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5 Ways Predictive Analytics will Transform HR
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Predictive analytics is now a mainstream function for HR teams across several organizations. If you are still not convinced, here are five areas where predictive analytics can help you manage your talent better. We also delve into how using predictive analytics in HR can significantly improve your bottom line.
First came Big Data – a tech heavyweight that would dominate enterprise conversations for years to come. Then, predictive analytics followed: a worthy successor, taking the raw potential of unprocessed data to extract predictive insights which were actionable on the floor.
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Predictive analytics has moved out of pure-play tech circles into more mainstream verticals. Companies are now taking what was the bastion of a select few, and applying it to real processes – everyday operations that can transform business as usual. That's where Human Resources enters the picture.
A 2018 report by Oracle revealed that HR uses analytics more than any other vertical, outdoing even finance, a field where analytics guides several decisions. HR was also found to be more confident in using predictive analytics than its counterparts.
What does this mean? Perhaps that HR leaders and organizations are ready to combine the scientific and the human aspect of HR to create a talent pool that is efficient and has a significant tenure in the organization.
HR departments have long been entrusted with some of the most vital functions in any organization, starting at talent acquisition, moving to performance/productivity mapping, upskilling, and even outplacement. The power of analytics can make a sizable difference at every step – bringing an element of "predictable, quantifiable outcomes" to something that's quintessentially dynamic – human capabilities.
Learn More: Is Speech Analysis the Next Frontier of Predictive Analytics in HR?
How Predictive Analytics Is Set to Transform HR Functions
Predictive analytics has the potential to benefit five key areas of human resource processes. We take a look at the areas of implementation and use cases demonstrating the effective use of predictive analytics.
1. Hire the right people
Great employees are a must-have for any successful business – and "great" does not only include the most talented or most experienced or even the most qualified candidate. Companies are increasingly looking at a "cultural fit" – a metric hard to quantify, but essential to the organizational fabric.
That's why innovators like OutMatch are deploying analytics to sift through a breadth of data, to determine which candidate will match the culture of the existing workforce.
Even traditional aspects of recruitment like checking backgrounds and outlining strategies gain a helping hand from analytics. Advanced technologies are making it easier than ever to extract these critical insights from what is a veritable mountain of historical data. In recruitment, predictive analytics is set to be a game-changer for hiring talent most suited to an organization.
Learn more: What is Human Capital Management (HCM)?
2. Finetune performance and boost productivity
One of the biggest applications of predictive analytics in HR is in boosting productivity. Once the ideal employee is identified and successfully onboarded, it is up to HR to help maximize their role in the company. Using analytics, managers can keep a razor-sharp focus on performance, progress, slips, and triumphs.
This data, when aggregated, offers key insights: Who is more likely to outperform their colleagues? Who has the potential to improve further with some upskilling? Who is most open to mentorship and thus a future leadership position? By assigning scores to each candidate, predictive analytics can tell HR leaders exactly who the best candidate for all these programs will be.
3. Upskill the workforce
In 2016, the Mexico Government's Ministry of Energy implemented a predictive analytics model for workforce planning with the goal to locate skills gaps in critical oil and gas occupations (both existing and potential) and eliminate them.
The solution takes several factors into account, such as adjustable macroeconomic variables, which directly correlate to demand and supply of skilled labor in the industry.
Notably, the impact of predictive analytics isn't limited to large-scale, bespoke implementations. Take Yoi, for example, a training solution that weaves analytics into workplace learning to make the experience more contextual.
The ability to predict gaps and plug them with minimal lags in performance is a great tool for any organization, and predictive analytics tools are making this simpler than ever before.
Learn more: Why Predictive Analytics is a Game Changer for Human Capital Management
4. Foster deeper engagement
This is where analytics' true power comes into play – employee satisfaction has always been a palpable but hard-to-measure variable. Solutions that crunch disparate figures and non-numeric data (surveys, feedback, personal interactions) and offer insights usually offer little value to HR practitioners.
Gusto is a tool that maps a company's "happiness quotient," leveraging analytics to understand morale levels, motivation needs, and the overarching status of an employer's "people culture." These are ideas that go beyond just tweaking workforce practices – they can reshuffle the very basics of how managers communicate and engage with the workforce.
"Employee experience programs used to take months to develop and to collect useful information," says Webb Stevens, GM at Qualtrics. Their Qualtrics iQ is a simple drag-and-drop interface that lets users quickly scan millions of response records and use the data to initiate changes in the employee experience strategy in a matter of days.
5. Retain top-tier talent
Here's a quick snapshot of the criticality of good retention programs: a senior executive at a US-based contact center said that in spite of having a workforce in the thousands, his average cost per attrition stood at USD 3,000. And when it came to the bottom line, the impact increased four-fold.
Employers invest sizable resources in identifying, onboarding, and training workers – those with high turnover end up incurring severe costs. And with high attrition negatively impacting the employer brand, the circle could turn vicious. Predictive analytics takes historical data to unearth possible attrition before it happens.
"Predictive analytics analyzes an organization's data to identify the factors that have the biggest influence on employee flight risk. Managers are now able to address potential issues before they become unmanageable," said Ceridian's VP of Dayforce Product Management, Eric Schuster.
In 2017, the company augmented Dayforce's already robust HCM solution – adding an analytics layer specifically designed to predict flight risks.
Learn More: 3 People Analytics Trends to Watch Out for in 2019
From the Next Big Thing to a Mainstream Tool – Predictive Analytics in HR Is Here to Stay
The myriad applications of predictive analytics and its wide acceptance by HR professionals means that this is a tool that can add tremendous value to an organization's bottom line. Measuring unquantifiable data is now much easier, and using essential metrics for HR predictive analytics can change the way organizations recruit and manage their people.
How is predictive analytics altering the face of HR and people management at your company? Tell us on Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter. We would love to hear from you!
(Updated: 05/16/2019)
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SALT LAKE CITY, September 5, 2016 – Elute, Inc, an emerging leader in developing a new class of polymer-controlled drug delivery devices designed to prevent and treat orthopedic and other surgical bone infections, announced today that Jon Serbousek, former Sr. Vice President of Biomet, inc. (now Zimmer Biomet), was appointed to its Board of Directors. Mr. Serbousek's addition to the Elute Board comes at a time when the Company transitions from the pre-clinical stage to the clinical stage of evaluating its novel antibiotic eluting bone void fillers for prevention and treatment of bone infections, prior to its commercial launch.
Prior to Biomet, Mr. Serbousek held various senior management positions with Medtronic's spinal and biologics business, to include, Division President; Spine and International and most recently as Worldwide Vice President and General Manager, Biologics. Before joining Medtronic, Mr. Serbousek served as Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for DePuy Orthopedics, a Johnson and Johnson Company. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from Washington State University and a Masters of Science degree in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. Mr. Serbousek later completed several advanced management programs including a program at the IMD International School of Management in Lausanne, Switzerland.
"I also look forward to Mr. Serbousek's contributions to our Board and to working with him as we further develop and execute the Company's strategy to become a global leader in controlled and sustained delivery of antibiotics for treatment of bone infections," said Dennis B. Farrar, Executive Chairman and co-founder of Elute.
Elute, Inc. is a private medical device company developing innovative polymer-controlled drug delivery devices designed to prevent and treat orthopedic and other surgical bone infections. Elute's products provide a clinically relevant delivery of antibiotics and other therapeutic agents directly into surgical sites of patients undergoing orthopedic and other procedures. Elute's first product candidate, undergoing orthopedic and other procedures. Elute's first product candidate, ElutiBone™, has demonstrated the controlled release of certain antibiotics in a therapeutic range for a 6-8 week period. The Company has assembled a strong management team, Board of Directors and Clinical Advisory Board with significant clinical and commercial development experience. Elute, Inc. is located in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.elutinc.com.


Youth have smooth transitions between home schools and juvenile justice placements and receive effective reentry planning and supports.
9.1 - Youth receive robust education planning upon entering any juvenile justice placement – whether short- or long-term – to ensure continuation of their then-current credit-bearing coursework and career/technical training program.
9.2 - Youth receive re-entry planning from the moment they enter a juvenile justice placement, including planning relating to academic and career/technical education.
9.3 - Youths' education records are comprehensive and accurate.
9.4 - Records promptly follow youth to any new school or placement, are kept private and are shared only with necessary individuals working with the youth. There are short and definitive timeframes set for record transfers and lack of records or a delay in receipt of records do not bar a student from enrolling in school (either in a placement school or a school in the community).
9.5 - Whether in a short- or long-term placement, youth have trained transition coordinators and multi-disciplinary transition teams to help them re-enroll in their next school and obtain needed supports before and upon reentry. The transition coordinator ensures that youth receive appropriate school programming when transitioning between school settings, sit for appropriate exams, obtain a transcript reflecting credits awarded and academic mastery, and register for appropriate coursework.
9.6 - Youth receive full or partial credit for coursework completed in prior school, or credit waivers for electives not required by state law, and youths' credits promptly transfer to a school or juvenile justice placement.
9.7 - Youths' career/technical competencies and credentials are passed along to the subsequent school, which takes into account the youth's career interests and experience in making curricular and school placement decisions.
9.8 - Youth required to change schools because of juvenile justice involvement are allowed to participate in all academic, career/technical, and extracurricular programs upon reentry even if normal timelines have run or programs are full.
9.9 - Youth are not barred from enrolling in school for a high school diploma even if they obtained their high school equivalency while in placement.
9.10 - Youth are involved in an assessment of whether to return to their original school, and if it is not safe or appropriate for a student to return to their school of origin, placement staff assist with options and procedures to transfer to another school in the community.
9.11 - Youth are immediately enrolled in an appropriate school or job training program after leaving a juvenile justice placement, with a right to return to their school of origin, and are not placed automatically in alternative disciplinary programs nor automatically placed in a cyber education program.


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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 11/30/19
What a week for comics! We've got three Dawn of X comics this week, but none of them earn the top spot from me. Honestly, I haven't been all that excited about Dawn of X so far. None of my favorite X-Men are involved and none of the comics are taking full advantage of the new status quo, at least how I saw it. I'm going to start dropping titles soon enough…
Comic Book of the Week was a close call between Power Rangers and Valkyrie, but I think I'll give it to Jane Foster for some truly awesome moments this issue. Power Rangers has won it enough, let's get some new blood here.
Someone's got a job to do!
Meanwhile, would anybody be interested in my favorite comics of the past decade? Everybody on the internet is doing decade retrospectives, but I can barely remember what I liked last month, let alone a decade ago! But I've been looking back and remembering some of my favorite comics of the past 10 years and thought I might do that article. Let me know if you'd be interested in the comments!
Comic Reviews: Fallen Angels #2, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #45, New Mutants #2, Scream: Curse of Carnage #1, Valkyrie #5 and X-Force #2.
Fallen Angels #2
Artist: Szymon Kudranski
Colorist: Frank D'Armata
Letterer: VC's Joe Sabino
Oh to have been a fly on the wall for whatever writer or editor made a big pitch for a comic about Kwannon in Dawn of X…
Once upon a time, Psylocke was an assassin in Japan. She killed a man and his goons when he came to her to try and get out of the country. He said he was alone, but in truth, he was leaving behind a pregnant wife. Psylocke later found the wife and helped her escape the country because she felt the guy's mind and felt how much he loved her. Psylocke's bosses later found the woman and tortured and killed both her and the child. This still haunts Psylocke.
On Krakoa, X-23 comes to Psylocke and confesses that she hides a rage deep within her, as if this were news to anybody. What's that? X-23 is driven by a deep, dark rage? Has dealing with that rage not been her defining character arc since her inception? Anyway, she wants Psylocke's help in controlling that rage, and Psylocke promises to help X-23 master the rage, but says all masters are slaves. For some reason, X-23 is utterly baffled by such a simplistic proverb.
Psylocke finds Kid Cable once again not enjoying the big mutant party. He tells her about an Overclock drug operation in Brazil that's killing people, especially the children forced to work. Psylocke tells Kid Cable that they're hunting Apoth, not Apoth's works. Kid Cable storms off to take care of it himself. Psylocke goes to meet with Mister Sinister to once again confirm their deal and talk vaguely about butterflies. Then Psylocke drops in on Kid Cable and X-23, who went to Brazil to pursue his lead. She promises to train them both if they help her become a better person. They head to the drug operation and are ambushed by a giant robot.
Comic Rating: 4/10 – Pretty Bad.
I don't think the X-Men have ever been more emo than this comic right here. This whole issue, even moreso than the previous issue, is all about Psylocke moping around. Awww, she's got a dark past that she's trying to run from. Name an X-Man who doesn't? Awww, Kid Cable is so tough and so deep that he forces himself to stand near the mutant bonfire parties just so he has fuel for his moping. Awww, X-23 still thinks it's some deep, dark secret that she has a rage inside of her. How adorable! It's as if she's never read an X-23 comic, let alone any Wolverine comic. Where's Honey Badger when you need her?
Gawd, mom and dad will never understand him!
I like the general idea of the comic, of a super clandestine crew pursuing their own agenda, with Sinister as their "mentor" figure. And the writing is mostly fine. But they picked the way wrong character for this comic. The writing and art are trying way too hard to make these three characters come off as so damaged and so tortured. But as I've just pointed out, Kwannon has been a ghost for decades, so we don't really know or care about her. X-23 has had years of development that is apparently being ignored. And Kid Cable is brand new, and he seems perfectly fine over in the pages of X-Men hanging out with his family. Everybody in this comic is trying to hard to be dark and bitter. Heck, they even bring in Dazzler just so that Psylocke can look the personification of brightness in the face and remark at how dark she feels inside.
I'm also rather disinterested in the bad guy. So far, it's just some evil dude out there doing evil things. There's nothing unique or particularly interesting about this Apoth person or his latest super drug. Yet this is the chosen mission for the clandestine Krakoa team. Why aren't they rushing off around the world to stop every single drug cartel operation if they're so passionate about such a thing?
TL;DR: This is not an interesting team, they do not have an interesting mission, but there is a nugget or two of an interesting idea here or there.
Power Rangers #45
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #45
Writer: Ryan Parrott
Artist: Daniele Di Nicuolo
Colorist: Walter Baiamonte, with Katia Ranalli and Igor Monti
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
And just like that, my dreams of an Omega Pink are dead…
Jason battles Lord Zedd but is severely outmatched. Thankfully, he's got back-up, and he and the other Omega Rangers defeat the villain and put him in another space dumpster prison. The other Power Rangers show up to investigate the disturbance on the moon and are a little flummoxed that their job has been done for them. Kiya freaks out at seeing Tommy Oliver (Lord Drakkon), but the other Omegas hold her back until she calms down. Jason agrees to meet with Zordon (while keeping his helmet on), and Zordon admonishes the Omega Red for defeating Zedd too quickly. Zordon was using Zedd as a training dummy to build team cohesion for the Power Rangers, and now he fears something new and more powerful will fill the void (perhaps Goldar and the other minions, who escaped with Zedd's broken staff and plan on continuing the attacks on the Power Rangers).
When Jason leaves, Tommy comes out to speak to him about leadership, and to thank him for helping. Tommy doesn't know it's Jason under the helmet, but Jason knows this is Tommy, having been given the White Light by the Blue Emissary at Jason's insistence (as we learned in the last issue of Go Go Power Rangers). Back out in space, the Blue Emissary meets with Kiya to assure her that Tommy will not become Drakkon thanks to the goodness in the White Light…but Kiya won't stand for it. She kills the Emissary because of how misguided she feels he is. Then she unleashes the other prisoners we've met so far (Garrison Vox and the slave from that one alien planet) and dubs them the "Anointed". They will use their connection to the Morphin Grid to destroy the Power Rangers and bring true peace to the galaxy!
Meanwhile, down on Earth, the Power Rangers split up to search for Goldar and the other minions. The Stone Canyon team goes off to search, and when they're alone, they wonder if Zordon will take away their powers once the threat is silenced.
Comic Rating: 9/10 – Great.
Ryan Parrott, if you're reading this, you have no idea how badly I want to give this comic a low grade for the sheer audacity of destroying my dreams of Garrison Vox becoming the Omega Pink Ranger. How could you, man? I trusted you! Fortunately, I also trust you as a storyteller, so I'm gonna let this fly…
This time!
Besides that, this is another stellar issue! Such a well-crafted, well-honed ongoing story with so many great subplots and twists thrown in for good measure. Jason vs. Lord Zedd is epic enough, but to have both Zedd win, and yet still get captured when Jason's back-up arrives, is just plain awesome! Then we've got the Omega Rangers actually butting heads with the Power Rangers. Then we've got Zordon admonishing Jason without knowing it's Jason, that was fun. I especially enjoyed the conversation between Jason and Tommy. Parrott didn't need to be blatant about the history between the two, we all understood.
Just two friends talking about the weight of the world
I especially enjoyed the unspoken fact that this scene ties into the scene from the latest issue of Go Go Power Rangers, where Jason only agreed to work with the Emissary if he found a way to re-power Tommy. So here is the re-powered Tommy, right in front of Jason's eyes, expressing doubts about his leadership abilities. It's great! Not to mention the fact that, in their future, Tommy will eventually track down Jason to come be the new Gold Ranger for a short while. This is a solid friendship I'd like to see explored more.
And that's barely half of what we get! More Stone Canyon drama! Some tiny movement on the Bulk and Skull front. Kiya breaking bad and killing the Emissary! That was a shocker! Definitely didn't see it coming, and I'm a little disappointed that she's turned evil. But it all works and all makes sense in terms of setting up some new Big Bads to take down. We've had evil Power Rangers turn good, but it's not often for a good Power Ranger to turn evil!
TL;DR: Epic twists, moving subplots, great action, wonderful character drama; these Power Rangers comics are the whole package!
New Mutants #2
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artist: Rod Reis
Letterer: VC's Travis Lanham
I like this comic…but I don't really like Hickman's humorous writing style. It feels very…try hard. But hey, at least he gets to keep writing The Adventures of Cannonball and Sunspot! When Hickman was writing Avengers, he made them Avengers!
Ryan North's big humor comic just ended. Maybe find a place for him in Dawn of X?
Sunspot recaps the past few days of convincing everybody to go to space and then sitting on their butts in space jail, because his space lawyer sucks. They finally go before a space judge and he finds them guilty and sentences them to a lifetime of service. He then hands them over to the custody of the Shi'ar guard: Cannonball and his wife, Smasher. It's a nice reunion and everybody heads out after Smasher punches Sunspot in the nose for both moping and getting them into this mess. On their way through space, Cannonball and Sunspot catch up, everybody else plays cards with a space deck they don't understand, and Smasher gets a new mission from Gladiator.
Gladiator has decided to step down as leader so that Xandra, the biological daughter of Professor X and Lilandra, can finally assume the throne (war is coming). So Gladiator has tasked Smasher and her new team of recruits to go find Deathbird and bring her in to act as a tough love adviser for Xandra.
Comic Rating: 8/10 – Very Good.
It's nice to see Xandra again! Considering how far back Dawn of X was planned, do you think the Mr. and Mrs. X comic was used to create her specifically for this series? That'd be really interesting to know.
This is another fun issue with some good character writing. Hickman has been working with Sam, Roberto and some of the other characters for awhile, so it's just fun seeing him slip back into their friendly banter. He created Smasher and set up Cannonball with a wife and child, and they make a great team. I especially enjoyed the card game and it's purely silly addition to the story.
That's some good, quality goofy character building
I still think the cast is a little too big to get in some proper, meaningful character work. But Hickman is doing a good enough job throwing madcap space zaniness at our crew. I definitely think his humor can be forced at times, like he's actively trying to write something funny instead of just being funny. But I don't hold that against him. This is fine writing, some good art, and a nifty little story out in the depths of Shi'ar space.
Though I do question why yet another Dawn of X launch title involves a team leaving Krakoa. Did nobody want to write stories involving life on Krakoa? That's the interesting stuff I want to read about! Any pre-House of X team could have gone on this Shi'ar mission. Tell some uniquely Krakoan stories!
Also, as I think has been pointed out in Dawn of X itself somewhere, was letting Cypher leave Krakoa really the best idea?
TL;DR: Fun characters, fun character moments and a generally nifty space adventure make for an overall enjoyable — if unremarkable — addition to Dawn of X.
Scream: Curse of Carnage #1
Writer: Clay McLeod Chapman
Artist: Chris Mooneyham
Colorist: Rain Beredo
Letterer: VC's Cory Petit
Scream is my favorite of the symbiotes, so I'm very excited that she's now got an ongoing comic series! Of all the things to spin out of Absolute Carnage, whodda thunk it?
Some detectives are investigating a dead fish person on the wharf, with Andi Benton wandering by in the background. Andi, formerly Mania from back when Flash Thompson was Venom, ended up with the Scream symbiote following Absolute Carnage and she absolutely doesn't want it. She's now homeless and wandering from shelters to alleys to concerts. She has a nice meeting with Aunt May at the F.E.A.S.T. homeless shelter, and then Scream lures out some punks from the concert and attacks them when they try to assault Andi. Mostly Andi just monologues to herself about her crappy life, especially how her mother left the family when she was young, possibly due to mental illness. It led to some hardships from kids at school.
Meanwhile, some fish monster dude has similar powers to symbiotes and he sends some half-symbiote/half-fish monster minions into the city. They randomly come out of the sewer near Andi and Scream comes out to fight them and investigate them. Very curious and weird creatures, Scream finds. A few days later, while Andi is sitting out on some random stoop in the city, her mother randomly finds her and they have a tearful reunion.
Comic Rating: 6/10 – Pretty Good.
I was going to give this comic a lower rating until the arrival of Andi's mother at the end. It was entirely predictable, based on the childhood flashback we got earlier in the issue, but at least it offered something personal to build from going forward. Beyond that potential connection, this comic just doesn't have much to offer. It's a whole bunch of Andi Benton walking around monologuing to herself about her troubled life and how much she doesn't want to deal with all this symbiote stuff. Understandable, but we're trying to sell a comic book about a super obscure character here, Andi! You need to give the reader more to latch onto! Neither Andi Benton or Scream is enough of a character for readers to care on name recognition alone.
Other than me, of course, the guy who bought the Scream action figure as soon as it was available, the guy who was disappointed that there was no Scream merchandise outside the Spider-Man ride at Universal Studios, even though she was the symbiote they chose to put into the ride!
Very little actual Scream action this issue
So yeah, this is a whole issue of Andi lost in her own head. When the symbiote does talk to her, it's voice is very basic with no real personality of its own, and often it's just mumbling. We don't get any real conversations between them, because the symbiote is so basic and because Andi so desperately doesn't want her. If our main character doesn't want to be here, why should we? The writing doesn't find anything really unique or interesting to say about symbiotes, let alone the Scream symbiote, to warrant giving her a comic. And some random, spooky fish villain definitely isn't the selling point…unless this is a dark and gritty take on the Luke Cage villain, Mr. Fish. Then I might change my tune!
TL;DR: This comic just doesn't have much to offer, especially with a character that's going to be as tough to sell as Scream.
Valkyrie #5
Writers: Al Ewing and Jason Aaron
Artist: Cafu
Colorist: Jesus Aburtov
The first chapter of Valkyrie comes to a close and it's a fun one!
The Grim Reaper is tougher than he looks and he's able to damage Valkyrie's All-Weapon with the magics Mephisto has given him. He escapes with the magic mirror containing Doctor Strange's astral form, riding a flying hell horse. A weakened Valkyrie tries to get Kaecilius to go after him, but Kaecilius isn't about to take a stand against the devil himself! He flees through a portal and Valkyrie lets him go peacefully — much to Dr. Riggs' dismay. Riggs gives Valkyrie a talking down about being a bad superhero, but Valkyrie tells her she's not a superhero, she's got a job to do, and that job currently includes taking a stand against the devil himself!
She mounts her own flying horse and takes off after Grim Reaper (while her friend gives Riggs a pep talk about how cool Valkyrie is). Valkyrie catches up with Reaper and the two do battle in the sky, near the portal. Valkyrie's horse is amazing and hilarious. But Grim Reaper is still stronger — until Val's friend and Riggs show up flying Black Knight's old Atomic Steed (seized by Damage Control, where the friend works). Riggs gives Valkyrie a pep talk about thinking like a valkyrie, and Val realizes that Grim Reaper views himself as a hero (once he's a true reaper, he can save his brother's soul). So Val grabs him and takes him to Valhalla, where Skurge and Brunnhilde are on hand to help convince Grim Reaper its time for his eternal rest. Valkyrie grabs the mirror and gets Doctor Strange his soul back.
Then there's a nice epilogue as Jane Foster stands proudly in her daily life and her new superhero job!
This was an excellent comic, bringing some real energy and excitement to Valkyrie. That line about having to stand up to the devil himself? Magnificent! Especially since it's an immediate callback to Grim Reaper's line a moment prior. That's some damn good writing right there, and just so damn cool. Valkyrie, both the comic and the character, need that kind of energy as much as possible. They need the sort of energy and excitement where Valkyrie's flying horse flies right up to Grim Reaper's dark steed and just curb stomps that punk in midair!
This is how you create a scene-stealing character
Seriously, everything Ewing and Aaron have done with the horse has built to this moment. In hot pursuit across the skies of Manhattan, they really dig into the horse being a total badass as he takes to his job. It's great! (Later, he takes umbrage with the Atomic Steed in a funny background joke). Valkyrie is no slouch either as the hero, nor is Grim Reaper disposable as the villain. Everyone is just written so well, and developed so well, with interesting motivations and reactions. I myself might take umbrage with the idea that Grim Reaper gets to spend his eternal rest in Valhalla, but it's a very creative and unique solution to a tough fight. One very unique to Valkyrie specifically. That's the kind of creativity and point of character that's going to sell a comic like this.
Though hopefully Jane Foster doesn't make it a habit to bring super-villains to Valhalla.
TL;DR: The final issue of the first chapter of Valkyrie finds its footing and lays out why it deserves to be a comic with legs.
X-Force #2
Writer: Benjamin Percy
Artist: Joshua Cassara
Colorist: Dean White
Letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna
So this is gonna be the dark and gritty X-Men comic. I'm fine with that having a place in Dawn of X.
Krakoa discovers Xavier's dead body after he was shot in the head, with Magneto picking up the damaged helmet. Jean arrives and promises to get to work on the resurrection, recruiting Beast to go to one of the many cradles to get another Cerebro up and running. Considering the very existence of back-up Cerebros, it seems a little odd that they are so hard to get started with Professor X dead. He should have predicted that, too.
Meanwhile, Wolverine, Sage and Cecelia Reyes examine the assassins. They confirm that the four killers had Domino's skin grafted onto their bodies to fool Krakoa. They also determine that these four aren't really people. They were grown in a lab, designed to be artificial human weapons. For example, their ears aren't made of cartilage, they're spooled with wire for sure in climbing or garroting. Wolverine leaves Krakoa to track the killers' route, where he runs into Kid Omega doing the same thing. They eventually make it to this secret lab and are attacked by a bunch of half-built bodies. Then Quentin finds Domino suspended in a healing tank, half the skin flayed from her body.
Comic Rating: 7/10 – Good.
As much as I think Quentin Quire is a good overall character, I can rarely actually stand him in practice. But everybody loves to write a witty asshole, especially a witty asshole trying to get under Wolverine's skin. So here we are, with an issue heavy on Quentin Quire trying to get under Wolverine's skin. He's definitely getting under mine and it's a bit of a turnoff. But otherwise, this is a fine follow-up to the previous issue, laying to rest some of the concerns and questions I had by simply explaining what actually happened. The mystery is fine, the stakes are high, the characters are treated well; this is a solid comic with a solid premise going forward. I'm still disappointed that Xavier is dead so quickly into Dawn of X, but I can make my peace with that. Hopefully this whole event, and this whole investigation, will lead somewhere really good. Perhaps it's going to lead to the actual formation of the new X-Force, which would be fine. I would have thought the team and its purpose would have already been established, but let's let the story play out how it does.
The art was a bit clearer this time around as well. Overall, an improvement over the first issue.
TL;DR: Things are made clearer and the story is told with fewer perplexing questions, so I think this was an improvement on the first issue of X-Force.
The comics I review in my Hench-Sized reviews are just the usual comics I pick up from my local shop any given week, along with a few impulse buys I might try on a whim. So if there are any comics or series you'd like me to review each week, let me know in the comments!
Posted on November 30, 2019, in Comics, Marvel, Reviews, X-Men and tagged Boom!, Dawn of X, Fallen Angels, Jane Foster, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, New Mutants, Power Rangers, Psylocke, Scream, Scream: Curse of Carnage, Valkyrie, X-Force. Bookmark the permalink.	4 Comments.
Paul Devine | November 30, 2019 at 4:03 pm
I haven't bought a single issue 2 of any Dawn of X title, despite buying every HoXPoX and number 1 and I don't regret dropping every one – but I think I'll now pick up Valkyrie in the trade.
One vote from me for the decade in review post! 🙂
Sean Ian Mills | November 30, 2019 at 6:59 pm
Valkyrie would make a really good trade read! I hope you like it!
But yeah, so far for me, Dawn of X is not living up to the excitement of HoX/Pox.
josta59 | November 30, 2019 at 9:37 pm
Since our interests run so parallel, I'd love to know your favorites of the past decade.
Sean Ian Mills | December 2, 2019 at 6:17 am

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Airbus Investigating Blown-Out Windshield
May 16, 2018 | Asia Pacific
May 16, 2018 – Chinese authorities and Airbus are investigating why a plane's cockpit windshield detached during a flight, forcing an emergency landing, in an unusual mishap in one of the world's fastest growing aviation markets.
Sichuan Airlines flight 8633 was en route from Chongqing, China, to Lhasa, Tibet, on Monday morning when the cockpit window on the A319 jet flew off, the country's aviation regulator said. The co-pilot's seatbelt prevented him from being sucked out of the plane.
The plane took off at 6:27 a.m. and ascended to 9,800 meters when its right-hand windshield "suddenly burst and fell off, causing the cabin to lose pressure and passenger oxygen masks to drop," the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement on its website.
"There was no sign before the windshield burst. Just a huge noise," Captain Liu Chuanjian said, according to Chinese state media reports. When he looked across the cockpit, Liu saw "the co-pilot was partially blown out of the aircraft. Luckily, he had the belt buckled up."
Some cockpit equipment was damaged, the CAAC said. Photos posted on Chinese social media showed a control panel partially ripped away from the dashboard.
The jetliner made an emergency landing in Chengdu, China. The co-pilot suffered scratches, a flight attendant's waist was hurt, and 27 of the 119 passengers were injured, according to a post from Sichuan Airlines on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.
Airbus said it has assigned a team to investigate and will cooperate with Chinese authorities.
CAAC said that the Airbus jet began service on July 26, 2011 and had no record of defects. It had not undergone any major maintenance before the accident.
It's exceedingly rare, though not unprecedented, for a jet's windshield to blow out. In 1990, an improperly installed windshield on a British Airways jetliner detached after it took off from Birmingham's airport. The captain was sucked halfway out the opening but the crew managed to make an emergency landing.
Earlier this year, a Southwest Airlines jet's passenger window shattered when it was hit by debris from an exploding engine, killing one passenger.
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I suffer from a lot of whiteheads on my face. I have used Finacea 15% to treat my skin problems, but my problems have continued for several months. The whiteheads become ugly scars and I have a really hard time coping with my skin problems. I have been to the dermatologist who prescribed Finacea against my skin problems a lot of times, but nothing seems to help.
So mads please help me! What should I do?
Hmm … But using Finacea, really is not a product I can and will recommend for your problems! Finacea is a pretty weak product, which has minimal effect on whiteheads … So unless you have extremely sensitive skin and this is why why you use Finacea, then you probably should not continue with the product.
– Learn more about prescriptions and medicines for acne, pimples and blemished skin here.
But whiteheads – although they are incredibly frustrating – is something that skincare should pretty easily remove. You just have to treat the whiteheads with the right skincare.
A daily treatment with salicylic acid and vitamin A and vitamin E should in a relatively short time remove the whiteheads … I think you should probably expect a few months of treatment, but then you should also see some nice improvements on you skin.


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Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023: Application Form (Soon), Dates, Eligibility, Pattern
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Application Form will be Released Soon. KSCSTE is called as the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment. The conducting authorities of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment will conduct a Scholarship program for the eligible applicants with an aim to offer higher studies in Science.
The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment is an autonomous body under the Ministry of the S & T, Kerala in the year 2002 November. It has a State Council headed by the Chief Minister of Kerala as well as an Executive Council chaired by the Executive Vice President (EVP). The conducting authorities of the KSCSTE have decided to offer scholarships to the applicants on the basis of their HSC results.
Below in this article, we have provided the completed detailed information regarding the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 such important events and their dates, Eligibility criteria, the application form, application fee, results and many more can go through this article.
KSCSTE 2023 Notification – Application Soon
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Application Form will be Released soon. Click here to Apply. The link will be provided here.
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Important Dates
Below we have provided all the information regarding the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) for the applicants to refer to.
Important Events Dates
Starting Date of application forms To be announced
End Date of application forms To be announced
Availability of the Rank list To be announced
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Application Process
Below we have provided all the information regarding the process of application of the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR).
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Application Form will be released soon.
The conducting authorities will release the forms for the applicants through online mode that is on the official website.
So the applicants who want to apply for the scheme need to fill and submit the application form.
To get the application form the applicants will have to go through the online registration process wherein they will have to provide some details like name, valid contact number, email id, and many more.
Applicants should note that before filling the application form, they should check the instructions and the eligibility criteria which is set by the institution.
Applicants are instructed to provide a valid contact number and an email id as it will help them in the future at the time of further selection procedure.
Applicants will also require a recent passport size photograph of dimension 150W x 200H pixels to be attached in the application form.
After filling the application form the applicants will receive an OTP in their registered email.
The OTP needs to be entered and then the applicants will have to create a password of a minimum of 6 characters to continue with the registration.
After the successful registration, an application number will be generated by the system and the applicant will receive a confirmation mail along with their application number and password.
And then the last step is to submit and complete the application or registration process.
The conducting authorities of the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) have not yet disclosed the details regarding the application fee. And so the applicants can go through the official website in order to get the details of the same.
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Eligibility Criteria
The applicants will get the details about the basic eligibility criteria for the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) in this section.
Nationality: Indian citizens are only eligible.
Age: The student should be more than 17 years of age.
Domicile: The applicant must belong to Kerala.
Qualification: The students who have completed HSC exams are eligible to apply.
Minimum Percentage (General Category): The General Category applicants must have scored more than 90 % marks in the exam.
Minimum Percentage (Reserved Category): The Reserved Category applicants must have scored more than 80 % marks in the exam.
Admission: The applicant has secured the admission for the B.Sc. / Integrated M.Sc./ Integrated BS-MS course in Basic or Natural Science in any of the recognized Institutions or Universities in India are eligible to apply.
Recognition: Education should be completed from a recognized Board or Institutions or Universities.
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Selection Procedure
The conducting authorities will held the process of providing scholarships to the applicants completely on the basis of the rank list. Once all the application forms have been submitted by the applicants, the authorities will scrutinize it on the basis of HSC marks (for all science subjects).
And on the basis of scrutinization, the conducting authorities will prepare a rank list of the applicants. The authorities will be nominating the applicants based on different subjects grouped such as Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Life Sciences. Below we have given the weightage on each criterion.
Subjects Group Weightage
Mathematics Sciences 30 %
Physical Sciences 40 %
Life Sciences 30 %
However, the official authorities have reserved 10% of seats for those applicants who belong to the reserved category. After dominating all the applicants the official authorities will prepare the final rank list and will release it once all the documents of the applicants have been verified.
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Awards
Below we have provided all the information regarding the basic criteria of the scholarships which are awarded to the applicants.
UG course / First 3 years of Integrated PG Course:
The first year – Rs 12,000/-
The second-year – Rs 18,000/-
The third-year – Rs 24,000/-
PG courses (scored minimum 75% marks for UG course):
The first year/ the fourth year of Integrated PG course – Rs 40,000/-
The second-year/ the fifth year of Integrated PG course – Rs 60,000/-
Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Rank List
The Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Rank List will be prepared when all the applications of the applicants have been received by the official authorities. The applicants will get the details about the Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Rank List in this section.
The conducting authorities will prepare a Kerala KSCSTE Prathibha Scholarship Scheme (STAR) 2023 Rank List (Provisional) on the basis of three subjects (Mathematical Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Life Sciences). The Provisional Rank List will contain the names of 100 students in total.
The applicants will be able to get the Provisional Rank list on the official website in online mode. Applicants will have to check the list and keep all the necessary documents ready with them. As the applicants will have to upload the scanned copies of some documents for the confirmation of the scholarship if their names have appeared in the rank list.
Below given is the list of the documents to be uploaded.
Appropriately signed "Data-sheet"
Copy of HSE mark list (self-attested)
"Terms and conditions" signed by the applicant in the specified format
Proof on Kerala nativity
Community Certificate (for SC/ST students only)
Bank Account details of the Candidate (E-payment form)
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On April 20, 2013, Lo and I made plans to buy a variety of potatoes and cook them and write about them. We did.
I just came across the pictures I took that day (April 20, 2013), attempting to capture the lushness of the color, the pleasure in the arrangement, the curiosity about the taste.
Glazed them with olive oil, roasted them for two hours at 400 degrees, and returned to glistening pans of roasted red, purple and white potatoes.
It only took about 4 days for Lo, Steve and me to consume all 25 potatoes.


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Mortal Kombat 11 Gets Rambo As Part Of Kombat Pack 2
NetherRealm Studios has a massive pool of guest characters for its fighting game Mortal Kombat 11. It is one of the many benefits of being a subsidiary of Warner Brothers. And now, the studio has announced its next movie icon to join the game, and it's John Rambo.
The character appears with the look from the first two movies, sporting the red bandana. And unlike with the Terminator, Rambo in Mortal Kombat 11 is voiced by Sylvester Stallone himself. This is confirmed by series co-creator Ed Boon on Twitter.
Yes, it's Stallone's voice 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/oQSxQ6NU63
— Ed Boon (@noobde) October 8, 2020
Rambo will be added to Mortal Kombat 11 as part of the game's Kombat Pack 2, which is the equivalent of a season pass 2. Other characters that will be added as part of this DLC set include Rain and Mileena. Both of them appeared in the last game, though the former was a CPU-exclusive character and the latter was canonically killed.
Alongside the release of Kombat Pack 2, Mortal Kombat 11 will also be getting an Ultimate edition. As the name suggests, this comes with the Aftermath expansion and both Kombat Packs 1 and 2. The game will also be getting a free next-gen console upgrade for those who already own the game. Both the Kombat Pack 2, as well as the Ultimate Edition, will be released on 17 November.
(Source: PlayStation)
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Groups mull over idea of more community-owned utilities
Luther Turmelle, North Bureau Chief
Published 12:00 am EST, Thursday, February 2, 2012
FARMINGTON -- When Connecticut's 2012 legislative session begins next week, expect issues surrounding the performance of the state's two major utilities, Connecticut Light & Power and The United Illuminating, last fall to dominate discussions.
But if a meeting held Thursday is any indication, lawmakers and the newly created Department of Energy and Environmental Protection have differing visions on how to address the reliability issues that plagued the utilities in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene and the late October snowstorm. The meeting, convened by several labor groups and attended by about 20 people, focused on whether more communities should join the seven statewide, including Wallingford, that have publicly owned electric utilities.
State Rep. Vickie Nardello, D-Prospect, said hearings will be held that will include details about what is involved in communities starting their own electric companies. Nardello is co-chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee.
"The biggest issue in Connecticut is whether we have the power of eminent domain to acquire the lines," Nardello said, referring to the electric distribution network that brings the power to homes and businesses. "That's something we may need to get an opinion from the attorney general on."
Even if eminent domain could be used to acquire lines, "you would have to make them whole," Nardello said of the utilities, referring to the complex and delicate process of determining the value of the distribution network.
But Jonathan Schrag, DEEP's deputy commissioner for energy, called such a move "a significant enterprise for municipalities to undertake." The agency, he said, favors launching a pilot program to promote distributed generation around the state.
"We need to rebuild the grid from the bottom up," Schrag said. That would involve, over time, communities acquiring generating units like small gas powered turbines and creating mini-electric grids that cover no more than one square mile.
The pilot program that Schrag envisions would create distributed generation clusters around town centers. Participating municipalities would have to make an investment in generation equipment as well as the wiring need to establish the mini-grids.
Bill Shortell, political director for the eastern territory of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said the ideas behind the meeting was looking for ways to help save people money, including union members.
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I've been searching at maps of Tennessee and remembering some great vacations and conferences in that state from years previous. I was an unloader at Walmart as properly and we did not have the space we required there either so I'm used to it. Spend wasn't as good but we typically had 7 – 8 men and women/evening and got trucks accomplished quite rapidly (3-four hours on 2100 piece trucks).
I perform at a lowes retailer and am constantly told by the buyers that the property depot might be closer to them but we will hold them from obtaining to go back 5 instances and not sell them crap that has practically nothing to do with the project they want to get done.
In addition to its presence in the Americas, Lowe's is also establishing a strategic partnership with Woolworths Limited that would see it develop a network of property improvement stores in Australia. I do agree with some when I say that the politics in the retailer are not the greatest. For example, Lowe's and House Depot may sell various brands, but they frequently have the exact same goods.
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He mentioned the retailer is adding back employee hours throughout busy weekday buying occasions to much better close sales, and deepening its inventory to tends to make certain essential items are in stock. Got via the payment particulars to enter in my credit card data and it looked like it took it and then that failed.


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IIT Kharagpur Researchers Develop Novel Technology for COVID-19 Rapid Test
IITsNational News
By India Education Diary Bureau Admin On Jul 25, 2020
The entire rapid test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable device with the test results available in a customized smartphone application for dissemination within 1 hour and requiring manual interpretation. All of this at a cost of ₹ 400/- per test.
VIDEO LINK – https://fromsmash.com/IIT-KGP-COVID-Testing-Novel-Technology (Photographs attached with this email).
In a unique effort, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have innovated a novel portable rapid diagnostic device to detect COVID-19 infection. This first-of-its-kind device will bring the testing for COVID-19 out from the walls of expensive laboratories and RT-PCR machines and enable testing at affordable costs for the under-served community across the world.
This entire test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialized laboratory equipment. The same portable unit can be used for a large number of tests, on mere replacement of the paper cartridge after each test. The device has been proven to produce no false result with remarkable accuracy and sensitivity compatible to standard RT-PCR tests.
This test has an unprecedented low cost of less than ₹ 400/- per test, taking all components of expenses and business model into account. A video in English about the Novel Technology of IIT Kharagpur's first-of-its-kind portable rapid diagnostic device for COVID-19 can be found by clicking on this link – https://fromsmash.com/IIT-KGP-COVID-Testing-Novel-Technology.
Considering the impending outbreak of COVID-19 infection at progressively more geographical locations with the anticipated increment in number of affected personnel at a dramatic rate, there is an emergent need to run large numbers of reliable diagnostic tests at affordable cost and minimal infrastructural support, for monitoring the early stages of progression of the disease when many of the infected persons do not exhibit discernible symptoms of infection.
However, the testing technologies currently under use are highly expensive, despite the innovations in low-cost testing kits as the actual testing machinery cost remains high. Further testing mechanism has logistical issues due to the infrastructural requirement of the testing centres. A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur, contemplating on the challenge, realized the alternative cannot be new innovations for the existing detection systems such as testing kits and PCR machines but a disruptive approach leading to a new technology and testing process being innovated without sacrificing the scientific rigor and medically acceptable high standards of the test results.
Prof. Suman Chakraborty from the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kharagpur, and Dr. Arindam Mondal from the School of Bio Science, IIT Kharagpur, came up with the concept of a portable non-invasive rapid detection test for COVID-19 thus taking the testing mechanism to a whole new level. The technology essentially deploys a disposable simple paper-strip for chemical analysis and visualization of results.
The entire test can be conducted in an ultra-low-cost portable enclosure as an alternative to specialized laboratory equipment. The same portable unit can be used for a large number of tests, on mere replacement of the paper cartridge after each test. The new device has been designed to be usable at locations with extremely poor resources in an uncontrolled environment, catering the needs of the underserved population. Moreover, it can be operated by minimally trained personnel, precluding the needs for skilled technicians.
The research team has successfully validated the detection procedure, taking time of approximately 60 minutes to run each test. This obviates the need of an expensive PCR machine, by means of a set of innovations such as a portable automated pre-programmable temperature control unit for viral testing, introduction of a special detection unit based on genomic analysis, and a customized smartphone application for dissemination of test results without requiring manual interpretation. While the Institute can produce the testing kit up to a certain scale, patent licensing will facilitate commercialization opportunities for medical technology companies.
Under the guidance of the Professors, the device design and fabrication work has been spearheaded by doctoral student Mr. Sujay Kumar Biswas, and the bio-analytical protocol has been standardized by doctoral students Mr. Saptarshi Banerjee and Ms. Nandita Kedia. Dr. Aditya Bandopahyay has further helped in developing the thermal unit.
Highlighting the need for such equipment, Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, said, "In assessing the utility of a specific method of disease detection, there is a common failure to recognize that the cost of the test kit may not turn out to be the most critical factor from the viewpoint of affordable diagnosis, unlike what is being commonly portrayed. Rather, the greater challenge is complete elimination of the need for any specialized infrastructure and ensuring the possibility of conducting tests at large scale at low cost without compromised accuracy. In that light, the RT-PCR based tests suffer from a compelling constraint of requiring an elaborate laboratory-infrastructure and support system including the operational and maintenance cost, to perform the test. The alternative existing approaches to these tests, on the other hand, are either invasive (blood tests) and non-indicative of early stage of development of the infection, or dependent on reagents that are extremely unstable and cannot be implemented in resource-limited settings."
The Equipment developed by IIT Kharagpur Researchers will cost about ₹ 2,000 if a pilot facility is used. Use of a large-scale commercial facility will further reduce with increase in the production scale. This compares very favourably with the RT PCR machine costing ₹ 15 Lakh.
Further, Dr. Arindam Mondal, Assistant Professor, School of Bio Science, IIT Kharagpur, added, "The unique portable device developed by the IIT Kharagpur researchers has not only been validated for the diagnostics of COVID-19, but also been designed to be capable of detecting any other kind of RNA virus by following the same generic procedure. The impact of this, therefore, is long lasting, empowered by the capability of detecting unforeseen viral pandemics in the coming years that may potentially endanger human lives time and again."
The project received financial support from the Institute in late April as Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur, decided to set up a fund to support COVID-19 related research and product development.
"This unique innovation is aligned with the Institutional vision to develop high-end healthcare technologies that can be afforded by the ailing common people all around the globe at virtually no cost, and is likely to make significant breakthrough in global viral pandemic management", opined Director Prof. V K Tewari.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India has also been reaching out to all technical institutions regarding ongoing research work to help address India's increasing need to augment testing facilities.
The results from this new technology have been strictly validated by following all established laboratory controls against the benchmarked results obtained from RT-PCR machine, using synthetic viral RNA. The synthetic RNA is exactly the same replicate of the viral RNA extracted from infected patients, as per accepted scientific benchmarking procedure, and is used for validating laboratory tests to avoid undue contamination and danger due to spreading of infection while handling sensitive body-fluid samples.
IIT Kharagpur is ready for commercialization of the product. Any corporate or start-up can approach the Institute for technology licensing and commercial scale of production. The Institute is open to tie-ups, including a mode where the government intervenes with regards to meeting our low-cost healthcare objective for the under-served community as a policy measure to protect the interest of public health amidst the pandemic situation, instead of merely developing a strong profit-oriented model.
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Now that's how to avoid dents and scrapes when your motor is salvaged from a capsized transporter ship - make sure it's a tank!
Dozens of damaged luxury Range Rovers and a Porsche were driven off the large car transporter ship yesterday
Cars had dents and scratches, even though a spokesman for the shipping line described the damage as 'limited'
But armoured personnel carrier looked completely untouched as it was driven off the ship at Southampton port
The Hoegh Osaka was deliberately grounded in the Solent on January 3 after it started to list at a 52 degree angle
Now, the entire fleet may need to be scrapped after a similar accident in 2006 led to 4,700 Mazdas being crushed
By Chris Pleasance and Claire Carter for MailOnline
Published: 17:40 EST, 28 January 2015 | Updated: 17:40 EST, 28 January 2015
More than £30million-worth of Range Rovers, Jaguars and Porsche emerged from the ill-fated carrier ship yesterday, after it ran aground off the English coast three weeks ago.
But among the dented doors and scratched paintwork emerged a perfectly preserved armoured personnel carrier.
The Hoegh Osaka was carrying 1,400 luxury cars including a £260,000 Rolls Royce Wraith on January 3, when it was deliberately grounded on Bramble Bank in the Solent to stop it capsizing.
A spokesman for the shipping company described the damage to the cars as 'limited' but there are fears the entire fleet could have to be scrapped after a similar accident in 2006 wrecked 4,700 Mazdas.
The cars were sent to the crusher after transporter MV Cougar Ace partially capsized in the North Pacific while carrying the cars away from the factory.
It was left resting for just over three weeks - a similar length of time to the Hoegh Osaka - at an angle of 60 degrees.
Untouched: Among the dented Jaguars and Porsche emerged a perfectly preserved armoured personnel carrier (pictured)
Sturdy: The Hoegh Osaka was carrying 1,400 luxury cars including a £260,000 Rolls Royce Wraith on January 3 but the tank (pictured) was one of the few which was not damaged
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Not a scratch: Unlike the armoured personnel carrier (pictured), there are fears the rest of the fleet could have to be scrapped after a similar accident in 2006 wrecked 4,700 Mazdas
Hundreds of Range Rovers, Jaguars and Porches began to be unloaded fromtransporter Hoegh Osaka yesterday, three weeks after it was deliberately run aground off the English coast when it started to list
It is not yet known what will become of the fleet of luxury cars, worth up to £30million, but there are fears the whole lot could have to be crushed after a similar transporter accident in 2006 lead to 4,700 Mazdas being destroyed
Authorities are carrying out a full examination of all the cars on board to see how extensively they have been damaged after the accident. This Porsche Boxter was left with large scratches and dents to its bodywork
A spokesman for the shipping line described the damage yesterdayas 'limited', but in 2006 a shipment of Mazdas in a similar condition were destroyed after resting at sea for three weeks at an angle of 60 degrees - almost identical conditions to the Osaka
Initially a Mazda spokesman said that only 68 cars had been damaged in the crash, either by slipping their moorings or rolling into other vehicles, but it was eventually decided that all 4,700 vehicles needed to be crushed.
Engineers were worried about what effect resting at such a severe angle for so long would have on the inner workings of the cars, especially on the electrolyte in the batteries.
Rather than open themselves up to the possibility of lawsuits due to mechanical faults, the company decided that it was safer to scrap the lot.
The Osaka was deliberately run aground after it started to list at 52 degrees, a similar angle to the Cougar Ace, just after leaving Southampton port.
A spokesman for Hoegh Autoliners said that each car was being inspected after being removed from the ship, and that a decision about their fate would not be made until that task was complete. It is not yet known what, if any, damaged was sustained by the Rolls Royce.
If it is decided that all the vehicles need to be disposed of then the total bill will run into the tens of millions of pounds.
Even if the cars are deemed road worthy, some of the new owners will still be left disappointed after the vehicles were pictured arriving on shore yesterday with dents and scratches to the bodywork.
Back ashore: A red Jaguar F-type is driven back on to dry land after spending three weeks stranded on board the Hoegh Osaka
Valuable: The ship's cargo is thought to be worth £30million, leaving a huge bill for the accident if the cars have to be written off
Dozens of Range Rovers are on board, as well as Jaguars, and the incident could run into costs of tens of millions of pounds of damage
Mazda engineers were concerned about what effect resting at such a severe angle would have on the cars, particularly on the electrolytes in the batteries. If inspectors take the same decision over the Osaka (pictured), then the bill for the accident could run into tens of millions
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The transporter was also carrying up to 80 agricultural or building plant machines, including a large stone-cutter machine weighing more than 30 tonnes.
High winds and heavy rain hampered the rescue operation - even causing one of the tugs to smash into the Osaka as it was being towed. It was brought back to land last week so that its precious cargo could be unloaded.
All of the cargo, which includes the cars and other equipment, will be taken off the ship by the end of this week or early next week, according to Hoegh Autoliners.
A spokesman for Hoegh Autoliners' Navigate Response said: 'There is only limited damage to the cargo.
'Most of the lashings held, and only a couple of pieces - large machinery - shifted.
Saved from the sea: Dock workers in Southampton help to drive a fleet of Range Rovers back on to shore after the ship they were on was run aground to stop it capsizing
Safe: These Range Rovers were just one part of a valuable cargo that included Jaguars, Porches, and a Rolls Royce Wraith thought to be worth £260,000 on its own
Line 'em up: The cars are moved into position at Southampton docks yesterday after the craft they were being carried on, the Hoegh Osaka, was towed back to dry land after three weeks stranded in the English channel
The ship arrived at Southampton on January 22 and crews yesterday began removing cars stowed on board, including Jaguars and Range Rovers
Officials said a full assessment of the damage would need to be carried out before it was decided what would happen to the large fleet of cars
'Water damage only occured on the lowest deck and on the one side the ship was listing.'
It is not yet known which vehicles were damaged by the sea water inside the ship and the spokesman said the vehicles were owned by 'a variety of parties' - including dealers and private owners.
Cars which are damaged or do not start up will be towed off the ship.
The spokesman said only preliminary checks had been carried out at this stage and a full assessment would be completed once every car was back on dry land, so they could make a decision about what to do with damaged vehicles.
The Singapore-registered Hoegh Osaka was heading to the Middle East was deliberately grounded when it started to list just 45 minutes after leaving the port of Southampton.
Vehicles, many seemingly undamaged, were seen rolling off the ship, and it could take up to a week for all the cars to be removed from it
The Hoegh Osaka was stranded in the Solent from January 3 after it started listing at about 9.20pm, 45 minutes into a journey to Germany
Salvage firm Svitzer managed to complete ballast management to reduce the list of the ship to five degrees and it was towed back to shore
The 25 person crew had to be rescued by RNLI lifeboats and a coastguard helicopter with two people suffering non-life threatening injuries during the incident.
The cargo ship, which is 180 metres long and 32 metres wide, finally arrived back in Southampton on January 22.
A spokeswoman from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) confirmed they were investigating what had caused the large vessel to list so dramatically.
WHAT HAPPENED TO GROUND THE HOEGH AUTOLINERS SHIP AND ITS PRECIOUS CARGO FOR THREE WEEKS?
January 3, 8.30pm - The Hoegh Osaka, a Singapore-registered ship, left the port of Southampton bound for Bremerhaven in Germany.The 180 metre long ship was bound for Germany, and loaded with 1,400 cars including Land Rovers, Jaguars and a £260,000 Rolls Royce.
January 3, 9.20pm - About 45 minutes after it left the port the 15 year old ship started to list badly at 52 degrees. It was deliberately grounded by the crew, near the Isle of Wight in Hampshire, to prevent it capsizing. A rescue operation was then launched to rescue the captain and 25 crew members. It is understood the cargo ship, which has a nine-metre draught, turned sharply to the left as it passed the notorious Bramble Bank sandbank near Cowes and ran aground. Following the incident a 200 metre exclusion zone was set up around the ship, to prevent other vessels interfering with the tugs.
January 5 - Salvage experts unsuccessfully tried to re-float the huge ship by using four tugs to pull it off the sandbank.
The Hoegh Osaka was deliberately grounded in the Solent, around 20 minutes into its journey, after it started listing at 52 degrees
January 7 - The ship was floated from Bramble Bank on the high tide and tugs were used to tow it to Alpha Anchorage near Lee-on-the-Solent.
January 10 - One of the tugs crashed into the ship during a period of high winds.An excavator that was on board shifted during the sailing and punched a hole in the side of the hull, which was quickly repaired. But some 3,000 tonnes of water entered the vessel.
January 17 - The 3,000 tonnes of water was pumped out and into empty fuel tanks on board.
January 22 - Salvage firm Svitzer was able to complete ballast management and reduce the ship's list to five degrees. It was then towed to Southampton Docks by four tugs.During its journey, an exclusion zone around the vessel was in place, set at 1,000 metres ahead and behind and 100 metres either side. Airspace was also restricted to one mile around the route as a precaution. Hundreds of people gathered at Southampton Water to watch the ship complete its three hour journey back to the port.
January 27 - luxury cars, including Range Rovers and a Porsche, started to be driven off the ship.
Around 3,000 tonnes of water entered the vessel when a hole was punched in its side and this had to be pumped out from the car carrier
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Ryder Donovan's versatility, speed make him a 'big addition' to Wisconsin Badgers, Tony Granato says
by	Richard Surek	/ Wednesday, 20 February 2019	/ Published in Dane County Real Estate News
Adding an NHL draft prospect late in the recruiting cycle is a bonus, University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Tony Granato said.
But the Badgers also left themselves some wiggle room on the off chance that someone like Ryder Donovan would come along as a possibility to add to an already high-level incoming freshman class for 2019-20.
Donovan committed to the Badgers last week and signed a National Letter of Intent on Monday. That paperwork had been processed by UW as of Wednesday, giving Granato a chance to discuss publicly the process of bringing in the Duluth East center.
Wisconsin Badgers add speedy center Ryder Donovan to 2019-20 freshman class
Donovan, ranked 46th among skaters in North American leagues for the 2019 draft by NHL Central Scouting, made a non-binding oral commitment to North Dakota in 2017 but changed his mind and decommitted last fall.
"Our job is to add the best players that come available to us," Granato said. "That's what our fans want. That's what our university wants. That's what we need as a program. We have to add elite players. And when one like that comes available, you find a way to make it work."
Donovan joined forwards Alex Turcotte (fifth in the midterm rankings), Cole Caufield (15th), Owen Lindmark (65th) and Dylan Holloway (projected as a first-round pick in 2020) and defenseman Mike Vorlicky in the 2019-20 incoming class.
"It's a big addition as far as his versatility at center and wing, his size, his speed," Granato said of Donovan, listed by Central Scouting as 6-foot-3 and 184 pounds. "His offensive ability is elite. We were ecstatic when we knew there was some interest that potentially we would be the school, and we found a way to make it work."
The Duluth East team that Donovan captains plays in the Minnesota Section 7AA semifinals on Saturday. Once his high school season is over, he'll join Dubuque of the United States Hockey League.
Granato drew a parallel in Donovan's skill, size and skating with Badgers freshman defenseman K'Andre Miller. The difference between the two — besides position — is that Miller played his final two high school seasons with the USA Hockey National Team Development Program, playing top-level competition.
The addition of Donovan to the Badgers' recruiting picture doesn't change the forecast for others committed to the team, Granato said. Taking out the six players that have signed for next season, 25 have made an oral commitment, including nine whose age makes them eligible to join the team as early as next fall.
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"This is a big piece," Granato said of Donovan's addition. "This is a piece that adds an extremely talented player that has a great desire to come play for us. When you're trying to get better as a program, you get excited and you celebrate his willingness and desire to be here, and you make it work."
Ahcan moved down
Badgers freshman Roman Ahcan will play on Friday at No. 19 Penn State, but Granato moved him out of his regular line as a punishment for an unspecified issue.
Ahcan will dress as the extra forward, Granato said. Jason Dhooghe took Ahcan's place as the left wing on a line with Dominick Mersch and Brock Caufield in Wednesday's practice.
"Obviously, he's been a big part of our team and played extremely well for us, but there's certain things that I have expectations for both on and off the ice that you live up to," Granato said of Ahcan. "And if you don't, there's consequences."
Ahcan has five goals for the Badgers, the most recent coming in last Friday's 2-1 victory at Notre Dame.
From the infirmary
Defenseman Tyler Inamoto, who missed last Saturday's game with a hip injury, returned to practice with the team on Wednesday and is expected to play at Penn State.
Miller, UW's leading scorer with 22 points in 26 games, will be out for at least this weekend and likely the March 1-2 home series against Michigan because of the left leg injury he suffered on Feb. 9.
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I have a couple of distress oxide backgrounds to share today, topped with a whimsical line stamp from Penny Black. To create the backgrounds I applied spiced marmalade and worn lipstick diox inks to watercolour paper then spritzed them enough to make the colours blend but not so much as to flood the colour off the page.
I stamped the 'happy bliss' stamp in versafine onyx black ink over the coloured background and popped up the panels on white card bases. I die cut the little black banners and added a stamped sentiment on one and a handlettered phrase on the other.
Hope you are having a fabulous day.
Beautiful background colors, Heather, and a perfect way to use this stamp! So cheerful and fun! You have beautiful handwriting. I can't figure out which sentiment is stamped!
You need to get your handwriting made into stamps. I love the way the way the background colors blend so perfectly. I don't have this stamp. but know any silhouette stamp would look stunning on the "sunset-ty" background.
Beautiful work. I haven't come to love my oxides yet but I shall persevere.
Très jolies cartes comme toujours !


Cheese and Garlic Pita Wedges are best prepared and served immediately with a selection of salad vegetables and dips. These wedges are a fantastic alternative to crackers and crisps, and although a very simple recipe, will gather many compliments.
Split pita bread in half, cut each half into 4 wedges.
Combine butter, garlic and chopped basil, brush over cut side of bread wedges.
Place in single layer on oven trays, bake in moderate oven for 10 minutes or until crisp.


We are midwesterners, so we understand how fragile most of these structures are. They are remote. They are owned by people who use them for a purpose, not fawn over them for their aesthetic value. They have no publicity machine behind them.
Michael Eastmen captures decaying vernacular American architecture in his new show and book Vanishing America. The show runs through July 19 at DNJ Gallery in Los Angeles.


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Romanelli pioneers into uncharted territory
Cody Boyles
Cal Poly football fans have seen successful NFL coaches, players, business leaders and engineers wear the Cal Poly green and gold for more than 75 years. For the last four years, they have also been cheering for a pioneer — in 2007, Jake Romanelli became the first football player from Templeton High School to earn a Division I football scholarship.
"I am very honored to be the first, and that is not to say there were not players before me who could have played at this level," Romanelli said. "There are going to be a bunch of kids who come after me that are going to be signing letters."
Romanelli was a standout defensive and running back at Templeton, where he earned All-State honors as an all-purpose player his senior year. Templeton made the playoffs that season, even though they moved into the tougher Los Padres League. He chose Cal Poly over scholarship offers from Colorado State, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and Fresno State. For Romanelli, the decision to be a Mustang was an easy one.
"It was not hard choosing Cal Poly after visiting it," Romanelli said. "It has been a dream come true ever since."
The multiple offers that Romanelli received have helped break the stigma that Templeton was just another small school football program.
"They definitely stepped their program up when we were in high school," senior defensive end and Atascadero High graduate Brandon Roberts said. "They were ranked in the Top-10 in the area and had a really good football team."
After redshirting his first season, Romanelli spent his freshman season mostly playing special teams and was a backup fullback for the 2008 Cal Poly team that won the Great West. He became the starting fullback as a sophomore and earned first team All-Great West honors. That season, he average 4.6 yards per carry and rushed for more than 100 yards against Southern Utah.
A feat he repeated again in 2011 with 101 yards against the Thunderbirds on Saturday.
Romanelli duplicated that success as a junior when he was named All-Great West second team fullback, and led the Mustangs with eight rushing touchdowns.
"The interior run game opens up everything else in our offense," offensive coordinator Bryan Cook said. "Jake is a physical guy with good speed, and when he runs a straight line, you can see the difference between him and a smaller back."
Romanelli and quarterback Andre Broadous make up an offense that leads the Great West in rushing — this season Jake leads the Mustangs in rushing with 550 yards and has scored six touchdowns. The Mustangs need to win five more games in order for Romanelli and fellow seniors to bookend their careers with conference championships and playoff appearances. Even after receiving individual accolades, he said he will remember the wins and losses more.
"I'll always remember our Great West Championship team because it was the first ring I ever won," Romanelli said. "And this year, we have the talent and leadership to do it again."
Romanelli is a business administration senior and, like many seniors at Cal Poly, said he is still unsure where life will take him after college. However, where ever his career takes him, he said it will never be far enough away to make him forget his hometown.
"I am not sure if I will go back after school, but who is to say I won't?" Romanelli said. "Templeton will always be home no matter what."
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Alexa is an Angeleno who has been performing on stage since the age of four. She studied at Millikan Musical Theatre Academy and the LAUSD Conservatory for the Arts at Cal State LA., and attends a performing arts magnet high school. First seen at GRT in HOTEL PARADISO, Alexa is currently in MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. A soprano vocalist, Alexa has performed at Kritzerland at the Federal, and is in a Belle Voce ensemble. Offstage, she loves competitive swimming, listening to rap while cooking French food, and "hoofing".


My favourite time of the year is definitely the first few weeks of Term 1 when the children come back after the long summer break. To watch them reconnect with the materials and each other is such a joy. Often the children come back feeling that they have grown over the holidays and are now ready to step into the position of role-model, and this has certainly been the case this year.
I have noticed an explosion of interest in the math materials throughout the term. This is occurring at different levels simultaneously. For the younger children it may look like a sudden interest in playing counting games with their friends, or tracing the sandpaper numerals. For some children this manifests as a mad number-writing frenzy. For the older children we may see a sudden interest in challenging themselves with multiplication or division work, often repeated day after day.
It is wonderful to see this interest filtering through the children, cropping up spontaneously – there are always younger observers absorbing the enthusiasm of the older ones, just waiting their turn to spark an interest in those that will come after them!
We have been so happy to welcome 5 new friends to our class – Sienna, Ava, Xavier, Joseph and Ari joined us during Term 1 and have quickly become a part of the La Casa Contenta family.
Wishing you all a safe and restful Easter break with your families.


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Events for 9 Feb 2023 - 9 Feb 2023
31/10/2022 31 Oct 2022 - 12/06/2023 12 Jun 2023
31 Oct 2022 - 25 Nov 2022
EUMETSAT "Supporting Marine Earth Observation Applications"
Learn how to independently access and process data from the EUMETSAT product catalogue for marine workflows and applications.
Arctic ROOS online workshop
The workshop will focus on the current state of in situ ocean observing in the Arctic, with sessions covering ocean and sea ice observing as well as new technologies and data management
EuroGEO 2022 Workshop
This edition will focus on EO-based solutions to support the European Green Deal, while bringing the European community actively contributing to the Group on Earth Observations (GEO).
Ocean Prediction Decade Collaborative Centre kick-off meeting
OceanPrediction kick-off meeting will be an interactive event centered on community building and the connection of different sectors and activities.
e-shape solutions: Earth Observation for biodiversity and water management
The workshop will present e-shape project's pilots related to biodiversity and water management.
Ocean Innovation Africa
Ocean Innovation Africa is a platform that showcases African ocean-impact initiatives and brings together international changemakers for the growth of an equitable and sustainable ocean economy in Africa
2 Mar 2023 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
European Ocean Observing System Strategy Launch 2022 – 2023
Advancing EOOS - the foundation of European ocean knowledge Europe needs strong and connected ocean observing capacities. This is necessary to understand, benefit from and respond to the dynamic ocean environment that is essential for life on Earth, [...]
Brest, France
This annual event brings together Europe's maritime community to network, discuss and outline joint action on maritime affairs and sustainable blue economy.
4 Jun 2023 - 9 Jun 2023
International Symposium on Sea Ice 2023
Organised by the International Glaciological Society, the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI), Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, and the University of Bremen, the International Symposium on Sea Ice across Temporal and Spatial Scales will take place from 4 to 9 June [...]
3rd international operational satellite oceanography symposium (OSOS-3)
Busan, Korea
The Third International Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium (OSOS-3) will be held in Busan, South Korea from 12 to 15 June 2023, co-sponsored by EUMETSAT, NOAA and the Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA). There will also be an [...]