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I'd Still Rather Own Gannett Than Facebook
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Back in September, I went out on a limb in a column entitled I'd Rather Own Gannett Than Facebook. It was the type of piece that was a bit controversial at the time, because it suggested that the dinosaur was a better buy than the slick, newly public, must-own behemoth.
I don't mind being a contrarian, because that's part of what comes along with being a value investor. I also don't mind being wrong, because that comes with the territory, too. But in this case, so far anyway, the sentiments in that piece have demonstrated an important investment lesson.
In the eight months since that column ran,
(GCI) has performed extremely well, with shares up about 52%, while
(FB) is up about 19%. Granted, 19% in nothing to sneeze at, especially given that the
S&P 500 is up about 12.5% during the same period. But Gannett has been the winner here, so far anyway, which may be ironic to many.
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Chances are, that you have more likely logged into Facebook in the past 24 hours than you have read a copy of USA Today, or any of the other Gannett-owned newspapers. Let's face it -- Facebook is still a somewhat shiny new object, used by millions. Some seemingly log every event of their day for all to see, quite annoying, I might add, and are practically addicted to it. That level of awareness and buzz is something that Gannett cannot claim. While Facebook has grabbed the headlines, Gannett has quietly gone about its business, successfully resurrecting a company that looked like it might go under just four years ago.
The investment lesson here is all about expectations. Little has been expected of Gannett, and the company has flown under the radar, paying down debt, raising its dividend, buying back shares, and delivering some very good results since 2009. What has long been seen as a newspaper company is much more, and the market may finally be figuring that out. Gannett's broadcasting segment generates much of the company's operating income, and last month's surprise bid for Belo (BLC) will expand that business dramatically.
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Hoping someone can make a hack that will make this basic function work, and support the request at the above link so Google includes the function in the next update!
Not only does pretty much every other GUI support double-tapping a word, it is even supposed to be the case in Gingerbread! It clearly states in http://developer.android.com/sdk/and...ighlights.html that the user can
>...quickly select a word by press-hold, then
>copy to the clipboard and paste.
>Pressing on a word enters a free-selection mode
> — the user can
>adjust the selection area as needed
> by dragging a set of bounding arrows...
Even if it worked as described, IT WOULD BE BETTER to initiate text selection with double-tap (at least as an alternative). Note the precedents:
Windows: double tap selects word
MacOS: double tap selects word
Linux: double tap selects word
Early Android: double tap selects word
iOS: double tap selects word
PalmOS: double tap selects word
WindowsCE: double tap selects word
PocketPC: double tap selects word
Windows Mobile: double tap selects word
Windows Phone 7: double tap selects word [?]
So clearly, especially for potential new users who feel everything is a little "different" in Android (leading to "I think I'll just get an iPhone"), I think it double-tapping a word should initiate a text selection and reveal the bounding arrows. The pop up context menu could appear in ADDITION to the bounding arrows--then the user can select something from the pop-up or adjust the selection first...
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TORONTO - The Toronto stock market closed sharply higher Friday, rising to its highest level in more than two years following strong economic data from China and solid earnings reports from General Electric, Morgan Stanley and Google.
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"Things are aligning for Canada," said Wes Mills, chief investment officer at Scotia Asset Management PM Advisor Services.
"Canada has lagged for a couple of years now on the U.S. in particular. Technically, the TSX has broken out (and) we should be able to challenge the 14,000 level."
The Canadian dollar was off 0.01 of a cent to 97.14 cents US as inflation pressures increased slightly in September.
Statistics Canada said the Consumer Price Index rose by 0.2 per cent month-over-month in September. That was on top of a 0.1 per cent rise in August.
The agency says the CPI was up 1.1 per cent in the 12 months leading up to September, which matched the annual rate in August.
U.S. indexes were higher as the Dow Jones industrials erased early losses to advance 28 points to 15,399.65, while the Nasdaq rose 51.13 points to 3,914.28 as Google's stock price cracked the US$1,000 level. The S
There was positive news from the world's second-biggest economy as China's growth rebounded in the latest quarter to 7.8 per cent from a two-decade low of 7.5 per cent in the second quarter, helped by government stimulus measures.
The base metals group led advancers, up 1.7 per cent. Copper prices had earlier advanced in the wake of the data from China, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, but the December contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange closed unchanged at US$US$3.30 a pound. First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) climbed 34 cents to C$18.99.
The telecoms group rose 1.4 per cent with Telus (TSX:T) ahead 79 cents to $35.29.
The industrials sector rose 1.3 per cent. The aerospace division of Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) says one of China's top leasing companies is the previously unidentified customer for up to 30 of its new CSeries aircraft.
The buyer, CDB Leasing Co. Ltd., known as CLC, placed a conditional order in July 2012. Based on list prices, the initial contract would be worth about US$1.02 billion, and at US$2.07 billion if all options were exercised and Bombardier shares gained nine cents to $5.08.
The energy sector rose 0.8 per cent as the Chinese data helped push the November contract 14 cents higher at US$100.81 a barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) gained 52 cents to C$33.78.
Financials were ahead 0.74 per cent and Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) ran up 75 cents to $61.56.
The gold sector was the sole decliner, down about 0.85 per cent after charging ahead almost five per cent Thursday as December bullion lost $8.40 to US$1,314.60 an ounce after running ahead more than $40 on Thursday. Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX:AEM) faded 64 cents to C$25.66.
In corporate news, Google Inc. posted earnings after the close Thursday of nearly US$3 billion, or US$8.75 per share, for the three months ended in September. If not for its expenses for employee stock compensation, Google said it would have earned US$10.74 per share, topping the average estimate of US$10.36 per share among analysts polled by FactSet.
General Electric's net income fell nine per cent in the third quarter to $3.19 billion, or 31 cents per share, on revenue of US$35.7 billion. Ex-items, GE earned 40 cents per share, five cents higher than forecast and its shares rose 87 cents to US$25.55.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley said its third-quarter earnings almost doubled as the firm's equity sales and trading revenue rose. The bank earned US$1.01 billion, or 50 cents a share, after stripping out an accounting charge, a dime higher than analysts forecasts. Its shares gained 76 cents to US$29.69.
Strong economic data, solid earnings and relief that at least a short-term fix for the U.S. debt crisis was attained sent the TSX up 1.9 per cent this past week while the Dow industrials climbed 1.07 per cent.
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The Presidency in Films
Hollywood was in the business of building an image of America - and of the presidency - that would unite a heterogeneous culture
OVER the years, Hollywood's attention to the presidency has been a gauge of the public's sentiments and expectations. The films that have been made about historical presidents tend to reflect what Americans most wish for in the individual who rises to the highest office in the land.
Oliver Stone's JFK portrayed a man of uncompromising principles who would have banned the bomb, retrieved the troops from Vietnam, and secured the civil rights of all minorities if only he had been allowed to live. Director Stone's President Kennedy is a visionary nobleman who loved the common man, a Robin Hood who lived within the law.
No matter what one may think of Stone's historicism in general, or President Kennedy in particular, "JFK" projects an image of the presidency that is as reverent as that of old Hollywood. Not even the vilification of Lyndon Johnson in the same film dampens the veneration Stone invokes toward the office of president. The reverence with which the filmmaker treats Kennedy, and the extravagant lengths he goes to to assure us of Kennedy's virtues, create a mythos not seen on the big screen for decades.
Until the 1960s, Hollywood movie moguls were in the business of building an image of America - and the presidency - that would help unite a heterogeneous culture. When directors like D. W. Griffith, John Ford, and Frank Capra zeroed in on the presidency, the qualities they depicted may not have belonged so much to the real men who held office, as to ideals of the presidency held by the American public.
If Hollywood is any indication, Abe Lincoln is the most idolized of all American presidents. In Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln" (1930), Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln, (1939), and John Cromwell's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), Lincoln represents wisdom, honor, humility, dignity, and above all, common sense.
Ford's vision is arguably the most compelling of the three. Made at the brink of World War II, his "Young Mr. Lincoln" shows the young man (Henry Fonda) quietly moving toward destiny, earnestly pursuing the law and justice. He may ride a jackass into town, his sleeves may be a trifle too short, and his stove-pipe hat a bit too tall, but the gangly fellow knows that the law is really about right and wrong - and he knows the difference between them.


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Bates to build rowing boathouse on the Androscoggin River
Bates College will build a new boathouse at the varsity rowing team's facility on the Androscoggin River, President Clayton Spencer has announced.
At an estimated cost of $2.5 million, the boathouse project will be 100 percent funded by contributions from Bates alumni and parents.
"The goal at Bates is to deliver the best possible liberal arts experience for our students," Spencer says, "and athletics is integral to this experience. Our student athletes train and compete at an elite level, so it is important that they have access to facilities that support a high standard of quality and competitiveness."
Subject to revision, above is a preliminary conceptual study of a new Bates College boathouse to be constructed at the team's practice facility on the Androscoggin River in Greene. The facility will be designed by Peterson Architects.
"Appropriate for the level of athlete who wants to attend Bates College and compete as a Bates rower on the national stage."
"It is hard to fully express what this does for our rowing teams," says head coach Peter Steenstra.
Head coach since 2009, Steenstra guides a rowing program that has achieved national prominence in recent years, including a victory by the Bates women on Oct. 19 at the Head of the Charles, the world's largest fall regatta.
"This new facility will be appropriate for the level of athlete who wants to attend Bates College and compete as a Bates rower on the national stage," he says.
Construction at the Bates rowing facility, about 7 miles north of campus in Greene, will begin in summer 2015, with the new boathouse scheduled to be ready for use by fall 2016.
Oriented for optimal solar exposure, the 7,500-square-foot, one-story building will have boat storage space, locker and shower facilities, a team room with ergometers, and office space.
Bates has selected Peterson Architects, a Cambridge, Mass.-based firm specializing in boathouse design, as project architect. Mike Gustin of Bates Facility Services will be project manager for the college.
That the project is donor-funded sends an impressive message, Steenstra says. "When a group of people sees the value of this program and literally invests in it in order to ensure that it's here for the future — that's powerful."
The decision to move forward with a new boathouse also acknowledges that the college's existing facility has reached a tipping point, he adds.
The new boathouse will replace a pole-barn structure built in 1988 with dirt floors and no electricity. Despite the rustic facility, Bates rowing has achieved national prominence in recent years, and while the spartan aesthetic has fostered camaraderie and a healthy work ethic among Bates rowers, its deficiencies now outweigh its charms, Steenstra says.
Today's Bates College rowers "operate above the level of what we have provided," he says.
Often ranked among the best college teams in the country, the Bates women rowers have been a major force at the NCAA Championships, posting runner-up finishes five straight years, 2009 to 2013. The team's victory in the Women's Collegiate Eights race at the Head of the Charles was equivalent to a fall national championship, Steestra says.
The men's team has finished in the top three in NESCAC four years running, and earned a silver medal at the ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championships in 2012. (The NCAA does not offer a championship regatta for Division III men.)
Other markers of success include competing at the 2009 Henley Royal Regatta in England and having two alumni compete as Olympians: Andrew Byrnes '05, who won gold as member of the Canadian men's eight team in 2008 and silver in 2012, and Mike Ferry '97, a U.S. Olympian in 2000.
"Another example of our increased momentum in fundraising."
"The new boathouse is made possible through a number of generous pledges," says Sarah R. Pearson '75, vice president for college advancement. "We fully expect to complete the final phase of fundraising by Dec. 31, well before the start of construction."
Donor response to the boathouse project "is another example of our increased momentum in fundraising," Pearson adds, following "last year's total of $16 million in gifts to the college," a 33 percent increase over 2013 and the college's most successful fundraising result since 2006.
Funding secured in 2013-14 included the Catalyst Fund, a multiyear gift from current and past members of the Board of Trustees.
Catalyst Fund resources are now supporting institutional priorities within the Division of Natural Sciences and recent curricular innovations, including new Practitioner Taught Courses and Course (Re)Design projects, in which faculty and students collaborate to design new courses or rework existing ones. Catalyst Fund resources will also allow Bates to pursue new initiatives in the Engaged Liberal Arts over the next three years.
Additionally, the Catalyst Fund is supporting the design and early implementation of the Purposeful Work Initiative as well as financial aid and programming support for diversity and inclusion under the leadership of Associate Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer Crystal Williams.
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I would like to echo the comments above and point out just how much is changed. In 1988 the Gray Cage was a dirt floor, but it did have electricity.
I think it used to be that the teams might have specialized spaces for storage etc., but the main training off track, river, field would be in a combined space.
With this change the rowers will be away from campus for much longer than they can be now. It is great that it is being financed through persons interested in supporting the program. I hope it serves them well.
Fantastic news! The team has earned ever bit of it! Since we built the "rustic facility" in 1988, to accommodate some passionate students and the parents who backed them, the Bates Rowers have worked incredibly hard to achieve excellence and to make Bates proud. A world class team deserves world class facilities! This will be a grand addition to the neighborhood, and an exciting facility to grace the shores of the Androscoggin River!
Judy Marden '66, (retired Bates administrator who managed the original boathouse building project), now President, Androscoggin Land Trust, and Greene Resident -
Congratulations to Peter Steenstra and the rowing program on news of the construction of a new boathouse. My 50th is next year, so I hope to see the beginnings of the project when I visit.
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The Kroger Co.'s Advantage Checkout system created a lot of buzz last week at the National Retail Federation's Big show in New York City. Fujitsu America, a provider of ICT-based business solutions, designed the checkout technology that reduces checkout times, improves customer experience and reduces operational costs for retailers.
The system looks more like a MRI machine than a grocery checkout stand, but retailers should not be wary of the machine's size, said Fujitsu Public Relations Manager Wes Bates. It completes the checkout process so much faster than standard lanes that it could replace two or three of them, he said.
It also enables the recognition of stacked items even when barcodes are hidden, according to Brian Yates, Fujitsu's director of Product Marketing.
The grocery chain is evaluating the check-out system in a couple stores with plans to deploy more based on customer reaction.
Bates said he expects that reaction to be positive based on the attention retailers showed it at the NRF.
"Everyone has been asking questions and giving their ideas," he said. "People are really excited about it."
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Nov 10, 2007 3:43 pmA Serious Problem Within the Military
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Sudha Shenoy - 11/12/2007
I've been told that the principle involved --from Ron Paul's standpoint -- was govt payment to lawyers (under whatever guise.) That was why he supported it: _no_ tax monies to be given to lawyers.
Mark Brady - 11/11/2007
Bill, the explanation may indeed be along the lines you indicate.
I've just found that the bill as introduced was intended "[t]o amend the Revised Statutes of the United States to prevent the use of the legal system in a manner that extorts money from State and local governments, and the Federal Government, and inhibits such governments' constitutional actions under the first, tenth, and fourteenth amendments."
That said, I'd appreciate any further explanation that readers may provide.
Mark Brady - 11/11/2007
I hope he does have a logical explanation and one that is compatible with a political philosophy of individual liberty. The question remains, however, what is that explanation.
Bill Woolsey - 11/11/2007
Paul is a federalist on "culture war" issues. He has strongly supported legislation to keep the federal courts from interfering with state and/or local regulation of these matters.
This looks to be an example of that sort of legislation. While issues at the Air Force academy suggest that we shouldn't ignore a need for the Federal courts to hold the Federal government to the 1st amendment, one can imagine that this wasn't a key consideration when this bill was passed.
Keith Halderman - 11/11/2007
I do not know why but I would be willing to bet if you did ask him he would have a logical explanation for it.
Mark Brady - 11/11/2007
"In 2005, when Weinstein filed suit against the Air Force for constitutional violations of church-state separation, the house of representatives, with little public notice, passed a chilling bill that undermines enforcement of the First Amendment's separation of church and state. The Public Expression of Religion Act, H.R. 2679, provides that attorneys who successfully challenge government actions that violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment shall not be entitled to recover attorney's fees. According to The Washington Post, the purpose of this bill is to prevent suits challenging unconstitutional government actions advancing religion."
House vote #480 (September 26, 2006) shows Ron Paul voting for this bill. Why?
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The centerpiece of the room is a striped black and white rug. Stripes are repeated in a smaller scale not only on the pillows, but through black trim accenting white square shades placed on black lamps.
This is quite the striking bedroom. The black wall does not overpower the space as it is balanced by other walls painted white. The ornately carved frame on an upholstered bed looks modern against the black wall and this look is enhanced by the simple bedding.
It is hard to compete with a classic black and white kitchen. This is a timeless look for a reason.
These eclectic rooms are decorated almost exclusively in black and white, with a chic black wallpaper the centerpiece of the design. What is surprising to me is how welcoming the spaces are, I could well see a family making themselves at home here. A black cat already has.
A black damask wallpaper lining the walls of an ornately appointed room doesn't sound at all modern. But paint the mantel black, hang strikingly simple white drapes and bring in a mix of clean lined black and white furniture and accessories, and modern is the result.
The color palette may be limited to black and white in this bedroom, but look at the wide mix of pattern. The headboard and pillows, drapery panels and dress form, bench, desk chair and a side chair boast a unique range of prints. It is this carefully chosen mix that creates the dynamic interest of this design.
Here a living room in black and white has a clean modern look with a global twist. There are many eclectic accessories scattered throughout, adding character to the space.
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For Rob, who developed a taste for strong, salty flavors as a child Cauliflower, Potato, and Pea Curry Our version of this curry, a favorite combination of vegetables in India, unites cumin, coriander, turmeric and red-pepper flakes. Fresh cilantro provides an herbal note. Serve the curry as a generous side dish or with rice for a meatless main dish. Chicken-and-Avocado Soup with Fried Tortillas Here's a silky soup that doesn't rely on cream for its creamy texture; pureed avocados do the job nicely. It doesn't rely on long cooking for its full flavor, either -- the soup's in the pot for less than ten minutes. 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This pasta simply gets baked in the oven until it's wonderfully crisp. Recipe By: Marcia Kiesel Sicilian Meatball Soup Flavored with Parmesan and garlic and studded with raisins, scrumptious Sicilian meatballs turn vegetable soup into a tempting meal. If the soup waits, the pasta may absorb much of the liquid; just add water or more stock. Tuscan Grilled Trout A simple garlic-and-herb-infused oil combined with wine vinegar acts as both a basting liquid and a sauce for the fish. The trout skin protects the flesh and turns an appealing golden brown during grilling. Bow-Tie Salad with Scallops, Black Olives, Oranges, and Mint Here's a unique and refreshing pasta salad with flavors reminiscent of Morocco and Southern Italy, where oranges and black olives are often paired. Spaghettini with Onions, Scallions, and Garlic Supporting players become stars in a simple spaghettini recipe that gives onions, scallions, and garlic a chance to shine. Fusilli Salad with Grilled Chicken and Zucchini Recipe By: Marcia Kiesel Polenta with Eggplant, Onion, and Tomatoes Sauté onion, eggplant, and tomatoes with plenty of garlic for a combination reminiscent of ratatouille. Then spoon this tasty vegetable stew over steaming Parmesan polenta to make a satisfying meal. Berries with Lemon Mint Syrup Golden Sausages and Shallots in White Wine Any good, small fresh pork sausages can be used in place of the traditional diots, a regional specialty that is rarely seen outside the Savoie. French-style fresh pork sausages can be mail-ordered from the French Butcher, 212-725-4165. Recipe By: Mussels Steamed in Tomato Broth with Goat Cheese Mussel and tomato juice and celery seeds make a delicious broth to accompany steamed mussels. Look for farmed mussels; theyre clean, so youll only have to scrub them briefly. Candied Orange-Oat Scones These flaky scones are particularly good because the oats are toasted first, adding a pleasantly nutty flavor. Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes 8 scones Penne with Chili-Rubbed Flank Steak and Pineapple Salsa The sweet, the savory, and the spicy join in this unusual and delicious dish. To be tender, flank steak needs to cook either fast and hot or long and slow. Here the method is a brief broil. Acadian Rigatoni Three ingredients form the foundation of Creole and Acadian cookeryonion, celery and green bell pepper. Our dish starts with this trio and is enhanced by garlic, tomatoes and the deliciously hot andouille sausage. Salmon with Thai Rice Salad Rich broiled salmon rests atop a lean vegetable-and-rice salad to make a beautifully balanced meal. The Asian dressing includes big-impact flavorsfish sauce, lime juice and cayennebut very little oil. Chicken, Mango, and Rice Salad Mango and avocado may seem unlikely partners, but they have one thing in common: an affinity for cilantro. Here the herb ties them together in an unusual and unusually delicious dish. The salad makes a fine light meal all by itself. Thai Hot-and-Sour Fish Soup Coconut Curry Tomato Sauce Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes about 4 cups Maple-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce This sweet and smoky barbecue sauce is the perfect gift for die-hard winter grillers. Refrigerate it for up to two weeks. Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes about 1 cup Carrot-Miso Dressing Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes about 1 cup Chili-Garlic Peanut Sauce Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes about 1 1/2 cups Sicilian Lemon Marinade Recipe By: Grace Parisi Servings: Makes about 1 1/2 cups Veal-and-Mushroom Meatloaf with Bacon Sour cream sauce atop and sauteed mushrooms within add extra moisture to this horseradish-spiked meatloaf recipe. Upside-Down Tomato-Beef Pie Recipe By: Marcia Kiesel Bow Ties with Sun-Dried Tomato and Scallion Cream Sun-dried tomatoes give intense flavor to this quick, no-cook sauce. Fusilli would also be a good shape to use here; the cream sauce will cling to its every curve. Lamb Fattoush Venetian Fish Soup Broiled Shad with Thyme Dont be alarmed if the shad fillets are heavily cut into; shad is one of the boniest fish there is, and removing all the bones requires radical surgery. What youre left with, however, are succulent fillets that are ideal for broiling. Gingery Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce In this ingenious version of an Indonesian classic, the gingery, lemongrass-scented satay paste is the base for the chicken marinade as well as for the luxurious peanut dipping sauce. A few alternatives to the chicken: thinly sliced beef or pork or w Spicy Pita Pockets with Chicken, Lentils and Tahini Sauce Jasmine Rice, Chicken and Almond Stir-Fry There are two kinds of rice in this luxurious chicken stir-fry: fragrant jasmine rice and oval Korean rice cakes, which look like sliced scallops and have a deliciously chewy texture. Lightly toasted sliced almonds and slivers of daikon add an appeal Cherries Poached in Red Wine with Mascarpone Cream Thick mascarpone cheese mixed with honey makes a luscious topping for poached cherries. You can serve the dessert either warm or cold. We love it both ways. |


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Maidenwell | QueenslandMaidenwell, gateway to the Bunya Mountains, is home to Queensland's largest privately owned public astronomical observatory. A small pretty town set in hills 30 kilometres south west of Nanango on the road to Toowoomba, Maidenwell was originally a portion of the immense Tarong holding. One of the first selectors to take up land from Tarong Station was John King in 1881 but it was not until 1912 that he acquired the block of land on which Maidenwell stands. Main AttractionsVisit the South Burnett — Maidenwell Astronomical Observatory. Maidenwell Hotel offers travelers cool drinks, generous meals, accommodation all in a friendly country atmosphere. |
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The Greatest Celebrity Comebacks
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Few celebrities fall as hard as Robert Downey Jr. His multiple arrests became a running joke in the '90s, and during that time he used nearly every drug. He eventually cleaned up his act though, and in 2008 starred in the first blockbusters of his career.
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Five Time Champion
While the young scientist, Julius, steadfastly researches the asexual reproduction of worms, his natural curiosity leads him to discover some inconvenient truths about those around him. He witnesses his mother's infidelity and suspects his grandfather for the same, all while he believes he is losing his best friend Shiley to a rival named Chase. These disappointments are forefront while he also wrestles with his father's mysterious departure years ago. Julius keeps a diligent eye, but unfortunately, all of his heartbreakingly acute observation seems to prove that no solution will restore the people he cares about to their appropriate roles. How can Julius hold together a family that seems as though none of its parts can stay intact? How can he build his own romantic relationships under the shadow of rumors about his father's homosexuality?
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Newcastle United are allegedly in talks with striker Wilfried Bony from Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem.
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Labor laws are very important for developing the relationships between the individuals and the organizations. So, the government has divided this law in to two types one is individual laws and the other is collective laws and this laws will show the rules and regulations of each individuals and their organizations. So, would you like to know the differences between the both. Then, read this article. If you are a business owner or an employee of an organization, this article will help you.
As said the labor laws are divided in to two categories one is collective and the other is individual. See the below information for details.
Collective labor laws
Collective labor laws will set the relation between the employee, employer and the unions. The trade unions contains some rules that are to be followed and they are listed below:
- Trade unions: Trade unions are group of members formed for collective bargaining with their employers. This unions will help in promoting the interests of their union members. This unions of some countries required certain procedures to be followed before they take any action to pursuit their goals. Traded unions will have the following:
- Strike: This laws indicate or shows, when the strikes are legal and when they are not legal.
- Picketing: Picketing is a common tactic used to show the presence of strikers during strikes. This has many legal guidelines that are to be followed by the strikers or the member's of the trade union.
- Workplace involvement: It involves the coordination of the employers with their employees or the workers to discuss on any issue that arise within the company or organization.
Individual labor laws
This mainly refers to the rights that employees have at their workplace. They include the employment contract between the employer and the employee, minimum wage, working hours, dismissal, discrimination, health and safety etc. Here, the employer should look at the benefits of each individual employee in their organization. These laws are applied for each individual. This laws vary in states, countries and also according to the type of business.
Both the laws should be implemented to protect the rights of employers and employees in the work environment and these are general labor laws that are applicable for all the employees and the organizations. So, before you start a business it is better to consult a attorney to discuss all the legal issues regarding your business and also about the laws that are to be implemented in the workplace as per your state or country.
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Uptime is a one of the important factors for a website to gain credibility among the visitors. In general, uptime is the time in which the website is up, running and available to the visitors or the clients. Any changes in the uptime leads to the downtime of the website. Therefore, to keep your site up, you need to monitor it with the help of the uptime monitoring services. Some of the services that are used for checking the uptime of the website are:
Ping monitoring
This pings your website to make sure that your website is up and running. Ping monitoring senses the missing connection that leads to downtime of the website and notifies you. Along with this, it also provides information regarding Internet connection speed and downtime statistics. Here, the internet connection speed is important as slow websites are not better when compared to down sites. However, this is not good for monitoring websites as it responses to the ping requests even if the website is down.
DNS server monitoring
The DNS server is able to provide in-depth information regarding the up-time by translating the online address into the numerical address with the help of a DNS protocol. This also provides information with respect to protocol failures, network outages, etc. The important point to be noted here is during the translation if the online address doesn't match with the numerical address, DNS will sense it and reports the error showing it as hacked.
HTTP monitoring
HTTP is used for transferring the data online, with some set of rules telling the server and web browser what information to exchange and also HTTP requests tests whether there is HTTP response from the web server. Due to this continuous transfer of information HTTP provides data about the HTTP traffic. Advanced monitoring gives the additional information about the SSL certificates.
TCP monitoring
TCP connection will allow the arbitrary services to be tested. Here, the TCP port monitoring will transfer the data between the network devices using the strategy of retransmission. It becomes clear quickly because of its quality monitoring and helps in host to host communications. If the TCP port fails, the monitor will alert the users regarding the faulty transmission.
To make your website stay alive, you need to monitor the uptime of a website consistently as part of website monitoring. This should be done either by the web hosting provider or by the website owner hosting the site. Regular uptime monitoring at multiple points keeps your business safe.
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Digital marketing is a strategy used by many businesses to communicate with their prospective customers and make them aware and knowledgeable about their products/services. It is used as a powerful marketing tool in various ways to promote business and reach people across the globe.
Digital marketing is part of a strategy to attract target customers. Digital marketing is performed in different forms. These are effective in creating the desired outcome, ans are cost effective. Here are some of the effective types of digital marketing.
Display advertising
It is a graphical advertisement displayed on other websites or blogs to boost traffic. These graphical advertisements are banners, and can include text, images, audio, video or interactive content.
Display advertising increases product and brand awareness, and helps you reach your marketing goal. In this type of marketing, you also get to know the number of people that have clicked on your ad and what they did on your site.
Affiliate marketing
In affiliate marketing, the website owner makes money for helping businesses by promoting their website, product or service, on their own website. It is a type of marketing by a third party that refers customers to the merchant's website, either to help the merchant sell their products/services, or to send prospective customers to the merchant's website. This type of marketing will give more exposure to the merchant's products/services.
E-mail marketing
E-mail marketing is a process that distributes messages to customers via e-mail. It is an advertisement of a product, service, or a brand. It can either consist of a text message, a combination of words and images, or a video.
To start the process, first the customer should sign up for an e-mail publication to get reminded through e-mail about new products, launches, and other deals being offered by your business.
Search engine marketing (SEM)
SEM has two methods of gaining traffic to a website, one is SEO (search engine optimization) which is through organic and free traffic, and the other is PPC (Pay Per Click), which is a paid advertisement, you can see the sponsored ads at the top of the search results page. The aim of SEM is to provide better search results and send a more targeted traffic to your website.
Social Media Marketing (SMM)
Promoting a website through SMM involves using social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and so on. In SMM, businesses can connect with their customers to spread awareness about their company, its products/services. Today, it is one of the most popular marketing strategies. Businesses are increasingly using social media networks to interact with customers, investors, employees, vendors and prospects.
In addition, there are many other types such as mobile marketing, inbound marketing, content marketing, keyword marketing, video marketing, article marketing, etc., which can be used to attract users to your website and your business.
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In today's tough competitive business world, it is important for your business to stay live online. Users are increasingly purchasing/researching/evaluating products/services by visiting relevant website. By this, purchasing products or services has become easier. Consumers are increasingly finding it convenient to purchase online.
Under these circumstances, it is important for businesses to make sure that their websites are up. In other word, business owners have to make their website available for users at any time. This post emphasizes the importance of monitoring your business website.
To keep business functioning and profitable
Monitoring your website prevents from unwanted hackers thereby improving site performance.
Hackers harm your website by damaging the uptime. How do they do it? Well, they might do it by incorporating in your website malicious code, as a result your site is down. A website monitor can help you by letting your site administrators know when your site is down and act fast, so that there is minimal loss of business.
Customer satisfaction
When visitors find your website loading fast, withing one or two seconds, it is likely that they get curious and go into the site further. It helps you in keeping them engaged in your site.
In other words, if your website is taking less time to load, then the visitors will stay on your website rather than going to your competitors site.
Preventing loss in sales
If your business website is monitored properly, and if any issue arises it will be reported to you immediately. You can look into the matter and get it solved. This will prevent loss in sales.
If your site is down many a times, your customers might find it difficult to purchase your product/service. You will not only lose potential customers, but it could do damage to the companies brand.
Obtain best search results ranking
Search engines look for your site's uptime. That is, they check if your site was down at any moment and how often it goes down. Website's uptime is an important criterion while ranking it.
Search engines such as Google take the loading speed of your site as one of the criteria for ranking sites. This is because, if your site is not loading fast, Google perceives it as one of the factors that badly affects user experience.
Detecting hackers fast
Detecting hackers fast is important because they cause loss of valuable customers by making the site down. They bring trouble to the site by technically making some changes in the operation of the website.
Having a website monitor is likely to keep you abreast of your website's performance. They will let you know the site's down time via email, SMS text messages and/or voice messages. This helps your site's administrator to take remedial measures immediately.
Ad servers are an important evolution in web technology. Ad servers have made the job of publishing, placing, targeting and timing of ads pretty easy these days. However, for a new business, an important question is whether they should go for third-party ad servers or they should have their own servers. This article seeks to offer a clarity in this regard.
What is third-party ad serving all about?
Third-party ad serving involves when you visit a website. A website might have its own content but the ads come from a different server or site.
Third-party ad servers are important for businesses with limited technical skills. This is more so in case of small business' owners. Small business owners have a limited amount of capital as well as technology they put into practice at the businesses as well as their own skills. Unless the business owner is expertise, it is difficult to manage the various aspects of ad server.
In simple, if the owners of the business do not have the technical or financial competency to do the job themselves then a sensible proposition would be to go for third-party ad servers.
How do third-party servers work?
A third-party advertiser does the function of an ad server in general. However, by such an ad server advertisers can monitor how the ads performance. Banners ads, paid search list ads are some examples of third-party ad server technology. In case of third-party severs, the content is from your site and the ads come from the server. Here the browser gets instruction from the website to collect user information from diverse websites.
How third-party ad servers are useful?
These ad severs program your ads according to your business' requests. They can help you to know how often the ad has been served, the number of clicks occurred, and most important of all – conversion generated from the ad.
How cookies help?
The ad server here uses cookies which help you keep visitors in good humor. How?
It works like this: the cookies put a cap on the frequency of the ad getting displayed. This is useful when a visitor is busy looking at the content, a high number of ads might come up which may make the visitor frustrated. The cookies in the site makes sure that such ads come up only once.
Further, using cookies enable useful ads get displayed more often. Cookies help to track visitors. This is possible because cookies enable by checking click on the ads made on the publisher's website.
Thus, third party ad servers are very important for small business to promote themselves and establish valuable contacts.
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What is a PCB?
The acronym PCB stands for Printed Circuit Board. PCBs are a versatile and very critical part of an electronic circuit, they are the crucial part in an electronic equipment.
PCBs are basically no other than electronic circuits designed in a beautiful way on an insulating substrate. Apart from the aesthetic appearance, they also bring other benefits like more complex circuiting, easy component placement and better trouble shooting capabilities. The conducting links consist of etched or deposited conducting tracks unlike traditional wire connections.
PCBs have evolved over the years and there are many types of them used in the industry. Their suitability is a function of the application, size and the working environment it has to be used.
An early PCB
The first formal PCB came into effect was a PCB circuit for radio developed by Dr. Paul Eisler. Though the PCB didn't achieve the deserved recognition in the earlier stages, it only gained importance during the World War II.
The earlier PCB manufacturing techniques were mainly based on neat circuiting for reliability and durability but the reduction in size came as an added advantage. The manufacturing process were mainly based on chemical acid etching method and turret boards.
Current trend
Today's approaches to PCB manufacturing are far superior than the earlier techniques with more merits like size reduction, working environment suitability and extensive enhancement in data transfer capabilities.
In simple applications, single and double sided PCB boards are used. Single sided PCBs are conductively etched on one surface and the other surface is used for soldering the legs of the components to be mounted on the circuit. In double sided PCB boards, the other side is also etched or left fully cladded to allow it to be used for signal source or ground common.
The more advanced multilayer PCB were used for massive size reduction and added features in a lesser space. The multilayer PCB consisted of multiple layers of designed circuit boards sandwiched together with the help of a non conducting laminating material in between.
With technological advancement, the PCB has not lagged behind. To keep in pace with the industry, software applications for circuit designing were invented. With this, the 2D and 2.5D trend in the PCB manufacturing started booming giving them an extra edge over their earlier counterparts. They have reduced dimensions, more features and better data transfer capabilities. With latest tools available, the track resolution as small as a few 1000th parts of an inch can be achieved.
Significance of PCBs
The significance of PCBs can not be overlooked. It has revolutionized the consumer and industrial electronics. As a result, we can now witness the miniaturization of gadgets and equipment within a short span of time. They come now loaded with extra features at the same time. The mass production of the PCB has reduced the cost of manufacturing and has helped the electronic industry to cater to the need of consumer in a more economical way. As a result, the technology has become cheaper and is easily accessible. It has led to over all development of the living status and the mankind in whole.
Future prospects
The future is likely to see more new applications and innovation. This is likely to happen: with the dimensions getting smaller, more features will get loaded and extremely fast data transfer capabilities. The development of the 3D technology and the quest for new materials are on to meet the needs and expectations of rapidly transforming electronic industry. With the developments expected to be concluded in due time, we can expect to witness healthy and important changes in the years come.
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OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Act), this is the Act came into existence in order to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for both working women and men. Under this Act, employee have some rights that are listed below.
Right to have safe and healthy workplace
Under OSHA every employee has the right to have the safe and healthy workplace and here the employer should provide the employees employment as well as the workplace of the employment free from recognized hazards which are are likely to cause or causing serious physical harm to employees or death, if the hazard can't be removed, then protection must be provided. The safe and healthy workplace means the place that is free of hazards and workers are trained.
Right for training
Employees have the right for getting trained regarding the safety and health hazards and also the standards that an employer must follow. Employees can take the training required about the hazardous communication and apart from that other essential training includes, noise, confined spaces, lockout-tagout, personal protective equipment etc.
Right to information regarding illness and injuries in your workplace
An employer who have more than 10 employees should have a log regarding the work related injuries and illness of the workers that are resulting in the lost working-days, restricted work etc. under the OSHA recordkeeping rule. So, here the employee has the right for reviewing the present log as well as the stored logs past 5 years logs and the employer must provide that in the next workday itself.
Right to file a complaint with OSHA
As an employee of the organization, if you feel that the safety and health standards are violated or if any close danger situation exists in the workplace, you can make a complaint with OSHA in the website through writing or by the telephone to the nearest OSHA office. If you have any doubts regarding the complaints you may also call and know the violation OSHA laws and the process of the complaint.
Right for participating in OSHA inspection
When an OSHA inspection is done in your workplace you have the right to participate in it along with the representative accompanying the inspecting inspector. You also have the right for raising your doubts regarding the hazards or illness and discuss this issues, right for finding the inspection results, you can involve in the meetings related to inspection etc.
Right for hazard exposure and medical records
Employee has the right for examining and copy exposure and also medical records including the records of workplace monitoring or measuring the toxic substance. This helps the employee as it will make them to detect, prevent and treat occupational disease.
These are the major employee rights under OSHA. So, make sure that as an employee you are aware of this rights.
Other employee rights include:
- Right for knowing about the hazardous chemicals
- Right from complaining or requesting hazard correction from employer
- Right for freeing from retaliation for exercising health a safety right
- Responsibilities of workers
Roadside assistance coverage as the name itself suggests is meant for a vehicle, which is covered under this insurance i.e., when the vehicle incidentally stops on the road because of a problem. In general, people while purchasing the insurance policies ignore this roadside assistance coverage, thinking that they can handle such trivial situations. However, it is a beneficial coverage; and people should be aware of its importance, where they are expected to spend more on roadside issues. It can cover the vehicle insurance in many ways. Some of the benefits or the services that you can get covered under this roadside assistance coverage are listed below.
Dead batteries
This is common and generally happens when the vehicle is left with lights on or kept the radio on, all the day. In this situation, you can't start the car as the battery becomes completely dead leading to situation where you need to take the help of someone. Roadside assistance coverage is helpful to get your car functional, in situations like these. This coverage is especially beneficial in cold weather conditions, where the probability of your vehicle getting stuck increases.
Lockout service
If you lost your car keys completely or if you have ever locked the keys in the car, then it makes you frustrated, especially, if it happens in the night time or if you are in emergency. In such situations, you have to call a professional to help you out to unlock the car door that costs you much. However, if your vehicle is covered under this insurance scheme, you can just call for the assistance and get the car unlocked, without a single penny spent on it within a few minutes.
Tyre changing
Sometimes you may not notice that your car tyres are under-inflated. This may lead to the sudden blowouts and completely flat tyre, which causes difficulty in your car moving forward. Then, you can change the tyre and move forward. But, what if there is no spare tyre? This is embarrassing. In this condition, you will think of the roadside assistance coverage that covers you with new tyres and make your drive continue.
Fuel and water delivery
Roadside assistance also serves you, when the fuel or gas in your car is exhausted in the middle of the drive. Someone will bring you to the gas station or fuel under this coverage.
Your car can get into bad condition, making it difficult to move forward. In such a situation, this service would help you. Someone will assist your vehicle to nearby qualified repair facility.
These are a few services that you can get under this roadside assistance insurance. So, why late? Go to the good dealer and get this insurance.
These are a few services that you can get under this roadside assistance insurance.
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What is web hosting and how does it work?
Web hosting is involves renting out an amount of server space to store your data online. Here data means all the website information or website files of your website. This service is provided by web hosting service vendors. When visitors are looking for your website in the Internet, it will connect to the particular server based on the domain name. Then, it transfers all the website information files to the users.
If you are looking for web hosting service, you need to know about all these considerations.
Price is an important consideration while you are looking for a web hosting service. Because some company's offers you even less prices. But they may be not provide other features. But you need to concentrate on quality web host.
Disk space
Disk space is the storage space for your data. The amount of space for storing data the web host provides you is called disk space. The storage space which offered is varies from one company to other company. The more the disk space offered is, the better it is.
You need to select a web hosting company that offers more bandwidth. Even if you need a less bandwidth today, later in future if your business grows has more traffic, it will need more bandwidth. Therefore, it is better to go for high bandwidth service provider.
In addition, if your website is having more pages like lots of images, videos, etc., you will need higher storage along with greater bandwidth.
Customer service
When choosing a web hosing service provider, it's important to check for customer service the service provides. Check for the means of communication: whether customer service uses telephone, email, SMS or voice chart. Make sure check whether customer service responds around the clock all the days of the week.
Some company's will give a regular backup for your files. Like everyday backup of your website files. It is better to like this kind of options.
Uptime describes how frequently a website hosted by a company goes down and the longer it's available without being down the more it's effective. A website may not have 100% uptime, but it should be available for a longtime.
Web hosting service is provided by lots of company's. So in that to choose one best company is really very difficult. But by considering all the above features you can easily get a good web hosting service.
Before you choose a type of website hosing service and a service provider, it's logical to take into account your business faces, its financial capabilities. Research thoroughly and decide.
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When it comes to work, it becomes very important regarding who is doing what. Work needs to be done according to predetermined set of rules at workplace. People are required to work according to their specialty. Hence, engagement of employees is an art and engaging them suitably leads to lot of work with lot of good quality.
There are people who strive for a quality work and are dedicated towards it. They generally come up with appreciable work. If the work done by such employees is not appreciated and recognized, they may loose interest in work. Performance appraisals keep the employee satisfied and encouraged.
Know your employees and engage accordingly
People across the globes have different skill sets. Similarly, every new employee and the existing employees have certain skill sets. Each of them are really good at somethings, they need to improve when it comes to certain skills and with certain skills, they are very poor. It is responsibility of the HR to examine employees for their skills and interests in order to engage them in suitable work. Every person has some strengths and limitations. They tend to get deviated for certain things and certain things do not bother them. All these contribute to the quality set of an employee.
Knowing all these factors help a HR to employ his employee in the kind of work as per his skill set and qualities. This keeps the zeal alive in the employee to work and keeps up his enthusiasm and interest. This gives work satisfaction to employees. This leads to high quality of output and high productivity also. They hone their skills at work and turn out to be an useful asset to the company.
Performance appraisal leads to work satisfaction and employee retention
There is no scarcity of the people who are willing to work hard. Problems only rises when elements are not there who recognize the hard work and performance and appreciate it. When good quality of work go unnoticed, the employee feels dejected and loses his interest in work. So, it is necessary that performance reviews take place at regular intervals of time and good work is recognized, appreciated and rewarded. This leads to work satisfaction in the employee and keeps the zeal and enthusiasm alive. Such employees remain hardworking and dedicated to the organization for a long time. Additionally, this also serves as an example for other employees who work hard subsequently to achieve similar goals.
So, it is important for a HR to know his employees properly in order to engage them properly and appraise the work of a deserving employee. This leads to a competitive and productive work culture that is highly motivated and committed to the company.
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Blogs generally refers to publishing one's own records, opinions, experiences, advices and evaluations. This trend originally started as a hobby in order to share written works like prose and poetry and later took the form of giving information, evaluations, advices and experiences. These blogs went to become popular with lots of people reading these and commenting and appreciating it, reverting back with their opinions. In this way blogs became a popular platform in order to exchange information and other works and soon these blogging sites began to attract heavy traffic.
High traffic sites are always ideal for promotion work. Hence, blogging became a marketing strategy for promoting the websites. In this way blogging became integrated feature of most of the commercial websites as part of online marketing strategy. It is interesting to know that most of the fortune 500 companies resort to blogging on their websites in order to attract traffic and generate customer confidence.
Blogging helps in creating organic or natural search results. Hence it is a widely regarded SEO technique. Blogging is helpful to business entities in many ways. Some of these ways will be discussed below.
Benefits of blogging for business
When people search for product information, search engines provide them with results. Company websites which have a blog rank better than other websites. Blogs give information to the customers which they can use for getting information of a product, how to choose a product and working of a product. These things are aimed at helping a prospective customer to make a choice. These things help in creating goodwill in the customer community and builds brand preference and confidence in them. Such people tend to make a purchase and associate with a brand for longer term.
Blogging is a sure thing that exposes the brand and products to a variety of customers over the globe. Blogging helps in increasing the number of pages of a website. Increased number of pages is regarded as a white hat technique and regarded as a good practice in SEO. Adding a lot of fresh content creates uniqueness over the internet and improves the search results. It is advisable to update the website time to time by adding new and fresh content. The sites which are updated regularly comply with the search engine algorithms and generate good rankings in search engine result pages.
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Real Estates are the assets that generate income. Generally real estate property is held as part of a larger portfolio because it can bring more returns or reduce portfolio risk at the same level of return. Investment is real estates are considered as fairly low-risk investment as these are less volatile than stocks. The following are some of the benefits of investing in Real Estate.
High Leverage: Leverage is the amount of money that is borrowed to get the potential return on investment. Banks give loans by calculating the amount of the loan and dividing it by the value of the property. You can get fifty to hundred percent of the value of the property. This high leverage results in a higher return for the realtor at a lower risk. (as 80% of the purchase price was provided by the bank). Here the investor will probably use relatively a small percentage of his own money to make the property purchase, and the majority of the money is being provided by the lender (banks).
Tax Benefits: A person getting mortgage loan can have a number of deductions as he is entitled to get exempt from taxes, by claiming the interest paid on the loan, repairs and maintenance, depreciation on building and its capital improvements, rates and taxes, travel to and from the property to facilitate repairs etc. Further, tax deductions can also be claimed in case of negative gearing, where the cost of keeping the investment property exceeds the income gained from it.
Earn Income for rest of life: If you rent out the rental properties in real estate, you can earn income without working. Here the rent supplements your earning income. This is the reason for which these property assets are called as income producing assets. Many people like the idea of an investing in an asset that can reap returns even in their retirement. When you have enough of rental income, you can quit your job.
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Gasoline engine automobiles use both mechanical and electronic fuel injection systems. Diesel engines are mostly equipped with mechanical type injection systems. Due to advancement in technology, mechanical injection system were replaced by electronic fuel injection in diesel engines. We are going to discuss the working of continuous Injection system.
Working of continuous injection system (CIS)
The Continuous Injection System (CIS) is a mechanical fuel injection system. The basic working principle of CIS is continuously injection of fuel into the intake valve of the engine through the electric pump. The measure of fuel supplied is measured by an air flow measuring device. Some CIS systems are equipped with feedback controllers.
The primary fuel circuit comprises an electric pump used to suck the fuel from fuel tank. The fuel then enters an accumulator. The accumulator is a container that is located in the fuel line. It consists of a spring-loaded diaphragm. The diaphragm performs fuel damping and delays the pressure build-up initially when you start the engine.
When you shut down the engine, the expanded chamber (in the accumulator) will keep the system under required pressure for a good hot restart with no vapor locking – a problem generally associated with gasoline engines. Fuel is supplied through a large fuel filter to mixture control unit.
The mixture control unit is an important component of the CIS system. It consists of an airflow sensor and a fuel distributor. The air sensor connects a counterbalancing lever.
The air sensor and lever are freely suspended bodies that move up and down on a fulcrum connected to the lever. The accelerator pedal link is connected to a throttle that is closer to the manifold and intake valves of an air sensor. By pressing the accelerator pedal, the throttle valve opens.
In order to maintain accurate fuel pressure, a pressure regulator or a pressure relief valve is located in the primary fuel circuit of the fuel distributor and the excess fuel is sent back to the fuel tank via a return line. An appropriate pressure difference has to be maintained and it's controlled by a pressure valve.
The valve consists of a spring loaded diaphragm of steel and an outlet to the fuel injectors. The diaphragm keep lower chambers and the upper chambers away from each other. The valves keeps the exact pressure difference. The diaphragm opens to the extent depending on the measure of fuel flows.
The diaphragm opens less if a lower amount of fuel goes into the upper chamber, and less fuel goes to the injectors. A consistently maintained difference in pressure in the upper and lower chambers.
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Electrical cars does not use fossil fuels and depend on electrical power for their operation. They do not emit harmful gases and are eco-friendly. The electrical power is catered with the help of batteries that propel the vehicle's motors. The batteries can be charged at home with the help of power mains socket.
Features of an electrical car
In place of an engine, electrical motors are the main parts that provide the necessary force for the operation of the vehicle. The motors can be of two types namely DC motors or the AC motors. In any of the cases, power electronic techniques have to be employed to make the mains power suitable for battery charging and to make the battery power suitable for the operation of the vehicle.
The power supply of the mains is AC in nature, whereas batteries can be charged with the DC current. Solid state power electronic rectifiers are used to convert AC power into the DC current for charging of batteries.
After the batteries are charged, the stored power has to be supplied to motors for their operation. But the battery power has to be modified to suit the motor type and requirement. In case of AC motors being used, the DC power of batteries has to be converted into AC by using inverters and voltage step up has to be done to suit the motors. If they are DC motors, then certain modifications have to be done in the power quality with the help of choppers to suit the motor requirement.
Prospects for a cleaner future
The developments in the field of electronics have come as a major benefit for development of electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are quieter in operation and practically do not emit any exhaust gases. This comes as an advantage over conventional vehicles that emit harmful gases that pollute the environment and cause global warming. Though the size and capacity of the batteries is a major challenge in the domain of electric vehicles, extensive research is being done by the manufacturers to overcome the problem. Pretty soon we can expect to see an era of transportation with the means of electric vehicles.
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Fire exits are a effective way of evacuating the workforce out of the workplace in case of a fire hazard. It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that the safety of the employees is not compromised. Hence, he is responsible for providing a fire exit at the workplace and see to it does not compromise the safety of the personnel in case of a hazard. The design and construction of the fire exit plays a pivotal role in ensuring this.
How many fire exits are required?
OSHA provides certain guidelines for the design and construction of the fire exits to ensure that it serves it purpose to the maximum extent. At least 2 fire exits should be provided at the workplace and they should be far from each other. This makes sure that even if one is not accessible due to fire or some other factors that may have rendered them useless; the other fire exit is available for evacuation. An exception is there to this guideline and even one fire exit is allowed but it should account for proper and timely evacuation of all the employees without casualty.
Parts of a fire exit
The fire exit is classified into three following parts:
- Exit access: This generally refers to the mouth of the exit; the portion leading to the exit.
- Exit: This is the portion of the exit route that provides safe passage to the employee by a separated way free from risk that will lead to a safe place.
- Exit discharge: This is the exterior portion of the exit route that will lead directly outwards toward a safe place like some street, walkways, refuge area, open space etc.
OSHA guidelines for construction and design of exit routes
OSHA provides guidelines regarding the design and construction of the fire exits. These guidelines are as follows:
- The fire exits must be permanently integrated parts of the workplace.
- The fire exits must be large enough to hold all the employees and it should lead directly outside or some other place like walkways, street, public way that has an access to outside.
- Fire exits that lead to points beyond exit discharges should be clearly marked and displayed for fire exits. It may include doors, partitions etc and the directions should be clearly marked indicating the direction of evacuation.
- The fire exit routes must be unlocked both from inside and outside when employees are in the workplace and any systems that will lock the doorway in case of faulty operation should be discouraged.
- The doors used in the fire exits should be preferably side hinged and they should swing open in the direction of the exit. This comes helpful in a way that it does not obstruct the way of the employees when they are evacuating hurriedly.
- The fire exits should be designed to accommodate all the occupants of the workplace in case of a hazard. The capacity of the fire exit should not decrease in the exit route towards the exit discharge.
- The ceiling height of the fire exit route should be at least 7 feet and 6 inches and the exits must be minimum 28 inches wide at each point of the route. The presence of obstacles that reduce that dimensions of the pathway should be discouraged and the exit route should be free from all such obstacles.
- If the fire exit connects 3 or less number of floors, then it that material used for fire exits should have at least one hour fire resistance rating. If the fire exit connects more than 3 floors, then the material need to have at least how hour fire resistance rating.
- If outdoor exit routes are being considered, then following points should be kept in mind:
- Proper safety for the employees must be ensured while they are in the fire exits. This includes guardrails and sheets covering the route if snow or ice is likely to accumulate.
- The paths should be straight and walkways should be smooth, solid and highly leveled.
- The dead ends should not be more than 20 feet long.


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A Godly Leader
But a good leader plans to do good,
and those good things make him a good leader.
Isaiah 32:8 NCV
Our world needs Christian leaders who willingly honor God with their words and their deeds, but not necessarily in that order.
If you seek to be a godly leader, then you must begin by being a worthy example to your family, to your friends, to your church, and to your community. After all, your words of instruction will never ring true unless you yourself are willing to follow them. Are you the kind of leader whom you would want to follow? If so, congratulations. But if the answer to that question is no, then it's time to improve your leadership skills, beginning with the words that you speak and the example that you set, but not necessarily in that order.
The goal of leadership is to empower the whole people of God to discern and to discharge the Lord's will. - Stanley Grenz, 100 Days of Prayer
A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of external situation. - A. W. Tozer
A good leader is not the person who does things right, but the one who finds the right things to do. - Anthony T. Padovano
The man who kneels before God will stand before men. - Leonard Ravenhill
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Dear Lord, when I find myself in a position of leadership, let me seek Your will and obey Your commandments. Let me be a Christ-centered leader, and let me turn to You, Father, for guidance, for courage, for wisdom, and for love. Amen
Knowing the answer to this question is the first step to improving the relationships in your life. In these pages, Stephen Arterburn draws from his own positive and negative experiences, as well as his years of counseling others, to reveal six key attributes of thriving marriages, families, and friendships. His practical advice will help you lay the foundation for the lifelong, supportive relationships you were created for.


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As the incumbent, Obama is burdened by three wars and the economy. He's taking nothing for granted for the 2012 presidential election, and is planning victory scenarios that don't involve taking every state he won last time.
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It's no accident that President Obama faced questions like these from voters last week, and it's no accident that the town-hall meeting was held at a community college in Virginia. The stated purpose of the gathering was to promote Mr. Obama's message on deficit reduction ahead of battles with congressional Republicans. But 18 months before Election Day 2012, Obama is also well into campaign mode in his quest for reelection.
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Redneck Theft Deterrence and Protest Sign
Nothing like a tossing in God to make you feel guilty. God saw you take that bike!!!
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Ya, so return the bike before I get Jesus and the Holy Spirit involved too!!!
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Ah… Religion and superstition.
Well, perhaps. But, the kid will still be out a bike.
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