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Q: Update using MySqlDataAdapter doesn't work I am trying to use MySqlDatAdapter to update a MySql table. But, the table never updates!!! I did this before but with SQL server. Is there anything else that is specific to MySql that I am missing in my code?
        DataTable myTable = new DataTable("testtable");

        MySqlConnection mySqlCon = new MySqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBConStr"].ConnectionString);

        MySqlCommand mySqlCmd = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM testtable WHERE Name = 'Tom'");
        mySqlCmd.Connection = mySqlCon;

        MySqlDataAdapter adapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(mySqlCmd);
        MySqlCommandBuilder myCB = new MySqlCommandBuilder(adapter);
        adapter.UpdateCommand = myCB.GetUpdateCommand();

        mySqlCon.Open();

        adapter.Fill(myTable);
        myTable.Rows[0]["Name"] = "Was Tom";
        myTable.AcceptChanges();
        adapter.Update(myTable);
        mySqlCon.Close();

Thanks

A: Remove myTable.AcceptChanges() before the update. Othwerwise that will set all rows RowState to Unchanged, hence the DataAdapter will not know that something was changed.
adapter.Update(myTable) will call AcceptChanges itself after the update is finished.
So...
myTable.Rows[0]["Name"] = "Was Tom";
//myTable.AcceptChanges();
adapter.Update(myTable);

A: My some one need to look into the following solution; In other scenario people may need different solution. Even Don't do any manipulation with Datatable when you Debug at Run-time like this,
myTable.GetChanges(); // Return Any of Chnages Made without applying myTable.Accepchanges()
myTable.GetChanges(DataRowState.Added); // Return added rows without applying myTable.Accepchanges()
myTable.GetChanges(DataRowState.Deleted);
myTable.GetChanges(DataRowState.Detached);
myTable.GetChanges(DataRowState.Modified);
myTable.GetChanges(DataRowState.Unchanged);

You may get Data According to the above commands. So better try to debug before you pass the datatable to update or insert or delete command.
If myTable.GetChanges() return null then you can SetAdded() or SetModified() back to your DataTable;
foreach(DataRow row in myTable.Rows)
{
  row.SetAdded(); // For Insert Command
  row.SetModified(); // For Update Command
}

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UFS alumni to reach milestone at 2019 Rugby World Cup
18 October 2019 | Story Ruan Bruwer | Photo Getty Images
Jaco Peyper, former Kovsie, will handle a quarter-final match at the Rugby World Cup. It will also be his 50th test match.
With the appointment of Jaco Peyper as referee there will be Kovsie alumni among the referees, players and coaches in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan on 20 October.
Lappies Labuschagné will start on the flank for Japan in their clash against the Springboks on Sunday. Labuschagné, a former Shimla captain, is second on the list for tackles made in the tournament thus far.
In the Springbok camp there are former University of the Free State (UFS) students in Rassie Erasmus (head coach) and Jacques Nienaber (defence coach).
UFS alumnus Jaco Peyper has been entrusted with the whistle in Sunday's other quarter-final between Wales and France. It will be a memorable match for Peyper as it will be his 50th test appearance as the 31st man on the field – making him only the third South African to achieve this feat.
Peyper, who is the only South African among the 12 referees at the tournament, made his World Cup debut in 2015 when he officiated the opening match. In total he has handled six World Cup encounters.
His illustrious career has seen him become only the fourth referee in history to officiate in 100 Super Rugby matches earlier in the year, in which he also handled the final (his fourth Super Rugby final). Peyper scooped the SA Referee of the Year award in 2018 for a third time, a year in which he took charge of his fourth Currie Cup Final.
"The fact that he is only the third South African referee to take charge of 50 tests indicates what a special achievement this is. It takes years of hard work and dedication to reach this level as a referee, and to maintain this standard year-in and year-out is even more challenging as it requires one to produce effective performances consistently," said Jurie Roux, the CEO of SA Rugby.
Vusi Thembekwayo enthrals Kovsies
Vusi Thembekwayo delivered an impressive
lecture at UFS
Kovsies students and aspiring entrepreneurs who attended Vusi Thembekwayo's Like a Boss: Show me the Money lecture will certainly agree that he is indeed the "Rockstar of public speaking".
Through his sublime oratory skills, blended with flagrant humour, the seasoned serial entrepreneur captivated the capacity audience at the University of the Free State's EBW Auditorium.
The lecture's main purpose was for the 31-year-old - who has already achieved immense success in business - to offer valuable business advice and financial literacy. And he did just that.
Thembekwayo explained how innovation has always been driven by necessity. He also mentioned why he believes black people were struggling to build or grow sustainable businesses in the country.
"There is no black capital in SA. There are no schools to teach black people how to start businesses," Thembekwayo said.
He said black people often opted out of their societal problems in spite of being conscious of them. This was a reference to the visible trend of black people who pursue success for their own personal enrichment.
For the country to solve these problems, amongst many others, Thembekwayo stressed that a labour absorptive economy, which also creates entrepreneurial opportunities, is essential.
Mechanical engineer and World Economic Forum (WEF) Innovator of the Year Award recipient, Nneile Nkholise and Dr Johan van Zyl, from the UFS Centre for Development Support were guest speakers at the event.

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We're now four months out from the launch of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and the past couple of weeks has seen some major exclusive game launches for both platforms: Titanfall for Xbox One, and Infamous: Second Son for PS4. The fight between Sony and Microsoft in the console space has intensified, especially with recent price cuts for the Xbox One.
Personally I don't own a 'next-gen' console just yet; I prefer to do most of my gaming on PC, as I like to revel in superior graphics on maximum settings. But what about you? Have you jumped into the 'next-gen' console space, are you sticking to something from last generation, or are you a PC-only kind of person? Let us know below.


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The Gloom In The Corner – Warfare (New Music)
by Kel Burch
Dust off your The Gloom In The Corner lore book and open that hefty tome to the "Warfare" page, kids. Continuing the thread of the Melbourne band's conceptual story to date, the series of three songs – "Violence" released in April, "Warfare" released on Friday, and a further single to come – are collectively intended to firmly tie up any loose ends in the aftermath of Flesh & Bones. Vocalist Mikey Arthur sums up the three song release as being "a last chapter and an epilogue", with the artwork of each fittingly forming a larger picture, in the style of the Last Supper.
As chaotic and huge as "Violence" before it, "Warfare" comes with a greater sense of eeriness, as well as being hauntingly menacing. The presence of whispers are as unsettling as the song's bluntness, and the atmosphere is dark and crushing. It's at the chorus and its lead-up that there's a break in the storminess, and the moment comes across like a shining (yet still bleak) light, with rumbles of thunder threateningly remaining.
There's a cinematic quality to it all, with the viewer being led to a horrific climactic moment. With a peak in the sense of conflict, it's as if the expected "God abandoned me" mantra has been shed and replaced (at least for this song) with a bold show of power:
"No god is above me"
It's warfare indeed, where destruction knows no bounds, and where neither loyalty nor authority mean anything. There's potentially a lot going on with "Warfare" that goes over my head in terms of specifics to the unfolding storyline, but thunderous tones and plaintive strings all but promise a murderous end to come. A cacophonous breakdown and earth-shattering close acts as a firm committal to this imminent destruction.
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Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton profited from Ferrari's latest failure and won a dramatic Bahrain Grand Prix on Monday (NZ time).
Hamilton denied Charles Leclerc a first Formula One victory after the 21-year-old Monegasque experienced engine trouble in the dying stages.
The race finished behind the safety car deployed after both Renaults, driven by Daniel Ricciardo and German teammate Nico Hulkenberg, stopped on track.
"That was extremely unfortunate for Charles," said Hamilton as he crossed the line."He drove such a great race. We've got work to do to keep these guys off our tails.
Frenchman Pierre Gasly brought his Red Bull home in eighth ahead of Toro Rosso's Thai driver Alexander Albon - Brendon Hartley's replacement - and Mexican Sergio Perez, who rounded out the top 10 for Racing Point.


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Home > Programs > Energy Access and Equity > Clean Energy and Equity Highlights in the Bonding Bill
Clean Energy and Equity Highlights in the Bonding Bill
By Justin Fay | October 26, 2020
Governor Walz signs bonding bill. Photo by Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune.
This has been a year like no other in Minnesota politics. Since the 2020 legislative session ended in May, legislators have continued to convene once a month in special session to debate Minnesota's COVID-19 response and Governor Walz's use of emergency powers. Along the way, legislators have continued to debate items that were left unfinished at the end of the 2020 regular session.
The highest profile piece of unfinished business before the Legislature has been the Capital Investment/public works bill, commonly referred to as the "bonding bill." Finally, during the fifth special session of 2020 in early October, legislators secured a bipartisan deal to pass the 2020 bonding bill. Fresh Energy had four key recommendations for special session, one of which was prioritizing bonding investments in transit and affordable housing. We're pleased to see that the bonding bill that was passed and signed into law by Governor Walz on October 21, 2020, included these pieces.
Here are a few of the highlights:
$55 Million for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
After years of badly under-investing in public transit, this year's bonding bill finally includes meaningful investments in the next critical phase of bus rapid transit development. This appropriation will fully fund Metro Transit's B and D lines – both of which are high demand routes that also serve neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by both COVID-19 and unrest following the killing of George Floyd. The B Line will run along Lake Street and Marshall Avenue, connecting Minneapolis to Saint Paul's Union Depot. The D Line runs from Brooklyn Center through downtown Minneapolis to the Mall of America transit station. Finally, this appropriation will also support preliminary engineering work on the E Line, which will eventually run from the University of Minnesota campus to Southdale in Edina.
$116 Million for Affordable Housing
Minnesota's affordable housing crisis has been well documented in recent years, but – as with transit – consistently under-supported with public dollars. The inclusion of $116 million for housing in the bonding bill is a good start, with much more needed in coming years. Investing in solutions that help address homelessness and housing insecurity is a critical step toward confronting the economic and racial disparities that are so pervasive across Minnesota, and will help to empower Minnesotans that are among the most directly affected by the impacts of climate change. Importantly, access to quality affordable housing has significant climate benefits.
$2 Million for Electric Vehicle Charging
Electric vehicles are continuing to grow in popularity and auto makers continue to signal their commitments to expanding their electric vehicle fleets. As electric vehicle options expand, public agencies can reduce emissions and save taxpayer dollars by converting to clean, electric vehicle fleets. This appropriation to the Minnesota Department of Administration will support new charging infrastructure at state-owned facilities throughout Minnesota.
SB2030 Building Standard
In addition to the appropriations above, it's worth recognizing the inherent climate value of any bonding project. State law requires all projects that receive bonding dollars to be built to SB2030 standards. Developed at the University of Minnesota, SB2030 is a set of building performance standards that result in new buildings that are significantly more energy efficient – 70 percent more efficient than an average building for new construction between 2015-2020. In other words, every single building projects supported with bonding dollars – from gut renovations at the University of Minnesota to new civic centers in Greater Minnesota – is an above -average efficient building. When you consider that most buildings are intended to last for 50 years or longer, that's a huge impact on carbon emissions and makes public buildings significantly cheaper to operate – another win for Minnesota taxpayers!
While the 2020 bonding bill makes a number of worthwhile investments and lays the groundwork for more to come, there is simply a lot more that needs to be done. The bonding bill is among the state's most powerful tools for achieving both climate and equity outcomes, and those goals should be at the center of future bonding bills starting right away in 2021. In particular, Fresh Energy strongly believes that future bonding proposals should:
Significantly accelerate the buildout of public transitways, both in the Twin Cities and in communities across Minnesota. Transportation is now the leading source of carbon pollution in Minnesota, and clean, electric transit options will be the foundation upon which we confront this significant challenge – while also reducing the inequitable access to employment and basic services faced by many under-resourced and Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities in Minnesota.
Systematically leverage the state's purchasing power to drive climate solutions; opportunity abounds both when the state makes decisions about how to source and procure materials for infrastructure projects as well as during project design. Retrofitting an existing building? That's a great time to install electric vehicle charging stations. Building a new bridge? Let's source that steel as locally as possible to reduce emissions.
Continue to prioritize housing affordability, with even larger future infusions of bonding dollars along with design choices that improve the health and affordability of housing. There's no reason that public and/or affordable housing investments can't leverage the immense resources that already exist in Minnesota to incorporate extremely efficient building design that minimize or eliminate fossil fuel dependence – improving indoor air quality and health, and reducing the burden of utility bills.
Fresh Energy is your clean energy, clean recovery, and clean jobs champion at the State Capitol and is committed to partnering with stakeholders and public officials to ensure that climate and equity are at the center of future bonding bill negotiations. Investing in public infrastructure is among the most powerful tools at our disposal for driving equitable carbon reduction, and it is critical that we maximize every opportunity.
Published October 26, 2020 By Justin Fay
Categorized as Better Buildings, Energy Access and Equity, Energy Transition, Programs, Recent News, Uncategorized Tagged 2020 Legislative Session, 2020 Special Session, bonding, bonding bill, Governor Walz, Minnesota Legislature, minnseota, special session, Tim Walz, Walz
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Back-Roads Touring Company will be rebranding as Blue-Roads Touring Company in the coming weeks in North America. This small-group touring company is rebranding in order to create a brand that speaks to the American audience.
"We launched the new brand as way to dedicate greater attention to our North American customers and pave the way for further growth in this important market. As a U.K.-based company, we have long focused on the European side of the brand. But with increasing interest from travelers in North America and the opportunity to add new tour itineraries, we thought now is time to introduce a uniquely American brand," says Ed Pettitt, general manager of Blue-Roads Touring.
Blue-Road's Asian tours provide passengers with a broad mix experiences, from visiting ancient temples and ruins, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, to learning traditional Vietnamese cooking in Ninh Binh Province.
In addition to the rebrand, the company is launching its first Asian tours with trips to Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
The new Asian tours will complement the already existing tours across the U.K. and Europe. "Like our European tours, Blue-Road's Asian tours provide passengers with a broad mix experiences, from visiting ancient temples and ruins, to bathing with elephants in Thailand, to learning traditional Vietnamese cooking in Ninh Binh Province. As always, we also give travelers lots of free time to roam and explore," says says Pettitt.
While on a Blue-Roads Touring trip, guests can except their guide to take them beyond the typical tourist destinations to enjoy the local cultures, customs and flavors. Group sizes are maintained between 14 to 18 travelers, and guests travel in mini-coaches such as Mercedes-Benz Sprinsters while staying in properties like charming boutique hotels and majestic castles. "Our guests enjoy the best of solo travel—leisurely paced itineraries with later start times and lots of free time to roam and explore—coupled with the benefit of being in a group and spending time with people from different countries and backgrounds. But the best part is that our tour leaders customize each and every tour. And we always go that extra mile, whether making a detour to someone's ancestral homeland or leading a passenger to the gravesite of a relative killed in battle. Blue-Roads is about going off-the-beaten-track, meeting locals and creating memories to last a lifetime," adds Pettitt.
"As part of the rebrand, Blue-Roads is launching a website and has created new social channels and marketing collateral—all of which speaks to the North American traveler's unique needs and interests. As we continue our journey, we ask agents to stay tuned for more exciting announcements as we introduce new marketing materials, training opportunities, and product updates," says Pettitt.
For more information, visit backroadstouring.com or blueroadstouring.com.


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Description: Speckles is a happy and personable young cat who is looking for a home for the holidays! He is up-to-date on all his shots and is neutered and ready for adoption. Speckles is still growing with leaps and bounds. He is an absolute lover of people and attention, and when held he just melts in your arms and purrs without pause. He has an adaptive and confident personality and will play with toys, people, and especially with the other kittens in the shelter. He is especially fond of his sibling Gray Babe, with whom he shares a hutch. Because of this, Speckles and Gray Babe would really like to be adopted together. Speckles will most likely adapt to most homes, including one with children and or dogs. He is up to date on his vaccinations, neutered, and has been FIV/FeLuke tested.


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Calexico's Ureña's El Centro Appearance is Cut Short
Calexico City Council member Raul Ureña briefly speaks during public comments at the El Centro City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 1. He was put on the El Centro agenda by Mayor Cheryl Veigas Walker to address comments he made on May 5 regarding allegations of ongoing excessive force on the El Centro Police Department. | VIDEO CAPTURE
Richard Montenegro Brownon June 2, 2021
EL CENTRO — Raul Ureña's journey to the county seat was more like a trip to the lion's den when the controversial Calexico City Council member was invited to answer for his comments about excessive force among El Centro police officers.
As was expected, the experience ended badly for Ureña, who left the El Centro City Council meeting on Tuesday night, June 1 offended and upset that he was not given the opportunity to read all or part of his lengthy rebuttal clarifying yet continuing to double-down on his insistence that structural excessive force issues exist on the El Centro Police Department.
The freshman council member in Calexico seemed surprised that he was treated tersely and afforded only four and half minutes to speak during the public comments portion at the onset of the meeting, even with his stated intellectual disability that he told El Centro officials afforded him one and half times the standard allotted length to speak.
Public comments at El Centro City Council meetings are a standard two minutes each.
Calexico resident Ismael Arvizu comments during the El Centro City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 1 regarding excessive force as Calexico City Council member Raul Ureña (back of the room) looks on. | VIDEO CAPTURE
Clearly flustered, annoyed, and offended throughout the four and half minutes he was up at the lectern, as time ticked down, Ureña let his frustration crack his up-to-that-moment calm veneer.
"I just can't get over the fact these are the conditions of the discussion, I mean I can't even get to the first point here because it would take me five minutes to try to explain the data," he said. "When I got the invitation from yourself, Mayor Walker, you said you wanted to have a conversation in full transparency, in full transparency to promptly be here at 6 p.m.
"I'm promptly here at 6 p.m. and I'm being shown this disrespect of four minutes to try to squeeze in police brutality," he said as his time ran out, using much of the first part of the discussion on prefatory comments. "You know what, you did not want to have this conversation."
El Centro Mayor Cheryl Viegas Walker explained to all within earshot:
"Every member of the El Centro City Council had a meeting scheduled with Mr. Ureña that was cancelled. Every single one of us accepted the opportunity to have a full and transparent conversation and the meetings were cancelled," Walker said.
She added he was invited and put on the agenda during public comments to provide substantive information on the "tracking" he had done regarding instances of use of force, and she thanked him for providing the council with three instances.
What she didn't say at that point but had mentioned in an earlier interview with this newspaper is, Ureña, the Imperial Valley chapter of Black Lives Matter, the Imperial Valley Social Justice Committee, and the local office of the American Civil Liberties Union canceled the meetings because the city had wanted to include Police Chief Brian Johnson in on the meetings.
The parameters of Ureña's visit Tuesday were detailed in the letter that drew him there in the first place, which Walker sent to him and his fellow council members and the city clerk on Monday afternoon, May 24 in response to statements Ureña made during a Calexico City Council meeting on May 5 during a 20-minute discussion on state Senate Bill 2, a piece of legislation that would allow for the certification and decertification of police officers in the state if passed and signed into law.
During about 20 seconds during the tail end of the discussion May 5, Ureña made his now infamous statements about systemic police abuses that have occurred at the El Centro and Imperial police departments and the California Highway Patrol.
The statements evoked such swift and angry reaction from city and police officials in both cities that Imperial Mayor Karin Eugenio and Walker issued letters to the Calexico policymaker. Walker's letter came with the invitation for Ureña to bring forth proof of instances of abuse in what Ureña had said on May 5 was the last "five years," a time frame both departments denied vehemently.
Ureña himself told this newspaper that he misspoke on the timing, but in his 1,900-clarification/rebuttal, he redirects that ongoing abuses are an issue for the departments. This newspaper ran Ureña's entire response online several hours before Tuesday's meeting, and El Centro officials acknowledged they had received a copy as well.
Ureña's considerably shorter-then-planned appearance did not sit well with Ureña or those who accompanied him, including Hilton Smith of Black Lives Matter and Marlene Thomas, founder and president of the Social Justice Committee. Both spoke and both were summarily cut off after two minutes.
As a result, Ureña and the Social Justice Committee and Black Lives Matter were to stage a press conference on the steps of the Imperial County Courthouse in El Centro on Wednesday afternoon, June 2, as this newspaper was going to press.
There, Ureña was deliver the 1,900-word rebuttal he had planned for the council meeting. It wasn't clear if he also intended to show a PowerPoint presentation that El Centro City Attorney Elizabeth Martyn Evans told him he could not show during the meeting because it had not been vetted beforehand.
As Ureña's appearance was unfolding June 1, Imperial's mayor had seen the same response to the letters.
"I appreciate Urena's acknowledgment and appreciation contrasted to the other letters. However, accurate time frames are essential here. You cannot randomly select five-year increments when it's convenient. He listed deaths of individuals, but not the dates of those deaths," Eugenio said on Tuesday evening.
"That is the point! In the last five years, we hired a new chief of police, and have instituted many mitigating efforts to ensure we have a solid police department. The deaths he listed did not occur in the last five years. I, too, oppose police brutality and misconduct. But there's great power in truth and accuracy. Use it," she said.
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When Ureña's own city council meets in Calexico on Wednesday night, June 2, it is expected that similar to Tuesday night, there will be those with and against him. While the issue is not on the Calexico agenda, it was expected to be a topic of public comments.
In El Centro, two members of the public spoke on Ureña's side if not on his behalf, and a few others spoke out against his comments.
"Thanks to you, publicly, for following through on the appalling statements that would come from an elected official attacking the city, neighboring cities," Imperial resident Sylvia Preciado Platero said to the El Centro council, referring to a statement Ureña made to this newspaper about El Centro police being paid well when they helped Calexico police cover shifts when several officers were out with COVID late last year.
Calexico resident Patricia Ureña, no relation to Raul, commented that she wants to see him spend his time taking care of the concerns of Calexico residents rather than mix it up with other cities.
"We don't need to pit each other, we don't need to polarize each other, and if you are my little brother, I want you to work for my community and not polarize the rest of them," Patricia Ureña said.
Yet Raul Ureña was not without his support. Calexico resident Ismael Arvizu made the trip to El Centro, where he was frank with the city, telling the council that racism exists, police brutality exists, and the defensive posture the city has taken with Ureña is telling.
"This is what worries me, how defensive you guys are, how scared this conflict, this talk, this opinion" has you, Arvizu said. "I love police officers. I saw Chalo (Calexico Police Chief Gonzalo Gerardo) … when I was coming to El Centro and he said, hey, be careful … but the police is a system that comes from racism, they protect property, they protect profit.
"And the police obey the law, but sometimes they act like executioners. They kill," Arvizu shouted for emphasis, "when they're not supposed to kill."
Smith and Thomas both spoke briefly as well. Smith spoke of the systemic excessive force problems that exist in Imperial County, and Thomas grew frustrated as she believed the issue that had been blown out of proportion.
The issue was put to bed with more comments from the El Centro council and Chief Johnson, all of whom said many of the things they said at the previous council meeting, which was reported at length in a past story.
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Insulation is a term used to explain certain materials that prevent the passage of heat, electricity etc. between two areas that are relatively different in temperature.
Insulating your home will provide a barrier around it that will reduce the amount of heat that enters it. On a hot day, for instance, a concrete roof that is exposed to the extreme heat outside, without insulation, will begin to absorb it, thus making it hotter and hotter in little time. This heat, thus absorbed is then emitted into the building itself, making the temperature inside often quickly warm up to that outside. Because of the heat capacity of such roofs, the house will remain thus uncomfortably hot during the entire duration of the summer and even warm at night. Because heat always flows from a hotter area to a colder one, the opposite happens during the winter when the heat from inside the house is absorbed by the roof and released outside. This results in the home often being as cold as it is outside. All homes hence require insulation. Insulation acts as a shield around your house that traps the inside temperatures. It reduces the amount of heat gain during a warm day and the amount of heat loss during a cold one. It thus keeps the house cooler during summers and during winters, traps the heat within the insulation barrier, keeping the home warm. Insulation is hence significant to maintain a comfortable, temperature controlled living environment and reduces energy costs. It further protects against condensation and noise pollution and contributes to maximum home efficiency. A well-insulated home is very energy efficient and requires very less extra heating or cooling.
Insulation is again, especially significant to guard against the electric flow. Electricity is one of the most relied upon advances in the modern day but is also the most dangerous, if misused. This is why any item carrying electricity is designed to do so, with proper insulation. Such insulation prevents the flow of electric current between the different conductors, or the conductor and the ground. Conductors are usually metallic of which the most common ones are copper and aluminium, both excellent conductors of heat. Insulators must have the opposite properties of conductors and are hence, non-metallic, made from plastic, rubber etc.
It is also important to note that insulating materials are often materials that have been recycled like cellulose which is made from recycled newsprint, fibreglass made from recycled glass and mineral wool which is produced from post-industrial recycled content. So using insulation made from these materials is both beneficial for you and the earth.
Insulation is a type of material that is designed to prevent heat or sound from being transmitted from one place to another. It is used to keep heat and sound confined to inside the house or to a certain part of the house. There are many different kinds of insulation used for all sorts of applications. The most common type of insulation found are those materials with millions of tiny air pockets inside of them. Still-air is a great insulator and the trapped air in the insulating material help it gives its high thermal resistance.
There are different kinds of insulating materials as discussed below.
These are the most widely used insulating material available and come in the form of batts and rolls. It is made from flexible fibre, most commonly fibreglass. You can also find batts and rolls made up of other materials like mineral wool, plastic fibres and natural fibres like cotton, and sheep's wool. This material is used for unfinished walls, including foundation walls. Also used in floors and ceilings. They are relatively inexpensive. Batts and rolls having flame resistance and vapour barriers are also found.
Concrete blocks are the literal building blocks to a home, serving as its foundation. Since heat is readily transferred through the solid parts of the wall such as block webs and mortar joints, it is more effective to have insulation over the surface of the blocks either on the exterior or interior of the foundation walls. This also has the added benefit of containing the heat produced within so as to not affect indoor temperatures. Concrete block walls are usually insulated during new home construction or major renovation.
These are rigid panels of insulation that can be used anywhere in the home for insulation, right from the roof down to the foundation. They are great for external wall sheathing, internal basement wall sheathing and for special purposes like attic hatches. They offer higher thermal resistance with almost twice the resistance for same thickness compared to other materials. They also reduce heat conduction through structural elements like wood and steel. The most common foam board materials are polystyrene, polyisocyanurate (polyiso), and polyurethane.
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FILE - Adm. Brett Giroir holds a COVID-19 test swab.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Testing Chief Addresses COVID-19 Surge, Urges Caution: "We Can't Test Our Way Out of This"
UPDATED 12:11 PM ET Nov. 17, 2020 PUBLISHED 3:10 PM ET Nov. 16, 2020 PUBLISHED 3:10 PM EST Nov. 16, 2020
As the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations grows day by day, so too does the number of Americans getting tested for the virus, setting off long lines and possibly longer turnaround times, similar to issues seen over the summer.
The country's testing chief, Admiral Brett Giroir, addressed those issues with reporters Monday, also calling on Americans to keep following virus precautions.
"We cannot test our way out of this," said Adm. Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services and member of the White House coronavirus task force.
"We are now still in a critical and dangerous time. We have to double down on public health measures. And if we do, we can save thousands of lives and further societal disruption. We know what to do."
Giroir encouraged Americans to continue to practice the protocols many have gotten used to over the last several months, including physical distancing, avoiding crowds, wearing masks and good hygiene.
Adm. Giroir also addressed new reports of long lines for testing across the country,
"That's going to happen from time to time," Giroir said. "We are responding to any state who wants to have surge sites. Just in the last couple of months, we've been to 17 states in over 500 locations to do surge testing … We're aggressively helping states in any way that we can."
Last week, the American Clinical Laboratory Association, which represents most major labs across the U.S., signaled its members could soon be overwhelmed by the surge in testing.
"Member laboratories are experiencing a significant increase in the volume of COVID-19 test orders. Clinical labs are also facing delays or cancellations on orders for critical supplies, such as pipette tips," ACLA President Julie Khani said in a statement. "The surge in demand for testing will mean that some members could reach or exceed their current testing capacities in the coming days."
Giroir said he hasn't yet heard reports of delayed turnaround times.
"The CEOs of the major laboratories said right now they're in good shape and are able to handle their issues," Giroir said. "We will work with them like we work with everyone else on supplies. We have invested into pipette tips and all the suppliers across the chain."
Adm. Giroir also said the department continues to distribute millions of rapid COVID-19 tests, specifically to nursing homes, schools and universities.
As of last week, Giroir said HHS had sent out more than 50 million BinaxNOW tests and that the agency plans to send out another 8 million by the end of this week.


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GRI INTRODUCES ECO-FRIENDLY SOLID RUBBER TIRES
Tuesday, 02 June 2020 by Admin GRI IT
GRI's focus on innovation and advancement in research and development has led to its R&D team developing an Eco-Friendly version of its high-performance ULTIMATE XT solid tire. The GRI R&D team, in collaboration with a team of scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Colombo, has developed the ULTIMATE XT eco-friendly version by replacing petroleum-based oil with natural oil, which is carbon neutral and renewable.
The tire was developed to perform in all surface terrains and harsh working conditions. Test results have indicated that the replacement of petroleum oil with special, environmentally friendly oil has successfully resulted in the superior performance of the tire. The ULTIMATE XT has the capability to run on all surface conditions including, indoor, outdoor, low temperature, high temperature, wet and dry conditions. With this success, GRI will enhance its strategy of manufacturing high performance "Green" Solid Rubber Tires that result in reduced environmental pollution and increased efficiency.
The Premium Plus ULTIMATE XT solid tire is made from top-grade Sri Lankan rubber and engineered to exacting standards, featuring a modern tread design that delivers on low rolling resistance and high run time, thus ensuring longer tire life and conservation of energy.
"All strategic and tactical decisions made by GRI are weighed against its impact on the environment. GRI's policy is to drive sustainability along with developing Premium Specialty Tires. A key goal at GRI is to contribute to the world that is sustainable, and by doing so, GRI takes into consideration the well-being of not only the current global community but also the generations to come." Stated Dr. Mahesha Ranasoma, CEO GRI.
Our commitment to sustainability is found in every aspect of GRI. It is of utmost importance and enforced through green policies on raw material, production process, waste management and energy utilization. GRI's responsibility to sustainability is evident through our solar panel power system that covers the entire roof of our factory, utilization of biomass boilers and fully recyclable waste and water management systems. Our factory is a testament to the pioneering spirit and values embodied by everyone at GRI.
GRI is a leading producer of Specialty Tires from Sri Lanka with offices in 9 countries and sales in over 50 countries around the world. GRI produces high-performance Agriculture, Construction and Material Handling Tires.
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GRI is known in the specialty tire manufacturing industry for its agility and rapid responsiveness. GRI has been ahead of other companies in the industry facing the current COVID-19 situation as the top management has been very proactive and far-sighted.
The Sri Lanka government has taken rapid pre-emptive action to protect the island nation. GRI has also done the same to ensure the company continues operations and fulfils its customer's needs. The Sri Lanka government has granted special permission to export companies even under lock down conditions and declared the island's natural rubber industry as essential for the country.
GRI was quick to deploy remote working in its head office and continued limited operations in its factory with maximum health and safety precautions. "We developed a COVID-19 operating procedure well above that required by the World Health Organization (WHO) and our government, conducted prompt training and instilled a strong sense of responsibility with each employee." said Dr Mahesha Ranasoma, CEO of GRI.
"We produce high-performance Agriculture Tires as well as Material Handling Tires, which are essential to support the food and agriculture industry as well as the logistics industry. GRI is privileged to have this pivotal role in the world's food supply chain and are committed rise up to the needs of our customers, our country and our world." said Mr Prabhash Subasinghe, Managing Director of GRI.
The company produces GREEN EX bias and GREEN XLR radial agriculture tires. GRI has also been producing material handling solid tires for many years and has offices in nine countries with sales in over fifty countries. GRI's advanced new factory is the largest in Sri Lanka to produce specialty tires and the first to produce radial agriculture tires in the country.
GRI LAUNCHES NEW TIRE FOR LOADER APPLICATIONS
GRI launched the GRIPEX LT122, designed for heavy-duty loader applications., Its sturdy and robust nylon casing provides extraordinary impact and shock resistance for extensive tire life. The tread compound ensures resistance against wear and cuts, whilst the unique tread design enables higher traction for better productivity. The inter lug design of the GRIPEX LT122 is unique. The tire has unmatched puncture resistance and durability for less downtime in operations. This is of the utmost importance when overcoming obstacles on the ground, which expose the tire to the serious risks of puncture or casing deterioration.
The GRIPEX LT122 is currently available in size 14.9-24, with more sizes to be released soon. Also available in this tire range for loader applications, are the GRIPEX LT100 in size – 12.5/80-18 and GRIPEX LT300 in size – 9.00-16.
"To build great structures and roads requires vision and the equipment to bring them to life. Earthmovers, loaders and excavators, rely on their tires to provide the stability needed to perform effectively. At GRI, we aim to effectively deliver the high-performance construction tires that these machines depend on to move material." Stated Dr. Mahesha Ranasoma, CEO of GRI.
GRI ACQUIRES AXIS TYRES AUSTRALIA
GRI, a leading producer of Specialty Tires from Sri Lanka, has acquired Industrial Tire Specialist AXIS Tyres in Australia. The acquisition is focused on the forklift segment of AXIS Industrial Tyres Pty Ltd in Australia. It includes the four branches of AXIS in Altona and Braeside in Melbourne, the Sydney branch and the branch in Adelaide. GRI adds these four AXIS branches to its own branch in Brisbane, thereby strengthening its presence in industrial tires and service in Australia and creating a national footprint.
"This venture has further expanded GRI's global industrial tire service network and will achieve our goal of increasing distribution channels in Australia and getting closer to our customers at a national level. GRI will now be able offer our high-performance material handling tires to forklift companies and operators across Australia." Stated Prabhash Subasinghe, Managing Director of GRI.
AXIS Tyres, which is a subsidiary of Tradefaire International Pty Ltd was founded by Mr. James Saunders in 1992, and operates in many business segments including forklift tires, truck tires, agriculture tires and off-the-road tires. Its operations span over several locations in Australia.
"With a strong growth strategy at our core in all the segments that we operate in, GRI acquired AXIS Tyres to strengthen our reach in Australia. We were already established in Brisbane, offering superior tyres and service in that state. With this acquisition GRI is now able to offer this service excellence also in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide." Said Dr Mahesha Ranasoma, CEO of GRI.
GRI will elevate the level of service and the quality of tires that AXIS has been offering to its loyal customers across Australia. GRI will also work with other distribution and service partners to provide a compelling offering to all National Accounts.
GRI continues to grow not only in the Material Handling tire segment but also in Agriculture tires and Construction tires. Having built a strong reputation in Material Handling tires since 2002, GRI embarked to produce a compelling range of Agriculture and Construction tires in Sri Lanka. GRI built an advanced factory, with some of the best tire building machines and started production in April 2018. In just over 18 months GRI has launched over 200 new products from its Advanced Specialty Tire factory.


Junior Allyson Markiewicz will take over the top spot and appears ready after finishing sixth at the 4A West Regional meet and ninth at the state tournament, earning first-team All-Observer honors in the process. Markiewicz is also among the top junior players in the state, according to Whitney.
Junior Emily Stinson will also be key for the Knights, starting at No. 2 after scoring at both the regional and state meets last year.
"We are going to depend on Allyson and Emily to go and post great scores for us in every meet this year," Whitney said. "After that we will hope for a couple different girls to step up and play their best golf."
Senior Amanda Nguyen was also one of the team's top six golfers from last year.
Three freshmen also are capable of contributing, with Megan Cullip leading the pack. Cullip, who already has made noise on the junior circuit, should be among the Knights' top talents in a hurry. Brianna Frank and Haley Lubas, both freshmen, also will have a chance to be factors.
"We definitely have a lot of young players that we will depend on this year," Whitney said. "But I think all of these girls have a lot of talent."
Ardrey Kell will be favored win the Southwestern 4A again, with Myers Park - second in 2010 - in rebuilding mode, after losing four key seniors, while Providence High should be on the rise as its young talent has acquired the necessary experience.
Whitney knows a lot has to happen between now and November for the team to contend for state and regional titles; for now, however, they will take a step by step, "goal-oriented," approach, as always.
"We will set individual goals for each player and then specific goals for our team, like every year," said Whitney, who is in his fourth year as the head coach at Ardrey Kell.


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Analog components don't 'scale' as well as digital components, but integrating them into relatively mature 28 nm platforms will accelerate the connection of everything from watches, personal healthcare, and home appliances to automotive, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing, and industrial controls.
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Chips will continue to shrink, of course. We, along with other semiconductor companies, are continuing to push toward the next goal of 10 nm, but going beyond 10 nm will require the development of new technologies, materials, and manufacturing processes that are still being perfected.
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Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for.
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I don't know if anybody thought about how much impact the iPhone could have on society.
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To succeed in hockey, you need teamwork.
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I just took it one step at a time and let fate determine my destiny.
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When we started out, you could design a chip with a few guys in a basement.
You Design Started Out
Don't make career choices on short-term financial gain. Job satisfaction and career enjoyment are far more important.
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A team may have some great players, but typically, the team that works best together does the best. I look at running Broadcom in the same way. We have a culture where people have different skill sets, but they are happy to leverage their skills to help others and to help the company.
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For me, it's almost a 24/7 process. It's not like I only think when I'm in the office sitting at my desk.
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I'm a perfectionist. And that's served me very well in my career. It allows me to handle these large, complex problems without letting things fall through the cracks... That is the mentality you have to have to attack these complex problems of chip design, for example, when you're overwhelmed with complexity.
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The big advancement in our BCM7445 home gateway chip is that it uses the next-generation compression technology called HEVC - High-Efficiency Video Coding.
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You're not going to see a wholesale switch over to all 4K by 2K. It will start with one, two, three, four channels, just like high definition (HD) when it was first introduced.
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In the 2015 time frame, you'll probably see more mainstream adoption of set-top box technology using UltraHD. We'll start shipping it in 2014, but the volume will take off in probably 2015.
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We're seeing a lot of major companies as well as startups coming up with smartwatches that replicate a lot of the functionality you might have in your smartphone. Will it be as big a market as smartphones? Probably not, but it still can be a very substantial market.
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Anytime you put a challenge out there, people come up with a creative solution on the software side.
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Advance Auto Parts Appoints Todd Greener Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
ROANOKE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 2, 2015-- Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installer and do-it-yourself customers, today announced that Todd Greener has been appointed Senior Vice President, Supply Chain. Mr. Greener will lead the Company's Supply Chain function in its efforts to support Advance's stores and customers. Mr. Greener will be instrumental in executing Advance's system-wide supply chain integration and transportation strategy. Mr. Greener will report to Charles Tyson, Executive Vice President, Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain, and will be based in Raleigh, NC.
"I am excited to welcome Todd to the Advance team as we work to provide superior availability to our stores and customers," said Tyson. "Todd has over 20 years of experience in operational excellence with progressive global experience driving significant operational and sustainable strategic improvements across several fast-paced consumer and industrial markets."
Mr. Greener spent over 20 years at General Electric Company, most recently serving as General Manager, Appliance Distribution Operations within GE Appliances. He also held leadership positions within GE Transportation, GE Lighting, and GE Corporate Audit Staff. Mr. Greener holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, IN.
About Advance Auto Parts
Headquartered in Roanoke, Va., Advance Auto Parts, Inc., the largest automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serves both the professional installer and do-it-yourself customers. As of January 3, 2015 Advance operated 5,261 stores and 111 Worldpac branches and served approximately 1,325 independently-owned Carquest branded stores in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada. Advance employs approximately 73,000 Team Members. Additional information about the Company, employment opportunities, customer services, and on-line shopping for parts, accessories and other offerings can be found on the Company's website at www.AdvanceAutoParts.com.


Using your choice of vegetables like snow peas, eggplant, peppers, mushrooms, celery, or even water chestnuts, you can make this delicious and saucy gluten free cashew chicken. Add some peppers or other ingredients for some heat or omit completely. It's absolutely delicious and flavorful either way.
Depending on your diet, you can make this recipe a number of different ways. To avoid that, is very little oil in frying the chicken or even boil pieces. If you want to go full fat, use the phone out of oil for frying and definitely coat the chicken and corn starch, which will absorb more oil. You can also omit the sauce completely.
You'll notice that in the more simpler version I made the thick sauce using cornstarch, but only use chopped water chestnuts and green beans.
Soy free? No problem. Use Braggs coconut amino's, or another brand, instead of soy sauce.
Low carb? Omit the rice or noodles.
A simple and easy to make gluten free cashew chicken recipe that combines chicken (either white or dark) with cashews in a thick sauce made from chicken broth.
If you prefer roasted cashews, fry them in an unoiled skillet over medium-high heat, stirring often until roasted, about 5 minutes. Remove from the skillet; set aside.
Dredge the chicken pieces using only 2 tablespoons cornstarch; transfer to a plate.
Preheat a 12-inch skillet with oil. Fry chicken until golden brown and the outside of the chicken is no longer pink, about 6 minutes.
Add the vegetables and fry, stirring often, until vegetables are a little crisp but slightly tender.
In a 2-cup measuring cup or bowl, add water, tamari/soy sauce, hoisin sauce, chicken base, vinegar, and chilis (or chili oil or cayenne) if using. Bring to a boil, stir, and simmer for 5 minutes.
For a thick sauce, bring back to a boil while combining 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water. Once the sauce boils again, stir in the cornstarch mixture/slurry. If desired to coat cashews in sauce, stir them in now. If not hold them for garnish.
Serve over rice or gluten free noodles. Garnish with chives or green onion. If not already added, also garnish with whole, chopped, or crushed cashews, either roasted or not. You can also sprinkle with sesame seeds roasted in a skillet or not. Top with sliced green onion or long strips of chives, as I did.
*This dish is traditionally made with oyster sauce, but since I didn't have any on hand I used fish sauce since it is also salty. Fish sauce did not impart a fish flavor in this dish.
For a lower-calorie version, do not coat chicken in cornstarch.


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Media Release - Opal fares from 6 July 2020 - 19 June 2020
In February this year, IPART finished its review of Opal fares for public transport. The NSW Government has now released its decision on our recommendations.
We decided at that time that the Government could increase fares by an average of 5% per year over the next four years.
We suggested these increases be offset by expanding off peak discounts and broadening the availability of concession fares to Commonwealth health care card holders.
This determination was made in the context of strong growth in the use of public transport. Also, fares were not keeping up with the substantial costs of new investment in transport services.
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed the situation. People are being encouraged to work from home and the community to limit travel on public transport to essential journeys.
The public is also being encouraged to consider alternatives including walking and cycling. This requires a different approach not contemplated by us or the people we consulted with through the review. We think it is appropriate that the NSW Government takes the current circumstances into account when considering what fares to set.
IPART proposed the increases be offset by introducing off-peak fares on bus and light rail to assist with dealing with crowding at peak times. This is especially important now.
We also recommended that the NSW Government provide discounted fares to NSW residents who hold a current commonwealth health care card. This would make it easier for people who have lost their jobs to access essential transport services.


Titertek-Berthold is specialized in the development, manufacturing and distribution of high performance instruments for the Life Science laboratory. We provide high-quality, reliable and easy-to-use instruments for worldwide biomedical, pharmaceutical, biotechnological and fundamental research communities.
Titertek-Berthold has its roots in two renowned, powerful companies: Titertek Instruments Inc. and Berthold Detection Systems GmbH.
Titertek became famous for the precision, microliter-range liquid handling products. Berthold Detection Systems established the most complete range of luminometers for single sample formats and microplates. The new combined company has powerful resources in all areas, from product development, world-class manufacturing to worldwide customer support.
The Crocodile miniWorkstation sets a new standard for ELISA automation. Our Colibri Microvolume Spectrometer combines best detection technology with an outstanding user interface.
Quality management is top priority in the company: The EN ISO 9001 certification has been held since 1998.
In addition, the company was awarded the EN ISO 13485 certification, qualifying the company as a dependable supplier to medical diagnostics markets.


You must begin with a topic question. If your instructor has assigned an essay question to answer, this step has been done for you. If you are doing a research paper, take time to come up with a good topic question.
You must form an opinion and state it clearly. Do not be wishy-washy.
Be sure you have approached your evidence fairly, without bias.
Consider both sides of a controversial issue.
Once you've established the topic question, a clear position, and objectivity, you're ready to write a thesis statement.
Presents your opinions or thoughts on a subject or an issue. You cannot write an essay without one.
Must contain a subject + an opinion.
Answers the topic question (the one you created or the one presented to you by the instructor).
TIP: A thesis statement should never contain the following: in my opinion, I think, I believe, etc. Tell them that the entire thesis represents what they believe. However, it may be helpful for students to begin their thesis statement rough draft with in my opinion, I believe, or I think to make sure they are expressing their thoughts or opinion on a specific subject or issue. When writing the final draft, simply eliminate those phrases.
A good thesis statement is short and simple: it should be no longer than one sentence, regardless of essay length.
Good Example: Success is a result of doing the right things consistently.
Bad Example: In a world full of success gurus and books about success, it becomes ever so more important to delineate the one trait that ultimately determines success: doing the right things consistently.
A good thesis statement is limited to one main idea.
Good example: The key to successful dieting is focusing on a specific goal.
Bad example: The key to successful dieting is focusing on a specific goal, which is also the key to successfully running a business and coaching a football team.
Good example: Lebron James' ability to score, pass, and rebound make him the league's most valuable player.
Bad example: Does Lebron James' ability to score, pass, and rebound make him the league's most valuable player?
Bad Example: Lebron James' ability to score, pass, and rebound just might make him the league's most valuable player.
Write several trial statements: writing is a process. Teach your students to revise their work.
If you're having trouble deciding which side to take on a controversial issue, write your thesis statement from two different points of view. Then decide which one better represents your opinion. If you still can't decide, list facts on both sides of the issue and decide which facts make a more persuasive argument.
Have you answered the question or merely restated it? The following examples are based on this question: Does Romeo's prior feelings for Rosaline diminish the credibility of his love for Juliet?
Good example: Romeo's prior feelings for Rosaline diminish the credibility of his love for Juliet.
Bad example: This essay examines whether or not Romeo's prior feelings for Rosaline diminish his love for Juliet.
Have you tried to argue both sides of the case? It is important to acknowledge the other side and address the other position. That does not, however, excuse you from choosing a side.
Good example: Juliet was not the first woman to capture Romeo's fancy; she was, however, the one who affected him the most.
Bad example: Romeo loved Juliet with all his heart, but he loved Rosaline too. It could be argued they were both his favorite.
Have you prejudged the issue by using loaded language? Immature writers manipulate readers through emotionally-charged language.
Bad example: Immature, whiny, male-pig Romeo, a male harlot, ruined precious Juliet whom he loved no more than Rosaline.
The following activities will help reinforce the concept.
Read the thesis statements anonymously. The ones that do not qualify get tossed in the garbage can (visualizing what happens to writing is powerful). Give students a chance to rewrite until they get it right.
Write random topics on the board and have groups of students brainstorm good ones.
Make the thesis statements part of a writing challenge.
Require that students get thesis statements approved before writing an essay.
Click here for a complete 1st semester curriculum map for language arts with lesson plans and links.
Fun Lesson Plans for Reading and Language Arts: Use White Boards to Ignite Student Participation.


On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, in Sacramento, CA, the Learning Policy Institute released the report, Building an Early Learning System that Works: Next Steps for California, and facilitated a timely discussion between state policymakers and local ECE stakeholders expoloring the challenges California's complex ECE system and made recommendations for policymakers to improve the system.
Experts at this Congressional briefing discussed the ways state departments of education and school districts are implementing social-emotional learning policies and best practices. Hosted by CASEL, Committee for Children, and the Learning Policy Institute, and sponsored by Representative Tim Ryan (OH) and Senator Chris Murphy (CT)—the briefing featured speakers Joan Cole Duffell, Executive Director of Committee for Children; Roger Weissberg, Chief Knowledge Officer of CASEL; Maisha Riddlesprigger, Principal, DC Public Schools; Traci Davis, Superintendent of Washoe County School District, Nevada; Beth Herman, Safe Schools Healthy Students, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction; and Hanna Melnick, Research and Policy Associate, Learning Policy Institute.
Watch a recording of this forum, at which new data on the extent, nature, and cost of teacher turnover was presented and recommendations offered for addressing the issue, including evidence-based policies at the federal, state, and local levels to create a strong pipeline into the profession and provide ongoing support to increase retention.
Event Video: Does Investing in Teacher Professional Development Make a Difference?
This event included a presentation of findings from an LPI review of research on professional development to advance student learning. It also featured a discussion by practitioners and policymakers on how federal, state, and local policy and resources can help support the implementation of high-quality professional learning opportunities for teachers.
The High-Quality Early Learning Project | In this collection of videos, pre-k teacher Yvonne Smith explains how she supports young children to be thinkers and questioners through active experiences, interdisciplinary connections, and responsiveness to children's diverse backgrounds, interests, and abilities. For more information on the High-Quality Early Learning Project, visit highqualityearlylearning.org.


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Merry Christmas from all your pals at Maker Media!
Gareth Branwyn
Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and "lazy man's memoir," called Borg Like Me.
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December 23, 2009, 8:35 pm PST
Who's excited about Santa? It won't be long now before some imposing stranger with gin blossoms, in a garish flaming-red suit, who's been spying on your children all year, sneaks into your house to wolf down milk and cookies and feed your produce to his coterie of flying woodland creatures. I know I'm stoked!
But, seriously. We wanted to take this opportunity to wish each and every one of you a very happy, fun-filled, and hands-on holiday. (And if you manage to steal some time away from the festivities to make something, tell us about it, and share pics in the MAKE Flickr pool.)
I have a friend who uses the word "gift," like "awesome" or "cool," whenever she's seriously impressed or moved by something. When I think about what we do here at MAKE and CRAFT, the people we get to collaborate with directly, the wider maker community, and everyone who makes what we do possible (not to mention infinitely enjoyable and inspiring), I can't think of a more perfect exclamation, and one that's entirely appropriate to the day:
Above image of John Park's Mystery Box.


By She Leads Africa magazine — AFRICA's newest female President, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, has stressed the need for Africa to invest in young people, if Africa was to become a knowledge-based continent.
The PhD Programme is a PEI and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation initiative in partnership with the African Academy of Sciences.
President Gurib-Fakim said the programme was about offering "a new and exciting opportunity for Mauritian researchers." It is also to take a further step towards "Africa taking its rightful place as a leader in global science race," she said.
Starting with Mauritius as a laboratory the programme is expected to scale up across Africa to support young entrepreneurs as well as the development of research critical to the future of Africa.
I have come here with science technology agenda…an agenda to promote entrepreneurship…to promote think tanks.
Mrs Gurib-Fakim became Africa's newest female Head of State in June 2015. She is the 6th ceremonial head of state of the Republic of Mauritius and the first woman to hold the office in the Indian Ocean island nation.
The President said: "There was no way any government will be able to produce that many jobs." Her agenda therefore, was to push for youth entrepreneurship in agriculture and science among others.
When ask why Africa in 2016 is still struggling with the idea of elected women leaders President Gurib-Fakim talked about what should be the priority for women who find themselves in the highest office.
President Gurib-Fakim heads one of the richest and least corrupt nations in Africa. Her challenge will be how to use her expertise in science to better the lives of the people of Mauritius.
President Gurib-Fakim was the Managing Director of Centre for Phytotherapy Research, which researches into plants for use in cosmetics, nutrition and therapy. As a scientist, her focus has been on research to produce safe plant-based medicines to combat common ailment like diarrhea and infectious diseases.
The University of Exeter and University of Surrey alumni was chair of organic chemistry at University of Mauritius.
She was the former pro vice chancellor of University of Mauritius and has worn many accolades. She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 2007. And she also received the L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Award for Africa. In 2013, she was elected Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.


Pastels are having a major moment this fall – especially shades of pale lavender and lilac! Today we're getting even more gorgeous pastel inspiration with these wedding invitations from Lauren at Darling + Pearl Letterpress. I'm especially in love with the lavender script text and pastel-colored marbled envelope liners!
From Lauren: These invitations were originally created for The Big Fake Wedding in Philadelphia. The inspiration for these invitations was a mood board created by Ashley Buzzy Lettering and Press: a whimsical and dream-like scene with an array of pastel colors. It was really interesting working with visual inspiration that was not at all paper related. This process was much more organic and more about the feel and emotion of the event. Working through the design from that avenue was so enjoyable!
This entire suite was letterpress printed. The invitation and response cards were printed in lavender ink on double thick cotton stock. The website card was printed in silver on bright plum paper and set into a tiny vellum envelope along with silver confetti and sealed with some silver crackle washi tape. The light kraft envelopes were lined in beautiful pastel handmade marble paper that really tied the entire suite together. The warm gray response envelope added to the depth of the entire design.
I enjoy finding typefaces that complement each other and – every once in a while – I like the idea of letting the script take the "back seat" and handle the body text while the serif handles the name text. It's a less traditional concept, but the aesthetic totally stands out.


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July 18, 2019 at 3:02 pm / Official Instrumental, Throwback Thursdays
Throwback Thursdays: Jay-Z – Hovi Baby (Instrumental) (Prod. By Just Blaze)
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Throwback Thursdays: Nas – Black Republicans (Instrumental) (Prod. By Wyldfyer & L.E.S.)
December 20, 2018 at 7:40 pm / Official Instrumental, Throwback Thursdays
Throwback: Jay-Z – Who You Wit (Instrumental) (Prod. By Ski Beatz)
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Beyonce & Jay-Z – Friends (Instrumental) (Prod. By Jahaan Sweet, Sevn Thomas & Boi-1da)
July 14, 2018 at 5:52 pm / Hip Hop Instrumentals, Official Instrumental
Drake – Scorpion (Instrumentals)
July 3, 2018 at 12:06 am / Album Instrumentals
Tracklist: A-Side: Drake – Survival (Instrumental) (Prod. By Noah "40" Shebib & NO I.D. Drake – Nonstop (Instrumental) (Prod. By Noel Cadastre, No I.D. & Tay Keith) Drake – Elevate (Instrumental) Drake – Emotionless (Instrumental) Drake – God's Plan (Instrumental) (Prod. By Cardo, Yung Exclusive & Boi-1da) Drake – I'm Upset (Instrumental) (Prod. By Oogie Mane) Drake – 8 Out of 10 (Instrumental) (Prod. By OB O'Brien, Boi-1da & Jahaan Sweet) Drake – Mob Ties (Instrumental) (Prod. By Boi-1da & […]
Beyonce and Jay-Z – Heard About Us (Instrumental) (Prod. By Illmind, Jahaan Sweet, Vinylz & Boi-1da)
June 22, 2018 at 3:05 pm / Hip Hop Instrumentals, Official Instrumental
DJ Khaled – Top Off (Instrumental) (Prod. By Beyoncé, Joe Zarillo & DJ Khaled)
March 29, 2018 at 3:40 pm / Hip Hop Instrumentals, Original Instrumentals
Jay-Z – Family Feud (Instrumental)
January 17, 2018 at 3:03 pm / Hip Hop Instrumentals
Throwback Thursdays: Freeway – What We Do (Instrumental) (Prod. By Just Blaze)
Jay-Z – The Story of OJ (Instrumental)
July 21, 2017 at 9:49 pm / Rap Instrumentals
Throwback Thursdays: Jay-Z – Roc Boys (And The Winner Is..) (Instrumental) (Prod. By The Hitmen)
January 26, 2017 at 3:07 pm / Official Instrumental, Throwback Thursdays
Throwback Thursdays: Jay-Z – Imaginary Player (Instrumental) (Prod. By Prestige)
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Throwback: Beyonce – Upgrade U (Instrumental) (Prod. By Swizz Beatz)
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* we start documenting things as much as possible, including screenshots, brief videos, audio examples, and didactic um sampleprojects. Obviously having good documentation is essential.
* we document things as much as possible, including screenshots, brief videos, audio examples, and didactic um sampleprojects. Obviously having good documentation is essential. chuckdoc.
* make examples, maybe dedicating a page for each, and also make a separate page to list the examples.
* start supporting the user base, which should be giving us feedback to help improve the system/interface etc.


The Santanella is a prestigious wine of the Mandrarossa winery. It comes from soft hills on the Arancio Lake with clay soils that give fragrance and a mineral taste to the wine. The soil is located at Santannella area in Melfi in the Agrigento province. The wine is made by 70% of Fiano and a 30% of Chenin blanc. It is certified Bianco Terre Siciliane IGT. The profit is 85 quintal per hectare and the density are 4500 trees per hectare. The soil is located at 200-350 meters above the sea level. The exposition is south, south-east which is the perfect position to follow the sun.
There is a first step of cryomaceration at 5-8°C. It follows the fermentation in steel at 16°C. Finally, the maturation in barrels and the final aging period of 4 months in bottle.
Characteristics of the white Fiano - Chenin Blanc "Santannella"
It has a very charged yellow color with gold reflections. The smell is intense with ripe fruits aromas together with dry fruits such as almonds and nuts. The taste is full, with a fresh and pleasant mineral aroma.
The Santannella of Mandrarossa is ideal to be matched with aged cheeses, white meats and grilled vegetables.
It can be aged up to 5 years. It must be served at 12°C in a high and wide wine glass.


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Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa
Author: Christian Lund, Roskilde Universitetscenter, Denmark
Access to land and property is vital to people's livelihoods in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas in Africa. People exert tremendous energy and imagination to have land claims recognized as rights with a variety of political, administrative, and legal institutions. This book is dedicated to a detailed analysis of how public authority and the state are formed through debates and struggles over property in the Upper East Region of Ghana. While scarcity may indeed promote exclusivity, the evidence from this book shows that when there are many institutions competing for the right to authorize claims to land, the result of an effort to unify and clarify the law is to intensify competition among them and weaken their legitimacy. The book particularly explores how state divestiture of land in 1979 encouraged competition between customary authorities and how the institution of the earthpriest was revived. Such processes are key to understanding property and authority in Africa.
Brief, yet comprehensive
Richly referenced
New approach: processes of state formation in small institutions, not as macro phenomenon
"Through an exceptionally rich collection of micro-histories of conflict over land and local politics in northeastern Ghana, Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property offers fresh insights into the complex interplay between struggles over land, legal pluralism, and the constitution of public authority in postcolonial Africa. Combining lively narratives with thoughtful commentary on analytical and policy debates in several disciplines, Lund's study speaks effectively to a wide audience of scholars, students and practitioners."
Sara Berry, Johns Hopkins University
"Lund's subtle and closely-observed studies of small property disputes add up to a big study of politics and the state. A strikingly original contribution to our knowledge of state-formation and political conflict in the context of legal pluralism. Alive with illuminating detail and analytical insight."
James C. Scott, Yale University
"Anyone seriously interested in the local struggles produced by land shortage in Africa should read this book. It is a dynamic study of recent political affairs in the Upper East Region of Ghana and the framing ideas that have shaped both the political discussions on the ground and Lund's analyzes of them."
Sally Falk Moore, Harvard University
"This is a major contribution to the anthropology of politics in Africa. It represents a new anthropology of public space and is indispensable to those interested in studying the state, land, and property in Africa. The book offers a subtle, innovative, and stimulating new reading of the primary contributions within legal anthropology and the anthropology of development. The analysis of local politics and land conflicts illuminates the social, institutional, and symbolic construction of property and public authority. Lund's work is outstanding."
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Marseille, and LASDEL, Niamey.
1. Local politics and the dynamics of property: an introduction
2. 'This situation is incongruous in the extreme': the history of land policies in the Upper Regions of Ghana
3. Who owns Bolgatanga? The revival of the earthpriest and emerging tensions over property
4. Seizing opportunities: chieftaincy, land and local administration
5. Settled facts or facts to settle?: land conflicts under institutional uncertainty
6. 'Bakwu is still volatile': ethno-political conflict and state recognition
7. The rent of non-enforcement: access to forest resources
8. Small dams and fluid tenure
9. Conclusion.
Christian Lund, Roskilde Universitetscenter, Denmark
Christian Lund has worked on issues concerning land and politics in West Africa for almost twenty years. He is the author of Law, Power, and Politics in Niger: Land Struggles and the Rural Code (1998) and the editor and coeditor, respectively, of Twilight Institutions: Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa (2007) and Negotiating Property in Africa (2002). In addition, he has published in Africa, Development and Change, the Journal of Modern African Studies, and World Development. Lund is a member of the Social Science Research Council in Denmark and director of the Graduate School in International Development Studies at Roskilde University. Lund was also editor of the European Journal of Development Research from 2000 to 2004.
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Huge congratulations to Caroline O'Dowd and her family on the birth of her beautiful baby girl, Cara.
Thank you to all the parents who attended the Class Meetings so far this year. Remaining class meeting notes will be sent out by email and updated on to the website.
Outstanding school tours and classroom requisites payments should be made immediately. Please go to the school website (www.rmds.ie) and return classroom requisites and school tours payments via the Easy Payment system as soon as possible. Click on the Contact cloud and scroll down to Online Payments. Thanks to all those who have paid already. Junior Infants and all new pupils have already paid this bill in full. Any queries, contact the office. Voluntary contributions can also be paid online.
Class photos will be taken next Thursday, 27th September. Further details will follow regarding the purchasing of the photos.
The Board will be sending out info on Voluntary Contributions in the coming weeks. VCs are vital in order to run the school – please keep an eye out for the letter!
Yoga and French did not go ahead this term due to insufficient numbers, all other ECA classes begin this week.
As you know, RMDS has a lovely hall… and it's just become available to rent on Wednesday and Friday evenings, all day on a Sunday, and there is limited availability for Saturdays! Contact Maurice Devitt - hallrental@rmds.ie for info.