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Published: 11:24 AM, 06 August 2022
Md Atikur Rahman
Bangladesh Railway is a state-owned and state-run railway transport company of Bangladesh. Since last 1990, this organization is running its activities under the Ministry of Railways. At present, railways are running in the country with a total of 25 thousand 83 regular employees with a total of 2 thousand 955.53 km of routes. Basically, I think this railway is one of the main means of transportation system of the country. Because rail travel is very safe and comfortable for most of the passengers. So most of the passengers prefer this train as a mode of travel. But the question is how much the railway authorities are able to ensure the quality of railway services and overall safety of passengers? Although the reality is that there are hundreds of unprotected level crossings in the country, one after another railway accidents, corruption in railways, black market and various irregularities, naturally there is an alarming situation in the mind of the passengers regarding railways. It is disrupting the overall progress of the railways. Similarly, such accidents are losing the confidence of passengers towards railways. It is important that this situation be resolved quickly.
Especially the information that comes out about the unprotected level crossings in the country in the news published in various newspapers every day is very scary. According to the news published recently in the newspaper, the number of legal crossings on the 2 thousand 877 km railway across the country is 1 thousand 412; Of these, 946, ie 67 percent, have no gates! There is not even a traffic control staff. No indicator light. Apart from this, due to the lack of coordination in the work of various agencies including illegal constructions, haat-bazaar, road construction by local people over the railway line, a large number of death traps have been created on the railway.
In such a reality, it is necessary to take visible initiative and fast implementation of the authorities to increase the quality of the overall service of the railway and ensure safety. According to an annual report of Bangladesh Railways, it is estimated that 72 percent of rail accidents in Bangladesh are due to human error, 23 percent due to mechanical error and the remaining 5 percent due to unsafe level crossings and careless crossing of level crossings by vehicle drivers and pedestrians. Human errors include - error or negligence of locomasters, stationmasters and managers and reckless running of trains. Mechanical faults occur due to locomotive faults, faulty tracks and signal systems.
Recently, a case has been registered in the case of the death of 11 passengers of a tourist microbus after being hit by a train in Chittagong's Mirsrai. A case was registered in this regard at the Chittagong Railway Police Station last Friday night. The railway police filed the case accusing the gatekeeper Saddam Hussain of negligence of duty. 11 passengers of the microbus were killed on the spot when they were hit by the Chittagong-bound Prabhati from Dhaka while returning from seeing the Khaiachhara waterfall. Seven others were injured. The condition of five of them is critical. Eastern Railway Divisional Transport Officer Ansar Ali said, A microbus carrying tourists from Dhaka to Chittagong got on the line before crossing the level crossing. After the collision, the microbus got stuck with the engine of the train. In that situation, the train stopped after pushing the microbus quite a bit. Such brutal accidents cannot be accepted every now and then. Although such accidents have been happening for a long time, but unfortunately, no remedy has been found yet.
According to the data, 281 people died in 310 accidents at level crossings during 2008-2019. 13 people died in 9 accidents from January to October 2020. However, a train accident in 1972 caused massive casualties. On June 4, 1972, a crowded passenger train from Khulna collided with a freight train standing at a station in Jessore district. 76 people were killed and 500 were injured. Almost seven years later, on January 26, 1979, a train derailed and overturned in Chuadanga, killing 70 and injuring 300. Then on January 15, 1989, a northbound mail train collided with a Chittagong bound express train in Gazipur district. On the occasion of Vishwa Ijtema at Tongi, both trains had a total of over 2,000 passengers, many of whom were traveling on the roof or between the coaches. At least 170 people were killed and 400 injured in this accident.
From January 1 to July 24 this year, 31 people have died due to accidents at various level crossings in the country and more than three hundred people have died in the last 10 years. Not only accidents, loss of life and loss of property occur at illegal level crossings, accidents also occur frequently at legal crossings. In such a reality, defective level crossings should be secured as soon as possible. Although these have been left unguarded over the years, it has been seen that the various parties involved have passed the blame on each other.
After saying so much, why are the level crossings of the country not being made safe and why are the illegal ones not being closed? Bangladesh is number one in the list of railway accidents due to level crossings in the world. Currently, about 95 percent of railway accidents occur at various level crossings. The main reason for this is that at least 85 percent of legal level crossings have no guards. Apart from this, the increasing number of illegal establishments on the railways, the condition of bazaars is making the railway service system worse. Because they don't even have any barriers. Of the numerous unprotected level crossings in the country, the only one that has been done at Namkawasti is that the Railway Department has ended its duty by hanging a notice. Which is gross indifference to their duties.
Pedestrians and vehicle drivers also cannot escape responsibility for accidents at level crossings. Two main causes of death on railways are accidents at level crossings and being run over by trains. The Railway Authority does not take any responsibility if it is cut under the train; Instead, a case was filed against the deceased.
On the other hand, level crossings try to avoid liability in case of accidents. Needless to say, apart from loss of life and property damage due to accidents, train schedules are disrupted. Because of this, passenger suffering increases; In addition, the railways have to bear losses. Level crossings must be secured to prevent accidents and damage. Everyone should be careful while crossing the level crossing. It is expected that the authorities will take steps to secure the level crossings by appointing the necessary manpower besides making people aware of the rules and laws.
Recently, five people were killed when a bus carrying garment factory workers collided with a train at Sreepur in Gazipur. At least 10 people were seriously injured in this incident. Sreepur Railway Station Master said that the Balaka train leaving Dhaka crossed Sreepur Railway Station at around 7:30. After that, a collision with the bus took place at Maizpara level crossing. It is also known that this is also an unprotected level crossing.
When a bus carrying workers was crossing the railway line in Maijpara area, the bus was hit by the train. And there was no gatekeeper at that level crossing at the time of the accident. There was no signal light for the train coming. Similarly, on June 4, three passengers of a pickup van were killed and two others were injured after being hit by a train at Amirganj, Raipura, Narsingdi. It is seen that due to lack of awareness on one side unprotected level crossings, on the other hand even in protected level crossings there are loss of lives, which is sad. Visible, how unsafe the railways of Bangladesh are and how vulnerable its security system is becomes clear by observing these accidents at different times. An analysis of railway police accident data reveals, Pedestrians suffer the highest number of fatalities at all types of level crossings, unprotected and protected. However, there are not few cases of death due to being crushed by the train and being knocked down by the train at the level crossing. 74 people were killed in 33 accidents at level crossings in the last one year. And this number does not include those who died on the railway line. According to railway data, most of the unauthorized level crossings across the country are on Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) roads.
There are also Municipalities, Union Parishads, City Corporations and Roads and Public Ways (SOAZ) roads. Level crossings are created due to the construction of roads on railway lines by more or less five agencies of the government. We think that all concerned will take the issue of unprotected level crossing seriously and take necessary measures. Most of the unauthorized level crossings across the country are on Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) roads. There are also Municipalities, Union Parishads, City Corporations and Roads and Public Ways (SOAZ) roads. Level crossings are created due to the construction of roads on railway lines by more or less five agencies of the government. We think that all concerned will take the issue of unprotected level crossing seriously and take necessary measures. Most of the unauthorized level crossings across the country are on Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) roads. There are also Municipalities, Union Parishads, City Corporations and Roads and Public Ways (SOAZ) roads. Level crossings are created due to the construction of roads on railway lines by more or less five agencies of the government. We think that all concerned will take the issue of unprotected level crossing seriously and take necessary measures.
Apart from this, the vehicles and pedestrians are illegally crossing the railway lines without the permission of the railways. We think that by observing the overall situation, concerned parties will be more diligent in taking necessary steps and implementing them properly as soon as possible. With 67 per cent unprotected level crossings at various places in the country, railway accidents are happening one after the other due to various defects, these need to be taken into account - as well as ensuring comprehensive measures to secure level crossings and avoid accidents. All kinds of irregularities to restore the confidence of passengers in railways, Ticket black market must be stopped forever. Safety of life of passengers should be ensured. Because there will be one accident after another and people will not go back to the country of return - this cannot be desirable in any way. All kinds of visible initiatives should be taken and implemented to ensure the overall safety of passengers including securing level crossings subject to monitoring the overall situation. Which I think is more important in improving the quality of railway services along with gaining trust. Railway authorities will give more attention to the issues - that is desirable.
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Banji est un genre éteint de petits dinosaures  appartenant à la famille des Oviraptoridae, groupe de théropodes à plumes. Il a vécu à la fin du Crétacé supérieur dans ce qui est actuellement la Chine.

L'unique espèce Banji long n'est connue que par un crâne et une mandibule presque complets acquis par les paléontologues chinois auprès d'un collectionneur amateur qui a récolté ce fossile dans le bassin de Hongcheng, près de la ville de Ganzhou.

Étymologie
Le genre Banji fut décrit par les paléontologues chinois Xing Xu et Feng-Lu Han en 2010. Son nom dérive du chinois ban, qui signifie tacheté et ji, crête, en référence à la crête portant des striations distinctes au niveau du museau. Le nom de l'espèce long signifie dragon en chinois.

Datation
Banji a été découvert dans les « bancs rouges », déposés en environnement continental de la formation géologique de Nanxiong du bassin de Hongcheng. Ces grès rouges sont datés du Maastrichtien, soit il y a entre  et  (millions d'années).
Cinq autres genres d'oviraptoridés ont été découverts dans cette formation :
 Ganzhousaurus ;
 Huanansaurus ;
 Jiangxisaurus ;
 Nankangia ;
 Tongtianlong.

Description
Il s'agit d'un petit oviraptoridé caractérisé par une crête osseuse formée par les prémaxillaires et os nasaux et comprenant deux sillons profonds et de nombreuses striations obliques sur chacune des faces latérales de la crête. Les narines externes sont particulièrement allongées et proches des orbites, et le dentaire de la mâchoire inférieure porte également plusieurs rainures dans sa partie postérieure, au niveau de la marge dorsale de l'os. L'anatomie de la mandibule et du palais semble suggérer une position assez basale de ce dinosaure parmi les Oviraptoridae (il s'agirait donc d'un Oviraptoridae plutôt primitif).

Paléobiologie
Banji long partageait son habitat avec au moins cinq autres espèces d'oviraptoridés, Ganzhousaurus nankangensis, Huanansaurus ganzhouensis, Nankangia jiangxiensis, Jiangxisaurus ganzhouensis et Tongtianlong limosus. Cette diversité a été probablement rendue possible par une répartition des niches écologiques entre ces espèces.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Liste de dinosaures
 Oviraptoridae
 Gigantoraptor
 Citipati

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Références taxinomiques

Notes et références

Oviraptorosauria
Genre de maniraptoriens préhistoriques (nom scientifique)
Dinosaure du Crétacé supérieur
Dinosaure d'Asie
Paléontologie en Chine
Taxon fossile décrit en 2010

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How Can I Stop the Windows Key from Interrupting PC Games?
Full screen video gaming on Windows has some hazards: tapping the Window key, using any sort of Windows shortcuts like ALT+TAB, or even clicking the mouse in the wrong spot if you're using multiple monitors can crash your game. Read on as we highlight solutions for each of those problems.
It's been a long time since I've played computer games and, after getting back into gaming, I've run into some headaches that didn't exist back when I was an avid gamer. Just to be clear, when I say "back when" I mean like back when having a Pentium I was a serious gaming rig and we still booted most of our games into DOS. The problems I'm running into now just didn't exist back then.
Specifically, I've run into several annoyances that I'd love to find some quick fixes for. First, when I'm playing a game in full screen mode if I bump the Windows key, most of the games will crash or lockup and I'll get kicked back to the Windows desktop. I could run the game in Windowed mode, but that kind of ruins the immersion. Hard to trick myself into thinking I'm raiding a dungeon or something if I can see my Windows taskbar. While we're at it, is there anyone to turn off other shortcuts that might kick me back into Windows like ALT+TAB?
The other issue, again one that I didn't have back in the day when I just had one huge CRT monitor, is multiple monitors. I have three monitors now and typically only game on the center one (because man, what a pain it is to try and enable multi-monitor support for most games). I've noticed that some games don't do a very good job isolating the game window and the mouse and you can lose the mouse onto the secondary screens (which is annoying) or can accidentally click on something on the second screen which causes the game to crash back to the desktop like the Windows key does (which is even more annoying). Is there anything that can be done about that short of outright disabling the secondary monitors when gaming?
There's nothing worse than being completely immersed in your game only to have an errant key press rip you out of the moment and dump you unceremoniously back on the desktop. You would think that we'd have a solid built-in solution for the problems you highlight at this point (including, even, better multi-monitor support for games given that it's 2014 and lots of people have more than one monitor).
That said, it's not terribly difficult to fix the problems you're facing if you're willing to use a few little helper applications to assist your games and Windows in playing nice.
If you're curious why they still struggle to play nice after all these years, we'd encourage you to check out our explainer on the subject: Why PC Games Struggle with Alt+Tab and How to Fix It.
There are programs out there that will disable the Windows key on your behalf, no effort required. For example you could use the simple and free WKey Disabler to accomplish this task (as long as the program is active, it disables the Windows key). If you want to maintain more control over what you run on your computer and if you want to modify more than just the Windows key, you'll need to turn to AutoHotkey to get the job down cleanly and with no bloat.
The above script is a simple AutoHotkey key map. Each line maps an existing key to another key using the Key1::Key2/function format. In this case, we simply remapped the left Windows key, the right Windows key, and the ALT+TAB (indicated by the !Tab in the last line) all to the Return function (because we have to map it to something). If you accidentally brush any of the Windows keys or attempt to use the ALT+TAB combo, it'll call the Return function, which will simply dump the key press because there is no previous function to return to. If you want to expand your list to include more key combinations, we recommend checking out the AHK documentation for hotkeys and keyboard remapping.
To use the above script, simply double click on the AHK file you created. Play your game. When you're done, look in the Window system tray for the AHK icon and disable the script.
His tip worked great back in 2011 when he sent it in, and we're still using it for those pesky don't-jail-the-mouse games. Between the handy AHK script and Mousenitor, you'll be free from those annoying crash-to-desktop moments.


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Stateside for Thursday, April 3, 2014
By Stateside Staff • Apr 3, 2014
It's no surprise that shipping conditions on the Great Lakes are miserable, even though spring has officially sprung and the shipping season officially opened March 25.
No commercial traffic has yet made it to the Soo Locks and ice is still four feet thick in some places, particularly in Lake Superior. On today's show, we speak with a member of the U.S. Coast Guard about what's being done about this.
Then, what happened as World War II brought women and minorities into Detroit's assembly plants?
And, the Detroit bankruptcy is starting to affect the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. Water prices could go up, impacting consumers far outside the city. Daniel Howes joined us for our weekly check-in to tell us more.
Also, Phil Cavanagh became the third candidate to enter the race to replace Robert Ficano as Wayne County Executive.
First on the show, Michigan's economy may be pulling itself up and out of the Great Recession.
But our schools are still mired in an "education recession" and all of our children are paying the price.
That's the finding of the newest State of Michigan Education Report from The Education Trust-Midwest.
It's an eye-opening exercise to see how our state's schools and student performance compares to two states that are powering ahead in the national assessment: Massachusetts and Tennessee.
What lessons can Michigan learn from those two states?
The co-author of the new education report, Amber Arellano of The Education Trust-Midwest, joined us today.
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The Duke of Bainbridge is one of the most powerful men in England, so frigid that it's rumored his own wife committed suicide to escape him.
When Spencer learns his madcap younger brother is pursuing the unsuitable Lady Boadicea, he's determined to put an end to their ill-advised flirtation. But his best intentions go awry when he discovers his own baffling inability to resist her.
Spencer never meant to so thoroughly compromise Lady Bo that he's duty-bound to wed her. Bo certainly never intended to enjoy being in his arms or to find him so wickedly tempting.
Can her passionate fire prove enough to melt his icy heart, or are they forever doomed to a cold marriage of convenience?


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Phil Bartie
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
Assistant Professor, School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Computer Science
Emailphil.bartie@hw.ac.uk
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Phil Bartie is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Visibility Engineering & Materials Science
Geographic information systems Engineering & Materials Science
Navigation Engineering & Materials Science
Question Answering Mathematics
Location based services Engineering & Materials Science
Spoken Dialogue Systems Mathematics
Information systems Engineering & Materials Science
Stereo vision Engineering & Materials Science
A catchment-scale model to predict spatial and temporal burden of E. coli on pasture from grazing livestock
Oliver, D. M., Bartie, P., Heathwaite, A. L., Reaney, S. M., Parnell, J. A. Q. & Quilliam, R. S., Mar 2018, In : Science of the Total Environment. 616-617, p. 678-687 10 p.
A dialogue based mobile virtual assistant for tourists: The SpaceBook Project
Bartie, P., Mackaness, W., Lemon, O., Dalmas, T., Chandrasekaran Janarthanam, S., Hill, R. L., Dickinson, A. & Liu, X., Jan 2018, In : Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 67, p. 110-123 14 p.
Design of a decision support tool for visualising E. coli risk on agricultural land using a stakeholder-driven approach
Oliver, D. M., Bartie, P., Heathwaite, A. L., Pschetz, L. & Quilliam, R. S., Jul 2017, In : Land Use Policy. 66, p. 227-234 8 p.
participatory approach
water industry
Improving the Sampling Strategy for Point-to-Point Line-Of-Sight Modelling in Urban Environments
Bartie, P. & Mackaness, W., 2017, In : International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 31, 4, p. 805-824 20 p.
Computational efficiency
Mapping the visual magnitude of popular tourist sites in Edinburgh city
Bartie, P. & Mackaness, W., 2016, In : Journal of Maps. 12, 2, p. 203-210 8 p.
REAL corpus
Bartie, P. (Creator), Mackaness, W. (Creator), European Language Resources Association, 2016
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Q: better way to loop through a list of servers I regularly do things where I loop through a list of servers to take some action. For example:
for s in `cat servers.txt` ; do
    echo; echo $s
    ssh $s 'do something'
done

I'm wondering (from a shell perspective) if there's an easier way of doing this than cat servers.txt
Yes I know about tools like mcollective, capistrano, etc - I'm often doing this to fix up mcollective problems :-)

A: I use ClusterSSH.
It opens up a lot of small shells, and you can type to all of them in the same time. Really handy when you want to execute the same command on a lot of servers, but still see the output.
I use it like this: clusterssh $(~/get-servers.sh), but obviously you can do something like clusterssh $(cat servers.txt)
The result looks like this:

It's also available as a Debian package.

A: My quick and dirty... where servers.txt has a series of hosts or IPs, one-per-line.
#!/bin/bash

SERVER_LIST=/path/to/servers.txt

while read REMOTE_SERVER
do
        ssh $REMOTE_SERVER "do_something_cool"
done < $SERVER_LIST

A: To execute a simple task across a wide range of servers without using any tool designed for this purpose, regardless they require previous infrastructure or not, you can use a simple shell script called mussh, distributed as a package in many distributions.
You can call it with a list of hosts, a list of commands, store both things in files, and quite a few more options, like ssh-agent integration, proxy support, ... Check the manpage for all the details.
An example could be as simple as:
$ mussh -H host_list.txt -C command_list.txt

A: Please do yourself a favor and use something designed for this. You already know about mcollective, but you and I both know that it needs some infrastructure to work. As do puppet and chef.
clusterssh, parallel ssh and dancer shell are small simple improvements over a shell for loop. They don't need more infrastructure.
But there's also ansible, which let's you do that, but also write reusable "playbooks" with several steps. It does need python installed in addition to sshd, but in practice I've never had to separately install that, it's always been available.
Ansible is the only configuration management system I've tried that also works well as a deployment and orchestration tool (puppet needs mcollective and maybe capistrano/fabric for that, ...)
(Yes, Puppet and Chef and all the rest can be run without central servers, but you need to install packages on the hosts to manage, which ansible doesn't need)

A: Here is how to use xargs to parallelize these ssh sessions:
cat servers.txt | xargs -IH -n1 -P0 ssh H 'some command to run'

You can also add the -n or -f options to ssh to redirect the stdin from /dev/null or put the session in the background. If you have to type a password for each host, then this doesn't help you much, but if you are using ssh keys then this works very nicely.

A: Have you considered using parallel-ssh? https://code.google.com/p/parallel-ssh/
I generally fall back to using that if/when our mco or puppet setup is broken. It is another dependency to manage, but totally worth it if you have large fleet of boxen to manage - with the added bonus of being able to choose how many machines to work on in tandem/parallel, or even doing one at a time, as you're used to with bash.

A: Undeleted my answer.  Although it's not really clear what you're asking for.

There is a project called parallel SSH which provides parallel versions of ssh, scp and rsync.
So the advantage is that you don't need to do any shell script you just provide it the list of servers to run the command on and it'll do it in parallel.
This is great if you've got a long running set of ssh commands to do as it will do them all in parallel offering a potentially big speed up.
e.g.
parallel-ssh -h myhosts.txt "echo 'hello world'"


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Apr 21, 2021 - Economy & Business
Foxconn plant project gets scaled back
Courtenay Brown
Foxconn's groundbreaking deal to build a plant in Wisconsin — with record incentives to match — is being massively scaled back.
The big picture: The new contract with the state says the company no longer has to build an LCD facility to be eligible for the smaller subsidies, The Verge reports.
The deal — which was met with skepticism— was announced by former President Trump and former Republican Gov. Scott Walker in 2017, per Reuters.
Then: The electronics maker promised 13,000 jobs and up to $10 billion in investment by 2032. In return, Wisconsin would have granted it as much as $2.85 billion in incentives.
Now: It's 1,454 jobs, with a $672 million investment by 2026. The state will now offer a maximum of $80 million if it meets those targets.
Why it matters: The planned 20 million-square-foot factory was "heralded as transformational for the state's economy" by Walker and Trump, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.


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Can the ITM Power share price keep rising?
Christopher Ruane | Tuesday, 16th November, 2021 | More on: ITM
The energy storage company, ITM Power (LSE: ITM), has seen its share price move up sharply in recent weeks. The ITM share price has increased around 32% from its lows last month, at the time of writing. Over the past year, the shares have surged 66%.
That is an impressive performance – but can it continue?
Good news for ITM
The positive momentum lately has partly reflected good news for the company. In the past couple of weeks alone, the company has announced that it has inked a deal to supply 12MW of electrolysis equipment for deployment next year and that it has reached agreement on buying a site for its second factory. Investors cheered this news as suggesting that the company is stepping up its commercialisation push and could soon expand more quickly.
Meanwhile, the company has been taking advantage of positive sentiment to increase its funds, with a £250m capital raise announced last month. ITM has attractive technology and its growing manufacturing footprint could help it scale up, so many investors like the story.
Valuation concerns
Nonetheless, I continue to see ITM Power as overvalued.
The market capitalisation now stands at over £3bn. But last year, total revenue and project grant funding was just £5.1m. That was actually a slight fall from the prior year. It also means the company is now valued at almost 600 times its revenues. That is a stretched valuation in my opinion.
At its year-end, the company's contracted backlog stood at £36m. That was more than double the amount at the same stage the prior year. But I still see it as a small amount for a company with a £3bn market cap.
The company continues to be loss-making. In the first quarter of its current financial year, the loss from operations increased to £6.3m. It has ample liquidity, so I don't see that as a concern in the short term. But the company's liquidity is a result of it repeatedly raising money over the years in share issues that have diluted existing shareholders. There is a clear risk that future capital needs could lead to further shareholder dilution.
I think the ITM Power investment case right now is more about its future prospects than its proven success. But for a company with its market capitalisation, I would hope for a clearer pathway to large-scale commercialisation and profitability. While ITM clearly has some commercial momentum right now, I continue to see a disconnection between the company's market cap and what I think would be a reasonable valuation.
Where next for the ITM Power share price?
The shares obviously have fans and have benefitted recently from positive momentum. I think that alone could help the ITM Power share price continue to increase in coming months. On a fundamental basis, though, I see the shares as overvalued so reckon they could be marked down at any moment. Whatever happens in the short term, taking a longer-term view I remain bearish on prospects for the shares.
I definitely won't be investing. I would prefer to put my money into a company with a more clearly demonstrated large-scale commercial capability and a less frothy looking valuation.
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Putting the 'A' in STEAM: Rowan Dance collaborates with Engineering for mainstage production
Sophomore dance major, Valentina Giannattasio performs her solo during dance production, Exo-skin-esphere
For the first time in the history of both colleges, Rowan University's College of Performing Arts and the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering collaborated to create Exo-skin-esphere, an experimental performance piece merging dancers with exoskeletal suits.
The project came to life in the final MainStage production of 2022.
In early 2022, dance adjunct Leslie Bush began brainstorming ideas for her next production. With her background in kinesiology and interactive technology, Bush is interested in how the human body impacts technology and is eager to find ways to extend the body in a visual or tangible way that translates on the stage. Her research led her to Performing Arts' on-campus neighbor, Engineering. She read about the soft robotics lab and mechanical engineer assistant professor Mitja Trkov's research into wearable and soft robotics. She reached out to Trkov.
"Their labs deal with the human body as much as we do," said Bush of Trkov's soft robotics studies and her own work in elements of dance and improvisation.
The two connected on their shared interests and devised a plan to research and create for a production this fall. The idea? Develop wearable technology that tracks the movement of dancers and uses that information to control other technology.
Trkov brought in graduate student Pat Twomey and undergraduate student Aatish Gupta to begin research. Bush brought her cast into their lab and the dancers suited up with sensors and wires to go through a series of steps and movements so Trkov's team could catalog movements and collect data.
"People tend to think these are two very different things," said junior Theatre Arts major and Exo cast member Skye Maldonado of visiting the engineering lab. "Through this process, engineering is discovering things right along with us."
The moment Maldonado references is when her cast mate, sophomore dance major Valentina Giannattasio was wearing the sensor and performed a backbend beyond the range the sensors could track. The engineers had to pause and reset everything. "We were testing their boundaries," added Maldonado.
Trkov and team were able to tailor the existing wearable technology used in his slip, trip and fall prevention to detect the motion of the dancers and inform a new algorithm. This adjustment made the system way better, according to Trkov. "We've enhanced it from 2D motion and are now capable of detecting 3D motion and kinematics," he said.
From there, the engineers in tandem with the production's costume designer, Emily Stansbury, began work on the soft robotics piece. Trkov and team used soft actuators or "bladders" they developed but modified them for the stage, using a 3D printer to create a larger version inspired by origami shapes. While the costume designer and engineers worked on the research and design, the dancers rehearsed using knit blankets and pool floaties to mimic their costumes and learn to adapt their bodies.
Bush brought more students into the creation of the piece by creating the video projections and audio tracks used during the show with dancers. They recorded breathing sounds during rehearsals and used an infrared camera to capture movement to project on stage. It was a true team effort.
After working right down to the wire, Exo-skin-esphere premiered on the Tohill stage in early December. According to Bush, unlike other productions Exo was not a storytelling piece and she hopes audience members walked away with a new perspective and more questions.
Trkov says the collaboration with dance is a relatively unexplored area, certainly the first at Rowan. He sees an opportunity to expand this project and his work with wearable technology and soft robotics in the future, noting there is more they can learn from each other.
"As engineers, we're always looking for different solutions," added Trkov, who will teach a new course on soft robotics for the first time this spring.
For Bush, the experimental collaboration is a testament to finding a way to integrate arts and innovative, experimental work.
"We're putting the 'A' in STEAM and showing our impact as artists in other fields and what people can learn from us," said Bush of the collaboration. "I think this show will help introduce the new era of the dance program at Rowan."


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Hypnosis is not normally associated with the law or court rooms. Hypnosis can however help witnesses to recall evidence. Is such evidence gathered through hypnosis admissible as evidence and allowed to be presented in court? Hypnosis has been used by lawyers in courts around the world in a range of cases. Different jurisdictions however have put in place different rules regarding the admissibility or not of evidence gathered through hypnosis. In UK criminal proceedings, evidence gathered through hypnosis is normally inadmissible. This is due to the concern that the witness who was under hypnosis may be subject to cueing, caused by such things as explicit or implicit suggestion by the hypnotist or a fantasy of the witness that then becomes fixed as a fact in that person's mind. In UK criminal proceedings, if the prosecution is relying on a witness who has been hypnotised, they should ensure that the hypnosis session was recorded on audio or videotape. Such a recording will be disclosable to the defence. The defence should be informed of the fact the witness has been hypnotised and provided with details of the session. The hypnotist themselves may be called to give evidence. Relevant UK Caselaw R v C [2006] EWCA Crim 231 – In this case the prosecution served as unused material, a statement from a hypnotherapist. The complainant had disclosed during hypnosis that she had been sexually abused by the defendant. The defence called a witness who sought to admit evidence challenging the hypnotherapist's methods. The trial judge ruled that the defence expert's evidence was inadmissible. On appeal however the Court of Appeal ruled that the defence expert's evidence was admissible. R v Browning [1995] Crim LR 227 CA – In this case the Court of Appeal stated that the use of hypnosis should be exceptional. In Australia the position is that where a prosecution is relying on evidence gathered during hypnosis that fact must be disclosed to the defence and all information such as video recordings should be disclosed. In the case of R v Jekyns in New South Wales, the court directed that in order for evidence from hypnosis to be admissible, the evidence must be limited to matters that the witness can recall before the hypnosis procedure. Evidence that is first brought to attention during or after hypnosis will not be admissible. In addition the court set out the further following requirements: • There is documentary evidence of the original recollection from the witness • The witness consented to the hypnosis and it was performed by an experienced and independent hypnotist • The hypnosis was performed without the presence of all relevant parties and was recorded. We have set out today how the use of hypnosis in court is treated in different jurisdictions. Each differ to the extent of the admissibility of evidence gathered through hypnosis and it is likely that courtroom rules in relation to hypnosis will continue to evolve. Author: Shane McCann Shane is a leading Northern Ireland solicitor with over 12 years experience in Personal Injury, Business Law and Conveyancing. He focuses on achieving results and providing a high level of satisfaction for his clients. For more details on what Shane and SG Murphy can help you with please click on this link murphysolicitors.co.uk
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Perfectionism can be the sneakiest of beasts, bleeding not only the pages of our own stories but marring the chapters of our children and grandchildren's stories as well.
Not long ago, I had the privilege of visiting a beautiful riding ranch for children with disabilities in northern Arkansas. This equestrian center is set up like a miniature western town, complete with a post office, general store and chapel. Children, and even adults, with a wide range of disabilities come each week for riding lessons and the results are nothing short of miraculous.
Riding, touching and working with the sweet horses at this ranch help heal the emotional and physical wounds brought on by abuse, physical trauma, car accidents and much more. Many of the clients are mentally handicapped children and the owners have even set up days where the kids can show off their newly acquired skills for parents, friends and family to witness.
Her observation rattled through my mind for weeks afterward.
We've all seen the bumper stickers. "Proud parent of an honor roll student". There's nothing wrong with an 'atta boy' for our kid every now and then, and certainly nothing wrong with cheering our child along when they've done well, but how many of us are using our children's sports, academic achievements, or some other milestone to fill a hole inside ourselves? How many of us happily announce our kids' honor roll grades on social media, deep-down knowing we will be praised for having such awesome offspring? If their exceptionalism is a reflection of us, then who couldn't help but praise us as well? And how many of us push our kids for the best grades possible because we can't face what it might mean to us if they fail?
We've all seen the mom screaming at the child who failed to hit that home run in the last inning of the big game, or the dad fuming at his kid who came in second after being in first for the first three laps around the track. The shame they heap upon their little one is shocking…not because the child failed, but because the child made them look bad. Their reaction teaches their offspring one lasting, crushing lesson. That love, at least their love, is conditional.
Perfectionism is buying into the lie that we are not enough. That our kids are not enough. That somehow, by achieving more, gaining recognition and acclaim, we can someone soothe that aching loss inside. It may work for a little while…until the one time you or your loved one doesn't measure up.
Speaking as someone whose son has sensory processing disorder, I've learned (yes, learned) not to care when people stare because my son is clamping his ears and screaming when his overstimulated nervous system has reached its limit. I've learned "perfection" is a myth, but love isn't. I've learned the greatest milestones to celebrate are the ones that often go unnoticed by others…when my son is readily accepted by a group of new children, or when he manages to sit through a high school basketball game without crying. Those are personal victories for him. Victories that won't garner either of us worldwide fame but are huge markers on the path God has given us as we learn about Him and the gift of this life.
Personally, I'd like to see the bumper stickers changed up a bit. Maybe something like, "Proud parent of a child who showed love to the kid who's been bullying her", or "Rejoicing because my kid knows Jesus". Those are the standards that matter. Those are the ones that will change the world.
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Charlotte Van & Storage has always been a family-owned and operated business. As a family, we were honored when Frank Watson, III, whose father started the business, was awarded the "Dennis T. Lawson Memorial Award." The honor is bestowed upon one person each year who was a supporter of the museum profession in North Carolina.
He was proud of our North Carolina moving company, but his reach into the community extended far beyond his work with the business. He supported museums throughout the state and beyond. As he attended various trade shows and museum-sponsored events, he made friends and touched the lives of the many wonderful people he met along the way.
His son, Frank IV, accepted the "Dennis T. Lawson Memorial Award" on behalf of his father, and it was an honor for him and for the entire family. We are thankful to the community who loved Frank III and who shared many wonderful memories of him. Below are excerpts from just a few of the letters penned about this generous, kind, and loving man.
Thank you to the North Carolina Museums Council. We are grateful both for this award and for the reminder about how many lives Frank III touched.


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The Kent-based company, which creates the Amoxicillin antibiotic using a biogeneric manufacturing process, stopped its trading operations at the end of last year as a result of running out of necessary funds. It had since been searching for investors to provide the company with financial support, but was unsuccessful in acquiring any investment.
The business is located in a 129,000 square feet freehold facility in Sandwich, Kent.
Purogenix Ltd employed 45 members of staff prior to going into administration, and have retained a select few to assist the KPMG administration team with the sales process.
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Keith Alan Davis, 56, of Jacksonville, Arkansas passed away from this life at his home in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Keith was born in Bradford, Arkansas on May 30, 1962 to Howard Davis and Jane (Millikin) Phillips.
Keith is preceded in death by his father, Howard Davis, and both sets of grandparents.
He is survived by his loving children, daughters Brandy (James) Vanmeter of North Little Rock, AR and Ashley Davis of Jacksonville, AR; his mother Jane (Buddy) Phillips of Jacksonville, AR; granddaughter Allison; grandson Seth; brothers Anthony (Sharon) Davis of Sherwood, AR and Rick (Rhoda) Davis of Jacksonville, AR; step sister Karen (Kirby) Roe of Jonesboro, AR; his beloved dog "Pee Wee" and a host of cousins, nephews and nieces.
Keith enjoyed everything there was to do in the outdoors including fishing, boating and camping. He deeply loved spending time with his children and grandchildren. Keith loved his dog Pee Wee as you would often see Pee Wee when you saw Keith. The two spent many days on the road and in the outdoors together. Keith will be loved and missed by all that knew him.
Visitation will be held Monday, April 15, 2019 from 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. in the chapel at A Natural State Funeral Service with a funeral service immediately following at 12:00 P.M. in the chapel at A Natural State Funeral Service, 2620 West Main Street, Jacksonville, Arkansas, 72076.
Keith will be laid to rest at Heard Cemetery in Bradford, Arkansas.
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In a sign it may be challenging for the US to recover its foothold as at the top of the international education leaderboard, data has shown that prior to the Covid-19 crisis the number of students from India enrolled in graduate-level computer science and engineering in the US declined by more than 25% between 2016-17 and 2018-19.
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"The decline was primarily the result of the enrolment of Indian graduate students in engineering falling by 10,870″
According to an analysis of SEVIS data by the National Foundation for American Policy, in recent years many Indian students have been choosing Canada over the US as the place to study and make their careers.
"Canada is benefiting from a diversion of young Indian tech workers from US destinations"
Examining the numbers overall, between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years, international students enrolled at US universities declined by 4.3%, or 35,740, from 840,160 to 804,420, according to SEVIS data.
And while undergraduate enrolment of international students dropped by 3.5%, graduate enrolment fell by even more (5.2%) between 2016-17 and 2018-19.
"More restrictive immigration and international student policies under the Trump administration and the difficulty of obtaining green cards in the US are key factors," the analysis explained.
Meanwhile, the number of international students from India studying at Canadian universities rose from 76,075 in 2016 to 172,625 in 2018, an increase of 127%, according to data from the Canadian Bureau for International Education.
The NFAP analysis noted that the number of Indians admitted as permanent residents to Canada grew 117% between 2016 and 2019, pointing out that Canada allows for a smooth transition from international student to work after graduation, which in turn creates a path to permanent residence.
By comparison, it explained, the Trump administration has made several attempts to restrict or eliminate Optional Practical Training, which permits international students to work in the US for 12 months or an additional 24 months in a STEM-related job.
Under the Canadian government's Global Skills Strategy, many applications are approved within a couple of weeks. However, in the US, the process for H-1B visas can take months and many applications are denied.
"Moreover, the annual limit on H-1B visas has been reached for the past 18 fiscal years," noted NFAP.
"Canada is benefiting from a diversion of young Indian tech workers from US destinations, largely because of the challenges of obtaining and renewing H-1B visas and finding a reliable route to US permanent residence," said Peter Rekai, founder Canadian immigration law firm Rekai LLP.
For engineering, international student enrolment at the graduate-level at US universities dropped from 96,330 in 2016-17 to 86,070 in 2018-19 – a decline of 10,260 (10.7%).
"The decline was primarily the result of the enrolment of Indian graduate students in engineering falling by 10,870, or 27.5%, between the 2016-17 and 2018-19 academic years," noted NFAP.
However, there was a small increase in graduate students from China enrolled in engineering over this period.
The number of international students enrolled at the graduate-level in computer science at US universities declined from 70,630 in 2016-17 to 64,580 in 2018-19, a drop of 8.5%.
Similar to engineering, NFAP said the decline was primarily the result of the enrolment of Indian graduate students in computer science.
"To place the significance of the decline in context, as recently as the 2016-17 academic year, 67% of international graduate students in computer science at US universities came from India," the analysis explained.
While the number of graduate students from China enrolled in computer science over this period increased by almost a third (29.5%) it was not enough to overcome the steep drop in Indian graduate students.
In May, the Canadian government announced significant flexibility for international students, including accepting applications for study permits and post-graduate work permits even if some documents are missing.
By comparison, Trump has since issued a presidential proclamation aimed at restricting the entry of graduate students and researchers from China, with stakeholders raising concern that the US could lose out on a valuable talent pool for the country's universities.
As a result, "unlike the US, when the Covid-19 pandemic ends, Canada will be in a good position to continue attracting international students", concluded NFAP.
The UK could also pose a threat to future US student numbers from India, with former universities minister, Jo Johnson, recommending that the UK double the duration of its post-study work visa from two to four years, and double Indian student numbers by 2024.
"The UK is in a good position to take market share from the US in India and a further improvement in the post-study work offer would help the sector overcome new concerns about studying in the UK that have arisen in the wake of Covid-19," he said.
"A Tier 4 visa that promises four years of post-study work rights will be of huge advantage to the UK in India, where students are particularly sensitive to this opportunity."
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Members of a coalition of Latino groups rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Activists say they plan more rallies and demonstrations across the country to push for action on immigration reform. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
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Members of a coalition of Latino groups rally outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Activists say they plan more rallies and demonstrations across the country to push for action on immigration reform.
Activists who support an overhaul of the immigration system are angry and frustrated. The immigration bill that passed in the Senate in June is stalled out. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is on pace to deport some 2 million illegal immigrants since taking office six years ago.
The anger was evident in Alabama this week, where a small group of undocumented residents and their supporters demonstrated in front of the Etowah County Detention Center. They called for an end to the deportations and their chants specifically targeted the president.
"Obama, listen! We are in the fight!" they chanted in Spanish.
Like many pro-immigration activists around the country, they want the president to use his executive powers to curb the deportations.
"There are many activists who have already given up on the legislative route and say, 'House Republicans aren't going to act, [so] let's pressure the president,' " says Frank Sharry, executive director of America's Voice, an immigration advocacy group. "And much of our dynamic but sometimes fractious movement is already there."
Some activists got a chance to make their case directly to the president at the White House in a recent off-the-record meeting. They described how the deportations are hurting their communities.
Obama told the activists they should keep their focus on Congress to pass immigration legislation over the next three months, Sharry says.
"And if at the end of three months or so, if Congress hasn't acted, then he made it clear that he would be prepared to see what he could do through executive action," he says.
The three-month deadline is important because it pressures Congress to act before the August recess and the midterm election season kicks into high gear.
The president announced March 13 that he had ordered a review of deportation practices. According to published reports, the Department of Homeland Security might ease up on deportations of illegal immigrants with no criminal record. The administration could also scale back a controversial program in which local officials hold illegal immigrants until the Feds pick them up.
"There are many things he could do that are within his authority," says Pablo Alvarado, who directs the National Day Laborer Organizing Network in Los Angeles.
"There is a national consensus now that people that would be legalized through the Senate bill that was passed last year, should not be deported," he says.
The bipartisan bill, which would create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., has stalled in the House.
"He could easily come and say, I'm not going to deport these people," Alvarado says.
Whatever steps the administration takes, it's clear the White House is under pressure to placate its critics in the pro-immigration camp.
Mark Krikorian, executive director for the Center for Immigration Studies, says some of what the White House is doing is "just throwing a bone to the activist groups to keep them quite until the election." That political calculation is key, but he says any move to please Latino voters in November could also backfire.
"The result would be in a midterm election, not so much increasing Democratic turnout," Krikorian says, "rather what it's likely to do is energize Republicans who are already predisposed to turn out in larger numbers."
But for now, immigration activists such as Alvarado still want to keep their pressure on the president.
"I voted for President Obama, I want him to succeed, to be a champion for us, an emancipator rather than a deporter in chief," he says. "But he has to make a choice and that time is now."
Activists say they plan to take to the streets with their campaign to stop the deportations with a series of rallies and demonstrations across the country in April and May.


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Sample Mission Statements
The one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you're going, and above all, being grateful.
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone - but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction.
Scott Dinsmore's mission is to change the world by helping people find what excites them and build a career around the work only they are capable of doing. He is a career change strategist whose demoralizing experience at a Fortune 500 job launched his quest to understand why 80% of adults hate the work they do, and more importantly, to identify what the other 20% were doing differently.
Why are you doing this? Derek Sivers encourages you to understand whether you are in it for money, fame, legacy, prestige or freedom.
We have all changed someone's life -- usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other's lives. (Filmed at TEDxToronto.) Talk by Drew Dudley.
http://www.ted.com Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.


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Q: How do you restrict an azure resource from being deployed within a resource group with a tag applied to a resource group? I've configured the policy as follows. It is not functioning and I am asking for some help. How do you configure this azure policy rule to deny a storage account from being created in a resource group based on the tag value?
"policyRule": {
  "if": {
    "allOf": [
      {
        "anyOf": [
          {
            "field": "type",
            "equals": "Microsoft.resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups"
          },
          {
            "field": "type",
            "equals": "Microsoft.storage/storageaccounts"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "field": "tags.RestrictStorage",
        "equals": "true"
      }
    ]
  },
  "then": {
    "effect": "deny"
  }
}

A: *

*allof is an equivalent of the logical operator AND while  anyOf
is an equivalent of OR operator .

Since you want to restrict the creating of storage account under certain resource group based on the tags  added it will look something like this :
 "policyRule":
 {
    "if":
{
    "allOf":
            [
                {
                    "allOf":
                                [
                                    {
                                        "field":"type",
                                        "equals":"Microsoft.storage/storageaccounts"
                                    },
                                   {
                                        "field":"type",
                                        "type":"Microsoft.resources/subscriptions/resourcegroups"
                                    }
                                ]
                },
                {
                   "field": "tags.RestrictStorage",
                    "equals": "true"
                }
            ]

},
"then":
        {
            "effect": "deny"
        }
}

Refer:
Details of the policy definition structure - Azure Policy | Microsoft Docs
Tutorial: Create a custom policy definition - Azure Policy | Microsoft Docs


1896–1974, English author. Beginning his career as a poet of nature, Blunden became a cosmopolitan teacher and writer. His prose works include Undertones of War (1928), an account of his experiences in World War I, and a study of World War I poets (1962); also biographical and critical studies of Leigh Hunt (1930), Charles Lamb (1933), and Shelley (1946). From 1966 to 1968 he served as professor of poetry at Oxford.


At Do it all home renovations, we've built our livelihoods on remodeling people's homes. From the simple to the lavish, we've experienced it all and we can help you every step of the way. No job is too small or too big for our knowledgeable crew.


A boring museum café serving stale muffins this is not. The rooftop at this downtown gallery features live music (jazz on Wednesdays, DJs on weekends), a solid tapas menu, and amazing views of nearby Templo Mayor ruins. The glass walls and ceiling ensure outdoor fun even with the city's unpredictable weather.


In order to play pool at a high level you need to develop great skills at setting up to the ball as accurately as possible as well as great skills at controlling the cue ball with a perfect stroke. The equation of "perfect set up" plus "perfect stroke" should more often than not equate to a result of a "perfect shot". This article will focus on how to set up to the cue ball as perfectly as possible.
Most players are very sloppy in how they get down to the cue ball. If you approach the shot with no intention of being as perfect as possible then you will probably reach your goal of not being as perfect as possible. Not everyone has to have the same system of setting up to the ball to be a good system. However, in order to set up perfectly every time, you will need a good system that you can depend on. Not setting up perfectly doesn't mean that you will miss the shot but it definitely contributes to many missed shots.
Develop a habit of setting up to each shot the same way every time with the same desire for perfection. Try lining up your cue ball to where you want it to be on the object ball when it contacts the object ball. This is called the "Ghost Ball Method" of aiming. Draw a line from the center of the cue ball to the center of the Ghost Ball and set your cue and your body up as accurately as possible on that line. I believe that the best way to ensure that you will line up straight is to get back behind the cue ball at least 6 feet, then slide into the line. When getting down to the shot try getting the toes of your right foot and the cue stick on that line. Then place the cue stick as close to the cue ball as possible to determine the distance your body should be from the cue ball. Then get down to the shot by setting the rest of your body up in the most perfectly balanced stance to your already planted right foot. To double check if you are set up correctly look to see if the toes of your right foot are directly under your right hand and that your right hand is directly under your right elbow. Good balance is also important so make sure that you have some weight on your bridge hand (10-15%). The rest of your weight should be distributed almost equally between both feet, but focused on the balls of both feet, especially your left foot.
I am including 2 pictures to illustrate the point. The first picture shows me in my stance from the side. Pay attention to the relationship between my right elbow, right hand, and toes of my right foot. Actually in this picture my right hand is slightly behind the perfect position. It is not hanging down perfectly straight under my right elbow. My hand should be up forward approx. 1 inch to be directly under my right elbow and directly above the toes of my right foot. However my balance is very solid. Notice that my left foot is approx. shoulder width and approx. 1 foot forward of my right foot. My left knee is bent slightly forward of my shin and leaning slightly inwards towards my body. This forces my weight to be forward and on the balls of my feet. My right leg is only slightly bent and the heel of my right foot is angled slightly inwards while my left foot forms a line that is parallel to my cue stick. The slightly angled right foot and the slightly forward and inside bent left knee assist in moving my hip out of the way of the cue stick, allowing free unhindered movement of the stroke.
In the second picture notice how close the cue tip is addressing the cue ball. Also notice that my left arm is bent. This helps me stay loose, allows my head and shoulders to get closer to the cue ball, and creates a closer relationship between both hands. My cue stick is as low and as parallel to the floor as possible.
Note: These directions are for a right hander for simplicity. A left hander should follow these directions with the opposite body parts. Remember the most important details are the relationship between your right elbow, right hand, and toes of your right foot. The other important details are: the cue tip as close to the cue ball as possible at address and lining up accurately to the ghost ball. The actual stance is a matter of preference but I definitely recommend focusing on good balance for effortless power and effortless control.
I hope you enjoy experimenting with my recommended set up.
Most impressive Paulo..textbook, easy to understand and follow step by step! Highly recommended.


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Press Release: Calsense Recognized as Community Business Leader
|In News, Press Release
|By Marissa Musgrave
Chamber Honors Water Efficiency Experts with Prestigious Award
SAN DIEGO – Calsense, an innovator in water conservation, garnered praise from the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce on April 5 at the annual Business and Distinction Awards Luncheon. The irrigation company, which has helped clients across the United States with water management solutions, was presented with the Chamber's Best Place to Work Small Business award for exemplifying an outstanding reputation of customer service, employee work-life balance, and leadership in the water management industry.
"As a small business with 41 employees, we have worked hard to provide everyone opportunities not just to grow, but to thrive. Our entire company culture revolves around creating the most positive customer experience possible," said Calsense President A.J. van de Ven. "The trust we have earned from our clients nationwide drives our growth year after year, allowing us to create a company culture which provides our team members with the tools for success to achieve both their personal and professional aspirations."
Each employee who works at Calsense creates an individual leadership development plan that includes goals for their professional and personal growth. The company then works with employees to come up with ways to help them start and stick with their goals, in addition to consistently exploring new ways to support them along the way. Ultimately, this employee-focused environment improves the quality of work and service to Calsense customers, who benefit greatly as a result.
"When I changed careers from the Wireless Industry to the Water Industry, I didn't know what to expect," said Calsense Field Service Representative Ramon Torres. "Calsense made the transition enjoyable, opening their doors and welcoming me into the family. Here, I am making a difference with not just what we sell, but how our customers use our products and services to make an impact at the local level with their water use."
With its goal-driven employees and proven technology specifically engineered to meet customer needs, Calsense has helped city and county governments, school districts, colleges and universities, and various federal and state departments streamline operations and cut costs while simultaneously conserving water. These water preservation efforts are especially important in states like California, which experienced a seven-year drought resulting in a statewide order to reduce water usage in urban areas by 25 percent. Even though Governor Brown lifted the drought emergency in 2017, he maintained that "conservation must remain a way of life."
Water concerns are not an exclusive issue in California, where Calsense is based, either. Despite water being a renewable resource, The Economist recently reported "the present-day world provides ample examples of environmental devastation that serve as a warning that water usage has its natural limits," highlighting the importance of water conservation efforts.
"Our team wants to make a positive impact in the world. They want to go to work, do their day-to-day, and go home knowing they made a difference," van de Ven said. "I know for a fact, with the data to prove it, that we helped to save millions of gallons of water in the last 24-hours alone, nationwide. That's a huge impact in protecting the planet's most precious resource."
About Calsense
Calsense is a partner with the Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense® program in promoting water efficient products and services. For more than 30-years, the company has contributed to providing a sustainable future by developing water resource management tools and strategies, directly incorporating input from its customers. Calsense helps its clients conserve water, manage labor, and ultimately save money through smart irrigation. The company's industry-leading technology and support bridge the gap between irrigation designer, installer, landscape maintainer, and water manager to provide the support needed at each phase of a project. Customers partner with Calsense because they receive a reliable system that provides long-term value. For more information, visit www.calsense.com.
View the Press Release here.
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School holds doggie fun fair…..
School holds doggie fun fair…but not everyone's welcome
A Melbourne school is holding a Doggie Fun Fair next month but some breeds of dogs just aren't welcome.
The fair at Leibler Yavneh College in Elsternwick, includes competitions, agility courses and market stalls but as many as 20 dog breeds are on a banned list.
Brooke told Neil Mitchell her Bernese Mountain Dog puppy, Stirling, might feel left out. Neil's dog Scallywag (pictured above) also wouldn't get a look in.
"Some of those breeds the only risk to people have is being licked to death!" she said.
Neil Mitchell joked it was a case of "doggie discrimination" or more likely an insurance issue.
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In a statement, the college said they were advised by insurers to restrict breeds at the show.
"We need to be responsible in running a school and to go against insurers would not be responsible," principal Cherylyn Skewes said.


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Dalai Lama laments statues' destruction
Dharamsala (March 2, 2001): Tibetan leader Dalai Lama has expressed concern on Monday over the Taliban threat to destroy the Bamiyan statues of the Buddha in Afghanistan.
In a statement faxed from Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh he said it was shocking that such incidents were taking place even when there is clear understanding and better harmony amongst the different religious traditions of the world.
The statement said that even though the on-going destruction was for religious purposes, his holiness was of the view that the statues are of historical importance not only to the people of Afghanistan, but to the world at large.
"Finally, as a Buddhist, I think it is unfortunate that these objects of worship have become targets of destruction."


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  validates :description, presence: true
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Here are some of my favorite recent Raspberry Pi projects. Each project will take you less than a weekend and if you're super quick, you might able to make them all before Monday morning.
Dig out your Raspberry Pi, grab a handful of components, and get making!
With security vulnerabilities constantly in the news, why not spend a bit of time locking down your internet traffic. Browse anonymously with a DIY Pi TOR VPN router and obfuscate your traffic. This project by Tony Gaitatzis will take you between one and four hours, so it's a good one to get your weekend started.
If you're not concerned about browsing securely, go for a more classical security system — the remote controlled camera. Blending embedded software development with crafty 3D enclosure design, the "Raspberry Eye" Remote Servo Camera is great for monitoring pets or keeping an eye on your property. Using a webcam — almost any supported under Linux will work — two servo motors, and an ingenious 3D printed gimbal, Matt Stultz's project will give you a new eye on your stuff.
If you don't have a 3D printer handy, get out of the house and try finding a local Makerspace with printers.
If you're an Apple fan and don't want to shell out more money for the latest gear, try building one of these projects to augment what you already own. The Raspberry Pi AirPlay Speaker allows you to mimic the audio output feature of the Airport Express, but at almost a third of the price. Adam Burkepile's documentation is exhaustive, so you're in good hands throughout every single step of the build.
Dave Conroy's Universal Translator is a fantastic project to immerse you in the world of APIs. Leveraging both Google and Microsoft's text-to-speech and speech-to-text, this translator will put the power of over a hundred language combinations in a tiny form factor. Unfortunately, the API still doesn't support Klingon natively, but if you find a way to hack that into the system, let me know immediately in the comments below!
For the stylish bikers out there, take a crack at the Cycle Chaser by Matt Richardson. Using a mini projector with a beefy battery, together with a Pi and some clever mounting of a Hall Effect Sensor, your bike will be projecting short video clips in rhythm with the speed you cycle at. Best of all, this project is very hackable.
Use the stock clip of Eadweard Muybridge's running horse film or hack your own imagery, and start light-painting cement, animated GIF style. The underlying code of this project uses openFrameworks, which is a great toolkit to lose a weekend to. Plus, the project is begging for you to add additional sensors — an accelerometer or GPS — and take the project to new heights. And make sure to share your modifications with us.
Originally conceived of during a Weekend Project pitch meeting, Emmanuel Mota, Wynter Woods, and I saw much promise in this Doge heavy Crypto Currency Tracker idea. The three of us combined to create a goofy, yet somewhat practical currency tracking device, which focuses on three of the most popular crypto currencies: Dogecoin, Litecoin, and Bitcoin.
Try adding a servo to this project that actuates when a currency reaches a certain value, or maybe just a loud buzzer that alerts you to sell. Either way, this project is a lot cheaper than a Bloomberg terminal and way more fun to build.


Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2003) 52 (3): 217-223.
Water resources available to Sudan from the Nile system and underground water resources provide potential for a three-fold increase in the irrigation sector. The national water resources strategy aims at ensuring water security for a variety of uses: domestic, industrial, agricultural and recreational. Sudan is dependent upon surface water and underground aquifers for its supply of water, both for humans and animals. However, these have not been managed well. Present resources must be strictly monitored and managed effectively if further deterioration is to be avoided. Community participation in water management programmes should fully involve women, who play a central role in the provision and safeguarding of water for domestic use in rural areas.


"Welcome to the world of Creative Destruction where everything is fully destructible! Creative Destruction is a new sandbox survival mobile game that features the utmost fun of building and firing.
You will parachute onto a 4*4 km massive map with 13 different enchanted lands. Starting with only your Destructor in hand, you must survive a 100 player deathmatch!
Beware, you are racing against the clock to avoid snowstorm, enemies' bullets, and ultimately death! So fight like a lone wolf or team up to unleash your inner beast.
Come battle in this wonderland and craft your own way to victory now!"


Gazette665 is pleased to present its 4th Annual Historical Conference in Southern California. Join us to commemorate the 155th Anniversary of the Civil War.
Please contact the conference team if you have questions.
If you have questions, please contact Sarah Kay Bierle for more information.


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UNCUT MAGAZINE, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections. A DVD magazine under the Uncut brand was published quarterly from 2005 to 2006.
August 1997, 13 pages
June 2001, 27 pages
Below: June 2002, 36 pages. This "Special Collection Edition" came with 2 different covers and 2 different CDs "Hard Rain, A Tribute To Bob Dylan", Vol 1 and Vol 2:
cover and CD #1.
front cover plastic wrapper
December 2002/January 2003, limited Edition Photo Special. Dylan on cover only (but what a great photo!)
front back September 2003, 145 pages, Dylan special
Below: January 2005, 13 pages. Two different covers and two different CDs: "Tracks That Influenced Bob Dylan" and "Tracks Inspired By Bob Dylan":
front cover #1 and CD.
February 2006, 3 pages
November 2006, 9 pages
Below: August 2007, 13 pages. Came with a free CD "15 Brilliant Tracks From Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour". The magazine, the CD and a booklet with many Dylan references ("The Uncut Book Of Revelations: A Compendium Of The Very Finest Rock Facts"), are inside a carboard enveloppe.
Below: February 2008, 11 pages, with a free 15 tracks CD 'The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's JOHN WESLEY HARDING And NASHVILLE SKYLINE'
Below: November 2008, 14 pages; with the CD "Radio Bob Volume 2, Another 17 brilliant tracks from Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour"
Below: June 2009: Though Bruce Springsteen is on the front cover, this is a Dylan Special with its booklet 'Dylan's America - A Unique Guide To The United States Of Bob' included; when unfolded it shows a map of the USA pointing Dylan related places:
front cover.
back cover.
Dylan's America - A Unique Guide To The United States
Of Bob -front
same, back
same, unfolded: map showing Dylan related places
January 2010, 8 pages
Below: June 2011, 18 pages. 'Dylan 70th Birthday Special', included the 16-track CD 'Happy Birthday Bob', containing 4 covers and 12 birthday songs. This special issue came with 4 different Bob Dylan cover stories for both magazine and CD (the content of the magazine and the 12 tracks of the CDs are identical):
June 2011, front cover #1
CD front #1
CD back (same for all)
September 2013. Except for its title -New Mornings-, the free CD had no Dylan connection
July 2014. This is the US edition, as the UK July 2014 issue, though having the Dylan article about the 'Lost Decade', had Paul Weller on the cover
December 2014, 10 pages (article by Clinton Heylin). Except for its title -Beyond The Basement- the free CD has no Dylan connection
December 2018, 14 pages.
The CD is a compilation of 10 tracks from THE BOOTLEG SERIES albums.
The Dylan track on the CD is Drifter's Escape (take 1) from TRAVELIN' THROUGH 1967-1969, THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 15.
August 2020, 6 pages
June 2021 CD: 14 Dylan songs reinterpreted and a previously unreleased Dylan song (Too Late -Acoustic Version)
December 2022, 14 pages
Except for the front cover, there is no Dylan connection in the CD.
March 2023, 6 pages [0123]


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A Resolution at Midnight (A Lady Dunbridge Mystery #3)
Shelley Noble
Miss Fisher meets Downton Abbey in this critically acclaimed mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble.
Roasted chestnuts from vendor's carts, fresh cut spruce trees lining the sidewalks, extravagant gifts, opulent dinners, carols at St Patrick's Cathedral, a warm meal and a few minutes shelter from the cold at one of the charitable food lines . . .
It's Christmas in Gilded Age Manhattan.
And for the first time ever an amazing giant ball will drop along a rod on the roof of the New York Times building to ring in the New Year. Everyone plans to attend the event.
But the murder of a prominent newsman hits a little too close to home. And when a young newspaper woman, a protégé of the great Jacob Riis and old Vassar school chum of Bev's, is the target of a similar attack, it is clear this is not just a single act of violence but a conspiracy of malicious proportions. Really, you'd think murderers would take a holiday.
Something absolutely must be done. And Lady Dunbridge is happy to oblige in A Resolution at Midnight, the third book in this delightful series.
Praise For A Resolution at Midnight (A Lady Dunbridge Mystery #3)…
"Christmas in 1907 New York City provides the backdrop for Noble's enticing third Lady Dunbridge mystery… Colorful period details include the first Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop in 1908. Historical fans will be well satisfied." —Publishers Weekly
"A historical whodunit brimming with period detail... with its holiday trappings, its Gilded Age setting is vibrant and thoroughly cozy, even when the tension spikes and the stakes are raised. There's a nice balance between thrills and nostalgic warmth here. This is a yarn that'll appeal to a broad array of readers, fitting for fans of espionage, lady detectives, historical fiction, organized crime, and turn-of-the-century journalism, just to name a few." —Criminal Element
Forge Books, 9781250750266, 368pp.
SHELLEY NOBLE is the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Colors, as well as Lighthouse Beach, The Beach at Painter's Cove, Whisper Beach, Stargazey Point, and Breakwater Bay. A former professional dancer and choreographer, she worked on the films Mona Lisa Smile and The Game Plan. She has also published a series of cozies and the Lady Dunbridge historical mysteries, the first of which was a finalist for both the RITA and Macavity Awards for historical fiction. Shelley is a member of Sisters-in-Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, and Liberty States Fiction Writers. Noble lives in New Jersey.


Having worked within the design and fashion world collectively for over 3 decades Kate & Matt bring a wealth of knowledge from design and styling to trend forecasting and execution. Kate's focus being the look, feel and detail for weddings and events and Matt's being the physical build and execution, along with traditional hand painted signs. House of Pandas began in the summer of 2012 in the form of a interiors blog. It has evolved into a styling, party hire and lifestyle company after setting up a sister company - The Duck and Pheasant mobile bar in 2014. The Duck and Pheasant is now under a collective name of Gather. 'Gather' now encompasses a number of vintage bar vehicles, and Pop-Up Bars - a bit bonkers we know but it works!
Kate's been asked many times when at wedding venues about props, styling and sourcing!! Her side of the business has evolved from this and she takes great pleasure in creating lovely spaces and sourcing products that enhance a party or venue..
Being able to pull from the wealth of knowledge gained in the textiles, fashion and styling industry (having spent the best part of 15 years working freelance within it) we hope this is reflected in what we stock and make at House of Pandas. Kate will always try and get a cheeky print in the collection somewhere!!
Styling has been a passion of hers for years and our homes have had many face lifts and re vamps - much to Matt's annoyance! having been featured in Period Living was a massive highlight back in 2014 so all the decorating/styling was worth it!!
We hope you love what Kate does as much as we do and please visit www.houseofpandas.com for more information and to get a full picture of what we can do for you and your event!