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therefore clear that in these processes it is not only the outer cell wall of the fungus that is involved but also its interior, where there are agents that affect the efficiency of the elimination process. This is also why a stronger elimination has been observed when using biomass formed by intact cells than when only the cell wall is used. The most recent findingsiae have been reviewed by Wang and Chen [32].
(Standard Methods) for the analysis of waters and waste waters (APHA, AWWA, WPCF) [35]. Qualitative chemical analysis of the waters was accomplished by obtaining dry residues from the samples (dried in an oven at 98ºC) or by progressively increasing the pH of the waters to produce a selective chemical precipitation. The dry residues and precipitates obtained were subjected to chemical analysis by X-ray dispersive energy (EDAX). Quantitative ng ICP (Emission Spectroscopy by Induction-Coupled Plasma) spectroscopy at the Central Analysis Services of the University of Salamanca. With a view to checking the possible radioactivity of some water samples, replicate determinations were made atSalamanca of the α and β radioactivities of acid water samples from cut 1 of the ENUSA Faith uranium mine. Standard methods (APHA, AWWA, WPCF) [35], improved by Moron et al. [36] and Sill [37], were used. According to the bioluminescence test employing Photobacterium phosphoreum (Ames test), a liquid sample is considered to be toxic when an inhibition of the luminescence of the bacteria greater than 20% occurs (toxicity threshold) in an analysis carried out at 15ºC for 15 min. Quantification of the toxicity of the samples is carried out according to the EC50 (maximum effective concentration: the dilution value of the sample for which 50% inhibition of luminescence occurs) and according to the ANFORT T-90-320 directive. A dual-channel merge-point flow injection (FIA) system was used. The carrier was a stream of 3.6 M HCl in the presence of 1% Triton X-100. The flow rate of the carrier and reagent streams was 2.0 cm3/min. Analysis of the uranyl cation in the acid mine drainage was accomplished using a rapid and sensitive method [38] that avoids manipulation in order to achieve the reduction of U(VI) to U(IV) upon inserting a lead- reducing minicolumn in the system [39]. Standard solutions and samples were introduced in the FIA system by means of an injection valve (100 µL), after which the uranium (VI) solution was passed through the lead-reducing column inserted in the sample entry channel (CR, 2 mm inner diameter and 5.5 cm length), eliciting the reduction of uranium (VI) and hence avoiding contact with atmospheric oxygen. The sample bolus was then merged with the reagent stream and during its passage through the helicoidal reactor (1 m), the U(IV)- Arsenazo (III) complex was formed, its absorbance being recorded at a wavelength of 650 nm. The peak height obtained for each of the solutions injected is directly related to the amount of sample injected and to the concentration of uranium in the sample.
The kinetic experiments on biosorption were performed at 20ºC by incubation with the biomass (25 g) in a stirredtank reactor (120 rpm) of 5 aqueous solutions of 10 dm3 volume, each with different concentrations of a single metal (between 114 and 0.6 mg/dm3). Water samples (aliquots of 10 cm3) were taken at preset times between 0 and 24 h, separating the yeast by centrifugation and stabilising each supernatant metal solution by adding a further 10 cm3 of 0.01 M H2SO4. The equilibrium experiments (biosorption isotherms) were carried out in batch mode in the presence of a constant concentration of biomass. Equilibrium was considered to have been reached at 20ºC after an incubation period of 1 h, after which a sample of the aqueous solution was removed to measure the concentration of the metal. Analysis of the metals in these acid supernatant solutions was accomplished exception of Al, which was analysed by UV-Vis spectrophotometry, following the eriochromocyanine-R method and the analysis was performed in continuous mode by flow injection analysis (FIA). The fitting of the kinetic and equilibrium data on biosorption to different equations and models was carried out using the SIMFIT statistical package, authored by Prof. W. G. Bardsley of the University of Manchester (UK).
DQO and DB05 were zero for all waters; i.e., no organic pollution.
metals in the waters analysed. Thus, the acid pH waters from the cuts (the Merladet and Faith mines) were those showing the highest levels of metals and sulphates in solution (data not shown) and were the only mine waters analysed that gave positive results in the Ames test. The metals mainly present in these waters were aluminium, manganese, iron, nickel, zinc, and copper, the acid water from the Faith mine being significantly more polluted (1,870 mg/dm3 of inorganic chemical load) than that of the Merladet mine (411 mg/dm3 of chemical load) and the former also having a differentiating character: namely, the presence of the uranyl UO22+ cation (42 mg/dm3). Moreover, we found that the waters analysed showed a certain degree of mineralisation (a fairly low specific conductivity), low turbidity, and a high degree of oxygenation.
Fig. 1. Biosorption kinetics of Cu from synthetic aqueous acid solutions in contact with Saccharomyces sp. at different initial concentrations of the metal.
(for the case of Cu as an example) and 2 and in Table 3. The following conclusions may be drawn: (1) Regarding the selectivity of the biomass for the different metals and their capacity to be biosorbed (Table 3), the highest percentages of elimination were obtained for Zn (76%), followed by Cu (70%), Mn (62%), Ni (48%), and Al (30%). (2) The removal kinetics of each metal dissolved in synthetic water by biosorption onto Saccharomyces sp.
*Samples contaminated with Cladosporium sp.
Fig. 2. Biosorption isotherms of the metals from synthetic aqueous acid solutions by the action of Saccharomyces sp. in free suspension.
Fig. 3. Langmuir-type adsorption isotherm of Cu from the acid drainage of the Merladet mine on Saccharomyces cerevisiae in free suspension.
process of the biosorption of the metal onto the yeast partially neutralised the acid mine waters. (5) On comparing the process of the biosorption of metals by S. cerevisiae in synthetic waters and in waters from the Merladet mine, very similar values were seen regarding the elimination of Cu and Ni, although the efficiency of the process with real water samples was markedly lower for the case of Mn, and zero for the other metals. We propose an antagonistic interference on the biosorption of a metal due to the presence of other metals. 3.4. Removal of ecotoxicity from acid mine drainage by immobilised yeast The experiments were carried out in discontinuous mode in a stirred tank reactor at 120 rpm and at a temperature of 20ºC with acid water from the Merladet mine (Barruecopardo, Salamanca) (0.06 mg/dm3 Al; 0.06 mg/dm3 Ni; 0.56 mg/ dm3 Cu, 1.91 mg/dm3 Zn, and 2.91 mg/dm3 Mn), treated using the official standard Spanish method (B.O.E. 10/11/ 1989) for ecotoxicity analyses. The results of the study of the evolution of the ecotoxicity of two different bioleachate samples (200 cm3 each) from the Merladet mine after their incubation with 11.4 g of polyurethane support, empty or loaded with 2.3 g of immobilized S. cerevisiae cells, were as follows: the EC50 ecotoxicity values decreased from 14.6 and 8.20 to undetectable levels. The conclusion from this study is that the ecotoxicity of the acid mine drainage was removed when it was incubated with brewer’s yeast trapped in polyurethane foam.
4. Conclusion According to their chemical composition and the physicochemical and ecological states, only the acid waters from the Faith (polluted with U, Al, Cu, Mn, etc) and Merladet (with Al, Mn, Zn, and Cu) mines are contaminated with toxic heavy metals.
Following the kinetics and the equilibrium of elimination of metals from the Merladet acid drainage by biosorption processes on brewer’s yeast, it may be proposed that these abundant industrial residues could serve as efficient agents for the bioremediation of this type of metal-polluted water. Furthermore, these biowastes proved to be efficient in abolishing the levels of ecotoxicity of such acid mine drainage.
Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Iberdrola Instituto Tecnológico andl Agua (CIDTA) of the University of Salamanca for funding. They also acknowledge the excellent collaboration of the Director and staff at the CIDTA for allowing the use of the equipment and installations to develop some parts of this work;of the University of Salamanca for allowing the use of atomic absorption spectrophotometers; the collaboration of the companies that provided the acid waters and biowastes used in this work - Empresa Nacional del Uranio S. A. (ENUSA) (Saelices el Chico, Salamanca), Merladet S.A. (Barruecopardo, Salamanca), Grupo Cruz Campo S. A. Finally, the authors thank Prof. William G. Bardsley from the University of Manchester (UK) for free use of the last version of SIMFIT.
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Corequisite(s): ENG 02 or ENG 10 or RDL 02 if required.
Designed to provide opportunities to analyze and apply theories and research findings to all educational aspects of development from birth through childhood. The course examines multicultural, multilingual, inclusive settings and classroom management techniques. The course provides opportunities to plan educational activities for based on child study and learning theories. Students write and present a child case studylearning settings with diverse socioeconomic populations in order to apply systematic observation techniques. The case study will be part of each student's academic portfolio.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 02 and RDL 02. Prerequisite or Corequisite: PSY 11.
Prerequisite(s): or Corequisite: EDU 10 and SPN 13.
Norms, values, and roles; observation of human behavior; principles that govern human change; activities that aid social and emotional growth; effective principles and practices of communication through written messages, teacher-parent conferences, telephone calls, and group presentations; handling conflict and criticism; codes of ethics; and knowledge of useful references.
Individual and small-group teaching experiences under professional supervision in an accredited school or agency. Periodic meetings with BCC faculty supervisor. Students must demonstrate competencies pertaining to general knowledge expected of those who completed the Education sequence, and be able to plan educational activities for. Students dispositions and instructional strategies will be assessedStudents will make contributions to their academic portfolio.
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[17.09] Interplanetary Environments of Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
P.C. Frisch
A complete description of nearby planetary systems requires an understanding of the present and past dynamical interactions between the winds of the central star and ambient interstellar material (ISM, Frisch, 1993, ApJ v.407, p198). The 3D space motions of about 50 nearby planetary systems are calculated using recent astrometric and radial velocity data. The comparison of these motions with the distribution of nearby interstellar material (the 'Local Fluff'), along with estimates for stellar winds, permits an evaluation of the past and present interplanetary environments for these stars. Inner and outer planets have been shown to have significantly different levels of exposure to raw ISM since n~10 cm-3 clouds may contract astrospheres to within ~10 AU of the central star (depending on relative ISM/stellar wind ram pressures). The unknown strength of nearby interstellar magnetic fields poses a significant uncertainty in evaluating the confining pressure for the astrospheres of nearby stars. The author would like to thank NASA for supporting this research.


Russian Calligrafiturism artist Pokras Lampas spent 500 l of yellow paint, 1250 sq.m of calligraphy for the fabulous "F.. is for Fendi" campaign performed on the top of monumental HQ of Fendi in Rome at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (Colosseo Quadrato)
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JAHNKOY Fashion by Maria Kazakova
"Jahnkoy" means "new spirit village" on Crimean. Jahnkoy’s work is a decisive return to craft, meaning the very hands that create and define cultures. Siberia-born, the New York-based visual artist Maria Kazakova explores textiles and ancient techniques, and aims to blend the traditional with the contemporary, highlighting the invisible, and reorienting the practice of fashion to the realm of art.
Maria is a graduate from Parsons School of Design with a MFA in Fashion Design & Society, also holds a BFA in Fashion Design from the British Higher school of Art & Design, Moscow and a Graduate Diploma in Fashion from Central Saint Martins, London.
"Maria debuted with "Jahnkoy" collection at New York Fashion Week 2017 and has been shortlisted by LVMH Prize. Also Kazakova was able to secure a collaboration with Puma and resources from Swarovski for her debut collection, quilting second-hand sports t-shirts with embellished fabrics that swaddled the wearer."
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Architectural Sketches by Adelina Gareeva
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Go deep into the mid road somewhere nowhere sadness depicted by Russian artist Andrey Surnov
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Reality 2.0 by Dmitry Aske
A person born before the 1990s sees video calls, a 'computer-in-your-pocket' phone, and a broadband Internet connection available almost everywhere as materialisation of the future. Meanwhile, the new generation takes all that for granted as a beginning of a new era. In his new body of work, Dmitri Aske reflects our time suggesting that the viewers should contemplate how much all of us are absorbed by Reality 2.0.
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Anatomical Art Nouveau Collages by FFO
July 25, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, Russia, Art
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Art of Andrey Adno
February 09, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Instagram, Portfolios, Russia, Street Art
Conceptual artist Andrey Adno works with mixed media doing projects of different scales, from street art murals to a plywood layered masks
February 09, 2016 /Arseny Vesnin
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A series of four multilayer plywood artworks created by Moscovian artist Dmitri Aske (Instagram). A homage to the photos of the Russian Empire made by a pioneer of colour photography Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. All the details were laser cut, spray painted and assembled by hand.


Employee satisfaction and engagement are key to a sustainable and productive team, no matter your industry or department.
Highly engaged and satisfied employees produce better results for the company. In addition, they will contribute to a positive work culture, and will stick around for a long time.
But employee satisfaction is a tricky thing to measure. It is difficult to quantify the right parts of the employee experience to get insights about their satisfaction.
What are employee satisfaction KPIs?
Employee satisfaction KPIs attempt to put a number to the question “Are you happy at work?”
By identifying a few key areas of work that have strong correlations to employee engagement, you can look at broader patterns and find solutions to team engagement problems.
Some employee satisfaction KPIs are represented as a calculated percentage or index number. Others might be averages or aggregated data to custom answers on an employee satisfaction survey. You might know for example the NPS (Net Promoter Score). If not, quick video for you :
5 essential employee satisfaction KPIs
Employee engagement and satisfaction might look different depending on your workplace and team culture.
For example, a team may need to work in a collaborative setting lots of meetings and calls with clients. Another may be able to work more independently and use other ways to check in.
5 measures of employee engagement
Employee Net Promoter Score: Sometimes known as eNPS, this metric calculates how likely your employees are to recommend your company as a place to work. This is a key reflection of your company culture and employee satisfaction. After all, unhappy employees certainly aren’t going to recommend your company to others.
Turnover rate: If a lot of workers quit at once, it could mean that they aren’t happy with their jobs. You can look at your company’s culture after taking out social and economic factors like the COVID-19 epidemic.
You can calculate employee turnover on a monthly, quarterly, or annual basis. Be sure to establish a baseline for your company or industry so you can better see deviations from the norm.
Productivity: Engaged employees are 18% more productive and 23% more profitable than their non-engaged counterpoints. So when productivity dips, it’s likely your employee satisfaction is down too. Measure productivity by whatever metrics make sense for your team: tasks completed (totaled by a timer app), quotas met, or goals achieved.
Absenteeism: Increased or chronic absences from work may signal a decrease in employee satisfaction or morale. While you should generally trust your employees to call out of work for legitimate reasons, keeping an eye on overall attendance trends can help you diagnose employee engagement problems early.
Employee Satisfaction Index (ESI): The ESI aggregates employee answers to three general questions about job satisfaction to produce a number between 1 – 100. That number is an indicator of employee satisfaction over time.
How to track employee satisfaction KPIs
Many companies track employee satisfaction KPIs through HR software and/or employee feedback tools.
These tools help gather employee opinions and insights and analyze them so you can take action based on the data.
Here are a few tips for developing a feedback strategy to track employee satisfaction KPIs.
Designate someone to track employee engagement
You need to consistently monitor employee satisfaction KPIs to draw useful conclusions from the data.
In a medium or large business with a dedicated human resources department, employee engagement studies typically fall under their duties. But if you’re a small business owner, you may find it difficult to stay on top of tracking this data yourself.
If that’s the case, consider investing in human resources software or even outsourcing your HR to a PEO company that can take care of the administrative side of tracking employee satisfaction KPIs.
No matter who is in charge of your employee feedback strategy, you’ll also want an intuitive and customizable feedback platform like Feedier to manage and store all your data.
Customize employee satisfaction KPIs to your company
As mentioned above, employee satisfaction looks different from company to company. Engaged manufacturing employees have different skills and qualities than engaged sales employees, for example.
Be sure to consider your teams’ specific needs when choosing the employee satisfaction KPIs you’ll track. What does productivity look like for them? As the boss, what do you envision an engaged employee looks like in your company?
Use these goals and insights to track the right KPIs for your employees, rather than wasting time and resources gathering unhelpful data.
Choose the right feedback questions
Employees can quickly get irritated at long engagement surveys filled with repetitive or irrelevant questions. To increase the response rate and get the most useful insights from your employee feedback, choose your survey questions carefully.
Essentially, each question you ask should have a clear connection to an insight you are looking for.
For instance, if you want to calculate your Employee Satisfaction Index, you only need to ask three questions:
Does your job meet your expectations?
Is your job close to “ideal” for you?
Employees answer these questions on a scale of 1-10. To calculate the ESI, you’ll find the mean of all the responses, divide that by 3, and multiply by 100.
Moreover, you can also ask questions about recommending your company as a place to work or specific initiatives, goals, or company problems you want insight into.
Use appropriate business language
Phrase your employee feedback questions carefully, using business language that is appropriate for your work environment and culture.
If you have a more laid-back office culture, you might ask questions less formally than you might in a corporate setting. Either way, using slightly more formal business language, like in the example below, can help signal the importance of the surveys.
If you’re feeling misaligned or unclear on company culture and how to reflect this in your business language, it’s recommended to take a culture assessment to discover elements like:
The current behaviors and values that make up your company culture
What is important to your team and employees in regards to company culture or areas they would like to see change
Receive feedback from employees on your company’s culture
So, By knowing where your company stands, you’ll be better prepared to use the appropriate business language and communicate with your team more effectively.
Hold regular meetings with your team
In the midst of collecting employee engagement data, don’t forget to spend time actually talking to your employees!
For example, one-on-one conversations with your employees can give you great insight into your team culture. Keep it casual, and demonstrate that you’re always open to hearing more feedback.
You’ll build rapport with your team and gather all kinds of useful insights.
What to do with your employee satisfaction data
So, Now it’s time to put your employee satisfaction KPIs to use. What actions can you take based on the employee engagement KPIs you collect?
Look for patterns: Work with your HR team to identify trends in your employee satisfaction data. Does turnover increase around a certain time of year? Do employees tend to leave after a certain tenure? Has your ESI increased or decreased significantly lately?
Dig into the causes of these patterns: Identify the factors surrounding these patterns. If majority of your staff resign two years after starting, why? Are employees maxing out their benefits? Are there few opportunities for growth?
Send follow-up surveys that are specific: If your company has a problem with bonuses or anything else, ask your employees. What do they want in terms of getting credit for their work, getting more bonuses, or changing the way the company works?
The most important thing, however, is to take specific, concrete actions or training as a direct response to employee feedback. This shows that you take employee feedback seriously and can be trusted to do what’s best for your team.
Also, remember that it’s okay to start small. Perhaps you start incentivizing your employees to give you feedback by offering them gifts or offering Hobby Lobby coupons.
Eventually, you can grow into recognizing employees for their contributions and accomplishments with gift cards, bonuses, or time off.
Keep building a healthy team with employee satisfaction KPIs
Finally, employee satisfaction and engagement is an ongoing work-in-progress. There’s likely always something you can do to keep employees more engaged and your business more productive.
To do so, you may measure employee satisfaction KPIs and obtain useful insights with a feedback strategy and a powerful platform in place.
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Robert Downey Jr. proves that the "bros" of Avengers are ready to make magic IRL, with an epic lunch break shot that's giving us some serious crew envy.
On Wednesday, the Iron ManAvengers: Infinity War, where he and co-stars can be seen sharing a bite to eat. And the way the inseparable foursome somehow manage to incorporate a can of La Croix, a hot sauce bottle, and a scattering of utensils into the squad portrait ever so flawlessly has to be seen to be believed.
"Forks, tongs, cans + bottles + a Wong... Help us," the actor captioned the epic Twitter post, which depicts the group sitting on one end of the table, enjoying their meal. "#Hd," he concluded.
One of our favorite looks from the shot has to be Cumberbatch's on-point duck face, which he models to perfection with pouty lips and a bottle of hot sauce in hand. Seated next to him, Downey Jr. tilts his head back to advertise a can of La Croix, while Ruffalo and Wong look ready to dig into a salad with a fork and serving utensils in position.
While Avengers: Infinity War doesn't come out until next year, this legendary snap has us even more excited for the popular franchise's newest addition!


 UK's most prestigious places to study. They consist of 24 institutions that specialise in pioneering academic research and are often said to be the UK's version of the Ivy League. Despite the reputation that proceeds them, Poppy asks: does it actually matter if the university you attend is a Russell Group?
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Donated plastic surgery is available in limited quantities for patients who can not access quality care or simply do not have the funds to pay for their needed procedures. The plastic surgery industry is well known for providing free services to patients worldwide,The Red Cross.
Many victims of disease, violence and injury have been scarred inside and out by their tragedies. Many patients are physically-limited and socially-isolated due to the problematic concerns imposed upon them by their anatomical irregularities. A bit of help from a caring doctor is all that it might take to get these poor souls back on the road to happy and prosperous lives. Luckily, a great number of qualified plastic surgeons have answered the call for help by providing charitable plastic surgery services to those in dire need.
This essay details the availability of charity plastic, aesthetic and cosmetic surgery services for needy patients worldwide.
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Many international NGOs offer free plastic surgery to poor and deserving patients who can not access quality care on their own. Some of these patients live in remote areas where surgical services are in limited availability or do not exist at all. Others do not have access to care due to financial limitations.
Regardless of the particulars of need, these humanitarian NGOs find methods of offering care to these people by matching patients to surgeons and then facilitating medical treatment in the patient’s location or by enabling the patient to travel to the surgeon. This type of charity work has provided untold numbers of free procedures for the most needy of the world.
Some of the most common procedures that are available include cleft palate and cleft lip repair, scar reduction, breast reconstruction and a variety of facial surgery techniques.
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Many patients can not afford care live in developed areas, falling between the cracks of the private insurance and government-funded healthcare systems. Often these low to middle income families have too much money to qualify for free care, but far too little to pay for expensive treatment by themselves. Others simply do not qualify for care, as some procedures are classified as “elective” and therefore do not receive reimbursement by private insurance or municipal healthcare programs.
A great answer to this financial conundrum is to hold a fundraiser to help collect monies to pay for the necessary operation. Once the money is raised and earmarked, surgeons will often hear of the event and offer to accept a partial payment or even no payment at all, allowing the family to keep the money for future health needs. The more publicity that can be provided for the event, the better the results will likely be and the more generous the outpouring of support.
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We have been involved in many successful campaigns to allow patients to receive the aesthetic treatment that they need, but can not afford. It has been a very satisfying aspect of our advocacy efforts.
In the third world, patients often do not even know that help is available, which is a real shame, since doctors are often set-up and ready to operate in many of these countries. Typically only a minority of needy people are seen by Red Cross volunteers and deemed worthy of receiving free surgical care. Meanwhile, many other patients could benefit if they only had the necessary knowledge that services were available to them.
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Regardless of your particular needs, it is worth taking the time and effort to explore the possibility of receiving charitable surgical services from a doctor, hospital, organization or private donor. We recommend involving as many people as possible in the crusade, including a variety of local medical outlets. For best results, be sure to contact local newspapers, TV stations, civic organizations, hospitals and medical associations to gather the most support possible for your cause. Investing a bit of sweat equity can go a long way towards saving a tremendous amount of money on needed aesthetic treatment.


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Cape Cod starts just a little over an hour drive from Boston and continues for about another hour to get to the far tip, Provincetown. The area has many neighborhood beach towns such as Hyannis, Dennis, and Chatham to name a few, each with their own unique charm. There are also that deserve a visit as well.
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"In the second half, I thought we came out much better. We put them on the free throw line too much in the second half. We were definitely a much more aggressive team here than we were in Rupp Arena."
Is this the year that Cal doesn't have them ready for postseason play?It appears that might have been some evidence of that yesterday. This team was disgraceful in every aspect of the game. PJ seemed okay with conceding the SEC POY to Williams as he reverted to his play of last year. Hagans has played his way out of defensive specialist of anything. I think he has had 1 steal in last 4 games…
Wow!I wonder how long you've been waiting for us to have a bad game?I'm not certain what coach or what team you would feel positive toward. Wouldn't be Duke after their latest loss to Virginia Tech would it?This has been one of Cal's best coaching efforts and that is recognized by other coaches and most of the fan base. So we had an "off" game and you start slamming the coach and players?
William you miss Mike's point as do most Rah Rahs. We didn't just lose a game, we were not competitive in any way which is an alarm for this point in the season. We were humiliated on the same level as the azzwhooping that Duke gave us. You should never lose LIKE THAT at TOURNAMENT TIME!I am not sure if Travis has a pro career ahead of him, but there is not anyone else on this team ready to go pro. All of them should come back to work on their biggest weakness…
Washington may be ready to make the leap to the NBA, but he's the only one on the team even remotely ready for the jump…
Pup…Try not to be too surprised or disappointed if UT kicks our butts again. I do recall giving the guys a lot of plaudits for their W and play in Lexington. Bottom line…


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All good crackpottery and consiracy has a kernel of truth. That is what makes it so compelling to the nutters. You could just as easily point to the fact that burning jet fuel does put chemicals in the air, or even point to crop dusters that put chemicals in the air.
If you lack that reference, then your best bet is to qualify your statements, and ask if an expert in the discussion can verify what you are saying.
I'm just not sure that slinging around scientific data is the best way to approach things. I can't imagine why someone would choose to go through all the effort to understand data that is slung by an opponent, when it's way faster and easier to dismiss it out of hand.
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Thanks! OK, so... which are the inferences to believe, and which are the inferences to doubt? Where's the place that does a nice job summarizing all the relevant inferences, tracing them back to other inferences, that ultimately get back to the data?
Can you expand on this? It's not clear to me why this isn't a reasonable concern to have. What data make you so confident in this? And what is a "nutter"?
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Planning Biped Locomotion using Motion Capture Data and ...mrl.snu.ac.kr/Papers/ & Computer...
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MIN GYU CHOI
JEHEE LEE
SUNG YONG SHIN
Typical high-level directives for locomotion of human-like characters are useful for interactive games and simulations as well as for off-line production animation. In this paper, we present a new scheme for planning natural-looking locomotion of a biped figure to facilitate rapid mo- tion prototyping and task-level motion generation. Given start and goal positions in a virtual environment, our scheme gives a sequence of motions to move from the start to the goal using a set of live-captured motion clips. Based on a novel combination of probabilistic path planning and hierarchical displacement mapping, our scheme consists of three parts: roadmap construction, roadmap search, and motion generation. We randomly sample a set of valid footholds of the biped figure from the environment to construct a directed graph, called a roadmap, that guides the lo- comotion of the figure. Every edge of the roadmap is associated with a live-captured motion clip. Augmenting the roadmap with a posture transition graph, we traverse it to obtain the sequence of input motion clips and that of target footprints. We finally adapt the motion sequence to the constraints specified by the footprint sequence to generate a desired locomotion.
Categories and Subject Descriptors: I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-dimensional Graphics and Realism—Animation; G.3.0 [Probability and Statistics]: Probabilistic Algorithms—Path Planning
General Terms: Animation, Path Planning
Additional Key Words and Phrases: Biped locomotion, Human navigation, Motion editing and adaptation, Probabilistic path planning
This research was supported by grants from the NRL (National Research Laboratory) program of KISTEP (Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning). Author’s address: M. G. Choi, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon, 305-701, Korea; J. Lee, ERC for Advanced Control and Instrumentation, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shillim-dong, Kwanak-ku, Seoul, Korea; S. Y. Shin, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-dong, Yusong-gu, Taejon, 305-701, Korea; Permission to make digital/hard copy of all or part of this material without fee for personal or classroom use provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage, the ACM copyright/server notice, the title of the publication, and its date appear, and notice is given that copying is by permission of the ACM, Inc. To copy otherwise, to republish, to post on servers, or to redistribute to lists requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. c© 2002 ACM 0730-0301/02/1000-0001 $5.00
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. V, No. N, October 2002, Pages 1–0??.
2 · Min Gyu Choi et al. 1. INTRODUCTION
The advent of motion capture systems offers a convenient means for acquiring real- istic motion data. Due to the success of such systems, realistic and highly detailed motion clips are commercially available and widely used for producing visually con- vincing animations of human-like 3D characters in a variety of applications, such as animation films and video games. Efforts have been focused on editing and manipu- lating live-captured motion clips to provide effective ways of adapting motion clips to the desired constraints specified by animators [Bruderlin and Williams 1995; Gleicher 1998; Lee and Shin 1999; Rose et al. 1996; Unuma et al. 1995; Witkin and Popović 1995]. However, motion planning with such motion clips has not been explored, yet.
In this paper, we present a new planning scheme that produces a natural-looking motion for a human-like biped figure to move from a given start position to a goal position using a set of prescribed motions. An animation scenario is composed of certain tasks, each of which can be fulfilled with a sequence of motions. Task-level motion planning with canned motion clips can provide realistic motions at the early stage of the animation design for rapid motion prototyping, that facilitates early validation of an animation. It can also support an interactive animation, where a user-controlled character interacts with a synthetic environment. To generate real- istic motions in such an interactive animation, the user needs task-level directives. However, traditional motion planning techniques [Hwang and Ahuja 1992; Latombe 1991] cannot achieve such directives with captured motion clips.
When the set of motions is limited to moving along a continuous path such as walking and running, our goal might simply be achieved by separating path plan- ning from motion generation. That is, one can first plan a continuous moving path and then generate a motion along the path with captured motion data. However, this approach cannot properly take into account the intrinsic property of biped loco- motion: A biped character can move from one place to another over disconnected regions by following a sequence of discrete footholds. Therefore, the continuous path does not reflect well all the motion clips available.
Based on a novel combination of probabilistic path planning [Kavraki et al. 1996] and hierarchical displacement mapping [Lee and Shin 1999], our scheme finds a sequence of input motion clips and that of target footprints simultaneously, and then retargets the motion sequence to yield a desired motion that follows the footprints. Provided with a rich set of canned motion clips, the scheme enables a human-like figure to perform a variety of motions such as running on flat terrain, jumping over a crevice, and walking over stepping stones to reach the goal.
Planning locomotion of a human-like figure is related to several different areas of research. For our convenience, we classify these related works into five categories: biped locomotion, human navigation, probabilistic path planning, motion editing, and example-based motion synthesis. ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol. V, No. N, October 2002.
Planning Biped Locomotion using Motion Capture Data and Probabilistic Roadmaps · 3 Biped locomotion. Generating realistic biped locomotion has received increasing
attention in computer animation. An excellent survey on this field can be found in [Multon et al. 1999]. Bruderlin and Calvert [1989] presented a goal-directed dynamic approach that generates a desired walking motion for given parameters such as velocity, step length, and step frequency. Boulic et al. [1990] exploited biomechanical data to utilize their intrinsic dynamics. Ko and Badler [1996] also presented a similar technique to produce dynamically-balanced walking that was further generalized for curved path walking. They also were able to generate foot- prints automatically. To generate a balanced walking, Laszlo et al. [1996] suggested the notion of limit cycle control that adds closed-loop feedback to open-loop periodic motions. Raibert and Hodgins [1991] showed that hand-designed controllers can produce physically realistic legged locomotion. Hodgins et al. [1995] extended those controllers to other motions of human athletics. Hodgins and Pollard [1997] also described an automatic method to adapt existing controllers to new characters. An optimization-based scheme was proposed by van de Panne [1997] to generate biped locomotion from given footprints. This scheme was further extended to quadruped locomotion [Torkos and van de Panne 1998]. Ko and Cremer [1995] proposed a real-time method to generate human locomotion from positional input streams. Chung and Hahn [1999] developed a hierarchical motion control system to generate walking motion along a path on uneven terrain. Sun and Metaxas [2001] exploited sagittal elevation angles to automate gait generation. Recently, procedural models for biped locomotion have also been available as commercial animation packages, such as Boston Dynamics “BDI Guy”, Credo Interactive “Life Forms Studio”, 3D Studio Max “Character Studio”, and Avid “SOFTIMAGE|RTK”. These packages generate biped locomotion from the user-specified moving trajectory of a character or his/her footprints.
Human navigation. Reynolds [1987] introduced reactive behaviors to simulate groups of simple creatures such as flocks of birds, herds of land animals, and schools of fishes. Terzopoulos et al. [1994] simulated reactive behaviors of artificial fishes with synthetic visions. Noser et al. [1996] presented a local navigation model for human-like characters using synthetic visions. They also simulated a human mem- ory model for avoiding obstacles [Noser et al. 1995]. Kuffner and Latombe [1999] addressed a similar problem for dynamic environments. Reich et al. [1994] suggested a real-time model for human navigation over uneven terrain. They adopted simu- lated sensors to detect geometric features such as obstacles. Marti and Bunn [1994] considered large-scale terrain represented as a height field over a 2D uniform grid. Bandi and Thalmann [1998] discretized a synthetic environment into a 3D uniform grid to search paths for autonomous characters.


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No, I am not going to make this into a blog about the pros and cons of social media, so please keep reading. This is about living authentically, even when it is so easy to show people the perfect versions of who we think we are and how our life is going.
I recently took a trip to Florida and found myself posting about the sun, waves, alligators, and time spent with friends. No matter how many likes or comments my images received, however, I felt empty. Yes, I had a great time, but it wasn’t authentic. It wasn’t the whole story.
Unfortunately, we live in a society where it is easier to compare ourselves to others than those around us. Instead of congratulating a friend on their engagement or posting a string of excited emoji’s on a family members pregnancy announcement, many of us internalize these moments of joy in someone else’s life and say, “Good for them, but what about me?” Yes, it is hard to see someone living a life that seems to be filled to the brim with abundance and blessing, but do you know the full story?
That new mom who posted a photo of her sleeping baby may have spent three hours trying to get the baby to fall asleep after having an exhausting day herself. That pastor who posted about their vacation may be taking time for themselves after serving others endlessly. That guy who posted about a new job may have been forced to find different work because he couldn’t afford unexpected medical expenses.y story even if only one gets seen.
Social media is an incredible tool that allows us to stay connected, communicate with each other, and check-in on how people are doing. It is only a useful tool if we use it authentically. Yes, consider the effects of the “highlight reel” before posting, but also know that your value and worth is not dependant on someone else’s “like count,” filtered beauty, and one-sided story. Acknowledge that everyone has struggles and that everyone has difficulties they are facing- whether they show them or not, and that we are all just trying to figure out life together.
Part of living authentically is knowing that we have all been created equal, yet we are all on a different journey. God doesn’t play favourites. He doesn’t measure the likes, comments, and shares and determines your value from them. He determines your value from His authentic self who called you into being. God is always true and does not waver, so believe that He did not hesitate when we created you.
Your authentic self is more valuable than you realize. Who God created you to be is a part of His PERFECT plan. Instead of basing your value on the things of this world, base them on God. He is the only one whose “Likes” matters, and you have them in endless supply.
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Covid-19 cases have skyrocketed in the past few weeks in the UK
Thousands of pupils across Northamptonshire will be returning to school after the festive break to a host of new Covid measures.
Students and teachers will return to class this week amid the backdrop of hundreds of thousands of Covid-19 cases which are being recorded everyday across the UK.
Teachers were surprised by the new rules, which were only announced by the government on Sunday, January 2, 2022 and are now trying to plan for the return of students, most of which will be going back tomorrow, January 5.
Cteachers, with supply staff shortages unable to fill the voids being vacated by unwell faculty members.
A number of teachers have said that staff shortages in the new term caused by self-isolation because of positive lateral flow tests will be “challenging” for some schools and could lead to more pupils learning online.
However, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said that support will be available.
Below are all of the new rules that need to be followed.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said the new rule.”
It has also been confirmed that there will also be a push to remind schools of previous rules on self-isolation and other prevention methods.
But, they will need to test regularly and isolate if they test positive for Covid-19.
The government has also announced that all pupils will have tin 2022
On top of that all secondary school pupils are  and schools are also expected to provide on-site testing.
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said that the new rules will only be in place for as long as they need to be.
He said:"
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"As we enter this new term, I want to thank all staff working in education for their continued dedication and resilience.
"It is through the hard work of all of you that we have ensured, and will continue to ensure pupils and students get the learning that they deserve.
"We must continue to look forward and not forget how far we have come in our fight against this virus.
"The very best way we can continue to protect ourselves and our families is by getting the booster, or second jab if you are aged 12-15 – as soon as possible. I urge anyone who hasn’t done this to do so now"We are doing all we can to minimise disruption this virus causes to everyday life, including keeping children in school, and .


Merry Christmas from my site, http://unitedstatesvicepresident.com . I am blogging more after I lost my job. But I have learned that family is indeed everything and the job is just for paying the rent. You never know when someone you love will be gone so enjoy it while it is here. Merry Christmas!


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In states where MMJ is already legal, the Novus MedPlan has been advancing since enrollment began back in October. The recent announcement that they have completed their strategic network provider outreach in Arizona, handily exceeding enrollment expectations with the help of an experienced PR agency, PR Revolution, is but the latest example of the company’s forward momentum. Novus has tapped PR Revolution to act as their public relations and marketing agency of record, with results, not only successfully developing their provider network in Arizona beyond targeted levels, but executing agreements with eager dispensaries as well.
PR Revolutiona wide range of companies spanning multiple sectors establish traction with end markets, from big brands like multinational Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), to small private innovators like oral care product developer DenTek. PR Revolution’s ability to fuse broad-spectrum engagement competencies, ranging from highly granular PR, to fully leveraged social media and online presence initiatives, has been, and will be instrumental for Novus as they continue to expand their provider network’s overall footprint. PR Revolution has had considerable success with their portfolio of cannabis sector clients thus far, helping them to gain brand recognition with spots on widely-viewed channels like CNBC and FOX Business, as well as in widely-read publications like Forbes, Time Magazine and the Huffington Post, executing such campaign initiatives in a timely/coordinated fashion that exploits other PR and social media efforts.
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Former Dolphins, Bears tight end Dion Sims retires
By Kevin Nogle@KevinNogle MayFormer Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears tight end Dion Sims has announced his retirement. After sitting out the 2019 season, Sims took to Twitter on Friday to say his career is coming to an end.
Decided to hang my cleats up after 20 years of playing God is good and I’m grateful!!!!!
— Dion Sims (@D_Sims80) May 1, 2020
Selected in the fourth round by the Dolphins, Sims came to Miami in 2013 after playing at Michigan State. He was seen as a developmental tight end who could be a pass catcher but had to work on his blocking at the NFL level. He started his time with the Dolphins as the primary backup behind Charles Clay, then worked behind Jordan Cameron in 2015. In his four seasons with Miami, he appeared in 56 games with 74 receptions for 699 yards and eight touchdowns.
Sims, along with the 2018 concussion in Chicago, dealt with a major concussion during the 2016 season that caused him to miss a month.


Let's take a look at why cloud systems, such as those provided by Red Key are so useful and how it can make your business more efficient in a few easy steps.
Have you ever experienced that sickening feeling when you have just completed an important document or spent ages compiling and inputting data and your computer or network crashes, losing it all? It has happened to us all, but now, thanks to the cloud, that is likely to become an issue of the past. Most cloud services automatically back up data on a regular basis, meaning it's less likely to disappear, and saves you from having one more routine (and often mundane!) job to do.
Imagine this: you've saved all your data to the hard drive in the office and to your memory stick. It's crucial information that can secure you a contract. You travel halfway across the country to get this deal in the bag - and you realize you left the memory stick on your desk. You have two options: contact the office and ask someone to email you the documents, which involves wasting yours and potentially your clients time - and that is assuming they are able to access the information anyway. The other choice is to have it all uploaded (automatically, of course) to your cloud storage network, which you can access anytime misconceptiontorage systems. While we can understand why it doesn't feel as secure-you are, after all, leaving the safety of your data and information to an external company- in most cases, they have a much better grasp of security. A provider of a cloud system is definitely not going to want to be responsible for large scale data breaches, so security is going to be a big priority for them.
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At Fake-It Frugal, I share all the ways that my family is striving to improve our standard of living while, at the same time decreasing our expenses. At the end of most of my posts you'll find a "Fake-It Yourself Breakdown" where I show just how much money we didn't spend by trying some of these simple ideas. My hope is to inspire you to think about how much money you can save for your family without sacrificing your lifestyle!
Living in New Zealand was doubly difficult as I suddenly found myself with very few resources and even fewer comforts of home. But, out of that experience I gained tremendous insight into how to be more self-reliant and how to "fake" som in the USA. It made for a few less home-sick days and we even introduced some Kiwis to real American foods/products (can you believe they don't have Bisquick?
Now that I'm back in the US, I find that many of my newly discovered "faking" skills are saving me tons of money!I'm always thinking up new and fun ways to save my family a few bucks as we work towards our goal of paying off our debt, rebuilding our savings, and buying a new home...all without sacrificing our standard of living. I hope you will join me on my frugal journey and maybe we can share some ideas along the way!
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In Episode 47 we look back at a successful Grey Cup week in Vancouver. Ryan Ballantine of the CFL Horsemen Podcast joins us to talk about the Stampeders win and 11 year BC Lion Dante Marsh joins us to talk about the end of his run as a Leo. guests on Twitter: Ryan Ballantine: @PodcasterRyan and @CFL_Horsemen Dante Marsh: @DanteMarsh


y, Sept. 28 at Presque Isle Downs, Delaware Park, and Churchill Downs, along with horses to single in the mandatory-payout $390,577 Pick 5 carryover at Assiniboia Downs.
#4 Schiffhauer Strong (8-5) has finished second in his first three starts over this track and class level, so the son of Palace Malice looms as a key contender again. But can he develop the winning spark he needs to move forward and visit the winner’s circle?
Perhaps the first-time starter #5 Souper Blessing (8-1) can relegate Schiffhauer Strong to another runner-up finish. Souper Blessing is conditioned by hot trainer Michael Trombetta, whose 25% win rate at Presque Isle this year includes a 1-for-1 record with debuting juveniles.
Jockey Willie Martinez has gone 4-for-8 (50%) teaming up with Trombetta over the last two months, so let’s bet Souper Blessing to win and key him over Schiffhauer Strong in a cold exacta.
#1 Bound by Destiny (3-1) is undefeated in three starts at Delaware Park, including a 5 3/4-length romp in the 5 1/2-furlong Blue Hen S. last month. Conditioned by hot trainer Anthony Pecoraro (a 34% winner at Delaware this meet), Bound by Destiny owns the three highest Brisnet Speed ratings in the Small Wonder field and should be tough to catch under jockey Jeremy Rose, a 56% winner teaming up with Pecoraro over the last two months.
Sharp Delaware Park maiden winner #3 Chickieness (3-1) completed the exacta in the Blue Hen and can do the same in the Small Wonder.
#1 Princely (9-5) gained some ground down the homestretch of her Sept. 15 debut over this track and distance, ultimately finishing sixth (in a field of 12) while beaten 4 1/2 lengths.
Horses trained by Kenny McPeek typically move forward in their second race, winning 17% of the time, and the fact Princely is picking up jockey Brian Hernandez (a 21% winner teaming up with McPeek over the last two months) is a positive sign.
Let’s bet Princely to win and play him over stablemate #3 Let Me Love You (3-1) and #2 Wicked Secret (7-2) in the exacta.
The final day of racing at the Assiniboia Downs meet brings the much-anticipated mandatory payout of a CAN$ 535,091 (US$ 390,577) Pick 5 jackpot carryover.
Care to win a share of the 20-cent wager? Then you’ll have to uncover the winning combination from within a tricky sequence of races. With 38 entries (averaging 7.6 per race) before scratches, there are 24,192 possible outcomes.
The four-year-old filly Tuffenoughtostart is versatile in terms of running style and enters this low-level claimer for fillies and mares in encouraging form. In two starts since being transferred to the care of trainer Tom Gardipy Jr., Tuffenoughtostart has finished second twice in $2,500 claiming sprints at Assiniboia Downs.
These efforts produced Brisnet Speed ratings of 64 and 70, which rank among the highest recent figures posted by any horse in Wednesday’s field. Jockey Antonio Whitehall has won at a 20% rate teaming up with Gardipy over the last two months, so Tuffenoughtostart has hot connections in her corner for good measure. She looks ready to kick off the Pick 5 with a winning performance as a short-priced single.
The final leg of the Pick 5 features a formidable favorite in the form of Bitethebulletbro. Speed is a valuable weapon sprinting 5 1/2 furlongs at Assiniboia Downs, with pacesetters winning 39% of races over this distance. That’s good news for Bitethebulletbro, who has set the pace in eight of his last 10 starts.
Bitethebulletbro enters in strong form. On Aug. 30, he ran second in a $3,500 claimer sprinting six furlongs at Assiniboia. Then on Sept. 20, he finished third in a $3,500 claimer over 5 1/2 furlongs. These efforts produced improving Brisnet Speed ratings of 76 and 78 (the best recent ratings posted by any horse in Wednesday’s field), so a typical performance while dropping in class should send Bitethebulletbro to the winner’s circle.


Debris Control at Hydraulic Structures in Selected Areas of the USA and Europe.
Abt, S. R.
Floating debris obstruction is a problem at many run-of-river structures including navigation locks, hydro-electric and thermal-electric power plants and dam spillways. Previous research suggests that a sound understanding of debris sources, input mechanisms and budgets within the relevant catchment would aid with developing more cost effective debris control methods. Conventional systems such as log-booms and trash racks involve considerable capital cost, can be expensive to maintain and may themselves prevent optimal operation of the structure they protect. This report reviews current debris management technologies that are employed at various run-of-river structures in Europe and the USA. The information reported has been obtained through field visits and from discussions with engineers and plant operators. Relevant published research work on debris control mechanisms, including trash rack design problems, raking equipment and spillway design is also reviewed. The European research centres visited were Deift Hydraulics in the Netherlands,Institute of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology at the Technical University of Zurich, Switzerland. The US field visits were carried out in Western, Eastern, Central, South-Central and Western USA in the Huntington, Vicksburg, St. Louis, Louisville, Portland and San Francisco Corps of Engineers Districts. The control technologies are summarised and state-of-the-art design procedures and best practice management recommendations for debris control outlined for each class of structure that may experience debris-related problems.


Lagos State Government Sets To Review The Pension Of Retired Permanent Secretaries
He said: “We will collaborate together more vigorously and tap into your wealth of knowledge. We want to start this with our massive plan starting from next year for capacity building for the largest civil service in Nigeria, the Lagos Civil service. We will also use it as part of our own development plan and imbibe this knowledge into the existing public service.”
“That is why we must reward glowingly those who have served the State meritoriously. When we go out and see all the beautiful things in Lagos, we must realize that some people actually built those things and this is the time to celebrate and reward them,” he said.
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Free view is a service which is only distributed via digital terrestrial television, there is no other way of receiving it than via a aerial.
@Anonymous UserFreeview has always been via aerial right back to 2002
If @Anonymous User was a Virgin Media customer he/she would have had a 'cable TV box' conforming to the DVB-C/C2 standard 😉
If you still get no TV output, you'll need to run new aerial lead from loft to lounge.
Before you buy new aerial, check it's not the coax plug in lounge that has loose
connection. Easily checked/ easily changed 🙂
'Freeview has been an aeriel only platform back to 2002' does not help me. I think a few of you are missing my point.
So exactly what was advertised here:
So we had no other option than to spend £150 to have a Freeview aeriel put up. Not happy.
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Why is the A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) share price up 3% today?
Is the tide turning for this embattled ASX growth share?, down 0.5% to 7,276 points. But one ASX 200 share that is bucking the trend is A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX: A2M).
A2 Milk is currently up 3.11% to $6.64 today, after closing at $6.01 yesterday and opening at $6.08 this morning.
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In many prayers from our Imams we find the request for a long life. On the other hand, the Glorious Qur'an teaches us that disbeliveers who do not believe in His religion and the day of resurrection are afraid of death. They wish they could live for a thousand years or even more.
But for real believers this universe is precious because they can reach His pleasure, they can worship Him. The only opportunity for human beings to act and to improve themselves is in this life. After death, we cannot perform new acts. Today we can act and there is no judgement (reckoning) and tomorrow there will be judgement (reckoning) and no action. It is possible to do something in this life which will continuously bring His rewards. For example, if a person builds a school or hospital or the like with pure intention or if a person spreads his knowledge through teaching or writing or the like or if he has trained good children he will receive more and more rewards after his death. But it is obvious that even in these cases, there is no chance for acting after death.


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