Kathmandu, May 28: Two petrol stations were sealed following a monitoring carried out this morning on the command of Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Matrika Prasad Yadav.
A market monitoring team comprising Director General at the Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology Bishwababu Pudasaini, minister's personal secretary Santosh Bista and technical human resources from the Nepal Oil Corporation monitored five petrol pumps in the Kathmandu Valley and sealed two among them.
Ekantakuna-based Prashanti Oil Distributor and Chapagaun Dobato-based Mahalaxmi Oil Center were found violating the business operation standards and financially cheating customers, according to Bista.
The Prashanti was supplying 30 ml less in the distribution of per 10 liters of petro products while the Mahalaxmi was reducing 40 ml in the supply of per 10 liters. Minor weaknesses were reported in other three petrol pumps and they were warned to meet the standards.


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Foucault's Lectures on the Government of the Living: 3
Posted on November 22, 2012 by Barry Stocker
Blogging on a very recently published volume of Michel Foucault's lecture courses at the Collège de France, Du gouvernement des vivants: Cours au Collège de France. 1979-1980 (Paris: Seuil, 2012).
The lecture of 23rd January 1980 continues Foucault's discussion of Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the King. During this lecture to word Sophocles uses for king becomes significant, he is Oedipus tyrannos rather than Oedipus basileus. Basileus is the Greek king who has his position according to law, while the tyrannos rose to power in a less regular way, with the title sometimes preserved for the son of such a person, even though that is inheritance of monarchical power in the normal way. Over time trannos acquires the sense of evil abuser of power we are used to now. The differences in the two senses is evident in Sophocles' own time, since he does not use the word in an obviously negative way, though Plato and then Aristotle did in the same era. Foucault's suggestion is that bot views are at play in the tragedy in question.
We could also add that Sophocles must have been thinking of political events, institutions and personalities in the Athens of his time. No doubt there are many possible suggestions of how to read Oedipus the King on these lines, but one with which I am familiar is that the most famous leader of Athenian democracy, Pericles is represented by Oedipus. Pericles led Athens into the Peloponnesian War with Sparta, and took Athenian citizens from outside the city behind the city walls during the war. This had some military advantages, but led to a plague in which Pericles himself died. For aristocratic republicans of antiquity, in a tradition that goes right up to the late eighteenth centıry and the generation of the American Founding Fathers, democracy leads to tyranny as the people tend to flock behind a strong man careless of established rights and law. There is a strong element of that in Plato's discuss,on of political theory, though he also seems to have had considerable respect for Pericles as an individual. Foucault himself notes that tyrants played a role in the founding of Greek democracies.
Returning to Foucault's analysis of Oediopus, he contrasts Creon and Oedipus as representatives of different versions of kingly power. Creon is the legitimate heir to the throne of his father Laius but is usurped by Oedipus on the basis that Oedipus defeated the Sphinx threatening Thebes. So Oedipus is a tyrant in the positive sense. He is the tyrant and Creon is the man who should have been king. Foucault likes the speech Creon gives when Oedipus accuses him of seeking to overthrow him by encouraging the story that Oedipus killed Laius. What Oedipus and Creon do not know at the beginning of the play is that Oedipus did kill Laius, and even worse is the son of Laius and Jocasta, so that his marriage to Jocasta is a polluting event against divine law. Creon's defence is that he has the same status as Oedipus without the worrying responsibilities. Foucault regards this as a Sophistical speech in which what he says resembles the truth, but is not the truth. Foucault further suggests that Creon lacks the capacity for self government if he lacks the responsibility for the techne or art of government that Oedipus has. So Creon is a less formed self-limiting and regulating character than Oedipus.
Foucault reefers to the play as a movement between two kinds of truth represented by Oedipus, two of the claims to truth which are always at issue in justifying political power. The first kind of truth is in Oedipus' defeat of the Sphinx by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. The defeat of the riddler monster is a matter of rhetorical truth rather than absolute truth. It is a trick of discourse, not a revelation of real truth. In that case, Oedipus' rise to power refers to the role of rhetoric in political power as a negative aspect. Absolute truth becomes an issue when Oedipus finally finds that the claim of Tiresias that he polluted Thebes is correct and in a very horrifying way. The tyrant falls at the point at which absolute truth appears, tyranny is in some way the denial of truth. Oedipus is not a wicked tyrant simply receiving justified punishment though. He is a victim of the role of tyrant which he assumed on bringing a genuine benefit to the city. It is that role of benefactor which makes Oedipus' sacrifice for the sake of the city necessary, in order to free it from all pollution.
What is the truth of the tyrant? Foucault brings in hieratic truth, the truth of gods and prophets linked to old forms of kingship before the notion of a tyrant appears. That is the Greek world as represented in Homer and Hesiod. That is the truth of what is proclaimed as truth. The proclamation itself establishes the truth of the statement, and the truth comes form a divine place beyond the speaker. This like the way that the Homeric poet claims to speak on behalf of Memory in a divine sense, not on behalf of individual experience and creativity. Oedipus starts from that position, which is the position of the prophet Tiresias. The other kind of truth is the truth of subjective experience and witnessing where 'I" speak on behalf of 'myself', not divine-kingly authority. Foucault connects that with the 'first historian', Herodotus who was a contemporary of Sophocles. Herodotus does not write of divinely revealed truths but on behalf of eye witness reports (even if many are famously unreliable). Oedipus stands between the two kinds of truth, ending with the second kind, just as he stands between two versions of political power. The difficulty of reconciling opposing forces, the death of the individual in that conflict is what gives us tragedy.
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Gregory Polanco Has Shoulder Surgery, Out 7-9 Months
John Dreker
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced on Friday afternoon that outfielder Gregory Polanco had surgery on his left shoulder on September 12th and the typical recovery time is 7-9 months to return to MLB action. Polanco already faced 6-8 weeks of recovery time for the deep bone bruie on his left knee.
Here's the press release from the Pirates:
Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco underwent left shoulder surgery by Dr. David Altchek at HSS in New York on Wednesday, September 12. The surgery performed was to repair the labrum and regain stabilization of the shoulder after the acute dislocation that he sustained during the game on September 7. Typically players return to Major League competition in approximately seven-to-nine months following this type of surgery.
That timetable will guarantee him a late start to the 2019 season, with his return running anywhere from a mid-April to mid-June debut.
UPDATE: Analysis from Tim Williams…
This is obviously not good news. Polanco may not have been living up to his impact player upside, but he had a 2.5 WAR this year, making him the third most valuable hitter on the team, and fourth most valuable player on the team.
The Pirates already had questions at both middle infield spots heading into next year. They were starting to have questions at one outfield spot with the second half performance from Corey Dickerson. And they have question marks at both corner infield spots with the below-1.0 WAR play from each of Josh Bell and Colin Moran. Now they've got a question mark at one of the few spots they were previously relying on.
Fortunately they have some money to spend this offseason. Adam Frazier could also be an option either at second base or in the outfield. This injury only adds another wrinkle to the mix, and should make for an interesting offseason, with the Pirates now having more of a need to do something to address the offensive side of the game.
Featured, Gregory Polanco


Dr. Seuss's "Hop on ___"
▪ The album's perfect pop melodies make it probably the best record this year.
▪ I love all those '60s pop songs.
▪ Who's your favourite pop star?
▪ They're one of the most exciting pop groups around at the moment.
▪ There were 150,000 people at the rock concert in Frankfurt.
▪ He's appeared at folk festivals all over Europe.
▪ Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.
▪ Johnny Cash was one of country music's greatest stars.
▪ My ears finally popped when the plane landed.
▪ Their new single went straight to number 1 in the pop charts.
▪ Anyone who wishes to have their bike security marked should pop along between 10 a.m. and 12 noon.
▪ I said I'd pop along to see her.
▪ So if you want to have a look, just pop along.
▪ The assistant's suggestion that I pop along to Manolo Blahnik?
▪ It seems he and the Empress had to pop along to Harrods to be measured up for a new throne.
▪ When you've finished, why not pop along and join us?
▪ Why don't you pop along to the hospital one night and pay Len a visit?
▪ Pa's eyes close above the tips of his fingers then pop back open, catching me out.
▪ I look round as I reach a junction in the corridor and he quickly pops back into his office.
▪ Spend the morning doing some sightseeing, pop back to the ship for lunch and come in to see Timothy then?
▪ And then suddenly I pop back to life, clamber across Jenny's lap and open the window.
▪ Or were you just popping back to see you'd left Hatton neat and tidy?
▪ They should pop down to accounting or purchasing and introduce themselves to the people they deal with.
▪ With this icon highlighted, you can pop down the File menu and select Properties.
▪ So, if you're popping down a daily aspirin, keep the pop music down too.
▪ Thought I might pop down to Grafton again this spring - see if our Peg is still alive and kicking.
▪ So, he popped down to my office, stuck this demo on the turntable and it just blew my socks off.
▪ And then this brother lived next-door and his wife popped in and out.
▪ A secretary pops in to say that a lawyer insists on talking with Meagher immediately by phone.
▪ Glad you could find the time to pop in on a humble scribe.
▪ I heard you at it so I thought I'd pop in and pass the time of day.
▪ The manager, Peter Rose and his team are available on Oxford 742048, telephone or pop in at your leisure.
▪ But if you have a moment to spare before you do catch the bus, be sure to pop in.
▪ She's awfully good about popping in to see her.
▪ Now that I will be comparatively close to Salford, perhaps I can pop in and enjoy your activities.
▪ He's just popped out for supplies.
▪ The question had just popped right out of her mouth.
▪ Conversely, if the egg had just popped into existence and then exploded, what could explain this bizarre event?
▪ I wonder if I could just pop over.
▪ But the reason I have sat down so quickly is because the old man has just popped out on the northbound platform.
▪ Journalists just pop them a question and let them get on with it.
▪ And, darling, don't pop off, will you?
▪ You popped off the end caps and extended it.
▪ When I pop off, everything will come to you.
▪ After several long moments of ankle-straining effort, her left boot popped off and thudded to the floor.
▪ Volcanos will start popping off around the world throwing up tonnes of dust.
▪ His switch to off-cutters from a reduced run-up suddenly had the ball popping off the wicket and the bat.
▪ It was her pretend street voice, thicker, her lips popping out.
▪ It was fun for the older men to watch Karl and Brad's eyes pop out as Mitti joined their table.
▪ So, at this writing, we see the cuckoo pop out again.
▪ Sometimes you may spot an occasional dorsal fin when it pops out like a miniature yacht sail.
▪ A tear popped out of one eye, or was it sleet that was still falling?
▪ The remark popped out at the end of an extended tour of Nicholson's pubs.
▪ Open a drawer and eight things come popping out.
▪ A horse or pony who will pop over a ditch without fuss is a great asset.
▪ Foinavon was lunged over jumps and popping over little schooling fences became a daily routine.
▪ So he has popped over to New York to do his Christmas shopping.
▪ I sort of noticed, Joe, how you've been absent since things started popping round here.
▪ They like to see people for a cup of tea, and they like popping round to Karen's for company.
▪ Next day the weather was fine so Maureen, with a 1235-X in tow, popped round to have a go.
▪ When Maureen came in I took the opportunity to pop round with it for him.
▪ My closest friend Natalie was having a day off so I popped round to sec her for a chat.
▪ Dealing with your children's friends who pop round in the evening calls for consummate diplomacy and the setting of time limits.
▪ Avoid any site that pops up a new window when you try to leave, or spawns multiple windows.
▪ It just keeps popping up, again and again.
▪ Hardly a week passes without his popping up in Washington for some top Republican strategy session on budget-balancing.
▪ And perhaps most interestingly, can MacLean stay away from the physical altercations that have popped up recently?
▪ Blue people began popping up all over the plateau.
▪ I thought I'd pop up with some.
▪ When my Eggos popped up, they were burned around the edges.
▪ No sooner had the excitement died down in Coventry than champagne corks were popping at Courtaulds Fibres in Grimsby.
▪ At the NoS offices the champagne corks had been popping.
▪ The noises of men talking and laughing and the sound of champagne corks popping filter out into the corridor.
▪ And the champagne corks were popping as Kirkby's latest housing co-operative celebrated its success.
▪ The only way a girl gets stuff is if her dad pops his clogs and leaves her a few bob.
▪ In the harsher 1990s there will not be many corks popping at companies that fail to: Reduce costs.
▪ In the living room, a cork or two popped, releasing a stinging whistle of pressure into the air.
▪ Somewhere in the world a Moët et Chandon cork pops every second!
▪ Just the other day a curious sight popped up on nearby Orange Boulevard where it crosses S.R. 46.
▪ Without Nick, they might as well sit around all day popping bubble-wrap.
▪ Suppose the basic laws of physics popped into existence for no reason at all.
▪ In between the universe expands, particles pop into existence, galaxies coalesce and stars burst into life.
▪ The reason for this was the bright point of light that had popped into existence a few feet from his eyes.
▪ They therefore proposed the idea of continuous creation whereby matter was constantly popping into existence.
▪ His eyes had popped, but the sensors inside his skull fed him heat patterns that were clearer than any visual input.
▪ She let out a soft whelp as she closed her eyes then popped them open and stared mutely into the berries.
▪ But her outrageous ensemble was just one of several eye-popping outfits worn by musical babes at the show.
▪ Their eyes were popped right out of their heads, the heads that still had them.
▪ Mum's eyes popped to see me bringing home the fireman.
▪ Spinning bodies, eyes popping out of heads, hair standing on end, characters morphing into strange creatures.
▪ My head popped outside; five young men were bounding out of the darkness from a car on the road.
▪ Maryland Coach Gary Williams looks so tense sometimes I think his head is going to pop right off his shoulders.
▪ His head popped up a second later.
▪ If a head popped up to study the terrain, a bullet followed from the other side.
▪ Today I run until a vein in the back of my head feels ready to pop.
▪ Then after filling a plastic bag she popped the lot in the bin.
▪ I popped the lot and tried my hardest to meditate.
▪ List these assets and liabilities at random as they pop into your mind or as they are suggested to you by others.
▪ He took a pill from his pocket, and popped it into his mouth.
▪ He scooped up a handful of the cakes, and popped one into his mouth.
▪ I picked a berry and popped it in my mouth.
▪ The producers must be popping pills too.
▪ But when coach is a financial necessity, read a few books, enjoy the movies and pop some sleeping pills.
▪ But the judges must have been popping the same pills as Martin Fowler.
▪ The post-exposure prevention offered through the research protocol entails more than merely popping a few pills the morning after.
▪ Zen popped two motion-sickness pills out of their plastic nests and put them in his mouth.
▪ Berg responded by getting up too, saying he must go but popping in another question as he backed towards the door.
▪ Boy goes back on radio and pops the question.
▪ He put a ladder up to her office window to pop the question as she sat at her desk.
▪ Meanwhile, his girlfriend of 17 years, Jenette, was delighted when Brian popped the question.
▪ He had been seeing her for over a year now and yesterday she popped the big question.
▪ The organiser said he didn't believe in them. vox pops At last the big moment.
▪ Up in the woods many of the buds that catch the sun have begun to pop.
▪ Then other mushrooms began popping up.
▪ Other sites containing X Games information have already begun to pop up.
▪ Now scores of mice have begun popping out of the woodwork.
▪ Before long, rumors about misbehavior began to pop up.
▪ In Mike Straus, he had a commissioner who would stoke the engine until the rivets began to pop.
▪ As he straightened up he heard the joints pop and winced.
▪ Too many people talked at once; his hearing aids popped like corn in a pan of oil.
▪ That logger even believes you can hear it popping as the pockets burst.
▪ In Copenhagen, the same sorry faces kept popping up in separate incidents like rent-a-thug.
▪ New versions of Big Brother keep popping up.
▪ Even though federal courts have declared such displays unconstitutional, the issue keeps popping up, especially in the Bible Belt.
▪ It will usually reduce to recession and afterwards keep popping up to plague the auditor.
▪ Everywhere we went, every town we traveled to, I kept expecting Slim to pop up again.
▪ You know how it is when you start to notice a person popping up all over the place?
▪ Our radio really started popping with reports of what was going on.
▪ Like a sudden, unseemly outbreak of boils on the landscape, the little concrete igloos started popping up in the 1970s.
▪ Pop it in the microwave for a couple of minutes.
▪ I'll pop some popcorn before the movie starts.
▪ Jody, please don't pop my balloon.
▪ She took out a piece of chewing gum and popped it in her mouth.
▪ Also popping up for a visit are Stephen and the twins' parents, whose marriage has gone stale over the decades.
▪ I should have told you we go up to kill men and not pop balloons?
▪ Later, we stroll out and pop them in our mailbox, which says T.T.
▪ We popped smoke right in the middle of where we were and told them just to shoot on either side.
▪ But in a book he's written he's had a real big pop at me in a sour way.
▪ Within a year, Boy George was the biggest pop star in the world.
▪ He may not be the biggest pop star in the world but he's certainly the most unapproachable.
▪ Another big pop concert, eh!
▪ The genuine craft of Hogan's songwriting is in her re-interpretation of the classic pop song.
▪ Romantic black music must be the best kind of pop.
▪ In 1994, Crouch had just picked up his seventh Grammy for best pop / contemporary gospel album.
▪ Cher is pretty good at pop too.
▪ The Scotch of St James, off Piccadilly, was the club that pulled in the new pop generation.
▪ This is the context in which the new pop concern to disrupt consumption can be seen as a valid political project.
▪ Parallel with this style ran the cultural and financial activities of Britain's new pop aristocracy.
▪ But once record companies went back on the sales offensive the new pop was easily coopted.
▪ It will probably take six or seven minutes in all, and will be a perfect pop group performance.
▪ One of those bands is the Cloudwatchers, whose latest cassette single provides two good blueprints for the perfect pop song.
▪ Haunted by the spectre of Northern Soul, wrapped in perfect pop melodies and probably the best record this year.
▪ Then, as now, each year could be defined by one king-hell slice of perfect pop that said it all.
▪ The pure pop act also has its problems when it comes to exposure.
▪ And they're number one ... they're top of the pops ... but who are they?
▪ Baby, if he keeps on grabbing his chances as a dad he could even become top of the pops.
▪ All three express an interest in opera and a disdain for top forty pop.
▪ High spot of the concert was a guest appearance by top pop band Shakatak.
▪ It is exactly 40 years since the first record sales charts were compiled to determine who was top of the pops.
▪ Much the opposite with postmodernist surrealism and pop art.
▪ People think I put it there as a piece of pop art to decorate the room.
▪ Nautical William are a pop band.
▪ A proper pop band, not a pretend one.
▪ Nomatterwhat they say, they're a pop band, and a damn fine one at that.
▪ If you say we're more of a pop band, then that's a compliment.
▪ It was a time when Madness seemed the most immortal of pop bands.
▪ And then there were the free pop concerts which attracted as many as a quarter of a million hippies.
▪ After all, they argued, the State doesn't subsidise auto racing, hunting and pop concerts.
▪ Every night, he seemed to go out to posh nightclubs, to restaurants and to major pop concerts.
▪ Several small incidents, one revolving around a pop concert, incited more students into action.
▪ After a one-and-a-half-hour pop concert the political programme began.
▪ You know, every week pop fans stop me on the street, the noo.
▪ At last year's final, another pop group, Dollar, also mimed to a recording for its guest spot.
▪ Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group.
▪ There is much more to civic provision than ageing pop groups or racist comedians.
▪ Additionally, there was an evening barbecue entertained by a local pop group.
▪ A pop group is not a group of social workers.
▪ Their sound, previously user-friendly indie guitar pop, is now deeply mood-led and spine-tinglingly atmospheric, ethereal master class stuff.
▪ My focus was more on, like, guitar pop and classical music and some weird experimental industrial stuff.
▪ They knew we'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us.
▪ They're to appear at Oxford's Appolo theatre with fifties pop idol Russ Conway.
▪ But some pop music seems so aggressive.
▪ When you work in rock and pop music, you are in the thick undergrowth.
▪ In the Sixties Gurus and pop music were the thing; the present mood is sombre and apocalyptic.
▪ The pop music and fashion industries were geared specifically towards the young and magazines flourished in order to promote these trends.
▪ Songs are the lifeblood of pop music, and all the artists I have represented have been heavily involved in songwriting.
▪ The manager can manipulate some things to stave that off, but pop music is about being popular.
▪ We grew up in a world of chainstore high fashion, middle-of-the-road revolution, cover-version original pop music.
▪ Famous Last Words a pop record released by A &038; M was widely advertised as available on chrome tape.
▪ Yes, it's another football pop record.
▪ I've always liked amusing pop records.
▪ Comment Maggie is a young, burnt-out pop singer.
▪ Unsurprising, you might argue, given the chequered history of pop singers in the theatre.
▪ These were thickest round the comedians, the film stars and the pop singers.
▪ The logical culmination of the process came when the pop singer and song-writer Elton John took over the chairmanship of Watford.
▪ It also seemed terribly contemporary in a society where pop singers were becoming the spokespeople of the age.
▪ He is drinking soda pop out of a can the same shrill dayglo orange colour as emergency road markings.
▪ It just makes it more interesting than a terrible pop song with a straight sequenced beat like a Kylie Minogue record.
▪ Read in studio A promotion-chasing football team has taken the day off from a hectic training schedule to record a pop song.
▪ Genesis meanwhile have netted more than £200 million with mainstream pop songs and sponsorship from major corporations.
▪ They came out of the world writing pop songs, at the very end.
▪ I don't think it's a pop song that dictates to them.
▪ She realized she was humming a pop song to herself, and blushed.
▪ I recall, in my confusion, being inanely impressed by a pop star with enough upstairs to remember his own name.
▪ The whole plastic notion of a pop star begins to ring the bells of truth.
▪ He'd heard another pop star was coming to York - some one called Fergal.
▪ Sixties pop star Dave Clark, 50.
▪ The platitudes of rich pop stars won't change a thing - direct action just might.
▪ She watched television, listened to music, and dreamed about favourite pop stars - just like any normal teenager.
▪ Either the media or pop stars dictate what's in fashion.
▪ We don't look like pop stars, we're just us!
▪ In the end it was rather like working for two pop stars.
▪ His last performance was another sell-out, ending with scenes of adulation normally reserved for pop stars.
▪ To a generation of prospective pop stars, the video offered new possibilities of benediction.
▪ Sports heroes and pop stars provide images for teenagers, who may imitate them and style themselves upon them.
▪ The rise of the pop video was an important element in the growing supremacy of style over substance.
▪ Martin who was directing pop videos at the time showed me the video just after leaving college.
▪ The pop video had become a commodity saleable to the public.
▪ The pop world was a far cry from Joe's beginnings in the Gloucestershire town of Newent.
▪ Read in studio Five young men with a passion for music are all set to become the darlings of the pop world.
▪ Their success gave them a power that everyone wanted to share; their commercial momentum carried the whole pop world along.
▪ It's been a reggae smash for weeks on end but no-one in the pop world has noticed yet.
▪ The worst-kept secret in the pop world this week has leaked.
▪ It can't become a pop show, it has to stay the way it is.
▪ Sometimes I hear beer can-like pops, too.
▪ Hi, Pop, what are you doing?
▪ I helped Pop fix the gate this morning.
▪ Relax, Pop, I'll have the car back by midnight.
▪ The pop we heard turned out to be just an air gun.
▪ There's a pop in the fridge for you.
▪ A mutual understanding of pop is what brought the three members of Papas Fritas together in the first place.
▪ As well as pork, you can buy milk, sweets, crisps and pop.
▪ Cameron knew how good his son really was, and encouraged him to break free of the pop straitjacket.
▪ Gould wrote in all these forms save opera, plus dance scores, film music, musicals and pops pieces.
▪ I don't think their audience cares about pop success, they don't buy stuff because it is in the charts.
▪ It is important to stress, though, that a pop critic's power is limited.
▪ This is how far we've strayed from the traditional concepts of pop.
same as sodium, used in terms such as bicarbonate of soda.
a non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda pop, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit or cola flavoring.
Sal soda. See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium.
Soda alum (Min.), a mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of alumina and soda.
Soda ash, crude sodium carbonate; -- so called because formerly obtained from the ashes of sea plants and certain other plants, as saltwort ( Salsola). See under Sodium.
Soda fountain, an apparatus for drawing soda water, fitted with delivery tube, faucets, etc.
Soda lye, a lye consisting essentially of a solution of sodium hydroxide, used in soap making.
Soda salts, salts having sodium for the base; specifically, sodium sulphate or Glauber's salts.
Soda waste, the waste material, consisting chiefly of calcium hydroxide and sulphide, which accumulates as a useless residue or side product in the ordinary Leblanc process of soda manufacture; -- called also alkali waste.
Soda pop \So"da pop\, n. a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop is usually served chilled.
Note: Several large corporations started primarily as bottlers of soda pop, such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, and Dr. Pepper.
"a hit with an explosive sound," c.1400, of imitative origin. Meaning "flavored carbonated beverage" is from 1812.A new manufactory of a nectar, between soda-water and ginger-beer, and called pop, because 'pop goes the cork' when it is drawn. [Southey, letter, 1812]\nSense of "ice cream on a stick" is from 1923 (see popsicle). Meaning "the (brief) time of a 'pop'" is from 1530s. Pop goes the weasel, a country dance, was popular 1850s in school yards, with organ grinders, at court balls, etc.
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adv. like a pop or with a pop; "everything went pop"
cause to burst with a lound, explosive sound; "The child popped the balloon"
Recording sessions began in 1995 with various record producers, including Nellee Hooper, Flood, Howie B, and Osborne, who were introducing the band to various electronica influences. At the time, drummer Larry Mullen Jr. was inactive due to a back injury, prompting the other band members to take different approaches to songwriting. Upon Mullen's return, the band began re-working much of their material but ultimately struggled to complete songs. After the band allowed manager Paul McGuinness to book their upcoming 1997 PopMart Tour before the record was completed, they felt rushed into delivering it. Even after delaying the album's release date from the 1996 Christmas and holiday season to March 1997, U2 ran out of time in the studio, working up to the last minute to complete songs.
In February 1997, U2 released Pops techno-heavy lead single, " Discothèque", one of six singles from the album. The record initially received favourable reviews from critics and reached number one in 35 countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States. However, the album's lifetime sales are among the lowest in U2's catalogue, and it received only a single platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America. Retrospectively, the album is viewed by the music press and public as a disappointment. The finished product was not to U2's liking, and they subsequently re-recorded and remixed many of the songs for single and compilation album releases.
Pop is a free-to-air children's television channel in the United Kingdom, owned by Sony Pictures Television. As of June 2014, it broadcasts cartoons, facts and game shows on Sky, Freesat, and Freeview. Its target audience is 4 to 15 year old boys and girls.
Pop is a British fashion magazine co-founded in 2000 by Ashley Heath and editor Katie Grand. The initial creative directors for the magazine were Lee Swillingham and Stuart Spalding. Pop is published bi-annually.
Pop is a WiiWare and iOS video game by Australian developer Nnooo. The game was released in North America on May 12, 2008 as a WiiWare launch title, and in Europe on July 4, 2008. It was released by Electronic Arts in Japan on July 29, 2008. The iOS version was released on the App Store on March 5, 2009. The game was also released for the DSiWare service under the title Pop+ Solo.
Pop is the debut studio album from British pop duo and 2007 The X Factor finalists Same Difference. The album was released on December 1, 2008 by Syco Records. The album debuted at number 22 on the UK Album Chart, on first week sales of 31,064.
Pop is an American basic cable and satellite television network that is operated as a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lions Gate Entertainment. It is a general entertainment channel, focusing primarily on programs pertaining to popular culture.
The network was originally conceived in 1981 as a barker channel service providing a display of localized channel and program listings for cable television providers. Later on, the service, now branded as Prevue, began to broadcast interstitial segments alongside the on-screen guide, which included entertainment news and promotions for upcoming programs. After Prevue's parent company, United Video Satellite Group, acquired the entertainment magazine TV Guide in 1998 (UVSG would in turn, be acquired by Gemstar the following year), the service was relaunched as TV Guide Channel (later TV Guide Network), which now featured full-length programs dealing with the entertainment industry, including news magazines and reality shows, along with red carpet coverage from major award shows.
Following the acquisition of TV Guide Network by Lionsgate in 2009, its programming began to shift towards a general entertainment format with reruns of dramas and sitcoms. The network was renamed TVGN following the acquisition of a 50% stake in the network by CBS Corporation. At the same time, as its original purpose grew obsolete because of the integrated program guides offered by digital television platforms, the network began to downplay and phase out its program listings service; as of June 2014, none of the network's carriage contracts require the display of the listings, and they were excluded entirely from its high definition simulcast. In 2015, the network was rebranded as Pop.
"Pop" is a song by American boy band NSYNC. It was released on May 15, 2001 as the first single from their third studio album, Celebrity (2001). The song was written by Wade Robson and Justin Timberlake and produced by BT using his famous " stutter edit" sound.
The song's subject focuses on contemporary criticism of boy bands and pop music, and assures the public of their music being addictive and not being a trend. It reached #19 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and #9 on the UK Singles Chart.
In 2001, it won Four MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video, Best Pop Video, Best Dance Video, and Viewers Choice. Teen Choice Award for Choice Single.
The radio version was later included on their Greatest Hits album, the 2001 compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 8, and their third compilation album The Essential *NSYNC.
The song was also heard on Canadian music mix MuchDance 2002. A remix of the song was included in the movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
POP (Point of Purchase), in Japanese ポップ体, is a mono-weight typeface for the Japanese Kanji writing system. It is similar to both sans-serif and script-based typefaces in the Latin alphabet. The POP typeface is designed to effect the look of handwritten Kanji, as though produced by a felt-tip marker. Its loose, casual structure makes it similar to casual scripts in the Latin alphabet.
A common misconception is to associate POP with HGSoeiKakupoptai (HG創英角ポップ体), but it is only one of many types of casual script fonts produced in Japan, even from the font's foundry Soei (創英企画). Its popularity came from being distributed with Japanese version of Microsoft Office 2000, and it was also sold by Ricoh under TrueTypeWorld ValueFontD2.
is Mao Abe's second album, released on . The album was released in two versions: a regular version and a limited edition CD+DVD version.
Pop is the only studio album by English post-punk band Tones on Tail, a side project of Bauhaus members Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins (who later went on to form Love and Rockets with David J), and "Bauhaus roadie" Glenn Campling. It was released on 6 April 1984, through record label Beggars Banquet.
Pop is a cannibalistic female spirit of Thai folklore. It manifests itself as a woman that likes to devour human viscera. Pop is related to the Phi Fa spirit.
: time between initial and final states.
The name "pop", along with "snap" (also referred to as jounce) and " crackle" are somewhat facetious terms for the fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position, being a reference to Snap, Crackle, and Pop. Currently, there are no well-accepted designations for the derivatives of pop. Higher-order derivatives of position are not commonly useful. Thus, there has been no consensus among physicists on the proper names for derivatives above pop. Despite this, physicists have proposed other names such as "lock", "drop", "shot", and "put" for seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth derivatives .
A hundred feet aft, the outer door of the signal ejector opened, and twenty seconds later a solenoid valve in a branch pipe from the auxiliary seawater system popped open, sending high-pressure seawater into the bottom of the signal ejector tube that pushed out the radio buoy.
This is the first mention of a telegram that was to pop up throughout the frantic events of the next few hours and which would be used to perpetrate the swindle by which Hitler justified his aggression to the German people and to the foreign offices of the world.
If mi mates ivver tempt me an get me to rooam, Aw sup pop when awm aght an sup whisky at hooam.
John was very happy about it at the time though he later claimed to have been opposed to it, but it pulled the whole album together, giving it a smooth pop surface.
She watched the two Amar stirring the gravel a minute more, then wandered about a large pile of rock to stand beside the hot spring, watching purple bubbles pop and pale purple mists glide across the seething water.
Since his angiomas looked ready to pop, I handed the nurse the chart I was working on and walked over to the empty side of the infirmary.
Patting his pockets, he found some antacid tablets and popped a couple into his mouth.
Remembering the alarm and what it signaled, she leaned through the car window, grabbed her black leather Chanel purse off the car seat, pulled an antacid bottle from its depths, and popped two of the tablets into her mouth.
Reaching into his pocket, Nate pulled out a roll of antacids and popped a couple into his mouth.
Instantly armatures popped out from every direction, metal limbs swinging into place.
CUMMINGS helped himself to a piece of bacon from the platter in front of Asey, took a reflective bite, and absent - mindedly reached out for the slice of toast which had just popped out of the toaster.
She popped out one of the Atenolol tablets that Roland had given her and a couple of Tylenol, swallowing them with the aid of a Coke from the bar.
She had been required to stand up to Philip for the decade and a half when they had skulked from neighborhood to neighborhood until returning to within two blocks of the house on Auer Avenue where Timothy and Philip were born to Mom and Pop Underhill.
Green-shirted avionics technicians swarmed over it as it rolled to a stop, popping panels off of it to find the cause of the stuck aileron.
Sal Simmons kept a little shop, An bacca seld, an spice, An traitle drink, an ginger pop, An other things as nice.


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the early-evening news Nov. 19, 2007
R. Kelly's Publicist Quits Over Huge Misunderstanding
Kelly's Flack Quits: Regina Daniels, the publicist of Vulture buddy R. Kelly, quit over the weekend, saying in a statement, "There are some lines that should never be crossed professionally or personally. Mr. Kelly crossed a line that forever altered the scope of our relationship. For this reason I made the decision to resign." Whatever happened, we're sure it's all been blown out of proportion and will likely be resolved soon. [TMZ]
STP Guy Writes Book: Speaking of his forthcoming autobiography, Scott Weiland explained to a reporter: "You make a lot of records, write a lot of songs, but all of a sudden you go into a whole different vein, and it's a little bit scary to dive into." We don't need to read his memoirs to know that the dude knows a thing or two about tapping into scary new veins. [Reuters]
Astrophysicist to Offer Conclusive Evidence That Fat Bottomed Girls Make the Rockin' World Go Round: Queen guitarist Brian May, who recently earned a doctorate in astrophysics, has been named the next chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. Wait, what? [Reuters]
Little Lost Episode a Huge Disappointment: It's hard to imagine, but the new Lost Webisode is somehow even more boring and irrelevant than the one from last week. Basically, this time it's just a couple of minutes of Hurley getting harassed on the island by some douche bag called Frogurt. [ABC]
Lee Brings Out Concerned Parent in the Chinese Populace: First director Ang Lee was ordered to cut seven minutes of racy, violent (and hot!) sex from Lust, Caution to appease Chinese censors. Now doctors in the country are advising fans not to try some of the more complicated sexual positions in the film in order to prevent injuries. Vulture is advising that you put Lust, Caution in your Netflix queue immediately. [Reuters]
lust caution
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Do you enjoy the thrill of riding roller coasters? Have you ever wondered how their loopy design continues to amuse riders while appearing to defy gravity? If so, join the fun as we explore what it takes to make a roller coaster ROLL! Topics will include laws of motion, energy and force as well as how materials and designs have progressed over time. The Engineering Design process will guide us through every twist and turn as we utilize a hands-on approach to making miniature versions of the real thing. Register once for all four sessions, Apr 15 - 18. Registration required. Ages 11-18.
Registration begins on April 1 at 10 am. Additional seats become available on April 1 at 6 pm.


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Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers DVD - AV Item
Item #: WB6112AV
This is the story of 29-year-old Irena Sendler who saw the suffering of Warsaw's Jews, and reached out to her most trusted colleagues for help, and outwitted the Nazis during World War II. Together, they rescued over 2,500 Jewish children. This film expertly captures the will and character of the women of the resistance against the backdrop of occupied Poland.
DVD (AV Version) $54.99
Winner Best Documentary Audience Award, UK Jewish Film Festival 2010
This is the story of a group of young Polish women, some barely out of their teens, who outwitted the Nazis during World War II. When 29-year-old social worker Irena Sendler saw the suffering of Warsaw's Jews, she reached out to her most trusted colleagues for help. Together, they rescued over 2,500 Jewish children by forging identification papers and placing them in Catholic safe houses and orphanages in Warsaw and the Polish countryside.
They were taking an enormous risk. Ruthless blackmailers and Gestapo agents were constantly on the lookout for Jews who had escaped the ghetto walls. Children suspected of being Jewish were quizzed on Catholic culture, their lives dependent upon concealing their heritage. Several rescued children give moving accounts of their confusion, resentment, and sense of abandonment after assuming their Catholic identities.
In her late 90s when interviewed for the film, Irena Sendler's straightforward account of her life and works is both humbling and inspiring. She vividly recalls her brush with death in a Gestapo prison, and her continued harassment by authorities in post-war Communist Poland. This film expertly captures the will and character of the women of the resistance against the backdrop of occupied Poland.
Producer: Mary Skinner, Piotr Piwowarczyk
Narrator: Jan Becker
Talent: Irena Sendler
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Why the AV version? Because it provides additional usage options for PBS videos. AV versions come with limited performance rights so they can be shown in classrooms, at PTA meetings, during after school programs, and transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or on a single campus. They also can be enjoyed in admission-free public screenings, which also makes them ideal for use by library patrons and businesses involved in community clubs and organizations.


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As you may recall, last year I participated in the debut of WriteOnCon, a completely free online writers conference. Well, I'm thrilled to do it again this year!
At 12 noon today (Wednesday), you can watch my vlog "Are You Ready to Query?". Though, if you miss it then, don't worry! Once it's posted live, you can go back and watch it anytime! In fact, I'll update this post with the video once it's up.
UPDATED! The link to my vlog is on the WriteOnCon site here, with comments!
And later tonight, at 9pm Eastern, 7pm Mountain, I'll be on a live panel event with fellow publishing professionals Martha Mihalick, Joanna Volpe, Jen Rofe, and Diana Fox. I hope you'll tune in and check us out! Any questions about events, timing, or how to participate, please go visit WriteOnCon.com.
Oh, and if you're curious about the presentation I did last year, on the Do's and Don'ts of Querying, you can check it out below!
Thanks for sharing your expertise with us, Kate! (As if you don't do that every day you blog…) I thought your vlog was helpful, especially for people who've never really queried before.
This looks like such an awesome conference. Unfortunately, I won't be able to attend any of the live events this year, but I am hoping to schedule that in for next year. And I am definitely excited to catch the archived posts. Thanks for sharing!


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Playmate Dani Mathers will go to court after body-shaming a naked stranger on Snapchat
By Claire Lampen
Playmate Dani Mathers is heading to court after very publicly body-shaming a random, naked stranger. According to the New York Daily News, a tentative trial date has been set for May 26.
In July, Mathers took a photo of a 70-year-old woman showering at an L.A. Fitness, a privacy violation in and of itself. She then posted the image to Snapchat with the caption, "If I can't unsee this then you can't either," alongside a selfie in which she posed with her hand over her mouth in feigned shock.
Amid immediate backlash, L.A. Fitness banned Mathers from all of its locations. She was fired from her job at Los Angeles' KLOS 95.5 radio station. Meanwhile, Mathers apologized on social media, explaining that she hadn't meant to post the Snap publicly, that she was "absolutely wrong."
"I have chosen to do what I do for a living because I love the female body and I know that body shaming is wrong and that's not what I'm about, that's not the type of person I am," Mathers said in a video posted to Snapchat, before deleting her account.
Dani Mathers' infamous Snapchat. Roy Pope/Twitter
Hoping to "make an example" of Mathers, authorities tracked down the woman in the photo and said they intended to charge Mathers with dissemination of private images, which carries a six-month prison sentence. In November, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced that Mathers would face criminal charges for posting the photo, which qualifies as a misdemeanor invasion of privacy, according to the Daily News. California law dictates that it's illegal to photograph or film an "identifiable person" in a changing room, a tanning booth or in their home without consent.
On Monday, Mathers' attorney, Dana Cole, reportedly argued that the woman in the photo wasn't easily identifiable, and thus the law didn't apply. "This was a far-away shot, and the victim, her features cannot be identified," Cole told the court.
But, of course, the LAPD was ultimately able to identify the victim, and as Feuer explained when announcing the charges, Mathers' behavior comes with consequences.
"Body-shaming is humiliating, with often painful, long-term consequences," he said. "It mocks and stigmatizes its victims, tearing down self-respect and perpetuating the harmful idea that our unique physical appearances should be compared to air-brushed notions of 'perfect.'"
"While body-shaming, in itself, is not a crime, there are circumstances in which invading one's privacy to accomplish it can be," Feuer added. "And we shouldn't tolerate that."


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by Sandip Roy | Jul 26, 2006 | Books, Entertainment | 0 comments
"Hopefully you'll be back when your next book is written," says the manager at a bookstore in San Francisco to Upamanyu Chatterjee after a reading. "It already is," says Chatterjee with a bemused smile. "In fact, I have three more." It's just thatEnglish, August, which catapulted him to fame in India in 1988 is finally reaching American shores although its creator (and its hero) have long moved on with their lives.
It's not difficult to understand why in an age when Bollywood films can release the same day in Fremont as in Mumbai, English, August took the slow boat to America. The book is just so Indian, it's difficult to imagine anyone else can really "get" it. Writer Suketu Mehta calls it "the 'Indianest' novel in English." That's an apt description. The adventures of Agastya Sen aka August aka English as a fresh-off-the-train bureaucrat in the small town of Madna was an instant hit in Indian book circles because it was so recognizable. It also baffled some Western critics. Understandably, says Chatterjee. "It seems impossible. If you haven't seen an Indian small town, how can you begin to appreciate the book?" he asks.
But now it's reached the United States, thanks to the persistence of a new set of writers who have always been fans of English, August. Akhil Sharma shot to prominence in the United States with his novel, An Obedient Father, which won the 2001 Pen Hemingway Prize. He ran into Chatterjee at a literary festival in Paris in 2002 where he told him he'd try to get the book published in the United States. "I thought he was just being polite," says Chatterjee. But two years later Sharma called Chatterjee out of the blue. "It's on," he said. Sharma even wrote the foreword to the new edition. It's part of the New York Review of Books Classics series, making Chatterjee one of the few living writers published in the series. "I feel both privileged and doomed," he says wryly.
But as he travels around the United States, accompanied by the ghost of a long-ago Agastya Sen, Chatterjee says he feels "a bit like Rip van Winkle waking up to a new world." It's not just that he's older, some 20 years removed from the man who created the Agastya Sen who longed for "marijuana, and nakedness and soft hopelessly incongruous music (Tagore or Chopin)" in the unrelenting glare and unremitting boredom of Madna. Even India has changed radically in the 20 years since Agastya stepped off the train to Madna into a life of masturbation, naib-tehsildars and reading Marcus Aurelius.
Chatterjee says the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) itself has changed because of the way it now recruits its officers. "You have fewer of these hep cat Anglophones from India's better universities going out into the battered beyond to administer the world in Telugu and Marathi while listening to Jim Morrisson and Bob Dylan," he chuckles. Even the balance of power is shifting. The collector used to hoist the flag on Independence Day. Now it's the minister who does so. "Real power has passed to the politician," says Chatterjee. "In many ways it's a good change. It's good that the language of administration in a small town in Maharashtra is now Marathi." Even the notoriously hidebound Indian bureaucracy is feeling the nips of change. "A Right to Information Act has been passed," says Chatterjee. "Records are computerized and people can demand photocopies of their files. You find you can't actually evade responsibility by hemming and hawing."
What about Madna though? The small town that he memorably described as "cigarette-and-paan dhabas, disreputable food stalls, both lit by fierce kerosene lamps, cattle and clanging rickshaws on the road"—how would Madna have changed? "It will have Internet," he says thoughtfully. "A million mobile phones and cable television. No electricity perhaps but running on generators." Then he pauses. "But the spirit is still the same—the hopeless ugliness." (Usually with a squat dwarfish standard issue statue of a bespectacled man passed off as Gandhi.)
It's Chatterjee's eye for the particular that makes both English, August and Madna come alive. Unlike a Rushdie whose language constructs fabulous multi-hued worlds that exist just outside the realms of reality, Chatterjee's Madna is so real you can almost smell the stench of its drains. Even the Circuit House with its tang of Flit, the plop of careless lizards falling to the floor, the verandah bathed in the sickly glow of a tubelight is, as Akhil Sharma marvels in his foreword, "spot on." It's characters are not fantastic, they are fleshily, sweatily real—whether it's Mrs. Srivastav (Madam Collector) who wears a black bra under her yellow blouse, or Tamse, the executive engineer who fancies himself to be an artist ("the usual improbably Rest-House painting—a sunset, and water, and therefore two sunsets, a boat, a boatman in a Japanese conical hat, on the shore two trees, like giant mushrooms").
Chatterjee revels in its particularity, saying that's what makes the book come alive. While literary critics might find it fashionable to argue that great literature should be universal, Chatterjee demurs. "Tolstoy, I'm sure makes infinitely more sense in Russian," he says. "It's just better that we read him in translation than not at all." Of course, that's not to say August can never leave Madna. Chatterjee remembers a civil servant from Malaysia writing him to say, "This is me." Perhaps he says what is universal is "that sense of feeling out of place in your own country."
It's that feeling that's at the core of English, August (and probably much of its appeal). Many readers remember it as a wicked satire that took on the behemoth of Indian bureaucracy but English, August is really the coming-of-age story of a young man who, as Chatterjee puts it, "despite all that Bob Dylan and Pink Floyd music, is inconceivable outside of India."
Chatterjee got the idea for the book while watching his elder brother and his friends join the IAS. At that time, he says, there was "nothing else to do," especially if you had done "liberal humanities courses." (Nowadays he says with a smile, the horizons are wider. "You can join TV and within six months become a one-man think tank and interrogate a minister.") But watching his brother and his friends set out to the back of beyond, he was intrigued by this strange arranged marriage of two Indias. When he himself joined the IAS in 1983 he was posted in Chandrapur, which he describes as simply "awful." But in writing about that first year, he realized that in order to make it comprehensible to the world outside he'd have to make it as funny as possible. In reality, he says the trainee officer's life isn't quite the pot-wreathed haze Agastya lives in. "There's no time when you are trying to administer a 17-18,000 sq.km. area, going to an eye donation camp three hours away in the morning, or looking after kharif crops." Or, as Agastya might have added, "Family Planning vasectomy and tubectomy camps, school table-tennis championships, bridge tournaments, meetings of the Youth Club …"
But he started writing short stories about his experiences. In fact, one of them, The Killings in Madna, predates English, August. But he never wanted to lose that training year as a frame and that in the end is what became the skeleton for English, August. But in 1985-86 when he was writing the book there were no publishers in India for original English fiction. "They only published geometry books," he quips. He sent it off to London where it was published and then reprinted in India. It was in a curious way a rather appropriate circuitous journey. This book is all about the "once removed." "As soon as you start talking about India in English you distance yourself from the world you describe," says Chatterjee. "In the worlds I describe, the action isn't in English. I report in English."
He is what one of his characters would call "an English type—an Indian who speaks English more fluently than he speaks any Indian language." Chatterjee says he does government work in Hindi, writes Puja cards in Bengali, but it "doesn't mean I can write a book in either. You can't choose the language you write in."
When the book first came out, it became a bestseller and is still prominently displayed in almost every Indian bookstore stocking English books. But the criticisms were also many. Agastya Sen was not a nice guy, just way too self-absorbed. The book was a perversion, an exercise in intellectual masturbation. Nothing happened in it. After all, Agastya "would stop at his seventeenth push-up and watch drops of sweat fall on the carpet." Even worse, the urbane sophisticated Chatterjee was mocking rural India. "I get outraged when I hear that," says Chatterjee.
What hasn't helped is he is notoriously media shy and has a reputation of not even wanting to read in India. "Nonsense," he says. "That was because when my book Weight Loss was launched I didn't want to invite the whole civil service to it. Because there isn't a single clean passage in it that I can read in front of my bosses."
Though he prefers to just write a book, send it off to his agent in London, and go back to his 9-5 job in the administrative service, he's touched to see how many young people show up at his readings even now.
English, August has already had another unlikely rebirth. Dev Benegal made it into a film starring Rahul Bose. "The book is much better," says Chatterjee but then adds, "The film is a heroic effort and it gets the district atmosphere just right." What really impresses him that it even got made. It was a rather unlikely creature to find funding—"neither Salman Khan in a sando ganjee nor Pather Panchali-style poverty with kids with large heads and protruding ribs."
Unlikely as it might be, baffling as it might be to some of its critics, English, August is now enjoying its second innings. And Chatterjee isn't complaining. He says he just takes it as it comes, even fame.
Recently he went to his office and everyone started congratulating him from the moment he stepped into the elevator. At first he thought he'd got a new posting. When his own personal assistant said congratulations, he couldn't hold back and sheepishly asked what he'd done. "Don't you know, sir?" said the P.A. incredulously. "Didn't you watch Kaun Banega Crorepati last night?" Apparently English, August and its creator Upamanyu Chatterjee had been a question on the mega popular quiz show. Enunciated in the deep baritone of Amitabh Bachchan, Upamanyu Chatterjee had suddenly moved up in the world at least in the eyes of thousands of fellow Indians. Compared to that promotion, Agastya Sen's American holiday is small potatoes, indeed. Agastya would have appreciated the irony. As he flailed around anchorlessly in Madna trying to figure out the answer to his life, he had himself become the answer on a quiz show.
Sandip Roy-Chowdhury is on the editorial board of India Currents and host of UpFront, a newsmagazine show on KALW 91.7 produced by New California Media.
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Hola Everyone with real estate investments in Hamilton, Ontario!!
I'm writing to you from a surfing vacation in Jaco, Costa Rica. It's quite beautiful here. The people are super nice, the beach is OK, but the waves are great for surfing, I'm told. The cost of living is quite low, and I could definitely see myself spending some extended winter vacations here. A plate of rice and beans, fried plantain, and meat is about $7.50 CAD. Our surf instructor friend rents a small apartment for $450 USD only 70 meters from the beach.
As always when I'm away from home, I think how grateful I am to be Canadian. Our landlord here in Jaco has visited 35 countries over some 15 years looking for a place to settle down and invest. The Philippines and Thailand were finalists, but something about Thailand having an unstable government turned Jayson off. Who could blame him? The Trudeau assault is really a nothing issue compared to a military coup, which is how Thailand's current executive leader got the job.
Anyway, if you haven't gotten away in a while, I recommend that you do. I'm here with my friend David who is a surfing entrepreneur from Toronto. He is an expert at direct marketing so we've been masterminding this whole trip and checking out real estate.
Total housing starts will lie within the 2,550 to 2,900 unit range in 2016.
Existing home sales will continue their upward trend reaching the 16,200 to 17,000 unit range in 2016.
Rental apartment vacancy rate will edge lower from 3.4 per cent in 2015, to 3.2 per cent in 2016.
Employment will increase by one per cent in 2016 compared to 0.4 per cent in 2015.
Property sales to range from 16,200 to 17,000 in 2016 which is well above the 14,291 and 15,862 sale in 2014 and 2015 respectively. A prediction of more sales in an already low inventory/sellers' market.


Dr. Lane Carlin was born in New York City and moved to Florida in 1955. He attended the University of Florida, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry. He graduated from medical school at the University of South Florida in 1976 with a distinguished award in neurology. Dr. Carlin served his internship at Tampa General Hospital followed by two years of public health service in North Carolina. In 1979, he began a three-year residency in neurology at Bowman Gray Medical School in Winston Salem, North Carolina, where he was chief resident in neurology from 1981-82.
Dr. Carlin began private clinical practice in northern California, moving to Ft. Myers in 1983 where he has been in private practice since. Dr. Carlin is on the board of Epilepsy Services of Southwest Florida and has volunteered and directed the free epilepsy clinic in Lee County since 1990. He is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and is on the staff of two local hospitals. He and his wife Barbara have two daughters.
Dr. Driscoll, a native of New York State, began his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville. After two years of study, he was selected for the Junior Honors Medical Program, allowing him to simultaneously complete his final two years of college and his first year of medical school. He received his bachelor of science degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors. Dr. Driscoll subsequently completed his medical training at the University of Florida, graduating in 1983. He completed his medical internship, neurology residency and neuromuscular fellowship at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. There he served as chief resident in the last year of residency his and as a Clinical Instructor during and after his fellowship.
Dr. Driscoll returned to SW FL in 1988 to begin private practice. He has worked as an investigator for several national and international clinical stroke trials. Dr. Driscoll is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and in February, 2014 was elected as a Fellow of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association(AHA/ASA) conferred by the Stroke Council. Management of stroke and clinical research remain his areas of greatest interest.
In his free time, Dr. Driscoll and his three adult children enjoy water sports, travel, running and music.
Dr. Marino was born, and grew up in Long Island, New York. His undergraduate education was at the University of Virginia, where he majored in chemistry. He was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, and earned his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, where he graduated with honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society. He completed his internship, and residency in Neurology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. He served as the neurologist for the US Army hospital in Seoul Korea, and then returned to Walter Reed, serving as the assistant chief of the Neurology Service and assistant Neurology program director. He is a combat-decorated veteran. He later completed his fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Walter Reed, and then served as the assistant director of the clinical neurophysiology training program.
Dr. Marino has special interest and training in diseases of the muscle and nerve, epilepsy and the treatment of movement disorders with botulinum toxin.
Dr. Marino joined the Florida Neurology Group in 1998. He thoroughly enjoys seeing and helping his patients with neurological conditions. He has collaborated in the development of multiple clinical processes and protocols to improve the neurological care of patients in Lee County. He has served on numerous committees within the health system involving quality and medical staff concerns.
He and his wife Karma enjoy the outdoors, family, school and church activities and occasional visits to Disney with their children.
Dr. Sullivan was born in Erie, Pennsylvania and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Gannon University is 1998. He graduated in 2002 from MCP-Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia. Dr. Sullivan then went forward to complete medical internship, neurology residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the University of Rochester. During fellowship he had an emphasis placed on training in neuromuscular diseases and epilepsy. He earned distinction during residency because of his dedication to teaching and excellence in clinical standards with an election to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
He is certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) and he is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Sullivan greatly enjoys providing high quality and compassionate care for his patients with a variety of neurological disorders including stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, migraine and neuropathy.
Dr. Sullivan joined Florida Neurology Group in 2016 and relocated from NW Pennsylvania where he had been practicing general neurology for eight years. He enjoys outside activities, involvement in his church and travel with his wife and three children.
Dr. Nattasha Acevedo was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. Her undergraduate education was at the University of Puerto Rico where she majored in Biology. She attended medical school at Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico graduating in 2012. She then completed a general neurology residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center in New York where she obtained the Leo M. Davidoff Award for outstanding teaching of medical students. She also completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
Dr. Acevedo is a board certified neurologist and holds a special interest in neuromuscular disorders, epilepsy, headache disorders and stroke. She enjoys traveling, biking, paddle boarding and spending time with her family. She is fluent in English and Spanish.
Dr. Anthony Brown was born in Omaha Nebraska to a military family and raised in Germany, Hawaii, and Florida. His undergraduate education was at Florida State University where he majored in Athletic Training. He attended medical school at New York Medical College in Westchester County New York graduating in 2008. He then completed his medical internship and general neurology residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio where he had the distinction of serving as chief resident for two years.
Dr. Brown then served as an active duty neurologist for the Unites States Air Force at Eglin Air Force Base in northwest Florida from 2012-2016 serving as a General Neurologist and regional director of traumatic brain injury services for active duty combat personnel. Dr. Brown is a board certified general neurologist and holds a special interest in the treatment of headache disorders, Parkinson's disease, and the treatment of neurologic disease with botulinum toxin.
Dr. Brown joined Florida Neurology Group in 2016. He enjoys surfing, paddle boarding, and exercise. He lives with his wife and three young sons.
Dr. Gamez was born in Manila, Philippines. He was the only student who completed his Bachelor of Science degree in three years with honors. He received his medical degree from University of Santo Tomas College of Medicine and Surgery in the Philippines in 1980. He completed his medical internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Miriam Hospital, Brown University in 1986. He completed his neurology residency at Mount Sinai medical Center, New York in 1989. He moved to Fort Myers, Florida and began clinical practice in General Neurology since then. His major areas of interest are in Parkinson's disease and Movement disorders and Seizure disorders.
Dr. Gamez has been an active member in the different committees and departments of all the local hospitals in Lee County.
Dr. Gamez and his wife, Marivic, enjoy traveling and spending time visiting his five daughters and their families. In his spare time, he enjoys jogging, swimming and biking.
Dr. Konstantin Dzamashvili received his M.D. from Chuvash State University, USSR; and his Ph.D. in Aging of Autonomic Nervous System through Tbilisi State Medical Institute, Georgia, USSR. Dr. Dzamashvili is doubled boarded in Neurology and Vascular Neurology. Dr. Dzamashvili's long list of accomplishments includes Co-Director of the Stroke and Neurovascular Program, Comprehensive Stroke Center, at the Central DuPage Hospital, Northwestern Medicine, The Neuroscience Institute, Winfield, Illinois.
Lina was born in Havana, Cuba and was raised in Florida for most of her life. She became a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Florida, Tampa in 2016. She also graduated that year as a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society. In 2017, she became a member of the American Association of Neurology and became a Nurse Practitioner First Assist attaining her degree from the National Institue of First Assist. Lina has worked as an RN at Lee Memorial Hospital in the Neurology and Neurology step-down unit for more than three years. She also worked there as an RN in Trauma and Med-surge units for two years. Before coming to the Florida Neurology Group in 2017, she worked in Primary Care as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Lina is fluent in both English and Spanish, and has a great deal of experience working with diverse populations. She values the autonomy of her clients and prioritizes a multi-disciplinary approach that centers the lived experiences of patients.
In her free time, Lina enjoys fitness and health activities, traveling, and spending time with her hairless cat.
Ann was born in the state of Washington and raised in Ohio. She participated in the Ohio State University Freshmen Honors Program and graduated from the College of Nursing in 1979. She worked as a hospital staff nurse in Ohio, Florida and Michigan. From 1991 through 1997, she was employed as a neurosurgical intensive care nurse at Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan. In 1996, she received a Master's degree in Nursing from Michigan State University. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Since 1997, she has worked exclusively in the outpatient field specializing in neurology. Ann joined the Florida Neurology Group in 2012. She enjoys caring for all neurology patients, especially those with headache, dementia and Parkinson's disease.
Ann and her husband, Bob, have two sons. Free time together is spent enjoying family, hobbies and travel.
Dr. Sanjeev Maniar was born and raised in India. He attended B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. In 1995, completed his intern year at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. He then completed his neurology residency and neurophysiology fellowship at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI in 1999. He practiced for less than 2 years at Portsmouth, OH before he joined practice with Dr. Prasad in 2001. Since then he has practiced neurology in Northwest Indiana where he went on to become the Stroke Director and Multiple Sclerosis Director of Methodist Hospital until June 2017.
Dr. Maniar is compassionate by nature, contributing to his unique bedside manner and his interactions put a smile on his patients' faces and help them subdue their pain. Dr. Maniar enjoys travel and cultural experiences. He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati. He often donates his time to underserved communities and regularly participates in mission trips internationally. He has traveled with his wife and two daughters on multiple occasions to participate in medical camps in areas such as rural Uganda and India.


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Тип 2-3-0+0-3-2 — паровоз, экипажная часть которого разделена на две части, передняя из которых включает в себя две бегунковых оси и три движущих (сцепных), а задняя — три движущих и две поддерживающих оси. Все построенные паровозы данного типа относились к сочленённым, у которых передняя группа располагалась на отдельной тележке, а задняя — на основной раме. По сравнению с типом 1-3-0+0-3-1 позволяет лучше уравновесить тяжёлые паровозы по осям, снижая тем самым осевую нагрузку.
Принятые формы условного обозначения:
 Американский — 4-6-6-4
 Французский — 230+032
 Советский — 2-3-0+0-3-2
 Германский — (2'C)C2'

История

Первым паровозом данного типа был поступивший в 1936 году на дорогу Union Pacific паровоз № 3900 производства ALCO и позже получивший наименование «Challenger» (Челленджер), что и дало название всему типу паровозов, поэтому на Западе паровозы типа 2-3-0+0-3-2 известны также как паровозы типа Челленджер. В то время на Union Pacific активно эксплуатировались паровозы типа 2-6-1, которые имели одну жёсткую раму. Однако Артур Феттер (Arthur H. Fetter), который был главным инженером компании, принял решение от однорамных паровозов перейти к двухрамным. Такое решение позволяло улучшить вписывание паровоза в кривые, и тем самым повысить скорость с 50 (ограничение для паровозов типа 2-6-1) до 70 миль/ч. 25 августа 1936 года состоялась первая обкатка паровоза на дороге, в ходе которой он показал достаточно удовлетворительные результаты, что и привело к решению о серийном заказе. Всего было построено 105 «Челленджеров» пяти модификаций.

Успех от их эксплуатации побудил прочие дороги к заказу аналогичных паровозов, при этом в честь первых паровозов данного типа тип 2-3-0+0-3-2 стал известен также как Челленджер (Challenger locomotive). Всего в общей сложности было выпущено 252 паровоза типа Челленджер, из них 225 паровозов построила компания ALCO, а 27 — Baldwin. Всего паровозы эксплуатировались на 9 дорогах, наибольшим парком (105) обладала дорога Union Pacific.

В настоящее время сохранилось всего 2 паровоза данного типа, и они оба относятся к паровозам Challenger модификации 4664-4. Это UP 3977, который стоит на вечной стоянке в городе Норт-Платт (Небраска), а также UP 3985, который всё ещё продолжает эксплуатироваться и на сегодняшний день является самым большим в мире действующим паровозом. Помимо этого сохранился тендер от ещё одного паровоза типа 2-3-0+0-3-2 с дороги D&H. В настоящее время идёт его восстановление для эксплуатации с паровозом CPR 2816.

Ссылки

 Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 (рус)
 The Challenger Type Locomotive (en)
 The Union Pacific Challenger Roster (en)
 Web Site of ToyTrains1 4-6-6-4 Challenger Steam Locomotives (en)

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I am in the process of upgrading from an E120 Classic to the Axiom 12. Most of changes to the networks are pretty straight forward, the one area I am not confident in, is making sure my Yamaha Command Link still gets SOG in NMEA 0183. My current plan is to use the Axiom internal GPS data through the STNG network to a ST to STNG Converter. Then from the converter to my Ray218 VHF (position) and my Yamaha Command link (SOG). Both components are currently receiving that data in NMEA 0183 from the E120 with a RS125. I read in one post that the ST to STNG Converter will transmit a VTG sentences which should include SOG but this is way over my head. I am looking for confirmation that what I am proposing will work or if there is another solution I should be looking at.
Your proposed solution to providing SOG data to the Yamaha engine system and GPS data to the VHF radio indeed appears to be correct.


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Home Community Zonta Club of Oakville combats pandemic with funding to local women's charities
Zonta Club of Oakville combats pandemic with funding to local women's charities
By thinking outside of the box, members of the Zonta Club of Oakville raised $100,000 in the past month for various female-focused not-for-profit programs.
by Melanie Morgan
(L to R) Carm Bozzo, Manager Development & Communications, and Laurie Hepburn, Executive Director of Halton Women's Place graciously accept a generous donation from the Zonta Club of Oakville's Lorraine McMullen, Service Committee Chair, and Beth Christie, Service Committee Member
Zonta members presenting a $5,000 cheque to Halton Women's Place.
Since 1973, the Zonta Club of Oakville has assisted women and girls in the community and internationally. Since the onset of the pandemic, the need has been even greater, with increased reports of domestic violence and abuse. The club celebrates 'Service Month' during May and has raised funds throughout the year to benefit local women's charities.
With this increased need, the Zonta Club of Oakville has donated close to $100,000 to women's causes and charities this month alone. Fundraising efforts have continued throughout the pandemic, and several charities have benefited from receiving the funds.
The past year has been challenging for nonprofits to fulfill their fundraising goals safely within COVID-19 protocols. The Zonta Club of Oakville has taken a 'think outside the box approach' with both collecting and distributing donations.
The club replaced their signature fundraising event, the ZONTA CELEBRATES International Women's Day Dinner and Gala, with a social media campaign and greeting card fundraiser. The club also hosts an annual Mother and Daughter pampering and information event at Kerr Street Mission. COVID-19 restrictions prevented the event from taking place, so The Zonta Club of Oakville gave a donation that will go toward gift cards so mothers and their children can share some special time together
Local Oakville recipients of the funds raised include Halton Women's Place, HIPPY Halton, Home Suite Hope, Kerr Street Mission, Oakville Hospital Foundation, SAVIS of Halton, Sheridan College, SHIFRA Homes and Women's Centre of Halton.
"Supporting women locally and internationally has always been our mission," says Zonta Oakville Service Committee Chair Lorraine McMullen, "but this year we recognized that women needed our assistance more than ever and our volunteer members, sponsors, donors and supporters came through at unprecedented levels. We are so very grateful."
To receive a donation or grant from the Zonta Club of Oakville, organizations must complete a grant application that is reviewed by the Zonta Service Committee and then put forward for a membership vote. Contact information is available on the club's website zontaoakville.org.
Zonta International, established in 1919, envisions a world in which women's rights are recognized as human rights and every woman can achieve her full potential. The Oakville Chapter is a dedicated group of women who volunteer their time to advance the status of women locally and internationally through advocacy and service. They help their local charitable partners provide emergency housing, financial aid, educational support, and mental and physical health services to women in need. The Club also provides scholarships and academic awards to local young women and birthing kits to women in developing nations.
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Expert Group submits report to Scottish Government on ending conversion practices
National LGBTI equality charity the Equality Network has welcomed the Scottish Government's publication today of the report of the Expert Advisory Group on conversion practices (sometimes misleadingly called "conversion therapy").
Conversion practices cause severe mental and emotional harm. Recent research found that 7% of LGB people, 13% of trans people and 10% of asexual people in the UK had been offered or subjected to such practices (UK Government National LGBT Survey).
The expert advisory group recommends that all practices that aim to change, inhibit and/or suppress a person's sexual orientation or gender identity or expression should be banned in Scotland. The report acknowledges the diversity of methods and settings in which conversion practices occur and puts survivor autonomy first and foremost.
The group notes that conversion practices can violate human rights, and rejects the suggestion that a ban on conversion practices would be an unlawful restriction of freedom of religion or freedom of expression.
The report recommends a complete ban on such practices in Scotland, echoing the recommendations of the Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee earlier this year.
The expert advisory group was composed of people from the LGBTI+ sector, people with human rights, legal, psychological, and medical expertise, faith leaders, and survivors of conversion practices.
The report sets out a clear framework to guide the Scottish Government. The Equality Network hopes that the government will accept and move forward with these principles by legislating for both criminal measures and measures outside of criminal law.
Also published today is the Scottish Government's response to the Group's report, in which the government welcomes the report, commits to analyse the recommendations, consult publicly on proposals, and introduce legislation by the end of 2023.
Rev'd. Elder Maxwell Reay of the Metropolitan Community Church, and member of the expert advisory group, said:
"Conversion ideology still harms LGBTQ+ people in Scotland today. As a faith leader in an LGBTQ+ inclusive and affirming church, a survivor of conversion practice efforts myself, and as a member of this expert advisory group, I wholly welcome the principles and recommendations made within this report. If taken on by the Scottish Government, this work will hopefully, finally, bring a long awaited end to conversion practices in every setting in Scotland."
Richy Edwards, a survivor of conversion practices and member of the expert advisory group said:
"The first positive step made by Scottish Government was including those of us with lived experience of this abhorrent practice – which sadly still takes place in Scotland. I have fully appreciated their willingness to put survivors at the heart of this process. This has been tough to revisit. The difference that these recommendations, including support measures, will make to lives across the country cannot be overestimated. If adopted, Scotland will become a safer place for all LGBTQ+ people."
Dr Rebecca Crowther, policy coordinator at Equality Network and member of the expert advisory group said:
"This work has been rigorous and tough, particularly for survivors. This report sets out a clear, well thought out, comprehensive, sensitive, and powerful set of principles that would go all the way in ending conversion practices in Scotland. There is a lot of work to be done and, now more than ever, an undeniable need to get on with the bill drafting – and finally put these awful practices to bed."
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The Triumph Daytona 955i is a sport bike manufactured by Triumph from 1997 to 2006. It was powered by a 955 cc (58.3 cu in) liquid cooled, inline three four stroke engine. The bike was launched in 1997 as the Triumph T595 Daytona and renamed Triumph Daytona 955i in 1999.
The Triumph Daytona T595 was introduced in 1997 in an attempt by Triumph to tap into the sports bike market. Despite the T595 name, the bike featured a 955 cc displacement in-line three-cylinder engine designed in part by Lotus. Along with the other triple-cylinder Triumphs, the Daytona helped to establish the newly managed manufacturer and its distinctive and unique three-cylinder motorcycles.
The T595-model name concatenated the new engine series "T5" and the first two numbers of the "955 cc" displacement. In 1999 the bike was renamed 955i because the T595 model name gave the impression that the bike's engine displaced 595 cc.
Large-scale changes were made in 2001, with a complete restyling of the bodywork by designer Gareth Davies, a newly designed engine raising the horsepower to 149 with internal performance upgrades included Forged steel crankshaft, forged steel connecting rods, and forged aluminium pistons. Focussed on reducing weight and better handling, the 2001 955i used a more common double-sided swing arm (DSSA) as opposed to the single-sided swing arm (SSSA) of the previous Daytonas. The DSSA version weighs 7.5 pounds (3.4 kg) less than the SSSA due to the lighter weight swing arm, and it is argued that the DSSA version handles better than the SSSA as it has less flex in the swing arm. The 2001+ 955i version had a more compact and advanced Sagem MC1000 electronic engine management system (2-plug) instead of the original Sagem MC2000 controller (1-plug).
In 2002, a limited-production Centennial Edition (CE) Daytona 955i was offered. The 955i CE had several noteworthy additions to and differences from the non-CE '02 DSSA Daytona 955i:
One colour option of Aston (British Racing) Green, which was offered only on the 2002 955i Centennial Edition.
Carbon fibre infill panels between the fuel tank and tail fairing.
Carbon fibre infill panels between the fuel tank and front fairing.
Single-sided swing arm (like the previous and later Daytona 955i).
In 2002 a limited-production Special Edition (SE) Daytona 955i was offered. The 955i SE model similar to the CE, except with red body work and the deletion of the centennial logos.
In 2004, some minor changes were made including the deletion of the Union Jack logos.
In 2005 the bodywork was revised to include a horizontally-split headlamp, a more streamlined upper fairing, and a reduced tail 'hump'. The frame was also painted black instead of the silver of all previous models. The fuel-injection system was changed from a bypass-regulated-rail to a returnless-rail system.
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