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A Russian military plane heading to Syria crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday, with no sign of survivors among the 92 on board, including Red Army Choir members on their way to celebrate the New Year with troops.
The Tu-154 plane went down shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refuelling, defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing broadcast on the ministry's web site.
It disappeared from radar just two minutes after it took off at 5:25am (0225 GMT).
The ministry told agencies there was no sign of any survivors at the crash site and that 10 bodies had been recovered off the coast of the resort city of Sochi, as authorities pledged to dispatch more than 100 divers to aid in the search.
'Fragments of the Tu-154 plane of the Russian defence ministry were found 1.5 kilometres from the Black Sea coast of the city of Sochi at a depth of 50 to 70 metres,' the ministry said.
President Vladimir Putin told state television that Russia will observe a national day of mourning on Monday.
Authorities have not put forward any possible causes of the crash.
A number of unnamed sources have provided news agencies with conflicting theories about the crash, but terrorism has so far not been invoked as a possible cause.
There were also eight crew members, the ministry said.
A list of passengers published by the defence ministry also included Elizaveta Glinka, a doctor and charity worker who serves on the Kremlin human rights council.
Mikhail Fedotov, who heads the council, said Glinka was travelling to Syria to bring medication to a university hospital in the coastal city of Latakia near the air base, agencies reported.
Assad, as well as German chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim and the US Embassy in Moscow, expressed condolences over the crash.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin was being kept updated on the search operation and was in constant contact with defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
Konashenkov said that deputy defence minister Pavel Popov had flown to Adler along with a team tasked with clarifying the circumstances surrounding the crash.
He later added that 32 ships, 80 divers, five helicopters and drones had been dispatched to the area to take part in the search operation.
Transport minister Maxim Sokolov, who is heading a state commission probing the crash, arrived in Sochi on Sunday evening, his ministry said, adding that the bodies recovered from the crash site would be sent to Moscow for identification.
Konashenkov said that the aircraft had been in service since 1983 and had flown some 7,000 hours since. The plane last underwent repairs in December 2014 and was serviced in September, he said.
Russia's Investigative Committee said a criminal probe had been launched to determine whether violations of air transportation safety had led to the crash.
Investigators are currently questioning the technical personnel responsible for preparing the plane for take-off, the committee said.
Tu-154 aircraft have been involved in a number of accidents in the past.
In April 2010 many high-ranking Polish officials, including then president Lech Kaczynski, were killed when a Tu-154 airliner went down in thick fog while approaching Smolensk airport in western Russia.
Moscow has been conducting a bombing campaign in Syria in support of Assad since September 2015 and has taken steps to boost its presence in the country.
In October, Putin approved a law ratifying Moscow's deal with Damascus to deploy its forces in the country indefinitely, firming up Russia's long-term presence in Syria.
Russian warplanes have flown out of the Hmeimim base to conduct air strikes, and the base is also home to an S-400 air defence system.


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Javelinas confident heading to regional baseball tourney
George Vondracek
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Surviving 35 baseball games in the rugged Lone Star Conference may not dent the psyche of some people.
Jason Gonzales, Texas A&M-Kingsville's eighth-year coach, isn't one of those people, especially now that the Javelinas head to the NCAA Division II South Central Region tournament and could be facing two conference teams as well as three other top teams in the country.
'You just got through the Lone Star Conference and that's been a dogfight and it's been a grind. Anytime three of the six teams come from your conference you know you're going to be weathered a little bit,' Gonzales said. 'And we have been weathered. We've been beaten up and we've beaten up on a few teams.'
The fifth-seeded Javelinas (34-17) open the double-elimination tournament in Grand Junction, Colorado, against second-seeded and longtime foe St. Edward's on Thursday. The regional, A&M-Kingsville's first since 2014, will be held at the 10,000-seat Suplizio Field, home diamond for top-seeded Colorado Mesa.
'Again, going through the grind of a 35-game conference schedule and having a chance to win the Lone Star Conference championship on the last day of the season, I don't think you have any choice but to go in being confident and knowing that you've been through some battles and your team has weathered a few storms,' Gonzales said. 'So again I think we're where we need to be at this point in time.'
That confidence could have been shaken considering fifth-seeded A&M-Kingsville lost its final regular-season game at West Texas A&M and a shot at its third consecutive regular-season LSC title. The Javelinas then were two-and-out at the LSC tournament, losing to the Buffaloes and Angelo State, both of which earned regional invites.
Yet A&M-Kingsville went 5-2 in the regular season against fourth-seeded and LSC tourney champ West Texas, 4-3 against No. 3 and regular-season LSC champ Angelo State and split two games with second-seeded St. Edward's.
'We told them going into the conference tournament we were 0-0 and we told them the same thing just a couple days ago. We're going to a regional tournament and we're 0-0 and we're very confident,' said Gonzales, who has led A&M-Kingsville to the regional for the fourth time in the previous five seasons. 'This is a very confident team. We've beat three of the other five teams that are here so we think we match up well. It's a great venue to be in and we've got some guys that've had some success in the past here so we think we're bringing some experience into this tournament so we're not concerned. We're ready to get after it.'
The Javelinas do so with six first-team LSC picks — utility player Hayden Vesely, first baseman and Calallen-ex Jimmy Roche, third baseman Ruben Almaguer, catcher Christian Caudle and outfielders Pablo Hernandez and Dalton Perry — as well as left-hander Preston Plovanich, the conference's Freshman of the Year.
Plovanich (7-2) will get the start against the 43-10 Hilltoppers, who beat the Javelinas 14-1 at Nolan Ryan Field in early April but lost in Austin 9-6 two weeks later. Vesely (4-2, two saves), who has played eight different positions in his two seasons with A&M-Kingsville, is the likely starter in the second game of the double-elimination tournament.
Perry leads the Javelinas with a .389 batting average, 16 doubles — he is tied with Vesely in that category — and a .681 slugging percentage. Caudle (.316, 23 runs batted in), Vesely (.315, six triples, six home runs, 45 RBIs), Roche (.314, five homers) and Hunter Perkins (.309) are A&M-Kingsville's top hitters. Hernandez has a .306 average with a team-best eight homers.
Gonzales is hoping confidence and experience wins out against the numbers because A&M-Kingsville enters the regional last among the six teams in hitting (.292) and earned-run average (4.75). Sixth-seeded Lubbock Christian has the best team batting average (.333) while the Hilltoppers take their staff ERA of 2.45 against the Javelinas.
'By no means are we overconfident but at the same time I've told these guys that they're here because they belong,' Gonzales said. 'Up until last week they were the No. 2-seeded team in the region most of the year and they're not here because of what they did or what they didn't do in a conference tournament. They're here because of what they did for a four-month body of work.
'So they're prepared, they're weathered, they've been through it all,' he said. 'Again it's new life, it's an exciting time.'
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Estonia is one of the 43 countries of the IDF EUR region. 425 million people have diabetes in the world and more than 58 million people in the EUR Region; by 2045 this will rise to 66.7 million. There were 55.300 cases of diabetes in Estonia in 2017.


Why should one use the watch winder?
How does watch winder work?
How can the watch winder prolong the life of my watch?
How long can this device function when powered by batteries?
Is it necessary to remove the batteries when the device is powered from the mains?
Would it be possible to wind all automatic watches using the winders that you offer?
What is the maximum watch mass for using the watch winder?
What is the maximum width of the watch band that can still be used in the device?
Is it possible that the automatic watch winder could "overwind" my watch?
Watch winder is a device with an electrical motor which will automatically wind your watch when you are not wearing it. It will maintain your watch in working condition so that it is ready for use at any moment.
On top of that, the watch winder provides a uniform distribution of oil inside the watch. That is, your watch movement will always stay oiled even if you do not wear it for a long time.
Automatic watches have a limited power reserve, so if you stop wearing them and winding them up, they will run down in two or three days. This depends on the watch brand and on movement (caliber) used.
When your watch stops, you must reset time and wind up your watch. If your watch has additional functions (such as, calendar, lunar calendar, perpetual calendar), their resetting may take up quite a lot of time and require certain skills. Additionally, watch movement should work continuously in order to secure movement lubrication.
A watch is placed into a special cup which makes a certain number of rotations with a certain amount of time, slowly spinning in both directions. As a result, your automatic watch will never stop and lubricating oil is uniformly spread throughout the watch movement.
1. Provides convenience and saves your time, also ensuring you, the watch owner, with a peace of mind and making you feel confident that your watch is ready for use at any moment, even if you wear it rarely.
2. Reduces the wear of watch winding mechanism and thus prolonging they life cycle.
When a watch slows down or stops, the lubricating oil inside it will stay in one place, create clumps and lose a certain viscosity level. As a result, it will be more likely that some moving parts will not be oiled anymore at the moment when the movement will start functioning again.
Check if your winder has battery (accumulator) operation function.
When using batteries, they are estimated to provide normal operation for 200 days with 1150 revolutions per day (data provided by ABEST/BOXY). Battery operation period depends on their quality and the mass of your watch.
The device is designed to avoid battery discharge when using the adaptor, yet we still recommend that you remove the batteries when connecting the device to the mains. Also, please take into account that the adaptor does not have the function of charging rechargeable batteries (if you use them).
Almost all. However, there are no rules without exceptions. In 2007 SEIKO released the its SEIKO/KINETIC line of watches. Instead of using the regular battery, this line uses a rechargeable battery energized with a mechanism which is activated by the linear and not by the angular (spinning) kinetic energy of the arm movement.
Maximum authorized mass is 560 grams (data provided by ABEST/BOXY). Usually, the net mass of watches with a leather watch band is between 100 and 120 grams; with a metal watch band – between 160 and 180 grams.
33 mm (data provided by ABEST/BOXY). Usually the width of the watch band (strap) can be between 16 and 20 mm.
No. Today practically all automatic watches have an option, which will switch off the wind-up mechanism as soon as the mainspring is fully wound.
Still, when choosing a winder you should go by the recommendations of your watch manufacturer. You should know in which direction your watch must be wound and how many rotations per day are recommended in order to keep it in good working condition. It should be taken into account that if your watch is spun much more than it is supposed to, it may result in the excessive wear of the movement.


Both Victory Patterns' paper patterns and digital pdf downloadable patterns are available from the Backstitch website, although Victory's Hannah Dress is currently only available as a digital pdf pattern. Victory Patterns is a Canadian sewing pattern company based in Toronto. Their fashion forward patterns strike a balance between vintage and modern fashion aesthetics. They take pride in creating a quality product that features clear instructions, produces a great fit and has savvy style sensibility.
Victory's Hannah is a sleeveless dress with a subtle A-line shift silhouette. It features angled side seams and front pockets which transition cleverly into folding side-panels that wrap around to the back and criss-cross over each other. The hemline, with its upward curve at the sides and a subtle dip in the back, takes its inspiration from men's shirting. A high neckline is edged with a double fold binding. Version 1 makes a minimal dress with one common fabric throughout. Version 2 allows you to colour block by contrasting the side panels, button placket and neck binding, thereby framing the dress and playing up the geometric shapes.
The button up front is concealed with a hidden button placket for a minimal touch.
The Hannah dress boasts a handful of details that you'll have fun sewing. Designed for an intermediate level, this pattern will teach you how to: work with bias edges; master a hidden button placket; finish a curved hemline with facing; finish a neckline with double fold bias binding; and face an armhole with a single bias facing.
To buy a digital pattern from us here at Backstitch, you add downloadable products to your basket as usual. If you are ordering only digital patterns then there will of course be no postage cost, and on completion of payment you can log in to your account on the Backstitch website and click on 'My Downloadable Products' to locate the download links. You have five chances to download the PDF and you are responsible for saving it in a safe place. The document will be watermarked with your name and email address as a security measure.


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El retraimiento es una estrategia política mediante la cual un partido no se presenta a las elecciones con el fin de denunciar la falta de legitimidad de un partido gobernante o de un régimen político en el poder. Consiste en abstenerse de participar en el juego político animando a los seguidores a abstenerse de votar.

Historia
Durante el siglo XIX, en un momento en que en España estaba poco desarrollado el sistema parlamentario, todos los partidos políticos promovieron en algún momento esta estrategia. Los liberales lo hicieron antes de 1868, causando la caída de la monarquía y la llegada de la revolución de setiembre; y los alfonsinos, republicanos y carlistas lo hicieron en 1872 con el fin de provocar la caída de la monarquía de Amadeo de Saboya.

En ocasiones el «retraimiento» fue practicado en combinación con la insurrección o los pronunciamientos militares. El no reconocimiento del régimen político establecido, la denuncia de que dicho régimen no permitía el libre juego político, por ejemplo a base de manipular las elecciones, o en fin las escasas posibilidades de lograr un buen resultado electoral, fueron las razones para boicotear el proceso político y promover la abstención.

Partidos políticos
Elecciones

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Glucuronolactone is fun to say, in my opinion. Once you've got it down, it's a musical mouthful. When doing research for my book, I remember being most intrigued by this energy drink ingredient because it was such a mystery ingredient. It's certainly not a star player as far as effective ingredients go — if energy drink ingredients were football players, you definitely wouldn't want to draft this one before the fourth round for your fantasy lineup.
For last week's book excerpt, we talked about what glucuronolactone is. For this week's Book Excerpt from "Are You a Monster or a Rock Star", we consider one theory behind what glucuronolactone does and why it might be useful in energy drinks.
One theory is that it feeds a reaction called the Pentose Phosphate Pathway (P3).
This P3 reaction isn't one of the primary ways the body makes energy (as the chemical form, ATP). However, P3 is responsible for ~30% of the glucose breakdown in the liver.
📕What else does glucuronolactone do?
📕What is a safe dose?
📕How much glucuronolactone is in the leading energy drink brands?
I've studied energy drinks and their ingredients for over 10 years. You can learn more about the science behind energy drinks in my book, "Are You a Monster or a Rock Star: A Guide to Energy Drinks- How They Work, Why They Work, How To Use Them Safely" available on Audible and Amazon and wherever books are sold.
Stay tuned for next week's book excerpt as we continue our page-by-page exploration through the Energy Drink Guide (now on Audible!!!).


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Ruhner Berge ist eine Gemeinde im Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim im deutschen Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Benannt ist die Gemeinde nach den Ruhner Bergen, eines die Gemeinde durchziehenden Höhenzugs, einer Endmoräne.

Die bisherigen Gemeinden Marnitz, Suckow und Tessenow haben im Sommer 2018 einen Gebietsänderungsvertrag geschlossen. Sie haben sich mit Wirkung zum 1. Januar 2019 als Rechtssubjekte aufgelöst und zu einer neuen Gemeinde mit dem Namen Ruhner Berge zusammengeschlossen.

Auf einer Fläche von 94,25 km² leben 1850 Einwohner (Stand: 31. Dezember 2017). Die Gemeinde Ruhner Berge gehört dem Amt Eldenburg Lübz an.

Geographie
Die Gemeinde Ruhner Berge liegt südlich von Parchim an der Grenze zu Brandenburg am Höhenzug Ruhner Berge, der die Gemeinde im Süden durchzieht.

Gemeindegliederung
Die Gemeinde besteht aus den Ortsteilen Drenkow, Griebow, Jarchow, Leppin, Marnitz, Mentin, Mooster, Dorf Poltnitz, Hof Poltnitz, Malow, Poitendorf, Suckow, Tessenow und Zachow.

Verkehr
Auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Ruhner Berge verläuft die Bundesstraße 321, die die Ortsteile Suckow, Marnitz und Tessenow miteinander verbindet. Im Ortsteil Marnitz zweigt die Landesstraße 8 ab. Durch das Gemeindegebiet verläuft zudem die Bundesautobahn 24, die über die Anschlussstelle Suckow erreichbar ist.

Politik

Wappen, Flagge, Dienstsiegel
Die Gemeinde verfügt über kein amtlich genehmigtes Hoheitszeichen, weder Wappen noch Flagge. Als Dienstsiegel wird das kleine Landessiegel mit dem Wappenbild des Landesteils Mecklenburg geführt. Es zeigt einen hersehenden Stierkopf mit abgerissenem Halsfell und Krone und der Umschrift "GEMEINDE RUHNER BERGE".

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim
Gemeindegründung 2019


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Chapter 854 - Behind the Lava
Splash.
Yuan Power wrapped around Lin Dong's body, its strong power allowed Lin Dong to appear like a fish as he swiftly swam towards the bottom of the lake, causing many ripples to form along the way.
From the outside, the surface of the lake appeared extremely large. Upon entering it however, one would discover that the surface above was merely the tip of the iceberg. If one looked towards the depths of the lake, the deep darkness appeared just like the large mouth of a demon, a sight that caused one's hairs to stand.
As he gradually neared the bottom of the lake, Lin Dong could sense that there were actually no living creatures within it. This caused him to be exceptionally surprised. After all, the life energy in this place was extremely dense, hence it was a most suitable place to live. Oddly enough, he was unable to find even small fishes within this enormous lake. His Mental Energy perception spread, however, the feedback that he received was a strange deathly silence.
This unusual scene caused caution to rise in Lin Dong's heart. Yuan Power gushed like a river within his body, and powerful energy spread towards his limbs as he prepared to deal with any unexpected situations.
Swish.
Faint sounds were emitted from the quiet lake as Lin Dong's body moved through it. His eyes drifted towards the dark bottom of the lake, as they suddenly focused. He could sense that the temperature the water in this area had raised significantly.
"This lake is really a little weird…" This thought flashed across Lin Dong's mind, before his body descended once again. This continued for over ten minutes, before a bright red light suddenly appeared amidst the endless darkness. At the same time, the temperature of the surrounding water was also rapidly increasing.
Gloop.
The size of the bright red light below grew increasingly larger as Lin Dong ventured deeper. Soon after, he saw that it was actually lava that spread towards the end of his sight…
The fiery red lava spread at the bottom of the lake, and looked just like a flaming carpet. The lava emitted a gurgling sound as it rose, while the surrounding ice cold lake water was also heated by it until it became boiling hot.
Lin Dong watched this scene in a stunned manner. Soon after, he could not help but smack his lips. It was likely that this was the first time he had seen such a bizarre scene where fire and water coexisted.
"The three-headed Demon Snake said that the Core Spiritual Birth Serum is at the bottom of the lake. However, there are no such fluctuations here…"
Lin Dong quickly recovered. His eyes swept around him, and his Mental Energy swiftly extended outwards. However, he began to frown soon after. This was because he had discovered that there were no other energy fluctuations at the bottom of the lake other than the lava. Let alone the Core Spiritual Birth Serum.
"Could that fellow be lying?" Lin Dong knitted his brows, before quickly shaking his head. Although the three-headed Demon Snake could not be completely trusted, there should be some truth to his words. Moreover, the latter should also be clearly aware that it was too easy for this kind of lie to be exposed. At that time, given Lin Dong's methods, he would definitely end up suffering.
"Could it be… below the lava?"
Lin Dong's gaze turned, and suddenly paused on that gurgling lava that was emitting bubbles. He mused for a moment before beckoning with his hand, and the Burning Sky cauldron was summoned. His body moved and he entered it. Only then did he control the Burning Sky cauldron as it turn into a ray of light, and charged into the burning lava below.
The Burning Sky cauldron met no resistance as it when it hit the lava. Subsequently, it easily broke into the lava. Lin Dong, who was inside, sighed in relief after seeing this. It seemed that his guess was correct.
Lin Dong hid within the Burning Sky cauldron, while his Mental Energy spread and absorbed the scene under the lava into his mind. Even Lin Dong could not help but be taken aback as these images were sent back into his mind.
An extremely spacious square was present behind the lava. No lava nor lake water was present in it. Fiery red rocks lay all over in an orderly fashion, and its simpleness contained a trace of antiquity.
Lin Dong's body rushed out from within the Burning Sky cauldron. He looked at the square hidden under the lava at the bottom of the lake, and was momentarily stunned. This square was clearly man made. He wondered just who would secretly hide such a square in this place.
While Lin Dong was in deep thought because of this matter, he suddenly sensed wave after wave of extremely rich rippling life force spreading over from the distance. His heart quickly shook as his body hurried forward. After travelling for a couple of minutes, he saw a dozen feet large rock pool in the middle of the square. Fiery red lava flowed within the rock pool, while a jade green specks of light were continuously emitted from the center of the lava.
The Jade green specks of light gathered together a foot above the lava after they were emitted. There was already a palm sized cluster of jade green liquid suspended in the air. A kind of extremely dense and indescribable life force ripple was being emitted in a churning fashion. It appeared as though the surrounding space was full of vitality because of it.
"It is indeed the Core Spiritual Birth Serum!"
Lin Dong looked at the jade green liquid that rose from within the the lava, as his eyes instantly became fiery hot. It was always possible for countless mysterious natural treasures to be brewed within the earth. This current Core Spiritual Birth Serum was like the Earth Core Spiritual Brewing Saliva back then. They were all things that one would find only if one was extremely lucky, and were also extremely beneficial towards one's cultivation.
Lin Dong licked his lips. However, his cautious self did not lose his rationality in the face of this temptation. Since the Core Spiritual Life Serum was truly in this place, it would definitely not be easy for one to obtain it. Otherwise, how could someone as strong as the three-headed Demon Snake simply leave such a treasure here?
Lin Dong's eyes started to carefully observe the surroundings of the lava rock pool. His eyes scanned the place an inch at a time. This continued for a long time, before his eyes suddenly focused. He had discovered that there were actually many extremely dim red lines of light spreading on the bright red ground.
These red lines were not obvious. Additionally, the ground was bright red. If one did not observe carefully, it would be impossible to detect...
"It is a formation…"
Lin Dong's gaze followed the many red light lines that extended outwards. Finally, he deeply exhaled. This was because, these connected red lines coincidentally formed a formation that covered the rock pool.
Lin Dong was unable to detect any danger from this formation. However, he also understood that this kind of completely undetectable formation was perhaps the truly terrifying ones.
Lin Dong's hand stroked his chin. He mused for a moment, before suddenly waving his hand, as a black figure appeared in front of him. It was the demon corpse that he had obtained from Unique Devil Region back then.
Lin Dong flicked his finger. That demon corpse immediately rushed forward and entered the lava rock pool with lightning speed. After which, it grabbed at the Core Spiritual Birth Serum.
Buzz!
Lin Dong's eyes shrunk the moment the demon corpse was about to reach the lava rock pool. This was because he saw the lines of light around the rock pool suddenly brighten, and an enormous formation took shape on the ground. Soon after, a bright red light line flew out, and tore through the air, before heavily smashing into the demon corpse.
The demon corpse's body trembled intensely the moment that the collision occurred. Subsequently, Lin Dong gasped as he saw that incomparably sturdy demon corpse had started to turn into ashes at a shocking speed.
A groan emerged from Lin Dong's throat as the demon corpse turned into ashes. The demon corpse had a trace of his Yuan Spirit. However, that Yuan Spirit had actually vanished along with the demon corpse…
"What a terrifying formation."
Lin Dong's eyes were grave. The physical body of the demon corpse was extremely powerful. Even a fully powered strike by an initial Profound Life stage expert would definitely be unable to destroy it. Yet, it had now directly turned into ashes due to that tiny light line. Just how terrifying was the destructive power of this light line?
"That fellow really was not truthful…"
Lin Dong curled his mouth. He had already guessed that there was something amiss about the three-headed Demon Snake's words. At this moment, all it took was a glance to verify his guess. If he had recklessly attempted to grab the Core Spiritual Birth Serum earlier, it was likely that he would have been turned into ashes. Once he was dead, that fellow would also be able to break the suppression of the Burning Sky cauldron.
Lin Dong slightly narrowed his eyes and stared at the rock pool. A moment later, he suddenly laughed coldly. With a wave of his hand, the Burning Sky cauldron turned into a ray of light that shot towards the rock pool.
"Since you dare to lie to me, I'll let you have a taste of that light."
The Burning Sky cauldron swiftly charged towards the rock pool. After which, the mouth of the cauldron shook, and a miserable figure was directly thrown forward.


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Incorporate Day-Ahead Robustness And Actual-time Incentives For Electricity Market Design
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Barbara Kozlowski, age 82, of North Branch passed away on June 17, 2018 in McLaren Lapeer Hospital. Barb was born on June 16, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan. She was the daughter of Fred and Theira (Rosengart) Haussman. She grew up in Harper Woods and graduated from Harper Woods High School in 1954. Barb married Ronald Kozlowski on September 3, 1982 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lapeer. Barb was a nurse for Dr. Graveau in North Branch, Lapeer Hospital, and at Suncrest Nursing Home . She was a member of the Young Mother's Club, and volunteered with her husband, Ron, for the North Branch Ambulance.
Barb loved working in her beautiful gardens, riding her bike, and walking the Mackinaw Bridge every Labor Day. She also enjoyed antique shopping, socializing with her friends, and spending time with her family. Barb was survived by her husband; Ronald of North Branch, daughters; Julia Gravlin of CA, Suzanne (David) Skidmore of PA, Jan (Lauren) Roselle of CA, and Pat Daymon of FL; sons; Steve (Wendy) Gravlin of MI, Marty (Holly) Kozlowski of TX, Gary Kozlowski of MI, and Mark (Heather) Kozlowski of MI; 17 grandchildren; many nieces, nephews, cousins. Her first great granddaughter is expected in August.
The family will be present for visitation on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 2-8 pm at Blackburn Chapel-Martin Funeral Home. On Friday, June 22, 2018 Barbara will lie in state at the New Life in Christ, North Branch from 10-11 am. The Funeral Service will follow at 11 am with Deacon Joe Schierlinger officiating. Burial will be at the North Branch Burlington Cemetery.
Arrangements by Blackburn Chapel-Martin Funeral Home.


Join the Columbia Society of International Law for an intimate lunch with Professor Lori Damrosch. Professor Damrosch is the Hamilton Fish Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at Columbia Law School. Her principal areas of interest are public international law and the U.S. law of foreign relations.
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Today started out quite well. I told myself that starting tomorrow (because I am a procrastinator) that I would get my sh..stuff together, I would create schedules, I would get my body clock running right and have a healthy, balanced lifestyle. It's something I wanted to do ages ago, but because I am lazy as well (perfect combination huh, procrastinator and a lazy bum, well well) I have't done it. So I noticed that I do feel like my life lately has been a series of blurred scenes, that's when I wanted to get my act together. I'm addicted – highly addicted – to watching TV series (I watch 2 seasons in one night, that's how serious it is) and I sleep at 8AM, which is when other people get up. I don't know, but it feels so boring to have a routinely schedule of when you have to wake up, go to school or work, do something other than school or work, then sleep. My habit, HOWEVER, has affected my attention in class, how I feel about myself, and how I interact with others (whenever I DO go out because, duh, I'm in my room all day and night – TV series).
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It is against the law to inflict harm or to injure or kill another human being. The term 'Homicide' is used to define the killing of any human being by another but it does not refer to the law or charge of murder and they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference between categorizing a homicide versus the felony charge of murder is important when organizing your defense strategy.
The legal consequences vary between an instance of homicide versus a formal charge of murder. There are many situations where a homicide can occur and liability and intent are not malicious. Accidental homicide can carry a much lighter penalty as compared to deliberate or pre-meditated manslaughter, and we will delineate the difference between the two.
We mentioned that there are instances where homicide may occur but not be the result of a malicious intention. The existence of the term creates a clear distinction between an act of violence with intent and an accidental death or involuntary manslaughter and part of that distinction also rests in a more abstract, moral judgment of the character and past behavior and misdemeanors that may demonstrate a pattern of violence.
In the case of manslaughter, the law is clear that the actions taken by the accused were directly attributable to the death of another individual. This is called "actus reus" which is essentially proof that a death did occur and that the actions which caused the death were responsible. Proving the intention to harm or "mens rea" requires evidence that the accused planned to deliberately cause death and refers to the importance of the presence of premeditation, which separates homicide and manslaughter from murder charges.
In some cases a homicide may be the result of a violent act (such as a fight or an argument) and cause death, but if the defense can demonstrate that there was never an intention to cause death from the onset (and that death was not a desired outcome for the defendant) a case of manslaughter can be made.
It is important to note that the law does not condone homicide under any circumstance but rather allows for a different definition separate from murder, where malice is not demonstrated. When a charge of manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter is brought against an accused, the burden to prove that there was no mal intent is an important part of the legal defense. That the death of the second party was not the deliberate or desired outcome of any act of violence against the deceased.
Where death was clearly the intention and outcome, the accused will be charged with murder which is an intentional killing that is unlawful and lacks any legal justification, and one that is committed with forethought or pre-planning and meditation. A strategic plan is not however required for the prosecution to pursue a charge of murder. A violent action (such as multiple gun shots, battery or knife wounds) against the deceased would indicate a repeated action with the expectation of causing death. In other words from a legal perspective, it is hard to argue that the defendant did not intend to kill the deceased if the measure of violence was so extreme that death was a likely outcome.
The charge of murder indicates that the accused has demonstrated a blatant lack of regard for the value of human life. However some circumstances are viewed as even more offensive in the eyes of the law, depending on the method and actions taken by the accused. For instance, a crime of passion may be viewed by the court and jury in a different way than a paid murder for financial gain, such as execution style which is common in organized crime. The less reason the accused had to commit the murder, the more reckless the decision is deemed in the eye of the law and designations between first and second degree murder exist to further categorize the crimes.
The law considers individuals who are capable of planning and then carefully executing a murder to be a gross threat to society. A first degree murder charge reflects a clear demonstration of aforethought and malice for an intentional killing. Evidence of pre-planning and even discussion of the method of murder is required to establish a charge of first degree murder. The use of explosions or complicated equipment in the execution of the murder plan is also considered to be evidence of aforethought due to the complexity of preparations, and supports a first degree murder charge.
Committing a felony offense in which one or more people are killed can also constitute a charge of first degree murder. Criminals who are shot and killed during a robbery for instance, can be charged with the murder of their co-conspirators as participation in the felony is grounds for reckless endangerment of a second party. The mandatory minimum sentence for first degree murder is higher than second degree murder charges and in some States and depending on local law, a first degree murder charge can lead to a sentence of capital punishment by lethal injection or life in prison.
There are three situations that constitute a charge of second degree murder. In all cases the absence of aforethought (or premeditation) is evident even though the actions caused a deliberate death. An individual charged with second degree murder may have understood that there was a probability of causing death if he/she engaged in violent actions but there was no plan to execute specific actions to cause a terminal outcome.
- An impulsive killing is completed without premeditation but involving malice aforethought (the desire to inflict injury was present before the action commenced).
- There was evidence of a depraved indifference to human life.
- There was evidence of a desire to inflict significant injury and bodily harm.
Second degree murder charges rarely result in capital punishment but can carry lengthy sentences, depending on the details of the crime and the State jurisdiction. The presence of previous criminal history can also increase the likelihood of extended prison terms and also civil liability for wrongful death suits in addition to the felony charge. A sentencing of life in prison can also occur with a second degree murder charge, but it is less common than with the charge of first degree murder.
After understanding the above murder charges, it becomes mandatory for one who is facing such type of legal case to consult with some experienced and professional criminal defense lawyer in his/her local area who can assist or guide in the proceedings of legal case.


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Professor Michael Hudson says the version I grew up saying every night, "Forgive us our debts , as we forgive our debtors", was right all along.
"The Christianity we know today is not the Christianity of Jesus," says Professor Hudson... The Lord's Prayer, 'forgive us our sins even as we forgive all who are indebted to us', refers specifically to debt. "Most religious leaders say that Christianity is all about sin, not debt," he says. "But actually, the word for sin and debt is the same in almost every language." "'Schuld', in German, means 'debt' as well as 'offense' or, 'sin'. It's 'devoir' in French. It had the same duality in meaning in the Babylonian language of Akkadian."...
People tend to think of the Commandment 'do not covet your neighbour's wife' in purely sexual terms but actually, the economist says it refers specifically to creditors who would force the wives and daughters of debtors into sex slavery as collateral for unpaid debt...
Similarly, the Commandment 'thou shalt not steal' refers to usury and exploitation by threat for debts owing.
The economist says Jesus was crucified for his views on debt. Crucifixion being a punishment reserved especially for political dissidents.
"To understand the crucifixion of Jesus is to understand it was his punishment for his economic views," says Professor Hudson. "He was a threat to the creditors."
Jesus Christ was a socialist activist for the continuity of regular debt jubilees that were considered essential to the wellbeing of ancient economies...
Jesus' first reported sermon in Luke 4 documents his announcement that he had come to revive the enforcement of the Jubilee Year. The term "gospel" (or 'good news') was used specifically to refer to debt cancellation which became the major political fight of the imperial Roman epoch, pitting Jesus against the pro-creditor Pharisees, (a political party and social movement that became the foundation for Rabbinic Judaism around 167 BC).
The Pharisees, Hillel (the founder of Rabbinical Judaism) and the creditors who backed them decided that Jesus' growing popularity was a threat to their authority and wealth...
"Over the last 1000 years the Catholic Church has been saying it's noble to be poor. But Jesus never said it was good to be poor. What he said was that rich people are greedy and corrupt. That's what Socrates was saying, as well as Aristotle and the Stoic Roman philosophers, the biblical prophets in Isaiah."
Neither did Jesus say that it was good to be poor because it made you noble.
What Jesus did say is that say if you have money, you should share it with other people...
"When you have a massive build up of debt that can't be paid, either you wipe out the debt and start-over like Germany did during 'the 1947 Miracle' when the Allies forgave all its debts except for minimum balances, or you let the creditors foreclose as Obama did in America after the 2008 crisis and 10 million American families lost their homes to foreclosure," he said...
"Today's world believes in the sanctity of debt. But from Sumer and Babylonia through the Bible, it was debt cancellations that were sacred."
"If you want to be like Jesus then you become political and you realise that this is the same fight that has been going on for thousands of years, across civilisation – the attempt of society to cope with the fact that debts grow faster than the ability to pay."
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Industrial Policies in the Gulf and the Middle East
As they consider the inevitable transition of a post-oil world, the coming waves of disruptive technologies, and the prospect of losing out in an increasingly competitive environment, the Gulf countries have adopted blueprints for economic transformation more ambitious than anything attempted in the past. The "vision" statements of the GCC countries, in particular, envisage the development of industries that would propel them closer to ...
As they consider the inevitable transition of a post-oil world, the coming waves of disruptive technologies, and the prospect of losing out in an increasingly competitive environment, the Gulf countries have adopted blueprints for economic transformation more ambitious than anything attempted in the past. The "vision" statements of the GCC countries, in particular, envisage the development of industries that would propel them closer to the frontier of technological innovation.  It is not evident, however, that these amount to coherent and viable industrial strategies. The plans have not adequately addressed the market failures that any meaningful industrial policy needs to overcome. Nor have they established the robust institutional mechanisms and procedures necessary for realization of their industrial aspirations.Arriving at a better understanding of the industrial policies of the Gulf countries is the primary objective of this workshop. While studies of industry in these countries abound, many aspects of their industrial policies/strategies have received little scholarly attention. There are few in-depth studies of even such basic questions as the process in which those policies were formulated and adopted. The workshop will undertake an intensive examination of central issues in industrial policy – the rationales behind the choices that have been made, their prerequisites, their limitations, their potentials, and the prospects for alternative pathways for industry in the region. In examining this under-researched area, we aim to make a substantial contribution to Gulf political economy studies.
Contrary to what is often supposed, even in the academic literature, the Gulf countries have made major strides in industrialization. That most of the industries they have established are based on or are tied to oil and gas does not negate the achievement. There has also been progress in diversification even if the mainstay of diversification has been in hydrocarbon industries, the product of extensive upstream and downstream investments. The industries, all capital-intensive and energy-intensive and many supported by favorably priced feedstock, include a variety of petrochemicals as well as steel, aluminum, building materials, and electrical machinery. In the process, world-class stalwarts such as SABIC (the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) and ALBA (Aluminum Bahrain) have emerged. Some countries, notably Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are also moving aggressively into renewable energy, especially solar. Yet other areas such as maritime logistics are expanding capacity and operations and providing a spur to manufacturing. All in all, the industrial base of these countries has widened and their industrial capabilities have grown.
Such progress notwithstanding, the Gulf countries are today more conscious than ever before of their limitations in the world of industry. With the possible exception of the UAE, none of the Gulf countries can make credible claims to having made substantial headway in diversifying merchandise exports: the export of non-hydrocarbon manufactured products is lacking in both depth and scale. And although there has been a growing private sector role in industry, even petrochemicals, state-owned enterprises still rule the roost. The professed intention of making private industry the engine of growth and development – a common thread in all the "vision" manifestoes that have proliferated in the Gulf – is nowhere close to realization. Few private entities, most of which are small and medium enterprises, are beneficiaries of financial or technical assistance from government, and few are generators of employment or incubators of skills. The region's industrial policies are statist through and through: the suggestion that industrial policy be used as a process of discovery -- a "dialogue" with the private sector devoted to eliciting information in order to identify and remove binding constraints to development – finds little, if any, correspondence in reality. Moreover, in general, productivity has not seen appreciable increases and entrepreneurship remains weak, while efforts to stimulate innovation through initiatives such as industrial clusters have not yielded much success. The GCC countries are low in the ranks of UNIDO's Competitive Industrial Performance Index. Whatever its successes, the industrial strategy of every country in the Gulf country continues for the most part to be tethered to the rentierism of its national economy.
Hence, it is hardly surprising that there is something close to a universal consensus among policy-makers throughout the region that their industrial strategies are unsustainable. Today, these countries find themselves in a liminal juncture in the world economy – a world with economies still dependent on fossil fuel and at the same, slowly but surely, transitioning to alternative sources of energy. The rethinking of industrial policy has intensified thanks to the frequent revenue declines engendered by gyrations in world prices of crude and the diminished wherewithal to maintain the government largesse that has been an essential ingredient of the "social contract" that has prevailed for decades. The advantages once conferred by low-cost energy and low-cost labor have waned. The felt need for a new set of policies is also galvanized by the lures of "the new industrial revolution" – NIE or I4.0 – which promises to usher in a wave of new technologies and to upend many existing ones. Hence, the Gulf countries are eyeing developments in such areas as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data, digital fabrication, additive manufacturing, augmented reality, 3D printing, and nanotechnology. These technologies and the global value chains that help to produce and distribute them have far-reaching implications in realms ranging from energy and investment to national competitiveness and social stability.
Concomitantly, the world has seen a sea-change in thinking about industrial policy. Once banished by the Washington Consensus and its singular preoccupation with liberalization, deregulation, stabilization, and privatization, industrial policy has undergone a resurgence since the turn of the century. It has shed its erstwhile emphasis on "picking winners" as well as import substitution and economic protection. Instead, it gives pride of place to innovation in production, development of entrepreneurship, human capital development, foreign direct investment (FDI), and multinational enterprise involvement. The scope has widened to include a broad range of measures designed to support entrepreneurship and competitiveness. Industrial policy is no longer regarded as a fool's errand. Even development banks and development funds, once castigated as purveyors of patronage, cronyism, and rent-seeking, are back in fashion.
Dr. Don
Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies -
Sfakianakis
Senior Scholar, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge -
Chief Economist, Gulf Research Center


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A Gloucester man has been jailed for 29 offences including an attack on a Boots security guard.
David Birch, of Evenlode Road in Tuffley, stole Lacombe fragrances worth £952 from the shop in Eastgate Street on August 9 and 10.
The 41-year-old returned to Boots on August 11, where he once again committed theft and then assaulted security guard Roshan Limbu, who tried to restrain him.
During the incident Birch aimed a racial slur at witness Aabdulhalim Arga Bosha, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
He denied three theft charges, assault by beating and racially aggravated assault - but he was found guilty in a trial at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Birch was jailed for nine weeks and ordered to pay £100 in compensation.
It comes weeks after he was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison for 24 other offences.
These included assaults on police, as well as thefts and fraud offences which saw criminal gains worth £2,431.49.
Here is the full timeline of those offences.
David Birch received £1,500 worth of stolen camera equipment, belonging to Anna Dziczkaniece.
Birch stole a Nationwide bank card belonging to Heidi Lansley.
On the same date he committed fraud by false representation, when he used Ms Lansley's card to pay for goods.
Between August 5 and 8, Birch stole Eleanor Mackman's card.
He committed fraud by presenting someone else's bank card to spend £29.50 on August 7.
Between August 11 and 14, he stole a debit card from Kimberley Smith.
On August 13, he spent £97.20 using someone else's card.
Birch drove a black Honda without insurance in Bath Road, Cheltenham, on October 19.
On the same date, he assaulted PC Jason Parker in Bath Road.
Birch obstructed PC Browne in the execution of their duty in Gloucester.
Birch stole two Yankee candles worth £38.98 from the Candle Tree in College Street, Gloucester.
Birch stole two Coolwater men's aftershave bottles and one Joop aftershave bottle, worth £29.97 in total, from B&M Bargains in Gloucester.
Birch stole a £108 Raging Bull coat from House of Fraser in Cheltenham's Promenade.
Birch used threatening words against Claire Powell, Craig Fraser and Michael George.
Birch stole £135.92 worth of fragrances from TK Maxx in Gloucester.
On the same date, he assaulted PC Boydon.
Birch stole three bottles of Belvedere vodka worth a total of £120 from the Sainsbury's in Barnett Way, Gloucester.
He made aggressive remarks towards officers and pointed aggressively in their direction in the interview room at Compass House, Cheltenham.
Birch stole £180 worth of diesel from a Cemex vehicle in Worcester.
Birch stole eight Yankee candles, worth a total of £191.92, from Boots in Eastgate Street, Gloucester.
Birch assaulted Roshan Limbu by beating him in Gloucester.
Birch has been banned from parts of Gloucester, including any premises named on the City Safe scheme.
He is barred from going to any private dwelling driveways without invitation.


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I-Yang Lee (*  21. Dezember 1946 in Nanking) ist ein US-amerikanischer Kernphysiker.

Lee studierte Physik an der National Taiwan University mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1968 und wurde 1974 an der University of Pittsburgh promoviert. Als Post-Doktorand forschte er am Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory an Kernen mit hohem Drehimpuls und ab 1977 war er am Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dort befasste er sich mit Forschungen zur Kernstruktur, relativistischer Schwerionenstreuung, Detektor- und Beschleunigerentwicklung. Ab 1992 war er wieder am Lawrence Berkeley Lab und war an der Entwicklung eines fortgeschrittenen Gammastrahlendetektors für die Kernphysik, der Gammasphere, beteiligt und  entwickelte hochauflösende Germanium-Detektoren für Gammastrahlen (Gamma-ray Energy Tracking Detector), was zum Bau von GRETINA (Gamma-ray Energy Tracking Array, 2011) führte.

Er ist Fellow der American Physical Society. 2016 erhielt er den Tom-W.-Bonner-Preis für Kernphysik.

Er ist US-amerikanischer Staatsbürger.

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Since 2010 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling is the head of the Chair of Chemical Process Engineering (AVT.CVT). The core research field of the chair focuses on the development and application of membrane technology for current global challenges, particularly hybrid processes and electrochemical membrane reactors.
since 2011: Vice Scientific Director at the DWI – Leibniz-Institut für Interaktive Materialien e.V.
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Join other parents and Maadi Cup supporters for a cocktail fundraiser in memory of the Christchurch Attacks.
The SVA (Student Volunteer Army) Foundation offered to co-host this event with parents to help fundraise for victims of the Christchurch attacks.
Funds raised will be passed to the Christchurch Foundation's Special Fund estbalished by the Mayor for the longer term needs of the families.
Funds raised will be passed to the Christchurch Foundation's Special Fund established by the Mayor for the longer term needs of the families.
The SVA Foundation operates around New Zealand to mobilise, encourage, and support a new generation of volunteers. The SVA ethos is that anyone – no matter your age, skills or ability – can be a volunteer.
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Will.I.Am & Jaden Smith Backing the Impossible Burger
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Well known vegan celebrities Will. I. Am and Jaden Smith have joined the ever-growing list of backers and invested into the plant-based Impossible Burger.
In the latest round the food/tech startup has managed to score over $300 million in funding. A total of $750 million of VC capital has been pumped into the company since its inception
The round has also excited some other well known plant loving celebrities, including Jay-Z, Katy Perry and Bill Gates. Google Ventures and Horizons Ventures have also taken an interest and placed their hand in the ring with investment capital.
The Impossible Burger Success Story
It is easy to see why so many investors are keen to get behind the company. Their flagship Burger has recently made its way into Burger King where the patty is being used as a vegetarian version of its famous Whopper sandwich.
It has been a limited trial launch, however the news certainly made headlines and is one of the reasons the company is seeing so much growth, (and confident backing.)
The "Impossible Whopper" first rolled out in St Louis on April 1. Burger King executives have been more than pleased with the results and have promised that the burger will be making its way into more stores throughout the U.S. very soon.
Digging a little deeper
So what is the Impossible Burger exactly? Impossible Foods consider the patty to be vegan rather than plant-based. This is due to the original testing of the main ingredient: soy leghemoglobin aka 'heme'.
Impossible Burger declared that the food product was fed to rats during trial safety tests, with over 180 being killed as a result.
Much controversy surrounded the release of this news, with CEO Pat Brown publishing a statement titled The Agonizing Dilemma of Animal Testing, in order to control the public backlash.
"the core of his company's mission is to 'eliminate exploitation of animals in the food system', as well as reduce the impact of animal agriculture on the environment."
Impossible Burger CEO Pat Brown, a vegan for over 15 years.
While this may have been a slight stumbling block for the company, Brown's readiness to address the situation head on seemed to have helped.
With the controversy behind them, and the Impossible Whopper hitting more Burger Kings very soon, the future looks bright for the company, (and for the bank accounts of those that have backed it so far).
I don't know about you, but I will be watching any future news of a possible IPO very closely indeed.
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The decision by NBC and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to air this year's Emmy awards show live coast-to-coast not only didn't hurt the telecast's ratings, but it apparently improved them. Daily Variety reported today (Tuesday) that Nielsen combined the "unduplicated viewership" of the live West Coast telecast with the taped repeat that aired in primetime, which brought total viewers to 13.50 million, a tad above last year's 13.47 million. Without those additional viewers, the telecast would have set a ratings low for the annual event; with them the Academy could boast that it had attracted the biggest audience in four years. Indeed, among the major markets, the combined ratings in Los Angeles and San Francisco represented the highest in the country for the telecast. The results were particularly remarkable given the fact that the awards show aired three weeks earlier than usual in order to avoid conflict with NBC's Sunday Night Football commitment to the NFL. Late August ordinarily produces some of the lowest ratings of the year for each of the TV networks.


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The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies (formerly Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute) is a trade association representing more than 900 North American manufacturers and suppliers of equipment, components and materials as well as providers of related equipment and services to the packaging and processing industry.

History

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the National Industrial Recovery Act (Ch. 90, 48 Stat. 195), which set stringent regulations on industry. Boyd Redner writes in A History of The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute: "The National Industrial Recovery Act spelled out provisions to businessmen … every industry was to come under a code, and the code had two sets of regulations … [1.] regulations spelled out maximum hours that could be worked and the minimum hourly pay … and [2.] they were also to include a stipulation of Fair Trade Practices, so that one employer was required to join some code group."
Thirty five packaging machinery businessmen met in Buffalo, New York, in 1933, to decide whether to form an association that would act as the advocate for the packaging machinery industry to the Department of Labor. Subsequently, PMMI was incorporated in Aug. 21, 1933.

In 1935, after the National Recovery Act was declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, PMMI veered from their mission as a defender of packaging practices against the regulation of the NRA, to a role of homogenizing the packaging processes. Packaging machine designs of that period were the result of individual requirements from the company to the inventor-entrepreneur.

PMMI implicitly brought the inventors together in a forum where they could discuss with each other the business and the industry. "The code proved to us not only that we could work together but that we could also trust one another. It proved further that we were an industry. It gave us a sense of importance of packaging machinery manufacturing that we have never lost."
By 1938, all PMMI members had catalogs on file at the PMMI office at 342 Madison Avenue, New York City, NY, so the office could be a clearinghouse for inquiries. During World War II most PMMI member plants were converted to war work.
In 1956, PMMI began producing the PMMI Packaging Machinery Show due to a rising need for packaging machinery by consumer product goods companies. In 1995, PMMI added a second trade show PACK EXPO West, that is now PACK EXPO Las Vegas.

Membership
PMMI offers five membership categories: general, associate, components supplier, materials supplier and affiliated supplier membership.
General membership - Machinery manufacturers within the United States, Mexico and Canada that are engaged in the manufacturing of processing, packaging or packaging-related converting equipment.
Associate membership - Machinery manufacturers with a non-manufacturing presence in North America.
Components Supplier membership - Original manufacturers of commercially available packaging machinery components, who are not engaged in manufacturing, packaging machinery and packaging-related converting machinery.
Components Materials membership - Original manufacturers of commercially available packaging materials and containers, who are not engaged in manufacturing packaging machinery and packaging-related converting machinery.
Affiliated Supplier membership - Suppliers to the packaging and processing industry that do not supply components for the build of machinery (i.e., integrators, engineering, design and construction services).

Events
As the owner and producer of the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows, PMMI is responsible for the following industry-wide events in the US, PACK EXPO Las Vegas, PACK EXPO International (Chicago), Healthcare Packaging EXPO (co-located with PACK EXPO Las Vegas and PACK EXPO International), PACK EXPO East and ProFood Tech. In Mexico PMMI organizes EXPO PACK México and EXPO PACK Guadalajara.

In 2013 PMMI formed a strategic partnership with Cologne Trade Fair (Koelnmesse), the organizer of Anuga FoodTec, ProSweets Cologne, International FoodTec India and International FoodTec Brazil.

Education
PMMI U is the education section of the Institute.
In 1966, PMMI initiated its first Education Committee to expand the packaging education program nationwide. Today, PMMI U annually donates $100,000 to packaging students, member employees, and packaging schools.
PMMI U has partnered with 28 institutions in the United States and Canada that offer packaging and processing curriculum. PMMI U has also partnered with the Mid Atlantic Mechantronic Advisory Council and several packaging and technical schools to develop a series of Certificate Programs focused on Mechatronics.

ANSI Standards
In response to the National Product Liability Act of 1977, PMMI Product Safety Committee and the American National Standards Institute created ANSI B155.1-1973 – Safety Requirements for the Construction, Care, and Use of Packaging and Packaging-Related Converting Machinery for use in future litigation.

See also
 Packaging Machinery Technology

References

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When I was a kid - when dinosaurs ruled the earth, rocks were young and there were only three television stations in Kansas City - I was hopelessly hooked on moovies. Some things, it seems, never change. Back then the primitive broadcast conditions allowed me to watch only black and white moovies on television, which really wasn't that important, because our old Admiral cabinet model, half the size of a refrigerator, only got black and white, and it wasn't until NASA moon landing was imminent that my dad finally got with the program and laid out the two months' income on a color set. But I digress....
Late Show moovies on the old Admiral were largely horror films, war moovies or comedies, and of the horror films, I was mesmerized by King Kong, the Frankenstein moovies, the Werewolf series and anything with Bela Lugosi. But by far, my favorite was James Whale's 1933 landmark thriller, "The Invisible Man" starring Claude Rains. Nothing lights up a pre-pubescent male's imagination quite like the notion of being able to creep around, unseen, and do whatever they feel like. And yes, the idea still appeals to me, thank you for asking. I can't imagine many situations, from going to the car wash to airline travel, that couldn't be improved, or at least made more entertaining by a liberal dose of personal invisibility. The mind races.
Sixty-seven years after Claude Rains, we get, in glorious living color, "Hollow Man", with Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin and William Devane. Written by Gary Scott Thompson and Andrew W. Marlowe. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. MPAA rating R for violence, sexuality, nudity, language, blood, guts, gore and abuse of the laws of physics. Run time 116 minutes.
In the world of the moovies, anything is possible, and I suppose to some extent, that's the way it should be; in the moovies the good guys shoot straight, extraterrestrials are waddling alien frog headed things that scare little Drew Barrymore, and Adam Sandler is funny. Yeah, right. More importantly, the moovies allow nutty ideas to take flight, aided by our tacit agreement to not notice the strings the marionettes are dangling from. "Hollow Man" falls into this category, a mass hallucination of suspended disbelief.
Kevin Bacon (with a Bacon number of 0) is Sebastian Caine, a scientist of unspecified qualification whose picture likely appears in the dictionary next to the definition of "megalomaniac". His pet project is making living things disappear. Not Jimmy Hoffa disappear, but Claude Rains disappear - he makes them invisible. Cool trick, eh? He thinks so, the government thinks so and that's even cooler because Sam's writing the checks to keep this project going.
At his side is Linda Foster, (Elisabeth Shue) able bodied scientist in her own right and prior consort to Caine. The Shue, however, is now on the other foot, and Caine seethes at the notion that he's been bested in any way. When he later discovers it's a scientist in his own lab that's beating his time, the poop hits the prop.
Meanwhile, back at the subterranean laboratory full of totally made up stuff that doesn't work like anything in the real world, invisible critters are crawling all over the place, waiting for the final piece of the puzzle - the restoration of their ability to reflect light. After a gorilla's reversion, (a jaw-dropping special effects scene) Caine decides, without benefit of the government's approval, that it's time for human trials, and who better to go down in the annals of stupid human tricks as the first victim than his own personal egotistical self. By this time, you'd be willing to try anything to help him with his own disappearance, so you applaud his bravado and settle in for the show.
Caine indeed disappears (in yet another jaw-dropping special effects sequence) and immediately upon regaining consciousness screams in pain because the lights are too bright. Mr. Super-Genius hadn't counted on being able to see through his invisible eyelids. (Nor, for that matter, did anyone ever bother to figure out that with invisible retinas, Caine, Claude Rains' Dr. Jack Griffin, or any of the hundreds of invisible characters in moovies down through the years would be anything less than totally blind. Duh!)
After a suitable period of adjustment, Caine starts to work out the various fringe benefits of being invisible - and what's the first thing he does? Only the guys answer here ---- fellas? Right, he cops a feel off the shapely lab vet. He then graduates from groper to peeping Tom to stalker/rapist and finally to murderer. At no time are you even remotely surprised by his actions - this guy was a six-pack of trouble waiting to be shaken, and not helped one bit by the researchers in his lab who make a mask for him out of what seems to be Pepto-Bismol, Bondo and Cream of Wheat, which they then slather all over him and then fail to cut out nostrils or ear holes. The poor guy goes from eminent scientist to an earless mouth-breathing mole. Apparently, Caine finally learns Claude Rains' lesson the hard way - invisibility makes you crazy. Funny, it's never bothered me.
After Caine helps to set up the basic story line, the plot is totally transparent, and it soon becomes crystal clear that what we have here is not much more than an "Alien"-style pursuit moovie - except that instead of Sigourney Weaver we get Elisabeth Shue, and instead of the acid-spewing space-bug, we get a Kevin Bacon voice-over. What you've seen in the trailers tells a lot about what happens, and I won't elaborate much, except to say that for most of the moovie, you can see right through Caine and his motives. All right, I'll stop.
Director Paul Verhoeven, of "Showgirls" infamy, leads us down another misogynistic path in "Hollow Man". The man has issues. I just don't think he likes women very much. The good news is that the pacing is excellent, and as special effects moovies go, this one is quite the trip. The transitions between the visible and invisible are incredible, and the glimpses of Inviso-Caine via water, smoke and other fluids are a new high in effectsmanship. If it isn't already obvious, this isn't really what you'd call an "actor's" moovie.
"Hollow Man" falls into the deep Hollywood rut of allowing the villain to keep springing back to life, no matter how many times or how gruesomely he dies. Caine dies two or three time in "Hollow Man", and keeps coming back for more. Eats up a good fifteen minutes bouncing back. The cool part is that he keeps coming back without benefit of skin and a few other miscellaneous body parts.
Bad science and plenty of it doesn't keep "Hollow Man" from being worth a look, if only for the effects, and it's a pretty fair nail-biter at times, but if you want a moovie with a real plot, or a moovie where nearly everybody you like doesn't die, skip it.
Effects for effects sake, "Hollow Man" is a fairly hollow moovie. Wrap your head in a big ol' ace bandage and throw on a pair of Ray-Bans, suspend your disbelief one more time and go see it with my two cows. What? You only see one cow? Hey, it works!


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For Gretchen Schupbach, 40, the key was sustainability. "I started with a lifestyle change from eating out every day to once a week. I started walking every day. When that got easy, I would add five more minutes until I worked myself up to an hour. Then, I started lifting weights every other day. I swapped white bread and rice for whole grain. I tried to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my day, and brushed my teeth right after dinner so I wouldn't eat after," she says. By making these slow, steady changes, she was able to meet her goals.
Stress may contribute to abdominal fat, according to several studies, including a recent one at the University of California, San Francisco. "When you're stressed, hormones like cortisol stimulate your appetite, slow your metabolism down and encourage fat storage inside your abdomen," explains Shawn Talbott, Ph.D., director of the Nutrition Clinic at the University of Utah. So what's a frazzled girl to do? "Find an activity that reduces stress for you, whether it's listening to soothing music or taking yoga, and do it daily," advises Talbott.
Weight Watchers, which not only champions a sustainable diet but has sustained itself for over fifty years, is a favorite amongst nutritionists. Its practical, flexible philosophy of saving and splurging SmartPoints boils down to balancing out food choices. You can get tips, tools, and motivation by attending the traditional weekly meetings, or get the same resources through its user-friendly app. Either way, research proves that Weight Watchers' social element supports weight loss. At about $4 a week, OnlinePlus costs about half as much as Meetings+OnlinePlus, which runs around $8 (your fees vary depending on the length of your commitment).
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After a cancer diagnosis sent her normally healthy lifestyle off-course, flight attendant Tracey Z. Dickson was heavier than she had ever been. When she was declared cancer-free, she hopped back on the treadmill and got her diet in order—and went from 158 pounds to 117. One of her diet secrets? "Instead of dessert, I'll have a baked sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon," she says. "It tastes like I'm eating sweet potato pie, but for a ton less calories." For more healthy ideas on how to get your sugar fix, check out these desserts with 150 calories (or less).
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Not only does strength training tone your body and help to prevent injuries, but it also increases your metabolism for days after the fact, meaning you'll burn more calories even after the workout is finished. To supplement her cardio training, Goetke started lifting weights. "It totally transformed my body," she says. The extra calorie burn will help the pounds melt right off of you.
The most important thing when it comes to weight-loss plans is to view them as a tool rather than a set of restrictions. If you don't like one of the exercises or want to substitute one ingredient for another, go for it. As soon as a weight-loss plan becomes a weight around your neck, your motivation and dedication will take some serious knocks, so making sure the plan suits you is your best chance of success.
Eating healthy will definitely add an advantage to get rid of belly fat. Here are a few tips that help you to stay fit and healthy. Whenever you feel hungry then snack on wholesome foods like fruits or vegetables rather than junk foods, reduce your sugar intake, consume whole foods which keeps you feel full with low calories, include good fats such as nuts, avocado, seeds, coconut oil, etc., never ever skip your meals, avoid eating before going to bed (take a break of 3 – 4 hours after eating food and going to bed) and consume more vitamin C.
If you can keep up motivation and accountability without the assistance of an app or a like-minded community, the book should give you all necessary tools. While we weren't floored by Mayo's online offerings, the app does have one cool feature (if you can get it to work): Enable your camera to eyeball the correct size of any food item in comparison to a virtual baseball, hockey puck, set of dice.
Many additional health issues could make it harder to lose weight directly, indirectly, and can even cause weight gain as a side effect of a medication. Thyroid disorders are one example, according to Malkani. Others include Cushing syndrome, Prolactinoma, bipolar disorder, Hashimoto's disease, menopause, and many more. It's important to check in with your doctor for regular checkups and blood test and discuss any weight loss plans with your provider, too.
"For some people, it's knowing, 'Typically I eat a whole sandwich,'" says Gagliardi. "'Now, I'm going to make the decision to eat half a sandwich at lunch and save the other half for my dinner and essentially cut my calories in half. And they feel good about that. They're not having to do math." To get started, check out these 25 simple ways to cut 500 calories a day.
Probably. If you have overweight or obesity, your risk for many health problems is higher than that of women who are at a normal weight. Even a small amount of weight loss can lower your risk for or even prevent health problems like diabetes and heart disease. Calculate your body mass index (BMI) to see whether you're at a healthy weight. If you have overweight or obesity, start by making small changes to your eating habits and getting more physical activity.
Want a flatter stomach? Look in your glass—milk and soda are two major causes of tummy inflation. Approximately 65 percent of the human population has a reduced ability to digest lactose after infancy, which means that your glass of warm milk before bed may be the reason you wake up with too-tight pajamas. And when it comes to soda, both regular and diet are belly busters both from the sweeteners used and the carbonation. Try eliminating these from your diet and see if it helps flatten your tummy.