayo writes its own material, with a tone that manages to be both conversational and precise, straightforward and sympathetic. ("Suicide is the act of taking your own life. ... You may think suicide is a solution when, in fact, it's not.") The no-nonsense symptom checker, while remarkably simple to use, should probably be kept away from hypochondriacs. (Wheezing and drooling? You may have epiglottitis. Dizzy and stumbling? Might be ataxia.) The site could be easier to navigate, but the guide to ailments is so terse and authoritative that you may find yourself reading it for pleasure.


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Q: Google Scripts mysterious execution time and logger behavior This is my first time working with google scripts and I don't have any prior javascript experience. There came a point a couple days ago where my script stopped updating the log and as far as I could tell, wasn't running.
It instead was showing one of two messages up top: Either "Running Function ClassPlans..."  or  "Preparing for Execution...".
At first I changed the Logger.log() statements to make the logger display different things but I noticed that the log wasn't being updated. I thought it was my internet connection (even though my other tabs were completely fine) so I decided to stop and then continue later. I came back to it today and am on different internet yet the problem persists.
function ClassPlans(period, prep, curren) {

    Logger.clear();
    var spread = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
    var calendar = spread.getActiveSheet();
    var planned = calendar.getCurrentCell();
    var row = planned.getRow();
    var column = planned.getColumn();
    Logger.log("1");

    var everything = calendar.getRange(1,column,row-1).getValues();

    var prep_name = everything[1];
    var period_name = everything[0];
    var last = everything.length - 1;
    while (everything[last] == ''){
        last = last -1;
    }
    var previous = everything[last];
    var prep_info = spread.getSheetByName(prep_name);
    var curriculum = prep_info.getRange("G7:G148").getValues();
    var skew = 0;
    if (period_name == "Period 2"){skew = skew + 4;}
    if (period_name == "Period 3"){skew = skew + 8;}
    if (period_name == "Period 4"){skew = skew + 12;}
    if (period_name == "Period 5"){skew = skew + 16;}
    if (period_name == "Period 6"){skew = skew + 20;}
    var period_info = prep_info.getRange(7,skew + 10,293,1);
    var count = 0;
    Logger.log("last");
    while (curriculum[count] != previous){
        Logger.log("hI");
        count = count + 1;
    }
    return previous;
}

enter code here
Even more strange: the logger is updated itself but is not showing things that sync up with the Logger.log() calls I have in the current version of the function... They do sync up with previous versions of the function I've written. I am confused about the logger and also about why the function is exceeding the maximum execution time because from what I can tell, my while loops are formatted properly and are in no way creating infinite loops. I also minimized my calls to the spreadsheet and the sheets. The only thing that I could think is slowing it down is that maybe my calls to the sheet are very large? Am I missing something? Or do I have some extra stuff that is not necessary?
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Please keep an eye on your mailbox for a postcard reminder and plastic shopping bag with information about the Stamp Out Hunger food drive!
The one new law for 2019 that was the most talked about was the minimum wage increased to $9.10 per hour. That's great news because for many they can now afford to buy more bait!
The bike trail on the east side of Sioux Falls will see more construction from Cherry Rock Park through River Boulevard Greenway Park.
A trail of blood was what led the way to a crime scene in Sioux Falls.
I spend a lot of time around guns. I'm the one who keeps everyone safe and is constantly vigilant when people are handling them. It has come to my attention that I'm not so vigilant setting up clay bird trap for trap shooting.
You may have watched a Ted video in the past, recorded somewhere in the world, but for one night Tedx was in Sioux Falls.


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Washington Ideas Forum
Washington Ideas Week:
Screening of "Loving"
The Washington Ideas Forum will host an early screening of the highly anticipated Focus Features film "Loving." This is one of the first showings outside of the film festival circuit, and comes five weeks before the film's November release. From acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols, the film tells the story of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), whose fight for marriage equality made history. "Loving" follows the couple over the course of a decade leading up to the landmark Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case. Prior to the screening, we'll host a discussion on the legacy of the case.
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5:45 pm Guest Arrival and Cocktail Reception
6:30 pm Discussion
7:00 pm Screening
9:00 pm Conclusion
Harman Center for the Arts
610 F Street, NW
For more information about this event, please contact Carly Spraggins at cspraggins@theatlantic.com.
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As a media sponsor of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, The Atlantic will host a series of talks with filmmakers, actors, and industry experts, in conversation with Atlantic journalists.


- 3 to 4 beets, whatever your store sells bunched together - olive oil - salt - 6 cups of low-sodium chicken broth, can be a mix of 4 cups broth to 2 cups water - 1 medium onion, diced - about 1/2 cup red wine, I use Pinot Noir, nothing very tannin-heavy. - 1 cup arborio rice(sometimes sold as risotto rice) - 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for garnish - 2 Tbsp butter 2 large sauce pans and baking sheet are needed as well.
Risotto is like being in a demanding relationship. It needs your attention, stirring it, whispering sweet nothings, slowly adding broth ladle by ladle. Where your significant other may take such attention for granted, with the the proper care, risotto is a creamy and rich meal, satisfying on its own and can be made with any ingredients that pop into your mind. I'm using roasted beets for a twist. Beets are sadly underestimated. In this case, roasting them brings out the sweet flavor and turns the rice a stunning magenta. 1. Pre-heat your oven to 400. Trim the greens of the beets, slicing off the bottom as well. Do no peel the beets, simply quarter them and place on a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and salt, cook for about 20 minutes in the 400 degree oven, until slightly tender. 2. While the beets are cooking, mince the onion, and start heating the chicken broth in one of the saucepans. Once the broth has come to a simmer, the temp can be turned down. 3. Once beets are done cooking, let them cool until they are ready to be handled. Now that the skins are loose, they are much easier to peel. A paring knife will do the job. After peeled, slice the beets into small chunks, no bigger than 1/4". 4. Heat the second sauce pan with enough olive oil to coat the bottom, and sauté onions until they are translucent and soft, just a couple of minutes. 5. Add the rice to the onions, stirring the rice so it is coated with the oil and onions. 6. Add about a 1/2 cup of red wine (I never measure this). Stir until absorbed. 7. Now we start adding the chicken broth. It goes in one ladle at a time, adding only after the liquid has been absorbed. A good way to know if it's ready for more liquid is that you can see the bottom of the pan when you stir while scrapping the bottom. 8. I'm making this a separate step because it is very important. You may not use all the broth. Actually, you will most likely not use it all. The broth is added until the rice is done, and the only way you can do this is by taste. This also lets you monitor the salt content in the final few ladles. If you think the broth has made it too salty, add a ladle's worth of warm water. 9. Start tasting when the rice has plumped and starts to look ready. It is not rice pudding, there needs to be a bit of texture to the rice. It's a bit like cooking pasta al dente. 10. Once the rice is done, this generally takes a good half hour, take it off the heat and add the 2 Tbsp of butter and 1/2 of Parmesan cheese. Serve with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese.


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When someone is able to set up their first business they should decide what kind of business structure they really want. Just about the most common in the condition of California is usually to establish an LLC which is actually a limited liability company. Which means that one or more people own the organization as well as the profits will visit the different members so the business does not have to submit its own individual tax return like corporations would typically do. Here we'll look into the details about creating or dissolving an LLC in California.
Why Would I Want To Set Up An llc california?
Putting together this particular business structure lets you separate your company activities out of your personal assets. This enables you to greatly reduce the liability you happen to be open to for an owner. The procedure of creating an LLC in California is fairly straightforward but none the less, there are several steps that you should take and so, many decide to use services to assist them to with the process.
You'll be required to have got a company name that may be unique for your business which hasn't recently been registered with the state California. You should use the state's website to see if the name you would like can be obtained. If you're in Sacramento we could even help you reserve a name if you intend on starting the organization later on.
The organizer may be the individual or company that puts together the draft for your LLC. Should you choose us then we will probably be your organizer. Consequently we'll put everything together that is required.
Legislation requires that you may have a registered agent designated and this will be considered a corporation or perhaps an individual. This is a requirement stipulated with the Articles Of Organization form.
In California, you'll be asked whether your llc california will have multiple managers, just one manager, or if perhaps this business will likely be managed by all people in the LLC. This implies that you must decide exactly how it will likely be structured. We can deal with that decision if it is needed.
If you establish your business in California you'll need to figure out how it will likely be governed and exactly how the pay, capital, and profits will be distributed. Other factors that have to be considered are fiduciary constraints, voting, and liability.
This state necessitates that you file articles of organization which give all the information from the company. The California Secretary of State must give its acceptance after which from that moment the organization is created.
You have got to have an EIN number as a way to possess a business account together with your bank. Additionally, you will want it to file taxes regardless if the organization has one employee or a couple of.
Their state will require $800 as a minimum annual tax. This will need to be paid annually like the 1st year. This may not be relevant to income or other taxation but is only a fee to accomplish business from the state.
You are going to typically need more than one permits or licenses to use inside a particular county or city in which you have your organization. If you fail to get the required licenses or permits you could potentially face very expensive fines.
Once you form your llc california you have got to file your SI or Annual Report inside a maximum of 90 days. Following the first filing, you are going to then need to file every 2 yrs. This allows this state to be updated about any information associated with your organization.
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STUDY IN CONTRASTS
India is slowly cleaving into two countries—the old south and the young north
Reuters/Mukesh Gupta
A nation divided.
By Samar Halarnkar
June 29, 2016 This article is more than 2 years old.
At traffic intersections, drivers in Delhi tune out the brown-haired, snot-nosed waifs who tap and scratch insistently at their car windows. Sometimes, the children are joined by equally ragged parents, mostly in their 20s, trying to sell cheap Chinese-made junk—from plastic flowers to cellphone and steering-wheel covers. The defining feature of destitution in North India appears to be youth. These are the people who should—but are unlikely to—fuel India's great demographic dividend: The productivity and energy that should ideally flow from a country where more than half the people are under 25 years of age. Much has been written about that dividend and how India could be on the cusp of letting it lapse, as it fails to adequately educate and keep healthy the million young people who join the job market every month.
Down South in Bengaluru, the scene at traffic signals varies substantially, although it is equally depressing. Almost all the destitute are elderly. The braver ones hesitantly touch windows with lined, calloused hands. Mostly, they stand at a distance, in silence, palms open. Move on from the signals and the widespread distress of senior citizens is apparent. There is the shrunken, old woman who sits outside my grocery store without a word, moving only when a shopper offer alms—almost all the others are old women, outside the church, the mosque, the bakery. For those who tell me this is all part of a racket, my answer is: Even if that were true, how desperate must these people be to subject themselves to such humiliation at this age.
Ageing India
But beyond the remarkable ability of Indians to look away from—or not see—destitution, whether among the young or elderly, lies a story of swiftly changing demographics that could wipe off India's promise as a youthful, energetic nation, the world's fastest-growing economy. Sooner than we realise, India is starting to age, the old people I encounter are a disturbing reminder of how unprepared the country is for old age.
"Industrialisation, urbanisation and migration of population have brought the concept of nuclear family, as a result of which a section of the family, primarily the elders, are confronting the problems of financial and physical support," writes TCA Anant, the government's chief statistician, in the foreword of a 2016 Central Statistics Office report on India's ageing. In the 10 years to 2011, the population of Indians 60 and older grew 27 million, a 35% increase over 2001, and the largest increase over a decade, says the report.
The share and size of the elderly population is steadily rising. There are now 104 million elderly Indians. Together, they would constitute the world's 14th largest country; 71% live in rural areas where medical and psychological support is minimal. By 2050, the number of sexagenarians will rise to 300 million, a three-fold jump, predicts a report from CRISIL Research, a research agency.
North-South divide
The future, then, appears to show fewer children and more elderly, but parse the data and the details get complicated.
After years of reasonably good healthcare, rising literacy and infant survival rates, 10 states, including South India's big four, virtually form a country distinct from the giants of the Hindi heartland. India's fertility rate is now 2.6, the number of children born to each woman, but the rate in the southern states has fallen below two. That is below the replacement level of 2.1, the level at which population neither increases nor decreases. Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh (including Telangana) have fertility rates that match the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands and Norway—1.7 to 1.9 children per woman. Fertility rates in six other states—Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi— have also fallen below replacement levels.
In contrast, women in the cow-belt states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh are popping out three children or more; Chattisgarh and Jharkhand are just below three. These fertility rates are in line with countries like Haiti, Lesotho and Guatemala. In 2011, 505 million people lived in these six states, whose population surges will take India past China in six years and keep it still young at an average age of 29 by 2020, when China's will be 39, the US', 40.
Bleak fallout
It isn't clear when India's population will stop growing. It could be as late as 2050 (by which time the average Indian will be 37), earlier if rising literacy and female emancipation holds down family size, a bleak prospect in the patriarchal north.
Falling fertility and fewer children implies that three southern states (Kerala, Goa and Tamil Nadu) contain the highest proportion of elderly in India, my colleague Saumya Tewari has written. As family size shrinks and community support fragments, familial ties that offer support to the infirm and elderly are fraying. Those old people on the streets of relatively prosperous Bengaluru, I believe, offer anecdotal evidence of this phenomenon.
A labour shortage is also evident in large swathes of the southern economy. Internal migration tends to compensate and explains why despite below-replacement-level birth rates, populations continue to rise in the south, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Vacant slots are filled by migrants from the North and the Northeast, which has the least proportion of elderly people in India. This filling of vacant slots is visibly evident in the form of migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh into Mumbai and Kolkata. A quieter migration was revealed three years ago in Bengaluru when thousands of northeasterners streamed out of the city in panic after widespread rumours of attacks against them.
The youth bulge of the North and Northeast and the ageing of the South (and some other states) have two implications in the years to come. First, working Indians will have more dependents to look after, young children and old people. Second, India's overall youth bulge can only delay its greying.
Little preparation
The old-age dependency ratio—the proportion of people above 65 who do not work for every 100 people aged 15 to 64—has risen by four percentage points over half a century to 2011. That may not sound like much, but given India's numbers, this means every family has likely had more elderly people to support, a burden that will soar. Between 2000 and 2050, India's old-age dependency ratio will go from 13% to 33%, said the Central Statistics Office report.
This is especially bad news for women, who are surviving better and growing older in greater numbers than men, without being any more independent or financially secure than before. These developments might also explain why there appear to be more destitute women than men. India had 53 million women above 60 in 2011, compared to 51 million men, a situation that has reversed since 1991, when there were more elderly men than women.
As India ages, social-security spending, which the government is now trying to trim, will increase. Fewer working people means fewer taxpayers and less money available to spend on things that will grow the economy, although medical services will clearly be a high-growth area. Resources will shrink, expenditure will rise and the government, warns the Central Statistics Office, must be prepared for "a double whammy". It says: "New priorities must be added to the scarce resources for social programs for elderly, while still having to deal with the problems of the younger populations."
Currently, no one appears prepared for India's greying, not families, not companies, not the government. Horror stories abound in the media of old people turned out, murdered while living alone, cheated out of their life savings by fraudsters and their own children.
In the private sector, no more than 8% of retirees have pensions, while nine in 10 have no health insurance or assured incomes, said the CRISIL report.
Government-funded care for the elderly is limited. Over four years to 2016, the central government provided no more than Rs34 crore to build and maintain old-age homes, day care centres and mobile medicare units for indigent senior citizens, according to an analysis by researcher Nishtha Bharti for IndiaSpend. But five states, adept at working through Delhi's bureaucracy but with no more than 32% of India's population of sexagenarians, cornered 71% of that money.
For instance, with a fertility rate of 3.4 children per woman, India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, is at the heart of India's youth bulge, but it also has more people above 60 than any other state: 15 million or 14.9% of its population. Yet, UP got 3.2% of central funds for the elderly, Bharti found.
As on the streets, old-age care in India appears to boils down to chance, grit and survival of the fittest.
Samar Halarnkar is editor, IndiaSpend.org, a data-driven, public-interest journalism non-profit. This post first appeared on Scroll.in. We welcome your comments at ideas.india@qz.com.


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CVC to review CBI probe on 'Coalgate'
Woman who conned her husbands of lakhs or rupees arrested
Rajasthan receives normal rainfall
Two injured in road mishap
Rich less likely to help others in crisis: study
Three arrested for trying to extort money posing as Maoists
A meeting of CBI Director A P Singh with Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar is likely to take place soon where the former will give a detailed presentation on the probe conducted so far by the agency.
"The meeting between top brass of CBI and CVC will take place soon where the investigating agency will give a detailed presentation on the probe and future course of action," a source said.
However, no date has been decided yet for the meeting.
CBI has registered two preliminary inquiries in the case, referred to it by CVC after receiving complaints by BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar and Hansraj Ahir who alleged that first-come-first-serve basis was adopted by the government to benefit some private companies.
A report tabled in Parliament by the Comptroller and Auditor General has brought down the estimated loss in the allocation of 142 coal blocks since July, 2004 from Rs 10.7 lakh crore in the draft report to over Rs 1.85 lakh crore.
Officials said the meeting between the heads of CBI and CVC will be crucial as the opposition has been continuously disrupting Parliament for past several days citing irregularities mentioned in the CAG report.
"The meeting is routine where CBI will give status of all major cases being probed by it including the alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks," a CVC official said requesting anonymity.
CVC had in May this year referred the case to CBI for further probe.
First Published: Sun, September 02 2012. 14:15 IST


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Daniel L. Stants is a native of Youngwood, Pennsylvania and a 1988 graduate of Hempfield Area High School in Greensburg, PA. He attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in History in 1992.
Dan attended the Duquesne University Law School where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005 and was a published member of the Duquesne Law Review, serving as a research editor as a part of its staff. He then served a one year clerkship with the Honorable Eugene E. Fike, II, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County.
Attorney Stants was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force through the Air Force ROTC program. Dan served on active duty for eight years, the majority of which time he was stationed at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, where he flew as a Navigator and Radar Navigator (Bombardier) on the B-52H Stratofortress bomber.
In December 1998, he participated in combat operations in the Persian Gulf during OPERATION DESERT FOX, leading a six aircraft strike package in an attack on Iraqi weapons facilities. Dan left active duty in 2000, transitioning to the Air Force Reserve's 911th Air Lift Wing where he flew as a Navigator on the C-130H2 Hercules tactical airlift aircraft.
He left the Air Force in 2002, after amassing approximately 1,900 hours of flying time in military aircraft, including combat, and achieved the rank of Major.
Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Doctor of Jurisprudence - 2005
Honors: magna cum laude
B.A. – 1992
Major: History
Past Employment Positions
Honorable Eugene E. Fike, II, President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County, Clerk
B-52H Navigator/Radar Navigator, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, North Dakota
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If something like an all powerful God were to exist, I don't see why it would want to have anything to do with us. The human race is a lowly specimen of creature. We would appear as though mere insects, or more accurately, mundane bacteria to such a being. The Christian notion that God desires our love and seeks a personal relationship with us, I find, is an interesting idea if only because it seems to get things backward. It is we who desire to be loved and who want to find acceptance. If we could only learn to love one another and accept others for who they are, then we would all find the love and acceptance we so yearn for in each other. Then, whether or not there is a God is rendered unimportant. We wouldn't need him. All we would need is each other. And this is the kind of humanism I'd gladly welcome with open arms. It's a pity, then, that so many people turn out to be assholes.


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Dhaka : With an aim to revolutionise the domestic viewership standards and change the way the world perceives Bangladesh Premier League, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) introduced some radical changes to this year's BPL.
The home-grown T20 league in Bangladesh strives to be a leading domestic league in the world and for that BCB has made some major technological advancements by using state of the art high-tech gadgets to match world-class broadcast standards. From the latest stump cameras, to spider cams, to use of drones in the stadium, this year's BPL is matching the likes of IPL, BBL, when it comes to providing a unique experience to the millions of fans watching the matches on their television screens.
The BCB has hired director Tim Finlay, a renowned name in the field of broadcasting, and his firm for the broadcast and coverage of this year's BPL. Mr Finlay has covered ten IPL seasons and has a vast experience of handling big sporting events.
Drone cameras have been introduced for the first time in BPL which is going to take the viewing experience to a whole new level. The spider cams have also been installed in the stadiums to capture the best of top angle shots from the pitch. The spider cams have been in practice in the IPL, BBL and during international matches in several countries and now they will debut in the BPL.
A big set-up of 35 cameras, with 18 manned cameras, is being operated across all three venues so that not a single inch of the ground is left uncovered. This will not only provide 360-degree coverage of the ground but also ensure that every activity of the players gets captured to act as a deterrent from making any false moves that are against the spirit of the game.
For the first time in its history, the BPL is using two-way stump cameras in the matches. The stumps have been fitted with both front and rear cameras so that the viewers get a glimpse of whatever is happening in the front of and behind the crease. Also, the Zing Bails Lightning Technology has been introduced by the organisers for the first time. The lights installed in the stumps will flash up if anything comes into contact. The Zings flashing cricket stumps are a way to notify the crowd if there's a fall of a wicket and keeping them engaged.
Since the Decision Review System (DRS) has also been introduced for the first time in the BPL, the broadcasters are using two ultra-motion cameras that aides the TV umpires catch even the faintest of edges amidst high decibel noise of the passionate Bangladesh crowd in the jam-packed stadiums. The Hawk Eye technology will also be making its debut in the BPL. This technology comes in use to track the path of the ball during LBW reviews. The umpire cameras are also being introduced in this year's BPL.
"I am going to once again back my favourite team Rangpur Riders to win the BPL trophy for the second time in a row. I want 'Universe Boss' Chris Gayle to hit huge sixes in this season as well and guide his team to victory. The Riders also have Mr 360 degree AB de Villiers and Alex Hales in their ranks. I hope ABD entertains the audiences in Bangladesh with his explosive batting, the way he's done it in the IPL and for his national team," said Mobin Ansari a supporter of defending champions Rangpur Riders.
"I am a big David Warner fan and am very excited about him leading Sylhet Sixers. His team has a good mix of Bangladeshi and international names. I have watched him leading Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL. They even won the IPL trophy under his captaincy, I hope he does the same for Sylhet Sixers. It feels great to see our home-grown league is matching the international standards in every aspect of the game. The broadcasters have installed so many advanced pieces of equipment in the stadiums which have given a new definition to viewing the matches even on television sets," said Ashfaq Hasan, a Bangladeshi fan.


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Korea's sovereign debt cost declined in Dec.
The cost of issuing Korea's sovereign debt declined in December as market jitters eased over geopolitical tensions prompted by North Korea's latest provocations, data showed Wednesday.
The spread on dollar-denominated currency stabilization bonds dropped to 90 basis points last month, down from 114 basis points reported in November, according to the data provided by the Finance Ministry.
The decrease is attributed to eased market anxiety caused by the North's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island in November, which killed four Koreans, raising worries over a possible war, analysts said.
The spread reflects the cost of issuing sovereign debt in global debt markets. The lower it is, the cheaper it becomes to sell bonds.
For Korean debt, the figure once soared to 400 basis points in 2008 when the nation was in the grip of the global financial crisis.
The debt crisis in Europe renewed market jitters last year, sending the spread on Korean debt higher again. Since July, however, it had remained stable until November when the North's provocation occurred.
Finance Minister Yoon Jeung-hyun said on Wednesday that Korea needs to strengthen its economic fundamentals to prepare for fiercer competition in the post-crisis era.
"We have laid the solid groundwork for a new leap forward by overcoming the crisis, achieving over 6 percent growth and successfully hosting the G20 summit talks last year," the nation's top economic policymakers said at a meeting with other key policymakers.
"Now it is time for us to shore up (our economy) as we will have to face fierce competition in which we have to compete in the post-crisis era using our own fundamentals."
To that end, Yoon said that the nation should ramp up efforts to resolve underlying problems in its economy and society, and should go beyond its old-aged development paradigm to seek a more matured and efficient principle.
He reaffirmed the government's commitment to economic objectives for this year, saying that his policy focus should be on achieving 5 percent growth and stabilizing price hikes at around 3 percent, while creating jobs and enhancing the nation's overall growth potential.
The Bank of Korea will debate raising borrowing costs for the third time since the global financial crisis on Thursday.
Analysts are split on whether the central bank will add to increases of 0.25 percentage point in July and November from a record-low 2 percent.
The benchmark rate has lagged behind the pace of inflation for a record 14 straight months, skewing incentives toward spending and prompting the central bank to say it's alert to the risk of imbalances from "accommodative policy."
President Lee Myung-bak aims to contain consumer-price growth at 3 percent this year, a level exceeded in each of the last four months of 2010.
(From news reports)


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Making Fans Of Customers On Social Media
In May 2008, a blog post caught computer maker Dell Inc by surprise: popular tech blog Gizmodo had broken news about Dell's Inspiron 910 mini-notebook - months ahead of its launch - after seeing CEO Michael Dell toting the notebook at an industry conference.
Instead of staying mum, Dell saw an opportunity in the frenzied online buzz to track what was being said about the notebook and gauge the level of potential users' expectations.
And it paid off.
Dell realized potential customers were planning to pass up a competitor's projects for the new Dell Mini 9; the social media chatter was extending the buying cycle and driving demand.
A combination of social media and traditional customer relations management - social CRM - is allowing companies like Dell to track customer conversations, react swiftly to issues they raise, gain insight into their needs and interact with them.
"The (social CRM) market is over $1 billion in social business solutions this year and is growing at 30-40 per cent," said Michael Fauscette, analyst at research house IDC.
Companies that provide customer relationship management services on the Internet, or 'cloud' services, are alive to the opportunity and are snapping up firms that offer social media monitoring services.
This marriage of social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, with the 'cloud' - a term that refers to the shift to providing software, computing power and data storage on the Internet - has been dubbed Cloud 2.0.
Last month, Salesforce.com bought Canada-based Radian6, which counts Dell, Kodak and PepsiCo among its customers, for $326 million. Smaller rival RightNow Technologies bought HiveLive in late 2009, and SuccessFactors last year bought out CubeTree.
CRM vendors' spending on social software to support sales, marketing and customer service processes will top $1 billion worldwide within two years, IT research firm Gartner estimates.
That figure compares to a forecast of more than $12 billion for overall spending on CRM software in 2012, meaning social CRM will account for around 8 per cent of total CRM spending next year, double this year's level, Gartner said.
Given how so-called cloud stocks have performed, investors appear receptive to companies making these acquisitions to accelerate growth in new areas like social media. Shares of Salesforce rose 6 per cent after its Radian6 news, and Successfactors gained 8 per cent after buying CubeTree.
Industry analysts say cloud computing projects tend to generate quick returns, allowing companies to quickly recoup what they spend on the projects and see tangible benefits to their businesses.
Interest Is There
"I bet a lot of Salesforce's peers are looking at this as well ... it looks like a lot of them are slow or are confused about social CRM, which they say is still in its infancy," said Lyle Fong, CEO of Lithium Technologies, which provides similar social media monitoring solutions to Radian6, and is cited by analysts as a potential acquisition target.
Lithium, which used to provide Internet traffic monitoring, bought Scout Labs last year and transformed itself into a social media monitoring service.
IDC's Fauscette sees Oracle and Salesforce - which was founded by CEO Marc Benioff in 1999, when he left Oracle - as potential buyers for Lithium Technologies.
"I'm not sure Salesforce's acquisition of Radian6 indicates a broader trend of consolidation in the industry," said Subha Rama, senior analyst with ABI Research. "However, it does demonstrate that companies are looking to understand the return on investment from their social media initiatives."
As this capability is better delivered from the cloud, you might see software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers buying smaller analytics firms to fill a skills gap, Rama said.
"I don't think IBM will do a buy...they already have an in-house solution, but Oracle is definitely going to look to acquire some products in this space," she said.
Lithium Tech's Fong reckons all the social media monitoring companies will be bought out in the next year.
"All the big ones are already gone ... that space will disappear as a stand-alone space very shortly," he said.
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Prince of Dol Amroth was a title used by a noble house of Gondor.
When an Elven stronghold was abandoned, those Gondorians came to occupy it, and named it Dol Amroth after the drowning of the Elven King Amroth. The first Prince of Dol Amroth was Galador, who, according to legend, was the son of Mithrellas, an Elf maid. This supposed elven strain was noticed in Imrahil many years later by Legolas.
See the House of Dol Amroth for the family tree of the princes.
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"